After helping his grandmother back to the house, Tian Guo took the food stamps and money to the grocery store to buy cut noodles.

In the 80s, the status of a "great unity" was equivalent to 1,000 yuan or more thirty years later, Tian Guo went to the grocery store that day, and spent 2 cents to buy two large pickle gnocchi to go home, thinking about how much ten yuan would be.

At that time, everyone's pocket was filled with cents and food stamps, one or two yuan was considered a big ticket, and losing one could cause insomnia for several days.

Tian Guo's family is poor, there is no pillar, a typical orphan and widow, is a key poverty alleviation object in the street, last year approved by the pole, the food stamps were raised from 20 catties per person in January to 24 catties per person in January, and by the way, Tian Guo found a job. Although you are still in the apprenticeship stage, as long as you enter the unit at that time, unless you are particularly "doing" or committing a heinous crime, you will not be unemployed.

But Tian Guo knew in his heart that the disaster of the workers of state-owned enterprises, the so-called wave of layoffs, would come ten years later.

Thinking like this, my heart can't help but pinch up.

When Tian Guo went out, her grandmother called her back again, then handed her a white plastic bag, and instructed: "Give it to me when it's finished, I have to keep it." ”

In 1985, plastic bags were still a rare item, and they used paper bags to buy things on weekdays, and they used oil-absorbing and strong kraft paper to buy meat and eggs, and they used to use packaging tapes to buy vegetable baskets, which were strong and durable.

Tian Guo's family has three plastic bags, all of which were given by the owner of the merchant when he went to Xiushui to buy clothes. I didn't take it seriously after I took it home, but I was put in a drawer by my grandmother as a treasure, and I soaked it with water after shopping, and I can continue to use it next time no matter what I bought.

If you think about it carefully, life at that time was really environmentally friendly, and the development of science and technology was not necessarily a good thing.

Tian Guo stuffed the plastic bag into the basket, and just stepped out of the courtyard gate with a small rural daughter-in-law on her arm, she saw Niu Huanran pushing a bicycle past the courtyard gate. A gray-white windbreaker like Du Qiu in "Pursuit" was worn on his body, the collar was up, buried in half of his face, and when he glanced at Tian Guo, his eyes were full of determination.

In fact, Niu Huanran doesn't look like a tough guy, he is 25 years old this year, but he looks younger than his actual age. He is quite tall, about 1.8384 meters, his body is not fat or thin, he looks very strong, his skin is dark, like an athlete, but he has grown up with a cute baby face.

If you look closely, it doesn't look like Ken Takakura, who looks like a cold face, but a bit like Tomokazu Miura in "Blood Coagulation".

The face is obedient, but the eyes are very sharp.

Look at you, it's like hot molten steel is spilling out.

In fact, Niu Huanran practiced martial arts when he was a child, learned art at the age of four, and was able to perform the big drama "Three Forks" in Wusheng at the age of ten. But during the voice change period, because his voice was broken, he couldn't sing Peking Opera. There was no way, so his family had to entrust him to go to a high school, and after graduation, he was arranged to enter a steel factory.

Steelmaking is a heavy labor, earning more than ordinary workers, 30 catties of food stamps per month, 1 catty of oil stamps, and more during the New Year's holidays.

Tian Guo remembered that Yang Xiaohong said that marrying Niu Huanran would be a blessing. In fact, what is Fujin? It's just a title with a vain head, and the most attractive thing about Niu Huanran is the food stamps that represent white rice and white noodles to fill your stomach.

Where is this person, it's just a walking grain and oil truck.

Grain, wait for me

If Tian Guo remembers correctly, the special product of food stamps will probably not be abolished until the early nineties.

It's just 1985, and even if it is canceled in 1995, it will take another ten years. So

"Yoneda fruit, why are you looking at me like that?"

Just when Tian Guo was thinking about how to earn more food stamps like Niu Huanran, the other party suddenly asked coldly. At this time, Tian Guo found that he was already very close to Niu Huanran, and if there was no bicycle in the way, it was estimated that he could lean on him.

Hehe, almost upside down.

"Nothing." Tian Guo shook his head, glanced at the brand-new black "flying pigeon" in Niu Huanran's hand, and asked casually, "Where are you going?" Do you go to work? ”

At that time, the steel plant belonged to three shifts, and the workers needed to work night shifts to contribute to the construction of the motherland, which was very hard.

Her politeness and familiarity made Niu Huanran obviously stunned for a moment, and looked at her with his eyes, as if he had known her on the first day, and said after a few seconds: "Today's rest, I'll go to the grocery store to buy something." Look at the basket in Tian Guo's hand, "You go too?" ”

"Well, grandma wants to eat noodles."

"Jajangmyeon?"

"Yes."

"How much to buy?"

"A pound."

"What about the dishes, what to eat?"

He asked very carefully, like chatter, Tian Guo was quite surprised, but still told the truth: "What else can I eat, there are no good dishes now, just cut some cabbage and shredded radish." ”

Niu Huanran smiled: "The radish is good, refreshing." After speaking, he got on the bicycle, stepped on the pedal a few times, and the pedal "whirred" turned quickly, he glanced at Tian Guo, and said in a deep voice, "Go first." ”

"Well, walk slowly."

Walking? Niu Huanran pedaled the bicycle slowly and leisurely, and always felt that these words did not seem to come out of Tian Guo's mouth.

Why has she become polite?

In the past, she shouldn't have said "ride slowly, be careful of falling on your heel and breaking your eggs"?

Others said that Tian Guo came out of the bureau and became honest, but he didn't believe it, but now he really believes it.

