The main task of going to Shanghai is to sell "backpacks", followed by buying radios, English books, English tapes, and a guitar.

If there is a chance to find an old piano, Huang Han would also like to buy one.

If you come to such a big city, you can always buy old pianos produced in Shanghai in the 1920s. Others may not be able to find the way, but Huang Han is full of confidence.

My aunt has worked in a large second-hand store in Shanghai for more than 20 years. Even if there are no old pianos for sale in the store, she can definitely know which one is ready to sell them.

As long as it's worth it, Huang Han is willing to spend money. He estimates that next spring, his family will not be short of money, and of course he will buy things that are conducive to learning.

Zhang Fangfen and Huang Daozhou are actually very generous people. As long as their families have money, they will definitely be willing to buy pianos and radio cassette players.

When Huang Daozhou came home from get off work, he was attracted by the singing. He not only watched it carefully, but also started singing along without knowing it.

He likes to sing and listen to songs even more. He thinks the tape recorder is really good and asked:

"Huang Han, how much does this radio cassette player cost?"

Huang Han didn't know the exact price of the cassette player at that time, but he knew that the retail price of a two-speaker stereo cassette player in 1985 was 480 yuan.

It was a "Panda" that Liu Xiaoming's brother, Liu Xiaogang, saved money to buy after working. It was twice the size of the Sanyo cassette recorder in Shen Xiaorong's family.

In 1985, the country's economic situation improved a lot. Although wages did not increase much, the average second-level worker only made about 40 yuan.

However, most units are paying bonuses, and the bonuses and wages of units with better profits have been reversed. People in Sanshui use the dialect "son is older than me" to describe the strange phenomenon of a serious salary of 800 yuan being lower than the bonus.

Therefore, Huang Han was able to guess and estimate a similar price based on the actual value of the RMB at this time and the wages of ordinary workers.

This single-speaker Sanyo cassette player should cost more than 200 yuan now. This money can buy one or two houses of about 20 square meters on Sanshui Street.

If you buy your own speakers and make two speakers, the effect will not be worse than the two speakers borrowed from the experimental primary school. One hundred and twenty yuan is definitely enough.

Huang Han said: "The radio cassette player and two speakers will probably cost 400 yuan!"

"Guaiguai Longdi Dong, another hundred yuan will be enough to buy three rooms and a kitchen. It's too expensive."

"Yeah! Electrical appliances are really expensive and not cost-effective. Our family won't consider buying a cassette player this year."

The impression Huang Han left on Huang Daozhou during this period was that he was bold and bold. He was actually worried that Huang Han insisted on buying a cassette player.

Zodiac sign is not stingy, but measured.

My family owes more than 2,600 yuan in foreign debt. Of course, we need to pay off the debt first, and then we can consider buying these dispensable items after we have saved up money.

After hearing his son's statement, Huang Daozhou echoed: "That's right! It's not worth it."

Huang Xin and the little girl like the tape recorder very much, but they are both sensible and think that this thing is too expensive and our family will definitely not be able to afford it now.

They were happy today because there was a movie to watch this afternoon. Huang Han also gave Huang Xin fifty cents and asked her to buy two movie tickets and bring them back.

Xiu'er and Yu'er both loved watching movies. They watched helplessly as the two sisters Huang Xin held hands and went to the cinema. Huang Han paid for them.

This is the benefit of having private money in your pocket. Movie tickets cost 20 cents each. Huang Xin and Huang Qian can spend 10 cents to buy two cream popsicles to satisfy their cravings while watching the movie.

Cream popsicles cost five cents each and red bean popsicles cost four cents. In Huang Han's memory, these items were so far away that he probably didn't even eat three before graduating from elementary school.

It's strange. Huang Han didn't eat this food when he was a child, and he didn't like to eat it when he grew up. Huang Han's wife had a wealthy childhood and often ate popsicles in the summer.

When I grow up, I still like to eat. Now I often go to square dance. I still remember going to KFC to buy ice cream cones.

Huang Han really couldn't understand, that thing was so cold that his teeth hurt, so what's the point of it?

