With a Door In Mind

Chapter 594, the taste of lack of money

Probably not used to it, I woke up several times at night.

Once in the middle, he heard a commotion outside. It was Lao He getting up to add firewood to the fireplace.

the next morning.

At six or seven o'clock came the sound of the radio outside, and a Russian voice was playing inside.

After a while, the music started playing.

Can't understand! But the melody is impassioned.

"Xiao Shan, you guys are up for dinner."

The voice of Old He's wife came from outside the house.

Zhou Xiaochuan had already put on his clothes and stood beside him.

He Mingshan smiled while putting on his clothes: "The old lady likes to listen to the radio in the morning, and she listens to it every morning."

"Well, it's not bad, it's pretty good! How much do you pay for living here for a month?"

"Oh, twelve rubles a month."

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded when he heard the words, the price is not expensive, after all, there are three people working in the family now.

After the two came out, everyone else was already up.

Eating breakfast at the long dining table.

The old lady was sitting where she was sitting, drinking soup and eating big bread.

He Mingshan sat down directly, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

Lao He held a steamed bun and smiled at him: "Sit down, let's eat!"

Then, seeing the puzzled look in the old lady's eyes, she said with a chuckle.

The old lady smiled and said something to her.

But he didn't understand.

Old He smiled, "The old lady asked you to eat."

Zhou Xiaochuan thanked him and sat down.

White steamed buns and a soup.

Soup is a bit weird,

It's kind of like borscht, with beets, potatoes, onions, ham.

Look at that pink sticky soup base.

It should have added tomato paste and starch.

Seeing this, Lao He smiled: "The old lady likes to drink red soup. We didn't make two kinds of it because we thought it was troublesome. Try it. I was not used to it at first, but I can barely drink it after a long time. Are you not used to it?" Eat this."

After finishing speaking, he pushed over a plate of sauerkraut next to him.

Zhou Xiaochuan took a sip and felt that it was okay, no different from borscht.

Then he smiled, "It's okay, I'm used to drinking!"

Zhou Mingshan next to him didn't drink, he took the steamed bun and broke it open, with some sauerkraut in it.

I ate it in big mouthfuls.

While eating, he said: "Anyway, I'm not used to eating, and I don't feel sour."

After taking a sip, I felt a little choked, so I took a sip from the water glass next to it.

Several people were listening to music and eating.

Lao He looked at him while he was eating: "What will you do next? Will your family come to look for you?"

Zhou Xiaochuan was eating steamed buns and drinking soup.

After thinking for a while, "I don't know, it may take a while before they come over! I've been walking around the city recently to see if I can meet them!"

Old He Wenyan nodded, "This is the only way to go now."

After speaking, he looked at his daughter next to him.

"What's the matter with you? You're usually chattering when you come back, but you didn't look very happy when you came back yesterday!"

"How can it be? Do I have to blow up all day long?"

Old He Wenyan rolled his eyes, "Nonsense, I don't know what virtue you have?"

He Mingyue's white eyes answered him.

Seeing that his daughter didn't want to talk about it, he didn't ask any more questions. If there was really something, she would definitely say it.

After eating, Lao He said to Zhou Xiaochuan: "Xiao Shan is fine today, and staying at home is also boring. Let him take you around and see if you can find your family by the way."

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded upon hearing this.

Lao He followed his daughter and left.

He Mingshan looked at Zhou Xiaochuan and patted him, "Let's go! I'll take you to see the world."

This old-fashioned look is quite funny.

The two went out of the room, and it was only at this time that Zhou Xiaochuan saw the surroundings.

There are quite a few houses like this around, but they are all far away, at least a hundred meters away.

And there are many large forests in the distance.

It's just that it's covered by snow, so I can't see the exact shape, but the scale is not small.

Walking on the road, Zhou Xiaochuan shrunk his body, always feeling that the temperature was too low.

He Mingshan smiled when he saw this, "You can't do it, this thing is useless! When you have money, you can buy a coat like this. In fact, the best ones are those furs."

While talking, he patted the slightly old woolen coat on his body.

Zhou Xiaochuan took a look and found that it was also made of cashmere.

"how much is this?"

"Oh. This 135 is rubles!"

