"How are you going to spend this year...... Yue Lin sighed. She and her husband Song Bin finished two remittances at the post office early in the morning, and they only had the poor 500 yuan left in their pockets. The two of them decided not to go back to their hometown Wuhan, and now that the average annual income is about 10,000 yuan, they have to buy New Year's goods after returning home, and then they probably can't even afford to buy a train ticket for the return trip. really went home for the New Year, from the New Year to the days when the salary was paid, the husband and wife were afraid that they would not even have money for food.

After solving the big things in his heart, Song Bin felt that he had fulfilled his responsibility to the family, and he just wanted to make his wife happy at this time. He smiled: "We don't talk about family affairs, I will do housework after I go back." Laundry, mopping, cooking, dumplings. Wife, you have worked hard, you don't need Zhang Luo this year, let me serve you. ”

"Just blow it." Yue Lin can understand her husband's emotions, but she has no confidence in her husband's ability to do housework.

"Wife, this time it's also thanks to your extra money. If you don't have this extra money, you won't have enough money for your family. You stayed up all night until your eyes were black. Although he just said that he would not talk about family matters, Song Bin couldn't help but bring up family-related issues.

"It's normal for us to stay up late studying mathematics, and everyone stays up together, and no one is better than the other." Speaking of dark circles, Yue Lin remembered the two of them who stayed up late together. Although they are not like pandas, the children of the two emperors' families are not as easy as they think. Speaking of pandas, Yue Lin suddenly remembered a place to go, "Let's go to the zoo to see pandas now, right?" ”

According to Chinese tradition, the rest day of the Republic of China is closed on May Day. Five days of work and one day off. The hospital is basically closed for three or four days. During the holidays, the zoo is closed, and this kind of public entertainment is a great time to make money. Recently, there have been several new pairs of pandas at Nanjing Zoo, and the publicity of the pandas in the newspapers and on the radio is not small. Even if you can't go out shopping, it's good to see the pandas.

Going to the zoo is a very small entertainment activity, Song Bin is very supportive, and the couple take the bus to Nanjing Zoo hand in hand. The ticket office is crowded with people, and the population of Nanjing exceeds 5 million. There are a large number of young people from outside, although a large number of people return to their hometowns for the New Year, and many people go to Nanjing for the New Year. In addition to places like cinemas and cinemas, popular entertainment is probably parks and zoos.

"Line up! Line up! The security guard shouted with a tin horn. A huge sign was plastered in a prominent place, "Please consciously queue up!" The announcer's soft voice came out from the electric loudspeaker near the entrance every other paragraph, "Please buy tickets to enter, and consciously queue up when buying tickets." Behaviors such as cutting in line will not only affect the speed of your ticket purchase, but also cause unnecessary disputes. For a good visit to the park and others, please follow the instructions of the staff and line up to purchase tickets. ”

While zoos have done what they can, the queues themselves are only something that can be guaranteed by big cities. Some people who look at clothing and don't live in Nanjing always have their own living habits. The order of the scene is really not complimentary. finally squeezed to buy two tickets, and Song Bin felt that he was going to sweat.

With a large flow of people, there are naturally business opportunities. In the sales area demarcated at the door, there are all kinds of snacks, snacks, and patterns, and shouts come and go. Song Bin saw that almost everyone had food in their hands, and the women had a huge ball of marshmallows in their hands. He squeezed over and bought two marshmallows and a large bag of fried peanuts. When I came back, I felt a little thirsty, so I squeezed back and bought two bottles of yogurt. Yogurt bottles can be refunded when they come back, and the bottles can be taken away.

Seeing her husband come back looking at the huge pile of things, Yue Lin's mood also improved. Not long after cutting the ticket and entering the door, Yue Lin saw an acquaintance. I saw that Wei Xiu and her boyfriend, as well as Wei Rui and another girl Yue Lin had never seen before, were also each with a marshmallow, carrying a soda in their hands. It seems that in such a harmonious festival, no matter what the background is, everyone's thoughts are similar.

Everyone introduced each other, "who am my classmates", "who am my brother", "who am my lover", "who am my friend". The zoo is not a park, in the park young people like to be alone, in the zoo is just from here to there, walk around. The six of them walked around the crowded zoo together.

