How to Thrive in the ’60s

Granny Tian glanced at the burlap bag standing tall behind Gu Shinian's back, and smiled clearly, "Okay, then I will trouble the little comrade."

More than ten minutes later, several people stood in front of Grandma Tian's house.

The dark and cramped yellow mud room has walls less than two meters high, and the roof is covered with a layer of tattered tarpaulin, on which a straw curtain made of straw is pressed with a few wooden sticks.

This is a standard thatched cottage.

It was built against the back of the three-story building of the Joint Defense Team. Compared with the spacious and bright blue-brick building of the Joint Defense Team, this one is less than five square meters. You have to keep your head down when you get in and out. It is difficult to even turn around. a kennel.

But this kennel is where Granny Tian lives.

Gu Shinian helped Granny Tian carry the things in, and also brought Granny Tian the more than 20 catties of white noodles in his basket.

Granny Tian didn't refuse, took the sack, put it directly into the big vat in the corner, went to the head of the bed, pulled out the thick old book that was at the foot of the bed, took out a bracelet wrapped in muslin, and threw it to Gu Shinian.

"This bracelet is not bad. A box of jade ornaments that can be used in the previous transaction. You won't be at a loss even if you make up another 50 catties of food stamps for me."

Gu Shinian was startled, and quickly caught the bracelet that almost fell to the ground.

Very pure and rich green, facing the light at the door, you can clearly see the green threads suspended in the bracelet.

Gu Shinian is a good person, just glanced at it, then turned back to Yun Chang and said, "A Chang, give this comrade another fifty catties of national food stamps."

Yun Chang was curiously looking at the old book in Granny Tian's hand, wondering how the bracelet was stuffed into the book.

At this moment, I handed the food stamp to Grandma Tian, ​​and then I could clearly see the situation in the book.

It turned out that Granny Tian dug a circular hole in the book according to the size of the bracelet, put the bracelet in, and then closed the book, and there was nothing unusual outside.

It is estimated that no one would have thought that this old book, which is dirty and broken, can only be used as a bed foot, has a treasure hidden in it.

The reason why Gu Shinian followed Granny Tian was because she wanted to buy some fine jade for Yunshang, and Granny Tian also saw Gu Shinian's purpose and knew that he was knowledgeable, so she simply took out the one with the best quality in her hand. One made a deal with the two.

Moreover, both parties are satisfied with the price, and neither of them owes favor to the other.

The north wind whistled outside the house, and through the cracks in the walls, a small wind also blew in the house.

Granny Tian's house has no stove, and even the small mud stove is clean, there is no trace of burning, and there is no ash underneath, which makes the whole house even more dilapidated and deserted, without the smell of fireworks.

The sound of someone getting up and washing up came one after another from the building behind. Granny Tian put the old book back at the foot of the bed and waved to the two of them, "Okay! I don't have a stove here, your sister is still a little girl, can't stand the cold, hurry up Let's go."

Granny Tian's composition is not good, and she is a bit inexplicable evil. Gu Shinian had no intention of dealing with her, but seeing the bright sky outside, he quickly picked up the charcoal basket, pulled Yunshang to say goodbye to Granny Tian and left.

On the way, Yun Chang thought about the thatched hut that was colder inside than the outside, which was colder than the outside. I couldn't say that I was in a good mood, but I couldn't say that I was in a bad mood. .

She really has a bad sense of Granny Tian. It can be seen that she is a lot of age, living alone in a thatched hut, and she always feels a little uncomfortable.

Gu Shinian could probably guess a little bit of Yun Chang's thoughts, hugged her all the way, and took the initiative to talk about Granny Tian.

"A-shang, this grandma Tian is not simple. Don't be deceived by her thatched cottage that doesn't open fire or live in people."

Yun Chang was stunned, "Second brother Gu, you mean... Grandma Tian doesn't even have food and lodging there?"

"It should be." Gu Shinian pondered for a while, "There is a thin layer of ash on the quilt by the bedside of Granny Tian, ​​and there is also ash on the earthen pot on the stove, but the inside of the stove is brand new.

There is no trace of being burned by firewood or charcoal, which means that Granny Tian has another place to live. "

Yun Chang didn't expect the situation to be like this. She didn't know what to say for a while. She was stunned for a while, and lay on Gu Shinian's neck to listen to him continue.

"In this day and age, those who can be classified as big capitalists are all the big families in the city. Even if you have a background like Granny Tian, ​​even if you're down, you'll still have backing hands, and you won't suffer in food and clothing.

The light was not good just now, you may not have noticed that although the woman's body is thin, her face is healthier than most people on the street. The cotton jacket on her body should also be made of new cotton. Now, apart from work, she is more comfortable than most people in the city. "

Gu Shinian's words are really not nonsense. The bracelet that Grandma Tian gave just now is a very pure imperial green color. If such an object can be left in the liquidation, how can it be a simple person.

Yun Chang was even more discouraged, and felt that her big eyes were white and long, and she couldn't see people at all.

Gu Shinian couldn't see Yun Chang's depressed appearance, so he changed the subject and asked her, "Ah Chang, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Tofu brain!"

As soon as he talked about food, Yunshang immediately became energetic, thinking of the smooth and tender tofu brain in the state-run restaurant, and then pouring the delicious brine, the saliva was dribbling out.

She had never eaten bean curd with such rich condiments before. After tasting it in Gu Shinian's bowl last time, she was immediately addicted and thought it was the best bean curd she had ever eaten.

For this small request, Gu Shinian would naturally satisfy her, and also asked Yun Chang to prepare a lunch box and buy a few more copies for her to take back.

There is a state-run restaurant near the train station. When the two of them passed by, there were already two tables of guests in the store carrying large and small bags and preparing to catch the train.

Gu Shinian put down Yunshang and bought two copies of bean curd at the counter. While eating, he listened to the chat between the two tables of guests.

And Yunshang's mind was all about eating. He first tasted a bean curd brain, and found that the taste was similar to that of another store. He quickly took out the lunch box prepared early in the morning and put it by Gu Shinian's hand, and then ate it without raising his head. stand up.

There is a stove near the door of the hotel, and a large pot is placed on it. The grate in the pot is full of sauce-colored braised noodles. As the stove heats, a white mist of water rises from the edge of the pot, and the taste of braised noodles is accompanied by Water mist drifted out of the hotel, and then drifted far away with the wind.

Sitting on the side of the road in front of the restaurant was a scrawny boy with a pale face. He smelled the tempting aroma of the noodles, and stared straight at the cauldron of noodles in the restaurant, gulping his saliva.

The waitress took out two pairs of long chopsticks from the counter, walked to the stove, grabbed the chopsticks with both hands, and tossed the noodles from the bottom up.

The flavor of the noodles is more intense.