Chapter 90: January 1997 Skylight
January 1997 Skylight
The day when the photo studio opened was also the day when the village issued banknotes or "new work points". A thin piece of flexible paper replaced the black beads in the crystal tube in the past. When you gently rub it in your hand, you can feel it bulge. The lines, its extremely complicated patterns and the unfamiliar portraits all shocked the villagers.
There is no doubt that this is something that is only in another world. Like white flour rice, cabbage and potatoes, it does not belong to this backward small mountain village.
But what does its history matter? In another world everyone loves money, and in this world too.
This red ticket is one centimeter, which can be exchanged for one kilogram of rice or one kilogram of flour, a small piece of cloth, two reel cotton threads or five different types of needles.
If you save a few more such red tickets, you can get new clothes, new shoes, delicious sauerkraut, dried potatoes, and lard chunks, and you can take photos as you like.
This magical ticket can even allow Mr. Kain to melt the stones you brought home into a sturdy new house. As long as there are enough tickets, it is not impossible to have a huge transparent gem curtain wall like the photo studio.
The only thing that needs to be careful is that these tickets are relatively delicate and cannot be wetted with water. The villagers keep them in their beloved little wallets.
Villagers can not only get banknotes through labor, but also provide high-quality wild vegetables and food to the village canteen to get banknotes. At present, the shops and specialty purchase stores in the village have not been built, otherwise they can directly sell their own goods in the specialty purchase store to get banknotes. .
I also told the villagers in advance about the exchange rate between banknotes and gold coins. In the past, one gold coin circulated in Luhe Village could be exchanged for one dollar in Shanghe Village, which is valid for a long time.
I have intentionally collected gold coins several times before, but now the number of gold coins in the village is very small. There are about forty gold coins exchanged for banknotes, which is better than nothing.
To be honest, the amount of gold I am saving now has given me a headache for a long time, and it is impossible to sell such a large amount.
Gold is a metal, and naturally it is also a kind of mineral. My ability to control gold is weaker than that of silica and calcium carbonate, but it is stronger than water and air. I need to put more effort into it. It can also slowly deform gold in my hands, but there are construction projects all over the village, and my super powers have to keep the fusion of stones to build houses and furniture, and have no spare time to play the trick of purifying gold.
After the first snow this year, as usual, the village worship ceremony in the village, I did not go to participate, the goose feather snow covered our small village as usual.
All open-air construction sites have been shut down, and the fires of the three sentries by the high wall have not been extinguished. The good news is that there are no traces of werewolves. With such a heavy snowfall, werewolves cannot go out.
My son was dressed in cotton buns and rolled in the snow with the other children chasing two big dogs, and the little ones were laughing like silver bells in the snow.
Adults sweep snow on their roofs, and the new stone-roofed houses are the most convenient for cleaning. A path is reserved for the roof, and a large piece of flat roof can be cleaned with a rake.
There are also many villagers living in old-style houses in the village. Their thatched roofs have also been reinforced with a layer of stone shells. With this layer of stone shells, it saves a lot of effort to clear the snow. I have visited from house to house. This winter No family in the village is starving and freezing, and many people are still full of energy, ready to work hard next year, save enough money to rebuild their house and turn it into a beautiful new house with a crystal curtain wall.
I took a lot of pictures of my son playing in the snow with his friends. After his grandparents get it, he will be happy to see it and reluctant to put it down.
My parents still love Wang Jerry, the unmasked grandson. What I look forward to most every month is to take out all the photos related to Wang Jerry from the thick stack of photos I took and enjoy them one by one.
My father has a lot of work, and he is keen to find trivial things in the photos to scold me, saying that I will not bring children. In the photo, if there is a small scratch on Wang Jerry's body or the clothes are torn, he has to pick it out and nagging him for a long time.
If I want to see, I should find more things for him to do, like my mother, busy collecting goods and doing business all day, don't always guard a small shop, and want to find fault with me when you have nothing to do.
The tapes that record Wang Jerry's voice every month are also my parents' favorite. In the tape recorder, Wang Jerry's milky voice with a strong county accent calls his grandparents, what he has eaten and played, and my parents are naive and put on the recorder. On the side, his face was full of smiles, and sometimes he couldn't help talking to the tape recorder, as if Wang Jerry inside could answer them.
