National Tide 1980.

Chapter 762
On New Year's Eve in 1985, even ordinary people's families were not so harmonious, and differences in thinking and concepts abounded.

Take No. 2 Fan'er Hutong Courtyard as an example, almost every household has a generation gap between the two generations.

The Mi family is mainly the mother and daughter who are angry.

The reason was the panic buying in the first two years. Aunt Mi brought home two boxes of Lighthouse brand soap in addition to a large amount of chemical fiber cloth.

Although those cloths were later disposed of through Ning Weimin's sales channels.

But Aunt Mi didn't sell the soap, she kept it at home and used it sparingly.

This is because soap was still in short supply at that time, and it was an absolutely in short supply.

There was even a period when soap was so scarce that even bathhouses had to dry the soap until it could no longer froth, and then cut it into triangles for use.

And in order to prevent someone from stealing soap, the bathhouses in the capital also set up special rewards for catching them.

But who would have imagined that the development of daily-use products has been so fast in the past few years, and industrial vouchers will soon be abolished.

Under the trend of relatively large increase in residents' income, there have been obvious changes in the consumption fields, consumption varieties and consumption grades of daily necessities.

Take washing products as an example. In the past, residents used soap almost everywhere, whether washing hands, face, hair, or bathing, and nothing else.

But in the past two years, imported, joint-venture, and domestic soaps of various brands and scents have been put on the counter, and more residents use soap.

There are also several types of shampoo for shampooing, such as the bee flower brand of Wella in Germany, and there are even conditioners in addition to shampoo.

Although the price is more expensive, it is also favored by young ladies.

In terms of laundry, with the widespread use of washing machines in urban households, traditional laundry tubs and washboards have been phased out, and various brands of washing powder have also replaced soap.

All in all, this all leads to a drastic reduction in the use of soap.

So the soap in Mi's house was no longer used. After the cleaning before the Spring Festival, Aunt Mi counted the amount of soap in the house again and became anxious when she saw that there was still a box full of soap.

On New Year's Eve, she set a new rule for the family for the coming year, saying that she was not allowed to buy soap anymore.

The old soap must be used up before buying. People should "cherish blessings and be content" to prevent waste.

Master Mi doesn't care, but how can Mi Xiaohui agree?

Girls who have just entered the first grade of high school are the most beautiful.

In particular, she secretly ordered the soap hoarded at home, and found that at the current consumption rate of one yuan per month, it would take at least eight and a half years, which is the length of the "War of Resistance Against Japan".

When these soaps are used up, Mi Xiaohui might become a mother herself, how scary it is.

Ever since, the second lady of the Mi family overturned the car, saying that whoever likes to use soap should use it, but she doesn't use it anyway.

She only uses Emerald brand soap, and also buys delicious MAXAM and Pechoin.

Well, this time the mother and daughter became more energetic and angry.

On New Year's Eve, the family didn't even have a good lunch, and the mother and daughter bickered from morning to afternoon.

In the end, Aunt Mi did not hesitate to take economic sanctions, and wanted to cut off Mi Xiaohui's pocket money.

Unexpectedly, Mi Xiaohui was not afraid, the little girl's waist was very stiff.

She claimed that her sister had sent herself a lot of money in the past few years, and the two hundred dollars she had saved was enough for her to go to college.

So Aunt Mi was completely at a loss, and started pointing at Mi Xiaoran who was far away in a foreign country to complain, saying that the eldest daughter was the culprit who spoiled the second daughter.

He even turned his face and became picky about the things Mi Xiaoran sent back from the United States, and even looked down on foreign goods.

She pointed to a box of cookies in an iron bucket and asked Mi Xiaohui, "Is this really from the United States? They Americans are so weird. What kind of biscuits don't look good? They must be crooked and messed with cats." It's like shit. Can they really eat it looking like this? Isn't it disgusting?"

Then he pointed to the same jacket that was sent back this time.

"And your sister bought you that dress, what the heck, it's so expensive, it actually cost 45 dollars, and there's a pig's face printed on the back. No matter how easy it is for Americans to make money, they can't spend it like this. ..."

Although Mi Xiaohui knew that Aunt Mi was making use of the topic, she couldn't help laughing.

"Mom, you are so stupid. This is from Disneyland. Where is the pig printed on the back? That's Mickey Mouse."

But Aunt Mi is not stingy with that.

"It doesn't matter where you buy it, he can't ask for the price! Besides, what's so good about a mouse in a rice bag? It's like a pig with a stamped head. At least a fat pig with an arched door is also auspicious for Chinese New Year."

In short, the thinking consciousness of the mother and daughter began to diverge in life.

And from then on, they gradually drifted away until they reached a point where they didn't understand each other's worlds at all.

As for the difference between the Bian family and the Mi family, the disagreement happened between the mother and the son.

And it's not these trivial things, but how to deal with Bian Jiangong's big marriage.