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded when he heard the words, and thought of a way to get a set for a while, and his feet and legs also felt very cold.

The temperature is really too low.

Walking on the road, the two chatted.

He Mingshan has been complaining that when he first came here, he was too cold.

In the first month, a few people saved enough money for one piece of clothing, which was this woolen coat.

The family saved up for half a year for everyone's clothes.

And it’s okay not to buy it.

If you don't buy it, you will really freeze to death!

"At that time, before we had thick clothes, when we went to work, we would always run. We didn't dare to come out when we were in the store. We didn't rush back until we got off work."

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded upon hearing this.

Thinking of something, he asked him, "Is there a place to exchange gold here? I have one in my hand, and I want to exchange it."

He Mingshan was surprised when he heard the words, "Oh, you brought that thing here! It's amazing. Your family used to be a rich family, right?"

Zhou Xiaochuan smiled when he heard the words, but did not answer.

"That's right, looking at you like this, you don't look like a farmer either!"

Seeing his expression, He Mingshan didn't ask any more questions, and then said: "Yes, it can be exchanged in the bank! You can go directly. It's just that the gold over there is not particularly pure, and the price may not be as high as you think."

"It's okay, at least you have to survive first!"

He Mingshan nodded.

The two came to the previous town while walking and chatting.

It's not like night at this time.

There are many people, people wearing clothes of various styles and colors, walking on the street.

There is no such thing as the old man who is about to become fat and fat as he imagined.

Overall, the proportion of fat people is still very small, and some of them are also elderly women and uncles.

Stores are basically open.

And what surprised Zhou Xiaochuan was that he also saw some people setting up stalls.

There are women who sell clothes, shoes and hats.

There are dried fruit sellers, Zhou Xiaochuan glanced at them, except for raisins, he didn't know any of them.

Some sell balloons and some sell books.

And he actually let him see a seller of ice cream, the important thing is that someone actually bought it.

Zhou Xiaochuan watched the other party lick it, and he shivered instantly.

What kind of weather is this! Also eat ice cream.

The scene in front of him reminded him of the street stall economy in China in the 1990s.

And He Mingshan also looked around curiously.

Zhou Xiaochuan saw the other party's words, "You have been here for so long, haven't you seen enough? Just like you, you still said to show me the world!"

He Mingshan touched his head in embarrassment when he heard the words.

"Because I have no money, my mother usually doesn't let me go out for shopping. I don't have time to go out when I'm at work. I only come here once in a while!"

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded when he heard the words, this is the same mentality as going to the market in later generations.

The two strolled to the bank, which was a vaulted and spire-like building.

Zhou Xiaochuan looked at it and hesitated, "Can I just go in and change it?"

He Mingshan understood what he meant, "It doesn't matter, they will change whoever comes to change, but..."

After finishing speaking, he looked at a few young people squatting and smoking next to him.

Then he whispered: "I'm afraid that these people will follow when the time comes."

Zhou Xiaochuan understood.

"Okay, let's go in! You talk later!"

He Mingshan nodded, "Okay then, let's go!"

Then the two walked in.

After entering the house, some people were handling business, but not many people.

He Mingshan looked around and asked a middle-aged man who looked like a security guard.

The other party pointed to a window.

He Mingshan nodded and said something, then gestured to Zhou Xiaochuan.

Zhou Xiaochuan followed him to a window.

This is a blonde beauty in her thirties.

He Mingshan hesitated and chatted with the other party for a few words, then turned his head around, "She said it. It's $35 an ounce."

Zhou Xiaochuan calculated it in his head, and it was about 1 yuan and 20 cents per gram.

Then he took out a paper bag from his bag, which contained two large yellow croakers.

Pass things over.

After the other party opened it, He Mingshan was surprised, "So many?"

Zhou Xiaochuan smiled and did not speak.

The other party stopped asking after hearing the words.

Although the waiter was also surprised for a while, he still took it to him, cut it open and calcined it.

Half an hour later, the other party weighed it.

Then he said something to the two of them.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaochuan looked at He Mingshan.

He Mingshan explained to him, "She said that the total is 21.34 ounces. It can be exchanged for 746.9 US dollars. If you want rubles, it will be 463.9 rubles."

