Mr. Mai's mouth opened slightly, his eyes were strict and sharp, and he kept staring at the guy when he went out of the door, and then he flicked his gray cloth robe with his hand, sighed and said:

"Now these guys, the rules are not as good as before, don't talk about the Qing Dynasty, even if it was at the beginning of the Republic of China, if you give a dime reward, the guys have to lie on the ground and kowtow to thank you."

The little hairy grandfather picked up very cateringly:

"Mr. Mak is a civilized person and the most polite. When we ordinary people buy things, we all have one penny and one penny, and even if we want another reward, we have agreed in advance. ”

When Mr. Mai heard this, he was really happy physically and mentally, even in the middle of summer, the ice water toppings were not as comfortable as this. Even if it is cold and winter, the spring breeze is ten miles, it is not as beautiful as this.

At the small square table where they were drinking, there stood five or six small hairy heads, high and low. They all watched with blank eyes, and the two divided the wine and food, a small piece for each child, the one who went out to run an errand just now, and half a duck leg. Send the children out to play.

If that dime is not rewarded to the guys, and scattered to these little hairy people, the effect should be more enthusiastic. But now that the mistake has been made, I have to pay attention next time.

In general, this wine is a wine of victory, a wine of success, Mr. Mai has thoroughly popularized the ingenuity of Da Dong's duck eating method and the wonderful taste, and feels that he has fully demonstrated the dignity and generosity he should have in front of his neighbors who are workers. A duck's generosity, three ways to eat it are exquisite.

When it was getting dark, the husband and wife of the worker's neighbor came back together, one carrying a bag and the other a jar.

"I happened to pass by the Da Dong roast duck shop and asked for a duck by the way. Last time, I ate the bones of pepper and salt, and this time the duck rack made him boil into soup, and just fried another serving of green vegetables, and he was all alive, and he didn't have to cook dinner. ”

Mr. Mai felt that his face was in a state of stiffness, and he snorted haha. Walk back to your room at home. Standing by the window, half-covered by the curtains, looking into the patio. Families prepare dinner, full of fireworks.

Mrs. Mak walked in, turned on the incandescent lamp, and saw her husband standing there. Immediately said:

"Are you looking at the curtains? Three of our neighbors' seven households have pulled fresh rainbow company cloth curtains. This money, no matter what, can't be saved. ”

Mr. Mak immediately said:

"Didn't you say that cloth is cheap now? In this case, there is no way to save money if there is not much money. You're going to pull it off tomorrow. ”

It was probably because of the afternoon of eating wine and meat that Mr. Mak had a strong appetite, and he didn't eat a few bites of dinner. Strangely, it's not just the appetite that is blocked. I was also very irritable.

After eating, dragging his heavy legs, he walked to the desk and sat down in a daze. Mrs. Mai and Mr. Mai raised their eyebrows together, and they were the most knowledgeable, so they came over and asked him:

"Look at you like this, it's amazing, don't be sick."

Mr. Mak waved his hand:

"It doesn't matter, I'm just thinking about something!"

"Tell me what you want!"

Mrs. Mak took a bamboo cup and poured tea for her husband.

Mr. Mak was happy to communicate with her wife:

"According to what I've seen recently, whether it's on the street or in our office, this worker, man, or whatever, the salary increase is really too great!"

Mrs. Mai immediately said:

"Yes, their food and clothing are not much different from ours."

Mr. Mak waved his hand:

"Forget about food and clothing, look at their mental complexion and conversation demeanor, they are all good."

Mrs. Mak looked at her husband's face, and Mr. Mak looked at his wife's face. The husband and wife were silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed at the same time.

Because others are doing well, they sigh. This seems very unreasonable. But an in-depth analysis of human nature is simply the most scientific truth.

Humans are animals that like to compare. When everyone else is standing, you can have a small stool to sit on, and that is cool and crooked. When everyone else drinks gruel. You eat a bowl of lo mein. That's cool crooked. When everyone else is nibbling on a chicken leg, and you also nibble on a chicken leg, then there is no happiness.

The Mai family is a family of intellectuals and literati with a small amount of assets, and they belong to the small literati class, so it is natural that they should be more decent and generous than the families of small workers. This has been the rule for thousands of years.

In the end, Mr. Mai was more open, and he took a sip of tea:

"Our family has had a very good time this year."

Mrs. Mai sat up straight, looked up at the direction of the window, and glanced in the direction:

"It's not much stronger!"

At present, they are still richer than those neighbors, but Mrs. Mai is a little uncomfortable, and there is a scientific theory called the first-mover advantage of late-mover families.

A family that has always maintained an economic advantage, and every time their family updates their daily necessities in society, they will buy them. In another family, which is slightly less financially off, they buy it by jumping.

The former family bought one generation of curtains, the second generation, the third generation, the fourth generation, and the fifth generation. Their fifth-generation curtains are still sixty percent new, and it's a pity to throw them away.

The latter family bought the second, fourth, and sixth generations of curtains. It looks like this. The curtains of the sixth generation are much more advanced and decent than the fifth generation.

This is the concrete embodiment of the late-mover family, but it has the advantage of being the first-mover.

In the era of the Republic of China, the innovation of daily necessities was very fast, and the expression of this theory was very obvious. As soon as the working families were able to receive their salaries on time and in full every month, their living standards began to be significantly closer to those of the petty literati and petty bourgeois families.

Mr. Mak got up from his chair and walked back and forth in the room a few times, but after all, he was a little helpless, he felt that he was like this in his life, and it was unlikely that he would make significant progress. There's another scientific theory in this called the ceiling of career ascent. Mr. Mak ran into the ceiling and couldn't jump up, and on the other hand, people who were originally inferior to him had already caught up.

A few days later, the neighbor's grandfather invited Mr. Mai to drink:

"Authentic bamboo leaf Qing'er, the momentum is a little big, I don't know if Mr. Mai can get used to it?"

Mr. Mak smiled and arched his hand:

"If you can't get used to eating, the wine should still be stronger, and it will be pleasant."

They still set up a small square table in the patio to drink, and the appetizer was a roast chicken and a plate of lotus root slices with honey sauce. Drink until Mr. Mai's face is seven or eight points red.

Suddenly, a friend who had a good relationship came to him:

"Why have you started drinking, didn't you make an appointment a few days earlier, and go to Lao Meng's house today."

Mr. Mak patted his head with his hand:

"Yes, yes, look at my memory!"

Fortunately, the drinking party with the neighbor's old man was also over, and Mr. Mai said goodbye to the old man. A friend who came to him hand in hand, went out and called a rickshaw, negotiated the fare, and went to another friend's house for a drink.

…… (To be continued.) )