North and South groceries

There are currently six classes in the Luoche Machine Workshop, with nearly 50 students in each class. These people work and learn skills during the day, and learn to read and write at night.

On summer nights, when neighbors sit in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, they can hear the sound of reading books coming from the machine workshop.

During the daytime, people from the machine workshop can also be seen walking around, most of them are dressed in gray short brown, light gray body, dark gray cross-collar, and two dark gray stripes are sewn on the side of the light gray trousers, and then tied. A dark gray belt looks quite energetic.

Women in the market are interested in their clothes, especially the stripes on the side of the trousers. I don't know where the style came from, and they have never seen it before.

Most of the women in these machine workshops are relatively rough in terms of appearance and appearance. They have never thought that they have any advantage in appearance compared with others. When the clothes came, they said they looked good.

Firstly, the clothes may indeed look better, and secondly, the spirit of this person is also very important.

These women are now fed and clothed in the Luoshi Machine Workshop. They are busy working and studying every day, and they have come into contact with many things that others cannot. They are like sponges desperately absorbing this knowledge and cherishing it. Hard-won opportunity.

Time passed day by day, and before they knew it, their backs gradually became straighter, their hands and feet stretched out, and their bodies gradually became focused and confident, so even if they still had the original appearance, slowly Some people also began to think that they look good.

Because I thought the gray and short brown suits worn by the girls in the machine shop looked good, soon some people in the shop learned to make them, not only in gray, but also in different colors.

Luo Yong was walking on the street once, and when he looked around, he happened to see a pair of black pants with white edges. He almost thought he was back in the 21st century.

Many people in Chang'an City said that the machine workshop run by the Luo family was not a workshop at all, but a place for girls to study.

There are also impeachments in the court, but fortunately, men in this era do not treat women as wolves and tigers, so everyone in the court does not take it seriously. Just laugh it off and don't take it seriously.

It has to be said that as the weather became hotter day by day, the fighting ability of those admonishing officials and censors in the DPRK and China began to gradually become somewhat sluggish.

The number of people impeaching Luo Yong has been decreasing recently, and Luo Yong is happy to be quiet. He intends to calm down and let this summer pass. As for the matter of urging Wannian County to promote biogas digesters, he will not mention it now.

The county magistrate of Wannian County was born with high qualifications and senior qualifications, with a big temper and bad temper. It was very difficult to deal with it. The more Luo Yong asked him to build a biogas digester, the more he refused to do it, which was quite naive.

Luo Yong simply doesn't care about that side now, just let Du Gou and the others spread the biogas digesters on the Chang'an County boundary, so that every household here can light up biogas lamps, as for Wannian County, let them They went on lighting the lamps.

In Chang'an County, those places where the biogas digesters have been repaired are now in a big change.

At night, every household is lit with lights, and the street lights on the streets outside are often on all night long. In the early morning, some people get up early and go to the shops to eat a bowl of Hoto soup cakes. They were all lit with biogas lamps, and everywhere was bright.

This biogas is really cheap, and it doesn't hurt to light it up. Oil lamps are different. The lamp oil used to light lamps is mostly edible fat. Many people in this era are reluctant to eat oil, and even more reluctant to light lamps.

Not to mention ordinary people, even in that wealthy family, oil lamps are not lighted casually. How much lamp oil is allocated in each yard every month is allocated according to the budget. , it is still a minority.

There are more and more biogas lamps on the west side of the city, and some residents on the east side of the city are inevitably jealous when they see it.

On the boundary of Wannian County in the east of the city, although not every household is very rich, there are indeed many wealthy families and officials from the court. When Luo Yong proposed to promote biogas digesters in Wannian County earlier, he jumped out to oppose it. Most of those who live there live there, and the situation of these people is more embarrassing now.

Originally, with the nature of that coffin board, he thought he would fight to the death this time, but he turned off the fire so quickly this time, which made many people in Wannian County now think that they The biogas digester was destroyed by the opposition of these people.

How is that possible? How could such a large project be rejected by them in a few words? It was clearly because the Ministry of Households refused to take out the money!

Tobe: I didn't say anything.

Regarding the plight of those officials, Luo Yong was also happy to watch the show.

Could it be that others are only allowed to make fun of him, and he is not allowed to dig a hole for these people to jump into?

It's also stupid. Such a good livelihood project should jump out and oppose it.

Yue Mo had quarreled too much in this hall, and his head was dizzy from the noise.

In the final analysis, the main reason why the promotion of biogas digesters in Wannian County has not been completed yet is of course money.

I didn't see that the emperor and the few big bosses didn't say anything. Judging from what they meant, they obviously still felt that the repair of the railway track was more important. As for the biogas tank in Wannian County, we can put it aside for a while.

But it is obviously hard to explain this matter clearly. After all, there are so many people in Wannian County, and they are so close to each other. They live at the foot of the emperor, and no one wants to provoke their dissatisfaction.

As a result, a few people jumped out to take the blame at this time. It was not just right, so the blame was given to them.

