Mr. Bao and his son: Only use Stankang for hair oil

Chapter 68 Food
In addition to the previous four things, another important thing is to find a backer with a more secure relationship.

For example, new-school teachers such as Teacher Shen and Teacher Song had a very high social status. Officials in this era had to nod and bow respectfully when they saw teachers.

The most classic person who can reflect the status of teachers in the Republic of China is a university president named Liu Wendian. He is a household name. Many people in later generations have heard his words:

"From ancient times to the present, there are two and a half people who really understand "Zhuangzi". One is Zhuangzi himself, the other is me, Liu Wendian, and the other half are other people who study "Zhuangzi"!"

The most famous thing about Liu Wendian is that when the Southwest Associated University was bombed by Japan in [-], while he was running for his life, he also scolded Shen Congwen for running for his life.

But he also did something even more powerful: he beat Chiang Kai-shek and escaped unharmed. It sounds magical, but that's the reality.

In [-], when the Jiang family dynasty was at its peak, Liu Wendian had a conflict with the proud old Chiang Kai-shek. After the two exchanged insults, old Jiang said that Liu Wendian was a new academic leader, and Liu Wendian said that old Chiang Kai-shek was a new warlord.

So the two began to fight each other, and Lao Jiang slapped him twice. Liu Wendian did not hesitate and kicked Lao Jiang in the stomach in front of many people.

If it were an ordinary person who did this, he would definitely be shot ten times, but later the matter was dropped. With the support of all parties in the academic community, Liu Wendian escaped from jail a few days later.

In short, if you can find a way to establish the "master-disciple" status with the new-school teachers, you can be regarded as a big backer. Just mentioning the name of the teacher will be less restrictive in anything you do.

Today, Bao Guowei's situation has improved a lot compared to before, but he still needs to work hard to achieve a class jump.

However, there is actually a simpler and faster way: becoming a son-in-law.

Bao Guowei's current image is enough to try and eat soft food, but if he doesn't learn the skill of Dragon King's crooked mouth, his life may be more frustrating.

But who is Bao Guowei?How can a real man eat soft food?It's better to serve it quickly.

Then take stock of your current interpersonal relationships: the seemingly absent Young Master of the Chu family, the intimidated Qin family, Zhang Siwu from the Green Gang, and the rest of the servants such as Hu Da, Aunt Li, and Aunt Wang are not included.

At present, the only hard relationship he has is Zhang Siwu, whom he single-handedly recommended. Probably because of his ability and his connections with the Chu family, he has been mentioned as team leader and can manage at least a few people under his command.

It can be considered pretty good.

At present, the value of the gold mine of Xinshi Xuetang has not yet been mined, but it can be mined slowly in the future.

The future is expected.

……

Behind Guo Chun was a group of people like Gong Deming and Pang Xier, most of whom were basketball players from the Himalayas team, laughing and joking as they walked outside the school.

Everyone was holding skewers and bottles in their hands, just like a group of gangsters who didn't hesitate.

Seeing Bao Guowei walking alone on the road ahead, Guo Chun rushed up from the crowd and patted Bao Guowei on the shoulder:

"Bao Guowei, do you want to play basketball on the weekend? At the basketball court on [-]nd Street in the north of the city, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the players of our Himalayan team will gather to play. Are you coming?"

"Just look at the time, it should be fine."

Regarding the Himalayas basketball team, Bao Guowei also saw some clues: most of these repeaters are unreliable, so there is no need to go to great lengths to make friends.

Most people are purely fair-weather friends. Since ancient times, they know people and know their faces but not their hearts. It is difficult to choose a useful friend.

However, Bao Guowei felt that those named Xu Weiye and Li Junhua were somewhat to his liking.

Walking out of the school gate, Lao Bao's voice was heard. His voice was different from before, and there was some excitement in it:
"Bao Guowei, go home!"

... In today's world, buying food is a big deal for ordinary families, and it is a top priority that can be discussed together for a long time.

