Chapter 296 Orange's Small Treasury
As the New Year approaches, the festive atmosphere in this alley is getting stronger and stronger.
There is a touch of comfort in the daily life of the people living in the compound.
When people have free time, they want to find something fun to do, which can be any of these three things: shopping for groceries, perming their hair, and taking a bath.
For example, Gao Xiulan would go to the vegetable market with a basket at six in the morning to buy vegetables. If she could get some fresh live fish, she would be happy all day long.
The vegetables in the vegetable market are neatly stacked on the shelves, and vegetables of different colors form colorful pictures.
There are a row of small stalls and carts at the foot of the wall. People will squeeze in to buy some fresh farm vegetables when they see them.
When it comes to hair, there was no choice in the past. Basically, it was short hair or braided hair.
However, in the past, no one dared to show off in public with a big wave, as the risk was too great.
It’s different now. People are richer and more confident.
In 1980, the heroine in the movie "Lush Mountain Love" had shoulder-length curly hair, which made her look particularly pretty and bright.
Going to the barber shop to get your hair permed costs a few dollars, which is considered a relatively luxurious expense.
It’s okay if you don’t have money, you can burn it yourself at home with tongs.
He tilted his head, took a small handful of hair and wrapped it around the hot tongs, and with a "sizzling" sound, wisps of white smoke came out.
Smelling the strong burnt smell coming from the hair, if you are too happy, you might accidentally burn your hands.
Street barber stalls are even simpler and more mobile.
A 28-bar bicycle was loaded with the food supplies, and a piece of white cloth was tied to the front bar with the words "Collapse of Hair for Men and Women" written on it.
There's a stool, and people sit down. Then they take the clippers and scissors and shave their heads. That's it.
Xie Da Jiao and her friends loved to go to the big bathhouse together, staying there from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the price was 22 cents per visit.
After soaking, I lay on the bed with a pot of jasmine tea at hand. My mouth was not idle either, chatting with an old friend next to me. The day passed quickly.
"Look at you, do you look like a father?
Her hair is getting more and more fancy every day. It was straight yesterday, and it's curly today.
You are a person who is always worried about money, right? What's the matter? Why are you still arguing with me? "
The front yard became bustling early in the morning.
Jin Qiaofeng just went out for a while and when she came back, her son changed his face and looked at her with a smile.
He was so angry that he rushed forward and grabbed Ernengzi's ear.
"Stop, stop, stop. The head can be broken, but the hairstyle must not be messed up.
This is my new perm, it’s the fashion now, mom, you don’t understand.”
Ernengzi bent over, lowered his head, and grinned, which made Guoqing laugh so hard that his teeth were showing.
小孩子最爱看大人挨揍了。
"You just have so much money to burn! How dare you go to work with such a mess after the New Year?"
"Oh, the hair potion won't work in a few days, and I guess it won't be this curly anymore."
"Jin Qiaofeng, just be content. Ernengzi's hair permed like this is better than his old slicked-back hair."
Diao Yulian came out after hearing the sound, holding a bowl in her hand and slurping the porridge.
I don’t know what kind of evil wind blew a while ago, but all the young men and women had their hair slicked back, revealing their smooth and big foreheads.
If you put some hair oil on it, any fly that lands on it will fall flat on its butt.
Previously, her family's Wu Shengli's conspicuous bag had to follow the trend and secretly used up her small bottle of osmanthus hair oil, which really made her very angry.
"Mom, you guys don't understand, this is the trend today.
Look, I got my hair permed at Silian Barber Shop, it cost me a lot of money!"
Ernengzi didn't notice and let it slip that he chose a cold perm, which cost him eight dollars.
This is the case when using domestic lotion. If you use imported lotion, it will cost fifteen yuan to perm your hair.
Jin Qiaofeng couldn't control her loud voice anymore: "It's so expensive!"
Anyway, she couldn't bear to do it, so she just rolled it up at home with tongs.
Diao Yulian touched her shoulder-length hair and felt something in her heart.
"It's almost Chinese New Year, why don't we get a perm too?"
She has taken on a lot of work this year, mainly doing makeup and hairstyles for brides.
After Jin Qiaofeng introduced someone to a date, she immediately brought her things to the person's door.
