Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 387 Chapter 386 Feather Shuttlecock
"Mom, shuttlecock, shuttlecock, I want shuttlecock." As soon as Tang Zhitong returned home, he not only saw the earthen stove heating hot water outside, but also heard Fengzhi's mutterings.

"Zhuo Zi, Shui Zi, if you keep nagging me, my ears and eyes will get calloused. I'll cook for you after dinner." Zhang Guifang slapped her daughter on the head, and the world became pure.

"Eat, eat." The food was already on the table. Tang Zhitong pretended not to see Fengzhi being beaten, washed his hands and sat down at the table, and the whole family started eating.

During the meal, classmate Xiao Wang asked a few questions about Tang Zhitong's trip to Anton. Tang Zhitong answered patiently. As for the 100 yuan purchase, he didn't say anything about it yet.

"The Liu Zhang family in the backyard didn't cause any trouble again, did they?" Tang Zhitong felt relieved even though classmate Xiao Wang was at home, but he still asked.

"No, quite honest." Xiao Wang shook his head with a hint of regret.

Tang Zhitong guessed from the expression on Xiao Wang's face that she might want to seize the handle and kick out the nest of maggots once and for all. Although the Liu family could not bring any substantial harm to the Tang family, the toads crawled on the insteps and did not bite anyone.

It may be that the difference in social status gave the couple different perspectives and methods of dealing with the situation. Tang Zhitong did not agree with this, as it would easily give the neighbor the impression that he was bullying others. After all, Zhang Guifang was at home every day and had to deal with the neighbors.

Another thing is that if this is to be done, Ye Zhijuan or Xu Hui must be coordinated. Once word spreads, it will have a negative impact on their reputation, so Tang Zhitong feels that the treatment of the Liu family should be based on specific circumstances.

"Fengzhi, your brother is back. Let's eat less and save some fruit for later, okay?" Wang Jingwen reminded her softly when she saw her sister-in-law eating deliciously.

"Sister-in-law, how do you eat this?" Because the banana had not been washed, Fengzhi resisted the urge to take a bite, held it in her hand, and asked classmate Xiao Wang for help. The reason why she didn't ask Tang Zhitong probably felt that her brother didn't know either.

Therefore, there are many things that cannot be investigated in depth. No one can resist being critical under a magnifying glass.

After the meal, the table was cleared and cantaloupes, pineapples, bananas, as well as the soft dates and wild grapes brought back by Tang Zhitong were put on the table.

As for where Ye Zhijuan got the fruit, Tang Zhitong didn't want to ask, nor was he qualified to ask.

Chinese people have always had a tradition of warm hospitality, the kind of enthusiasm that touches their heart and soul.

"Okay, I'm going to have a good meal tonight. I'll thank my mother later." Tang Zhitong understood.

Because it has been away from the tree for too long, the banana peel has lost water and has brown spots on its surface.

How many Western gadgets did the young man who auditioned for the Crown Princess import for himself before falling to the ground?
Compared with those things, his salary can't cover it at all. Everyone knows about it, but no one will come out to shout about it.

As a result, there are people here in Sijiucheng who travel to various parts of the country to purchase goods, including but not limited to fruits, vegetables, fish catches, etc., and transport them back by truck, freight train, air freight, etc.

If you want to buy these fruits, you must not only have money, but also have leisure.

Of course, these are not only used to entertain foreign guests, but some are also sold in the market to ordinary residents.

"Okay! I'll eat the last piece." Fengzhi looked at the chicken in front of her, and then thought about the fruits her sister-in-law brought back two days ago. They were all fruits she had never seen before. She was very confused, but she still agreed. After all, the family could occasionally I ate chicken, and I had never seen those fruits grow so big.

This was probably done to prove to the outside world that there was no shortage of supplies in the country. After all, a few words about food shortages had spread abroad a while ago.

There is no shortage of wealthy people in Sijiu City, so these rare fruits that have traveled thousands of miles to Sijiu City are very popular.

Before leaving the escort department in the morning, Tang Zhitong glanced through the newspapers of the past ten days or so. There were many foreign guests coming to participate in the celebration, and most of the big guys from the same camp were present.

In the first ten years, the celebrations were very grand, and the supply in all aspects was comprehensive and without blind spots.

So reservations and panic buying were born, and then publicity and hype were used to maintain the popularity and attract consumers. They only waited for the price of spare parts to drop before releasing production capacity...

This is just like the launch of a certain brand of mobile phone. A mobile phone does not cost much, and there are many people who can afford it. However, the cost of mobile phones cannot be reduced. If you sell one, you will lose one, and you are destined to not be able to produce at full capacity.

Even if the production of fruits is not taken into account, the transportation capacity is very limited and it is impossible to transport all the fruits. This means that it is destined to be impossible to supply in large quantities and can only be sold in small batches.

"It was so popular that it was taken away when I got off work. My mother gave me three items, banana, pineapple, and cantaloupe." Xiao Wang said lightly with a smile.