Recording the tapes to bring to Jerry Wang next month is also an important job for my parents every month. Now there are usually at least three tapes, and one tape is recorded at the beginning of the month. The trivial matters in the middle of the month are also reported to the little grandson, and a summary is made at the end of the month. , explain how you miss your little grandson, and then scold the rough son of a bastard, live together.
I think if I hadn't stimulated my parents with Wang Jerry, who was invisible and intangible every month, they wouldn't be so obsessed with wanting to have a second child.
They wanted to take care of their children too much. Wang Jerry was far away, and it was impossible for them to hug and kiss their grandson when I was too young, so they decided to give birth by themselves.
Live, live!
According to what my mother vaguely revealed, my brother or sister has already settled down in her belly. If my estimate is correct, probably after the college entrance examination next year, there will be new members in the family before the school starts.
When my son was tired from playing, he fell asleep while lying in my arms and was hugged by me. The snow on his eyelashes melted and turned into clear water droplets.
The troubles of children have always been very simple in my mind. Even when the village was poor in the past, there would be children running and playing in the snow in winter, but at that time, they were sallow and skinny and ran barefoot in the snow. , the rags tied with ropes exposed their bony chests during running.
Well now, they are still running outside, but everyone is wearing warm shoes and sweaters and cotton pants, some children also wear warm hats, scarves or gloves, and at first glance they are playing and I even forget where I am. The world thinks that he is on the street of his own small county, watching a group of children chase and play.
It's snowing, and it's time for the cat's winter, but this year's cat's winter is very different from previous years, as everyone admits. Only the well-fed Maodong is Maodong. The warm fire of the fireplace reflects on the faces of the villagers. A few decks of playing cards can make everyone enjoy the happiness they have never experienced before.
It is very difficult for illiterate villagers to learn the numbers on poker cards, but the simplest "draw the king eight" is not difficult for everyone. I have only taught it a few times, and now more than half of the people in the village have learned it. This kind of card game, some people play around the stove for a whole day, and they never get tired of playing.
This warm winter is also a winter that children like. They hold small bowls of snacks at the table and watch the adults play cards. After the adults are tired, the little Maotou also pick up the cards and play a few times, and they are confused. After drawing cards, he laughed and went to play elsewhere.
There is too little entertainment for the people in the village. To eat and drink enough is not to sleep well or to have children. During the autumn period, there were many single men and women in the village. The girl can no longer be found. Looking at the hard work of the boys and uncles in this village, it is no surprise that there will be another wave of baby boomers in the late summer and early autumn next year.
Live, live!
There will only be hope for the village in the future. There are still too few people in this village. Our food is enough to feed more people. As long as there are more people, the villages in the mountains can also thrive.
At the end of the month, I brought a small batch of local specialties to Shimen as usual. The sugar beets in the crystal greenhouse in Shanghe Village were good enough. I brought some back home to eat, and Liang Jiangbo also brought home a portion. It was New Year’s Day, and his parents were happy. To the special call to ask me to go to his house for dinner, made a delicious table.
Liang Jiangbo's father especially likes to eat cold sweet water lettuce. In his father's words, "Mix some shallots, sprinkle with dried peppercorns, and pour in hot oil... The tangy aroma of braised pork is not replaced!"
Liang Jiangbo's mother She also likes to eat sweetwater lettuce, but for her, sweetwater lettuce has a more important "mission". Auntie is a loyal fan of fruit and vegetable whitening. She is keen to put cucumber slices, watermelon peels and other small things on her face all the year round. Post, the beets that are fresh and tender in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month of the world are also given the responsibility of "beauty". After mashing them into a paste, they will stick to her face. Auntie's happy and proud expression is like seventeen or eighteen years old in my school. Little girls are no different.
"Kakai, Auntie never lies, look how good Auntie's skin is? It's all about maintenance! I tell you that your tender face will definitely suffer in our sandy place, but fortunately you and Jiang Jiang I went to the south to study, the south is moist and good for the skin, I tell you that you will work in the south after you finish reading, don’t come back...” Liang Jiangbo’s mother helped me smear vegetable paste on my face while lecturing. Not only did the son of a bitch not speak for me, he also helped his mother to hold me down and keep me from getting up. In the end, I could only lie down on the sofa beside my aunt with vegetable paste and chat with her.
