1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 170 Cloth Coupons and Enemies

On December 12st, it was cloudy and then sunny, and the weather was dry and cold.

"Son, come on! Take me to the market on your bike!" Mother Xia shouted hurriedly as she entered the yard.

Xia Tian quickly put on his coat and went out, pushing his bicycle out while asking, "What's wrong? Why are you going to the market? What's the hurry?!"

"Let's go buy some cloth!" said Mother Xia as she sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

Xia Tian stretched his legs to support the car, "Buy cloth?!"

"That's right! Didn't you read the newspaper? The authorities have cancelled the cloth coupons!"

"Look!"

"Then buy some quickly! Buy more!" Mother Xia said excitedly.

For so many years before, cloth was supplied with coupons, and everyone had to wear clothes frugally - a pair of trousers would be worn for nine years, three years new, three years old, and another three years of mending.

After the eldest wears it, the second wears it. After the second wears it, I modify it and make a vest for the third.
Now we finally don’t need cloth coupons anymore! Isn’t this a time for revenge consumption?
Xia Tian looked at her mother strangely: "No, Mom, we don't even need the cloth coupons anymore, what are we fighting for?"

"Oh, you're stupid!" Mother Xia hit her son on the shoulder. "If we don't need tickets anymore, many people will want to buy more cloth! If there's not enough cloth, we won't be able to buy it for a long time!"

"Good boy, hurry up and ride your bike. Mom will make new clothes for you and your dad!"

Mother Xia seems to be saying that you are on the first level and I am on the second level.

Xia Tian thought about it and stopped persuading her. He rode his bike and took Xia's mother to the mall - just buy it, just consider it as revenge consumption.

Starting from 54, cotton was purchased and sold in a T-type manner, and was supplied in fixed quantities and with coupons. In the initial stage, each person was supplied with feet per year.

Five years later, it began to gradually decrease, from 5 feet, 16 feet, and 13 feet per person per year, to only 8 feet 62 inches of cloth per person per year in 3. It took the cloth coupons of two people to pool together to be just enough to sew a pair of trousers!
At the end of September this year, the Yenching Daily began to circulate information, reposting an article in CAN titled "Is it still necessary to use cloth coupons?"

At that time, many people already knew about this matter.

We have a tradition here - that is "breathing in advance", and many perceptive people can sense the impending changes from some rumors.

Now that supplies are finally sufficient and restrictions are lifted, what's wrong with everyone spending a little money to make themselves happy?
Isn’t it just about stocking up a few more pieces of cloth?
Curtains, quilt covers, various curtains and cushions, which one doesn’t need some cloth!

The only thing that worries Xia Tian is her mother's cooking skills...

As soon as we arrived at the mall, it seemed like half of the lesbians in Yanjing City were there, and there were people everywhere, each holding a large pile of colorful fabrics.

The bosses had also made sufficient preparations, with mountains of fabrics - there was no way they could buy all of them!
Looking at this scene in the summer, which seems like the Spring Festival travel rush, makes people feel numb.

The current scene is similar to the later rush for salt, disinfectant, and hand sanitizer. It can be seen that we also have a heritage.

The chemical fiber industry has developed rapidly in the past two years. After the construction of the four major chemical fiber bases, Dacron has also begun to enter the homes of ordinary people.

There are also fabrics such as Decca, polyester, polyester-wool gabardine, etc. Even those who have attended a fashion show in the summer cannot recognize all of them.

After a period of shopping, Xiatian went home with a huge pile of various fabrics.

Xia Ma touched this and looked at that, and she liked them all. But her craftsmanship was not good enough~
In the days that followed, fewer people made clothes on their own, and everyone bought ready-made clothes.

In addition, the supply of cloth is indeed abundant, and it is estimated that a family that buys too much cloth will not be able to use it all in ten or eight years.

Xia Tian didn’t pay much attention to the cloth coupons, as such things would happen more and more frequently in the future.

One day, even food coupons will be cancelled, and we will enter the next stage.

