Chapter 4 Ice Cream with Popsicles
The next day, it was a Friday.
After Hu Zhengguo and Zheng Xiuli finished breakfast, they went directly to work in the factory, and after Hu Xuelan got up, she saw that she was going to be late, and she didn't have time to eat breakfast, so she brought a bun and went out to school in a hurry.
Hu Xuefeng didn't feel sleepy anymore, got up early, ate the breakfast left by his mother on the table, moved his muscles a few times, and went out for a walk.
After getting off the workers' family building, you can see a number of Soviet-style tube buildings, and the residents here are the same as the Hu family, all of them are employees of Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant; and then look into the distance, next to it is Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant, rows of towering steelmaking furnaces and chimneys, rows of red brick factories, far away, you can feel a fiery atmosphere.
Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant broke ground on October 7, 1957, and was officially ignited and put into operation on July 1, 1958.
Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant is located in LW District, on the edge of the Pearl River, across the river is YX District, the center of Yangcheng City, and is also the political, economic and cultural center of the entire eastern Guangdong Province.
Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant is lined up along Fangcun Avenue, along this avenue, there are large state-owned enterprises such as Yangcheng Diesel Engine Factory and Yangcheng Shipyard, whether it is a diesel engine factory or a shipyard, they are closely dependent on the steel produced by Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant.
Hu Xuefeng walked along Fangcun Avenue, on the asphalt road, in addition to the speeding trucks, there are more bicycles, the current China is called the kingdom of bicycles, not in vain.
Walking aimlessly.
While watching the various pedestrians, buildings, and landscapes on the road, I corresponded to the memories in my mind, and marked the future expansion route of the city in my heart.
It wasn't until he was a little tired that Hu Xuefeng stopped.
Bathed in the cool breeze blowing by the Pearl River, feeling the historical atmosphere contained in the city and the vigorous vitality waiting to explode at any time, Hu Xuefeng couldn't help but make up the future blueprint of the city.
"This city, this land, will eventually perform miracles!"
This is not Hu Xuefeng's words, but a "prophecy" brought by him as a witness to history.
Not only here, but also not far away Pengcheng is under development and construction and the entire Pearl River Delta region, this hot land in the next few decades, will stage one miracle after another, will give birth to trillions of wealth, this will be the first developed area in the whole of China!
With the cool breeze of the Pearl River, Hu Xuefeng's thoughts began to drift away, from his small home of more than 50 square meters, to the entire Yangcheng Iron and Steel Plant, and then to the entire banks of the Pearl River......
When Hu Xuefeng returned home, it was already noon.
Hu Zhengguo and Zheng Xiuli didn't go home at noon, they both ate in the staff canteen of the steel plant, but when they left in the morning, Zheng Xiuli had already prepared lunch, and they only needed to heat it and eat it.
Hu Xuefeng had a hot meal, her sister Hu Xuelan was rushing home, and after the brother and sister finished lunch, Hu Xuelan begged Hu Xuefeng to buy popsicles for herself.
"Brother, just buy me one!"
As the eldest in the family, Hu Xuelan's coquettish and cute means are far from what Hu Xuefeng can resist, in the face of Hu Xuelan's bitter pleading, Hu Xuefeng can only helplessly take her downstairs to the supply and marketing cooperative.
There is a large supply and marketing cooperatives in the family area, and the goods in it are varied, from small hardware, pots and pans, to wires and plugs, learning stationery, almost all of them, because nearly 10,000 people live in the family area of the steel plant, so the supply and marketing cooperatives not only have complete goods but also have super hot business.
When Hu Xuefeng took Hu Xuelan to the supply and marketing cooperative, more than a dozen children gathered at the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative, clamoring to buy popsicles.
When Hu Xuefeng was dragged to the big refrigerator at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, he was stunned and squeezed out of a stinky sweat.
"Comrade, two popsicles!"
Under Hu Xuelan's eager gaze, Hu Xuefeng took out the two yuan that his mother had left for him in the past two days, a popsicle was five cents, and two were just one dime, Hu Xuefeng handed out two yuan bills, but when he found them, they became a whole pile of dimes.
Hu Xuefeng withdrew from the crowd with his sister, and stood under the big cypress tree at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, licking the old popsicle made of sugar refining, and sighing at the "thick" gross ticket in his hand.
"If only I could do tricks!"
Hu Xuefeng secretly complained that God didn't give him some stone into gold method, it had been almost four or five days since he was reborn, but he still didn't think of the method of gold nuggets, the first pot of gold, the first pot of gold, Hu Xuefeng pinched the gross ticket in his hand, and he was a little doubtful that he could earn his first pot of gold.
Hu Xuelan obviously didn't have Hu Xuefeng's confusion, the little girl sucked the popsicle, as if she was enjoying some kind of delicacy in the world, and she felt super satisfied.
"Brother, give me another dime, when school is out in the afternoon, I still want to eat one!" After Hu Xuelan finished eating, she was still unsatisfied, and the little person looked pitiful, which made Hu Xuefeng feel distressed.
"Ah, I'll give you five cents. Hu Xuefeng took out five gross tickets, he knew that his sister was a gluttonous cat, but usually there was no spare money in the family to buy snacks for her, so he simply gave more, poor men and rich daughters, this truth Hu Xuefeng has experienced better than anyone else, in his last life, even if he was tired from work, he did not let his baby daughter suffer a grievance.
Thinking of his daughter, Hu Xuefeng felt melancholy again, he missed his wife and daughter a little, he was thinking, his daughter must also miss him very much at this time, she must miss him very much......
"Brother, don't be sad, I don't want it......"
Hu Xuelan didn't know who the melancholy in Hu Xuefeng's eyes was for, she thought it was because of herself, although the little girl was willful, she was also very sensible, and she even knew how to "unleash" her brother.
"Silly little sister, quickly put it up, be careful of being discovered by your mother. ”
Hu Xuefeng raised his head, took back the tears that were hanging, and pretended to be very heroic and said, "Don't be too little, when my brother makes money, I will take you to eat ice cream!"
"Ice cream, really?"
The little girl who was still worried about her brother a second ago, when she heard the word ice cream, her eyes suddenly lit up, as a senior snack goods, Hu Xuelan has coveted ice cream that is only sold in big shopping malls for a long time, but she has never eaten it, and the situation of the Hu family has not yet reached the level where she can enjoy this "luxury" deliciousness.
For just a moment, Hu Xuefeng's brain seemed to be enlightened, and he suddenly said in surprise, "Yes, ice cream, why didn't I think of ......"