As expected of the women's federation, my aunt is really good at chatting. From my parents, I briefly talked about national affairs, from poems and songs to life philosophy. I woke up after a nap and she was still teaching me how to judge whether a man is right or not by his facial expressions. Lie, after listening to this essence carefully, my aunt took me to wash off the "mask" on my face, and happily went to the kitchen to make supper for the three of us.
"Let me see if it works!" I stretched out my schoolbag and prepared to go to his room to do my homework, and Liang Jiangbo pinched me in the face.
"Huh! It's really useful, the water is tender and tender..." Liang Jiangbo exaggeratedly rubbed my face and was opened by my hand.
"Fuck you, I'm usually soft!" I said to him angrily.
"Mom! Do you still have that gooey dish? Get me some too!" Liang Jiangbo exaggeratedly shouted at his mother, and after the past, he praised his mother for her good skin, which made her aunt smile like a flower.
"Did I say it's useful? You still don't believe it! I told you that this wild vegetable has the best effect. I used to use cucumber slices or watermelon rind. To be honest, the effect was average, but this wild vegetable is really magical. In the future, the water will be moisturizing for several days, and I don't need to wipe the face with oil, but it will be effective!" But she didn't use any more beets, and said that she could bring her son when she applied the mask next time.
Liang Jiangbo ran back happily.
I have already pulled out my workbook to do my homework.
"Are you really good?" I looked up at him.
"I just say something nice to make my mother happy. My mother likes people to praise her for her good skin and beauty. When she is in a good mood, we and my dad will have a good life."
Gee! Judging from the skills that my aunt just taught, Liang Jiangbo was obviously not hydrated when he praised me, and he was sincere. So is it because Liang Jiangbo is a liar, or is his aunt's lie detection skills simply inaccurate?
After finishing the homework at ten o'clock, my aunt brought in a fruit plate with flower patterns for the two of us. There were not only apples and oranges, but also a small dessert consisting of canned cherries, diced yellow peach and cream jelly. The taste was very good. I ate most of the plate.
"Am I right?" Liang Jiangbo was triumphant.
"You are really not simple," I squinted at him: "You wouldn't use the same method to trick me, would you?"
"How can you! How can you doubt me like this!" Liang Jiangbo scratched my arm angrily Li-Wo: "I make my mother happy because of filial piety and high emotional intelligence. I have always been sincere to my buddies. How dare you doubt me?
" If the angry wicked complain first, what are you covering up?" I also screamed and grabbed his hand, not letting him scratch me.
"Ah! Why does my mother tell you everything!" Liang Jiangbo was in a hurry: "What else did she tell you?"
"When she said you lied, you looked to the left, your heels didn't step on the ground, and she liked to pinch your cuffs."
"She is talking nonsense, why haven't I heard her say it? I don't have this habit at all!" Liang Jiangbo was very angry and denied it.
I pointed to his arm: "Look at your hand!"
Liang Jiangbo lowered his head and found that his hand was clasping his cuff and rubbing it in his palm.
"Humph, admit it?" I was proud.
Liang Jiangbo didn't take my word for it: "Whatever you say, my brother is sitting upright anyway, and you have to suspect me that you are a wolf-hearted person!"
"Then tell me, do you often lie to me and fool me? "I broke his face, and my aunt said that her son was honest only when he looked at people, and he was extremely deceitful at other times.
Liang Jiangbo was definitely reluctant to turn his head over, but I was strong enough to force him to face me.
"Why!" Liang Jiangbo pretended to be unhappy.
"Answer the question." I insisted.
"Oh..."
"Huh? You can think about it clearly, your eyes are all tilted to the left, are there flowers on the left?"
"I sometimes say 'some' things that aren't completely true, but it's all for you Happy or good for you, I swear I have never done anything that would make you angry or sad!" Liang Jiangbo was very serious, expressing his loyalty to the sun and the moon!
That's more or less.
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