National Tide 1980

Similar to the Luo family, the Mi family is in a similar situation.

In the harmonious dusk of the small courtyard, there are scattered firecrackers.

The old couple of Mi's family were also in the brightly lit room, turning on the TV, waiting for people at the dinner table, and bickering.

But the discord between them has nothing to do with the big color TV or the marriage of their children.

The main focus of the conflict is mainly the chemical fiber cloth that Aunt Mi brought back as a baby many years ago.

"Tell me, what did you do? It's so cold outside on New Year's Day. You made your child run to the Peace Arch. And you made her hold so many chemical fiber cloths. It's already dark today. , the child hasn’t come back yet? As a mother, aren’t you worried? "

Master Mi walked around the house like a mill, looking at the sky outside from time to time.

In fact, he had just come back from get off work and was already hungry.

I thought I would go in, wash my hands and face, have New Year's Eve dinner, and have a good New Year with my family.

But I never expected that my daughter Mi Xiaohui was not at home.

As soon as I inquired about it, I found out that it was because a person from the vegetable stand of a non-staple food store called Aunt Mi in the afternoon and said that he wanted to buy some chemical fiber cloth from her and take it to relatives on New Year's Day.

Aunt Mi was greedy for this business and immediately sent her daughter Mi Xiaohui to deliver cloth to others.

Can Master Mi feel happy?

All the excitement for the Chinese New Year was ruined, and I had to worry about my fourteen-year-old daughter.

"Why am I not worried? I want to go by myself, but can I walk away? I cannot do anything at home without me. What if I don't send Xiaohui to run errands for me? Are you still pointing fingers? ?cut!"

Unexpectedly, Aunt Mi frowned like him and responded angrily.

However, his hands were still busy. At this moment, he was still sorting out the hills of chemical fiber cloth in the corner of the room.

Red, purple, green, gray. Black, blue...

This naturally made Master Mi more and more angry.

"What else should I do? You shouldn't have bought such old cloth! You spent a thousand yuan to buy cloth, how long will you have to use it? My uncle left you some money, so you are allowed to mess up like this? Quite cool As for the older people, they are still immature. They go out to buy something, and they join in the fun with their old eyes. You have become a spirit!"

To be honest, Master Mi always regrets it now.

I regret that I should not have sought peace in the first place and allowed Aunt Mi to do whatever she wanted.

If he had known this situation earlier, he would have forced Aunt Mi to return all the cloths no matter what.

Of course, it was too late to say anything. The best he could do now was complain.

But the problem is that Aunt Mi's mouth is not easy to talk to.

After all, she is a veteran salesperson, and speaking strong words is the most basic quality.

"What a waste? I'm so careful that I sail a thousand-year boat. I'm afraid of poverty. Have you forgotten the time when we were short of cloth in the first two years? We couldn't even find the ends of cloth to darn socks. It's better to save some and be practical. This cloth Until then, it is still cloth. At worst, I will use it to sew quilt covers and make curtains. Besides, maybe the price of chemical fiber cloth will come back after a while? Then one thousand becomes two thousand! People say that this is called Preserve value!”

Master Mi was completely angered by his wife's stubbornness.

"Preserving value? Bullshit! You need to understand this term first before you talk. If you have money, you don't have to leave it idle for half a year. If it's worth ten thousand, you'll just leave it here. If you don't use it, it's waste. It's not much different from throwing away money. What's more, It was clearly stated on the radio that the price of chemical fiber cloth should be reduced, while the price of cotton cloth should be increased appropriately. Wei Min also repeatedly warned, don’t buy, don’t buy chemical fiber cloth. Do you think you are the only smart one in the world? You know more about economics than the country, and better than Wei Min Do you still do business? You have the nerve to talk about preserving value? Just don’t listen to other people’s advice! You’re stupid, you’re so stupid!”

This comment is indeed accurate, but the problem is that everyone has emotions.

Such demeaning persuasion methods, no matter how reasonable, are ineffective.

As an audience, Aunt Mi couldn't listen at all.

Otherwise, how could she have gotten to where she is today?

