"He was a student at the provincial high school."

Lao Bao added, his eyes staring at the shopkeeper, and he had some confidence in his heart: he remembered that Bao Guowei said that students can get discounts when they come to get glasses.

The shopkeeper was a little surprised, and looked at the one who was looking in the mirror:

At first glance, he thought he was a young man who was going to college, or a young man who was just starting out in society, but after putting on his glasses, he looked like a successful industrialist, or the son of a powerful person who had returned from studying in the West.

In short, I can't imagine that I still attend a new school nearby.

"As long as you have a student ID card from Gusu Middle School, you can get a six-percent discount."

The shopkeeper replied respectfully, this was said to Lao Bao, Bao Guowei now looks too noble, so that he is a little afraid to talk to Bao Guowei.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the price of these glasses is not too expensive, and it has increased by more than 20 times according to the cost price.

Out of the basic literacy of a shopkeeper, based on subconscious instinct - the price reduction should also make the customer feel worthwhile, and don't make people feel that the price was arbitrary.

"The cost of these square lenses is much higher, and the frames are gold-plated! Nissan Plating ......"

Those who like gold and silver jewelry know that gold-plated things are actually meaningless, a gram of gold can be plated with a surface area of hundreds of square centimeters, and this kind of production is mainly calculated as process money.

In fact, glasses customers are "semi-non-renewable resources", and considering the rental price of shops in the city center, it is normal for the price to be more expensive, as long as it is not too outrageous, Bao Guowei can understand, but ......

"Why, you don't understand this? Fooling people with these words? ”

The bespectacled man spoke, and noticed that there was some unhappiness in his tone, and the shopkeeper turned his head as if his chest was stuffed, and it was difficult to breathe, and the back of his neck seemed to be stuffed with an ice cube, and he was a little cold.

……

Coming out of the store and walking on the dry and hard road, Lao Bao was still a little distressed.

A pair of glasses cost four yuan and five - not four yuan eight, but it is also worth the price of more than 100 catties of new rice, that is still the price of fine grain, if it is replaced with bran leaves, grain bran bran, how long can you eat?

However, thanks to the blessing of Guowei, the Qin government has now raised his salary: four yuan and five are less than half a month's salary.

Recently, with the identity of the "big housekeeper", the subordinates send some objects to themselves from time to time, and if someone is late for work, they will bribe themselves with a few copper plates.

That's not all, the lord and the lady have a much better attitude towards themselves, and they usually give themselves some rewards.

Even considering that the tuition fee of about 40 yuan is paid to the foreign school every year, the family does not need to be as poor as before.

Thinking of this, and then looking at Bao Guowei's very heroic appearance after putting on the gold wire glasses, Lao Bao no longer has a distressed thought - value.

The optical shop is at the north end of the school, and if you want to go home, you have to go back to school the same way, and then go south.

The shadows of the trees swayed, the light of the setting sun shone on the ground, and a flock of sparrows chirped by, looking out around - the wide roads seemed to be sprinkled with gold dust, the roads were full of well-dressed pedestrians, the streets were clean and tidy shops, and even the rickshaws were much more luxurious.

The student with the book in his hand walked by:

"Go to the comic shop and buy some comics!"

"Go buy some more novels!"

He speaks words that the children of Seongnam almost never mention.

Men in suits and leather shoes and top hats walked by:

"Toyo Textile Mill has obviously stopped working before, why did the stock suddenly rise so much?"

"Hehe, you don't know, this time it directly increased the textile entry tax, uniting the government ......"

He said something that the men in the south of the city couldn't understand.

Women wearing cheongsams and silver jewelry on their heads and necks take catwalks:

"My husband brought me a British Callia perfume last night."

"Then you should buy him a bottle of Stencon head oil today."

He said something that the women of Seongnam had never paid attention to.

……

There are far fewer people in the vicinity of the school, and most of the students and parents have returned home.

But there was still a school security guard at the door, and there were a few students or gentlemen who were just coming out at this moment.

Some of the vendors had already pushed their carts to other places, and the carts were moving at a fast pace, as if they were in a hurry to leave.

