??189 Chapter 189

◎ Extra 6 ◎

These days, Xu Shengjie has been busy with the paging station. On this day, he just came out of the restaurant and invited people to dinner with Qin Huai Hong Saner. The paging station was basically settled. The paging station will be opened in a month, and the three of them will enter the paging field.

The pager market in Beijing is basically deserted, and many people have never heard of such a thing.

"Lao Xu, how are we going to let people know about the pager? I'm worried that we won't be able to sell it." Hong Saner invested a sum of money, and now he's wealthy, but he's also worried that his hard-earned money will go down the drain.

"It's okay. There is a way. You can advertise."

"ad?"

Xu Shengjie nodded and said, "It can be advertised in newspapers and on TV, so let's go ahead and advertise."

Hong Saner was skeptical about this. Would it really work? I heard that TV advertising is not cheap.

"I can understand using money to purchase goods, but I don't understand using money for advertising. Isn't that like throwing money into the water without even a splash?"

What can you get by advertising?

Xu Shengjie knew that Hong Saner hadn't come to his senses yet. "Didn't your dad buy some medicinal liquor last time after seeing a 20-second commercial at the end of a TV show?"

"Yes, but how much is that medicinal wine? How much is this pager?"

Is that a level? Not even close!

"It's the same reason. Your father and his friends were willing to spend money to buy medicinal liquor. We put up advertisements so that people who can afford pagers can see them. Only when they can see them can they buy them."

Xu Shengjie spoke to him briefly and asked him to go back and think about it, while he himself prepared to rush to the TV station.

Liang Baozhen is working overtime today. Song Wenjing is sick and her throat hasn't recovered yet, so she has to cover for Song Wenjing.

I didn't even go home for dinner after all this trouble.

Downstairs of the Beijing TV station, Xu Shengjie, wearing a leather jacket and a white shirt, stood on the side of the road, waiting for his wife to come down.

Before coming, he called her pager from a pay phone on the street.

Liang Baozhen heard the pager in her bag ringing, so she called back using the phone in the TV station and heard the sweet voice of the pager attendant.

"Hello, the pager owner 9366582 called you at 9pm. Please call back if you received it."

Liang Baozhen knew that Xu Shengjie must have come to pick her up.

When the work was almost done, Liang Baozhen packed up her things, put on her backpack and left, walking quickly downstairs. When she reached the lobby on the first floor, she quickened her pace and hurried out.

Sure enough, there was a tall figure in front of the TV tower. Xu Shengjie was standing at the bottom of the stairs, with his back to the door, looking somewhere unknown.

Liang Baozhen became interested, curled her lips and walked down quietly. She held her breath and took each step lightly. When she was about to get close to Xu Shengjie, she took small steps towards him.

"Guess who I am?!" Liang Baozhen stood on the last step, tiptoed and covered the man's eyes with her hands.

Xu Shengjie had already heard the footsteps behind him, which seemed to be deliberately suppressed. In addition, he smelled the familiar and faint fragrance. He did not turn around and said to his wife, "How did you guess that? I don't know where this female hooligan came from. She dared to attack me on the street."

"You are the hooligan!" Liang Baozhen let go of her hand, smiled and pinched Xu Shengjie's waist, accusing this man of deliberately slandering her.

"Yes, yes, I am a gangster!" Seeing that there was no one around and the night was as dark as ink, Xu Shengjie quickly kissed his wife.

"What are you doing?" Liang Baozhen pushed the man away and wiped her cheek with her hand. "We are outside! I will arrest you and take you to the police station to charge you with hooliganism!"

"I have a marriage certificate! It's legal!" Xu Shengjie was very proud.

"You can do it!"

The two walked side by side, talking and laughing as they went home.

Nowadays, Beijing is still bustling at night, and people's entertainment activities have become richer. At this time, there are still some uncles and aunts practicing Ba Duan Jin.

Xu Shengjie was riding a bicycle with his wife when he passed by a cinema that had just ended. A large number of comrades came out to watch a movie at night.

"Haven't we watched a movie in a long time?" Xu Shengjie saw those young comrades coming out of the cinema. Many of them had shy smiles on their faces. They must be dating.

It was similar to the first time my wife went to see a movie.

"Yeah, when was the last time we watched a movie?" Liang Baozhen tried hard to recall, it seemed like it was more than a year ago?

The older a couple gets, the less romantic they are, and they even watch fewer movies.

