60s: I have a store

Chapter 220 Glass Beads

Zhou Yimin thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll bother you then."

The two men couldn't help but laugh when they saw that they had achieved their goal.

Wang Weimin asked, "Yimin, are you going to follow me right after work, or will you come over later?"

He didn't know if Zhou Yimin had anything else to deal with later, so he asked casually.

"Later, I'll go there by myself!" Zhou Yimin.

It is embarrassing to go to someone's house empty-handed. You have to know that when you go to someone's house for a meal, you have to bring your own food. Otherwise, when you eat at someone else's house, they will go hungry. Now everyone has a ration.

Even for Section Chief Wang, there probably isn't much to eat at home.

Wang Weimin said: "Okay, come here earlier."

When it's time to get off work, everyone puts down their work and goes home happily.

After get off work, Zhou Yimin was too lazy to go back to his own courtyard, and walked slowly towards Section Chief Wang's house.

If I had known that I was going to Section Chief Wang's house for dinner tonight, I would not have lent my bike to him. Fortunately, the place was not very far. After walking for about twenty minutes, I finally reached the courtyard where Wang Weimin was.

When he reached the corner, when no one was paying attention, Zhou Yimin took out a piece of beef, weighing about two kilograms, from his store backpack.

In addition, there was a bag of candy in his pocket.

The people in this courtyard had seen Zhou Yimin and knew that he was Section Chief Wang's man, so they did not stop him.

Besides, some residents of their courtyard house were from the steel plant, so how could they not know Zhou Yimin? Some even came up to say hello.

Zhou Yimin took out cigarettes and distributed them to everyone.

"Your purchasing department is still awesome!" someone sighed.

"There are also bad things. A few days ago, a purchasing agent of our factory was murdered. Didn't you hear about it?" Zhou Yimin shook his head.

After this was said, everyone fell silent.

Purchasers have to travel outside, especially to the countryside to purchase, and in this difficult period, it is a bit dangerous for purchasers to carry grain with them.

After chatting for a few words, Zhou Yimin walked towards Wang Weimin's house.

When Wang Weimin saw the beef in Zhou Yimin's hand, he immediately said politely, "Yimin, you are here, but what else do you bring? I don't want it next time."

I'm the only one working at home, so although I won't go hungry, the food won't be very good. If I weren't in the purchasing department, it would be even more difficult.

"Don't worry, Section Chief. There won't be a next time." Zhou Yimin promised.

Seeing this guy making a serious promise, Wang Weimin was speechless.

I'm just being polite to you, don't take it seriously!

If we ask who has the most abundant supplies, Zhou Yimin would say he is second, and no one dares to claim to be first.

At least that's what Wang Weimin thought.

Others may not understand, but as Zhou Yimin's old boss, doesn't he understand? Usually, when colleagues have dinner together, he brings the most things.

In the yard, Wang Weimin's three children were playing hopscotch.

Hopscotch, also known as hopping airplane or hopping grids, is a worldwide children's game and one of China's traditional folk sports games. It is interesting and entertaining and has been loved by children throughout the world.

It was quite common from the 20s to the 50s, with hopscotch playing areas available in some children's playgrounds, parks and primary school playgrounds.

Sometimes, even in an open space, as long as there is a piece of chalk or a branch, the children will draw the nine squares of hopscotch on the ground and then play together.

It is said that this game originated in the Roman Empire. The original game was 100 feet long and was mainly used for military training of Roman infantry.

Later, Roman children began to imitate the military training by marking lines and throwing stones in their own courts, and added a scoring system.

After that, hopscotch spread throughout Europe and gradually became a worldwide children's game. When Zhou Yimin saw this game, he suddenly felt full of memories. You know, I often played it when I was a child. However, children in the 21st century have too many choices, especially with the advent of electronic products, fewer children play these games.

In addition to hopscotch, there are also games like playing with stones, cat's tuck, and playing with glass beads.

"Uncle Zhou, do you want to play with us?" the oldest boy shouted.

They were no strangers to Zhou Yimin. Although he had only come to their house two or three times, he gave them delicious food every time he came.

"Stop playing and go back to do your homework." Wang Weimin glared.

However, the children were not afraid of him, but their mother. Dad often just gave verbal warnings, but mom would really beat them.

Zhou Yimin smiled.

Although I still remember how to play, I haven't played for a long time. I will definitely not be able to beat these kids, so I won't go and embarrass myself.

He first took out a bag of glass beads.

"Do you know how to play marbles?" Zhou Yimin asked them.

The three little guys immediately raised their hands and said one after another: "I can, I can!"

Zhou Yimin gave the bag of glass beads to the oldest child: "Divide it fairly, understand?"

Playing marbles is an ancient game that can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty.

In addition to glass beads, there are also beads made of ceramic marbles, steel balls, mud balls and other materials.

There are two most common ways to play: "out of the outline" or "hitting the tiger hole".

Draw a line on the ground as the boundary, and whoever's glass bead is knocked out loses; this is called "out of the line"; or dig five holes on the ground, and whoever finishes making five holes first becomes a "tiger", and then eats the glass bead of whoever it hits; this is called "hitting the tiger hole".

The situation is somewhat similar to golf.

To be honest, playing marbles is a bit addictive.

When Zhou Yimin was a child in his previous life, there were always some people who were defeated miserably and even took out the treasure of the mountain - the inlaid marbles, trying to fight to the death with bare hands.

That's really amazing. One inlaid glass bead is equivalent to two white glass balls, and one large transparent bead is equivalent to five white glass balls.

"Oh! It's glass beads. Thank you, Uncle Zhou." The three children were delighted.

Glass beads are something that many children dream of. For them, they are a treasure worth showing off.

If you take out a handful of glass beads in front of your friends, you will gain the envious gazes of all the children and easily become the king of children.

The three little guys divided the glass beads in front of Zhou Yimin and their father.

After giving them toys, Zhou Yimin took out some food - candy.

Give six or seven pills to each person.

Wang Weimin saw this and said, "Why don't you thank Uncle Zhou?"

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou." The three children said in unison.

With beads and candies, who would have the heart to play games? They all took the candies and beads out to show off.

If nothing unexpected happens, all the children in the hospital will gather around them. Whether it is glass beads or candies, they are all hard currency for children!

Wang Weimin led Zhou Yimin into the house, gave the beef Zhou Yimin brought to his wife, and asked her to fry it.

Zhou Yimin greeted her politely: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

Wang Weimin's wife also asked in surprise: "Yimin, why did you bring food here again?"

(End of this chapter)