The rest of the vendors are still shouting - if the things can't be sold, they will have to be pulled to the south of the city or somewhere else, the price will be much less, if they can't sell out, they can only eat themselves, and if they don't have any money, what they eat is the money for the next purchase, and they cry while eating.

"Warm up with a bowl of ravioli?"

Lao Bao stopped in front of the steaming "Li Family Chaos" stall and took Bao Guowei's hand, which he had previously put in his cold hand in his sleeve to cover his head.

Wooden sticks are set up on the wonton stalls and an open fire is used to heat the soup, and on this cold day, people want to approach to keep warm when they see the eye-catching fire.

Bao Guowei nodded.

"Two guest officers, two copies can be discounted by eight, fight tiger brothers, and go into battle father and son!"

The shopkeeper wears a black hat, gray hair from his sideburns, and wears a cotton suit, and is about sixty years old, still earning a living outside.

Seeing the two people in front of him holding hands, although he felt a little discordant, but after looking at the faces of the two, there was a bit of similarity, and the shopkeeper still had a certain number in his heart: this is a father and son.

"How much?"

The vendor pointed to the sign next to him: "One bowl and one corner, the second portion is 20% off." ”

Thinking about this price is deeply thought, even if it is discounted, parents who are rich and want to show off will often only generously shell out two cents - no need to look for it.

"Two copies?"

"One serving, I'm full at home."

Lao Bao was reluctant to eat fine grains and meat, he always felt that it was too luxurious for him to enjoy this kind of thing.

……

The more I walked to the south of the city, the more I felt that it was a lot dirty, and the dead leaves on the ground were not cleaned, and a thick layer had accumulated, which had emitted a not very pleasant smell.

The walls on the road seemed to have been plastered with oil, cracked and blackened, and there was a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River, so there was a lot of green moss attached to it, but according to past memories, the moss would be gone in winter - perhaps someone scraped it off and ate it.

When the people I met on the road saw Bao Guowei's dress, they would often avoid it from a long distance, so as not to spread their dirt to others, and then cause any anger, cause unprovoked disasters or the like, or simply be in awe.

Bao Guowei was just holding a thin white wooden bowl in his hand, eating the wontons inside as he walked, and the hot steam was steaming on his glasses.

"Dad, have food prices been high lately?"

Bao Guowei suddenly remembered what his high school history teacher said: There were many great famines during the Republic of China.

The so-called Great Famine is not enough to have this name if the number of people affected does not involve tens of millions, and the number of people who die of starvation does not reach one million.

Now he can clearly remember a nursery rhyme told by his history teacher:

In the eighteenth year of the Republic of China, people ate people, dogs ate dogs, crows and finches ate stones, and rats were so hungry that they couldn't leave.

The Great Famine of 1928-1930 is depicted here.

Lao Bao thought for a while: "It was originally higher for a while, but as a result, there were many more grain merchants in the city, and it came down again. ”

"Then stock up on more grain now, isn't there a small cellar in the yard, at least fill it, no need to set aside tuition, money may not be able to buy grain, but grain can be cashed in at any time."

Although the Bao family is small, it also has a cellar, and a few cubic meters can actually store thousands of catties of grain.

Lao Bao nodded, now he will do everything Bao Guowei says, not to mention hoarding food.

"I'll ask Zhang Siwu to find someone to accompany you tomorrow, and I don't worry about you going alone."

As he was talking, he noticed a man in his twenties lying on the ground like a dead corpse on the road ahead.

The clothes on his body were tattered, as if they had been soaked in ink, and they had been rubbed by the river, until they were white, and then they were trampled on: crumpled and full of holes, wisps by wisps.

He was covered with a broken straw mat, his cheeks were shriveled, his eyes were looking at the sky, and he had no expression, and beside him was a broken pottery bowl with a few dead leaves in it.

Pedestrians passing by him didn't seem to see it, but just walked around, as if they were accustomed to it.

Dead people are a common thing, and since the weather is already cold, it is not easy to cause plague and disease, so the strength of the government soldiers to control the "dead" has gradually decreased.

The chaos in Bao Guowei's bowl had almost been eaten, and there were still some leftovers, and seeing that he was a little pitiful, he poured the rest into the broken pottery bowl.

But the man didn't react, and looked at his chest, which was no longer heaving.