Ma Hongwei followed Jia Wei all the way to a building area, but was stopped by the porter.

The porter blocked Ma Hongwei's way and asked, "Hey, what are you doing?" ”

Ma Hongwei took out a large front door bag from his pocket, handed it to the other party with a smile, and said, "Uncle, I want to ask, does the head of the song and dance troupe live here?" I had something to do with her. ”

The porter saw that it was the big front door, and his face couldn't help but ease.

Don't look at him as a native of Beijing, but he is reluctant to smoke this big front door for 3 cents and 5 cents.

You know, the money for this pack of cigarettes can buy two catties of fine grain, or half a catty of pork!

He said to Ma Hongwei: "Comrade, we don't have the head of the song and dance troupe here. ”

"It shouldn't be."

Ma Hongwei said: "The one who went in just now, he is the son of Captain Lu." ”

"Xiao Jia you said, he does live here, and he usually lives by himself."

The porter said: "Oh, by the way, he also has a partner, with big long hair, and he looks quite beautiful, and he is also from their song and dance troupe, and occasionally the two will come here to meet." ”

Ma Hongwei asked again: "Then I don't know which building and which number Xiao Jia lives in?" ”

The porter was a little puzzled: "What are you asking for?" ”

Ma Hongwei said casually: "That's the case, my sister just came back from the queue this year, and now she has no job, she likes to dance, and she has always wanted to join the song and dance troupe as an actor, so I thought if I could go through the back door with Captain Lu." ”

"I see."

The porter said suddenly: "But this thing is not easy to do, since last year, those young people who went to the countryside began to come back one after another, I heard that more than 7 million came back last year alone, and I don't know how much I want to come back this year."

These people don't have jobs, you can't rush well at this time, after all, if you go through the back door, people can also go, and then it will be more expensive than the gift money given by anyone. ”

After a pause, he continued: "If you want me to say, let's find a different job for your sister, it doesn't matter if it's dirty and tired, the most important thing is to find a job first, the more you drag it out, the harder it will be to find it." ”

"Thank you, uncle, I'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll find another job for my sister."

Ma Hongwei thanked him and asked, "Uncle, just tell me where Xiao Jia lives!" ”

"Okay."

The porter nodded, pointed to a building in the distance and said, "He lives in 408 of the second building." ”

"Thank you, uncle, thank you, uncle."

Ma Hongwei even pushed the bicycle into the community.

In the past, there were many units in the capital, all of which were six-story red brick buildings of Maizehoff, also known as tube buildings.

I have to say that there is always a difference between people and people.

Ma Hongwei is also from Beijing, but he lives in a courtyard house, and he lives in a building.

Someone should ask, isn't your living in a courtyard house better than a cow living in a building?

Then you have to see when, before 2000, the environment of the courtyard was not as good as the building.

Moreover, the courtyard where Ma Hongwei lives is not his family, but hundreds of people live together, so it is also called a miscellaneous courtyard.

In the past, there was no way to compare the compound with the building.

First of all, the problem of heating, the miscellaneous courtyard can only burn coal stoves, not to mention the heating heat of other buildings, you have to be careful of gas in winter, many people die because of gas poisoning every year.

The second is the toilet, those who live in the compound do not have their own toilets, they are all public toilets.

At that time, there were only 5,000 public toilets in the entire capital, and these were mainly built in prosperous areas.

Like Ma Hongwei's house, those who live in the Hutong Miscellaneous Courtyard, there is only one public toilet on one street, and if you want to go to the toilet, you have to queue up early in the morning.

And they are all dry toilets, which are cold to death in winter, and extremely pungent in summer, and if you don't pay attention at night, you can accidentally step on a landmine.

Although some buildings are also public toilets, but people's toilets are in their own buildings, and there are on every floor, there is no need to brave the wind and snow to go all the way to go up, after pulling the rope will automatically wash away, and the smell is not much.