Xu Shengjie turned his bike around and rode towards the cinema. Liang Baozhen hugged his waist and asked in confusion, "What are you doing? This should be the last show. They are about to close."

"Ask what movies are on recently."

Xu Shengjie stopped the car and saw the window selling movie tickets was about to close. He stretched out his hand to block it and said, "Comrade, I want to ask you something."

"Xu Shengjie?"

The staff member who looked out of the window was Fang Hongming, a former neighbor in the compound.

"Fang Hongming, it's you!"

It turns out to be an acquaintance!

Liang Baozhen didn't expect that Fang Hongming happened to be at work today. Their house is next to hers. They were real neighbors when they were in the big compound. His son Fang Zhibin and Xu Shengwei are also good friends who grew up together and often come to Chunri Hutong to play.

"Why do you two want to watch a movie so late at night?" Fang Hongming thought the two of them were quite romantic.

Liang Baozhen blushed, but luckily it was dark and no one could see it. She didn't mean to see it, it was just the man next to her who was in the mood to do it.

"We want to go to the movies on Sunday. I wonder if there are any good movies to watch recently. We don't even know what movies to watch."

"Oh, Sunday? Yes, there is a movie called 'Homesickness' which is very popular recently. Tickets are hard to buy. You either have to queue up in advance or reserve tickets."

"It sounds good. Let's take a look at this." Xu Shengjie turned around and asked his wife for her opinion.

"Okay." Liang Baozhen hadn't been to a cinema for a long time and still missed it a little.

"Would you like me to save you two tickets for Sunday?"

"That's great, thank you."

"Would you like the morning or afternoon session?"

"In the afternoon, please." Xu Shengjie knew that his wife still wanted to sleep in on Sunday.

After choosing a time and paying the money, Xu Shengjie drove his wife home again. The full moon seemed like a silver plate hanging high in the treetops, illuminating the way home.

When Fang Hongming left the cinema and returned home, it was almost ten o'clock. Usually at this time, his wife and son would have gone to bed.

However, today, the kerosene lamps were still on in the house.

"Binzi, why haven't you slept yet?" Fang Hongming took off his coat and put it on the chair, picked up the thermos and prepared to pour water, but Fang Zhibin was faster and directly snatched the thermos from his hand and immediately poured a cup of water for his father.

"Dad, drink some water. You must be tired from work."

"If you have something to say, just say it." Fang Hongming felt something was wrong when he heard it. His son must have something to ask him.

"Oh, it's nothing, actually. Can you save me two movie tickets for "Homesickness" on Sunday?"

"Okay." Fang Hongming didn't take this little thing to heart and asked casually, "Who are you going to watch it with?"

Fang Zhibin didn't hesitate at all and blurted out, "Xu Sheng... Wei."

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On Saturday noon, Fang Zhibin went to Red Star Middle School to look for someone, taking two movie tickets that he had asked his father to keep for him.

Only after registering with the security guard at the school gate were we allowed to enter.

I asked questions as I walked, and before I even reached the first-grade teaching building, I saw a familiar figure.

Xu Shengya was wearing a plaid shirt with a doll collar, a pair of slim black trousers, and holding three books in her arms.

"Fang Zhibin?" Xu Shengya might as well run into someone familiar here. "Why are you here?"

Fang Zhibin cleared his throat, "Oh, I came to see you."

"Looking for me? What's the matter?"

"Well." Fang Zhibin couldn't say what he had prepared long ago. He stammered and said, "Well, last time I asked you about my cousin's exam. As a thank you, my dad works in a movie theater. There is a very popular movie "Homesickness" now. Do you want to watch it?"

Xu Shengya looked at Fang Zhibin holding a movie ticket in his hand. It was a movie that everyone had been talking about recently. She also wanted to watch it, but was worried that she couldn't buy a ticket!

"Thank you! I was just about to go and see it!"

After delivering the movie tickets successfully, Fang Zhibin finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked home with a lighter step.

——

Sunday finally arrives, with everyone eagerly waiting to watch a movie.

Early in the morning, sunlight crept in through the glass window, casting its dazzling golden light on the quilt, reflecting the jade-like face of the woman sleeping on the bed, her skin as white as porcelain and flawless.

Liang Baozhen slept until dawn. She was dazzled by the bright sunlight. She rubbed her eyes and then got up.

No one disturbed her at home, even Shanshan got up by herself, had breakfast and went out to play.

Xu Shengjie had just come back from exercise and ran two laps along the moat. After returning home and taking a shower, he looked full of energy again.