"What fruits did you buy?" Before going to Anton, classmate Xiao Wang mentioned buying fruits at home, so Tang Zhitong felt that she was not referring to the ones he brought back.

"Peel off the skin and eat it." Xiao Wang broke off one end of the banana in his hand, opened a hole, and pulled off the surrounding skin, and the banana pulp came out.

With classmate Xiao Wang setting an example, everyone else followed suit.

Tang Zhitong watched his family imitating the same example, and couldn't help but think of a video of peeling a banana. Some people like to peel it from the head, while others like to peel it from the tail.

Although the purpose is the same, both approaches lead to discussions about which approach is correct.

Now there is nowhere to buy bananas if you have money. In a few decades, two yuan a pound will go straight to every rural market across the country. So no matter which way to peel bananas is correct, we must thank the infrastructure for the convenience it brings to the people.

"It's delicious!" Fengzhi took a bite and narrowed his eyes.

"It's quite sweet." Tang Zhitong also said happily. Compared with the relatively bright-looking bananas, Tang Zhitong prefers to eat bananas that have been left for a long time. This kind is sweeter.

"Then give this to you, I don't like eating it." After hearing Tang Zhitong say it was sweet, Xiao Wang handed him the banana he had bitten off without thinking.

"You can eat, one is enough for me." Tang Zhitong shook her head and refused. Although Xiao Wang knew how to eat, it was not to the point where she was tired of eating. She did this just to let herself have one more bite.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you!" Fengzhi continued at the right time.

"You unlucky kid, it's because your sister-in-law loves your brother. Do you really think your sister-in-law doesn't like to eat?" Zhang Guifang pulled back Fengzhi's open arm, while Fengzhen chuckled at the side.

"If you want to eat, just have my piece. I'll just taste it." Zhang Guifang saw Fengzhi pouting and stuffed the half-eaten piece into her hand.

The smile on Fengzhen's face was a little forced now.

"There are a lot of these things in the south. I will bring some back when I have the opportunity to go on a business trip. Don't let them go around, just eat them all." Tang Zhitong broke off the bitten part and put it in his mouth, stuffing the remaining half To Fengzhen.

Although Tang Zhitong said so, in terms of Sijiu City, bananas are not very rare. They are available all year round, but the supply is very unstable. It is estimated that Ye Zhijuan did not get much this time. A total of Got five.

"Is this a pineapple? You have to peel it before you can eat it, right?" Tang Zhitong went through the whole show, pretending to see it for the first time. To prevent being pricked by thorns, he pinched the leaves of the pineapple with two fingers and lifted the pineapple up.

"I haven't done it before, I guess it needs to be peeled." Xiao Wang smiled sweetly. "Then let me try. I heard that you need to soak pineapples in light salt water for half an hour before you can eat them. How about you make shuttlecocks first?" Tang Zhitong suggested to Zhang Guifang and Xiao Wang before turning around to find a knife.

"Okay, I'll look for the copper coins." Zhang Guifang said, got up and went to look for the coins in the drawer, while Xiao Wang looked at her lover quietly, and couldn't get enough of it...

There are no suitable knives at home, so Tang Zhitong can only make do with kitchen knives and chopsticks.

It was just a pineapple. It was worth wearing gloves. Tang Zhitong cut off the leaves with one knife, and then shoved two chopsticks into it.

A few decades later, pineapples, like bananas, are popular fruits, but because they are covered with thorns, most businesses provide peeling services.

Tang Zhitong followed the merchant's example and removed the peel bit by bit. He didn't have sharp-nosed tweezers at home, so he could only use a kitchen knife to cut crosswise and diagonally, and then pick out the inedible peels one by one. This was a relatively delicate job.

"How many can we make? Let's make one for Jingwen and Jingmin." Zhang Guifang found eight copper coins and some rags and said to her daughter-in-law.

"Okay, thank you, Mom." Xiao Wang thanked her mother-in-law and followed her to learn how to make a shuttlecock.

Tang Zhitong played with toys like shuttlecocks twice in his childhood. Nowadays, most shuttlecocks are sewn with copper coins, chicken feathers, and rags. A few decades later, most shuttlecocks are tied with washers and plastic ropes.

Here I have to mention the salesman.

At the beginning of the reform, many vendors walked around the streets shaking rattles, exchanging feather shuttlecocks for candy with children.

What the salesman was interested in was not the shuttlecock, but the copper coins inside.

Of course, there are also many children who directly collect a few copper coins from home and exchange them for candy.

Due to historical reasons, after liberation, banks only accepted yellow croaker, gold and silver jewelry, silver coins, etc. Ten copper coins, twenty copper coins, and one copper coins were not even worth as much as scrap copper, so many people did not take them seriously at all. Just let the child toss it all away.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were doing shuttlecock under the light. Fengzhen sat aside and ate a banana and watched intently, while Fengzhi was checking to see if her brother had handled the pineapple well, and then to see if her mother had done the shuttlecock well. It was so similar. Fishing kitten.

