Chapter 77 Cola
The three days of the college entrance examination passed nervously in the hot weather. It was not until the afternoon of July 9, the last day, that Song Yuanchao walked out of the examination room after finishing the last test and breathed a sigh of relief.
The current college entrance examination mainly tests five subjects, namely Chinese, mathematics, politics, physics, chemistry, and an English test.
However, except for language majors, other majors in English are not required as a required test subject. It is up to the candidates to decide whether to apply for the test. The other five subjects are each scored out of 100 points, and the total score for the five subjects is 500 points.
English also has a perfect score of 100 points, but in other majors, English scores are calculated on a ten-to-one basis in the total score. That is, if a person who takes the English test gets a score of 100 points, 10 points will be added to the college entrance examination score, then the total score will be calculated.
The score is 510 points.
Song Yuanchao took the six-course exam. In fact, not only him, but also Gu Jie and Li Xiaoyun also took the English exam. Although their English foundation was very poor compared to Song Yuanchao, especially Gu Jie, who had never learned English at all and had just started reviewing.
When I was young, I couldn't even recite 26 letters.
But even so, Song Yuanchao still encouraged them to take part, because the overall score in the college entrance examination is extremely important. One more point means more hope. Why not try your luck?
After leaving the examination room, Song Yuanchao rode straight back home. When he arrived at the door, he found that Gu Jie and Li Xiaoyun were already waiting for him. The three of them were separated into three examination rooms, which were not together. The examination room where Song Yuanchao was located was the farthest away, so
Coming back the latest.
"Brother Yuanchao, why are you back? It's almost too hot to wait." Seeing that Song Yuanchao was finally back, Li Xiaoyun complained with a blushing face. The sun at two or three o'clock in the afternoon was the most poisonous, so they came early.
Have been waiting for about ten minutes.
"My fault, my fault." Song Yuanchao laughed quickly, took out the key and opened the door, then asked Gu Jie to lead Li Xiaoyun up first. He parked the car at the door and turned around and went to the shop outside the alley. He originally planned to buy a few
I was holding a popsicle, but without thinking, I saw a few bottles of drinks on the counter, and my eyes suddenly lit up.
"Comrade, how do you sell this Coca-Cola?" Song Yuanchao asked hurriedly.
Yes, the drink on the counter is the famous Coca-Cola. 1978 was an important year for Coca-Cola to return to China. In early 1979, the Coca-Cola Company returned to the Chinese market after a thirty-year hiatus.
What Song Yuanchao saw now was the first batch of Coca-Cola that had just been put on the shelves in the grocery store. The packaging was an old-fashioned glass bottle shaped like a woman's body, with a bright red bottle cap. The Coca-Cola English logo was printed in white on the glass bottle.
"Fifty cents a bottle, return the bottle for five cents." The sales lady was chatting enthusiastically with a colleague next to her, when she heard Song Yuanchao glanced at the counter and said inquiringly.
"Comrade, give me ten bottles!" Song Yuanchao was overjoyed and quickly paid for it.
"Ten bottles? You can drink so much by yourself? This thing is so valuable." When Song Yuanchao wanted to buy ten bottles at once, the eldest sister looked at him in surprise.
"There are guests at home, but I can't drink alone. How can I drink ten bottles by myself? By the way, comrade, are there any that have been chilled?"
"Iced? No, no." The eldest sister shook her head. Today's refrigerators are rare. There is only one freezer in the store and the cooling effect is not good. This summer, there is almost no room for popsicles and so on. Where can I put these things?
Song Yuanchao was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, he asked if there were any ice cubes. If there was any, he could buy it.
Ice cubes are available, and the store will get some edible ice every day and sell it to nearby residents. Residents use this edible ice to go home to chill the salt sodas distributed by the unit or make their own sour plum soup. Not to mention that the sales are very good.
Spending six yuan, he bought ten bottles of Coca-Cola and a square piece of edible ice that was as big as a brick. Song Yuanchao picked it up in his schoolbag, held it in his arms, and rushed home. When he got home, he went upstairs, and Song Yuanchao started yelling.
He yelled at Gu Jie to find the thermos bucket at home.
"Brother Yuanchao, what is this?" Li Xiaoyun, who was standing in front of the fan and enjoying the cool breeze, ran over curiously when she saw Song Yuanchao was back and carrying a lot of things.