Let's get back to the point, after Ma Hongwei went in, he didn't immediately go to Jia Wei.

He came in this time, just to step on it in advance.

In order to avoid startling the snake, he didn't knock on the door to confirm.

On the one hand, there is no need for the porter to lie and lie to him.

On the other hand, there is only one staircase for more than a dozen households on the first floor of the tube building, and Jia Wei's home is at the end.

If you want to knock on the door and hide to the side and observe secretly, there is no place to hide.

That's right, Ma Hongwei just walked around, didn't stay in it for long, and left on his bicycle.

……

Ma Hongwei's family lives at the front of the courtyard, and it is on the right hand side of the gate as soon as he enters the gate.

When I returned home, I was eating at home, drinking porridge and eating wowotou, no stir-fried vegetables and no meat dishes, only a little pickled pickles, and a thick paste smell wafted in the air.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing Ma Hongwei enter the door, the third Ma Weiguo's face immediately sank.

Ma Hongwei looked at the house, except for his mother, the other younger siblings were all a little dissatisfied with his return.

It's no wonder who let him hurt the family in the first place.

In order to get married, Ma Hongwei not only abandoned this family, but even stole all the bride price and big color TV given to the family by his brother-in-law.

You know, his brother-in-law gave a bride price of 2,000 yuan, plus an 18-inch imported color TV.

Those who can afford to spend so much money and import large color TVs are naturally not ordinary workers.

Ma Hongwei is the eldest in the family, with two younger brothers and two younger sisters.

The second sister was married to a seafarer from Jinmen.

The man was not good-looking, but as a seaman, he was much richer than ordinary people.

In the past, seafarers were a very enviable profession and had a high social status.

Not only do they earn more than ordinary workers, but they also receive foreign exchange subsidies.

In addition, when going on ocean voyages, these seafarers were able to travel to other countries, from where they could buy foreign goods.

According to the regulations, these seafarers can bring back several large and small items every time they go to sea.

Like the 18-inch big color TV, it was brought back by this brother-in-law from the footbasin chicken country.

In the early '80s, color TVs were a luxury among luxury goods.

Don't look at the 80 years, the annual output of TV dramas in China is 2.5 million units, but the output of color TVs is only 30,000 units.

30,000 units are distributed to the whole country, how much can a city get?

That is, the second brother-in-law is a seafarer, and he occasionally goes abroad, so he can bring back a color TV.

Otherwise, even if you have money, but you don't have a color TV ticket in your hand, you won't want to get it in China.

If he hadn't taken away the two thousand yuan and the big color TV at that time, then their family would definitely become the existence of the entire compound, and they would definitely be able to raise their eyebrows once, and their lives would be better than now.

Ma Hongwei not only got the color TV away, but also got the money away, even if it was, his salary was all given to Guo Lingyu's family.

In this way, his mother and younger siblings can only live by pasting cardboard boxes, and naturally live a very tight life.

Logically speaking, seventy percent of the grain of the people in the capital is fine grain, and the remaining thirty percent is coarse grain.

But who made the Ma family have no money!

Therefore, their fine grains are not willing to eat by themselves, but secretly exchange them for coarse grains or money, otherwise the cardboard boxes alone are not enough for their family's expenses.

At that time, the living expenses of people in Beijing were generally 8-10 yuan per month, and their family had been compressed to 6 yuan, which was about the same as people in small counties.

"Third child, how can you talk to your brother!"

Wang Qiuhua glared at Ma Weiguo, and said to Ma Hongwei with a smile: "Boss, have you eaten?" Sit down and eat together? ”

"Not yet."

Ma Hongwei responded, and then said to his younger brothers and sisters: "In the past, I couldn't stand you, but don't worry, in the future, I will definitely make our family live better than others." ”

"Cut! It's up to you? ”

Ma Weiguo looked disdainful.

Ma Hongwei silently took out forty dollars from his pocket, put it on the table, and said to everyone: "Look at what this is!" ”