"The noodle soup is warming in the pot. Do you want steamed buns or baked cakes?"

"Have some pancakes." Liang Baozhen yawned, still half awake. After she finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, Xu Shengjie had already brought breakfast to the table.

Sitting at the table, Liang Baozhen watched Xu Shengjie also sit down and start eating, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"Well, I've run two laps and I'll have a piece for you when you get up."

Liang Baozhen took a bite of the pancake, which was crispy and delicious. She was very satisfied. "Where are grandma and the others?"

"My grandma went to buy eggs. I said I would buy them, but she said I didn't know how to choose and insisted I go myself."

"Grandma wants to go out for some exercise and buy something to kill time." Liang Baozhen drank half a bowl of noodle tea and felt her stomach was about seven-tenths full. She also took a fancy to the steamed bun in Xu Shengjie's hand.

Xu Shengjie understood at a glance and immediately broke off a piece and fed it to her, chewing it with great vigor.

"Shanshan went out to play, Xiaoya said she was at a colleague's house and she didn't come back for lunch. Xiaowei also went out early in the morning."

After he finished speaking, Xu Shengjie suddenly realized that the whole family was running out. Now, only he and his wife were left at home, and it was a rare time for the two of them to be alone.

After dinner, Liang Baozhen cleaned herself up and changed her clothes, while Xu Shengjie went to wash the dishes. The two of them had a clear division of labor. After Xu Shengjie finished cleaning up, he went into the house to take a look.

My daughter-in-law was combing her thick black hair. Ever since she became a news anchor, she no longer braided her hair and always let it down, which gave her a unique charm.

Although Liang Baozhen in the mirror is no longer the youthful girl she was when she got married nine years ago, the traces of time are still subtle, which makes her look more charming after experiencing ups and downs.

"Let me see." Xu Shengjie went to join in the fun in front of the mirror and straightened his white shirt, looking quite handsome.

Liang Baozhen pushed the man away and urged him to leave, "Stop being so conceited."

It was a rare trip for the couple. In the past, they always brought their whole family, or at least their daughter, with them. But today, they didn't bring anyone with them and were ready to have a romantic trip.

At this time, Shanshan was throwing corn seeds with a few other children at the entrance of the alley. As she was throwing, she looked up and saw that the two figures in front of her looked very familiar.

Take another look, why does he look so much like mom and dad?

Just as she was about to speak, she saw the two men turn a corner and disappear at the entrance of the alley.

"Shanshan, it's your turn to throw it away."

The friend reminded her.

"Okay." Shanshan came back to her senses and continued to throw corn seeds. Never mind, having fun is more important!

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Under the bright sunshine, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen strolled under the poplar trees, enjoying the rare leisure time.

In the past few years, the two have been busy raising children, attending college, running a business, and working, and have rarely had time for themselves.

The identities of the two people kept overlapping, from independent men and women to husband, wife, granddaughter-in-law, son-in-law, father and mother, boss and host... The more identities they had, the more their original selves were pushed further and further behind.

The two of them felt very comfortable taking a break from their busy schedule. Just walking outside made them feel the fresh air and refreshed their minds.

The two had lunch at a state-owned hotel, just like their first blind date, with each having a bowl of plain noodles and four sugar-coated biscuits.

Same people, same food, just different relationships and moods.

"Did you bring the tickets?" Liang Baozhen suddenly remembered this. Xu Shengjie went to Fang Hongming to get the movie tickets yesterday, and she forgot to remind him to check this morning.

Xu Shengjie patted his chest pocket and said, "Don't worry, it's here."

After lunch, they wandered around outside and then headed to the cinema.

"Homesickness" will be screened at 1:30 pm.

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The ticket gate of the cinema was packed with people. There was a lack of entertainment activities nowadays, and not every household could afford a television. So the movie tickets at one cent each had obviously become everyone's best pastime.

"Hey, look, isn't that Binzi?" Liang Baozhen looked at the crowd and couldn't help but applaud their decision to ask Fang Hongming to reserve tickets in advance, otherwise they might not be able to buy tickets. As a result, as she looked, she seemed to see Fang Hongming's son Fang Zhibin.

Fang Zhibin stood next to the ticket checking line. He was obviously dressed up today and looked very handsome. He was wearing a blue dacron shirt, grey trousers, and his hair was specially groomed. With his handsome face, he looked very energetic.

At this moment, he was looking around, as if looking for someone.