"Why am I so stupid? Facts speak louder than words. Didn't you see that my fabric has been sold? Besides, polyester fabric has always been more expensive than cotton fabric in the past. As you can see, isn't the country lowering prices? The lower they are. The more you lose, the more you lose. Sooner or later you can't stand it anymore, and you have to raise it back. I don't believe it, no one will recognize such a good thing? If eggs have to be sold for the price of potatoes, can they last long? In our country, how can there be so much stuff that we can't sell it? ?”

Aunt Mi's housewife-like thinking mode and the strong self-confidence generated by it cannot help but surprise Master Mi again.

"I really can't praise you anymore. How is it possible? Is it better than words can say? This is something that is obvious right in front of you. Don't you think about it, where did Weimin get so many synthetic fiber clothes? They also let you sell takeout at a much cheaper price than the market price. Aren't they all the factory's overstocked goods? Now, the state directly ordered the price to be lowered. Even the people of Wei were in a hurry to sell it and no longer counted. We are dealing with chemical fiber goods again. You are definitely going against each other. I’ll put it aside and don’t be too busy being beautiful. You’ll be lucky if your cloth can be sold. If not, your colleagues will have to look for you after the holidays. The return is coming.”

It's a pity that no matter how clear the truth is, it is still in vain.

Because Aunt Mi never believes in logic, she usually only believes in what she wants to believe.

Especially when you are emotional and angry.

That can completely turn a blind eye to all objective facts, turn a blind eye to all objective facts, and live only to make excuses.

"Hey, why are you so arrogant! Why don't you expect me to do something good? Isn't it unpopular to say that it's a New Year's Eve? Do you still want to be at ease in this section?"

"Is it me or you? I want to have a good holiday? But is it allowed by the facts? You don't read the newspaper or the news, you don't listen to the world's affairs, you don't know anything about the outside world! In the past, then It’s because our industrial production capacity is low, and these polyester and polyester fabrics are expensive. In fact, these are chemical products. Once industrial productivity increases and mass production occurs, they will become worthless. But cotton cloth is different. It is spun from cotton. We The country's land is limited, so if you want more, you won't be able to get enough. That's why the price will be raised. Besides, we also need to take care of the enthusiasm of other farmers. You are the only one who is still a businessman. Pull it down, you silly old woman!"

"Hey, according to what you said, we are going around in a big circle just to increase the enthusiasm of farmers? Is it enough to make the big brother of the workers suffer? The country cannot be so kind to one. Don't forget, the working class leads everything. At any time, workers must have enough to eat and drink!”

"Oh, you are so old! Times have developed, the economy has changed, but your mind is still stuck a few years ago. In a word, you can't keep up! If nothing else, your own daughter has run away. He went abroad. Put it aside, can you believe it? There are also fewer and fewer people in our cinema now. I tell you this, do you believe it? If you don’t favor one thing and the other? If you don’t favor one thing and the other, what is going on in our cinema? "

"What you're saying is pure nonsense. How is it possible that no one is watching movies? Why would people go there if they don't want to watch movies? Stay at home all day long?"

"Humph, I really asked you to say that. Why don't you just sit at home and watch TV? To tell you the truth, just because more and more TV sets are bought, there will be fewer and fewer people in the cinema. No matter how good a movie is now It's the end of the road if we can achieve an attendance rate of 70% to 80%. We won't be able to fill up the seats for a long time. If you look at the neighbors around us, who is asking me for movie tickets? Let alone you, even I don't understand. ! With such a big TV screen, you can’t even see the faces of people clearly. How can you watch movies that are so enjoyable? The TV series are like sheep shitting one episode after another. But this is the damn fact..."

Fortunately, nothing is more convincing than immediate financial interests.

No, Aunt Mi immediately became anxious when she heard that Master Mi's unit economic performance was not good.

I no longer have the willpower to carry the argument through to the end.

"Ah? Really? Dad, I said your bonuses have been getting less and less recently. Then you leaders must find a way. We can't go on like this!"

"Otherwise, what else can we do? All the movie theaters are pretty much the same. Ours is pretty good. After all, this is the downtown area of ​​Dashilar. The situation in other places is even worse. Besides, our leaders must be able to find ways to Then he is not a manager in charge of a movie theater. Hasn't he been the district mayor or mayor long ago? Okay, it's not your turn to worry about our movie theater. If you weren't so stubborn, I wouldn't even bother to tell you. . Anyway, I’ll just say one thing, today is different from the past, and there will be more and more new things in the future. If you really hit your hands with the cloth, just don’t regret it."

