It was probably when I was a little over my ** year, that is, in 1967, that year's winter was particularly cold. At that time, there was no such thing as electric heating. Of course, I don't even know what an air conditioner is.
At that time, I was living with my aunt, who was a school teacher, at Fangjia Middle School in Renshou, which was also known as Renshou No. 9 Middle School (later as Renshou County Agricultural School). One night, everyone went to the school's dormitory where physical education was taught, because the stove was raised, so everyone went to warm up.
**There is only one dormitory, with a size of about fifteen or sixteen square meters. There were more than a dozen people at once, and there was a charcoal stove with a very strong fire, so a house was really heated for a while, which was very pleasant.
**'s wife is a doctor working in Aba Prefecture Hospital, surnamed Chen, not very tall, and chubby. At that time, I had just married ***, and when I saw so many teachers coming to the house, my face was full of smiles, and I was busy pouring boiling water for everyone.
Just when everyone was happily arguing around the stove and swinging the dragon gate array, suddenly the *** lover exclaimed: "Alas, my pants were burned with a hole by the fire!."”。
Suddenly, the whole hut fell silent, and everyone cast their eyes on the *** lover, Mr. Xiao Chen: Mr. Xiao Chen's knee, which looked like some thick navy blue pants, was burned with a pea-sized hole by the spark that burst out of the charcoal!
I saw that although there were no more sparks on Teacher Chen's pants, Teacher Xiao Chen was still desperately patting her navy blue pants that looked a little thick. While talking in a crying tone, he kept saying: "I've only been wearing these pants for two days, and they are a new pair of pure wool pants, which I bought for seventy-eight yuan!."”。
After listening to Teacher Xiao Chen's words, the hut, which was already very quiet, seemed even more silent at this time. The only thing in the whole room was the charcoal burning in the stove, and from time to time there was a "pop, pop, pop" sound of popping sparks. At the time, I thought to myself, isn't it just a hole the size of a pea?Wouldn't it be nice to make up for it?!I still have a few patches on the pants I wear.
After two or three minutes, Mr. Xiao Chen's lover, who teaches physical education, stepped forward and looked at it and said, "It's nothing, the hole is not big, tomorrow I will go to Fangjia Street to find a tailor with good craftsmanship in the sewing club and weave it, and it's okay!."”。
So, the people in the hut began to talk lively. It's just that the topic of everyone's conversation basically revolves around Mr. Xiao Chen's pure wool navy blue pants.
From the words of the adults, I learned that the navy blue pure wool pants that Mr. Xiao Chen bought for 78 yuan could only be bought by a teacher with more than a month's salary, and the pure wool navy blue pants are not available everywhere!
I listened to what the adults said, and although I didn't understand it very well, I also "chuckled" in my heart: I remember that when my aunt and her sisters went to Beijing last year, that is, in November 1966, the food expenses that my aunt left me for more than 20 days to go to the food group to eat were only six or seven yuan. I silently calculated in my heart that the seventy-eight yuan could allow me to eat food for nearly a year?!No wonder Teacher Xiao Chen was so angry.
From that moment on, I thought to myself that one day I would be able to wear a pair of pure wool pants myself
In the mid-70s of the last century, in 1975, I was already working as a material custodian at the Qingshui Regiment Headquarters of the Dongfeng Canal Expansion Project in Heilongtan. The salary of each is eighteen yuan, and the living expenses for one month only need ** yuan.
Once, I went home and told my mother that I wanted to buy a pair of "really good" pants, and I went to a department store on Qingshui Street and saw that it would cost eight yuan to buy a pair of "really good" pants. My mother replied, "You're only sixteen or seventeen years old, and you spend seven or eight dollars to buy a pair of pants."You have to learn to save a little yourself!”。
After listening to my mother's words, I stopped talking about buying "really good" pants.
After a few months, one day I went home from the "Hongshikan" where the Qingshui Youth League Headquarters of the Dongfeng Canal is located, which is now the Aviation Vocational and Technical College in the southern section of Tianfu Avenue. When I got home, my mother said to me in the evening: "Hong'er, the last time you said you wanted to buy a pair of 'really good' pants, I thought about it for a while, you should go and buy it!."”。
I was very excited when my mother agreed to buy the 'really good' pants I wanted. When I went back to the "Hongshikan" regiment headquarters the next day, I made a special detour to a department store on Qingshui Street and spent eight yuan to buy a pair of "really good" pants.
When I took the "really good" trousers, I was filled with joy and excitement in my heart, because it was the most expensive thing I had worn since I was sixteen or seventeen years old. And the texture of the "really good" pants in my hand conveys to me the feeling of texture in my heart, which is indeed a feeling of enjoyment for me.
I remember that the "really good" pants have been with me for more than three years, and I basically don't wear them on weekdays, except when I go home from the "Red Rock Kan" regiment headquarters on Sundays or holidays. Although it was only a pair of pants bought for eight yuan, in my heart, I cherished those pants more than my lover Xiao Chen, who taught physical education at Fangjia Middle School.
Once I ironed it with a large porcelain cup filled with fresh boiled water, who knew that the ironing became two straight edges and corners, which made me feel distressed for a long time!
In the spring of 1982, I went to the Chengdu People's Shopping Mall with my wife, and my wife used more than 100 yuan to buy me a set of navy blue pure wool tunic like Mr. Xiao Chen, with four pockets, and a "style and discipline button" at the neckline of the clothes. When you hold a set of clothes and pants in your hand, you can feel its thick and stiff texture, and the clothes and pants have a strong sense of sagging.
That winter, I wore that pure wool navy blue tunic on my body, and I felt that the cold wind was nothing at all.
A year later, my wife bought me a suit in the People's Mall, and the color of the suit was hemp gray. At that time, there were relatively few people wearing suits on Qingshui Street, and it was the first time I wore a suit.
When I arrived at the dam in the compound behind the district office, I was seen by our district magistrate Zhu Yigui, and Zhu Yigui said loudly with a smile: "Yo, Liu Hong, today your doll is wearing a suit with an open mouth behind the buttocks?!."It's also up!”。It made my face flush and I was very embarrassed.
When I think of some things in the past, I really feel that "the old past is sad to help up, let the years be full of autumn marks!".”。I hope that people's lives will be quiet!