The Imperial Capital Zoo is magnificent, and the scale of each venue is very large. Even so, the huge circular monkey mountain pond with a radius of several hundred meters is still full of people watching the monkeys, and all kinds of edible and inedible toys are flying like raindrops in the monkey mountain. Yue Lin was also affected by this atmosphere, and picked two large peanuts and threw them into the Monkey Mountain Pond. The monkeys have been tested and can tell at a glance what is edible. Immediately, two little monkeys rushed over, picked up the peanuts, and hurried back. However, perhaps the Monkey King also thought that this peanut was more edible, and immediately yelled at the little monkey. A timid little monkey immediately threw the peanut to the Monkey King and went to find another target himself. The other monkey was obviously much bolder, it grabbed the peanut with one of its forearms, and the rest of its limbs were strong, and it ran to the corner where the monkey king could not see and hid, and then began to eat its own booty.

"Oh! Oh! Yue Lin couldn't help but shout happily twice. Watching the monkeys' tricks, more food was thrown into the pool. Tourists laugh and monkeys bark. The entire vicinity of Monkey Mountain is filled with a joyful atmosphere.

The seal house is a little sad. A fence was erected at the door, and a huge advertisement was erected next to the fence, "Tragedy! Tourists throw objects indiscriminately and kill seals. The seal stomach is full of inedible garbage! The small print below tells the ins and outs of this tragic story, accompanied by shocking photos.

Inside the seal house, the staff yelled, "Don't throw any food into the seal pool!" Violators will be fined! At least the young people were willing to listen to the persuasion, and everyone thought it was cute to see the round seals swimming flexibly in the big pool.

The elephants in the elephant house don't know if they are afraid of the cold or afraid of life. I saw two elephants thinking about the wall, and their butts were facing the audience. No matter how much the crowd shouted, the elephant still stood there like Tarzan. At most, you can see fan-like ears, and the iconic long nose just won't show everyone.

The Panda Pavilion is even more crowded. In the introduction at the door, the panda is introduced to this fierce and fierce animal. But what tourists see is a few cute black and white flowers rolling around, which makes people feel that the naïve state of wanting to hold the panda in their arms and the kind of fierce physical fitness are not connected. It's a pity that there are too many pandas, and tourists enter in batches, and a group of people can only watch for ten minutes. Before they could enjoy it, Yue Lin and the others were driven away.

After such a walk, the young man saw many animals that he had never seen before. Everyone didn't expect the peacock to unfold the screen to everyone with great interest, so that these people understood the magnificence of the peacock's opening screen. As for the lions and tigers...... after being locked up, they lost the domineering of the beastmaster, but they were somewhat similar to big cats and dogs.

After three rounds of snacks, I poured a few bottles of yogurt and soda. At sunset, the young man left the zoo satisfied.

"There's a delicious new restaurant, let's try it." Wei Xiu was happy shopping, and he had no intention of going home after coming out.

"My lover said that I stayed up all night and became a panda eye, are you going to the store now, aren't you afraid of being caught as a panda?" Yue Lin and Wei Xiu joked.

Wei Xiu laughed after hearing this, "You're no better!" This time, let the culprit please eat. ”

Since he doesn't have to pay for his own money, and his wife doesn't object, Song Bin is naturally not overwhelmed. A group of people ran to a restaurant with a good face, and there were guests leaving. The young man rushed up and took his place. It didn't take long for the fragrant cheese fondue to be served.

Cheese fondue is a new thing, and the number of dairy cows raised has increased a lot in recent years. Although Chinese are generally lactose intolerant, processed dairy products do not have this problem, yogurt, cheese, cheese, gradually began to become popular. Cheese fondue is to heat and melt the cheese in the pot, stick bread and fruit with a fork, dip it in a thick layer of cheese and eat it. It's still winter, not fruit season. Six people ordered a bunch of them, and it took less than 200.

"It's so cheap." Wei Rui's female companion couldn't help but praise.

