Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 412 Conflict with the big courtyard brother

When Li Pingan returned to his room, Ding Qiunan found nothing unusual about Li Pingan. He simply asked Xu Damao what he wanted from him. After being fooled by Li Pingan, he did not continue to ask.

After looking at the sleeping child, Li Pingan and Ding Qiunan began to pack the clothes in the house to prepare for the upcoming move.

The next day, Li Ping'an went to the steel rolling mill to have a meal, then hurriedly rode his bicycle back to the courtyard, picked up Ding Qiunan, who had already dressed up, and the two went straight to the Friendship Store.

This was something that was discussed last night. Ding Qiunan thought that while he was free now, he wanted to go to the Friendship Store to see the world and spend the 50 yuan in foreign currency given by Teacher Wang.

The location of the courtyard is not far from the Friendship Store, with the Forbidden City in the middle. It didn't take long for Li Ping'an to ride his bicycle and see the Friendship Store surrounded by iron fences from a distance.

Li Ping'an parked his bicycle outside the fence of the Friendship Store and locked it, straightened his hair that was messy in the wind, and prepared to go in with Ding Qiunan.

"Hey, brother, did you see the words on the door? This place is not for cyclists like us to enter. Just look at the door and don't let anyone kick you out."

The ordinary people who were surrounding the iron fence and looking inside saw Li Pingan looking like he was about to enter the Friendship Store. Some of them had something good to do and stopped Li Pingan and his wife.

After listening to the reminders from the busybodies around him, Li Ping'an raised his head and glanced at the two lines of large characters on the fence.

"This store accepts foreign guests, and unrelated persons are not allowed to enter."

Seeing these two lines of characters, Li Ping'an frowned. This kind of brand can only exist these days. If in future generations, any unit that dares to openly set up this brand will be scolded by people all over the country and become a hot search topic.

Ding Qiunan, who had never seen this scene before, saw the words on the sign and pulled the corner of Li Pingan's clothes with some guilt, and whispered: "Ping An, only foreign guests are accepted here, can we go in?"

Feeling Ding Qiunan's uneasiness, Li Pingan gently squeezed Ding Qiunan's little hand and said confidently: "It's okay. Didn't Teacher Wang leave a letter of introduction that day? This was issued by the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Let's take this introduction. You can get in by letter.”

Seeing Li Pingan's confident look, Ding Qiunan did not continue talking, but followed Li Pingan towards the door of the Friendship Store.

As soon as the two people arrived at the door, they were stopped by the guard standing guard at the door and asked to show their passports or documents from foreign-related units.

"Comrade, I don't have the documents you mentioned, but I have a letter of introduction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Can you see if I can get in with this letter of introduction?" Li Ping'an smiled and handed over the letter of introduction in his hand.

After the other party checked the letter of introduction, he looked at Li Pingan and Ding Qiunan up and down before returning the letter of introduction.

"Comrade, there is no problem with the letter of introduction. You can go in. I would like to remind you that you need foreign currency to buy things in the Friendship Store. Our great unity cannot use it. If you don't have foreign currency in your pocket, I suggest you go back. You can only look at it and not buy it. The taste is not pleasant”

This was someone's kind reminder. Li Ping'an was not a ungrateful person. He smiled at the other party, waved the 50 yuan in foreign currency in his hand, thanked him, and then took Ding Qiunan into the legendary place. friendship store.

As soon as Ding Qiunan entered the Friendship Store, his eyes were not enough. He looked around and everywhere was full of surprises.

After scanning for a week, he was pleasantly surprised and whispered to Li Ping'an: "Look, Ping'an, this Friendship Store is really beautiful inside. It's much more upscale than the department store, and the clothes worn by the sales assistants are all of good quality. Much stronger than what I have.”

"Don't belittle yourself. Although other people's clothes are good, they are not as good-looking as you. Besides, these are work clothes and belong to the country. The clothes you are wearing are your own," Li Ping'an comforted casually.

This is also the first time for Li Ping'an to come to this place. When it was open to all the people, many people came in to visit it every day. In addition, after seeing the luxuriously decorated shopping malls in later generations, he really didn't have much interest in the Friendship Store, so Even though we are so close, we have never come in to visit once.

