Chapter 189: Pepsi is Coke

Han Chunlei hasn't been back to Hangzhou for more than a year.

The changes on the streets of Hangzhou are obvious, and the roads are full of "big braid" trams and bicycles.

On both sides of the street, you can vaguely see all kinds of vendors setting up stalls along the street.

Even in the buildings along the street, there are even dance halls with signs on them.

The people on the streets are no longer as monochromatic as before, and at a glance, except for the army green, they are white, gray and black.

The people who shuttle on the road become colorful and full of vitality.

Many young people learn to be fashionable in movies, wearing toad glasses, bell bottoms, and bat shirts.

These elements of the times, which were popular in Shenzhen earlier, are obviously gradually becoming popular in the north.

The spring breeze of reform blows all over the earth.

This is the call of the times.

Han Chunlei couldn't help but sigh secretly.

......

Afternoon.

Han Chunlei carried a heavy backpack and returned to Chaijiawu.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Han Chunfeng shouting: "Mom, my brother is back!"

After shouting, he stepped forward and took Han Chunlei's backpack.

"Wow, it's so heavy!"

As soon as Han Chunfeng took Han Chunlei's backpack, he squatted down directly, and almost sat on the ground.

Han Chunlei laughed and said happily: "This is the Coke that my brother brought back from Shenzhen!"

As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and unzipped his backpack with his hand, only to see a dozen plastic bottles of Pepsi lying in the backpack.

This backpack is full, each bottle is a 1.25L capacity of Pepsi, which he specially carried back from Shenzhen.

Last year, Pepsi Cola in the United States and Shenzhen Canning Factory cooperated to open a joint venture in Shenzhen to open a soda factory in Shenzhen, specializing in the production of Pepsi.

Since then, as Coca-Cola's lifelong rival, Pepsi has officially entered China.

Before Han Chunlei came back from Shenzhen this time, he deliberately went to bring some back, planning to let his family try it.

This thing, now in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is definitely a rarity.

"Brother, what is Coke? This thing looks like soy sauce!" Han Chunfeng looked curiously at the bottles of black things in his backpack.

"Coke is a drink that foreigners drink. Han Chunlei explained.

"What's the drink?" Han Chunfeng asked again.

"Uh......"

Han Chunlei picked up a bottle of Pepsi, unscrewed the lid vigorously, and handed it to him: "You can drink one and you'll know." ”

Han Chunfeng picked up Pepsi, brought it to his lips, and took a sip carefully, his eyes suddenly widened: "Wow, weird sweet ......"

He took a few more sips and underestimated: "It's a little bitter again, like drinking Chinese medicine!"

"Hahaha, is it delicious?" Han Chunlei asked with a smile.

"It's delicious, brother, I love this drink. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head and drank again.

Obviously, Han Chunfeng fell in love with this sweet and slightly bitter soda that looked like traditional Chinese medicine.

Three times five divided by two, without panting, he has already finished a whole bottle of Pepsi.

This is not a can of Coke, but a large bottle of Coke of 1.25 liters.

When Mao Yuzhen came out, Han Chunfeng had been so supported by Pepsi that he only hiccuped, and he had no appetite for dinner at all.

provoked Mao Yuzhen to pull his ears and reprimanded him for a while.

Mao Yuzhen ordered Han Chunlei not to give this black rumbling potion to his younger brother again!

But when it was time to go to bed at night, Han Chunfeng sneaked into Han Chunlei's room again and begged him for Pepsi to drink.

So, the brothers secretly opened a bottle by themselves, and quietly drank it again with peanuts.

"Brother, let me tell you something. ”

Han Chunfeng hiccuped and said mysteriously, "Teacher Wu from our school has not come to teach us in the second half of the semester. The principal said he was quitting. ”

"Don't do it? What do you mean? Teacher Wu is not a public teacher? How can Tie Rice Bowl say that if you don't do it, you won't do it?" Han Chunlei was a little surprised.

The teacher Wu in Han Chunfeng's mouth is called Wu Qinghe, and he has some impressions.

A native of Yueqing, Wenzhou, tall and thin, with a pair of glasses. After graduating from the normal school, he was assigned to Chaijiawu Primary School as a teacher.

Public teacher, iron rice bowl, culture, status, and meal tickets, it is definitely a good job that everyone envies in Chaijiawu.

When he first arrived, Mr. Wu could only speak Mandarin, while the children in the village could only speak Xiaoshan dialect.

There was a long time of communication between teachers and students, but the bull's head was not in the horse's mouth, and there were many jokes.

Han Chunfeng is smart in the class, influenced by Han Chunlei, and his Mandarin is also good, so he has a very good relationship with this teacher Wu Qinghe.