There is good news this month - the real-life garden for filming Red Mansions has been confirmed to be located in the Grand View Garden in Xuanwu District. The design draft has been finalized and construction will begin next year!
It is said that a special ancient construction team from Yanjing was invited, timber from Daxinganling was transferred, and dozens of taels of real gold were specially approved... It is also said that there is a descendant of "Shan Zi Zhang", a garden designer in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties!
The first phase of the project includes 8 scenic spots for the crew to use for filming, and they will be open to the public later!
According to Tianqi's information, the ticket money of the "Liu Laolao"s who visited the Grand View Garden not only paid off the loans borrowed during the initial stage of the first phase of the project, but also accumulated 2300 million yuan in circulating funds for the continued construction of the project!

It can be said that "the garden is supported by the garden" and "the garden is built by the garden".

Eventually, all 40 scenic spots in the Grand View Garden were completed within 8 years.

……

"How is it?" Milan hurried to the desk as soon as he entered the room and listened carefully to the sound on the radio.

"Hasn't it started yet?" she asked.

Xia Tian smiled and said, "It's not time yet."

They are both waiting for the radio drama with music of Calabash Brothers~
Xia Tian never expected that "Calabash Brothers" would be picked up by someone just a few days after it was printed, and it wasn't an animation but a radio drama!
It’s the radio station in Shanghai!
The Shanghai area is the fastest to react to such things. The business atmosphere is stronger.

Soon, music came from the radio: "Hello, children, I am your good friend Sister Yan Zi. We are about to bring you a radio drama - "Calabash Brothers"..."

In the summer, I fluttered around, and unexpectedly, I took the lead in gaining national reputation in the children's field~
In the field of comic strips, there are few people in China who can compare with him.

Not to mention the early stories such as "Gudong is Coming" and "Monkey Catching the Moon", which are said to be now used as educational models for primary school students.

When the textbooks are revised in the future, won’t Teacher Jing Hongke be invited in? !

Xia Tian: I wish I could write an article that says "Reciting the whole article by heart"~
Just a few days after Mr. Jinghongke's comic strip was adapted into a radio drama and became very popular, Xu Xun was released from prison.

This young man, who had a face full of acne in his early years, has finally come out after being transformed in there for so long.

Naturally, his friends wanted to welcome him home. To show their respect, Fangyan, Ye Jing and others directly chose Maxim's, which had just opened for two months.

This is a huge investment. If these ten or so people eat a meal, won’t the two of them empty their coffers? !
The two saved a small sum of money.
This story began in the summer of a year ago when we set up the "stall experiment zone".

Fang Yan and Ye Jing are extremely dissatisfied with their jobs and feel uncomfortable staying there.

In addition, it became popular to start a self-employed business last year.

Ye Jing saw that Xia Tian had arranged a group of friends from the alley to start side businesses, and he also became ambitious.

He didn't say much and went straight to Guangzhou, where he bought a batch of electronic watches. After bringing them back, he asked Fangyan, who was also very idle, to help buy them.

However, the two passionate young men are still too young. Unlike Xia Tian, ​​who had done everything thoroughly and had smoothed out the street and G aspects, they just did it recklessly!

Xia Tian persuaded them that he could get someone to supply them with goods and let them be part of the "supply chain." But they felt it was too embarrassing to rely on Xia Tian, ​​so they didn't agree.

Then we hit a wall.

Before, they were in the system, which was their comfort zone. Now they are out there, and they are being punished.
He was chased by Gong S countless times. In the second half of the year, Ye Jing almost went to jail for "speculating".

It took a lot of effort from the family to fish it out - it stayed there for about a week.

After he got out, he became honest. He seemed to have a clearer understanding of the laws governing the operation of society, and he became more depressed.

Of course, these days the brave will die of overeating and the timid will die of starvation. The two of them had saved up two to three thousand yuan from their earnings in just half a year.

Otherwise, Maxim will probably have to be replaced by Lao Mo.

……

Xu Xun's face was dark and old to begin with, and now it looks even darker. He looks like he's almost thirty.

The good news is that there are no more acne on my face.

Fang Yan, Ye Jing and Wang Ruohai drove to pick up Xu Xun.