People from rural areas often come to the market to sell their harvests in exchange for money to buy things like oil, salt, and clothes.

The grains that ordinary people buy are divided into three categories: fine grains, bran grains, and bran wood grains.

The first-class fine grains are processed white rice or flour. The highest-grade grains can now be purchased in Suzhou for about [-] kilograms for one dollar.

The second grade - bran grain, eat bran and drink thin bran, the skin or shell of things like rice and wheat seeds. The price of rice bran is about [-]% of wheat bran.

For the lowest-quality bran wood grain, vendors will also put some sawdust and sawdust in the bran to increase the weight, and they are always very careful about weighing it.

Sawdust can actually be mixed with food, but if you have a bad gastrointestinal condition, it can easily cause constipation. If you eat bran alone and add some sawdust, people with poor digestion will suffocate to death.

Half of the so-called bran vegetables come from here. Sawdust and wild vegetables are mixed with bran and boiled into a paste to aid digestion. However, the appearance, texture and taste are somewhat unsatisfactory.

There is always a strange phenomenon in the market: the more people who cannot afford to buy food, the more concerned they are about the price of food, and they ask about it every day - asking the vendors. People who only buy a few kilograms of food are not qualified to enter the food shop.

Even if you find a low-price day, you still have to wear tattered clothes, stand in the hot summer or cold wind, tell the vendors with a dry mouth, and charge half the sky-high price:
"Just make it cheaper. My family is waiting for dinner."

"It's already lost money and can't be sold."

It is not until it gets late and the vendors are ready to close their stalls that customers will reluctantly give money, and the vendors who come from the countryside to sell grains will reluctantly hand over the grains - a few kilograms of grains.

Lao Bao used to be one of the people who bought grain from vendors in the market. With his salary, there was no problem in feeding two people by chewing grain. It was just to save more food money to support Bao Guowei. tuition fee.

Today, Lao Bao did not go to the hawker to buy grain. Instead, he went to the Li store in the west of the city that he had never been to before - the Qin family would never leave the matter of buying grain to a servant.

There is no need to be impatient like in the past, and there is no need to stand in line until your legs hurt and gossip.

In the beautifully decorated grain shop, under the friendly laughter of the shop owner, Lao Bao got a lower price than outside.

You can buy 31 kilograms of rice for one yuan—still a fine grain without adulterants.

With the current shortage of food in the Northern Expedition and the many wars in the south, the price of food has skyrocketed a lot. Moreover, the price of food in cities south of the Yangtze River is already higher than in other places. This price is already really good.

After Lao Bao paid more than 40 yuan for tuition, plus what Bao Guowei gave him, he had a total of 74 yuan and 2000 cents, and bought more than [-] kilograms of grain.

Zhang Siwu also followed Bao Guowei's instructions and temporarily rented a grain depot. Together with the advance from the Chu family and his own savings, he purchased more than [-] yuan of grain.

When the two carts of grain were transported to the south of the city and entered Lao Bao's house, Lao Bao's heart was beating fast.

The volume of more than 2000 kilograms of rice is actually only two or three cubic meters, but it is enough to fill the cellar of Baozhai.

When the cellar is filled with food, what impact will it have on people?
The most intuitive manifestation is that Lao Bao's waist is a little hard, he always has a smile on his face, and every grain of food seems to fill his spine.

He kept the courtyard door closed and stood guard at the cellar entrance after work, opening the cellar from time to time. Even now when he picks up Bao Guowei from school, he still misses the food at home - worried.

Originally, the house was completely bare, with nothing worthy of being stolen, but now - there are valuable things.

　Documents provided by a group of friends pointed out: From 1927 to 1936, the average price of rice in Shanghai was about 6 cents per catty. Taking into account the inflation in the mid-Republic of China and the famine period, the low price of grain in Suzhou in 1927 was taken to be 3 cents per catty.

　　
　
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