Being an official in Chang'an City is like this, if you are not careful, you will be tricked.

Today there are times when Luo Yong deceives others, and in the future there must be times when others deceive Luo Yong. Some battle-tested veterans.

In the June month of the lunar calendar, the weather in Chang'an City was really too hot. The sun was poisonous, the air was stuffy, and there were many mosquitoes and flies. It was very difficult.

In addition, people in this era wear a lot of clothes, so there is no need to think about vests and shorts. People will talk about wearing short sleeves, and you have to put a pair of cloth socks on your feet if you wear clogs.What do you want to wear barefoot?No, that's the dress of an old farmer. People in this era call it a farm slave, which is a curse word.

Luo Yong endured and endured until mid-June, and finally couldn't bear it any longer. He didn't want to challenge the clothes and trousers for a while, but at least get him a pair of cooler and easier to wear shoes.

At this time, people wear shoes, no matter what winter or summer, they are either leather boots, cloth boots or clogs, and the clogs are cooler, but they are too heavy, and they are easy to slip if they are not heeled, so they are really not easy to wear.

Nanbei Grocery sells rubber-soled leather boots, and has long-term cooperation with bootmakers. Luo Yong customized a batch of rubber-soled leather sandals with them, not only for himself to wear, but also for sale in Beibei Grocery.

When it was put on the shelves, it sold quite well. These sandals are not only cool, but also easy to walk on. Many gentlemen feel very good after wearing them.

In recent years, Shannan Road and other places have vigorously developed the cultivation of eucommia gum, and there are many large and small eucommia gardens. Many local people rely on this industry to support their families.

After nearly ten years of development, the output of eucommia rubber in the Central Plains is now quite considerable, but any family that can live a little will give their carriages two eucommia rubber tires on the shore, and wearing rubber-soled leather boots has gradually become A very common thing.

There have always been rubber-soled leather boots for groceries in the north and south. After years of development, there are many styles, and the price is not very expensive. The most common boots can be bought for less than one hundred yuan, and the rubber is still used.

There are also some old glue sellers in the market, and the price is even lower. Most of these glues are second-hand Eucommia glue collected by hawkers from everywhere, and they have been re-refined. As for the soles, the price is naturally lower when the shoes are made and sold.

Nanbei Grocery has cooperated with Lishi Ma's. Ma's company has developed eucommia gum planting in Shannan Road early on. Because they brought upland rice seeds to the local people, they were welcomed by the local people, so they have developed there over the years. It was also very smooth.

Because the supply of goods is sufficient and stable, the price of eucommia glue products in North and South groceries is relatively cheap in the entire Chang'an City, and the quality is guaranteed, and they will never be shoddy.

This time, the sandals produced by Nanbei Groceries are very easy to wear, the uppers are soft, and the upper feet are relatively light. They walk with the feet and are cool. Many people bought them.

In the Luo family, not only Luo Yong and Goro Liulang wore these sandals, but even Si Niang and the others wore dark cloth socks and a pair of dark sandals. Lin Goro picked two pairs, two colors and styles, and asked him to change them on weekdays.

And those disciples of Luo Yong have also changed to this kind of shoes recently. They are all people who have to work. It is really too hot in summer. The shoes used to burn their feet, but after they put on these sandals, they are much more comfortable. up.

When Luo Yong is at home on weekdays, he doesn't even like to wear tabi socks. He wears sandals on his bare feet, which makes him feel cool.

When it was time to go to the county government office, he put on the cloth socks, and when it was time to go to the palace, he had to put on the cloth boots. After all, it was such a serious occasion, and he had to do whatever he wanted. wear.

This day was going to the imperial court again, Luo Yong's residence was also close to the palace gate, he got up early in summer, entered the palace early, entered the main hall, and waited in his place.

At this time, the officials all sat upright, sitting on the ground, and each person was given a cushion. The sitting posture was sitting upright, that is, kneeling. The emperor also sat, but he sat on a ridge couch, and his position was relatively high. In the past two years, the old emperor has also become a little lazy. He often sits cross-legged, and rarely sits upright.

Luo Yong sat on his own cushion, thinking about what he would say about today.

Don't let the ministers who arrive late walk past him one by one. It feels like when you used to arrive at the classroom earlier than other students when you were studying.

Luo Yong was thinking about something, when he raised his eyes, he saw someone wearing a pair of black leather sandals passing by him. When he raised his head to take a closer look, the person had already passed by, but this person was easy to recognize, after all, Chaozhong There are not many officials as high as him, and the color of the court uniform is also different from that of ordinary officials...

When it was time to go down to court, Luo Yong was walking out of the palace when he heard someone not far away asking Fang Xuanling, "Why is Fang Gong here wearing sandals today?"

Fang Xuanling has grown a bit older in the past two years. He talks and walks slowly. At this time, he looked down at his feet and replied slowly, "Oh, I forgot to change my shoes when I went out."

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From this day on, Mr. Fang forgot to change his shoes every time he went out. This whole summer, he was never seen wearing cloth boots again.