I took a shower and changed my clothes first, then at noon, I went straight to Maxim's.

They were already waiting there in the summer.

Milan, Dachun, Glasses, Xiaodong, Ma Wen, Liu Huiyuan, Qiao Qiao, Li Bailing...

The waiter was very service-minded and friendly. "Welcome~"

Even helped to pull out the stools and stuff.

Milan also praised: "Wow, so thoughtful~"

After all, there are slogans posted on the walls of state-owned restaurants: Do not beat or scold customers without reason!

The waiter looked proud: "In Maxim's Restaurant, the customer is God."

This made Xia Tian laugh: "Then where are the crosses you put to crucify your customers?"

Marvin: “Puff!” An indecent sound was made.

Others: What do you mean? What are you laughing at?

Xia Tian glanced at him and said, "What are you laughing at? Don't laugh! We are discussing a serious religious issue here!"

At the banquet, everyone was reminiscing about the past and looking at the present, and almost shed tears.

Ye Jing raised his glass: "Brothers are here to help us through all the hardships. We are finally together again! Let's have a drink!"

Feng Pants in the distance: ...Brothers, don’t you feel like something is missing?
Milan didn't even bother to eat at the table. She was just observing Xu Xun, Wang Ruohai and Qiao Qiao out of the corner of her eye.

She felt that the melon was more delicious than the veal steak on the plate.

Dachun ate heartily while saying, "When can I have a state banquet?"

Ye Jing was amused, put down his wine glass, and patted Dachun on the shoulder: "Chun'er~ You can't experience it at your age..."

Seeing his friends looking at him, he continued, "If you join the army at the age of 18 and eat slowly, the squad leader will kindly tell you - you are enjoying the state banquet?!"

"Hahahaha~" Fang Yan and Wang Ruohai laughed so hard that they slammed the table.

This joke is something that those of them who have served in the military have experienced personally.

Just when a group of people were having a great time eating, a few more people entered the restaurant, causing a small stir.

Xia Tian looked in the direction of the sound, and immediately he saw what was happening - when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous of each other!
Who is coming?

It turned out to be the young monk Jueyuan!

Oh no, it's Li Lianjie!
At this moment, Li's face was very immature. He felt embarrassed when a group of people were looking at him, so he hid behind them, looking like a child.

It was his first time in such a place, and everything so magnificent seemed to make him feel awkward...

But he is really popular now! Who here has not watched "Shaolin Temple"?
That film is still being shown somewhere!

Even a proud person like Ye Jingfangyan was a little excited and wanted to say something.

Only Xu Xun didn't understand.

In the end, they were so proud of their status that they didn't lower themselves enough to take the initiative to get to know the big star.

Xia Tian: If I beat him up in the name of sparring, wouldn’t that be bad?!
Too light~
……

A meal is full of wine and food.

Xia Tian hooked his fingers, asked his friends to come closer, and whispered, "I've made it clear that I know what you guys are doing with Lao Mo."

"I don't care about other times, but if you steal someone's fork or plate while I'm having dinner with you, don't show up in front of me anymore, and don't say you know me. You can't afford to be embarrassed!"

Fang Yan had a face that showed resistance to being strict: "Don't talk nonsense, we are all honorably discharged from the army! What do you think of us?"

Wang Ruohai: "That's right, I'm a human police officer!"

Ye Jing: "No, if you want to steal something, just steal those sculptures! Take them home and put them by your bed, hey~"

This grandson's face turned red from drinking, and he stared at the human body art statues not far away with a dazed look~
But Xia Tian's words reminded Milan, and she looked at the plate carefully: "Don't mention it, it's quite beautiful."

Whether in terms of style, detail, color, or sophistication, the tableware here is definitely much better than what everyone uses on the market.

His artistic sense was not cultivated in vain.

Xia Tian heard this and called the waiter.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

Xia Tian: "I want to buy 10 sets of tableware from you."

Today is the day when Black Myth is launched. Although I didn't buy it, I support it spiritually. It is reflected in the fact that I didn't code a single word and ate melons all day~
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(End of this chapter)