Xu Shengjie took a look and found that it was indeed the case.

"Binzi!"

This voice attracted Fang Zhibin's attention, and Xu Shengjie looked at Fang Zhibin as he walked towards him slowly.

"Brother Xu, Sister Baozhen." Fang Zhibin forced a bitter smile. He never thought that when he wanted to create an opportunity to watch a movie with Xu Shengya, he would actually run into Xu Shengya's elder brother!

Isn't this just a plan to hit on someone's girl, and he was caught red-handed by her boss?

"You're here to watch a movie, too?" Liang Baozhen exchanged a few pleasantries with him. "Who are you here with? Are you waiting for someone?"

"Ah... I actually..." Fang Zhibin's mind raced, thinking about how to get rid of the two of them. If the eldest brother of the Xu family found out that he and Xu Shengya were sitting next to each other, would he be able to explain it clearly?

It’s over, it’s over. Will Brother Xu notice something is wrong at a glance?

"I came alone." Fang Zhibin waved his ticket in front of Xu Shengjie, "My dad has an extra ticket. The person who wanted it before can't come, so I'll just come and watch it."

"You're lucky then. This movie is so popular that tickets are hard to buy."

After a few more words, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen, who had finished checking their tickets first, went in first. Fang Zhibin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them leave.

Good risk!

He originally planned to give Xu Shengya the movie ticket, and then he would come over with the movie ticket for her neighbor, and the two of them would watch a movie together and chat, which would probably allow them to get a little closer.

After all, he has never pursued any girls, so it should be okay for him to watch movies, right?

As he was thinking about it, he realized something was wrong. Who could tell him if that familiar figure walking not far away was...Xu Shengwei???

Could he be so unlucky? He just wanted to watch a movie with Xu Shengya and meet her elder and second brothers?

"Binzi!" Xu Shengwei was sharp-eyed and spotted Fang Zhibin at the door of the cinema. He ran to his good friend and patted him on the shoulder. "You are going to see a movie today too? What a coincidence!"

"Haha." Fang Zhibin laughed even harder. How could he live like this? "Are you here to watch a movie?"

His mind raced again. What should he do? Could he really sit and watch a movie with others in front of Xu Shengya's elder and second brothers?

Is it too rampant?

Otherwise, why not run away now? It seems too anxious!

"Yes, Xiaoya originally said she had a movie ticket and wanted to go to the theater today, but she had something else and couldn't come, so she asked me to go. Don't waste the movie ticket. I heard that this movie is very popular and tickets are hard to buy."

Fang Zhibin:!!!

"Is this the ticket Xiaoya gave you?" Fang Zhibin didn't know whether to feel more regretful or fortunate. This situation was indeed not optimistic.

"Yes, what about you? Let me see your ticket." Xu Shengwei saw his buddy holding a ticket for the same show as his. "Hurry up, the movie is about to start."

"Oh oh." Fang Zhibin didn't have time to say anything and could only follow to check in for admission.

It was already quite late when they went in. The cinema was dark. Xu Shengwei did not see his elder brother and sister-in-law. He knew that they went out to see a movie today, but he didn't know it was this one.

"Where are you sitting? What a pity we didn't buy tickets together, otherwise we could have watched the movie together. Hey, how about we see if we can find someone to exchange seats with?" Xu Shengwei found his seat and sat down, row six, seat five, right next to the aisle seat.

He had just finished speaking and was thinking about asking Fang Zhibin to find his seat and then seeing if it would be convenient to find someone to change seats with him, when he saw his good friend sitting down in the empty seat next to him.

Xu Shengwei: “…?”

"What a coincidence." Fang Zhibin smiled at him, "My seat is right next to you."

Xu Shengwei was still a little bit unconvinced. Could it really be such a coincidence? He took the ticket from his hand and took a closer look. Wow, it really is! Sixth row, number six!

"Wow, we are so destined to be together like this."

Fang Zhibin's heart was bleeding. It was fate. He had specially asked his father to reserve the tickets for the connecting seats.

When the movie started, Xu Shengwei quickly got into the mood. Who wouldn't like watching a movie? Even the cinema, which had been a little noisy just now, became quiet in an instant, and everyone stared at the screen intently.

Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen sat on the other side, watching the movie intently.

It had been a long time since she had been to a cinema. Sitting among the crowd, looking at the dark masses of heads in the front row, Liang Baozhen still felt a little uncomfortable.

