Jianlibao is really a new thing for the Bi family.
In the 1980s, Coca-Cola was considered too aristocratic, so small sodas were available in various places, such as Kyoto's Beibingyang and Shenyang's Bawangsi.
There is also one in Northeast China, but Bi Sheng has never tried it.
Jianlibao, which had become a hit at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and was hailed as "China's Magic Water," was unattainable for ordinary people. This was Bi Sheng's "first time," and it was his uncle who happened to buy it for him.
Bi Tiegang said, "What's the point of drinking it?", but in fact he felt really sorry for the child at this moment, although he didn't understand why he had to spend money to drink water, unlike canned food, which came with sugar water and meat.
I spent a lot of money to buy these four cans of drinks for my child, just because when I took them home, I found that this little one in his family is really sensible.
No one knew there was gas in the iron can. When the first can was opened, it sprayed all over the kang mat. Bi Sheng was so cowardly that he just stuck out his tongue and sucked the kang mat. Just when Bi Tie was about to scold him, Bi Sheng said with a smile:
"It's so sweet. If my grandfather were alive, he could have tasted it. He loves sweet things." Then he put the can to the couple's mouths.
Bi Tiegang and Liu Yafang both nodded, took two licks, and then waved their hands to indicate that it tasted bad.
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Bi Sheng laughed, not realizing his father's "revelation of conscience". The twelve-year-old boy raised his neck, raised his eyebrows and smiled:
"Dad, I'm not greedy, I'm just studying. Look, this is for you to hold your ash, and this is for Mom as a decoration. Doesn't it look like a flower?"
Bi Tielin sat on the edge of the kang, took it and looked at it. It was amazing! This Goudan was quite deft with his hands. He could bend the can and make it into something useful.
The young boy continued, "Even if I can't drink tomorrow, it's still nice to take a look, just as a reminder."
Bi Tiegang... (To be continued.)
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