It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning, and Han Li had already walked out of the apartment building that belonged to the railway bureau, he came to the bar last night and summoned two little owls, only to get one After he left, there were many people coming in and out, but the big fat man had no news of leaving.

After Han Li had fed the two little ones and let them stay here to observe the bar owner, he headed in the direction of the farmer's market.

Han Li kept an eye on the surrounding restaurants as he walked, and at this time he noticed a very strange phenomenon.

At the corner of the street, a group of people, including men, women, old and young, gathered around a shop with a "fresh beer supply station", some of them were queuing, some were holding draft beer glasses, large glasses, glass cans, they were not too cold to stand on the side of the road and drink beer.

Han Li inquired from the side with some confusion and found out that this was also a habit of Lao Maozi, drinking a large glass of beer in the morning could not only fill his stomach, but also make him dizzy and not affect his work much.

And you must drink this kind of beer as soon as possible, because Lao Maozi thinks that the freshest and most delicious wine just brewed, and you either can't drink it when it's late, or you can only drink stale beer, so queuing up to buy beer in the morning has become a habit for them.

The beer at the beer supply station is cold and refreshing in the summer and higher than the outside temperature in the winter, so it is perfect for drinking either one.

Lao Maozi's breweries are generally located close to the city, and some big cities even have several breweries around the city, so as to meet the demand for fresh beer supply stations in the city.

In addition, there is also a beer hall around the beer supply station, and the function of this beer house is to let people who are afraid of the cold in winter, and those who don't like to stand on the street and drink alcohol.

However, there is an extra charge for drinking in the beer hall, which only serves some small snacks and no snacks, and most beer halls do not even provide seating, they only provide a room and a round table where guests can put beer glasses on top of it, so in this era, guests who come to the beer hall can only stand in a circle in front of the table to drink.

There are two things to keep in mind when you go into a beer hall, you can bring your own snacks to accompany the drink, such as salted dried fish, smoked cheese, nuts and the like, which no one cares about.

But you should never bring your own alcohol in, and if you let the waiters find out, they will immediately let you know what it means not to beat or scold a customer for no reason.

Even this does not stop some old drunkards from sneaking a small bottle of vodka into it, and they quickly pour it into the beer while the waiter is not looking, which may be one of the earliest sources of the "depth charge" drinking method.

For smaller cities and towns, there are no beer supply stations, but breweries will send tankers like tankers to these places as local bulk beer sales points, so that local residents can drink directly from these large cans of beer.

However, these bottling trucks don't always bring in all beer, and sometimes they will bring in some kvass to sell it.

According to the planned economy operation routine stipulated by Lao Maozi, these beers are sold out of one batch and then make the next batch, which means that whether you are a fresh beer supply station or a bulk beer sales point, you will face a period of window period, and this window period is generally used to sell "kvas".

But people in big cities have a certain priority, and whenever the window is approaching, each brewery will set aside some more shares for the big cities, and no one cares about people in small cities drinking kvass for a few more days.

Kvass: This is an alcoholic beverage that is popular throughout Northern Europe, usually similar in color to beer, slightly reddish, sweet and sour in taste, with a slight hop flavor, and its alcohol content is usually only about 1%.

In the perception of Lao Maozi people, kvass is regarded as "liquid bread", symbolizing the "taste of mother", and is considered an important drink of national tradition.

(Since these beer halls and bulk beer outlets only sell beer and kvass and basically do not sell spirits such as vodka, Lao Maozi was not affected when he issued a ban on the anti-alcohol movement in 1985.) ）

Han Li's heart was a little itchy when he heard this, so he planned to buy a bunch of fresh beer to drink, but seeing so many people queuing up at the scene dispelled this thought.

Although Han Li left a little disappointed at this street entrance, he saw another fresh beer supply station at the third street entrance, and there were far fewer people here than the one just now, so he took out a large glass from the decomposition space, waited in line for a while, bought one, and tasted it and found that it was indeed a little better than the beer called Bakute Brew that he had drunk at the bar last night.

The current weather is really not cold for Lao Maozi, so there is almost no one in the beer house next to it.

Han Li was also squatting or standing on the side of the road drinking like everyone else, and at this time he heard the news that most of the people in the gray area of S Kovorodino had gone to the west with their guys, and no one knew what they were going to do to drink here, but this did not affect them from telling all kinds of speculations in their hearts.

They didn't know, but Han Li knew, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he got the news.

This situation shows that what he "picked up" on the train was the goods of a local underground tycoon, not the public, otherwise the personnel dispatched were the relevant units, not the people in these gray areas.

Han Li was in a better mood now, and after drinking this cup, he bought another cup, but this time he was drinking as he walked, and from time to time he took out the meat sausages he had harvested last night from the decomposition space to eat, there were quite a few people like Han Li who were in a hurry to eat and walk on the road, so his actions were not special at all, and he only filled his stomach when he was about to arrive at the farmer's market.

The scale of the farmer's market in Kovorodino is really not small, and when the market is large, there will naturally be more people here, and Han Li got a lot of the news he wanted after turning around and stepping on two feet of mud.

First of all, the farmers' market itself is a product of the compromise of Lao Maozi's policy, so there are no official personnel here.

If the farmers in the small villages are small in size and have a single variety, no one will pay attention to them under normal circumstances.

However, unlike those in small towns, the farmers' market in Kovorodino has become a gold panning ground for those who wander in the gray area because of its wide range, large number of transactions, and lack of official involvement.

After a long struggle, those who have no one behind them and no means are eliminated, and the remaining people will maintain the basic order of the farmers' market, but they will also earn a part of the money.

