Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

Beijing. Dongfeng Market!

When Zhou Yang came to the market with a few children, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw that the huge market was full of people. To describe it as a sea of ​​people is not an exaggeration.

As one of the largest markets in Beijing, it is always very busy.

And now that the New Year is approaching, there is an endless stream of citizens coming here to buy things, and almost every salesperson has a long queue in front of him.

Especially the places selling meat, cloth, and clothes were even more crowded, and there was no place to even get down.

Through the noisy crowd, you can still hear the back and forth between the salesperson and the customer from time to time.

"Please be accommodating and weigh me more, thank you!"

"This is just 3 pounds of meat coupons, any more won't do..."

The customers' lowly pleas, the salesperson's arrogant refusal, and other people's chaotic conversations intertwined into a waltz full of human fireworks in this market.

It is difficult for people who have not experienced this era to understand the meaning of half a catty of meat and half a catty of meat in this era of scarcity.

In this era of buying supplies with tickets, two catties is two catties. Even if you have money and no tickets, you can only buy two catties.

Moreover, many goods are very popular, especially food, and many of them require queuing up all night to buy.

For many people, being able to eat meat and wear clothes made by their mother during the Chinese New Year is a great blessing...

The Zhou family is not short of meat. When he came back this time, Zhou Yang brought back half a pig and a sheep, as well as seven or eight large roosters and dozens of kilograms of eggs.

He took his children to the market, partly to buy them firecrackers, and partly to buy some cigarettes and candies.

According to the practice in recent years, as long as Zhou Yang's family celebrates the New Year in the capital, they will go to Yan's house to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year.

This is of course because the two families have a good relationship, so they naturally have to travel more during the New Year and the holidays.

But more importantly, because of their two children, Bao'er and Wen Hui, the old man of the Yan family and Ye Zhenshan and his wife said more than once that Bao'er was their grandson's wife. This time when Yan Gengdong came back, he directly proposed to give the two children Children are engaged.

Although Zhou Yang didn't want his precious daughter to marry so early, he also knew that Bao'er would marry into the Yan family sooner or later, so he had to maintain the relationship between the two families.

Naturally, you can’t go empty-handed when visiting during the Chinese New Year. Mr. Yan likes to smoke and even more like to drink, so it is natural that tobacco and alcohol are indispensable when visiting.

So after entering the market, they went straight to the place where cigarettes, alcohol and candies were sold.

Because there were too many people, they could only queue up behind the crowd.

After waiting in line for nearly half an hour, it was finally Zhou Yang's turn.

"Comrade, do you have a Hada Gate? If so, can you get me a few?"

The saleswoman saw that Zhou Yang was not dressed like an ordinary person, but his attitude was quite good, so she immediately replied: "Comrade, Hadamen has just been sold out, but it has a big front door!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he doesn't smoke, he also knows that Daqianmen is a Class B cigarette with a price ranging from 3 cents to 5 cents. It is one of the better cigarettes on the market.

Especially in the lower banner counties, there has always been a saying that the county leaders are divided into two sides (Daqianmen), and the commune cadres are riding on the four corners (Pegasus).

It has been decades since it was launched in the 5th year of the Republic of China, and it is still selling well, which shows how popular this kind of cigarette is.

"Then get me ten!"

"Ten...ten...do you have that many votes?"

"Of course, how much is it? I'll give you the money and the ticket together!" Zhou Yang said.

"3 yuan 2 a piece!"

As he spoke, Zhou Yang took out a few cigarette tickets from his jacket pocket, counted another 32 yuan, and then handed all these items to the salesperson.

After the salesperson confirmed that there was no problem with the cigarette tickets and money, she immediately brought Zhou Yang 10 cartons of Daqianmen cigarettes.

After buying cigarettes, Zhou Yang asked the salesperson to weigh two kilograms of fruit candies and two kilograms of milk candies for him.

Afterwards, he took a few gangsters to the place where firecrackers were sold, and bought a dozen earth-red firecrackers, as well as flash thunder, sky monkeys and various types of fireworks.

Then, the group returned home happily!

After returning home, Li Youwei, her brother and sister-in-law had spread out a stall on the kang, preparing to make dumplings. Li Youwei was kneading the dumpling fillings, sister-in-law Tana was rolling out the dumpling wrappers, and her eldest brother and father were helping.

