The week flew by and the freshmen had basically completed their reports.
There are six people in dormitory 203 where Li Jie is located. Besides him, there are two locals. The other three people are from Shanghai, one from Chang'an, and one from Gaocheng.
The oldest one is Yang Tingzhou from Shanghai, who is thirty years old. After graduating in 1966, he went to the Northeast to join the team. He spent ten years there and devoted all his most beautiful youth to the Great Northern Wilderness.
Beidahuang refers to the vast barren areas of the Sanjiang Plain, the Heihe Riverside Plain and the Nenjiang River Basin in the northern part of Heilongjiang Province. Before the 1950s, this area was completely deserted.
In the 1950s, large-scale reclamation began, and farms were built one after another. It was precisely because of the efforts of these people that Beidahuang became Beidacang.
The situation of the other people in the dormitory is similar. Basically, they are all previous graduates, and only one person is a fresh graduate.
Of course, this fresh graduate has become everyone's little brother. Who makes him the youngest? He is not yet twenty years old. Li Jie is the second youngest in the dormitory, ranking the same as him in the Han family, ranking third.
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After a few days of getting along, everyone gradually became familiar with each other and talked more openly. Today is the last day to register. Before school starts, Li Jie, as the host and the richest person in the dormitory, takes the initiative to invite everyone out.
Give it a rub.
"Come on, school will officially start tomorrow. While there is still time, let's go out and have a good time today. I'll treat you!"
The first person to respond was Su Changqing, the third child. This guy is a local and a big brother. His experience is similar to that of Li Jie. The place where he jumped in line is not far away. Because the experience is similar, the two quickly became familiar with each other.
"Okay! Let's go, brothers, let's fight against the rich!"
Compared to others, Li Jie is indeed a "rich man". A bicycle and a Seagull watch cost more than 200 yuan in total. In addition to money, he also needs industrial coupons and tickets.
Good guy, the three turns and one beep are half complete. If he is not a rich man, who is a rich man?
Three turns and one beep are commonly known as the four major pieces, namely watches, usually referring to 'SH brand' or 'Seagull brand', sewing machine, 'Flying Man' or 'Panda brand', bicycle, 'Phoenix brand', 'Forever brand' or 'Flying brand'.
'Pigeon', radio, 'Red Star' or 'Red Light'.
These four things were what ordinary people at that time longed to have, and they were also important criteria for most women to choose a spouse.
Of course, it's not necessary, because these things are too expensive. It costs at least four to five hundred yuan if you have everything together, and you have to buy it with a ticket.
With the level of wages and incomes at that time, if three turns and one ring were a necessary item, I don’t know how many people would be single.
The real popular standard is 'forty-eight-legged' furniture, which consists of a double bed with four legs, a dining table with four legs, four large benches with sixteen legs, two boxes with eight legs, a flat cupboard with four legs, a large wardrobe with four legs, a small wardrobe with four legs, and a small leg.
A few or four, a total of forty-eight legs.
Basically, if you have forty-eight legs, you won't have to worry about finding a wife. In cities with slightly better economic conditions like Sijiucheng, you may have to add two big items.
In terms of priority, bicycles and sewing machines deserve to be at the top of the list. The former is an important means of transportation, and it is also dignified when riding. The latter is an important household tool.
In this era, there were very few places selling ready-made clothes. People mostly bought cloth and made their own new clothes. Sewing machines were indispensable for making new clothes.
In addition, when the clothes are damaged and repaired, a sewing machine is also an indispensable tool. It takes three years to get a new one, three years to get an old one, and another three years to mend it.
If women are allowed to choose, the most urgent item among the four major items is a sewing machine. After all, it is okay to borrow someone else's sewing machine occasionally, but if you borrow it often, you will inevitably have to look at other people's faces and be uneasy.
The Han family has many children, five brothers and sisters. When she was poor, Han's mother secretly sighed a lot in order to borrow a sewing machine.
Later, when the economy became more affluent, the first big item purchased at home was a sewing machine, which was prioritized above the bicycle. Li Jie clearly remembered the day when the sewing machine arrived home, and the moment Han’s mother stepped on the pedal of the sewing machine, she had a pimple on her face.
Full of smiles.
Therefore, Li Jie, who owns two large items, is a well-deserved rich man in the dormitory.
In the first two days, when everyone was not familiar with each other, others speculated about Li Jie's family background. I don't know how many things they had filled in their heads. It was only after they became familiar with each other that the misunderstanding was solved.
"Yes! Yes! Fight against the local tyrants! If you don't eat, you won't get it for free!"
The second person who echoed was Song Zhenguo, the youngest in the dormitory. He was also a local, born and raised. Like Li Jie, his family was born in a working-class family. In addition to his young age, Li Jie had been treating him more these days.
Taking care of him, he naturally feels close to Li Jie, the fifth brother.
Yang Tingzhou was the oldest, had suffered the most, and had a more stable temperament. He reported very early and was the second person to arrive at the dormitory.
This is his first time in the capital. In addition to familiarizing himself with the campus environment, he has also gone out for a few walks to gain a better understanding of prices.
He silently calculated in his mind how much a meal for six people would cost. With Lao Wu's personality, he would definitely not treat everyone to a bad meal.
In this way, the cost of a meal is at least ten yuan.
Maybe this little money is nothing to Lao Wu, but this is not the reason why they can take advantage of the big ones with peace of mind.
After a long silence, Yang Tingzhou suggested: "How about we eat in the cafeteria, the food in the school is also delicious."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second eldest brother Xu Bing's open mouth closed immediately. Like the fourth eldest brother Hu Xiafeng, he was from a rural background. He had never been to a serious restaurant in his life, but he wanted to go out and experience things.
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But since the boss had already spoken, he was too embarrassed to speak immediately, otherwise he would be refuting the boss's face.
Although Su Changqing is not among the top group of big guys, he has been around the streets and is well-informed. In his mind, isn't it just a meal?
What does it count?
If you eat today, please come back tomorrow. Everyone is in the same dormitory. We will eat and live together for the next four years, so there is no need to worry about it.
"Boss, there are still four years in the future. There is enough food in the cafeteria. As the saying goes, a hundred years of cultivation can be spent in the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation can be slept on the same pillow. We live in the same dormitory. Although we don't sleep in the same bed, it counts as five if we round up.
A hundred years, right?”
“It’s such a great fate, it’s not too much to celebrate it with a meal!”
While talking, Su Changqing glanced at the expressions of the eldest, second and fourth eldest brother without any trace. He understood in his heart and knew what the eldest brother was worried about.
The boss is from Modu. Although he has worked hard in Beidahuang for more than ten years, he is still from Modu and has a lot of experience. He said this just because he was worried about irritating the second and fourth children, because there was only the second child in the dormitory.
He Laosi is an authentic rural person.
Yang Tingzhou's thirty years of life were not in vain. When Su Changqing spoke, he was also observing the expressions of the second and fourth children. After listening to Su Changqing's words, the two of them looked obviously moved.
In this case, he didn't need to insist anymore, so he nodded and said.
"Okay, listen to Lao Wu."
Li Jie sat on a stool and glanced around calmly, taking in everyone's reactions.