The two of them cooperated very well.
However, Diao Yulian's own craftsmanship was indeed good, and as word spread, more people came to her.
Last year, she actually earned nearly 200 yuan. Now Wu Shengli has to look at her face at home and dares not say anything more.
"Okay, Diao Yulian, you're rich now, so you're really arrogant."
Jin Qiaofeng was a bit stingy. She saved all the money she earned and put it in a small tin box, which she hid on the beam of her house.
He would take it down and count it from time to time, and then lie in his money nest with a smile on his face.
“Matchmaker Jin, what you are talking about is not just a perm?
Although it is a bit expensive to go to Silian, if we women don’t treat ourselves well, how can you expect others to take you there?”
Diao Yulian twisted her waist and kicked her legs.
"Then I'll go ask Xiulan and the others if they want to go. I might as well just invite someone to go together."
Jin Qiaofeng actually had another thought in mind: if her hair got ruined by a perm, she wouldn't be the only one who would look ugly.
"Okay, I'll go ask."
Diao Yulian twisted her body and went to the east side of the backyard, and shouted at the top of her lungs before anyone even entered the house.
"Gao Xiulan, where have you been? Are you going to get your hair permed?
Oh, Xiaotong is here too."
The footsteps paused, and the voices became less noisy.
Lin Xiaotong sat in the rocking chair in the main room, with the door closed and a large book on her lap.
Orange was wrapped up thickly, lying on his father's back, talking to his mother.
Xie Yi sat by and roasted sweet potatoes on the iron coal stove, stirring them with tongs from time to time.
After seeing who it was, he replied, "Hey, Aunt Diao, what do you want to talk to my mom about?"
"Come here, what do you want from me?"
Gao Xiulan came back from outside with a basket. She had just returned from buying groceries.
"It's time to perm your hair, why don't you go?" Diao Yulian twisted a strand of hair with her hands.
"Isn't this my newly permed hair?"
Gao Xiulan put the basket on the ground.
"It's been so long since you did that. The ends of your hair aren't even curled anymore. We're going to Silian this time. Are you really not going?"
"Quadruple? That's going to cost a lot of money."
Gao Xiulan hasn't had much money in her wallet recently, so she's still a little hesitant.
Lin Xiaotong heard this and was about to speak when her own daughter interrupted her.
"Grandma, I have money, I'll treat you!"
Chengzi rushed into the room like a little cannonball, and soon came out with a tin box in his arms, and tiptoed to put it into Gao Xiulan's hand.
"Grandma, I have money, you can also get your National Day dad's big waves."
Gao Xiulan's face was as smiling as a flower, and she hugged her eldest granddaughter.
She said, "How can I use your money? It's enough that I'm thinking of you. You can keep it for buying candy. Your dad will pay for it."
Diao Yulian rolled her eyes: Damn, Gao Xiulan is showing off again.
Xie Yi thought about his empty treasury and came up with an idea.
"Mom, just keep the oranges I gave you. She's sure to earn more next year anyway.
Isn't that right, girl?"
Gao Xiulan glared at her eldest son and said, "Listen, this father only knows how to cheat his children out of their money."
Orange looked as if he had received praise and held his head high and chest puffed out.
"Of course. We've all agreed that we'll still be selling popsicles next summer."
This summer, the children in the compound felt bored when they were not in class, and they knew every nook and cranny of this alley well.
Hu Tou and Wu Jiabao, who were already in junior high school, led two little kids, pushing bicycles with foam boxes tied to the back seats, and went from street to street selling popsicles.
After selling out, go to the cold drink factory to purchase more, the wholesale price will still be cheaper.
Because it was a profitable business, I didn't dare use the bicycles in Wu Jiabao's house that fell apart from time to time.
Lin Xiaotong's ladies' bicycle was lent out, and she also sponsored a fancy stick figure sign.
The team of two big and two small kids selling popsicles has become a unique landscape in this alley.
The old men playing chess under the shade of the trees were quite considerate and would buy one or two chess pieces every time.
"Mom, go ahead. I want to get a long perm too. I didn't have time last time, so this time is perfect."
Lin Xiaotong stood up and took Gao Xiulan's arm and said.
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