Because people are paying more and more attention to health, and because the price of cigarettes continues to rise, there are fewer and fewer people who smoke around them. This is a good thing, people live for a lifetime, the body is the most important, after the province is old, it will hurt itself and trouble others.
I don't smoke much, but the memories of cigarettes are still there. Sometimes friends sit together and talk about a few old cigarettes that were all the rage in the past, but now some have disappeared and some are no longer popular. Finding fun in emotion may be the magic weapon for many middle-aged people to soothe themselves.
In our local area, there used to be a smooth talk about cigarettes: for example, poor Xiaobei, Fu Shima, not poor and not rich red camellia, there are doors and roads to smoke red towers. The four old cigarettes can also get a glimpse of the original social style, let's count them in detail.
1. Mu Xiaobei
Xiaobei is the nickname of Beidaihe. After the improvement of people's living standards, this cigarette replaced the official hall and welcome guests, which were once known as the friends of the poor, and occupied the mainstream of ordinary smokers with a price of more than 1 yuan.
Why is it called Xiaobei? Because there is also a hard box Beidaihe, which is a few cents more expensive than it. In many cases, if you can't buy a soft bag Xiaobei, the hard box will also be called Xiaobei. Doesn't that seem intimate?
This old cigarette is produced by our local cigarette factory, and it is sold everywhere in urban and rural areas, and there is no such thing as a tight supply. In the eyes of people in the city, it was already a representative of cheap cigarettes, but in the more underdeveloped countryside at that time, Xiaobei turned out to be a grade, one is the price, and the other is that there is a filter.
What kind of cigarettes do people smoke in the village? The old man smokes in a pot, and the middle-aged people still choose the official hall and the welcome guest, both of which have no filters, and the main ones are extremely cheap.
No one smoked in my family, but every time my father heard that someone was returning to the village, he would buy a few small beituo and bring them back to the village to give to his relatives. The relatives who can get the cigarette must be close relatives, and what they care about is not the cigarette, but the feeling that someone is worried about. When I received the cigarette, I didn't smoke it first, put it in my trouser pocket, and sent it around the entrance of the village. While sending and chattering, the old brothers in the city are not sensible and spend money blindly.
2, Fushima
Fushima refers to Ashima cigarettes. Measured by the current level of consumption, Ashima is not expensive, but in the eyes of people at the time, it is already the limit of what the average income level can afford.
People who smoke Ashima cigarettes are considered small leaders in the factory and self-employed in society. Even if I don't smoke like my father, I have a box in my pocket, and when I meet a colleague with a good relationship, I hand one to him, which seems close, and the other party looks at the cigarette and feels comfortable, proving that you are not underestimating me.
When people are poor, self-esteem is extremely sensitive. Don't underestimate the role of a cigarette, if you are a worker wearing labor cloth pants, a farmer holding a trouser leg, go out to ask for directions, ask someone for a little thing, no one will say anything like Digen Xiaobei. If you are well-dressed and the cigarette you hand out is Xiaobei, the other party looks uncomfortable, and you are reluctant to accept it, but it is counterproductive.
Ashima and other cigarettes, only when I returned to the village during the Chinese New Year, my father would buy two. One is for the uncle who lives in the countryside, and the other is opened, and you divide the box one by one. This is my grandfather's request, within the scope of his ability, to let the villagers get rid of it, in order to thank the hometown.
3. Red camellia is not poor or rich
Xiaobei smokes it by himself, Ashima uses it to pack, and usually entertains guests at home, using red camellia.
In terms of selling price, red camellia and Ashimashi are a grade, and there is little difference. However, at that time, people preferred festive red, and the status of red camellia was thus enhanced.
There is light in the eyes, people have hearts, and the momentum of life and career is inexhaustible, and the red camellia of the red box is a common aesthetic of people.
There is red camellia on the coffee table in my house all year round. In my mother's words, the red ones look good there. A guest who smoked came, took out one, pinched it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, no one smokes at home, and this cigarette is dry." "I just lifted the lid of the kettle and steamed it, which is said to relieve dryness.
Red camellia is also a good product to reward the master. At that time, craftsmen were still respected, and the family made furniture, built houses, and served tobacco and alcohol and food from the main family on weekdays. When the furniture is finished and the house is beamed, the daily provision of Xiaobei is not on the table, and the red camellia is supported.
If the family conditions are good, give one to the master. If the condition is not good, give two boxes. The masters didn't pay attention to it, put the cigarettes in cloth bags, and didn't smoke. This is a small thank-you gift, and it cannot be taken apart in front of the Lord's family.
4. There is a door and a way to draw the red tower
Hongta Mountain is not a good cigarette now, and it is not easy to buy at that time. First, it is expensive, and secondly, the quantity is limited. The person who smokes it is either a salesman with a lot of affection, or a leader with a bit of a way, or a big head with a level.
Of course, there were also cigarettes that were better than Hongta Mountain at that time, such as the Great China Red Panda. But the latter can't be seen in leisure, and it is not as popular as Hongta Mountain.
This cigarette is not available in the commissary. If people want to buy, they have to go to the sales department of the sugar tobacco and liquor company. If life is like I live in the county, there is no land to buy. If anyone could bring back one or two red towers from the city, people would whisper behind them that they must have some acquaintances.
Find someone to do things, see the future father-in-law, Hongta Mountain will definitely be able to do it. Especially the latter, when the father-in-law saw that his future son-in-law could get this cigarette, he agreed half of it in his heart. The other half depends on what kind of wine you take.
The grandfather and uncle who lived in the village of their hometown occasionally had a red tower, and they didn't smoke it, but put it in the upper pocket of the tunic suit, and they couldn't press it down, so they had to show their heads so that people could see the words. Walking around the village, half a box of cigarettes was scattered, and I was happier than I smoked.
Time flies, vicissitudes. However, in the past few decades, people, things, and things have been very different from before. The above old cigarettes have either completely disappeared without a trace, or they are placed in an inconspicuous place and have withdrawn from the trend of the times. Sometimes, when I see them in the smoke hotel, it's like seeing an old friend and smiling. After all, when I first met, I was still young, and some people were still there.