Xu Youyu pushed his bicycle out of the small villa he rented, and immediately attracted a lot of side glances from the neighbors. The old men and women who were helping their children and grandchildren took the initiative to say hello to Xu Youyu.
"Master Xu, are you riding your bike to work again?"
"Boss of the Xu family, are you going to work by bicycle?"
Xu Youyu looked at the neighbors who were extremely polite to him, and secretly thought that this bicycle was really an eye-catching treasure.
In the past, these neighbors didn't look down on me very much. How could they take the initiative to talk to me?
Xu Youyu moved to Fanjiazhuang seven years ago when he was twelve years old.
However, unlike those lucky people who were directly employed by the county king, the five members of Xu Youyu's family were all odd-job vendors. Xu Youyu's parents sold vegetables in the vegetable market, and Xu Youyu himself worked as a waiter in the tavern, making him the lowest level in Fanjiazhuang.
Ordering food for guests and serving dishes, these are tasks that do not require any skills. The average monthly salary in Fanjiazhuang is 4 taels and 7 yuan. It is really 4 taels and seven yuan, and there is almost no bonus or other income.
In other provinces other than Tianjin and Shandong, four to seven thousand a month is a huge amount of money. But in Fanjiazhuang, such an income is considered to be at the bottom of society. Compared with those workers in Wangye Factory who are often divided into farms, Xu Youyu is like this
The waiters in the tavern are really the most hardworking and poor.
If the prince hadn't vigorously expanded Fanjiazhuang and constantly built new villas, Xu Youyu's family might not even be able to afford a small villa.
Last year, in order for Xu Youyu to be eligible to get married, Xu Youyu's parents bought him a cheap small villa next to the city wall. The villa is located in the corner of Fanjiazhuang closest to the city wall, and the price is seventy-five taels.
But even with a cheap villa, Xu Youyu's marriage is still a big problem. Girls like him who work in private restaurants are not favored by girls from good families. And Xu Youyu is quite handsome, and those
An unattractive girl, Xu Youyu doesn't like her.
After a while, he was already nineteen years old.
After Xu Youyu moved here, he walked for more than half an hour every day to go to work in a restaurant in the north of the city. The neighbors didn't think highly of him, and they would nod at most when they met.
However, after Xu Youyu bought this bicycle and rode it to and from get off work every day, the neighbors who ignored Xu Youyu looked at Xu Youyu with contempt.
This bicycle is really a practical new thing. Riding on the bicycle, Xu Youyu's body seems to be taller.
Xu Youyu unlocked the bicycle and replied to the old men who greeted him: "Yes! Go to work!"
Xu Youyu got on the saddle, stepped on the pedal and rode out, disappearing at the end of the alley in the blink of an eye.
Those old men and women watched Xu Youyu ride away and praised one by one: "This bicycle is really good. If I were twenty years younger, I would buy one too!"
"I heard that it only takes ten minutes for Dalang Xu to ride a bicycle to the north of the city."
“Better than riding a horse!”
"The boss of the Xu family is a capable young man. I underestimated him before!"
Everyone looked at the entrance of the alley, admired for a while, and then dispersed.
Xu Youyu rode his bicycle in the middle of the street, passing the slowly advancing carriages from time to time, which was very pleasant.
Suddenly, Xu Youyu saw a girl running wildly on the side of the road.
The girl's name is Bai Rong, and she was Xu Youyu's original neighbor. Xu Youyu lived in that old alley for six years and almost grew up with this girl. Bai Rong was the most beautiful girl in that alley, and she was sixteen years old.
As soon as she was pregnant, she entered a textile factory to work as a female worker on the recommendation of her parents.
Compared with tavern waiters like Xu Youyu, female textile factory workers are in a completely different social class. In the next few years, some farms will be divided, and the land rent income may be higher than the monthly salary.
In fact, Bai Rong's appearance and character make her the ideal wife in Xu Youyu's heart. But Xu Youyu also knows that a tavern boy like him is not worthy of Bai Rong. So even though the boy is getting married and the girl is getting married, Xu Youyu never dares to go to Bai's house.
Propose marriage.
But this does not prevent Xu Youyu and Bai Rong from getting to know each other well.
Seeing Bai Rong running sweaty, Xu Youyu rode up and asked, "Bai Rong, why are you running in such a panic?"
Bai Rong turned around and saw that it was Xu Youyu calling her, and her eyes were a little irritated. But when she saw the bicycle Xu Youyu was riding, the irritation in Bai Rong's eyes disappeared again.
"I have to rush to work in the north of the city and I'm going to be late!"
Xu Youyu laughed and said, "Are you going to bed late?"
Bai Rong stamped her foot and said, "You don't go to work? Come and laugh at me when you have time?"
Xu Youyu patted his bicycle and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I'll be riding my bicycle and I'll reach the north of the city in ten minutes."
Bai Rong looked at Xu Youyu's bicycle, her eyes shining with curiosity.
"This bike is only sold for 5,000 units now. You got it. Have you been queuing for a long time?"
Xu Youyu smiled and said: "No need to queue up! Just hand over fifteen taels of silver and wait at home for a month."
Looking at Bai Rong who was sweating lightly, Xu Youyu suddenly took the courage to say: "If you are worried about being late, why not take the back seat of my car and I will take you to the textile factory."
Bai Rong looked at the back seat of the bicycle and bit her lip without saying anything.
Li Zhi has been operating in Fanjiazhuang for fifteen years. Today, the social atmosphere in Fanjiazhuang is very different from before. Now the status of women has been greatly improved. Women can not only read and write, go out to work, but also have normal interactions with the opposite sex.
If Bai Rong sits on the back seat of Xu Youyu's bicycle, although it is a bit ambiguous, it is not shocking in Fanjiazhuang.
And Bai Rong is really afraid of being late at this time. Bai Rong has already been late once this month, and if she is late a few more times, she will really be fired! This job in the textile factory is a treasure, and it will be over if she is fired.
Bai Rong stamped her foot and said, "Okay, you take me there!"
Bai Rong sat in the back seat of Xu Youyu's car, her face suddenly turned red and she lowered her head.
Xu Youyu was very excited, shouted "Sit down!", stepped on the pedal and rode forward.
The bicycle rides on the flat concrete road in Fanjiazhuang, traveling through the streets and alleys at a very fast speed.
This was the first time Bai Rong felt such a fast speed. It felt faster than riding a carriage. She looked up at the clock tower in the north of the city and realized that she would definitely not be late.
Bai Rong became happy and looked left and right in the back seat.
She suddenly patted Xu Youyu on the back and asked, "Master Xu, you are so capable for a restaurant boy, and you can also ride a bicycle."
Seeing Bai Rong discriminating against her job, Xu Youyu laughed.
Bai Rong asked again: "You bought a villa and moved away last year. Now, have you mentioned your wife?"
Xu Youyu's face turned red and he said, "We haven't mentioned it yet..."
Bai Rong didn't know why, but she chuckled when she heard this.
Xu Youyu heard Bai Rong's laughter, blinked his eyes, and asked bravely: "What about you? You are sixteen years old, have you married anyone?"
Bai Rong said loudly: "No, if I ride on your bicycle today, I won't be able to get married."
Hearing Bai Rong's joke, Xu Youyu shook his hands and almost drove his bicycle into the sewer.