"It will be cheaper later." Wei Rui teased it a little. The vast expanses of the six North American provinces have little population, and the land is cultivated in rotation. Raising beef cattle also has the problem of long-distance transportation, but raising dairy cows is easier. Fresh milk is directly processed into cheese or cheese that can be stored for a long time, and even if it is a year's output, tens of thousands of tons of large ships can be transported in one ship.

One-sixth of his monthly salary was eaten up by one meal, and Song Bin really felt that everyone's standard definition of "cheap" was different. But the cheese fondue tastes really good, and if the price can really get cheaper as Wei Rui said, that's good news. Song Bin asked, "How much cheaper can it be?" ”

"Half as cheap should be fine. If done well, it should be a third cheaper. Wei Rui replied.

"How so?" If such a delicious thing is one-third cheaper, it is something that ordinary people can easily consume, and Song Bin can't believe this statement. One-third is 60 yuan, one-twentieth of Song Bin's monthly salary. This level of consumption does not belong to the price point that makes Song Bin tremble.

"The basic cost, there is no difference between producing one ton and producing ten tons. But after this cost is invested, milking ten cows and milking twenty cows, the cost is not much different. If the price is reduced to one-third, the output can be increased tenfold. The price is so high, and there are only a few people who eat it. As soon as the price is low, more people will eat. As long as you can sell it, you can make at least three times as much money. "Wei Rui has been looking at things differently lately. With the integration of theory with practice and the support of the system, it becomes very easy to understand theory.

"The economics we studied in college included the cost division. Land costs, labor costs, corporate dividends, capital costs. For North America, there is no cost of land, many enterprises are state-owned enterprises, dividends are just a tax, and funds rely on state support. And technical support is also provided in the country there, so there is no need to explore. The state has built a special technical department. If you go and work hard according to the regulations, then the annual income will be tripled, and there is nothing you can not agree to. "Qi Rui is very confident in the development of North America.

"Where can it be so easy, this is equivalent to not having capital, only thinking about working hard for money." There is an economics course in the university, and Song Bin couldn't help but question what Wei Rui said was unreliable.

Yue Lin knew Wei Rui's background, and she immediately smiled and said: "Let's eat well for the New Year, if you don't eat it now, are you hungry and waiting for the price to drop?" If you want to be hungry, you're hungry yourself. Don't delay everyone from having enough. ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed, the topic was skipped, eating delicious cheese and fondue, everyone talked about some recent pleasures, and the happy atmosphere was exactly the same as the atmosphere of this New Year.

The cheese hot pot restaurant is heated by alcohol stoves on each table, and the room is warm, but this is not the norm on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The south bank of the Yangtze River is wet and cold in winter, which is not necessarily more comfortable than in the north. In Wuhan, in particular, even though the green belts on both sides of the road are still lush and green, the chill is even more unbearable through the humid air.

The New Year is approaching, and Yue Lin doesn't even have a stove at home. Wearing a thick cotton jacket, Yue Lin's younger brother Yue Jiefang said loudly to his father: "Dad, I must go with everyone tomorrow." When his father heard this, he was furious, and he picked up his mottled hand because of chilblains and struck at his son, who was naturally not comparable to the old father, and he took a step back to avoid his father's slap.

However, Yue Jiefang didn't dare to continue to stay at home to make his father angry, he said sullenly, "Dad, don't worry about it." If I don't get my wages back this time, I won't be going home this year! ”

After saying that, he rushed out of the house without looking back and disappeared into the night.

"You come back to me!" Yue Jiefang's father chased out the door while shouting, but the old man's legs and feet were not dexterous, and when he went out, his son had already run away without a trace.

"You unfilial son!" In the bitter chill, the old man shouted at the night road where there were few pedestrians.

Just when the old man was thinking about whether to continue chasing, the old lady came out and grabbed the old man. Pulling his wife back into the house, the old lady whispered, "Old man." How about letting him try it? The pot can't be opened, don't you let people find a way to live? ”

"You!" Faced with this disagreeing attitude, the old man was about to flare up in anger. But I can look at the cold iron stove in the house, and look at the rusty tin chimneys that have released warmth in the past and are now cold. The old man's reprimanding words choked in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.