Compared with Ding Qiunan's excitement, Li Ping'an was much calmer. He just glanced at the layout of the shopping mall with a dull look and lost interest in continuing to visit. After all, this thing is just a shopping mall, except for foreigners. Other than that, it is no different from an ordinary shopping mall, except that the decoration is relatively high-end in this era. Even though everyone wants to come in from the outside, Li Ping'an really doesn't like the decoration inside.

The decoration inside the Friendship Store is not as good as the shopping malls in the small county where Li Pingan was born in later generations. Given the age gap, it is not on the same level at all.

And the difference in treatment here is very obvious. They treat foreigners as warm as the spring breeze, but they are a bit indifferent to their own people. Li Ping'an and Ding Qiunan have been in for a while, but no one has taken the initiative to ask.

Li Ping'an can understand this. The spring breeze of service is all for foreign exchange. He sees that he is one of his own. How many of his own people have foreign exchange in their hands?It's normal for people to ignore you.

"Let's go, let's not stand here stupidly, let's go ask which country this foreign currency is from and how to spend the money." Seeing the foreigner who was consulting at the information desk leave, Li Ping'an and Latin Qiunan , walking towards the information desk.

The staff at the Friendship Store still have basic qualities, and there is no such thing as looking down on others. Faced with Li Pingan's consultation, they still answered Li Pingan's questions patiently and helped Li Pingan. The 50 yuan in foreign currency was exchanged for a shopping voucher at the Friendship Store.

After consulting Li Ping'an, I found out that this 50 yuan foreign currency was originally an East German mark. To say that East Germany really deserves the title of "socialist showcase", this money is really valuable. 50 yuan of foreign currency was exchanged for 98 You can spend a lot of money on Friendship Store shopping coupons now. (No data can be found on the exchange rate. This exchange rate is fabricated by the author)
The shopping trip that followed was very pleasant, and no foreigners took the initiative to disturb me. At this time, foreigners would take the initiative to stay away when they saw Chinese people other than the staff. Under normal circumstances, they would not take the initiative to talk.

The reason why it becomes like this is mainly because young people nowadays have a bad temper and are easily beaten when they come forward to communicate.
No foreigner took the initiative to communicate, which made Li Ping'an feel very regretful. He originally spoke Russian, but he could speak a few simple sentences in daily English. No one knew he could speak both languages. Who could he ask to explain this?
The young couple visited almost the entire Friendship Store. Ding Qiunan, who had not seen many good things, was almost starry-eyed. He touched this and looked at that. He wanted to buy everything, but his funds were limited, so he could only choose the best. Suitable objects.

It was not until noon that the shopping trip came to an end. All the 98 yuan shopping coupons were spent. All the items purchased were imported food and nothing else was purchased.With this little money, I can only buy some food. Although it is a lot of money, the things inside are also expensive. The prices of domestically produced items are sky-high. Buying domestic products here is just taking advantage of others. In addition to imported things, Buy some food and buy some clothes or something else, and the money will be almost spent.

It’s so hard to come here and you can’t just buy it for yourself, right?I have to buy some things for Yi Zhonghai and his wife. I have no choice but to buy some food back home. The family can also open a seafood restaurant together.

Li Ping'an came out with several shopping bags from the Friendship Store. The crowd who were still watching outside the fence became excited when they saw the two people coming out. As soon as Li Ping'an and his wife came out of the fence, they were surrounded by people outside. .

Seeing this scene, Li Ping'an quickly protected Ding Qiunan behind him to prevent Ding Qiunan from being knocked down by the crowd.

The guards inside the fence saw the situation outside and quickly came out to help, protecting Li Ping'an and his wife and squeezed out of the crowd. It was not until they left on their bicycles that the guards returned to their posts.

After driving out of the scope of the Friendship Store, Ding Qiunan, who was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, had not recovered yet. He gently patted his chest and said with lingering fear: "This is too scary. So many people gathered around just now. I thought they were trying to steal our stuff."

Li Ping'an was pedaling his bicycle hard because he was worried that the people behind him would catch up. When he heard Ding Qiunan's words behind him, he said with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated. They just saw us ordinary people coming out of the Friendship Store and they wanted to come up and see the world."

"Then we can't surround us all at once. It's too scary. Do you think they won't chase us home?"

"Didn't you see me staring so quickly? That's what I'm worried about."

