May I ask about your family life after the founding of New China and in the late 1990s? Thank you!

Let me tell you about the situation in the 1980s and 1990s. In Beijing, at that time, families had to queue for a year to install a telephone, and the installation fee was 5,000 yuan.

If the large household appliances are original Japanese TVs, they are very good. There are washing machines, refrigerators, and video recorders, which cost about 4,000, which is very rare.

Bicycles are essential travel tools, and everyone has one.

If you travel by bus, you have a monthly pass.

Sewing machines are very common and are used for sewing and repairing at home.

There are many families with tape recorders. Primary school students like to listen to Little Tigers and the like, and the tapes cost 10 yuan each.

There are a few towers in Beijing, and it’s very impressive to live in them.

Curling and adzuki bean popsicles are children’s favorites to cool down in summer. You can freeze the popsicles yourself in the refrigerator.

There is a small dining table in the neighborhood committee. Children of both working parents go to eat after school and go home to do their homework with the keys hanging around their necks.