Chapter 1917: Arctic Ocean Soda

"Auntie, are you okay on the way?" Shen Long stepped forward to say hello. He knew that his auntie brought Meng Xiaoxing to fight the autumn wind, but seeing the shabby appearance of Meng Xiaoxing and sisters, he could actually understand.

There is no way, there are too many children in the family, four daughters and two sons, how can she afford to support her with a dime a day's work alone? Not to mention that the production is not contracted to the households yet, even at that time, it will be difficult to support so many children on their own. What else can I do except ask relatives for help?

Shen Long has also experienced this kind of thing in the real world. His parents moved to the city from the village, and then his home almost became the county office of Shenjia Village. If they are in trouble, they will ask them to borrow money and ask them to help them find a way. For this reason, Shen Long used to complain a lot when he was a child.

This is almost a common phenomenon from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the early 21st century. I believe that many post-70s and post-80s also encountered such a situation when they were young. In the final analysis, it is because of the economic differences between rural areas and cities. No matter how difficult the life in the village is, it is better than in the countryside.

As long as they can help Shen Long's parents, they will help a little bit. There is really no other way and they can only tell the truth. Those who can understand will naturally understand, and those who can't understand will have to complain when they go back. Fortunately, this kind of person is just after all. There are only a few of them, so the reputation of Shen Long's family in the village is pretty good.

It wasn’t until the post-80s that I grew up that this situation gradually disappeared. On the one hand, it’s because the rural economy is also improving, and there are fewer places where everyone encounters difficulties; Well, except for those who are very close, the general relatives are at most seen when they go back to their hometown, so they are naturally too embarrassed to come to the door.

But just like Han Chunming in the TV series, it is out of love for us to help you, and it is our duty not to help. Since you are here to ask for help, can you have a better attitude? I don't ask you to bring something, can it make us feel more at ease?

Look at these two girls, do they make sense? Oh, you bought the Arctic Ocean soda when you saw it was delicious? Don't think about how you go back? I have to prepare for you even the fare for co-authoring? Is my family still eating or not? If you don't have any money, we have to give it to you, but it's a bit embarrassing for you to spend all the money on soda, right? I didn't even drink it.

"Auntie, you and my mother are sisters, so the relationship is naturally nothing to say, but there are still several families in the courtyard where we live now. If they see that you don't bring anything with you every time, they should probably mutter. Our relatives don’t understand anymore.” Shen Long nodded like Han Chunming, “Yes, my mother gave me fifty cents to buy books, and I’ll weigh some fruit for you and bring it to you. My mother bought it so that everyone looks good on their faces."

Shen Long didn't use Han Chunming's brother and sister-in-law as a shield, so it was inappropriate to say that his relatives were relatives, so he changed to the left and right neighbors, and the aunt agreed shyly. Meng Xiaoxing promised to eat them all on the way,

If you want to say that you are young and ignorant, it’s fine, but it’s a bit inappropriate for you to still be like this at your age, right? You can eat whatever you catch.

"This bottle can still be taken back to get a refund." Shen Long instructed Meng Xiaoxing to return the bottle of Arctic Ocean soda. Now the bottle of Arctic Ocean soda is 15 cents, but the soda actually only costs 5 cents. You can get 10 cents back with the bottle. money.

Many big cities have their own beverage memory, which is called "Arctic Ocean" in Beijing, "Shanhaiguan" in Tianjin, "Bawangsi" in Shenyang, "Taigang" in Taiyuan, and "Tianfu Cola" in Chongqing. ", called "Bingfeng" in Xi'an... These sodas constitute the common memory of many post-80s generations.

When the post-90s grow up, this kind of memory will be less, because these brands are gone, and many local beverages have been acquired by Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Naturally, they will no longer maintain these brands and directly hide them. This incident There is a saying that "Two Cokes flooded the Seventh Army". Shen Long read it in Dr. Ma's book when he was reading online articles.

It was not until many years later, with the development of China's economy, that people took back some beverage brands from foreign-funded enterprises, so many childhood memories of post-80s generations such as "Arctic Ocean" and "Tianfu Cola" reappeared on the shelves. However, except for a few brands such as "Arctic Ocean" and "Bingfeng", which are becoming more and more popular, other brands are hard to regain their former glory.

Why don't you wait until you make money in the future and try to buy the Arctic Ocean brand? Keep this memory for the capital? To avoid the tragedy of it being hidden in the snow for fifteen years, but this matter may not be easy to handle. The Bingfeng in Xi'an was able to escape the storm of two Cokes flooding the Seventh Army because it is located inland and the economy is not developed enough to attract two Cokes. The attention, the Arctic Ocean is in the capital.

While daydreaming, Han Chunming's mother brought the aunt and the others home. Immediately, Han Chunming's mother asked Shen Long to buy meat and Shijin noodles to make dumplings. Hey, no matter how difficult it was for her family, when relatives came, they had to treat them to a delicious meal.

Shen Long walked to the door and met Su Meng, thought for a while and took her away, so that Meng Xiaoxing and her aunt would not have the cheek to go to Su Meng to ask for broken clothes. In fact, Shen Long can still understand this point alone. If you go down, you really don't care about face. As long as the child can have clothes to wear, what does it matter if you lose face?

But Shen Long absolutely couldn't accept Meng Xiaoxing's actions, Su Meng's grandma didn't want to give them these things, so you can curse them for using these rags to pad the coffin, what if they owe you? If Shen Long were to do it, it would be easy to break her mouth.

After the two of them left, Cheng Jianjun secretly watched from behind. He liked Su Meng, and naturally felt uncomfortable seeing Su Meng and Shen Long going out alone. Whoever wants to go, I will not serve anyway.

Su Meng and Shen Long left together, so Auntie and Meng Xiaoxing naturally lost the chance to talk to Su Meng, so Meng Xiaoxing's broken mouth was kept temporarily, not torn apart by Shen Long.

Haosheng entertained them, and before leaving, Han Chunming's mother gave away all the rags that the family could give away, and let them take back the fruit that Shen Long bought for them. She couldn't bear to accept it, and Shen Long gave it to them When I got in the car, I seemed to hear my aunt muttering, "If I knew this, I might as well just give me the money to buy the fruit."

Shen Long rolled his eyes when he heard it, and when he got home, his mother talked about work again, "Chunming, why don't you buy something and send it to the director of the street office?"

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