1987: Sleepless Tonight

"Don't look down on corn on the cob." Su Yumei looked at him, "When you were only a few years old, it was considered good to be able to eat corn on the cob at home. Once when we ate corn on the cob at home, there was only corn cob left, a corn kernel Nothing, lost it, and you still picked it up and gnawed on it, drooling all over the floor."

"Is there such a thing?" Su Jiangang's eyes widened.

He had no memory of it.

"Your elder sister is right. You were young and tall at that time, and there was not enough food at home. You threw the leftover corn cobs on the ground, ready to throw them away, but if you didn't pay attention, you picked them up and gnawed them without letting go. I don’t have any corn kernels, just gnawing on them.” Wang Guizhi nodded, “Hurry up, don’t dawdle, I have to go to your second sister’s and second sister’s husband’s house first, and call their family of three, and you can get three more. .”

The whole family goes out.

A neighbor from the neighborhood also came out, bumped into each other, and went to the bus station together.

After waiting for a while, squeeze into the car.

The driver was puzzled, looked back and looked, there were no people in the car at this point before, but now the car is full of people, and all of them are carrying cloth bags and bamboo baskets. Let more.

"Where are you going so early in the morning? Everyone is carrying bamboo baskets and cloth bags." The driver asked.

He looked at the door of the car, and there were still a few people who couldn't squeeze in, so he yelled at the back, "Squeeze all in, pack the people below and we'll leave."

The crowd moved in again.

The people below came up, and the door closed twice before the driver drove.

"You don't know yet? There is a newly opened department store in Qiaokou District called Wanjia Department Store. It opens today. As long as you enter the store, you will be given a corn cob. The more money you spend, the more things you will get. If you spend 5 yuan, you will get a box of matches, if you spend 10 yuan, you will get a bar of soap, and if you spend 5000 yuan, you will get a Phoenix bicycle."

"Yes, yes, we all go to this department store. The home appliances in the store have discounted prices, but the specific discounts are not listed."

"A bar of Hongshan brand soap costs 5 cents, and it costs 8 yuan to give away. It's a good deal. Other products must be much cheaper. A few days ago, there was a motorcade driving around the city, and there were people shouting on the loudspeaker. It is said that the car at the beginning costs two hundred thousand yuan, this boss is rich!"

The people on the bus were talking.

As the bus moved forward, many people could be seen walking in the direction of Wanjia Department Store along the way.

Those with bicycles rode bicycles, and those without bicycles walked, holding leaflets, bamboo baskets, and cloth bags, in groups of twos and threes, and it was very lively.

People in this era are used to walking, especially in some rural areas, far away from towns. Sometimes they go to the streets, or go to the city to do something. Many people walk for more than ten miles, or even tens of miles. On the road, there is still a burden on the shoulders, so I don’t feel tired.

"Get off the bus, get off the bus." The bus finally arrived at the bus stop outside the dormitory of the garment factory, and Su Jiangang was the first to jump off.

He exhaled loudly.

There are many people in the car and it is boring.

Su Xingmin, Wang Guizhi, Su Jin, Su Yumei, and Zhang Yongqiang also got off the car.

"Hurry up." Su Jin bounced towards Lu Hao's house.

"Just now in the car, I said there was no seat, and I was tired from standing, but now I'm alive again." Wang Guizhi said, "Slow down, don't fall."

Several people hurriedly followed.

They had just entered the courtyard, and Su Jin had already gone downstairs, saying in a daze, "Second brother-in-law, second sister, and Nini are not here, the door is closed."

"Not at home so early, where did you go?" Wang Guizhi asked, "I should call them in advance and ask them to wait at home."

"Did you also go to Wanjia Department Store?" Su Yumei said.

"I should have gone to his own shop. His shop opened today." Su Xingmin said.

"He even set up a store himself? Open today?" Zhang Yongqiang smacked his lips, "What's the fun of the National Day, it should be staggered with other stores."

At this moment, Huang Minghua and his wife had just locked the door and went out, ready to go to the department store to help.

They helped Lu Hao collect the milk from the dairy farmer and put it in the refrigerator.

At the entrance of the courtyard, I bumped into a group of people from Su Xingmin.

"Are you here to find Boss Lu?" Huang Minghua asked.

He met Su Xingmin many times. When he went to Hongyuan Beverage Factory to get soda and deal with private dealers, Su Xingmin was often there.

And the last time Su Jin was promoted to school, he also went with Lu Hao.

"Well, yes." Su Xingmin nodded, took out a cigarette and handed it to him very politely, "But they are not at home."

"Thank you very much." Huang Minghua took the cigarette with both hands, "Boss Lu's shop opened today, and he went to the shop, and I'm going there too, together?"

Su Xingmin looked at Huang Minghua in puzzlement.

This is too polite.

It's just a loose cigarette, which is perfectly normal, but Huang Minghua held it in both hands, and even bowed his waist. Is this flattering himself?

Certainly not, I was just doing idle work at Hongyuan Beverage Factory.

Then it's only because of my second uncle.

"We're going to Wanjia Department Store." Su Yumei said.

"Yes, it's Wanjia Department Store, Boss Lu is there." Huang Minghua nodded quickly, "By the way, have you had breakfast yet? I'll go buy some breakfast."

He didn't wait for a few people to answer, and immediately ran to the breakfast shop not far away.

kind.

What he meant was that Wanjia Department Store belonged to Lu Hao, so Lu Hao was in Wanjia Department Store, but Zhang Yongqiang, Su Yumei, Wang Guizhi, including Su Xingmin would all be mistaken, thinking that Lu Hao's store was next to Wanjia Department Store.

After a while, Huang Minghua came back with a lot of meat buns wrapped in paper in his hand, and put two in one, "Come, eat the buns."

He was afraid that Su Xingmin and the others would be polite, so he walked up to him and spoke one by one.

Su Xingmin and the others came out in a hurry, indeed they hadn't had breakfast yet.

received.

Su Xingmin took out the money and prepared to give the bun money to Huang Minghua.

But before he could count, Huang Minghua waved his hands again and again, "No, no, please eat."

"That won't work." Su Xingmin said, "How can I ask you to invite me?"

"That's right, a meat bun is not cheap." Wang Guizhi also nodded.

Su Xingmin and Huang Minghua debated for a while, and finally Huang Minghua accepted the money.

A group of people went to Wanjia Department Store, and other people also went to Wanjia Department Store along the way.

"It's time to get up early. This is all for Wanjia Department Store. When we get there, there will be no room. The corn has been taken away." Wang Guizhi said.

Huang Minghua was a little puzzled when he heard this.

You are Boss Lu's father-in-law, mother-in-law, aunt, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, are you afraid that there will be no place, no corn?

When they arrived at the open space outside Wanjia Department Store, Su Xingmin and the others, including Huang Minghua and his wife, were shocked.

so many people!

The open space was full of people, and the streets next to it were also full of people.

Someone even brought a small bench over and waited for the department store to open!