Tang Zhitong neatly packed up the pineapples, found a basin, sliced ​​them into pieces, sprinkled them with salt, scooped out a ladle of water and soaked them, then lit a cigarette and sat beside them to watch the handiwork.

"Brother, brother, there is still a melon." Fengzhi reminded her brother after seeing his behavior.

"It's fun to eat fruit, right? Save one to eat tomorrow, and you will be happy tomorrow too." Tang Zhitong rubbed Fengzhi's head and said in a confused way.

"Then...then I didn't have enough to eat tonight." Fengzhi had never eaten that weird-looking melon, so she looked for excuses to offend her brother.

"It's quite delicious to eat soft dates and wild grapes if you're not full." Tang Zhitong said, pointing to the washed fruits on the table.

"I've eaten those. Just cut a piece and I'll have a taste, okay, brother?" Fengzhi rubbed her belly, obviously full, and stretched out a finger to act coquettishly with Tang Zhitong.

"If you cut it open, it won't hold. It will rot tomorrow. We can't waste the food." Looking at his sister's appearance, Tang Zhitong still chose to continue fooling her.

A while ago, Tang Zhitong was thinking about asking Zhang Ruojian to buy some stomach-strengthening and digestive medicines, but he never found the opportunity. This time, he got a lot of wild mountain reds from the forest farm. It seemed like it would be good to make some hawthorn for the family to dip into for digestion.

"Okay then." Fengzhi was obviously fooled when he heard that it would spoil if he couldn't eat it, so he chose to eat it tomorrow.

Xiao Wang listened to the conversation between the brother and sister, rolled his eyes at his husband, and smiled, knowing that he was fooling the child.

After a while, the feather shuttlecock was ready. Fengzhi impatiently turned on the light in the yard and tried it on her feet. She turned around and forgot about the fruit.

Xiao Wang handed one to Fengzhen and pulled her to join the testing process.

Nowadays, there are very few toys for little girls. The common toys are pebbles, sandbags filled with sand, and feather shuttlecocks. The corresponding advanced versions are sheep crutches, sandbags filled with phoenix seeds, and pheasant feather shuttlecocks.

Although there are few toys, the school attaches great importance to students' physical education. In the final analysis, it is related to copying the education system of the big brother in the north. This system is called "labor and health system", whose full name is "preparation for labor and defense of the motherland physical education system."

When Tang Zhitong was in elementary school, he was in the labor and health system. Not only did he do radio gymnastics, but he also had to do additional sports, including track and field, gymnastics, weightlifting, height adjustment, long jump, etc.

Elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, technical secondary schools, and universities all need to be assessed, and certificates and badges of corresponding levels will be issued.

It is precisely because of the attention of the whole people from top to bottom that it has the reputation of "the eight major colleges and universities are all strong in sports". If the foundation is good and the students are carefully selected, it will be strange if they are not good.

In addition, radio gymnastics is not only done by students, but also in factories, administrative units, and even rural areas. Starting from the first set in 51, it has now developed to the third set.

The reason why broadcast gymnastics changes so quickly is because the previous ones were based on some of Big Brother's movements, such as bending over and squatting, which were unsightly and made women very uncomfortable, so the third set was created.

The feather shuttlecock was flying up and down on the tip of Mr. Wang's toes, and every movement and trembling was pleasing to the eye.

Perhaps because he was tired from kicking, Xiao Wang put away his shuttlecock, walked under the eaves, gouged out Tang Zhitong, and said angrily: "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking that you are not only clever but also very nimble on your feet." Tang Zhitong said softly with a playful smile, slightly frivolous.

"I knew you weren't holding anything back." Xiao Wang blushed and punched Tang Zhitong lightly.

"This is just at home. If you are outside, I have to hold you down." Tang Zhitong saw that Xiao Wang had a tendency to hit people again, so he quickly added: "Others just want to watch for a while, but I can only I feel sorry for you."

Classmate Xiao Wang understood it, lowered his head and looked at it, and smiled himself.

"Hate! Oh, by the way, after you went to Anton, someone gave you a letter." The two sisters-in-law were playing shuttlecock in the yard. It was not convenient for Xiao Wang to make intimate gestures with his lover, so he happened to think of something. When things happened, they changed the subject.

"Oh? Whose letter is this?" Tang Zhitong was a little surprised. There were not many people with whom he had correspondence.

"How do I know? I haven't opened it for you. It's just in the drawer. You can see for yourself." Xiao Wang wiped his sweat and said.

"Don't worry, we'll see later." Tang Zhitong raised his hand and glanced at his watch. It had been half an hour since he had soaked the pineapple, and then he called to his two sisters: "Fengzhen, Fengzhi, take a rest." , wash your hands and eat pineapple.”

"Oh! Let's eat pineapple!" When Fengzhi heard that there was something to eat, she immediately stopped, put away the shuttlecock, and trotted into the main room.

(End of this chapter)