The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 421 You Come Up Yourself (4000 words)
Li Ming continued to explain: "As the old saying goes, the three major hardships in life, punting a boat, forging iron, and grinding tofu, none of them are easier than working in the fields."

"Take blacksmithing as an example. When forging is non-stop, many people can't stand the high temperature of the furnace. People who blacksmith have to take some Dieda pills from time to time."

Lou Xiaoe from Baimeifu was lectured a bit, but she was not angry at all.
"Then what kind of work is not tiring?"

Li Ming laughed and said: "There is no job that is not tiring now! Only when you don't have to work is it easy. And this kind of person who doesn't need to work must have been done for her."

"For example, you little idiot, I have made arrangements for you. What you do is just to experience life and pass the time."

Lou Xiaoe proudly said: "Because I have you!"

"You, when you go to the countryside, you should pay more attention to your words. The strawberries you just ate are worth a catty of pork. If you talk indifferently in front of others, it may cause others to feel uncomfortable. "

"I know! Now I also know that people's livelihood is difficult. It's a pity that we don't grow many strawberries, so it's not suitable to sell them."

Li Ming said indifferently: "I didn't plan to sell strawberries in the first place. Let's grow some and eat them ourselves. It's not troublesome. If we can't finish eating more, we can give some as gifts."

According to written records, strawberries were first introduced to Northeast China in 1915 by overseas Chinese from Goose Country, and the earliest settled place was Liangzipo in Heilongjiang Province.Then there are imported from abroad all over the country, but they are not successful.

In the 60s, strawberry cultivation at this time was mainly concentrated near major cities, because people who could afford strawberries basically lived in big cities.The long-distance transportation is underdeveloped, and the supply is nearby.

"From next week, I don't think there will be enough to eat. I picked you up in the countryside and downloaded it back to the city."

"It just so happens that next week is Labor Day. After picking them, you ask them to pack them in a small basket, and I'll take them to Section Chief Chen Guodong and the others."

Lou Xiaoe made a fake appearance, "Complete the task resolutely!"

Li Ming remembered another thing, "You have a more important task now, help me write a review after watching the movie."

"My tickets are already bought, the documentary, Dare to Teach the Sun and the Moon to Change the Sky, new achievements in industrial and agricultural production, and some heroic deeds. Tomorrow you and your sister will go to the movies."

Lou Xiaoe asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going to watch it with me?"

"Aren't I going to take music class tomorrow? There aren't many times I can take it."

"Okay, then I'll take my eldest sister to see it, and accompany her to go shopping and buy some summer clothes."

"Originally there are two tickets, let the eldest sister go together. I can't notice these things you said. If there is any ticket missing, just tell me, and I will send someone to look for it."

"I don't lack anything, and there are a lot of tickets, all of which have to be used up in time. Then I won't come back for lunch at noon, and I will eat out with my eldest sister."

"You can figure it out. Tomorrow afternoon in the small courtyard in the east of the city, you can find a reason to go there. I'll wait for you there."

Lou Xiao'e didn't say much, and she had some calculations in her heart. She was more active than Li Ming in this matter for half a day a week.

Lou Xiaoe asked again: "The movie at this time should be the news briefing on the 15th!"

"It's possible, but I'm not sure." Li Ming really didn't know. He didn't chat with the people who purchased the three subjects recently, and he didn't know much about the current situation of movies and dramas.

"I'll tell you when I finish watching it tomorrow."

the next day,
On the 24th, the day of issuing food stamps.

Li Ming first came to No. 95 Courtyard to collect food stamps before going to Haidian to attend lectures.

What surprised him was that Zhou Xiaobai and others were also there.

after class,
Teacher Guo explained to him, "Xiao Li, my wife took the children to the Summer Palace today, so I will go to the Summer Palace to meet them first, and I won't go back to the city with you."

Li Ming naturally had no objection, "Okay. Teacher Guo, then I'll go first."

He walked out of the classroom and saw two little beauties lingering in the corridor, "Why didn't you go home?"

Luo Yun pointed her teeth sharply, "It seems that you know our situation very well!"

"Haha, if I understand, I don't need to ask!"

It seems to be such a reason, Luo Yun is speechless now.

Zhou Xiaobai said with a smile: "Next week, our school will have a singing program to participate in the celebration party. Let us go back for half a day off and come back to practice this afternoon. We are too lazy to make a fuss and stay."

Some male students saw Li Ming and Zhou Xiaobai standing and chatting together, and felt that he was polluted and kept far away.

