Chapter 1365 1367 [Vagrant]


    ?In addition to watching the TV series "Under the Zhengyang Gate", Xiang Nan also collected a series of political, economic, scientific and cultural materials from 1975 to the new century.


    Subsequently, he officially took over Cheng Jianjun’s task.


    A door of light appeared out of thin air, and Xiang Nan stepped into it, followed by a wave of dizziness.


    “My name is Cheng Jianjun, I am twenty years old this year, and my birthday is Army Day on August 1st. I have just returned from joining the queue in Fangshan and am waiting for work assignments.


    ??My father, Cheng Baoguo, works in a government agency, my mother, Feng Aihong, works in a neighborhood committee, and my younger brother, Cheng Yuejin, is currently in middle school. My best buddy is Han Chunming. We grew up wearing the same pants..."


    A large number of memories entered Xiang Nan''s mind. When he woke up, he saw himself lying on the bed sleeping.


    Xiang Nan thought about it carefully and understood immediately.


    Cheng Jianjun returned to the city as an educated youth last month and is now waiting for work arrangements. But now there are only a limited number of jobs in Yanjing City, but there are countless educated youths returning to Beijing, and there is a serious shortage of monks.


    Therefore, although Cheng Jianjun’s father, Cheng Baoguo, worked in a government agency and had connections and skills, he could not arrange work in a short time.


    So Cheng Jianjun is now a jobless vagrant. In addition to sleeping at home, he also wanders on the streets.


    …


    After understanding, Xiang Nan got up, washed up, and walked around the courtyard first.


    His family lived in a large courtyard, which was divided into a front yard and a backyard.


    The front yard is occupied by Han Chunming’s family and Uncle Guo’s family. Cheng Jianjun''s family and Su Meng''s family live in the backyard.


    When Xiang Nan went out, he happened to see Su Meng reading a novel on the couch in the courtyard.


    Su Meng is two years younger than Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming, and is 18 years old this year.


    ?However, unlike Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming who jumped in the queue after graduating from junior high school, Su Meng was admitted to high school and escaped the disaster of jumping in the queue, so she did not go to Fangshan to suffer.


    But the work arrangements after graduation are also stuck. Nowadays, I am also relaxing at home, often holding a book and reading it in the courtyard.


    In the play, Su Meng is very popular with Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming.


    The reason why the good brothers Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming had a falling out was because of her. Han Chunming even refused to get involved with other women for more than 20 years because of her. I won’t marry anyone but her.


    ?But in Xiang Nan’s view, Su Meng really has no charm.


    On the one hand, the appearance is limited. She is not considered a top beauty at all, but at a higher level, she is at the class beauty level, not much better than Cai Xiaoli.


    On the one hand, the ability is limited. Although his uncle supports the business, he has no business talent. If it weren''t for Han Chunming''s politeness, she wouldn''t be able to do any business.


    ??Especially because he didn''t know much about antiques, he still pretended to be an expert. As a result, he was defrauded of 60 million by Cheng Jianjun and almost lost his entire fortune. It also shows that she is just an embroidered pillow.


    On the one hand, it is a matter of character. Selfish, only looking out for themselves. Her colleague Li Yuan has helped her a lot. But when Li Yuan was dismissed, she didn''t care at all.


    Compared with these, her work, her arrogance, and her pettiness are not worth mentioning. In short, Xiang Nan couldn''t even look down on a woman like this.


    ?Hence, he didn''t even bother to say hello to Su Meng and went out directly.


    …


    Xiang Nan''s move made Su Meng a little surprised.


    Because before, Cheng Jianjun would come up to chat with her whenever he saw her. Like a fly, it can''t be blasted away. It annoyed her so much.


    Now he just left without saying hello, which made her really not used to it.


    After Xiang Nan left the door, he wanted to go shopping in Dashilar.


    Dashilan has been a well-known commercial street since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.


    ?In the 1970s, although the economy in the mainland was still underdeveloped, Dashilan was still a prosperous and lively place.


    Tongrentang, Ruifuxiang, Neiliansheng, clothing stores, food stores, movie theaters... you can find them all and it''s very lively.


    ?But Xiang Nan only had 50 cents in his pocket, so he didn''t have the conditions to live freely.


    ?There is nothing we can do about it. Their family of four lives only on his father''s salary.


    Although his mother works in the neighborhood committee, she is not paid and is completely obliged to serve the public. His younger brother is still in school and has no money. Therefore, the family''s life is still relatively tight.


    At this point, it is not even as good as the Han Chunming family.


    At least Han Chunming''s eldest brother, eldest sister, second brother and second sister all have classes, and the family only has two idle people. With a small subsidy per person, the family can live well.


    Unlike Cheng Jianjun’s family, one salary supports three idle people.


    ?However, although Han Chunming’s family earns a lot, relatives from his hometown often come to visit. After arriving, we ate, drank and took. As a result, the situation of Han Chunming''s family was worse than that of Cheng Jianjun''s family.


    Xiang Nan walked around Dashilar and felt that the prices are really cheap now.


    ?Pork is only 70 cents per pound, rice is only 15 cents per pound, tomatoes are only 5 cents per pound, and movie tickets are 20 cents per pound...compared to forty years later, they are really much cheaper.


    But having said that, the income of people nowadays is generally not high.


    Factory apprentices, in their first year at the factory, receive a salary of only 17.5 yuan. After a full apprenticeship, the salary is only thirty-six dollars, and it is difficult to move up. So there was a saying at that time called "Long live thirty-six yuan".


    It is even more difficult for unemployed young people like Xiang Nan to make money.


    Without indicators, you cannot enter the factory. Doing business on your own is speculative and is strictly prohibited. It''s okay if you don''t get caught, but if you do, you''ll go to jail.


    ?Even if you want to pick up your old job, there is no way to make money from writing.


    Because in the 1970s, almost all literary publications were closed down, including the famous "Harvest", "People''s Literature", "Yenjing Literature and Art", "Popular Films" and so on.


    The remaining publications, such as "The Horn", "Red Flag", "Study and Criticism", etc., mostly published serious and large articles with a strong didactic meaning.


    Furthermore, the articles they publish are all contributed by the writing team and do not accept manuscripts from outside at all. Therefore, although Xiang Nan was full of talents and learning, he was useless as a hero, which made him sigh.


    Fortunately, in the 1970s, life was difficult for everyone, so the sense of deprivation was not that strong. The happiness index even exceeds that decades later.


    …


    Xiang Nan took a walk on the street, bought a pound of apples for 20 cents, and then went home.


    Beijing in the 1970s was indeed fresh and interesting.


    But I don’t have any money in my pocket, I don’t dare to go anywhere, and it’s quite boring. It''s better to go home than that.


    Xiang Nan walked back to the alley carrying the apple.


    As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I saw a young man coming up to me with a smile, "Hey, I bought apples, give me one."


    Xiang Nan Yile recognized this person as Han Chunming, the male protagonist of "Under the Zhengyang Family". He was the same age as him and had grown up naked together. After that, the two went to school together and jumped in line together. It can be said that they had a lifelong friendship since childhood.


    ?It''s a pity that Cheng Jianjun is narrow-minded. He was a good friend and became enemies of life and death. He never turned this corner in his life. He only woke up when he was dying. It''s really touching.


    (End of this chapter)