"Tell him to change it to rubles!"

After Zhou Xiaochuan finished speaking, he sighed secretly, this thing is really cheap!

1 ruble is exchanged for 1.6 US dollars, and 1 US dollar is exchanged for RMB2.418.

That is to say, 1 ruble is exchanged for 3.94rmb.

And it gave him about 26 grams less.

However, he has no intention of exchanging money for it anymore, so let's keep some gold for the country!

He Mingshan nodded when he heard the words, and said a few words to the waiter.

Hearing this, he took out 463 rubles and gave another 90 kopecks in change.

After Zhou Xiaochuan collected the money, the two walked out of the bank.

When they came out, the two of them glanced at the young man who was staying before, but the other party just glanced at them and didn't pay much attention to them.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaochuan was speechless for a while.

This means that even the robbers are not interested in this little money!

After walking for a while, Zhou Xiaochuan took out 50 yuan from his hand and handed it to him.

He Mingshan felt strange when he saw this, "What do you mean?"

"Tap! Ten percent of the tap."

He Mingshan was speechless for a while, "Okay, you can keep it for yourself! We don't like this."

After speaking, he walked forward.

Zhou Xiaochuan smiled when he heard the words, and then collected the money.

The two were strolling along the side of the road, and he stopped before passing a shop selling fur.

Smiling to He Mingshan next to him, "Buy some clothes first! It's too cold."

He Mingshan nodded.

Then the two entered the store.

There is heating in the room, which is very warm, just like an air conditioner.

There is a middle-aged Russian couple in it, both of whom eat a lot of fat and have trouble walking.

Seeing two people coming in, the other party didn't intend to stand up to receive the guests.

He was eating chocolate by himself.

There were also two guests in the room, looking at things to themselves.

Zhou Xiaochuan glanced at them, and there were clearly marked prices on them, ranging from a few dozen to two thousand yuan.

But anything over 200 yuan is fur.

Especially the 2,000 ruble bearskin coat, which looks really good.

But the price is really good, 1 ruble is exchanged for 3.94 yuan, which means that this thing costs 7880rmb.

The wages of ordinary domestic workers for 23 years are too scary.

The key is that no one wants rmb here!

Zhou Xiaochuan looked at the money in his pocket, thought it was better to forget it, wait for two days to get the money, and then change into a better outfit.

A lapel woolen coat with cashmere. 157 rubles.

A pair of trousers with the same fleece, 118 rubles.

A pair of fleece boots, 179 rubles.

After he finished trying on the clothes and calculated the money, he couldn't help but smile bitterly for a while.

448 rubles.

If I bought this, I would have 15 yuan and 90 cents left.

How long.

He has never felt the feeling of being short of money.

Damn, a catty and a half of gold bought a set of low-end clothes. This is not the best quality yet!

No, I have to find a way to get money quickly.

Under He Mingshan's leadership, he paid the money, and then changed into the clothes directly.

Not to mention, this thing is really warm!

But he was still a little bit off, and then he saw the cashmere sweater hanging on the wall, and he realized that he lacked a cashmere sweater.

But at this time he had no money in his pocket.

The boss was just surprised when he saw Zhou Xiaochuan's face.

I didn't care too much.

After they paid the money and walked out, Zhou Xiaochuan asked strangely: "I don't think the people here are so strange to me!"

He Mingshan smiled when he heard the words, "It's normal. Many people have fled here. Most of them went to mine. A small number of people found jobs like ours here. So it's not too unusual. .”

Zhou Xiaochuan nodded upon hearing this.

Passing by the ice cream stand, he looked at He Mingshan several times.

He walked over directly.

Seeing 3.5 written on it, I think it is 3.5 rubles a piece.

The ice cream seller was a young man in his twenties.

Zhou Xiaochuan gestured to him and handed him another 10 rubles.

The other party took the money and nodded to him.

Seeing this, He Mingshan hurriedly said, "It's such a cold day, what kind of ice cream do you eat! And it's so expensive."

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaochuan smiled, "It's such a cold day, I haven't eaten it before, try it!"

While talking, the other party had already made two and handed them over.

Zhou Xiaochuan felt strange for a while, this thing moved like this.

Then touched the cart.