"Then stop talking and keep pedaling."

Just when Li Pingan was about to speed up again, several bicycles quickly caught up with him and rushed in front of Li Pingan's car, forcing Li Pingan to stop in the middle of the road.

Li Ping'an, who was forced to stop, comforted Ding Qiunan, then took the initiative to get out of the car and looked at the four young guys in front of him with an unkind expression.

A young man opposite who was wearing a military uniform with the collar insignia removed, who seemed to be the leader of their group, stepped forward and came to Li Ping'an, and said angrily: "Hey, brothers have connections. They can get foreign currency. I'm at home." Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have something to do with it?" After saying that, he wanted to reach out and grab Li Ping'an's bag hanging on his bicycle.

Li Pingan frowned and opened the other party's hand, and said in a cold tone: "If you have something to say, don't move your hands or feet."

This sentence has stirred up a hornet's nest. These big courtyard boys are used to being lawless in Sijiu City. They can't stand Li Ping'an's attitude. The three people opposite who were still sitting on their bicycles and watching this scene with smiles, saw this. After getting off the car, he put his hand into his bag, as if he would make Li Ping'an's blood splatter on the spot if he said anything wrong.

Don't look at the stories on TV about how well-behaved and affectionate the big boys are. In fact, it's all nonsense.There are good people in this group, but not many. Fighting and teasing women are commonplace for this group of people. Only after their parents lost power and were knocked down, they would behave with their tail between their legs.

Ding Qiunan, who had been paying attention to the development of the situation, saw that the situation was not good for Li Pingan, so he stopped hiding behind Li Pingan and stepped forward to stand side by side with Li Pingan.

Seeing Ding Qiunan taking the initiative to stand in front, Li Ping'an was quite moved. This wife really found her fault and would not let herself face danger alone.

But how could Li Ping'an let his woman face danger? He grabbed Ding Qiunan's arm, pulled her behind him again, and gently squeezed her wrist to show that he could control the situation and told her not to worry.

The leader stopped the three people behind him who were about to take action. He still kept that arrogant smile on his face: "Brother, don't be so angry. I just want to make friends with you. I see you as a stranger. You Which hospital is it from? Why haven't I seen it before?"

This is a touch point. This guy is not stupid. There are really not many people who can take out foreign currency these days. Even the big guys like them rarely can get foreign currency. He is also afraid of offending people who shouldn't be offended. .

"I don't belong to any hospital. I'm just a mud-legged person. I received foreign currency as a gift from others. Just tell me what you want to do." Li Ping'an didn't mince words about his background. He told his background openly and openly. It all depends on what the other party will do next. .

"Where is Clay Legs from? Brother, do you think I'm stupid? Can Clay Legs enter the Friendship Store? Can Clay Legs get foreign currency? My dad is the deputy chief of staff of the Army Corps. We are all in the same circle. I have already reported my family status. "Brother, it won't be fun if you keep hiding it." The other party thought that Li Ping'an was fooling him, so he took the lead in reporting his family and pointed out his origin.

Hearing that the other party's parents were in the same group, Li Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the relationship between this guy's family was not that strong. He transferred to the local government, that is, to the director level, which is the same level as Chen Youfu. He wanted to transfer to In a unit like the steel rolling mill, it might even be downgraded by half a level to Chen Youfu as his deputy.

"It's just mud-legged. If you don't believe it, forget it. I don't want to conflict with you. Now get out of the way. I want to go home with my wife."

Speaking of which, Li Ping'an really doesn't want to conflict with this group of people. There is chaos on the streets now. Although this group of people can't use their father's relationship, they are really ruthless. Anyone who offends them will have a knife. If you really dare to stab someone, many people die on the streets every year.

"I said you are trying to take advantage of others? Do you know how to talk well? What? We brothers are not worthy of making friends with you?" Among the three people behind, there was a grumpy one who couldn't stand what Li Ping'an said. He took out the three-sided military thorn inside and gestured at Li Ping'an.

This time the leader did not stop him, but looked at Li Pingan with his arms crossed and a sneer to see what he was going to do next.

There was dried blood on the bayonet, and coupled with the fierce expression on the opponent's face, it was really quite intimidating. If ordinary people saw this scene, they would probably be really frightened.

(End of this chapter)