Chapter 040 can be made
Over the next two days, Tang Yuan sold the remaining 100 eggs for 40 yuan. After deducting the 50 yuan for rent, she still had a dozen yuan left for her to use.
However, the prices in Hong Kong are not cheap nowadays. A dozen dollars can be the price of three meals a day, one meal, or even just a cup of coffee.
In addition to selling eggs, she also learned about the current situation in Hong Kong. In terms of cash comparison, there is definitely more cash in Hong Kong than in the mainland. In terms of the prices of certain electronic products, it is easier to buy them with wages in Hong Kong.
But in terms of daily necessities, the situation is not much better than in the mainland today.
However, you need a ticket to buy things in the mainland now, which limits the spending of many people. So in terms of living standards, Hong Kong is still better. If you really want to compare, you have to wait for the college entrance examination and after the reform and opening up.
However, the conditions in Hong Kong will generally be getting better and better by then. If you can have a stable job, life will definitely be better here.
No wonder so many people try their best to run here.
As she was thinking this, someone ran past her quickly, followed by a group of people, and the last one stopped in front of her: "Miss, please show me your ID."
She had seen a lot of people showing their ID in the past few days, so she easily understood what the other party said. She took out her ID from her small bag. The other party looked at it, returned the ID to her, spoke to her, and left with the main force.
As soon as the man left, someone in the shop next to her asked her, "Are you not from the mainland?"
"No," Tang Yuan answered in simple Cantonese, "Do I look like someone from the mainland?"
"Yes, but not," the other person looked at her for a few times. "They are dressed similarly, but people from the mainland are very cautious when walking on the street. There is always surprise in their eyes, as if they are afraid of being discovered. You are different. There is not much surprise in your eyes."
The other party spoke slowly. Tang Yuan heard a few key words, turned his head to look at the cars coming and going on the road, shook his head and replied briefly: "Not surprised."
She was really not surprised. In fact, in her eyes, the cars coming and going on the street looked a bit rustic.
The appearance of cars in the 1970s was very different from that of later cars. Many cars at that time were still called old cars. Compared with the later cars with smoother lines, the gap is quite large.
Not only cars, but also passers-by are the same.
She would also feel surprised, but it was mainly when comparing it to the current situation in the mainland. However, after looking at it for a long time, it is just like that: shirts, suits, jeans, dresses, all with a somewhat retro style.
There is nothing wrong with this style. After all, fashion is a circle, and retro Hong Kong style was popular for a while in later generations.
After communicating with the people who spoke to her in the store, she finally understood what those people were after. Many people coming from the mainland were unable to obtain documents normally and had to hide. Once they were caught, they would be deported.
Those people have risked their lives to come here, so they definitely don’t want to go back.
Compared with the current situation in the mainland where bicycles are extremely rare, Hong Kong is indeed advanced with cars and high-rise buildings everywhere. She has seen the situation in the mainland in the future and doesn't think there is anything good about it, but she believes that the current situation in Hong Kong will make most people from the mainland feel like they are in a different world.
She chatted with the people in the store for a long time, or rather, the people in the store chatted with her for a long time unilaterally. She mostly just echoed them in brief words, but later she had to acknowledge the importance of language environment.
She had been trying to avoid communicating with people as much as possible these past few days, which resulted in her not making much progress in understanding Cantonese. But now, when she talked to people, she not only understood what the other person meant by guessing, but also learned some very useful Cantonese words, which made her more confident in communicating with others.
"I want to buy some old newspapers and books."
"Let me introduce you to a place..." The person in the store familiarly answered and told Tang Yuan the specific address. She even showed reluctance when Tang Yuan was about to leave. "I haven't been so happy talking to someone in a long time. Come over and visit me when you have time."
Tang Yuan wanted to say that you were happy just because you talked unilaterally, but of course in the end she said nothing, she just exchanged names with the other party.
The other person's name is also very characteristic of Hong Kong at that time, called Liang Meiyi.
After saying that, she headed towards the nearby recycling station, and following the direction Liang Meiyi pointed, she quickly found a place where many old newspapers and books were piled up.
The amount of waste paper here is obviously much more than that in the recycling station near Shen Wenyu. There are also quite a few piles of waste paper that have been brought here for disposal. Many old books look very new, and there are quite a few story books and novels mixed in among them.
Of course, there were also the martial arts newspapers and books that were very popular at that time.
She hoped to learn Cantonese by reading books, story books being the most suitable. In the end, she picked out a pile of martial arts books, a pile of martial arts newspapers, and a few basic elementary school textbooks, spending a total of five yuan.
When it was weighed, the amount was not even five dollars. In order to make the number even, the other party randomly picked a few old books from the pile and put them on top of the books and newspapers she had chosen, thus making the total five dollars for her.