Zhang Fangfen often said, "A mouth that is used to eating, and legs that are used to running." It really makes sense.

Huang Xin, Huang Han, and Huang Qi didn't like snacks when they grew up because they didn't have snacks when they were young. The snacks at home were often expired and they couldn't remember how many bites to take.

Huang Xin took the fifty cents given by Huang Han and led the happy little girl out. In the distance, she heard the little girl's voice: "Sister, how about we eat red bean popsicles? We can save two cents."

"Haha, if you want to save money, it would be great if you don't eat at all. You can save a dime!"

"But brother let us eat popsicles!"

"You greedy girl."

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Xiu'er saw Huang Han asking Huang Xin to buy movie tickets for her and Yu'er. She was a little embarrassed to let a child spend money and said:

"Huang Han, I borrowed the forty cents, and I'll pay you back with my wages!"

"No need, it's appropriate to invite the two sisters to watch a movie. I will also invite my uncle to watch when he comes tomorrow."

Yu'er asked strangely: "Huang Han, you are so young, how can you have fifty cents in your pocket?"

"I earned it myself. A short article I wrote was published. The day before yesterday, the principal gave me four yuan and seventy cents as the royalties."

This is not a lie. It was indeed Principal Zhu who gave Huang Han the royalties sent from Shanghai, which resulted in Huang Han's private money reaching 22 yuan and 70 cents. Today, he spent 50 cents and still has 22 yuan and 20 cents.

"Wow! You are amazing!"

"So you two don't need to be polite to me. My invitation to you to watch a movie is nothing."

"Hehe, you are so generous! Is the movie good?"

"Of course it looks good, does Liu Xiaoqing know?"

Yu'er said: "I know! She is Xiaohua, right?"

Rural people these days are poor, but they can watch movies.

They were all communes. The brigade organized and contacted the screening team to go to the countryside without the members spending any money. Each level of government had the political task of sending literature and art to the countryside.

However, there is a plan for how many screenings there will be each year. If the number exceeds the plan, you have to show your talents.

The most direct one is of course that some teams with better economic conditions pay for it, and there are also cases where a certain company will invite two movies for a wedding.

The brigade always shows movies outdoors, and it must be at night, because it is impossible to watch them for most of the day. The members bring their own benches.

At this time, there were no entertainment activities in the countryside, and everything was pitch black at night.

Once the news spreads that a certain brigade is showing a movie, members from seven or eight miles away will come excitedly after having dinner early, and there are often two shows in a row.

Many free love encounters and acquaintances occur while watching movies. Of course, many gangster crimes are also committed at this time.

The team played movies, and Xiu'er and Yu'er were never left behind.

The furthest record was that I walked seven or eight miles to watch a movie in Shajiaotau Brigade. It rained when I got home, and the four or five young people who went with me were all covered in mud. We didn't get home until late at night.

They both envied the fact that people in the city could watch movies every day without having to bring stools. There was a cinema just a few steps away, and they already had an idea in mind.

After getting paid, I go to the cinema every day. As long as new movies are shown, I won’t miss a movie. If there is a particularly good one, I just watch it twice or three times!

Xiu'er asked: "Did Liu Xiaoqing, who played Xiaohua, act in the movie shown today again?"

"Well! The movie is called "The Mysterious Buddha" and she stars in it."

Yu'er was so excited that she jumped three feet high and clapped her hands: "Wow! That's great, I like little flowers the most, cluck..."

Xiu'er said sincerely: "I really didn't expect that we could live next to a movie theater, walk a few steps to watch a movie, and then go back to the production team and tell people about it. They must think I'm bragging!"

Zhang Fangfen heard Huang Han's conversation with Yu'er and Xiu'er, and a happy smile appeared on her lips.

The three brothers Zhang Fangfen, Zhang Yugen and Zhang Huifen have a very good relationship, but unfortunately they are all in poverty.

Now that the family is prosperous, Zhang Fangfen of course has to help her sister and brother. She is of course happy to see that her son is good to his two cousins ​​and is going to spend the money he got from writing articles to treat Zhang Yugen to a movie.

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Chapter completed!