In addition to watching the TV series "Under the Zhengyang Family", Xiang Nan also collected a series of political, economic, scientific and cultural materials from 1975 to the new century.

Subsequently, he officially took over Cheng Jianjun's task.

A door of light appeared out of thin air, and Xiang Nan stepped into it, followed by a burst of dizziness.

"My name is Cheng Jianjun. I am twenty years old this year. My birthday is Army Day on August 1st. I have just returned from joining the queue in Fangshan and am waiting for work assignments.

My father, Cheng Baoguo, works in a government agency, my mother, Feng Aihong, works in a neighborhood committee, and my younger brother, Cheng Yuejin, is in middle school now. My best buddy is Han Chunming, and we grew up wearing the same pair of pants..."

A large number of memories entered Xiang Nan's mind, and when he woke up, he saw himself lying on the bed sleeping.

Xiang Nan thought about it carefully and immediately understood.

Cheng Jianjun, an educated youth, returned to the city last month and is now waiting for work arrangements. However, there are limited positions in Yanjing City, and there are countless educated youths returning to the capital. There is a serious shortage of monks and a shortage of food.

Therefore, although Cheng Jianjun's father, Cheng Baoguo, worked in a government agency and had connections and skills, he was unable to arrange work in a short period of time.

So Cheng Jianjun is now a jobless vagrant. Apart from sleeping at home, he also goes out to wander the streets.

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After understanding, Xiang Nan got up, washed up, and walked around the courtyard first.

His family lived in a large courtyard, which was divided into a front yard and a backyard.

Han Chunming's family and Uncle Guo's family live in the front yard. Cheng Jianjun's family and Su Meng's family live in the backyard.

When Xiang Nan went out, he happened to see Su Meng reading a novel on the lounge chair in the courtyard.

Su Meng is two years younger than Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming, and is eighteen years old this year.

However, unlike Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming who jumped in the queue after graduating from junior high school, Su Meng was admitted to high school and escaped the disaster of jumping in the queue, so she did not go to Fangshan to suffer.

However, my work arrangements after graduation have also been stuck. Now I am spending time at home, often reading books in the courtyard.

In the play, Su Meng is very popular with Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming.

The reason why good brothers Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming broke up was because of her. Han Chunming even refused to marry other women for more than 20 years because of her.

But in Xiang Nan's opinion, Su Meng really has no charm.

On the one hand, her appearance is limited. She is not considered a top beauty at all. To put it in perspective, she is at the class beauty level, not much better than Cai Xiaoli.

On the one hand, her ability is limited. Although her uncle supports the business, she has no business talent. Without Han Chunming's courtesy, she would not be able to do any business.

Particularly, she pretended to be an expert despite not knowing anything about antiques, and was defrauded of 60 million by Cheng Jianjun, almost losing her entire fortune. It also shows that she is just an embroidered pillow.

On the one hand, it is a matter of character. She is selfish and only cares about herself. Her colleague Li Yuan has helped her so much. But when Li Yuan was dismissed, she didn't care at all.

Compared with these, her work, her arrogance, and her pettiness are not worth mentioning. In short, Xiang Nan can't even look down on a woman like this.

Therefore, he didn't bother to say hello to Su Meng and went out directly.

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Xiang Nan's move made Su Meng a little surprised.

Because before, whenever Cheng Jianjun saw her, he would come up to talk to her. Like a fly, he couldn't even get rid of her. This made her extremely annoyed.

Now she just left without even saying hello, which she was really not used to.

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After Xiang Nan went out, he wanted to go shopping in Dashilan.

Dashilar has been a well-known commercial street since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

Now in the 1970s, although the economy in the mainland is still underdeveloped, Dashilan is still a prosperous and lively place.

Tongrentang, Ruifuxiang, Neiliansheng, clothing stores, food stores, movie theaters... everything is available, and it is very lively.

However, Xiang Nan only had 50 cents in his pocket, so he didn't have the conditions to live freely.

There's nothing we can do about it. Their family of four only lives on his father's salary.

Although his mother works in the neighborhood committee, she has no salary and is completely voluntary to serve the public. His younger brother is still in school and has no money. Therefore, the family's life is still relatively tight.

In this regard, it is not even as good as the Han Chunming family.

At least Han Chunming's eldest brother, eldest sister, second brother, and second sister are all in class, and the family only supports two idle people. With a little subsidy for each person, the family's life can be decent.

Unlike Cheng Jianjun’s family, one salary supports three idle people.

However, although Han Chunming's family earns more, relatives from his hometown often come to visit. After arriving, they eat, drink and take things. As a result, the situation of Han Chunming's family is not as good as that of Cheng Jianjun's family.

Xiang Nan went shopping in Dashilan and felt that the prices are really cheap now.

Pork is only 70 cents per pound, rice is only 150 cents per pound, tomatoes are only 5 cents per pound, movie tickets are 20 cents a piece... Compared to forty years later, they are really much cheaper.

But having said that, the income of people nowadays is generally not high.

When factory apprentices entered the factory in their first year, their salary was only 17.5 yuan. After completing their apprenticeship, the salary was only 36 yuan, and it was difficult to rise. So there was a saying at that time: "Long live thirty-six yuan"

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For unemployed young people like Xiang Nan, it is even more difficult to make money.

Without quotas, you can't enter the factory. Doing business on your own is speculation and is strictly prohibited. It's okay if you don't get caught, but if you get caught, you'll go to jail.

Even if you want to pick up your old job and make money from writing, there is no way.

Because in the 1970s, almost all literary publications were closed down, including the famous "Harvest", "People's Literature", "Yenjing Literature and Art", "Popular Films" and so on.

The few remaining publications, such as "The Horn", "Red Flag", "Study and Criticism", etc., mostly published serious and large articles with a strong didactic meaning.

Moreover, the articles they publish are all contributed by the writing team and do not accept manuscripts from outside at all. Therefore, although Xiang Nan is full of talents and knowledge, he has no place to use it, which makes him sigh.

Fortunately, life was difficult for everyone in the 1970s, so the sense of deprivation was not that strong. The happiness index was even higher than it would be a few decades later.

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Xiang Nan took a walk on the street, bought a pound of apples for 20 cents, and then went home.

Beijing in the 1970s was indeed fresh and interesting.

But I don’t have money in my pocket and I don’t dare to go anywhere, which is quite boring. Rather than doing this, it’s better to go home.

Xiang Nan carried the apple and strolled back to the alley.

As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I saw a young man coming up to me with a smile, "Hey, I bought apples, give me one."

Xiang Nanyile recognized that this person was Han Chunming, the male protagonist of "Under the Zhengyang Family". He was the same age as him and had grown up naked together. Later, the two went to school together and jumped in the queue together. It can be said that they grew up together.

, a life-long friendship.
Chapter completed!