Tang Hao'er planned to take Niandi and them to the street tomorrow, but some people couldn't wait for tomorrow.

It has been seven years, and Shen Xiang walked out of the Xiangmanyuan for the first time.

Willow Lane is still bustling at night, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians shuttling back and forth on the street, including men, women and children.

During the Japanese occupation, a curfew was imposed, and when it got dark, there were hardly many people on the streets, so how could there be such a bustle.

Liuxiang is not only a restaurant brothel village, there are all kinds of shops here, the largest Hehesheng department store in Taiyuan City is in the center of Liuxiang, which gathers hundreds of businesses, sells a dazzling array of goods, is the most popular place in Liuxiang, and it will be open until 10 o'clock in the evening.

Hehesheng is also an industry under the name of Hongmen, and there is a special hall in charge of management.

Walking out of the Xiangmanyuan Garden and seeing so many people on the street, Shen Xiang already felt a different atmosphere from before.

His memory of the streets of Taiyuan is still stuck in the reign of Yan Xishan seven years ago, even in the years of singing and dancing, Liuxiang has never been so lively.

The prosperity of the market means that the common people live a rich life, and they will go out shopping when they have spare money in their pockets.

Even women and children can enter and exit various businesses without any scruples, which shows that the social order of Taiyuan City is stable and street crime has been effectively controlled.

The alley on the side of Xiangmanyuan was originally a market specializing in human trafficking, and there will be a lot of absinthe people who sell their sons and daughters and wives to sell themselves every day, as long as you spend two or three oceans you can buy a yellow flower girl here, and you can find a group of outlaws to help you do things with a few oceans, but now there are none.

The government of the liberated region prohibits human trafficking, and even if it does not, not many people will go so far.

As long as they don't starve to death, who wants to sell their sons and daughters and wives?

In front of Hehesheng Gate, there is a group of people who are giving an impassioned speech, and the onlookers are crowded, and the atmosphere is warm under the leadership of the speaker.

Shen Xiang stood in the crowd and listened for a long time, and he understood that the content of the speaker's speech on the wooden box was part of Xie Baoqing's "Ideal World", which increased the speaker's own understanding of those contents, and also cited many examples of his own personal experience to support the views in "The Ideal World", making the views of his speech more full and vivid, more convincing, and resonating with the audience.

An uncle couldn't help but go up to the wooden box to tell his personal experience, he came to Taiyuan this time to pick up the son of the apprentice in Taiyuan to go home and farm together.

The family has contracted a few acres of land, planted something, raised many chickens, and raised two little pigs, and counted accounts for everyone with their fingers, and waited until the harvest was harvested and how much they could have left after the public share that should be handed over to the government, and the wrinkles on their faces were full of smiles.

The good days are already in front of you, what more ideal world, for this uncle, it is already an ideal world.

With the strength of the work not only to be able to eat a full meal, two seasons of harvest after the family still has a store of grain, raising piglets at the end of the year can be slaughtered, that is living money, as long as it can continue like this, within three or five years the family will live a fairy-like life, every meal can be full, every day can also drink two or two melon burns, maybe you can also eat a meatball dumplings every three or five times.

The onlookers burst into laughter, such a small day is about to catch up with the landlord's old wealth.

Shen Xiang squeezed out of the crowd, and there was already a lot of emotion in his heart.

It seems that the ideal world described by Xie Baoqing is not just talk on paper, nor is it whimsical, he has begun to implement it in a down-to-earth manner, and it seems that it has begun to bear fruit.

The starting point is too low, and as long as the government casually introduces a policy to benefit the people, it will affect a large group of people.

What's more, the government of the liberated area is not only promulgating policies to benefit the people, but also trying to build a social structure with the participation of the whole people, which is completely different from the elite social system implemented by the current national government, and also different from the one-size-fits-all equality in Yan'an.

Can such a government not be supported by the people?

Shen Xiang pondered for a long time, and asked without looking back: "Xiao Qi, do you think this society really has no class?" ”

Xiao Qileng, who was following behind Shen Xiang, paused for a moment and sneered: "Master, your question is too profound, I haven't thought about it." ”

Shen Xiang smiled: "It's okay, what you want to say, just think of it as a chatter between the two of us." ”

Xiao Qi scratched his head and said, "No, that Xie Baoqing himself is not a class." ”

Shen Xiang smiled and waved his hand: "Forget it, you should continue to be confused." ”

The two of them walked or stopped with the crowd, feeling a different atmosphere.

There are indeed a lot of people in the crowd, looking at their dusty appearance, you know that they have come here from thousands of miles, and their arrival has also brought a different new atmosphere to the new city of Taiyuan.

From the street to the end of the street, the side street at the exit of the street is the urban area where the common people live, but it is still lively here, there are many night market stalls on the side of the road, there are those who play tricks, some play monkeys, and some talk cross talk, which has attracted a lot of popularity.

The boss who sells knives and noodles has two kitchen knives on the top of his head and two kitchen knives in both hands, and a piece of noodles falls into the boiling soup pot like snow, and there are more people who watch him cut noodles than those who watch the handle-style performance, and the dozen or so tables that are put out are even fuller, and many people are waiting for the noodles they ordered to come out of the pot, and their buttocks dare not leave their seats, for fear that the position they finally grabbed will be snatched away.

Shen Xiang looked interesting and said to Xiao Qi, "Let's go eat a bowl of noodles too." ”

It doesn't matter if you eat noodles, Shen Xiang wants to sit in this market and listen to what the people around him have to say.

The identities of these ordinary people are clear at a glance, and the peddlers and pawns who carry the big ones to pull rickshaws are all some people who sell coolies and live at the bottom of the society, and what they say is undoubtedly the most representative of the voices of ordinary people.

Xiao Qi walked to a table indifferently and hugged his fist at the few people who came over: "Old and young masters, my master wants to eat a bowl of noodles, can you give up a seat?" ”

To be honest, Xiao Qi is polite, if he had changed before, he would only say one word when he walked to the table: "Get out"

"Who are you?" The diners who had been waiting for a long time were gone.

Whoever wants to bully and dominate the market has to weigh and weigh, and the streets are patrolled by the armed police of the new government, and whoever dares to make trouble will be arrested directly.

Xiao Qi was just about to stare at him, but Shen Xiang had already stepped forward with a smile and put a piece of ocean in his hand on the table, and said with a smile: "Trouble everyone, just squeeze a place for the two of us, this meal will be treated as if I invited it, and I will make amends to the old and young masters." ”

A big ocean can charter this noodle stall, sure enough, it is still good money, and two guys who have already eaten hurriedly stood up with bowls and gave up their seats: "Two gentlemen, please sit, I just squat and eat." ”

Shen Xiang smiled and was not polite, picked up his robe and sat down, picked up the piece of ocean and handed it to Xiao Qi and instructed: "Go and settle the bill with the boss, this table here is all ours, see if there are any side dishes, and call a few more." All of you are open to eating, and no matter how much you eat today, I will treat you. ”

A bowl of noodles is only a few dollars, and these people can't eat a piece of the ocean even if they open their stomachs.