However, after a while, as the plot of the movie unfolded, she was so absorbed in it that she ignored everything else, not even the man beside her.

Although we have a TV at home and can often watch TV series, the movie screen is still different. The movie screen is much larger than the small square screen of the TV, and the stories played out in it are more interesting.

Just as Liang Baozhen was immersed in the plot and sighing for the fate of the heroine and her child, she suddenly felt her hand being pinched.

It felt like a feather stroking the back of his hand.

She lowered her head and looked over. Xu Shengjie's hand touched her. This guy was quite careless while watching a movie...

After retracting her gaze, Liang Baozhen continued to focus on the movie. The movie was shot in a large setting, accompanied by the soundtrack, which seemed to bring people into the movie.

However, someone is always bothering her!

I was finally immersed in it, but was pulled out.

"What are you doing?" Liang Baozhen felt something was wrong. What was wrong with this guy today?

Xu Shengjie didn't say anything. He just raised his chin towards his wife in the dark and asked her to look at the big screen.

After Liang Baozhen turned her head, he held his daughter-in-law's hand and gently stroked her soft and delicate skin with his thin fingertips.

Liang Baozhen glanced at the man, but saw that he curled his lips in the dark. This frivolous man, who used to be so righteous in the cinema when he was young, now actually took the initiative to shake her hand?

Liang Baozhen clenched her hands, but she felt the man's hand holding her even tighter.

Forget it, let him be!

It’s more important to watch movies.

The two of them watched the entire movie in the obscure darkness, holding hands. Liang Baozhen just thought this man was annoying and even pinched the back of her hand. Not to be outdone, she distracted herself by pinching his palm.

Very good, a movie seems to show some different tricks.

When the song ended, the crowd left, the lights came on in the movie theater, the darkness instantly dissipated, and the two naturally let go of each other's hands, just like those young people expressing their hidden love in the dark.

When the light comes, we are good comrades again!

"Bring Shanshan here next time and pick out a movie for her to watch." Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie stood up and prepared to leave.

"Okay, let's see if there's anything suitable for children to watch then."

In this room, Xu Shengwei also finished watching the movie and was discussing the plot excitedly with his buddy Fang Zhibin.

Fang Zhibin was obviously not as excited as Xu Shengwei. He looked hopeless and said casually.

"What? You don't like this movie? Binzi, I find you are quite picky now."

Fang Zhibin was feeling sad. Could it be that the problem wasn't with the movie, but with who he watched it with?

However, he couldn't say this, after all, the man might be his future uncle... No, he could be his good buddy.

"It's OK. It's a good performance. Let's go out."

"Okay! Let's watch it again next time. Movies are really fun...ah!!" Xu Shengwei, who had just half stood up, suddenly sat down and shrank down, which scared Fang Zhibin.

"What's wrong with you?"

Xu Shengwei stuck his head out and looked to the left front, and saw a familiar figure. Why did he say familiar? He had only met her once!

But he just remembered it.

The lesbian who went on a blind date that day was He Siqi.

Because he used her as a shield and fabricated the story that she rejected him, Xu Shengwei felt guilty and was extremely reluctant to meet her.

"It's okay, I...well, my leg suddenly cramped. Let's sit for a while. We're not in a hurry to leave." Xu Shengwei tried to recall. Just now, he half stood up and saw He Siqi turning her head. He reacted quickly and sat down immediately. He should not have been seen, right?

"Ah? How can I get cramps while watching a movie?" Fang Zhibin was about to check for him, but the man waved his hand and directly refused.

After hesitating for a while, Xu Shengwei and Fang Zhibin left only when most people in the cinema hall had left.

When the two walked out of the cinema, Xu Shengwei happened to see He Siqi walking forward more than a hundred meters ahead. She was wearing the same clothes as he wore on the blind date. He saw her at first sight.

Walking pretty fast at the moment.

"Qiqi, are you in a hurry to go home? Why are you walking so fast?" The friend was a little puzzled.

He Siqi didn't dare to look back, but she actually saw Comrade Xu Shengwei, the man she was going on a blind date with!

She felt a little embarrassed and felt sorry for everyone she met. After all, she was the one who made a fuss about him not liking her. She pretended to be hit hard and refused the blind date, causing her mother to scold her for several days at home. Xu Shengwei was blind, and she tried to persuade him, but she could not stop an old mother from viewing her daughter as the best filter.

Therefore, the right thing to do is to leave now!

She was embarrassed to see Xu Shengwei!

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