Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
At Xu Bin's home, Wan Feng taught Xu Bin how to connect the VCR to the TV and how to play videotapes correctly.
After the debugging was completed, a videotape was played, and the young men from Xiaoshutun became the first viewers of Xu Bin's video recorder.
The film being screened was an old Shaw Brothers martial arts film called "The Cold-Blooded Thirteen Eagles."
Wan Feng has seen "The New Cold-Blooded Thirteen Eagles", but he has never seen the old Thirteen Eagles.
Looking at the martial arts moves that looked like clumsy street dance, Wan Feng felt very disgusted.
But Xu Bin and his companions were watching with great interest and were beaming with joy.
The 1980s was the heyday of the Hunan and Hong Kong entertainment industry. Both music and film and television were at their peak, and good movies emerged in large numbers.
But I was so careless that I played such a movie.
When the movie was over, it was dark and the day passed by like this.
Luan Feng didn't ask Wan Feng to go to his house tonight because she ran to Wan Feng's house.
Zhu Min naturally had to make some preparations when her daughter-in-law came to visit, so there were eight dishes for dinner again.
And six of the dishes were the same as those we had at Luan Feng’s house last night.
Wan Feng had reason to suspect that Luan Feng could only cook ten dishes.
This won’t do. How can his wife present him well if she can’t cook thirty or fifty dishes? She must be urged to do this.
It is best not to have repeated dishes for a month after marriage.
It would be perfect if Zhang Xuan could learn another thirty or fifty things.
After dinner, Wan Feng took Luan Feng to Han Guang’s building to sit for a while.
I haven't seen Han Guangjia in the past two days since I returned to Jiangwei. Could it be that he is in confinement after giving birth?
The commercial district at the entrance of South Big Bend is now brightly lit.
In front of the hotel parking lot are cars from all over the place with various license plates.
Unlike the Wahou Market parking lot which is mainly occupied by passenger buses, almost all the vehicles parked here are trucks.
All the hotels were packed with distinguished guests.
Not only the hotels, but also the small shops are bustling with people coming and going.
In the 1980s, hotels were the original place where filth and dirt were hidden, and some prostitutes first solicited customers in hotels.
In Jiangwei, there is an obscure word called "jia fu zi".
This mattress is not an ordinary mattress. It is said to be related to human flesh.
If the customer asks the owner for an extra mattress, the owner will contact the prostitute.
At that time, people in this industry were not called Miss, and the word Miss was still a compliment.
To put it nicely, it's called selling laughs, and to put it more simply, it's selling seals.
There are two restaurants opened by outsiders in the South Bay Commercial District that have such businesses, which attract customers while taking commissions.
If every hotel here has this kind of business, then it would be nothing unusual.
However, one or two of them may easily become the pariahs and be reported.
When Wan Feng and Luan Feng strolled here, a police car happened to be parked in front of a hotel called Manyuanchun, and four or five policemen were checking the hotel.
Wan Feng didn't understand. Even if you wanted to catch these prostitutes, you wouldn't come at this time. It's dinner time in the hotel now. What can you catch?
Maybe it's justifiable to just make a living.
The two walked into the Hongying Hotel without stopping.
Han Guang's hotel was also full of guests.
Of course, Liang Hongying's hotel is a pure hotel. There is absolutely no messy stuff going on, and there is no need to rely on those messy things to attract customers.
When Liang Hongying was running the hotel, Wan Feng told her that if she wanted to have a long-term business, she had to keep prices fair, serve sufficient portions, not sell inferior goods as good ones, and not cheat or overcharge customers. These were the foundations of her business.
At the same time, the passion for service is enough to keep it going.
Liang Hongying had never done any business before, so she didn't understand the principles involved.
Although Liang Hongying usually laughs with Wan Feng, she still listens to what Wan Feng says.
So when she was running the hotel, she kept Wan Feng's words in mind. The food was plentiful and the prices were fair to everyone. No matter whether you were an old customer or a first-time visitor, the prices were clearly marked and they would never rip you off just because you were a stranger.
The hotel has very strict hygiene standards. Although it is not spotless, it is clean and tidy, which makes guests feel comfortable.
Therefore, it has accumulated a good reputation here in the past two years since its opening.
Coupled with the influence of Han Guang's family, although there are now more than a dozen hotels here, her family's business is the best.
These drivers travel all over the country and certainly understand the rules of survival for people in other places, especially since they run the Jiangwei line almost all year round. They understand that staying and eating in hotels require relying on a strong, safe and reliable hotel.
Hongying Hotel is an ideal place.
The owner, Liang Hongying, is good-looking, kind, friendly and enthusiastic. The store is clean, hygienic, the food is delicious and the prices are reasonable, but these are not the main points.
These drivers are not stupid. After a long time, they naturally know what the male owner of Hongying Hotel used to do. Naturally, some people remember the legend about him in the world.
He also has a security company with hundreds of people, and now he is a popular bodyguard in front of the real powerful people here in Jiangwei.
Liang Hongying said that even if your money was lost or robbed, she would return it to you without missing a cent.
Therefore, many drivers eat and stay at her place, and only go to other people's homes when there is really no other place to stay.
It is because of these factors that Hongying Hotel can enjoy a prosperous business.
Seeing Wan Feng and Luan Feng coming, Liang Hongying's eyes swept over Wan Feng and Luan Feng.
Of course Luan Feng knew what kind of little devil Liang Hongying was hiding in her belly.
"What are you looking at? Think carefully before you say anything. I haven't killed anyone in a long time."
"Feng'er, you look so good now. People say that love..."
"Think it over first!" Luan Feng shouted, and Liang Hongying took back the second half of her words.
"Look how arrogant you are! Your man is back and your waist has become fatter!" Liang Hongying looked at him with contempt.
"What do you mean when you say my waist is thick? Let me see if your waist is thick?" Luan Feng stretched out his two claws while speaking.
Liang Hongying quickly hid behind the bar and held the bar door tightly to prevent Luan Feng from getting in.
"Where is Guangjia? Is he here?" Wan Feng asked after the two women had had enough of their quarrel.
"Send a boss from the bay home and he won't be back until tomorrow."
"The Guang family is personally delivering it? Who is so impressive?"
"He made your family's oil or water tanks. His family lives in Jinzhou. It seems his father is sick or dead. He passed away yesterday afternoon."
No wonder I haven’t seen this guy since I came back. It turns out he’s out on a convoy.
"No wonder you act like a shrew. It turns out your man left before he even had time to warm up to you." Luan Feng gloated on the side.
"Yes! I am like a nagging woman. Who is like you who goes to live with someone else as soon as someone comes back? I guess your heart is filled with joy."
The two women were arguing with each other and having a lot of fun.
Since Han Guangjia was not at home, Wan Feng stayed for a while and then left with Luan Feng.