Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

At breakfast, two twins who were eager to work as part-time tour guides gave up the idea with tears in their eyes under the loving care of their mother.

If you ask them why they have tears in their eyes, it’s because they love their school and their classmates. In short, they love them deeply!

It was the same combination as yesterday. Chang Zhengyang and his second uncle, with their little pig, continued their unfinished journey in the warm early autumn sun.

"Brother, brother, there are so many foreigners over there!"

Chang Zhengyang looked in the direction that little Pigsy pointed and found that it was the Friendship Store.

"Oh, those foreigners went shopping. There's nothing to see."

The little girl nodded and asked in confusion: "Buying something? Is it delicious? Big brother, I want to eat too..."

Chang Zhengyang was stunned when he heard this and scratched the back of his head. He really couldn't agree to this request.

Because it was a Friendship Store, only staff from consulates of various countries, their families, and staff from China's foreign affairs agencies were allowed to enter.

If other people want to go in, they can also go in and shop by holding specific redemption coupons issued by relevant departments.

The most important thing is that the Friendship Store does not recognize the Great Unity, it only recognizes foreign currency!

And he has no connections in foreign affairs.

It seems that the only way is to divert the attention of little Pig!

"Zhuzhu wants to eat delicious food. Okay, as long as you behave well, I will take you to eat roast duck at noon, okay?"

Roast Duck?

The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Brother, Piglet is very well behaved!"

"Well, big brother knows that my piggy is the best behaved."

Chang Zhengyang raised his hand and rubbed her little head. At this time, his second uncle leaned over and asked softly, "Zhengyang, where is that place?"

Chang Zhengyang waved his hand and said, "Well, it's nothing. It's just a place where the country earns foreign exchange. Only foreigners can enter. Let's go."

"Friendship Store?"

My second uncle muttered something, as if he had thought of something, slapped his forehead, took out his wallet, rummaged through it, and took out ten pieces of paper that looked similar to bills.

"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. When I first came back, a staff member gave it to me and told me that when I left, I could go to the Friendship Store to buy some gifts to take back. I remember the Friendship Store he mentioned was near Donghuamen. It looks like this is it."

Chang Zhengyang took the ticket and looked at it. Wow, it was really an exchange voucher from the Friendship Store!

After returning the voucher to his uncle, he smiled and said, "What they said is right. When you go back to Java, you can go there and buy some things to bring back. I haven't seen the things in the Friendship Store, but I've heard from others that they are all top-quality tobacco, alcohol, tea, silk, porcelain, and pastries from all over the country. If it were a few decades ago, these things would have been tributes. In addition to these, there are also imported and in-demand goods. It would be nice for you to buy some and bring them back as gifts."

When my second uncle heard this, his expression changed and he was obviously moved. He didn't expect that the exchange voucher would be so useful.

In fact, it is not his fault. First, he has lived abroad for a long time and is not clear about the situation in China. Second, the staff member did not explain it clearly.

However, Chang Zhengyang expressed doubts about these.

How could an intelligence officer with a mission not do this homework in advance?

Chang Zhengyang suppressed his thoughts, and saw his second uncle raised his hand and said, "Since we are here, let's go in and take a look."

Chang Zhengyang had no objection to his second uncle's suggestion. The happiest one was little Pig. When she knew that they were going to the place where there were many foreigners to buy things, she danced with joy.

They parked their bicycles outside the Friendship Store and successfully entered the Friendship Store after showing the redemption coupons.

Compared with Wangfujing Department Store, the decoration inside is a bit antique. There are not as many foreigners shopping there as one might imagine. After all, there are not many wealthy countries.

Chang Zhengyang looked towards the counter and his eyes lit up. Wow, the counter was full of Huazi and Moutai.

Especially Huazi, he has missed it for a long time, not only the taste of Huazi, but also the filter tip of Huazi.

Most cigarettes these days don’t have filters!

Chang Zhengyang would crush the cigarette butt every time he finished smoking. He didn't want others to pick up his cigarette butts and continue smoking them. It was really disgusting.

Don't doubt it, many people who can't afford to buy cigarettes, or are reluctant to buy them, specifically pick up cigarette butts thrown on the ground by others to smoke.

For example, Chang Zhengyang had seen the old man from the next yard take apart the cigarette butts he picked up, roll up the tobacco from seven or eight butts with a piece of paper, and smoke it with relish.

Although Huazi is good, the problem is that he can't buy it even if he wants to. This thing is generally not sold in supply and marketing cooperatives. Another thing is that cigarette tickets have grades, and Huazi cannot be bought with ordinary cigarette tickets.

This kind of cigarette ticket is rare even in the ghost market.

Of course, Chang Zhengyang didn’t go looking for it on purpose. If he really wanted to find it, he could have found it, but he just didn’t want to go through the effort.

Besides, not many people around you smoke Daqianmen, so if you smoke Huazi, you will stand out from the crowd.

But looking at my second uncle again, his eyes were also attracted by the cigarettes and alcohol. He sided with the principal back then. There was a very important point: he wanted to eat good food and use good things.

So he bought a box of Fenjiu without hesitation. When he was about to buy cigarettes, Chang Zhengyang suggested that he buy Huazi and told him that he would never regret it.

So my second uncle bought two packs of Huazi cigarettes with doubt. He originally planned to buy two packs of Marlboro cigarettes.

After buying cigarettes and alcohol, they bought some Longjing tea, weighed a few pounds of cakes, and finally went to the imported goods section to buy a box of chocolates for Zhuzhu, and then bought two bottles of red wine and two bottles of whiskey.

It was the first time for the little girl to eat chocolate in her life. At first, she was a little reluctant to eat it because it was black in color. But with the encouragement of Chang Zhengyang, she took a tentative lick.

It's a bit bitter and a bit sweet, it tastes weird!

Little Pig frowned and licked the chocolate with disgust, then another lick. Soon, she had finished the chocolate.

"Brother, I want to eat more!"

"You can't eat anymore. If you eat more, your teeth will fall out. Also, shouldn't you share some with your parents and your sister?"

Little Pig looked at the pocket in Chang Zhengyang's hand with some reluctance. The remaining chocolates were all there.

"Well, Piggy knows, and Piggy will share it with everyone!"

My second uncle smiled and said, "It's just some chocolate, Piggy, I'll buy you some more!"

Chang Zhengyang raised his hand to stop his uncle, shook his head and said seriously: "Uncle, I'm teaching my child. It's not like I can't get chocolate. Can you please stop making trouble?"

"Well, Piglet is blessed to have you as his big brother!"

Seeing this, the second uncle smiled with emotion and did not insist any more. A look of nostalgia appeared in his eyes, as if he was recalling the childhood days of them and his brothers.