He finds it very interesting, what a bunch of cuties.

"Then what do you eat for lunch? Canteen?"

Luo Yun asked back: "What else can we eat if we don't eat in the cafeteria?"

"Then you should be worried, the cafeteria doesn't cook that many meals!"

The two little girls looked at each other, "No way!"

"You can go to the cafeteria to ask now. It took a long time to wake up the noodles. At this time, the portion should be determined."

The two little girls felt that his words were reliable, so they immediately went to the cafeteria to ask.

Li Ming returned to his pickup truck, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

After a while, the two walked over.

To save them some face, Li Ming first asked, "How is it?"

Zhou Xiaobai replied: "The master in the canteen said that it may be possible, or it may not be enough."

"I'm just hungry. Let's go to a small restaurant nearby to have some noodles or something. It doesn't matter if you eat less in the cafeteria at noon."

Luo Yun was the first to say: "We can't afford restaurants."

"You are still students and have no income. I am working and get paid every month. I must be the one who invites you."

Zhou Xiaobai refused: "This is not appropriate."

"It's nothing inappropriate, it's just a meal. At noon, if you eat too much in the cafeteria, the other students will eat less. If you eat less, won't you have no energy for the afternoon practice? It will delay everyone's practice, That will delay things even more!"

"Come up by yourself. If you don't come up, then I'll go to the doorman and call you with a loudspeaker!"

"No!" The two said in unison.

"That's all right, hurry up, I'm hungry."

The two looked at each other, it was still the co-pilot that Zhou Xiaobai got on first.

Although Luo Yun is sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, she is not very familiar with Li Ming and has a low sense of trust.

Zhou Xiaobai is quite familiar with him, and has kept several secrets for him, so he still trusts him.

On weekends, the two little girls were allowed to go out, and Li Ming took her to a small restaurant instead of a high-end restaurant like Tingliguan Restaurant.

After asking the two of them, he ordered three bowls of mutton noodles and cut a plate of sausage.

Zhou Xiaobai asked in a low voice, "Is this how you spend your salary every month?"

"Is there a restaurant for dinner?"

Luo Yun added: "Yeah, it feels like you often eat in restaurants, so skilled."

"In fact, I seldom eat in restaurants. I always treat guests in the small cafeteria of our factory. In the small cafeteria of our factory, there is a chef who is very good at cooking. The area near our factory is considered top-notch."

Luo Yun asked curiously, "Then do you treat guests often?"

"It used to be more, maybe two or three times a week. Now it's less, because I often have to do things at the construction site of the staff building."

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said, "Since taking charge of the construction of the staff building in your factory, you have saved a lot of money."

"I can't save a few dollars. My money is not spent in the canteen and spent elsewhere."

It's been almost a year since I came here, and Li Ming's consumption concept is still out of tune with the current people. For the time being, Lou Xiao'e is more in line with him.

At this time, the vast majority of people are living within their means, that is, every penny they can save is a penny, and every penny can't wait to be broken into two halves to spend.

At this time, prices are low, and the cost of eating out is actually not high. If you really want to spend this money, you can still afford it.

However, it is not necessary, and most people are not willing to spend this money.

For young people decades later, spending money is like flowing water. Maybe they have never heard of the term "living within one's means".

These people who have endured hardships are already wealthy, and they are still very thrifty.

Although Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun's family income is high, no one can take money as freely as Li Ming.

Luo Yun asked: "Apart from food, what else do you need to spend a lot of money on?"

Zhou Xiaobai also blinked her big eyes and looked at him curiously. Li Ming spent money to buy a lot of records, she knew about it, and she wanted to know other things.

"It's still a treat. I am often commended, so I have to buy some delicious food for everyone, so that everyone can be happy together."

"It's easy for me to find a reason to invite you to dinner today. I was on the news briefing on the 15th. Do you think I should invite you to dinner?"

Luo Yun didn't know it before, and was very shocked. When she looked at Zhou Xiaobai, she found that she was quite calm, "Xiaobai, aren't you surprised?"

Zhou Xiaobai said foolishly: "I heard my dad say that our country produces talents, and he is talking about the construction of the staff building."

In fact, when she was at home last week, Zhou Xiaobai took the initiative to ask his father what good news was in the recent newsletter, and she was going to write an essay for it.

The most beloved baby girl asked, and it also involved studies. As a father, he must look for it immediately, and then Zhou Xiaobai made these words.

"Then I can eat this meal with peace of mind. Xiaobai, let's eat poor him!"

