In early July, Lin Chaoyang received the manuscript payment slip from "October" in the mail. In the evening, he handed the money to Tao Yushu, a total of forty-five yuan.
"I want to buy a set of stationery for Yu Mo."
My sister-in-law is about to take the college entrance examination. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Lin Chaoyang agreed without hesitation, "It should be done."
The next day Tao Yushu bought a complete set of stationery, including Hero brand iridium pens, Ostrich brand ink, Huaxing brand triangle ruler, ruler and semicircle...
This set of stationery is more complete than what Tao Yumo usually uses, and the key is that it is all from a brand. Just a hero brand iridium pen costs three and a half yuan. The price of this set of stationery is almost as much as Tao Yumo’s two months ago.
Pocket money.
She was so happy that she jumped up and jumped on her sister, "Sister! You are really my good sister~"
"Don't do this!" Tao Yushu pushed his enthusiastic sister away, "This is for you to prepare for the college entrance examination. Don't fail the test."
"What a bummer!"
Tao Yumo muttered and left his sister's arms, turning to look at his eldest brother Tao Yucheng, "Brother, the college entrance examination is about to take place. You don't have anything to give me?"
"Have you forgotten that I helped you make up your essay for a month?"
Tao Yumo suddenly remembered the fear of being dominated by his elder brother's words and was speechless.
Two days later, the annual college entrance examination was held as scheduled.
At this time, it was not important for the whole family to take the exam. Only Tao Yucheng, who was fine, rode his bicycle to accompany his sister to the college entrance examination.
But early in the morning, the whole family still stood very solemnly at the door of the unit and watched the two people leave.
"I don't know what Yumo can do in the exam!" Tao Yushu said worriedly.
"Yu Mo's grades are so good, he will definitely not be bad."
The three Tao brothers and sisters inherited the excellent genes from their parents, and their academic performance is not bad. The eldest brother-in-law was a college student in the 1960s. Tao Yushu was admitted to Yanzhou Normal University in the first year after the college entrance examination was resumed. The sister-in-law's grades in school are stable on weekdays.
Ranked in the top ten.
Don't underestimate this top ten, she is studying at the High School Affiliated to Yanda University.
In the 1950s and 1960s, students at the High School Affiliated to Yanjing University shouted the slogan "Affiliated to Yanzhong University". The so-called affiliated universities were Shuimu and Yanda. Other famous schools in Yanjing did not even have the word "affiliated".
After watching Tao Yumo off, what should everyone do?
After working all morning, Lin Chaoyang left the library and was about to go to the cafeteria for lunch when he saw a foreign girl with brown hair carrying a makeshift package wrapped in sheets, which seemed to contain a lot of things.
She ran to the willow tree by Weiming Lake, where the sun could not reach her. Then she opened the sheet, revealing a bunch of miscellaneous things inside, and sat down by the lake without saying anything.
Lin Chaoyang looked curious, walked up to him, and asked: "This classmate, what are you doing?"
The brown-haired girl glanced at Lin Chaoyang and said, "Sell!"
Lin Chaoyang could tell that her Chinese was average, so he changed to English and asked: "Do you want to sell these things?"
Seeing that he was fluent in English, the brown-haired girl became interested in communicating and started talking to Lin Chaoyang.
It turns out that the brown-haired girl's name is Anetta Bones, and she is a Canadian student studying abroad. She is about to graduate and leave China, so she wants to sell some things she can't take with her.
After understanding the situation, Lin Chaoyang glanced at Aneta's simple stall with interest, including English books, stationery, and a small electric stove...
Most of the things Aneta displayed were daily necessities. Although most of them were written in English, these things can also be bought in China, so there is nothing rare about them.
Until Lin Chaoyang glanced at a "brick", his eyes stopped.
"How much does this cost?"
"Twenty dollars!"
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "It's too expensive. Twenty yuan is equivalent to half a month or even a month's salary for people here."
Aneta explained: "This is not available in your country. I bought it from Xiangjiang."
"I've heard people say that this thing only costs a few yuan in Xiangjiang. It's cheaper, five yuan."
