The old days(57)

In the twelfth lunar month, when it gets dark, it gets really cold.

Licorice hunched his shoulders, rubbed his ears, and walked towards the family area of ​​the factory.

The leader lives in the alley in the first row. There is a big venue in front of him and it is very empty.

This place...even if it is so close to home, she has never been there. She is not the same person, why would she go to someone else's territory? Even when watching a movie, she was standing far away on the firewood pile, a few meters away from this place.

A big distance.

The first time I came here, I thought it was really neat.

The lights in every house are on, and the whole area is like this. The warm yellow light shines from the windows, making people feel warm just by looking at it.

Their windows are not covered with window paper, but with glass. It must be very transparent. It was still early, and some windows had no curtains, and the heat was hazy on the glass. I couldn't see clearly what was going on in the room. I just looked at the haziness.

If you feel strong, you will know that the room must be very warm.

But there are still some people who don't want to stay in such a warm room. For example, a group of little boys playing in the yard, they can always find their own fun.

She stood at the entrance of the alley, hesitating a little. Isn't it bad to come to the door like this?

But she had picked up this child with him, so it was not impossible to take him home and raise him, but it was actually his father who had the hard work of raising the child. For someone who obviously had better family conditions, she felt that it was better to trouble an outsider than to trouble her own father.

People feel more at ease.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked towards the children.

Chaoyang was 'betting on cigarette boxes' with a group of boys.

Gambling cigarette boxes are also called gambling cigarette labels or gambling cigarette skins.

How to play? Children must first collect cigarette boxes. The prices of different types of cigarettes are different. For example, long Chinese 72 cents, short Chinese 62 cents, Peony 54 cents, Hongtashan 50 cents, and Qunying 48 cents.

, Evergrande is 45 cents, Spring City is 38 cents, 373.7 cents, Haihe is 30.2 cents, etc.

They first use the price of the cigarette box in their hand to decide who will play first. Each person chooses two cigarette boxes and compares the prices. After the comparison, the order of playing is arranged according to the price. Then the two cigarette boxes are stacked together.

Fold it into a long strip. Then fold it in half again. If it is not a long strip, it will be bifurcated. Use the two fulcrums at the end of the bifurcation as a fulcrum to make the bifurcated bar stand upright. After standing,

See if he will fall. If he does not fall, he can slap him once with his hand. If he does, he will win. The two cigarette boxes that fell will belong to him. If he does not fall, he will lose and then start.

, on the next person to play.

In this way of playing, winning or losing can only happen in the blink of an eye.

In order to win over others, children go around collecting good cigarette boxes. The same goes for Chaoyang. His father does not smoke, but there is never a shortage of good cigarettes at home. He has to entertain people. And often the level is not ordinary. The people he interacts with are quite mixed, and today

A study group came from out of town, and they gave me two cigarettes from other places. Tomorrow, an inspection team came from Beijing, and they said, Director Jin, please try these cigarettes.

Therefore, the brands of cigarettes at home are quite mixed. There are Daqianmenhong Double Happiness made from seafood, Temple of Heaven made from Beijing, and even Qingbao made from Hong Kong Island, as well as Sanxi, Shuangfeng, and even got it from his grandfather.

special cigarettes.

Often when he brings out these unfamiliar brands, no one knows them! If you don’t know them, you don’t know the prices. At first, he could rely on them, at least he could get the same price as Chang Zhonghua. But later, his friends

I don’t admit it. Kids don’t care whether you are the child of the factory director or not. They know that the price of the cigarettes this guy sells may be higher. But people also said that it would be boring if you want to play like this. Your dad is the leader.

, your cigarettes must be good. If you play with us like this, you won’t be able to play. Isn’t there a jingle?

Senior cadres smoked peonies, mid-level cadres smoked fragrant mountains, the working class smoked 23 cents, and the poor and lower-middle peasants smoked cannon rolls.

Of course, Chaoyang refused to say that his cigarettes must be good. Not only could he not admit this, he also had to grit his teeth and say: "I lied to you before... Since you have seen through it now, forget it. But I also

It’s not for nothing… I’ll tell you where you can find this kind of cigarette box…”

This is more attractive.

One by one, they pressed me to ask. He said, "It's at the provincial guest house. There are foreign guests there. If you're lucky, you can find foreign cigarette wrappers nearby."

He just said that, but where can I easily pick it up?

The place was usually very well cleaned, so how could there be littering there? Even though he went there once with his father, he couldn't do anything to pick up cigarette husks. He secretly found a kind-hearted uncle who worked there.

, ask him to help and tell the cleaners, they just gave it to them. It's impossible to pick it up easily. He just changed the topic, and didn't want them to actually pick up cigarette rinds. After all...

It's still a bit embarrassing...

After getting through this mess today, he has lost some interest. It is estimated that the cake at home is about to be baked, and he can almost smell it, and he wants to go back.

Just when I was looking for an excuse to end the game, I heard someone say from behind: "Little brother, can you do me a favor?"

