Chapter 1365 1367 [Unemployed 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 light door appeared out of thin air, and Xiang Nan stepped into it, followed by a burst of dizziness.

   "My name is Cheng Jianjun. I am 20 years old this year. I am on the 1st of August, the birthday of Army Day. I just came back from Fangshan and am waiting for work assignment.

  My father Cheng Baoguo works in a government office, my mother Feng Aihong works in a neighborhood committee, and my younger brother Cheng Yuejin is now in middle school. My best buddy is Han Chunming, we grew up wearing a pair of pants..."

  A large amount of memory was input into Xiang Nan's mind, and when he woke up, he found himself lying on the bed and sleeping.

  Xiang Nan thought about it carefully, and immediately understood.

   Cheng Jianjun, an educated youth who returned to the city last month, is now waiting for work arrangements. But now Yanjing City has limited jobs, and there are countless educated youths returning to Beijing. Seriously, there are too many monks and too few groceries.

   Therefore, although Cheng Jianjun's father, Cheng Baoguo, works in an agency and has connections and skills, he cannot arrange work in a short time.

  So Cheng Jianjun is now a vagrant. Apart from sleeping at home, he just hangs out in the streets.

  …

  After understanding, Xiang Nan got up, washed up, and went for a stroll in the courtyard first.

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

  Han Chunming's family and Uncle Guo's family lived in the front yard. Cheng Jianjun's family and Su Meng's family lived in the backyard.

   When Xiang Nan was going out, he happened to see Su Meng reading a novel on the recliner in the courtyard.

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

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

  But the job arrangement after graduation is also stuck. Now I also stay at home, often holding a book in the yard to read.

  In the play, Su Meng likes Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming very much.

   Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming, good brothers, broke up because of her. Han Chunming even stayed away from other women for more than 20 years because of her. Unless she does not marry.

   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-notch beauty at all. To put it higher, she is at the class flower level, not much better than Cai Xiaoli.

  On the one hand, the ability is limited. Although there is an uncle who supports the business, he has no business talent. If it wasn't for Han Chunming's courtesy, she wouldn't be able to do a single business.

  Especially ignorant of antiques, he was still an expert. As a result, Cheng Jianjun cheated him out of 60 million, almost ruining his entire family. It also means that she is an embroidered pillow.

   On the one hand, there is a problem of character. Selfishness and selfishness. Her colleague Li Yuan has helped her so much. But when Li Yuan was dismissed, she didn't care one bit.

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

   Therefore, he didn't bother to say hello to Su Meng, and went out the door directly.

  …

  Xiang Nan's move surprised Su Meng.

  Because before the release, whenever Cheng Jianjun saw her, he would come up to strike up a conversation. Like a fly, it can't go away even with a bang. Make her very annoying.

   Now she didn't even say hello, and just left, which made her a little uncomfortable.

  …

   After Xiang Nan went out, he wanted to go to Dashilan for a stroll.

  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, cinemas... everything you expect to find, very lively.

   But in Xiang Nan's pocket, there is only fifty cents to press the pocket, so there is no condition to be chic.

   This can't be helped. There are four members of their family who live only on his father's salary.

   Although his mother works in the neighborhood committee, but without salary, he serves the public completely voluntarily. His younger brother is still in school and has no money. Therefore, the life of the family is still relatively tight.

   In this regard, it is not even as good as Han Chunming's family.

  At least Han Chunming's eldest brother, eldest sister, second brother, and second sister are all in the class, and there are only two idlers in the family. With a little subsidy for one person, the family can live a decent life.

   Unlike Cheng Jianjun's family, one salary supports three idlers.

  However, although Han Chunming's family earns a lot, relatives from his hometown often visit. After arriving, they ate, drank and took. As a result, the situation of Han Chunming's family is not as good as that of Cheng Jianjun's.

  Xiang Nan went shopping in Dashilan, feeling that the current prices are really cheap.

   Pork costs only 70 cents a catty, rice costs 15 cents a catty, tomatoes cost 5 cents a catty, and a movie ticket costs 20 cents...Compared to 40 years later, it is really cheap.

   But having said that, people’s income is generally not high now.

  A factory apprentice, the first year in the factory, the salary is only 17.5 yuan. The salary is only thirty-six, and it is very difficult to rise up. So there was a saying at that time called "Thirty-six Yuan Long Live".

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

   Without indicators, you cannot enter the factory. Doing business by yourself is speculative and is strictly prohibited. It's okay if you don't get caught, but if you get caught, you will go to jail.

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

  Because in the 1970s, almost all literary publications were seized, including the famous "Harvest", "People's Literature", "Yanjing Literature and Art", "Popular Movies" and so on.

  The only remaining publications, such as "Clarion", "Red Flag", "Learning and Criticism", etc., published mostly serious and bulky articles with a strong sense of preaching.

   Moreover, the articles they publish are all contributed by the writing group, and they do not accept foreign manuscripts at all. Therefore, although Xiang Nan is full of talents and learning, he is also useless as a hero, which makes him sigh.

   Fortunately, in the 1970s, everyone's life was difficult, so the sense of deprivation was not so strong. The happiness index, even after decades.

  …

  Xiang Nan strolled around the street, bought a catty of apples for 20 cents, and then went home.

  The capital city in the 1970s was indeed fresh and interesting.

   But without money in my pocket, I dare not go anywhere, which is quite boring. Instead, go home.

  Xiang Nan strolled back to the alley with an apple in his hand.

  As soon as I arrived at the door of the house, I saw a young man greeted me with a smile, "Hey, I bought an apple, give me one."

  Xiang Nan Yile recognized this person as Han Chunming, the hero of "Under the Zhengyang Gate", who was the same age as him, and grew up naked together. After that, the two went to school together and jumped in the queue together, which can be said to be a life-threatening friendship when they were young.

  It's a pity that Cheng Jianjun is narrow-minded, a good buddy, who has become a life-and-death enemy, and has never turned this corner in his life.

  (end of this chapter)