Chapter 661 Ordinary People (Third update, please subscribe)
Opened his eyes, and then slowly sat up.
Looking up, the sky outside the window was still gray, only vaguely bright.
Looking at the time, it’s a little after five o’clock.
However, Zhao Zhishen still put on his clothes and went to wash up. After washing up, he walked out of the house, exercised in front of the house for a while, and then started running. He didn't run fast, just jogging. , breathing very evenly, and only started to sweat after five or six minutes of running, and fine sweat slowly seeped out from the body.
What follows is a burst of physical and mental pleasure during exercise.
Because he is young, Zhao Zhishen also has very good endurance. After running for about half an hour, he still did not slow down.
The sky is gradually getting brighter, and people are getting up one after another.
Although most of the people who got up were women who needed to take care of housework, there were also some people who joined in the exercise. Some of them went out for a walk, and some got up early to run.
Chen Heqin is one of them. Although he is the director of education, he is just a resident here. The residents in this community include senior officials like him, as well as senior company employees, and of course more Most of them are ordinary people, including civil servants and corporate employees.
There is no such thing as a certain ministry or a certain committee compound in Nanyang. In fact, at the beginning, someone did suggest this - in order to facilitate everyone's work, it would be more convenient to have a building in the front and a compound in the back, but Li Yian directly rejected this suggestion.
Why he rejected this proposal is because he is very clear about the disadvantages of doing so - the compound itself is a circle. The children of a compound grew up together, and they naturally formed their own circle. We all know the pros and cons of this kind of circle.
So there are some things that must be eliminated from the beginning. Therefore, even if you are the chief minister, you have two choices - one is to live in an official residence provided by the government, and you will live there during your tenure and must move out within a week after leaving office, and the other is to live in your own home.
Chen Heqin chose the latter because it was more convenient to live in his own home. The only inconvenience was the police... The police added two patrol cars, which was the chief's only privilege.
“Zhishen, are you coming to run too?”
Chen Heqin immediately smiled when he saw his neighbor running.
It’s Uncle Chen.
Zhao Zhishen replied as he ran:
"Yes, Uncle Chen."
Although he knew that Uncle Chen was the director of education, he was just an ordinary senior high school student. , but he didn't feel cramped at all.
Being the chief is just a job, well, his dad is also a bus driver!
Chen Heqin smiled and said:
"Running is good. Running exercises and the body gets better. Whether it is studying or working after graduation, it is beneficial. Only the body gets better. , to study well and work well.”
Actually, the reason why he said this is because this child studies until 12 o’clock in the evening, which is really too hard. So I always wanted to find an opportunity to talk about it.
I happened to meet him while running today, so I can give you a few words of caution. After all, your body is the most important thing.
"Yeah."
Zhao Zhishen, who is not good at communicating with others, responded.
Seeing that he remained silent, the smile on Chen Heqin's face became even bigger:
"By the way, Zhishen, how have you been studying recently? I heard your dad say that you have been working very hard recently. And the progress has been great.”
Zhao Zhishen shook his head and said:
"I'm still far from it. I don't have a strong foundation. If I want to get into a good university, I have to work harder to catch up with others. Moreover, my English is poor, so getting into university will be difficult in English."
Nodding, Chen Heqin said:
"That's true, but you don't want to Don’t be discouraged. There is still one year before the college entrance examination. It’s okay to take a quick break. If you don’t understand anything in English, you can ask me. I’m basically at home after nine o’clock. "For a graduate of Tsinghua University, he studied in the United States for five years. For Chen Heqin, there is absolutely no problem in giving tutoring lessons and English guidance.
For this child, if someone tutors him, he will definitely work harder than himself. He should save some time so that he can rest better.
"Well, I understand. Thank you, Uncle Chen. If there is anything I don't understand, I will definitely ask you."
Zhao Zhishen smiled.
"Of course, don't be polite, we are just neighbors helping each other!"
Chen Heqin added:
"But don't waste your body in order to study. Pay attention to the balance between work and rest... You must control your study time, go to bed early and get up early to be healthy, you know? ”
This is the point. It was almost eleven o'clock last night. Even in high school, you can't fight like this.
Zhao Zhishen said quickly:
"I understand, thank you Uncle Chen for your concern."
Chen Heqin, who could no longer keep up with the rhythm, waved his hand after achieving his goal. , said.
"Okay, Zhishen, you run slowly. We are old and have to rest for a while. I will walk for a while."
Looking at the young man walking away, Chen Heqin couldn't help but sigh.
“It’s great to be young!”
……
After walking in the community for half an hour, Chen Heqin walked towards the nearby vegetable market and entered The vegetable market is as noisy as ever, with people buying and selling vegetables, and people coming and going. It’s so lively. Most of the vegetable markets in Chang’an are like this. Everyone will come to buy some food before going to work, and of course they will. Some people buy vegetables after get off work in the afternoon. During the day, there are not many people in the vegetable market.
After walking around in the market for a while, Chen Heqin said that when he walked into a butcher shop that he often went to, the owner said hello from afar:
"Sir, you're here! What do you want to order?"
Chen Heqin said:
"One pound of pork, one pound of beef. For pork, please have five belly."
Speak At that time, Chen Heqin took out the ration card. This is also a characteristic of Nanyang. Although Nanyang has abundant supplies, it still uses ration cards. At first, Chen Heqin could not understand it. After all, as we all know, Nanyang's goods are very rich, but why? However, when it comes to food, the rationing system is still implemented. Although the supply is sufficient, without a ration certificate, even those who eat meat will not be able to eat.
But later, after staying for a long time, he almost understood that this is a means of control. The purpose of control is achieved through food rationing. Although the purpose does not seem simple, it is also for social security. The means used were simply to ensure that unnecessary turmoil would occur.
After all, no one can live without food.
"Okay, good pork belly..."
The butcher shop owner made a quick cut, weighed it, and said.
"Sir, there are two kilograms and thirty taels in total, two kilograms and thirty taels of meat coupons, the price of pork is one kilogram for you, eight cents, beef is one kilogram and twenty taels,..."
On his side Calculating the account, he quickly tied the meat with straw and handed it to Chen Heqin.
A ticket is a ticket, and money is money. You can't buy anything if you have a ticket but no money, and you can't buy anything if you have money but no tickets. Chen Heqin has long been used to this.
In the vegetable market, he was the same as everyone else, buying things by ticket, bargaining with vendors, carrying meat tied with straw, and then bought some vegetables, like this in the vegetable market After shopping around, Chen Heqin carried her things and walked home. When she met familiar neighbors on the road, she would stand there and chat with them for a while, and the conversation would always be gossip.
In fact, this is what the human world is like. There is no high or low status, they are just ordinary people...
(End of this chapter)