"Yes, eat poor him!"

Li Ming felt that these two people were cute, "It's not so easy to eat me poorly. With your little appetite, you can eat me forever and you will never be poor me."

"Next time you are going to the east of the city, call me in advance, and I will treat you to a big meal."

Zhou Xiaobai declined politely: "We were joking just now. How can we keep you entertained?"

Luo Yun also has a tutor, "Yeah, that's so embarrassing. I was just joking."

"I went to the west of the city, and when I arrived in Haidian, you also invited me, so it would be even."

Zhou Xiaobai said tactfully, "We don't have the money to eat out."

"During the summer vacation this year, I have a way for you to earn money. If you earn money, you will have the money to treat me to dinner."

When the current newspapers ceased publication, Li Ming planned to start his own tabloid, which could earn money and collect news, killing two birds with one stone.

The three subordinates of the security unit are big bosses, and it is definitely impossible to run a tabloid. It can only be guaranteed by force.

For the sake of safety, it was most suitable for Lou Xiaoe to stay in the Xiangyanghua brigade at that time, and there was no way to help him.

Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun are the most suitable tabloid editors. They don't need to do anything. When the time comes, they will summarize the content of each tabloid and compile the selected articles into digests.

Put the content of each tabloid, leave a title and concise content, and summarize it into a tabloid, and the sales should be very good.

Because those tabloids only publish articles from their own factions, and if they want to read all the news, they have to subscribe to dozens or even hundreds of newspapers every day, and no one has that much money.

He started a Digest tabloid to meet the needs of this group of people, without involving any factions, and it was stable.

He wants to make money, and business opportunities are really everywhere.At that time, no one came to collect taxes, and the printing houses were willing to print for him, printed in print.

Luo Yun glanced at Zhou Xiaobai and asked, "How can I make money?"

Zhou Xiaobai also looked at him curiously.

Li Ming looked around, but the hotel staff didn't look at them.
"I'll talk about the specifics at a later time. The content of the job, I can say now, is to extract the contents of the newspaper into abstracts."

"According to the regular editor's salary, counting high school education for you, 46 yuan a month."

Zhou Xiaobai said in surprise: "So much, this salary is higher than my second brother's!"

Luo Yun was also very surprised, her eyes were very bright.

Li Ming fooled around, "The wages of literary and art workers are relatively high, and this is the lowest starting wage."

Zhou Xiaobai felt a little guilty, "Can we do it? I'm afraid it will ruin your business."

"It's definitely possible. But you have to keep it secret first. If this matter is revealed in advance, it won't work. You have to wait until the summer vacation."

Zhou Xiaobai agreed naturally: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret." Keeping secrets is no longer one or two, and it becomes a habit.

Luo Yun quickly promised, "I will also keep it a secret."

"Then when the time comes, you will earn money and treat me to a big meal."

Luo Yun smiled and said, "I will definitely invite you. I invite you to the Moscow restaurant!"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled without saying a word.

"I remember that."

When the noodles came up, I was speechless.

After eating the noodles, Li Ming sent the two of them back to school and returned to the city leisurely.

In the afternoon,

The small courtyard in the east of the city,

Li Ming is taking a nap.

The sound of the door opening woke him up, and after a search, Lou Xiaoe came.

Lou Xiaoe saw others lying in the room, and asked in surprise, "Did you climb the wall again?"

"Yeah, if I opened the door and came in and fell asleep, how would you get in?"

Lou Xiaoe entered the room and closed the door, taking off her coat and saying, "Anyway, I convinced you."

"Today's news briefing is on the 15th. The filming was very good. When the house was built in the movie, the audience applauded."

When watching movies at this time, when the atmosphere is up, there will be spontaneous applause and chorus. Anyway, there are a lot of spontaneous interactions.

It happened to be broadcast in the capital, and I am honored to be a local.If it's a foreign place, people just take a look at it and pass by, and it may become the topic of a small chat later.

"Everyone praises you for being young, promising and handsome! Fortunately, it only lasts for more than 2 minutes and there are not many scenes, otherwise the young commander would have attracted a large number of unmarried young women."

Li Ming didn't get up, he lay on the bed and watched her change clothes, and teased, "Did that fascinate you little rich woman?"

"I'm not so easy to be fooled, because I know your details."

"Nonsense, I only know your details."

Lou Xiao'e didn't continue to bicker with him, but rushed over directly, and endured it for a week, without time to talk nonsense.

Eat once a week, eat more.
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