Tian Shichang's shyness won his mother's favor. When he got off the bus, his mother decided to help him. She enthusiastically asked, "what do you want to buy? I know someone. I'll tell you about it. It's the same price. It's better than what others get. "

"I'm not sure. I seldom eat meat at home before, so I want to buy some for my younger brothers and sisters." Tian Shichang was a little embarrassed, but he said it.

Aunt just likes his character. After thinking about it, she said, "let's make dumplings. It's very expensive to eat meat alone. If you have a large family, you don't need to eat three or five kilograms of meat. It's not the same to make dumplings. It's noisy and festive. "

Tian Shichang nodded happily and said, "make cabbage dumplings every year for the Chinese New Year. They are very fragrant."

When he spoke, Tian Shichang's saliva almost stayed.

In the north, dumplings are basically the most festive and the best food in people's impression. Even things with more oil and water, such as braised pork, elbows and so on, have not been able to reverse the image of dumplings for more than a decade.

"Cabbage dumplings need to buy cabbage, some meat and seasoning. Do you have seasoning at home?" My aunt helped me to give some advice.

Tian Shichang said, "I don't know."

"Then buy some. It doesn't matter if you have the rest. You can use it in the future." "The cabbage is easy to handle. Let's go to the store and buy it. Just look for Li Shuo's mother. If you want to choose the meat, you should buy something fatter."

"The fatter the better." Tian Shichang is so greedy.

She laughed and said, "look how many kilos of meat you want to buy. People want to buy fat. It's a little late today. Is it hard to say, why don't you come earlier? "

"I have to go to work in the morning."

"What a young man! Can't you come to buy vegetables at work? You get up earlier. Our factory has an early bus to come to town. Otherwise, you'll come by bike. After you buy vegetables, you'll take our factory to send people back to work. There's no delay. Do you understand? "

"I see."

"In addition, if you want to buy meat in the future, you'd better buy it at the butcher's shop in our factory. The butcher's shop in Xibao town will come to our factory to get the meat. If you want any meat, give a cigarette to the owner of the butcher shop in the factory and ask him to stay ahead of time. "

Tian Shichang hesitated and said, "otherwise, I will buy meat after I go back to the meat factory?"

"All of you have come. Let's have a look first. If there are not many people buying meat today, you can choose a good one. There is really no one. I'll go to the factory to buy it tomorrow. You see, didn't I come to town to buy meat? "

"Well, please."

"No trouble. I'm going to buy something anyway. It's only two steps away from my relatives." Aunt said, with Tian Shichang into a butcher shop, familiar to say hello.

The butcher's shop is also state-owned. The salesmen in the shop are cold faced to all the customers, as if they owe themselves. Only when the aunt comes in did they smile and say, "is Cao Jun's mother here?"

"Here you are. Today I'll visit my cousin and help the people in the factory to see some meat. Do you have any good ones? Two. " Aunt put a cloth bag on the chopping board. Now there are no plastic bags and no free packaging. Every household has a cloth bag.

The salesman laughed like a normal person and said, "I'm thinking that there are fewer people buying meat today. If no one comes, I'll buy the meat myself."

While saying this, she took out two pieces of fleshy pork from the bottom of the chopping board.

There are many people waiting to buy meat in front of the chopping board. Most of them are picking up fat meat. When they see this piece of pork with thick fists, they are all greedy.

In the case of lack of oil and water, Jiahua fat is the best, pure lean meat is the worst. Unlike the pigs of later generations, most of the pigs in the 1980s were raised by the farmers themselves and purchased by the meat factory. Most of the pigs are less than 150 Jin, with less fat and more lean meat. It is rare to encounter fat pork.

The pork taken out by the salesperson is a selection, and the price is not high. It's all for the people I know. The rest of the people who came to buy meat were dissatisfied, but none of them put forward their opinions.

Even if someone puts forward it, the salesman will not pay attention to it. Maybe he will scold it back and remember that this person will give him the worst meat in the future.

Aunt is slightly proud to take the meat over, asked Tian Shichang: "look, this meat is good, how about the weight? Big or small? "

"I can do anything."

"I'll take a small one and send one to my cousin's house."

"Thank you very much." Tian Shichang said sincerely. Compared with the meat on the chopping board, this one is just as good as the sky.

Aunt was very happy, and boasted by the way: "the meat factory killed 10 pigs, and it may not be able to kill such good meat. You are lucky. All right, we'll go shopping after we've paid for it. "Tian Shichang gave the money and the meat ticket, wrapped the meat in the lotus leaf and put it into his pocket.

Out of the door, and listen to the voice of the salesman back to the impatient state, shouting: "don't make a noise, don't make a noise, one by one, the meat is cut, which piece to take which piece, don't move."

Walking away for several meters, I could still hear the voice of the shop assistant, but I covered the voice of the people in the shop.

With a cloth bag in her hand, she listened to the noise behind her and said, "it's much better to be a salesman than we are workers. How old is ODA this year? Have you found someone yet? "

Tian Shichang blushed and said, "no, I'm 19."

