I rewrote family history

Chapter 64 Braid Cutting Order

It was still about five days later to pick up the photos, and there was no change from before.Liu Changda took out his wallet and paid the money, which was about five yuan and seventy cents.

Hearing the price, Xu Er was surprised.

He has been working in the county government office for four or five months since July, and the money he can earn is only a little more than two yuan.The expenses this time were enough to cover his wages for several months.

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"Grandpa, is it so expensive to take a picture? Five yuan and seventy cents?"

This amount made Xu Qing click her tongue.She had listened to the story told by the old man for so long, how could she not know the purchasing power of one yuan.

The old man can only earn fifty cents a month.

If you compare the salaries of ancient and modern times, taking a few photos will cost thousands of dollars less.With such a huge expenditure, it's no wonder that the old man is reluctant to take pictures, and he can only take a few pictures if the husband brings them there.

"The times are different." Xu Jianwen finally had room to interject. He taught Xu Qing: "I didn't have the money to take pictures before, and a photo in the 20s cost 30 yuan. You don't remember, there used to be people walking around the streets. Photographers, they lead camels or horses, maybe a few years ago, sitting on the camel for 15 yuan for a photo, and taking pictures next to it, [-] yuan for a photo..."

In 2000, most people's wages were only [-] yuan.

Taking a photo is considered a relatively extravagant family expenditure.

"dad……"

Xu Qing yelled, feeling a little complicated, "You said it like this, I really didn't find any photos of you when you were young in the photo album at home."

This is an extremely ordinary and trivial matter, and no one will pay much attention to it.But until the old man mentioned this matter, and compared them again, he would suddenly realize that the times are different after all.

There are not many photos of young people in the photo album at home, and they are basically of their younger generation.

"At that time, the photographer who led the camel came, and you cried and pestered me, saying that you wanted to take a picture. A picture costs tens of dollars. How could I be willing to pay for this." , He was so kind to Xu Qing when he was a child, how did he change when he grew up, "I'm doing pretty well, so I gritted my teeth, took out my private money, let you sit on a camel, and took a picture of you, don't The children, heh, they cry, it’s useless.”

A photo is 30 yuan.Not expensive, but not cheap either.

Few parents would be willing to spend 30 yuan to take a picture just because their child is crying for a while.

At least Xu Qing's mother was unwilling, and Xu Jianwen had no choice but to pay her private money to satisfy Xu Qing's request at that time.And more other parents chose to ignore...

"Chen Zhima rotten millet, what are you talking about with the child? It seems that you are capable." Xu Rong glared at Xu Jianwen, and said displeasedly: "The boss is so old, what's the matter with the child."

Xu Jianwen breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the saddle and continued without saying a word.

"Grandpa, what about the photos? Have you saved them?" Xu Qing calmed down. Anyway, her guilt and dissatisfaction with Xu Jianwen is not just for a while, and this matter will not make her soft. "Iron-hearted ", she turned to mention the photo of the old man, "I want to take a look at Mrs. Shi and Mr...."

What kind of people are Mr. and Mrs. Shi?She could only have a vague impression from the old man's narration, it would be even better if there were photos.

In addition, she also wanted to see what the old man looked like when he was a teenager.

"After a long time, it may have been destroyed long ago."

Xu Cong prevaricates his granddaughter.It is a fox, it does not know whether the past time and space overlap with the present time and space, or it may be another time and space.As Wu Hao mentioned in the web article, it may be a parallel world.

"Destroyed?" Xu Qing was stunned, "How could something so commemorative be destroyed?"

Having said that, she looked down at the old man on the hospital bed.The old man's face was very calm, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.

Xu Qing suddenly felt a little more regretful in her heart.She still thinks this photo is commemorative, let alone the old man.I am afraid that the old man is the saddest for losing a precious souvenir.When she brought this matter up again, it was undoubtedly uncovering the old man's scars again.

In the turbulent old age, life could not be preserved, let alone an ordinary thing.

But she continued to smack the old man's words.

"Probably" destroyed, then it means that this memorial may or may not be there.

Maybe..., I can get it back.

time is limited.Xu Congxin said.

The thunderous beating of his heart sounded in his ears, similar to the moment when he was reborn as a fox seven or eight days ago.The nurse named Liu Li said that he has come back to life.

"Qing'er, don't blame yourself. Maybe that photo will appear again sometime, maybe. It's like something lost at home sometimes, and you can't find it no matter how you look. But one day, it appeared ..."

Xu Cong saw Xu Qing's remorse, and he comforted this junior with a hundred years of experience.It's just that he didn't say that he sealed the extra photo in a mahogany box and buried it in Hongwen Hall.If you get a chance, maybe you can go and see it.Should be no.After all... it was just a dream.

time is limited.He stated everything he had seen and understood, "Five days later, my husband asked me to go to the photo studio to retrieve the photo. I begged him to give me a photo of him and his wife. Mr. smiled. After that, nothing happened for a month or two until Emperor Xuantong abdicated..."

The matter of Yanjing, logically speaking, has nothing to do with a small county in a remote place.But it affects the whole body. After Emperor Xuantong abdicated, the county changed.

"I remember that it was the fourth year of Xuantong, that is, the early years of the Republic of China. There was a newspaper from Jinling, which published the "Braid Cutting Order". The students in the middle school were the first to make a fuss. The old-fashioned Mr. Zhou was also targeted by them, they knocked on the door, smashed the door..."

"Some students think that Mr. is a trendy person in the school. After all, he was the first person to cut braids. So some people praised Mr. and became his supporters."

"Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhou are teachers together. Although they don't talk much on weekdays, they have some friendship. So they plan to protect Mr. Zhou. However, because of this, Mr. Zhou's reputation has been mixed until..."

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"Now that the Qing court has been overthrown and the Republic of China has succeeded, all my compatriots are promised to get rid of the old pollution and become citizens of the new country. Those who have not removed their braids will be cut off within [-] days from the date of the order. Those who are disrespectful will be considered illegal..."

Xinye County, Hongwen Hall, on the stone steps in front of the lecture hall of the middle school, a student in long gown recited the "Braid Cutting Order" in the newspaper angrily.

In the courtyard, the students strongly echoed.

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PS: It will be on the shelves next Friday.Please, readers, gentlemen, don’t keep books recently.The first order is very important for the author, and it is related to future recommendations.This book may not agree with the market, so the follow-up reading is not very high....Ugh.

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