Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

Li Muhua walked all the way back to her dormitory building.

When the dormitory manager Lao He saw Li Muhua passing by the window, his eyes lit up and he stood up and asked, "Teacher Li."

"What's for dinner in the Kyoto University cafeteria today?"

Almost every day Li Muhua would go to Peking University and call his sister to have dinner with him. This was a well-known joke in the university and was something that puzzled everyone.

After all, Li Muhua was a very respectable person in their eyes and shouldn't have made loud noises downstairs of the girls' dormitory.

He could have called a pretty female student, but he chose to call his sister for dinner.

It is very troublesome for outsiders to eat at Peking University. They have to find someone to buy internal food coupons privately. I don’t see her sister coming to Hua University to eat. Some people say that the cafeteria at Hua University is not as good as that at Peking University, etc.~~~

But nothing was concluded, and Li Muhua also said that he just wanted to call his sister for dinner, so the case became an unsolved mystery.

Old He knew all this information, so he occasionally asked about what the cafeteria at Peking University was like.

"Today is pretty good. Fried yellow croaker, fried cabbage with dried shrimp, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and kelp bone soup!"

Answering Lao He's question, Li Muhua took out a Daqianmen cigarette and a lighter from his pocket. Lao He took the cigarette and Li Muhua took out the lighter to light it.

A very small, clean square brass lighter that makes a pleasant "dang" sound when opened and closed.

"Whoo~"

Lao He slowly exhaled the smoke, then took a cigarette closer and said, "The food at Beijing University is pretty good today, better than what we have here."

Li Muhua smiled without comment; he didn't care too much about the quality of the food.

Lao He looked at Li Muhua and asked again: "Why don't you smoke?"

"I don't smoke in front of people." Li Muhua put away the cigarette box.

Old He nodded, took out a pack of cigarettes from the table and threw it at Li Muhua.

Li Muhua took the cigarette box and said in surprise: "Fenghuang, no wonder you said that my cigarettes are low-grade, it turns out that you, Lao He, smoke high-grade cigarettes."

"There are only special supplies above that."

"Fuck off!"

Lao He cursed, "I usually smoke the 8-cent economy cigarette, and I bought this Phoenix cigarette especially for you. It costs 62 cents and you also need a Class A cigarette ticket. I was almost heartbroken to death."

As he spoke, Lao He's eyes were still fixed on the golden cigarette case in Li Muhua's hand, and he seemed quite reluctant to let it go.

After hearing this, Li Muhua looked at Lao He jokingly and said, "Okay, for the sake of this cigarette, just tell me what you want to say. Even if your granddaughter likes me, I will accompany you back for a trip."

"Fuck off!"

Old He cursed again: "My granddaughter is only in junior high school!"

"It's okay. I can wait for a few more years. By then, I will have graduated from college and your granddaughter will only be eighteen years old. It's not too late!" Li Muhua joked happily about Lao He's granddaughter.

Knowing that Li Muhua was a talkative person, Lao He pretended not to hear.

"Didn't you say that the first cigarette you smoked was Daqianmen, so you're used to it?" Lao He said with a smile, "Then I'll give you a pack of Fenghuang to see if you can get used to it."

"Oh!"

Li Muhua weighed the cigarette and said with a smile in his eyes, "You are just trying to get me started, and you want me to get used to smoking Phoenix so that I can smoke Phoenix for you every day, right?"

"But one pack of cigarettes isn't enough for me to get used to it." Li Muhua motioned for Lao He to have some more.

"Fuck off!"

Lao He said unhappily, "I only have seven or eight Class A cigarette coupons a year, which is not enough to honor you."

After hearing this, Li Muhua put the Phoenix on Lao He's desk and said, "Then you should keep it. I'd rather draw the Daqianmen."

Lao He picked up the Phoenix again, stuffed it into Li Muhua's hand and said, "I bought this cigarette for you. Even if you are not used to it, you can try more flavors."

"What's the matter with Laochu Daqianmen?"

Li Muhua didn't pay much attention to what Lao He said. He thought that smoking a cigarette shouldn't be despised like that.

One of the most popular Class B cigarettes, it sells for 3 cents. There is also a saying that goes, "County party committee cadres divide it on both sides (Da Qianmen), and brigade cadres divide it on all fours (Feima).

After saying this, Lao He sighed, "I worked at the dormitory management office, and I smoked the special supply of Great China to the four-cent strong tobacco. I have smoked all the tobacco rolled by the countryside, but I can't tell which one is better, so I just smoke the economy tobacco that doesn't require a ticket."

