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....
After discussing business matters, we started talking about personal matters.
"Xiao Wan! How much gift did you give to Mr. Chen for his wedding? I came here in a hurry and ate before I gave the gift."
Zhang Shiqian took the earliest flight from Guangzhou to Bohai and got off the plane in Bohai at 10:30 in the morning.
As soon as he got off the plane, he spent 80 yuan to take a car and drove to Jiangwei in two and a half hours. He got off the car and went straight to the hotel.
I started eating before I found anyone to receive the gift.
"Me? I didn't give any money!"
"Nonsense! How can you not give a gift? Not only do you have to give a gift, but you have to give a big gift."
“I really didn’t make any money.”
Wan Feng was telling the truth. He did not give any cash, but he gave a brand new VCR and several videotapes, two of which were study tapes.
I can’t say what the learning content is in the study tape.
Anyway, it is not suitable for children.
Seeing that Wan Feng didn't say anything, Zhang Shiqian went to ask someone else.
The executives of the Nanwan factory all received a salary of 100 yuan.
People in the technical department all get 50 yuan, while ordinary workers get 5 or 10 yuan.
When the amount of gift-giving in the countryside was still two or five yuan, this was no longer a small amount of money.
"Then I'll do as the Romans do and take a hundred. Xiao Wan! I have something else to trouble you with."
Something else? What's going on? Could it be his son?
"Hehe! Didn't I want to send my bastard kid to the army? It's too late! Time is not right. After thinking about it at home, I still think it's better to send him to your place."
"Is that jerk kid of yours still showing off?"
"He's much more obedient. He doesn't go out for a run anymore, but he used to be used to running around. He was fine at first, but after a few days he started to get a bit crazy. I think if I don't send him out, he's in danger of going crazy."
Very normal.
As the saying goes: If you get used to eating, your mouth will get used to running.
He used to be away from home all day long, but Leng Ding asked him to stay at home and he couldn't hold it in at all.
Especially for young people like Zhang Chunlei who are only eighteen or nineteen years old, that's nonsense.
"Sure! When are you going to deliver it?"
Zhang Shiqian thought for a moment and said, "After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I will send him here and let him learn a craft from you. As for what he learns, it's up to you."
When his father tinkers with motorcycles at home in the future, of course he will let him learn skills related to motorcycles.
Maybe the son will inherit his father's business in the future. He can't just talk nonsense like other playboys and end up eating up all the money.
Then start as a technician in the workshop and learn to operate any machine tool first.
Even if you go into sales in the future, people won’t treat you as an idiot if you know some things about the workshop.
The drinking lasted until three in the afternoon.
Wan Feng drove Zhang Shiqian to Chen Dao's home in Dongshan Community.
Zhang Shiqian has to fly back tomorrow. He came here specifically for Chen Dao's wedding. It would be a pity if he didn't even see him.
Qi Hong and Zhang Shiqian also knew each other. Qi Hong had been hiding in the base for a long time, so it was hard for Zhang Shiqian not to know her.
So when we met, everyone laughed.
The buildings in the community use collective heating. Although it is the coldest time of the year outside, the house is as warm as spring, with the temperature around 24 or 25 degrees.
At this temperature, you don’t need a cotton jacket or cotton pants. You can stay at home in your underwear.
If you are alone at home, you won’t feel cold even if you are naked.
Qi Hong was wearing a red tight underwear and sitting on the peculiarly wavy bed. She had a beautiful figure and seemed to be radiating smiles from her whole body.
"Oh! Sister Hong! It's not easy! You finally gave your all." Wan Feng sighed sincerely.
"Stop it right there! Shut up and don't talk nonsense today." Qi Hong knew that Wan Feng was a man of few words, so she had to give him a heads-up, otherwise he might say something to spoil the mood.
Today is her big day, and she doesn't want to hear anything unlucky.
"Look at this person, what can I say? He doesn't care about his brothers anymore because he has a man. Sigh! Mr. Chen, I will be very careful about your future life..."
Before he could finish expressing his attitude, an apple was stuffed into Wan Feng's mouth, and the rest of his words were put back.
"Eat an apple. Today is a big day for me, so don't talk nonsense, you little bastard."
The right to speak has been taken away.
"I never dreamed that you two could be together. Xiao Wan is right, it's really not easy." Zhang Shiqian also sighed.
Zhang Shiqian knew something about Qi Hong's affairs, although not in detail, so he could make such an exclamation.
"Lao Zhang! I'm really glad you came today. Let's have a good drink together sometime in the future."
Zhang Shiqian quickly waved his hands when he heard this: "No! I won't drink with you if you can't drink that much. Even if ten of us were tied together, we wouldn't be able to drink as much as you. You're just a drunkard. Let's not talk about this anymore."
Zhang Shiqian sat at Chen Dao's house for about ten minutes, then said goodbye to Chen Dao. He had to go to Hongya County tonight and take the earliest bus to Bohai tomorrow morning.
The earliest bus departing from Jiangwei is at 6:30 in the morning, which is much earlier than the 5:30 in the morning bus from Hongya Bus Station.
He had to reach Bohai before ten o'clock, otherwise he would miss his flight to Guangzhou.
Chen Tianci and Sister Huaer were also here with Chen Dao and came over to greet Wan Feng.
It can be seen that they respect Qi Hong very much, and it is not the kind of false respect.
It is obvious that the family is now harmonious, which is a good sign both on the surface and inside.
Originally, Wan Feng wanted to ask Chen Tianci about drinking with Sister Huaer, but then he thought that today was Chen Tianci's father's wedding day, so it seemed inappropriate to ask this question.
So I didn’t ask.
While Chen Tianci and Sister Huaer were making dinner, Wan Feng took the video recorder out of the box and connected it to the TV.
He also told Chen Dao not to show two of the books to outsiders.
Of course Chen Dao knew what that tape was. It was what people in the world called a colored film.
"What are you doing with this?"
Although Chen Dao asked this, he still hid the two videotapes.
"Just keep studying. Keep studying until you're old."
"You bastard, is that how you use that word?"
Wan Feng’s biggest mistake was not leaving with Zhang Shiqian.
Just as he was about to leave, Chen Tianci pulled him to the table for dinner.
He left the table at around three o'clock and was dragged back to the table at around four o'clock.
What a miserable life!
The days in winter are really short. It gets dark after five o'clock, and those who are making trouble in the bridal chamber have also arrived.
The people who came to the bridal chamber were all from Nanwan Factory, most of them were Chen Dao’s apprentices and Qi Hong’s co-workers.
These people are quite restrained when making noises in the bridal chamber, making it lively but not excessive.
Someone urged Wan Feng to go on stage, but Wan Feng refused with a smile. He couldn't go up and make trouble.
After all, he is a person of status now.
Yes! People with ID cards.
How could it be appropriate for a person like him to disturb the bridal chamber?