Yes, in the emotional war between parents and children, parents have always been on the weak side.

Especially when it comes to the marriage of children, beating mandarin ducks with sticks will always be counterproductive, and the more parents try to stop them, the more they can't stop them.

In the end, because Bian Jiangong insisted on going his own way, he was determined to become "Yang Zongbao" instead of marrying "Mu Guiying".

Especially when the polar bear dormitory building is completed, both workers can basically have a quota for a unit room.

For this reason, Aunt Bian still had no choice but to follow her son's wishes, and reluctantly let Mu Yueying, who was acting in a hurry, be her daughter-in-law, and married a paralyzed man.

However, such a compromise also made Aunt Bian feel that her son had suffered a disadvantage, so she hoped to take the initiative in the preparation of the marriage.

It should be said that the woman's attitude is still very gratifying.

Except for a color TV, and the request to bring his mother through the door, the woman did not mention any requests to the Bian family, and everything else was left to the man.

However, Aunt Bian's ideas are all rejected by her own son Bian Jiangong.

Arguing that times have changed, her claims are outdated.

First, let's talk about the furniture.

In the past, when people got married, everyone found the wood by themselves and asked a carpenter to build it.

When Bian Jiangong's elder brother Bian Jianjun got married, the couple's large cabinets and sofas were made in this way.

So for the marriage of her second son, Aunt Bian has been traveling around recently, and finally found the ash for making furniture through a few self-employed people who often come to the sewing shop to approve goods.

But what I never expected was that Bian Jiangong didn't want it.

The kid insisted that he had taken a fancy to the new combination cabinets in the furniture store, and insisted on spending more than 1000 yuan to buy a ready-made set.

Aunt Bian talked and talked, but she couldn't hold back her son.

After thinking about it, anyway, this kid is spending his own salary, so just buy it
But even for the wedding banquet, Bian Jiangong insisted on holding it in the canteen of his work unit. Aunt Bian really didn't expect such a show.

According to Aunt Bian's idea, the wedding banquet will be held at home, at most invite neighbors and close relatives, just to have a good time.

There is no need to prepare too much food, three or four tables of flowing water are enough, and there are two meals at noon and evening, and people will eat them separately.

All you need to do is invite a master chef who is a serious restaurant chef to bring someone over to set up a tent to cook a few dishes, and finally wrap a red envelope of 30 to [-] yuan.

In this way, the full cost is fully calculated, and the entire selection fee will not exceed 400 yuan.

Isn't this the way the common people's happy events have always been done, and it's economical.

But Bian Jiangong insisted that his unit had many leaders and colleagues, so he had to invite them, and insisted on making a big fuss in the polar bear's cafeteria.

He also calculated the accounts for Aunt Bian, and said that a table costs 60 yuan, and the dishes are six cold and eight hot, and one soup.

Even relatives, friends and neighbors are invited, and there are almost twelve tables.

In addition, the factory promised to supply two bottles of "Shuanggou" liquor, four bottles of Beijing white brand beer, and all soft drinks at cost per table.

If you don't have enough liquor, prepare some more yourself.

The key is to do it outside, which saves face and saves trouble.

Don't worry about anything, just wipe your mouth and leave after eating

To do it at home, you have to hire a cook, build a shed, and coax the whole family, old and young, to work together. You can't open a few tables at a time, and you can do it for a day.

This idea really made the old lady tremble for several days.

You know, Aunt Bian and Uncle Bian, the old couple, have never been to restaurants a few times in their life.

I don't think that working outside is something ordinary people like me can afford.

And although the price of one table is not expensive, it seems that the cost is not much more than that at home.

But there are twelve tables in one set, this number is really amazing.

That is to say, it will cost at least eight or nine hundred, including drinks and wedding candies, which is a person's annual salary.

Bibian's original budget more than doubled.

So the old couple naturally became dizzy and flustered when they heard their son's idea. They both felt that such a wedding banquet was a bit too extravagant, and they couldn't help but feel distressed.

However, Bian Jiangong believes that a foothold in society depends on friends, and communication is more important than anything else. The old set of economic accounts is not applicable now, and everything must be taken care of to be considered beautiful.

It doesn't even matter if the parents disagree or don't pay. Bian Jiangong claimed that Ning Weimin had told him long ago that he would sponsor his wedding banquet for free, and he would go to the altar palace to host it.

In this way, Aunt Bian was put on the shelf by her son, for fear that she would not be able to repay such a great favor she owed.

It was only by pinching his nose that he agreed with Bian Jiangong's idea.

But having said that, the old lady thought about it, all these years, her eldest daughter-in-law and second son Bian Jiangong have been selling Ning Weimin's off-the-shoulder clothes in their respective factories, and they have made a lot of money. Thousands.

Especially since she herself manages the sewing agency, she also pays a generous salary of 200 yuan a month. After all, her family is much richer than before, and there is nothing wrong with being extravagant.

So in this matter, it is not too entangled.