Chaoyang stood up at the same time: "What's going on?" He responded, stood up, packed up his things and put them in his pockets, and said to his friends: "You guys have fun first, I'm going to do a favor.

.”

As he said that, he stepped back. Seeing that his friend didn't object, he went to look at the young lady who called for help.

Licorice just heard those children say that this child's father is a leader. Then the children of the leader's family should know Lin Duanyang. She was also afraid that it would have a bad impact on others, so she took out a hard fruit candy from her pocket and gave it to Chaoyang

: "Do you know Lin Duanyang?"

who?

Lin Duanyang?

Chaoyang's eyes were rolling, there was a flower girl looking for her brother late at night, this is something!

He nodded repeatedly: "Lin Duanyang, the eldest son of the factory director, I know. I know him!"

Licorice took another candy and stuffed it into Chaoyang: "Then can you go find him and call him out secretly? Just say that someone is looking for..."

He even screamed out secretly!

This is even more serious.

Chaoyang looked the flower girl up and down: Hmm! She's quite pretty.

"Okay!" He responded, "You wait here, I'll call you." After saying that, he ran home slowly.

When you open the door of your home, you can smell the aroma.

The door curtain was raised, and the aroma became stronger: "The cake is baked!"

Lin Yutong laughed: "Look, it just came out of the pot and it smells like it. Wash your hands!"

Chaoyang responded while going to the washbasin stand near the door, and then shouted: "Brother, the water is cold, take a pot out of it. My hands are wet."

Lin Yutong said: "You can take it yourself, you'll get used to it!" Then he said to Duanyang, "Don't pay attention to him, tell him to take it himself."

"I'll go." The boy winked when he went out, fearing that something might happen.

He carried the pot and went out. Chaoyang whispered like a thief: "There is someone looking for you at the door..."

Duanyang added hot water to him and asked, "Who is it?"

Chaoyang put his hand in the basin and tested the water temperature. He smiled and said, "You will know if you go out and take a look. I will definitely keep it a secret for you."

Naughty kid, keep everything secret.

Duanyang put the kettle on and said to him: "Go in and put the kettle on..." Then he shouted to the other side: "Mom, I'm going out for a while. I'll be back soon."

"Put your clothes on, don't delay, it won't taste good when it gets cold in a while." As a young man, you can't say that you won't be asked to go out at night. If you want to go out, Lin Yutong will be called out.

Duanyang picked up his military coat and put it on, and walked out while answering.

When I walked out of the gate, I saw no one! I thought it was Chaoyang who was being naughty again and was tricking me. But just as I was about to turn around, half a figure appeared from behind the big tree in the yard opposite, and he muttered his voice in this direction.

After saying "shush" twice, he said: "Lin Duanyang...here..."

As soon as he heard the voice, Duanyang knew who it was. He turned around and glanced at his yard before walking over.

The girl was hiding behind the tree, as if she were a thief. He said, "Is that the case?"

"Why not?" Licorice looked around, "Aren't I afraid that people will misunderstand me when I come to you this late at night?"

"Then you can't look for it during the day?" Duanyang said.

"Didn't this become even more of a misunderstanding during the day?" Licorice looked towards the yard, "The kid who asked you to go in never came out. He is from your family..." Doesn't everyone in your family know that?

Duanyang didn't know what she was thinking, so he just said: "You still have time to take care of this. Hurry, what's the matter? Tell me!"

Listen to that impatient tone!

I forgot what I said before!

Licorice snorted softly: "What was your idea before? You also said that you would provide money. Then if someone asks for money and refuses to raise the child, the child will be given away in two years, or... the child will die in an accident.

Now...who can I talk to to reason with you?"

Duanyang's face suddenly became ugly. He thought of his wet nurse. Wasn't she just giving herself to others while collecting her own child support?

I really didn't think this through thoroughly, it's only natural.

He asked: "What do you think we should do?"

Licorice shook his head: "If I knew what to do, wouldn't I just not come to you?" Then he asked, "Your family...can't raise it?"

Duanyang rolled his eyes at her: "If you want to take her back, my parents will definitely not care. But you are not in the factory, so you don't know how busy they are. When my brothers and sisters were young, my great-grandmother took care of them, and my parents didn't have the time.

Now I have another child. How old is my great-grandmother? How can I take care of the old man again? My uncle’s house? My second uncle and aunt are both in the army. They are so busy that they don’t even have to take care of my little cousin. How can they still take care of me?

Others? My aunt's family? It won't work either! If it had been two years earlier or two years later, maybe it would have worked. My aunt likes children very much and has always wanted a daughter... But this year it really doesn't work. My aunt went to study.

My grandma and my two cousins ​​are here, so we can’t spare any time.”

Licorice asked: "Well, there will always be someone at your aunt and uncle's house."

The two aunts have so many children that they can no longer support them. Can they raise any more? My aunt has never had any children. But the more childless you are, the less you can persuade others to adopt them. What’s wrong? You guys are looking at people to death.

, dare to say that people will never be able to have children in their lifetime?

When he mentioned this to Licorice, Licorice also thought it made sense.

That's the whole thing.
To be continued...