1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 142 The Garden Is Busy Growing Vegetables

The three of them were chatting and laughing happily along the way.

……

"The two masters have worked hard all the way. Don't refuse. A small talk is not disrespectful."

Back at Baihua Courtyard, several people were busy putting things in the east courtyard. The entire courtyard was used for Luo Tao's collection.

When the two chefs saw that Luo Tao had brought two bottles of Maotai and some pastries, they were a little embarrassed and said, "It's not hard, Mr. Luo, and we didn't do anything. This is too expensive."

"Yes, yes."

Luo Tao originally wanted to spend some money to give them a favor, but after thinking about it, it seemed too vulgar, so he decided to get something practical instead, so he specially picked two bottles of Maotai and some pastries.

At this time, those who gave Moutai gifts were definitely big ones. The price increase of Moutai liquor was really non-negotiable. In just a few years, it rose from 18 yuan to [-] yuan now. The price was raised only once at the end of [-]. It doubled again in just over a year.

If you don’t have the spare money to buy a house these days, then you can buy some Moutai stocks, and you won’t lose money. But it’s still early, and the stock market in mainland China has not yet been affected.

"We will need your help in the future. If you don't accept it, how can I have the nerve to ask you two next time?"

The two of them were still a little hesitant, thinking whether they should take this thing or not, so as not to offend others if they didn't handle it well.

Judging from the house he lived in, he was either rich or noble, and he was friends with his boss. They were both worldly, so they asked Huang Yuanchao for instructions.

"Just take it for you. Why are you drinking too much wine?" Huang Yuanchao scolded them with a smile.

"Hey! Thank you Mr. Luo, thank you Boss Huang. If there is nothing else, we will go back first."

"Well, return the car, and you two can go home and rest!" Huang Yuanchao couldn't tell that being a boss was very generous.

"Thank you, Boss Huang." The two thanked Huang Yuanchao again and left the Baihua Courtyard with a smile.

Luo Tao really wanted to remind them not to drink, this was Five Star Moutai.

"It's nothing, stay home for dinner tonight." Luo Tao was polite to Huang Yuanchao.

But this guy is a real person, "That's a good relationship. I haven't eaten my aunt's cooking for a long time."

As soon as this guy got out of the house, he went to flatter my mother, Su Guilan, "I'm talking about Chaozi, why don't you tell your wife?"

Luo Tao is really a kind reminder, because this guy is afraid of his henpecks.

"Ahem! If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot. I'll go to Uncle Wang and give her a call."

This kid was too fast, and he went out before anyone could react.

Luo Tao was first shocked by the speed of his departure. When he came back to his senses, he had to sigh that this guy was enjoying himself more and more.

It's only a short distance from Baihua Hutong to the front door, and you can even make a phone call. It's such a luxury.

The public paging phone in Uncle Wang's house was installed at the end of 1980. In the past, if you wanted to use a public phone, you could only go to Huguosi Street, where there was a telephone under the control of the street.

Public paging phones in Beijing have been around since 1952. In 53, there was one in three alleys in the urban area on average. As times progress, these public phones are somewhat insufficient.

After a long period of time, many problems appeared, and the public telephones were faced with "collective units are unwilling to manage, public places are not allowed to be safe, self-employed require withdrawal, and agency households rush out."

Some public telephones are called public telephones, but they are actually dedicated telephones. They are also described as "three no calls" and "six no paging".

That is, the agent is not allowed to make phone calls during meetings, while researching things, or to make long-distance calls; the agent is not allowed to page before and after get off work, during lunch break, during meetings, holidays, long distances, or in bad weather.

In 1980, "Beijing Daily" reported in multiple issues, and also reported on several "enthusiastic" agents. Under this wave, Uncle Wang also became an "enthusiastic agent."

Since the end of this year, I can hear Uncle Wang shouting in the alley every day, "Second son, your aunt is calling."

"San'er, your uncle is dying, let you go."

"Dog, there is a lesbian looking for you."

"Luo Tao, oh, it's okay."

Full of flavor, it only costs five cents each time. In the early 90s, it only increased to 3 cents and three minutes each time.

At the end of September last year, the capital introduced a Western-style public phone booth. The phone booth must be about two meters high!About one meter square, it has an apple green top cover, a silver gray base, an aluminum alloy frame, and is surrounded by transparent rectangular glass. People in the capital love to watch this excitement.

This is much better than a paging public phone. More importantly, it is open 24 hours a day, and you can call it by inserting a coin. It is a favorite among young people. If you meet a man and woman who are in love, this phone will be a blast.From September to the end of December, a total of more than 20 "coin-operated phones" were installed, all in prosperous areas of the capital. Later, more and more "coin-operated phones" were installed in the streets and alleys.

Someone joked: You can't find a toilet within a hundred meters in the city, but you can definitely see a phone booth ten meters away.

"You're still smiling. Look at this person and take care of your family."

cough!It’s only been two days since I’ve seen him. Is this some kind of jealousy?

"Why don't you go back to your parents' house and I'll give you a shot." Luo Tao said humbly. This was the Iron Man who was on the verge of committing suicide.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have nothing to do. Go and fetch your precious son. You haven't been at home for the past two days and I've been making trouble to you every day."

When Su Guilan saw Luo Tao talking nonsense, she quickly criticized him and found an excuse to go out.

"I know,... pinch me again."

"Humph! Deserving it."

Luo Tao ignored Zhu Lin and went to the garden of the east courtyard with Hou Ming.

In this nearly 700-square-meter garden, there are not many flowers, but a lot of vegetables are planted.

Just after passing the Moon Gate, I saw Luo Shaoyi digging a trench with a hoe to plant garlic. The little guy was very diligent. He was putting garlic behind him, and he was doing it in a decent way.

Now that he is almost two years old, he is indeed making a lot of noise. As long as the little guy is not paying attention, he will sneak out to chat with the alley master.

He is also the cutest now. The little guy has a sweet mouth and is called the "walking lollipop" by people in the alley.

"Dad, come and see what I'm doing? This is garlic, spicy."

The little guy noticed someone coming and stopped working. He stood up to see who it was.

Seeing that it was Luo Tao who was coming, he shouted sweetly. What was even cuter was that he took a bite of an unpeeled garlic clove to show Luo Tao that it was spicy.

Luo Tao saw how stupid and cute he was, so he quickly ran a few steps and picked him up, "Hey! You little fool, have you ever missed your father?"

"Pooh."

Don't get it wrong, he spit out the spicy taste on his tongue and wiped it with his sleeve.

"Haha! Is it spicy?"

"hot."

Luo Shaoyi said: "What did you buy this time? I heard you making noise in the front yard."

"It's nothing, it's just that the things are a bit miscellaneous. Dad, you can't grow all the vegetables on this piece of land!"

Luo Tao saw that this piece of land was worth at least two cents, so he started planting vegetables.

"I didn't organize this, your mother did it, and she said she wanted to raise chickens and ducks in that corner?"

"what?"

All right!Do whatever makes you happy!

"You have an opinion!"

"No, as long as you are happy, it's mainly because I'm afraid that my mother will be tired."

"Look, she still needs to take care of the little October, and she also needs to feed cats and dogs, goldfish, birds, and those flowers and plants. Which one doesn't waste a lot of energy, and the sanitation of this hospital is even more tiring."

"It's useless for you to tell me. I'm only responsible for planting and don't care about the rest."

Luo Tao thought to himself: It's useless to find you, and you're not in charge.

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