"It's time to prepare. If you want me to say that you can find someone in the business system. It's convenient for children to go to school. When you are young, you don't understand. The teacher in the school likes the children in the salesman's house most. Look at Cao Junma. Every time the teacher she knows comes to buy meat, she will pick out a good one and send another one to the restaurant every Spring Festival. People can't be so happy, so Cao Jun is often left by the teacher to tutor alone... "She goes to the food shop, I continued to say hello to the salesperson I knew. I not only got a piece of white cabbage, but also spared three or four cabbage helpers.

Tian Shichang foolishly followed his aunt. He spent less than 10 yuan to buy all the materials that the family could eat twice.

After thanking his aunt again, Tian Shichang left and went to the post office to wait for his friend to send his bicycle.

There are many students in Xibao middle school in Xibao town. Tian Shichang agreed in advance to borrow a bicycle, ride it back in the evening and send it back tomorrow evening.

After waiting for less than half an hour, I saw a few non resident students riding from the front with laughter.

"Chang Fu! Here. " Tian Shichang jumped up and shook his hand.

The three bicycles "stabbed" and braked in front of the post office. The student on the right side punched Tian Shichang hard and said with a smile: "you are in a good mood, boy. Do you feel good about the factory?"

"Well, they are all new instruments, similar to those in Yang Rui's laboratory." Tian Shichang said with a smile: "I paid a bonus, bought some meat and vegetables, and went home to make dumplings."

"How much is the bonus?" Chang Fu said as he got out of the car, pushed his bicycle to Tian Shichang, helped him to get his cloth pocket stuck, and gave him a flashlight, saying: "slow down on the road, push it up and down the slope, don't be in danger."

Tian Shichang repeatedly should be, and whispered: "gave 50 bonus."

"So much!" This is not only Chang Fu, the other two students also exclaimed.

Tian Shichang's face no longer has the school's formality, vigorously nodded, said: "because the new factory started, in the future may not be so much, but also very good."

"What's great, great! I want to go to Xijie factory. I don't want anyone now. " Next to the students said half true.

Tian Shichang didn't know how to answer, but was stunned on the spot.

Chang Fu broke the deadlock with a swift straight fist and said with a smile, "OK, don't listen to him. Xu Peiyun got 342 this time. In Yang Rui's words, it's a blast!"

“342? Too big? " Tian Shichang knows the difficulty of Hongrui class. Now he can get 340 points in the exam. When he gets to the college entrance examination, he will play normally and will not go any lower.

In other words, the monthly examination of Hongrui class has entered the junior college line, which is very likely to enter the junior college. This is also the idea Yang Rui constantly instilled.

The student who had just spoken was embarrassed and said, "this time we can play beyond our level, but how much we can test next time is not certain."

"Which place are you?" Tian Shichang asked curiously.

"Top 10." Chang Fu helps answer.

"There will be more than half a year before the college entrance examination. You may be able to go to the university like this." Tian Shichang was a little envious. The feeling of going to university was different after all.

If you're a college student, you'll be eager for it everywhere. If you want to enter Xijie pharmaceutical factory, it's no problem.

Xu Peiyun chuckled twice. He wanted to be modest and couldn't help showing off: "Yang Rui also said that I should strive for undergraduate education. He said that undergraduate education and junior college education are quite different, and the difference will be bigger and bigger in the future. I'll have a try at that time. I used to think that college and secondary school are satisfied, and it's good enough to go to junior college."

Speaking of the latter, he worried again.

Junior college diploma is very useful in the 1980s. If all government agencies and units require high education, they usually draw a line with junior college. Institutions like universities and research institutes will soon raise their threshold to junior college.

However, after the mid-1990s, the college diploma will gradually become a drag. After 2000, the undergraduate degree will be the threshold of higher education. The students in Hongrui class will not be 40 years old by then, so they should take precautions.Tian Shichang thinks how good, said: "360 points can apply for undergraduate, your score is almost the same."

"20 points, who knows how long to pull up." Xu Peiyun touched the back of his head and laughed.

Chang Fu hissed and said, "who said in front of Mr. Lu that he wanted to raise 50 points?"

"A man should have a goal. What's the difference between a man without a goal and a dried turnip?" Xu Peiyun learned this sentence from Yang Rui. At present, salted fish is still high-grade goods, so it is replaced by dried radish.

Tian Shichang suddenly felt uneasy. He pinched the cloth bag hanging on the handlebar with his hand. Then he felt more at ease. He interrupted, "it's too late. I have to go back early. You can go home, too. Chang Fu, I'll wait for you here tomorrow afternoon, before 6 o'clock. "

"Yes. I'll try to come as early as possible. By the way, we're going to visit Hedong university next week. Are you going

"Visit Hedong university?"

"It's said that if you can enter the classroom, you can also go to the experimental building. If you want to see anything, Ruixue group will pay for food and accommodation."

I can't go to college. It's good to go and have a look. Tian Shichang's heart pounded, but he said, "it's not suitable for me to go."

"Ruige said that you are still a member of Ruixue group. If you want to go, you are going to order some clothes tomorrow. We will leave on Wednesday and come back on Thursday." Chang Fu jumped into Xu Peiyun's car, twisted it twice and disappeared into the night.