As for the mother, because her cooking skills were poor, she was assigned to take care of the fourth child.

Seeing that Zhou Yang and the children were back, Li Youwei immediately asked Zhou Yang to go to the kitchen to stew meat and fish, and at the same time asked Bao'er to come over and make dumplings with them.

In the past few years, Li Youwei took Baoer to the kitchen whenever she had time and taught her how to cook. Obviously, she wanted her daughter to be a good wife and mother in the future.

Zhou Yang didn't think so. He didn't want his daughter to be alone around the stove in the future, so while Li Youwei taught Bao'er how to cook, Zhou Yang often taught Wen Hui how to cook.

If you can't change your wife's mind, then train your son-in-law well from an early age...

All afternoon, the adults in the family were cooking and making dumplings, while a few older children were setting off various firecrackers in the yard, and the crackling sounds kept going.

The family chatted while cooking, and with the children's laughter echoing back into the house from time to time, the atmosphere was warm and happy.

In the evening, the whole family sat around the big Kang in the main room, eating New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala. At that time, the firecrackers went off and the city was filled with bright fireworks. Another year has passed...

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Happy days always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it’s already the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!

In the past few days, Zhou Yang has been very busy every day, either paying New Year's greetings or on the way to pay New Year's greetings.

He has many friends in the capital. In addition to the Yan family, the Lu family, and the Yang family, there are also friends and leaders in the health system, medical school, and various ministries and universities who need to visit.

During the entire New Year period, Zhou Yang was half drunk and half awake most of the time.

Early in the morning, Zhou Yang was picked up by Li Youwei.

According to the itinerary plan, they will return to Babaoliang Town tomorrow, so today they have to go to the streets to buy some gifts for the Li family's old house.

The adults don't need it, but the little ones are eagerly looking forward to their return!

After a simple breakfast, Zhou Yang and Li Youwei were preparing to go out when their home phone suddenly rang.

"Hello, who is it?"

"It's me, Lao Yang!" Yang Qi's familiar voice came from the phone.

"Brother Yang, why are you calling so early in the morning?" Zhou Yang asked with a smile.

"Good thing, there is news about the thing you asked me to help find out!"

Zhou Yang's eyes suddenly lit up and he said immediately: "Brother Yang, are you talking about the house?"

"Correct!"

Zhou Yang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Brother Yang, how many yards did you find out?"

The family had already gone to the streets to inquire about the house a few years ago, but found that there was no suitable yard.

The reason is that now the courtyards in the capital have become large courtyards. The smaller courtyards are home to more than a dozen families, and the larger ones may even be home to dozens of families.

Just like in the TV series "Siheyuan", a courtyard can catch up with a small community.

What Zhou Yang wants to buy is a courtyard with a single house. There are not many such houses in the entire capital, so the matter can only be shelved for the time being.

After Yang Qi came back from Pengcheng two days ago, when the two were chatting, Zhou Yang mentioned this matter. After all, this guy is a real local snake and has great magical powers. He may be able to provide him with some information.

Unexpectedly, there was really news in just two days.

"There are hundreds of sets, you can buy as many as you want!" Yang Qi said in an astonishing way.

"How many...hundreds of sets...what's going on?" Zhou Yang asked in surprise.

"It's like this. The new factory built by the Beijing TV Factory in the northern suburbs will be put into operation next year. Since it is a bit far from the city, the factory has allocated welfare housing to the employees nearby. The family members who were originally located in the Xizhimen area The hospital will be taken back by the factory."

Then Yang Qi continued: "I have inquired about it. The TV factory wants to sell all these recovered family homes, and is now looking for buyers!"

"Well then, it's the Beijing TV Factory, right? I'll contact their factory right away..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Qi interrupted him: "No need, their factory director is one of our own. I have already told him about this. His people will contact you soon. You are at home." Just wait!"

"Okay, if you have nothing to do today, come and sit at my house?" Zhou Yang said.

"No, I'm going back to Pengcheng in a moment. Let's get together next time!"

"OK..."

Then the two of them talked for a few more words before hanging up the phone...

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(If you have seen 5 kinds, it means you are old!)

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