But the problem is that even so, you can do one thing and two can't do it again. In the end, the mother and son of the Bian family still stumbled on one thing, and they really couldn't communicate.

That is, Aunt Bian insisted on coming according to the old etiquette. On the day of the wedding banquet, all the relatives of the woman can come, but only the mother-in-law cannot come to the wedding.

But Bian Jiangong believes that this old custom is the residue of feudalism and should be changed.

What's more, the woman has few relatives, how could he have the heart to let his mother-in-law, who is paralyzed in bed, stay at home alone, and not see the lively scene of his biological daughter getting married.

That's it, the mother and son are on top of the bull, and no one can convince the other.

On New Year's Eve, they are still talking about this matter, and they are angry with each other.

It has to be said that it takes time for good things to happen, and it is also a side effect of the changes of the times.

Finally, there is the Luo family, which is similar to the contradictions of the Bian family.

But the difference is that the two parties in the conflict are not mother and daughter or mother and son, but between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The focus of the conflict is not the marriage of the children, but the education of the third generation.

The eldest grandson of the Luo family, Robin, nicknamed "Pan'er", is already four years old. Luo Guangsheng and Miao Yujuan go to work on weekdays, and Aunt Luo has been taking care of them personally
Now that children of the same age are all in kindergarten, Miao Yujuan also wants to find a kindergarten for her son.

On New Year's Eve, she brought it up.

But I didn't expect Aunt Luo to be so reluctant, she refused to send the child away anyway.

The old lady's reason makes people feel ridiculous.

"What kind of place is a kindergarten? A kindergarten is a place where children are kept. I have seen children kept in small cages, and they are tied with ropes when they come out to let the wind out. They walk on the street one by one, wearing the same clothes. If it’s the same, you can’t tell who’s who, they’re all neatly sliced, and there’s no freedom to run in and out of the courtyard. I’m reluctant to send our children away, isn’t it just a way to make money and suffer.”

But the problem is, the destructive power of these words should not be underestimated, it directly frightened the children who have no ability to distinguish.

Who wants to be locked in a small cage?

So the four-year-old Pan'er fell into Aunt Luo's arms and yelled, "Grandma, I won't be in a small cage, and I won't be going to kindergarten!"

Well, all the ideological work that Miao Yujuan had done for the child in advance was in vain.

Miao Yujuan hurriedly coaxed her son, "Didn't we all agree last night? We don't want to change our minds."

Pan'er said, "You only said that there are slides, swivel chairs, and swings, but you didn't say that there were cages."

Miao Yujuan said, "Of course there is no cage, that's because grandma lied to you."

Aunt Luo didn't admit it, "I didn't lie. When did I lie to children? The children in Dongkou Kindergarten sleep in cages."

Miao Yujuan couldn't laugh or cry, "Then why is it a cage? It's a small bed with railings. Mom, the grandson of the Bian's family is one year younger than our Pan'er, and he will send it to the kindergarten..."

However, Aunt Luo, who has always been easy-going, is stubborn as hell when it comes to her grandson, and refuses to give in.

"Bian's family is Bian's family, and ours is ours. No matter what happens, my grandson is not allowed to be sent to kindergarten. Otherwise, I will be wasting manpower if I stay idle at home."

Luo Guangsheng looked at his wife in a difficult situation, and couldn't help but chime in.

"Mom, children can receive formal education by sending them to kindergarten, and they will understand the truth in the future."

Unexpectedly, the old lady snapped back at him with a single sentence, "None of the three children in our old Luo family have ever been to kindergarten, including you, which one doesn't understand the truth?"

Luo Guangsheng was so choked that he opened his mouth for a long time, rolled his eyes for a long time, and then found a word again.

"Mom, times have changed, and the way people live has to change accordingly. The old way of living is not necessarily scientific..."

But Aunt Luo didn't know why today, she was possessed by Wenquxing, and even used words from history books.

"Since Pangu opened the world, and the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present, which dynasty has had a kindergarten? Which emperor was trained in a kindergarten? I don't believe it. If you don't go to a kindergarten, don't engage in any Westernization Movement. Our children will have nothing to do?"

A roasted chicken with a big nest neck left the elder son completely speechless and had no choice but to shut up.

Miao Yujuan couldn't help but tell the truth.

"Mom, if you leave the child at home, it's inevitable that the parents will be spoiled..."

Of course, these words were not listened to, and Aunt Luo also changed her face a little as a result.

"What are you talking about? Didn't you marry our Luo family's son because of his strength? The old Luo family is such a tutor, and he has never spoiled his children. Besides, I can't live without my children. , the child can't live without me. Don't tell me you have to make us all sad..."

Well, since we have come to this point, there is naturally no way to continue.

Seeing their son acting coquettishly in Aunt Luo's arms like a twisting candy, the old and the young being affectionate, Miao Yujuan and Luo Guangsheng could only look at each other, speechless.

(End of this chapter)