Tang Haoer planned to take Niandi and the others around the streets tomorrow, but some people couldn't wait until tomorrow.
It has been seven years since Chen Xiang walked out of Xiangman Garden for the first time.
Liuxiang is still bustling at night, with an endless stream of pedestrians walking back and forth on the street, including men, women, old and young.
During the Japanese occupation, a curfew was implemented. When it got dark, there were basically not many people on the streets. How could it be so lively?
Liuxiang is not only filled with restaurants and prostitutes, it is also home to all kinds of shops. Taiyuan City’s largest Hehesheng Department Store is located in the center of Liuxiang. There are hundreds of shops selling a wide range of goods, making it the most crowded place in Liuxiang. Popular places are open until ten o'clock in the evening.
Hehesheng is also an industry under the name of Hongmen, and there is a dedicated hall responsible for its management.
After walking out of Xiangman Garden and seeing so many people on the street, Chen Xiang already felt a different atmosphere than before.
His memory of the streets of Taiyuan still lingered on during the reign of Yan Xishan seven years ago. Even during the years of singing and dancing, Liuxiang had never been so lively.
A prosperous market means that people live a prosperous life and only go shopping when they have spare money in their pockets.
Even women and children can enter and leave various businesses without any scruples, which shows that Taiyuan City's social security is stable and street crime has been effectively controlled.
One-step alley on the side of Xiangman Garden was originally a market dedicated to human trafficking. Every day, many absinthians gathered there to sell their children, daughters, wives, and themselves. You can buy yellow flowers here for only two or three oceans. Big girl, you can find a group of desperadoes to help you for a few oceans, but now they are gone.
The government of the liberated areas prohibits human trafficking. Even if it is not prohibited, not many people will go to this step again.
As long as they don't starve to death, who is willing to sell their children, daughters, and wives?
In front of Hehesheng Gate, a group of people were giving impassioned speeches, and there were many onlookers. Driven by the speakers, the atmosphere was lively.
Chen Xiang stood in the crowd and listened for a long time. After only a few sentences, he understood that the content of the speaker's speech on the wooden box was exactly part of Xie Baoqing's "Ideal World", which added a lot of information. The speaker's own understanding of the content and the many examples from his own personal experience were used to support the views in "The Ideal World", making the views in his speech more vivid, more convincing, and arousing resonance among the listeners. .
An uncle couldn't help but walked up to the wooden box to tell his personal experience. He came to Taiyuan this time to pick up his son who was an apprentice in Taiyuan and go home to farm together.
How many acres of land have been taken over by the family, what have been planted, how many chickens have been raised, and how many piglets have been raised. I count on my fingers how much I will have left after the harvest is harvested and the public shares that should be handed over to the government are taken away. There is a smile in every wrinkle on his face.
The good days are already in front of us. What more ideal world is there? For this uncle, it is already an ideal world now.
Not only can I have enough to eat by working hard, but after two harvests, the family will still have food in stock. The piglets they raise will be ready for slaughter at the end of the year, which is living money. As long as this can continue, the family will be able to live a comfortable life in less than three to five years. It's like a fairy's life, I can eat every meal, I can drink two taels of sweet potato roast every day, and maybe I can eat a dumpling with meatballs every now and then.
The onlookers roared with laughter. Such a small life was about to catch up with the old wealth of the landlord.
Chen Xiang squeezed out of the crowd and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
It seems that the ideal world described by Xie Baoqing is not just talk on paper, nor is it a fantasy. He has begun to implement it down to earth, and it seems to have begun to bear fruit.
The starting point is too low. As long as the government randomly introduces a policy to benefit the people, it will affect a large group of people.
What's more, what the governments of the liberated areas have introduced is not just a policy to benefit the people. They are working hard to build a social structure in which all people participate. This is completely different from the elite social system promoted by the current National Government, and also different from the one-size-fits-all equality in Yan'an. .
Can such a government not be supported by the people?
Chen Xiang pondered for a long time and asked without looking back: "Xiao Qi, do you think this society really has no classes?"
Xiao Qi, who was following Shen Xiang, was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Master, your question is too profound, I have never thought about it."
Chen Xiang smiled: "It's okay, just say whatever is on your mind, just treat it as a casual chat between the two of us."
Xiao Qi scratched his head and said, "No way, isn't that Xie Baoqing himself a member of the class?"
Chen Xiang smiled and waved his hand: "Forget it, you should continue to be confused."
The two of them walked or stopped with the crowd, feeling the different atmosphere.
As expected, there were many people with southern and northern accents in the crowd. Judging from their tired appearance, you could tell that they had traveled thousands of miles to come here. Their arrival also brought a different and new atmosphere to the new city of Taiyuan.
Walking from the street to the end of the street, you will find a city where ordinary people live together across the street. However, it is still lively here. There are many night market stalls on the roadside, including performers, monkey performers, and cross talk talkers. gained a lot of popularity.
The owner of the knife-cut noodles was waving two kitchen knives with his hands on the dough, and pieces of noodles fell into the boiling soup pot like snow. There were more people watching him slice the noodles than watching the performers, and the dozen or so tables set up were even more crowded. The seats were packed, with many people craning their necks waiting for the noodles they ordered to come out, but they didn't dare to leave their seats, for fear that someone would take away the spot they finally got.
Chen Xiang looked interesting and said to Xiao Qi: "Let's go have a bowl of noodles too."
Eating noodles is not important, Chen Xiang just wants to sit in the market and listen to what the people around him have to say.
The identity of these ordinary people is clear at a glance. The traffickers, lackeys, and the big rickshaw pullers are all people who work hard and live at the bottom of society, and what they say undoubtedly represents the aspirations of ordinary people.
Xiao Qi walked to a table nonchalantly and hugged a few people who were looking at him: "Young and old gentlemen, my master wants to have a bowl of noodles. Can you guys give up your seats?"
To be honest, Xiao Qi was being polite. If it were before, he would have only said one word when he walked to the table: "Get out."
"Who are you?" The diner who had been waiting for a long time stopped.
Today is different from the past. Anyone who wants to bully and dominate the market must think carefully. The streets are patrolled by armed police of the new government. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be arrested directly.
Just when Xiao Qi was about to glare, Chen Xiang stepped forward with a smile, put a piece of ocean in his hand on the table, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, please give us two a seat, and this meal will be mine." Please, make amends to the young and old gentlemen."
A big man can book this noodle stall, and as expected, money is better. Two waiters who had already eaten quickly stood up with their bowls and offered their seats: "Gentlemen, please sit down. I'll just sit down and eat."
Chen Xiang smiled and was not polite, lifted up his robe and sat down, picked up the piece of ocean and handed it to Xiao Qi and said: "Go and pay with the boss, this table here is all ours, see if there are any side dishes, and then order Come here. You all are open to eating. No matter how much you eat today, it will be my treat."
A bowl of noodles only costs a few bucks, and these people can't even eat a piece of the ocean even if they burst their bellies.