Lao He grinned, not hiding the fact that the cigarettes he smoked were cheap and stingy.

“But some people can taste it, and they’ll buy what they like.”

Li Muhua nodded, looked at the Phoenix in his hand and said, "Actually, you are right. There is no essential difference between special supply cigarettes and rural local cigarettes. They are all made by cutting tobacco leaves into shreds and rolling them into cigarette paper. Then, a filter is added to filter out the tar. The combustion produces nicotine, which makes the brain produce dopamine, thus relieving the irritability."

Lao He shook his head and said with a smile: "I am well-informed and can think so, but you shouldn't think so. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. You should try more other flavors, maybe you will find one you like."

"After reading thousands of cigarettes, I hope you can choose the one you love."

Li Muhua looked at the dormitory manager Lao He in surprise and exclaimed: "Lao He, you shouldn't be a dormitory manager. You should teach philosophy and literature."

"I talk to you about science, and you talk to me about philosophy."

"You can talk about such a trivial matter like smoking and say so much truth, and you can express it with such emotion. It's not easy."

The dormitory manager, Old He, grinned with his big yellow teeth.

"I used to work in the school security department. When I was on duty, I often slacked off and went to attend classes in the philosophy, history, and literature departments because I could understand what they were saying."

In this way, Lao He can be regarded as a sweeping monk in Hua Da, Li Muhua thought secretly, no wonder he seemed to know everything.

What he said made sense. Thinking of what Li Yujie had just said to him, Li Muhua's face showed some struggle.

After thinking for a while, Li Muhua lit up the Phoenix and said, "Okay, considering your boss's bleeding, I will try all kinds of cigarettes in rotation. I want to see if they are as weird as you say."

Seeing that Li Muhua agreed, Lao He took out his own Economy cigarette from the drawer. It was a cheap cigarette that didn't even have a holder.

"Not only do we have expensive ones, we also have cheap ones, you can try them too."

Li Muhua took over the money from Lao He. Fenghuang also had two packs of cigarettes in her hand and a Daqianmen cigarette in her pocket.

After a moment of hesitation, Li Muhua took out a Daqianmen from his pocket, put it on the table and said, "Okay, I'll give you the Daqianmen. I'll buy different brands every day, and we can taste them together to see which one is better."

After hearing this, Lao He nodded with a smile and agreed, saying that his idea was good and he would be able to help Li Muhua with advice in the future.

Li Muhua returned to the dormitory and put the cigarettes on the table, hesitating about which pack to start with.

"Hao Yun, if there is good news and bad news, which one would you like to hear first?"

“Hearing the bad news first makes the good news better, and hearing the good news first makes the bad news worse, so I will hear the bad news first.”

Hao Yun glanced at Li Muhua's table and said seriously, "If you want to smoke, I suggest you don't choose either. If you can, you should choose Phoenix because it has a filter and can reduce harm to the human body."

"Nonsense, I thought the same as you when I was eighteen." Li Muhua simply picked up two packs of cigarettes, walked out of the dormitory and came to the terrace.

Most of the fourth floor of their second hospital is a terrace, and people often come here for activities.

Leaning on the parapet, Li Muhua picked up the finances first.

"Cough cough cough~~"

Li Muhua choked with tears after just one puff. The unfiltered smell of tobacco was bitter and pungent, hitting his crown and the back of his head directly.

Li Muhua forced himself to take two more puffs, then put down the cigarette and cursed, "Damn it, Lao He is just a stingy person who is stubborn and stubborn. How can this poor economy be any different from Daqianmen's?"

Looking at the economical cigarette box again, Li Muhua wanted to throw the box away as well.

"Forget it, forget it. I'll give it back to him tomorrow. I can't afford it, but he can."

When the evening breeze slowed down a little, Li Muhua opened the Phoenix cigarettes.

"Whoo~"

“This is a cigarette!”

The tobacco aroma is mixed with the milky aroma, which is rich yet soothing.

He couldn't help but pick up the cigarette box and take a puff. The smell of tobacco and milk pierced his nostrils. It didn't feel like normal tobacco at all. It should be some special spices added to it, but Li Muhua was not quite sure.

Li Muhua took another sip and sighed, "Not bad, more suitable for us young people than Daqianmen. Lao He took great care to choose it."

I was impressed by Lao He's broad knowledge...