Heh, Niu Huanran shook his head with a smile and pedaled forward a few steps.

When Niu Huanran's figure completely disappeared around the corner of the alley, Tian Guo remembered that he hadn't said "thank you" to him for this afternoon's incident.

This person is very good, but it looks a little cold.

It is also strange that part of the memory about Niu Huanran was inexplicably erased in Tian Guo's mind, she has an impression of everyone in this alley, but Niu Huanran's impression is very vague.

What's going on?

Tian Guo tightened the scarf around his neck and walked in the direction of the grocery store.

There are five alleys between the grocery store and the second section of the Arctic Pavilion, and turning left and right is equivalent to going out for a mile.

It is the rush hour after work and school, and the pedestrians in the alley gradually increase, and several bicycles rush by, and when turning the corner, the bell is very particular to ring the bell to alert the people at the other end of the curve.

The car bell is very brittle and gentle, and it is many times better than the sound of the car horn.

When he walked into the grocery store, Tian Guo saw Niu Huanran's bicycle at the door, just like his board bike, still unlocked.

The smell is showing.

When I turned around, I saw him squatting at the door of the vegetable station opposite to pick eggs.

"Is it fresh?" He holds the egg in his left hand and a flashlight in his right hand to shine on the egg, and puts it in the basket when it feels appropriate, and puts it back when it doesn't.

"Isn't that new?" The male salesman spoke with a little northeast accent, "Sue sù you Huanran, if you weren't here, I would be reluctant to take out this box of new eggs, these are all just arrived this morning, very fresh, Daxing shipped over, no delay, just rolled out of the hen's buttocks, it was packed into a box, don't believe you touch it, this egg still has the temperature of the old hen!" ”

Tian Guo laughed, thinking that this person was quite funny, and when he opened the door of the grocery store, he heard Niu Huanran scolding lazily: "Stay aside, don't put the in my basket, this egg is a fresh fart, why don't you say that you just laid it!" ”

"Oh, what you say is what, this is what I just ordered, what's the matter!" The salesman laughed and choked.

It is the point of cooking, and the hut of more than ten square meters in the grocery store is crowded with many residents who shop, most of them buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and some buy soap, matches, towels and the like.

The store is divided into two areas, one for non-staple foods and one for daily necessities.

After all, she is a woman, and she likes to look at cosmetics wherever she goes, Tian Guo saw a bunch of people crowded in the non-staple food area, so she ran to the daily necessities area first.

There are velvet ropes, elastic bands, buttons, needles and threads in the glass counter, and the shelves are one person high. But there are not many of them.

At that time, it was not popular to use facial cleanser, and soap was used to wash your face, and after washing, you would apply some moisturizing cream.

"What to buy?" The saleswoman was knocking on the melon seeds, saw Tian Guo looking for them in front of the counter, put the melon seeds in her pocket and asked.

"Is there a big treasure?"

Tian Guo only knows a few domestic skin care brands. Dabao advertises every day, so I remember it most clearly.

"What?" The salesman frowned.

Tian Guo coughed and changed the brand: "Is Yu Meijing there?" ”

"Yes." The salesman nodded.

"How much?"

"Do you want a bag or a box?"

Tian Guo was pondering what to want, and a girl in her early twenties dressed in a relatively foreign style walked beside her. "Hello comrade, help me get a bottle of violets from Shanghai."

The salesman took down a white bottle with "Violet" written on it on the shelf. The bottle is unpacked and has a plastic texture.

The girl took it, opened the lid and sniffed, "Is it new?" ”

"It just arrived last week, and there is a production date behind it." It is estimated that it is almost time to get off work, and the salesperson seems a little impatient.

Tian Guo had never heard of this brand, but when he stood next to him and smelled it, he felt that the oil was very fragrant, with a faint jasmine smell. She asked the girl, "Hello, is this brand any good?" ”

"It's okay, my face looks very white after wiping, and I was introduced by a colleague to buy it." The girl looked at the production date, sniffed the smell again, and confirmed that it was this before asking the salesperson, "How much is a bottle?" ”

The salesman glanced back at the price tag: "One piece eight." ”

"Hey, isn't it a five?" The girl frowned.

"It was before the Spring Festival, and the money went up after the Spring Festival." The salesman's tone was neither yin nor yang, and seeing that the girl was still hesitating, he added impatiently: "From Nanjing to Beijing is at this price, buy it, buy it, and put it here if you don't buy it." ”

The girl hesitated for a moment and finally paid the money.

"Bring me a bottle too." Tian Guo took out a piece of eight from his pocket and handed it to the salesman, although the funds were tight, she didn't want to treat her face badly.

The face is just one, but the money can be earned again.

There are three salesmen at the counter, one is responsible for making oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, one is responsible for making sesame sauce and selling pickles, and a young girl is responsible for selling noodles and pancakes and steamed buns.

"You don't have to queue up to sell pasta, you can buy it here." The master in charge of making soy sauce shouted.

Then the three or four people in front of Tian Guo hurriedly moved to the little girl. Tian Guo also hurriedly followed, the little girl moved quickly, and it was Tian Guo's turn in less than a minute.

"How many pounds of noodles?"

"A pound." Tian Guo said.

"One pound of cut noodles, two cents and one." The cut surface contains moisture, and the cut surface of one pound is displayed on the scale as one pound and two taels.

Tian Guo took out two cents and one and a food stamp from his pocket and handed it to her, and was about to put it in a plastic bag, only to hear the little girl say "hey": "No, comrade, you got the wrong food stamp, this is an oil stamp." ”