Across the table stood a tall and slender young man, around twenty years old. He was handsome with a humble and gentle gaze, though lacking the youthful vigor and ambition that one would expect of someone his age in this era...,Even for ordinary citizens of the capital, before the issuance of five-year promissory notes in 1955, commodity circulation was relatively smooth. Chicken, duck, fish, meat and flour were all available to those who had money.,Even in this era of national striving and hard work, he still wanted to lay low.。