"He went back to his hometown and stopped being a teacher. Han Chunfeng's eyebrows were full of disappointment.

Han Chunlei: "Back to Wenzhou?"

"Hmm. The principal said that Mr. Wu had gone back to his hometown to sell toad mirrors! Over there in Wenzhou, many people were selling toad mirrors, and I heard that they had made money!

Han Chunfeng is a child, and disappointment comes and goes quickly, and at this moment he eagerly asked, "Brother, next time you come back, can you also bring me a pair of toad glasses?"

"Stinky boy, are you showing off with a female classmate? At a young age, chickens are thinking about falling in love before they grow up, be careful that our mother beats you to death!" Han Chunlei shot Han Chunfeng with a brain breakdown.

"Not really!"

Han Chunfeng struggled his neck, but his face was already red.

In order to hide his panic, he hurriedly picked up the Coke and drank it wildly.

And Han Chunlei listened to Teacher Wu's matter, and couldn't help but think of Cai Jingquan again.

Previously, Ah Xiong said that Cai Jingquan engaged in smuggling with people in Wenzhou, that is, selling toad mirrors, tape recorders and so on. Could it be that this Teacher Wu is also doing this when he goes back?

However, it is not surprising that in recent years, smuggling has been rampant among the common people in the coastal areas.

......

Early the next morning, the family went out to drink the full moon wine.

On the green train to Shaoxing, Han Chunlei asked about the recent situation of Uncle Wu.

When Mao Yuzhen heard him ask, she immediately became interested and told him about the gossip of the old Wu family.

It turned out that Uncle Wu and his son later separated.

The reason for the separation is nothing more than that his daughter-in-law has earned a lot in the Chunlei tea industry, and he feels that his father-in-law is not doing anything at home, which is an eyesore and a hindrance.

Lao Wu is used to being the head of the family at home, where can he stand this anger?

Without saying a word, I moved out with my wife.

completely separated from his son and daughter-in-law.

"Then what do old Uncle Wu and old Aunt Wu do for a living now? Just farming, I'm afraid this day will not be easy, right?" Han Chunlei asked.

"I want to think about it...... Mao Yuzhen thought for a while and said, "Oh, I heard that I contracted a large piece of land and did it alone." I don't understand what kind of contracting responsibility system is being carried out. ”

Han Chunlei blurted out: "Is there a household contract responsibility system?"

Mao Yuzhen nodded: "Yes, yes, that's the name." It is said that the government has now issued a document allowing us ordinary people to contract land and grow our own crops, and we no longer have to hand it over to the collective. As long as you give enough to the country, the rest is all your own. ”

What should come is after all, along the original trajectory of the times.

Mao Yuzhen's remarks show that the household contract responsibility system has now gone out of Xiaogang Village and has begun to be popularized and implemented throughout the country.

Han Chunlei: "If you make a fortune with the country, the rest is all your own." That's exciting news!"

"No!"

Mao Yuzhen had already cocked Erlang's legs at this time and knocked on the melon seeds: "Our little people really copied a good era and a good year." Who would have dared to think about this before?"

Han Chunlei hummed lightly, turned his head to look out the train window, the vast and open fields and plains, the tall and lush trees and grasses, and the looming mountains in the distance, his heart rippled.

Author's note: Since Pepsi is mentioned in the article, let's briefly say two words.

At this time, Pepsi Cola in China has just emerged, neither the canned Coke we see on the market now, nor the Pepsi Cola in small glass bottles, but the packaging of 1.25L large plastic bottles.

However, Coca-Cola entered China earlier than PepsiCo. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1978, Coca-Cola signed a cooperation agreement with COFCO, with the former being responsible for transportation and the latter being responsible for sales. However, the cost of shipping Coke from Hong Kong was too high, so Coca-Cola wanted to build a factory in Shanghai, but later did not reach a cooperation with Shanghai. Eventually, Coca-Cola built its factory in Beijing.

At this time, most of Coca-Cola could only be bought by foreigners who came to China for work and tourism, and the sales locations were limited to friendship shops and foreign-related hotels. However, some media later believed that the introduction of Coca-Cola wasted a lot of foreign exchange resources of the country, and wrote an article and submitted it to senior leaders as an internal reference. The senior leaders then issued an instruction: only foreigners are allowed to sell, and not a single bottle is allowed to be sold to Chinese. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation had no choice but to notify Coca-Cola to stop domestic sales. It was not until the beginning of 1982, with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, that COFCO handed over the surplus cola after supplying the hotel to the Beijing Sugar Tobacco and Liquor Company for domestic sale.

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