Lin Chaoyang cut his ankle with his first move, betting that the little foreigner in front of him didn't understand the market.
Aneta knew that her product was relatively rare in the country and did not want to lower the price.
"The price you gave me is too low, I don't want to sell it," Aneta said very directly.
At this time, someone also started to be interested in Aneta's stall, and Lin Chaoyang said, "How about ten yuan?"
Hearing the price, Aneta hesitated and said, "Eighteen yuan."
"Twelve yuan, just twelve yuan. You can buy a new one in Xiangjiang for the same price."
Aneta couldn't help but retort: ​​"There are still tariffs!"
"But this is a second-hand one. So, I'll give you another dollar, thirteen dollars, no more."
Lin Chaoyang knew that his bid was already very close to Aneta's psychological price, so he directly took out his pocket and lost the money without waiting for her to say anything.
When Aneta saw this, she no longer hesitated. The two paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other. Lin Chaoyang successfully got the "brick".
Lin Chaoyang wanted to check the battery and recording function, and saw several tapes on Aneta's stall, including two of Teresa Teng's songs.
Anita said these were for her to learn Chinese, so Lin Chaoyang spent one yuan to buy all these tapes.
After confirming that there was no problem, he said hello to Aneta.
"Goodbye, Aneta, I hope everything goes well for you on your return home!"
"Thank you, Chinese friends!"
Back at the library, Lin Chaoyang hid in the stacks and tinkered with the "Yang Luo" he bought for thirteen yuan.
This was a Sharp brick player and recorder. Anetta said she bought it in Xiangjiang. It seemed to be cheap, so it was probably a smuggled parallel import.
Although it is a parallel import, fortunately the quality is good and the sound quality is also good.
Lin Chaoyang was tinkering with the recorder when Du Rong ran up from downstairs and said, "I just said there was something going on on the second floor."
She ran over excitedly and listened to the "sound of ecstasy" coming from the recorder, her face full of intoxication.
"There are many stories in this small town, full of joy and joy..."
After being obsessed for a while, Du Rong came back to his senses and asked: "Where did you get this thing? Such a small tape recorder?"
"There was an overseas student who was going back to China and went to set up a stall by the lake to sell goods, and I happened to bump into him."
"How much?"
"Thirteen dollars."
"So cheap?"
Du Rong's face was full of surprise. The tape recorders in department stores these days start at more than 100 yuan.
The one Lin Chaoyang is holding is not as big as a book. It is probably not sold in China, but he only spent thirteen yuan?
"You can be regarded as picking up a 'foreign drop' today." Du Rong said with envy.
"If I can buy a new one, I really don't want to pick up this foreign product. I can't buy it!"
Lin Chaoyang didn't just get a cheap deal, but he thought he should buy a brand new one for his wife.
But who said that the current social conditions do not allow it, but it is fine, buy a second-hand one, he does not even have to find a reason for money.
Du Rong nodded. You need to have money and tickets to go to the department store. Although this is second-hand, it is cheap and you don’t need a ticket!
"Just be satisfied! I think it's no different from the new one."
"Well, it probably won't be of much use."
Given Aneta's Chinese proficiency, the damage to the recorder was justified.
"You really got a big deal."
Du Rong said again, wishing that she would encounter such a good thing.
Lin Chaoyang smiled and did not answer.
Du Rong didn't say anything anymore, and focused on the record player, mesmerized.
After the song ended, she came back to her senses with a bit of sadness and said, "It sounds so good!"
Du Rong usually has a cheerful personality, but Lin Chaoyang rarely sees such a sentimental side of her. He smiled and said: "It's just a song, how good can it be, no matter how good it sounds?"
"You don't understand at all."
Lin Chaoyang really couldn't empathize with it. After all, his ears had been baptized by so much gaudy music in later generations.
Du Rong and others have been listening to life songs and model operas since they were young. When they hear this kind of song unexpectedly, they may feel much stronger.
After saying a few words, Lin Chaoyang glanced at his watch. Before he could say anything, Du Rong said "Ouch" and ran downstairs. He couldn't help but laugh.
After fishing for ten minutes or so, I guess there are a lot of book request cards downstairs.