Tang Yuan wanted to say something, but when he saw the other person turn around and reveal the tattoos on his arms and back, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
She was just an ordinary person. If she went head-on with such a local tyrant, she would end up in trouble no matter what.
When the man saw that she didn't say anything, he just smiled and looked at her: "You know your appearance."
Tang Yuan raised the corner of his mouth, pretending not to understand the weird talk.
The weight was so heavy that the other party tied all the old books and newspapers together with a plastic rope and threw them at Tang Yuan's feet, then spoke directly to the person in line behind her.
Tang Yuan left with the old books and newspapers, and could still hear the conversation behind him.
But she remembered that the man in the queue also looked fierce.
After walking a few steps, she heard the voices behind her getting louder and louder. She turned around and saw the two men grabbing each other by the collar and a fight was about to break out.
Seeing this scene, she immediately turned around and walked away quickly with the old books and newspapers.
On her way back, she happened to pass through a slightly hidden alley when she heard the sound of fists hitting flesh again. She quickly turned around and left by another way. Even after she had walked a long way, she was still frightened.
Hong Kong is indeed full of crises today. As an ordinary person, it is really not suitable for her to run around everywhere, otherwise she will not be able to deal with the danger if she encounters it.
Next time she goes out, she'll have to find a way to bring some weapons with her.
When she reached the main road, she looked around but couldn't find the way back for a while. Fortunately, she remembered the landmark buildings around her residence when she came here. After asking a few passers-by, she found the direction and returned to her residence smoothly.
Someone was talking downstairs in my residence.
"Five hundred and eight? Are you crazy to buy such expensive clothes?"
"This is the same style as celebrities. Look at me wearing this dress. Do I look like a celebrity?"
"I don't think you look like a star, but an idiot. Five hundred and eighty, I'll make five hundred and sixty of your money."
"You don't understand clothes, Jiaqi, come here, look at my clothes. Do I look beautiful in them? Look, look." The person who spoke posed in a way that highlighted her slim waist and long hair. She winked at Tang Yuan with a pair of eyes painted with heavy makeup.
However, although the eye makeup is very heavy, her face is indeed suitable for heavy makeup, coupled with a head of bright long curly hair, making her whole face look particularly harmonious.
Tang Yuan praised sincerely: "It's very beautiful, really beautiful, she looks better than the clothes."
"Jiaqi is still good at talking. Look, she also said that I am pretty."
"No matter how nice it is, it shouldn't stop you from spending 580 yuan on a 20-yuan dress. Jiaqi, why do you buy so many old books and newspapers? Your house will be full of space, right?"
"I'll clean it up and then slowly throw away the unwanted things," Tang Yuan said, deliberately saying, "There seems to be mice in my room. I took out a few pieces of clothing these two days and they were all bitten to pieces."
"It's all that gossip's fault. She just picks up garbage all day long. She takes all the dirty and smelly things. Rats and cockroaches have come here. Jiaqi, you really need to clean up the things in your room. Otherwise, the bed will collapse."
"I'll pay attention." Tang Yuan nodded, chatted briefly with the two of them, placed the old books and newspapers in front of and behind him, and carried them upstairs in a "parallel" state.
The two people downstairs were still discussing the price of clothes.
She walked to a higher place and looked back at the dress.
Nowadays, cloth coupons are still needed to buy cloth in the mainland, but cloth coupons are no longer needed in Hong Kong. She has not redeemed the cloth in the game space during this period of time because she wants to save more game coins to upgrade or redeem things she needs more.
But if she could buy fabric without tickets, she could just buy fabric, process it into clothes and sell them. She could also remember the clothing drawings in the game space and use them directly to make fabric in reality.
Thinking of this, she turned around, went back inside, entered the house in the dark, locked the door, and then went directly into the game space carrying the old books and newspapers.
This used to be the "cloakroom".
She put down what she was holding and went to the cabin to get the cloth she had found while packing up.
The fabric was a piece of floral fabric with some dirty marks on it. She had originally thought of selling it when she had time. The fabric was old in style and could be considered as some material stored at the bottom of a closet. No one would be suspicious if she sold it.
Today I just happened to use it to try making clothes.
She clicked on the control panel in the cloakroom, opened the clothing drawing library, and found a most basic long-sleeved dress style among a large number of gray drawings.
After confirming the purchase, she placed the floral fabric on it, and the usual selection interface immediately appeared.
She avoided the stained areas and only selected the areas without stains or with light stains, and clicked to confirm the production.
The production interface immediately enters the countdown.
This was enough for her, proving that she could indeed bring in fabrics from outside and make them in this way, and earn the difference in price from garment processing.
Now everything is ready, all we need is money!
At least she had to have enough money to buy enough fabric.