Not wanting Aunt Mi to be entangled any further, Master Mi sniffed again.

"Hey, hey, let me tell you, hurry up and take a look at your pot for steaming steamed buns. Has your pot been sitting on the fire for more than a long time? Is it steamed yet? Don't burn the pot dry again."

As soon as he said this, Aunt Mi, who was just looking at the cloths, also remembered it, and quickly put down the cloth in her hand to look at the steamer.

As a result, the old lady couldn't help but started arguing.

"Oh, dad, thanks to your crow's mouth, my pot of steamed buns is completely blind."

"What's wrong? Did you really burn the pot?"

"That's not true, but the flour is wrong. The steamed buns steamed with Fuqiang powder are all flat! What kind of Fuqiang powder is this! It can't rise even when alkali is added. The steamed buns are wilted and lack energy. Still It's not as good as ordinary flour! As soon as you lift the lid of the pot, your eyes will shrink down. Damn it. It's the New Year, which is also unlucky. Do you think this person has eaten enough and is fine? What? Why do you keep inventing this new thing? It’s a rip-off, it’s a rip-off! The same is true of this society. It’s just making progress for nothing. He can’t just stay still and live a good life for two years. It’s tiring and panic-stricken... "

At this time, just outside Courtyard No. 2 of Shan'er Hutong, a flatbed tricycle stopped.

The person pedaling was none other than Luo Guangliang, and there were two bottles of tiger bone wine hanging on the handlebars of the tricycle.

Mi Xiaohui, who had her hair braided and wore a big scarf, was sitting behind his car with her hands in her sleeves. She looked extremely comfortable and satisfied.

I bet this girl's bus home was broken down halfway, and she was anxious because she had no choice.

Luo Guangliang saw her when he passed by, so he took the girl back with him.

"Brother Liangzi, oh, thank you so much. To be honest, I have no energy to walk. Fortunately, I met you today. Otherwise, I don't know what time I can walk back."

As soon as she got off the car, Mi Xiaohui quickly thanked her. The little girl was very sensible.

Luo Guangliang immediately became happy.

"You little girl, you have a sweet mouth. Why should you thank me for such a small thing? It's not what you should be doing. By the way, next time something like this happens again, little girl, don't run away by yourself again. Outside It's so cold. Come find me and I'll do a run for you."

I didn’t expect that this little girl’s ability to please people was much more than that.

"Oh, brother Liangzi, you are so interesting. I wish you were my biological brother. It's a pity that I'm only the first sister, so you don't want me anymore."

Luo Guangliang was immediately distracted by this pitiful energy.

"Look what you said, we live in the same courtyard, and I watched you grow up. Aren't you just like your brother?"

"Okay, I will tell others that you are my brother from now on. If anyone bullies me, you have to stand up for me."

"Don't worry, if someone really bullies you, I will have to remove his arm. But you... you are a first- and second-year middle school student, and you are so good at studying, who would bully you?"

"Hey, why aren't there? There are boys in our class. There are a few of them who are really annoying and follow me every day. Actually, you don't even have to beat them up. You just need to follow me around the school when you have time. You can definitely kill them. Calm down..."

Only then did Luo Guangliang finally understand.

But looking at Mi Xiaohui's shining eyes, he just felt that the little girl's scheme was ridiculously childish.

"You girl, you are so cunning. Are you setting a trap for me? Okay, I will go to your school after the Chinese New Year. Okay? Since I promised you, I will not break my promise. Remember, you When Brother Liangzi talks, he always spits out foam and nails."

"Oh, brother Liangzi, you are true to your word, great! In my heart, you are a great hero with great righteousness. If you were from the Song Dynasty, you would definitely be able to surpass Wu Song. Just you, let alone fight. , can even scare a tiger to death..."

"Hey, who did you learn this trick from? You little flatterer. Come on, look at you, your face is red from the cold. Just stop feeding me rice soup and go home quickly to the hospital to relax."

"No, I'm just waiting for you. Come on, I'll get you a drink, and you quickly lock the car. Who said I was your sister? Right, brother..."