After work, Lin Chaoyang walked home humming a little tune. It happened that his uncle and sister-in-law had just returned from the examination room.
"Brother! Yumo!"
After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang did not ask about the exam. When he returned home, the Tao family tacitly agreed not to mention the matter, but Tao Yumo took the initiative to mention today's exam.
The test was Chinese language from 8 to 10:30 in the morning, and Tao Yumo had no idea about the final composition.
She recited the title and the content of the composition she had written to Lin Chaoyang, hoping to hear the opinions of her brother-in-law, a great writer.
"I've been tutoring you on your composition for a month. There will definitely be no problem." My uncle Tao Yucheng said from the side.
Tao Yumo was impatient, "Brother, don't interrupt yet!"
The eldest uncle retreated with a deeply shocked look on his face and complained to his wife Zhao Li: "This girl is superstitious about authority now."
"You also said that Chaoyang is the authority."
Tao Yucheng opened his mouth but was speechless.
This year's essay topic for Yanjing is: Read the following article from "The Second Examination" carefully and rewrite it into a narrative essay "The Story of Chen Yiling".
In the composition of the Chinese language test, the most important thing is to answer the questions, followed by the structure of the article and the choice of words and sentences. Lin Chaoyang listened to Tao Yumo roughly retelling the composition she wrote, and said in deep thought: "I think it is very good. If I judge the paper
I will definitely give it an 'excellent'."
At this time, even if my sister-in-law wrote a piece of shit, Lin Chaoyang would still say it was "excellent". There is still an exam tomorrow.
After dealing with his sister-in-law and returning to the room, Lin Chaoyang pulled Tao Yushu into the room and carefully took out the Sharp player and recorder from his clothes.
"Thum thump thump thump!" He held the things in front of Tao Yushu as if offering a treasure.
"This is..." Tao Yushu looked hesitant and didn't dare to recognize it for a while.
"The recorder is for you to learn English."
Tao Yushu looked surprised, "It's really a recorder? So small? Where did you get it?"
"This is portable, so of course it has to be smaller."
Lin Chaoyang was very happy when he saw Tao Yushu holding the recorder in his hand and playing with it. He couldn't put it down.
After a while, Tao Yushu pulled away from the joyful mood and asked again: "You haven't told me yet, where did you get it? Is it expensive? Where did you get the money?"
The excited tone showed the hostess's good mood, and Lin Chaoyang pretended to be secretive, "Guess!"
"I can't guess where I am. I won't say I'll knock you down."
Lin Chaoyang immediately grabbed her, "Okay, I'll tell you."
"You know there are international students in Shaoyuan, right?"
"nonsense!"
Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him. She had lived in Yanyuan since she was a child. How could she not even know this?
"I was going to the cafeteria to eat at noon today, and I happened to see a foreign student..."
Lin Chaoyang recounted his experience of buying a video recorder and asked Tao Yushu: "Why do international students do this when they want to graduate?"
"No. Some people give it directly to their roommates, and there are very few people who sell it second-hand. But even if it is a gift, many people don't dare to accept it, let alone a sale."
"Why?"
"I'm afraid of getting into trouble. If you get involved with an international student, it's a big deal. We don't want to get into trouble."
Lin Chaoyang shook his head speechlessly.
"Then this recorder."
Tao Yushu said with a smile: "It's okay. Everyone is just afraid of the possible trouble, but there is no guarantee that there will be any trouble."
She rubbed the recorder with her hand, "With this thing, learning English will be much easier."
Lin Chaoyang smiled happily, "Then give it a try quickly."
Tao Yushu shook his head, "Don't try, just let it go for two days. Yumo will take the college entrance examination in these two days, so don't worry about her."
After listening to her words, Lin Chaoyang held her hand and flattered her, "My wife is so considerate!"
Then he leaned into Tao Yushu's ear and said, "I also want to study hard tonight!"
Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him charmingly, "That will have to wait until Yumo finishes the college entrance examination."
"Oh! My sister-in-law is taking the college entrance examination, why are you giving her brother-in-law a hard time?"
Tao Yushu patted his chest lightly, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Chapter completed!