Liu Lang sat on the kang and sighed endlessly. He had to raise chickens in order to eat eggs. This kind of thing would be unimaginable more than ten years later. But in 1980, wages were not high in this era, and his father was a factory worker.
The workshop director here takes the lead in working hard and only earns thirty-six yuan in a month.
Money, my mother is an accountant in a machine tool factory, making twenty-five yuan a month. Of course, the price of eggs is not high. One egg costs about seven or eight cents. You can afford it if you want to, but in this country where supplies are extremely scarce.
In those days, you might not be able to buy food even if you had money, you still needed food stamps.
You must know that there was no free market in 1980. All items were supplied by the state. To buy food, you had to go to the grain station, and to buy meat and eggs, you had to go to the non-staple food store. However, the country's commodities were very scarce, so the supply was based on vouchers.
It has become a characteristic of this era.
For example, if you want to buy a pound of rice, in addition to money, you also need to get a pound of rice stamps. If you don't have rice stamps, it's useless if you have money.
In addition to rice stamps, there are also egg stamps, meat stamps, milk stamps, gas stamps, cloth stamps, match stamps, candy stamps, light bulb stamps, etc. Almost all items in life require special stamps.
And these stamps are not just for want, they are allocated according to the number of people in the household registration book. The food stamps for an adult per month are about forty kilograms, the egg stamps are about three kilograms, and the meat stamps are two kilograms.
Milk stamps are one pound, and cloth stamps are four meters per year. It would be troublesome if you spend them all in advance, so you have to rely on connections to buy food stamps.
For example, Liu Lang's father bought half a kilogram of pastries for one yuan and also spent a kilogram of egg stamps, which was a big expense.
Liu Lang knew very well that 1980 was the third year of the country's reform and opening up. Although some policies had been loosened and some market behaviors had been promoted, not many changes had been made to society, especially in the north.
Where heavy industry gathers, the planned economy has long been ingrained. Not to mention now, even ten years from now, even in the 21st century, the stubborn diseases of the planned economy are also affecting the three northern provinces, becoming the root cause of the decline of Northeast China.
The father now proposed to raise some chickens. Although the mother was a little worried, she heard that it was for the growth of her son, so she didn't think much about it. After all, newspapers were also promoting opening up and reform. Even if it was known that their family was raising chickens,
Presumably I won't criticize them as much as before, and at worst I won't support them anymore.
"Don Lai, I'm afraid two chickens aren't enough!"
After thinking about it, my mother felt that Liu Lang's father only bought two chickens, which was a bit too little.
"Don't worry, I will buy two more secretly tomorrow. Let's buy six chickens first. I will make a chicken cage and put it in the outhouse tomorrow. No one will find it."
Liu Lang's father had already planned it.
When Liu Lang's father got off work the next day, he brought back two chickens and a few pieces of wood. On the following Sunday holiday, he found an axe, a saw, and a plane, and spent half a day making several pieces.
The chicken coop was placed in the outhouse, and the bicycle tire that was punctured by iron filings was repaired at the same time.
As a man, a husband and a father, in this era, if you don't know how to do two "handicrafts", then the whole family will be ridiculed.
His parents were worried that their son would kill some of the chickens, but what they saw was that Liu Lang was having fun playing with them. After a few days, the chickens started chirping around Liu Lang when they saw him.
They kept eating, and Liu Lang also "imitated" his parents to feed them some millet.
Having a few chicks made Liu Lang's life a little less boring and a little more fun.
Students in this era are very happy. Whether they are primary school students, junior high school students or high school students, they play crazily during the holidays. At the beginning of the summer vacation, Liu Lang's uncle got up in the morning and ran out of the house after eating. He disappeared around 12 noon.
Appeared at Liu Lang's house on time, took a sip of food and disappeared again. It was not until night when it was dark that he returned home. His face was full of stinky sweat, especially his stinky feet. As soon as he entered the house, he smelled bad.
God, grandparents don't care about him either.
My aunt is a high school student. As a literary girl, she will not run around like my uncle during the summer vacation. She reads and reads Gucheng's poetry collection all day long. Sometimes she brings a few "girlfriends" to her home to recite poetry loudly.
Liu Lang heard it very clearly even from the next door.
The second uncle and the third uncle are now working, from 8 to 5 every day, but I heard that they are just apprentices now, and their monthly salary is only more than ten yuan. Although it is less, it can be shared with the family.
Uncle Liu Lang's playmates included many people Liu Lang knew. Among them, the old son of Lao Lan's family next door left a deep impression on him.
What is this man's last name? Liu Lang no longer remembers his previous life. In the past few days, he heard his uncle calling him "Lan Fool", which was probably his nickname. He is about the same age as the old uncle and shorter than him.
, the person looks quite vulgar, and this person is very vicious. He started to "gangster" when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he went to prison when he was twenty-one or twelve years old. He can be regarded as the first generation of "gangster" in this era.
The reason why Liu Lang remembered this person, in addition to being impressed by this "Lan Fool", was because he had a very deep impression of Lao Lan's family. This Lao Lan family only had two children, the eldest was a daughter, and the youngest was this "Lan Fool"
"My daughter is married, and her husband is an intrusive son-in-law. He is short and stocky. I can't remember his name. Liu Lang doesn't remember this man. He didn't say a word all day long, and he didn't say a word when he saw the neighborhood. He should be talking about his intrusive son-in-law.
Very dissatisfied with his identity.
There are only five people in the Lan family. Even though the population is small, they quarrel every day. The old couple always yells at the son-in-law with a foreign surname. The son-in-law does not say a word and allows his father-in-law to grow old.
Coupled with all the "domestic violence" committed by his wife, the mother-in-law thought he was mute for those who didn't know.
Liu Lang was deeply impressed by them because more than ten years later he heard a very unfortunate news. This silent son-in-law actually beat his wife seriously and was stabbed in the heart by this "Lan Fool".
He lost his life, and "Lan Fool" also went to jail for serious injuries, and a family was destroyed.
However, at this time, this "gangster" did not have much violent tendencies. He usually played with his old uncle and had a lot of fun. Even when he was called "Lan Fool" by others, he just laughed, but his parents looked at other children.
His eyes are a little unkind, but he is
In this compound, their family has the smallest number of people, especially Liu Lang's family. There are four buddies alone, all of whom are in their prime. No one dares to mess with such a family. Even Liu Lang's old uncle is usually followed by several people.
A "little brother", he has become the king of kids in the neighborhood.