"Good stuff!" Song Yuanchao smiled at her and motioned for her to help take away the Coca-Cola and put it on the table. After the Coca-Cola was taken away, Song Yuanchao took out the wrapped ice cubes and then found a towel and wrapped it carefully.
, and then he found a hammer and smashed it.
After smashing it a few times, he opened the towel and found that the ice cubes inside had broken. At this time, Gu Jie also brought the thermos bucket over.
Song Yuanchao poured the crushed ice cubes into the thermos bucket. After leaving some ice cubes, he closed the lid of the thermos bucket and asked Gu Jie and Li Xiaoyun to get the cups.
Under the gaze of the two people, he first put a handful of crushed ice into three enamel cups, then picked up a bottle of Coca-Cola and bit open the lid with his teeth, then poured the Coke inside into the enamel cups.
After making three cups, Song Yuanchao suddenly felt happy when he saw the two of them standing there blankly looking at the Coca-Cola, which was dark in color and looked almost like cough drops, and was still bubbling.
"Come! Let's drink and wish us success in completing the college entrance examination!"
Song Yuanchao picked up a cup and gestured to them, Gu Jie and Li Xiaoyun, look at me and I look at you, wondering what is this? Can this dark thing be drunk?
But looking at Song Yuanchao's expression, it didn't seem like he was joking, especially the anticipation and urgency in his eyes, which seemed to be very exciting for this thing. After a moment of hesitation, the two of them picked up the teapot and touched Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao couldn't wait to take a big sip. When the Coke with crushed ice went down his throat, Song Yuanchao felt that all the pores in his body seemed to open in an instant, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath.
"Cool!"
Song Yuanchao sincerely praised that today's Coca-Cola tastes countless times better than that of later generations. This is definitely not an illusion, but the puree and ingredients used in today's Coca-Cola are very different from those of later generations.
The formula of Coke has not been changed from the old formula, and the concentration is twice that of later Cokes. In addition, it uses sucrose instead of the puree of later substitutes. It is simply delicious. Fatty Happy Water is indeed well-deserved. After 2000
My friends will never experience this kind of enjoyment.
Li Xiaoyun saw Song Yuanchao looking like he was enjoying it. She carefully picked up the teapot and put it to her mouth and took a tentative sip.
Just this small sip made Li Xiaoyun's eyes light up in an instant, and then she tasted it again with some disbelief. When she was convinced that the taste was right, Li Xiaoyun showed the same enjoyment expression as Song Yuanchao, holding the tea in her hands
The tank drank heavily.
"It tastes good, it tastes really good!" Li Xiaoyun drank half of it in one breath, and couldn't help but burp. All the heat in her body seemed to be expelled from the body with this burp, and she felt much more energetic all of a sudden.
Gu Jie was the same, holding the teapot and drinking heavily, smiling happily while saying that this thing is really good, it tastes good and relieves the heat.
"Brother Yuanchao, what is this? Why have you never drank it before?" After Li Xiaoyun finished drinking, she looked at the remaining bottles beside her. Song Yuanchao looked at her and smiled and poured her another bottle with ice.
Block. This time Li Xiaoyun drank much slower than the first time, and asked while drinking.
"Coca-Cola, stuff from the United States, was available in Old Shanghai in the past." Song Yuanchao said with a smile.
"It tastes really good. This stuff tastes much better than salt soda. No wonder it's called Coke. By the way, why haven't I seen it before?"
"Silly girl, this thing has been invisible in the market since liberation. It just resumed sales in China this year. It was a coincidence. I just went to the store to buy popsicles and saw them on the counter, so I bought a few bottles back for you to try." Song Yuanchao
Explain with a smile.
Li Xiaoyun asked about the price, and was shocked when she found out that this Coke actually cost 50 cents a bottle, and even the bottle return fee was 45 cents.
Forty-five cents. Her weekly pocket money before was not necessarily forty-five cents, but a bottle of Coke was worth this price. This was too expensive.
But then I thought about it, it’s not the money I paid anyway. Song Yuanchao is a big dog and has a lot of money. She doesn’t know it if others don’t know it? Isn’t it natural for a big dog to eat a big dog and drink a big dog? Li Xiaoyun immediately continued to hold up the tea vat and enjoy the tea.
Chapter completed!