the last witcher

"Old woman, do you still remember that I went to the Soviet Union with my work unit at that time, and when I came back, I always told you that if Liangliang could find a beautiful wife like the Soviet Union in the future, I would die in peace for the rest of my life, you Look, as I talked, I really did what I said, and I really found a beautiful daughter-in-law." The old man said happily.

"We have this sycamore tree, so we may not be able to recruit the Golden Phoenix." The old lady looked at me happily and said.

"Girl, listen to what Dad told you. When I went to the Soviet Union..." The old man started to tell his history of Huang Hui back then. serious.

On the contrary, it was Wang Lili. It was the first time I heard that my old man had been to the Soviet Union.

"Back then, Liangliang was only this tall." The old man said while gesticulating, "I was about seven or eight years old. I went to the Soviet Union with my work unit. I didn't know if I didn't go. Only after I went there did I find out why the Soviet Union was so poor. "

"Is the Soviet Union poor?" Wang Lili didn't seem to know enough about the history of the former Soviet Union, so she asked.

"How should I put it? The former Soviet Union was a big country with extremely developed heavy industry, but it was extremely deficient in light industry and livelihood industries..." the old man said helplessly.

"That year, our metal structure factory sent a group of workers to the Soviet Union to learn the other party's technology and experience. Before we went, the translator told us to bring as many necessities as possible, and we could exchange a lot of rubles there. Everyone, prepare for this, basically one person has two big boxes, you know the stockings, right?" The old man has a very bad habit, and he will ask the other party every time he talks about key points.

"I know!" Wang Lili answered the old man's question obediently.

"Not to mention, I alone brought a hundred pairs of silk stockings." The old man said proudly.

"How big is the box?" Wang Lili asked in surprise.

"Silly girl, we all take out the stockings from the packaging bag, then wrap one pair around the other, roll them into a big ball like woolen yarn, and bring them over.

At that time, I was stupid, and I didn’t know how to ask the translator, so I just listened to the people around me, and then stupidly bought a lot of daily necessities that took up space.Now I figured it out. If I want to make money, I have to make money from children and women. "The old man said with an expression of wanting to buy regret medicine.

"When I first went there, everyone was very honest. They worked hard every day. After work, they would go back to the dormitory. They earned 150 rubles a month. The average daily salary was only five rubles. We could make more money. Then, something happened and we started to become real profiteers."

After taking a sip of his tea, the old man continued with a smile: "The Soviets only eat big crackers and drink soda water. Seafood or something, it's squid board with salt, or mashed potatoes. It's called one time.

We Chinese know how to eat a lot. Squid boards are expensive, but squid claws are cheap. One catty of squid boards can be exchanged for twenty catties of squid claws, but we have seasonings.After feeding the bought squid claws with seasoning, put them in the pan and fry them. When the pan is opened, oh!The smell filled the room, and when the group of old men smelled it, they all ran over and exchanged the squid board for our fried squid claws.

In the later stage, when we don't have enough ingredients, a pot of squid claws, which is more than two catties, can be exchanged for ten catties of squid boards.After getting there, those people we went to the metal structure began to trade with the locals. "

"What are you going to change?" Wang Lili asked puzzled.

"Listen to me, the tertiary industry of the Soviets was extremely underdeveloped at that time." Seeing Wang Lili's confused look, the old man hurriedly explained: "According to me, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery are the primary industry; Gas, mining and construction plus manufacturing are secondary industries, and the rest are tertiary industries.”

Seeing that Wang Lili still didn't understand, the old man gave an easy-to-understand example and said, "You ate big bubble gum when you were young." "Yes."

"When we went to the Soviet Union, a piece of bubble gum was exchanged for a ruble. Not to mention, we chewed enough bubble gum and spit it on the ground, and the children in the Soviet Union immediately rushed to pick it up from the ground and put it in their mouths , Start blowing bubbles while eating, their tertiary industry is so deficient.”

When Wang Lili heard this, her jaw almost dropped to the ground, and she acted like she couldn't believe it.

"When the things I brought are sold, I realize how important it is for us to bring daily necessities with us.

Let’s not talk about it, let’s just talk about the skate shoes we wear here, a pair of skate shoes is exchanged for a pair of skates for the Soviets. "

"Then how to change it?" Wang Lili seemed to be very entangled in this question.

"Chinese people are all monkeys. When they find a place with a lot of people, they start shouting: "Hey..." When the common people in the Soviet Union gather to watch the fun, they start selling the daily necessities they brought with them.

You are like the silk stockings I brought in the past. A pair can be sold for up to fifty rubles, which is more than my ten days' wages.Disposable lighters: ten rubles; soap: twenty rubles; a leather jacket: two thousand rubles; parex shampoo, hairpins, watches, everything that can be sold is sold.

There was nothing left to sell in the later period. When I saw that there was still a pack of rheumatism ointment left, I ran to the gate of the factory where the car was produced and started selling it. "

"Dad, can you speak Russian?" Wang Lili asked adoringly.

"No~ Yes! They trade with hands. I'll teach you!" The old man began to talk and gesture.

"Look, for example, rheumatism ointment, I plan to sell it for five rubles, and I will stand at the door of the other factory and show rheumatism ointment to the Soviet workers after get off work.

"Hello...," the other party knew that the Chinese were selling things again, so they gathered around. The problem is rheumatism cream, which is hard to describe, so I made a painful expression first. "The old man tilted his shoulders as he spoke, making an expression of being exposed to the wind, and learning "hiss~~~~~" in his mouth, and then made a gesture of holding rheumatism ointment and sticking it on his back , the facial expression immediately changed to "Ho~~~~! "It looks good.

"The workers on the other side started to ask about the price. I stretched out a hand and gestured with five fingers: Ho! (That means five rubles). Like a fool.

When I went there for the second time, before I could shout, the group of Soviets gathered around, scrambling to buy rheumatism ointment.Among them, the quick handed me five rubles.The problem was that I didn't have much left at that time, so I pushed back the other party's hand handing over the money.Then he gestured at the opponent: Roar!Roar! (During the conversation, the old man stretched out his palm and turned it over, which means ten rubles.) But I didn't expect that even so, the group of Soviets would buy it, how interesting you say! "The old man grinned and said happily, making Wang Lili laugh out loud.

to be continued