(For details, please refer to the clips in some movies, or the rules in some wet markets, wholesale markets, construction markets, etc.) ）

Han Li's two feet of mud were also exchanged for some specific news, such as: the specific products in some collective farms, the approximate amount, and the current prices of various material transactions. Wait a minute.

With this news, after Han Li got the money, he could directly go to the other party to trade, and he could avoid the gaze of many people.

Yes, it was to trade money, although Han Li could quietly get the materials he wanted, but he didn't plan to get them from these low-level people, and letting the bar owner Kolosov, as well as the people who maintained the farmers' market, pay for it was his true idea.

And this matter has to be done as soon as possible, preferably before the return of those who were released by the big fat Kolosov.

Because most of the people in the gray area of the entire city of S Kovorodino are not there now, and they are all going out of the city to find clues and arrest people in the early hours of this morning for the bonus and favor of the big fat man Kolosov.

After Han Li walked out of the farmer's market, he wiped the mud off his shoes with a towel, and then he ran to the east of the city to take a look at the villa area there from a distance, because it was still daytime Han Li didn't move, he just borrowed a little pocket money from the eldest brother who drove out from here.

During this time, Han Li planned to visit this "big" town, which was about 10,000 people, and see if there were any suitable gifts to buy back for his women.

It was now past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, and Han Li walked on the road and found that Lao Maozi was really frost-resistant, especially these women who were in good condition and loved beauty, many of them had a windbreaker, upper sweater, and lower bell bottom.

Some women are even more exaggerated, they have a windbreaker on the outside, a set of bragi on the inside, and stockings on their legs, and the stockings don't look thickened.

When Han Li saw them dressed up, his first stop was to go to the department store here, he wanted to buy a few sets for his women, even if they couldn't wear them out now, but he could let them wear them alone for himself, especially the stockings were definitely ...

Han Lixing hurriedly came to the department store here, the price of bell bottoms was okay, it might be a difference in cognition, Han Li felt that the price of stockings was a bit high, but the money in his hand was borrowed, for his own happy life, he asked for a whole pack of stockings of various colors.

In addition, Han Li also bought a few pairs of beautiful ladies' leather shoes, a lot of good toilet paper, some headwear, and hair flowers. Wait a minute.

After shopping, Han Li found a corner where no one was around, and waved his hand to put these things into the decomposition space.

Next, Han Li went to the bookstore here, the production of literary authors in this era was too low, and he didn't buy a few new books that were highly readable, but the purpose of coming to the bookstore to buy maps was achieved.

At this time, Han Li looked at his watch, and the time was less than three o'clock in the afternoon, and he got up and walked towards a state-run bar that he had seen when he came.

After entering, Han Li found that this was a combination of a bar and a dance hall, and the lighting inside was a little dim, not only did there be a bar counter and booths, but there was also a large dance floor with even dimmer lights next to it, and at this time, there were already many people hugging each other and dancing ballroom dances.

Han Li ordered two beers and asked for a booth in a remote corner, sat down to listen to the music and watched the figures on the dance floor sway.

Originally, Han Li had just planned to find a place to stay until dark, but as soon as he sat down and drank a beer, someone came over.

"Alone? Can you please have a drink? ”

Han Li looked at the girl he was talking to, and thought to himself that the city of Kovorodino was so small, she was the girl Han Li saw on the street who wanted to wear Bragi with a demeanor and not a temperature, but now she was not wearing a trench coat, but it was precisely because of this that the lines of the pair of stockings on her legs became clearer.

"Of course, let the waiter serve whatever you want."

"Vodka, thank you."

When Han Li sat down to drink and chat, he knew that this girl's name was Sophia, she had just graduated from the Department of Primary Education of the Teachers College last year, and she was now a teacher at an elementary school in the city of Skovorodino.

Today happens to be Sunday, so I came out to dance, have a drink, and relax my brain that has been noisy by students this week.

In front of the foreigner, Han Li did not have the kind of restraint at home, a few common jokes in later generations made Sophia quack, and after a few glasses of wine, he came to the dance floor.

However, Han Li didn't know how to dance this kind of ballroom dance that didn't know what beat it was a "few steps", so he held Sophia in circles in the dim light from the beginning, and his hands were drawing circles.

Spinning, spinning, Sophia's feet left the ground, her whole body hung on Han Li's body, her lips placed on Han Li's ear and whispered.

"You're too bad, but you can't do it here, let's go over there, okay."

Han Li nodded, and just like that, he hugged Sophia and turned around and came to the back of a pillar in the corner, and at this time, the live music was replaced by a more passionate music, which perfectly covered up Sophia's soprano.

After several dance songs, Han Li half-hugged Sophia back to her original booth, but the stockings on her body were no longer what they used to be.

Han Li waited for Sophia to come to her senses, ordered a glass of vodka for her to moisten her dry throat, accepted the contact information and address she had written to him, and left the bar.

At this time, it was already dark, and Han Li came to the vicinity of the big fat man Kolosov's bar and beckoned to the two little owls, but after his whistling, only one little owl flew over.

After communication, Han Li learned that the other one was following the big fat man Kolosov, and its current foothold was in the east.

East? Could it be the villa area, and then Han Li asked it to lead the way towards the east.

This road became more and more familiar, and finally came to the villa area in the east of the city.

Han Li saw this situation and thought to himself, the big fat man Kolosov was here, and the leader of the railway branch was here, so he didn't have to run back to achieve his goal this time.

Han Li was crouching in the shadows on the side of the road waiting for the two little owls to come back from their path, when four or five three-span cars suddenly drove in the distance.

However, this three-span is the most classic three-wheeled motorcycle on Lao Maozi's side, its name is "Ural", and this is a motorcycle with quite historical characteristics

(End of chapter)