Chapter 162
When May just began, the weather was still quite cold. Chu Jiujiu felt strange and thought to herself that this year would definitely be a cool year.
Within half a month, she was slapped in the face. This year's summer came exceptionally early and was exceptionally hot. In late May and early June, there was no rain in the capital. Chu Jiujiu didn't even dare to go out. The temperature outside was as high as 40 degrees Celsius, and the perceived temperature was probably 50 degrees.
Every year there are always one or two years when the weather is hot. As luck would have it, this year is the year when the weather is hot.
During the hottest days, Chu Jiujiu couldn't stay in the dormitory. Turning on the fan didn't work, and neither did opening all the doors and windows. The more sophisticated students gave up their beds and slept directly on the concrete floor, while the less sophisticated ones simply went out with their pillows and slept on the benches.
Just like that, a strange scene appeared. There were no students in the building, but on the roof used to dry quilts, there were many bedding rolls of various sizes. There was no light on the roof, so some students took flashlights, shone them on the books in their hands, and stomped their feet to drive away mosquitoes.
Chu Jiujiu is one of these people. After living in this era for many years, she has never missed air conditioning so much.
She didn't even bother to expose her ability to predict the future. She would almost always ask every elder she met, "Do you know where I can buy an air conditioner?"
Fortunately, she asked this year. If she had asked two years ago, people would have doubted her knowledge of air conditioners. However, this year, there are so many returning overseas Chinese and students who have studied abroad. For someone like Chu Jiujiu, who has such a wide circle of friends, knowing about such things seems to be no problem.
Chu Liqiang was helpless, but Grandpa Han felt sorry for her and bought her three electric fans. This solved Chu Jiujiu's urgent problem, but soon the dormitory could not bear the voltage and a power outage was declared.
Chu Jiujiu was almost crying. She was not Han Shengyi. She could not turn a deaf ear to the outside world and concentrate on reading the books of sages. In this environment, she could only concentrate on reading for a while when it was a little cooler at night. It was so hot during the day that she had no intention of studying at all.
At this time, it was clear that the Wen family was very wealthy.
After Chang Fangyuan learned about this, she called Wen Fuming, who was abroad. Without hesitation, Wen Fuming bought 20 air conditioners locally and chartered a boat to ship them back to China. He also sent an employee from his company to help with the installation. Over the phone, he told Chang Fangyuan to keep 10 for her family and give the other 10 as gifts to establish connections.
After hearing this, Chang Fangyuan first arranged the air conditioners in his own home. He kept four for himself, gave three to the Han family, and then gave three to the Chu family. Chu Jiujiu, who learned the news, quickly took Han Shengyi back home. The exam was only a few days away, and she didn't want to perform poorly because of the hot weather.
After the air conditioner was installed, Chu Jiujiu closed the door and buried herself in reading. Compared to her, Han Shengyi was too leisurely as if he was about to take an exam. He would read for a few hours, then come out to rest for a while, water the flowers, read the newspaper, and then make a nutritious meal and send it to Chu Jiujiu.
Wen Xiuwei went to film again, otherwise she should be responsible for Chu Jiujiu's nutritious meals. When she heard on the phone that the capital was extremely hot, Wen Xiuwei didn't feel anything at all, because she was in the ancient city of Yunnan, where it was spring all year round and the temperature didn't even exceed 30 degrees. She really couldn't understand Chu Jiujiu's pain.
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At that time, customs were not so strict. In the early days of reform and opening up, they were even too relaxed. As long as they were not people or things written in the law, customs would accept almost anything. Of course, this was for imports. Exports were still very strict.
Of the air conditioners sent back by Wen Fuming, only a few were eventually sent to facilitate relations. The rest were bought by a special person who came to Chang Fangyuan's house.
People had investigated the couple in advance and knew that they were patriots, so they did not hide it and said directly that they wanted to buy the air conditioner to study the technology behind it.
At this time, it had only been a few years since China successfully produced its first air conditioner, and that was not a civilian air conditioner, but a commercial one, a particularly large one. Civilian air conditioners are relatively small. Domestic technology is underdeveloped, and the products produced are not good enough, are very power-consuming, and are in short supply. Not to mention ordinary people, even rich people can't afford it because they are all supplied to places like the State Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After hearing about it, Chang Fangyuan had no intention of asking for money, but the other party was very insistent, so she had to accept the money. At the same time, she also packed up the employee sent by Wen Fuming and sent him over. Her original intention was to let this person tell everything he knew. He should be back in three or four days. This person's ancestral home is Fujian, and his nationality is no longer Chinese. He regards this return to China as a business trip, and he will definitely go back in the future.
However, neither Chang Fangyuan nor the employee expected that this separation would last for seven years.
Seven years later, let alone going back to report to his boss, his boss had long been replaced, and even he himself had become the deputy general manager of Chunlan Air Conditioning. Why should he go back to be a miserable employee when he could be his own boss?
In a very good mood, he sent a letter abroad, saying that he had established himself firmly in the country and even bought two houses. His family could stop waiting and come back to live a good life.
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No matter what happens seven years later, just talking about seven years ago, most people's mood is still not as good as that of the Wen's employee who is about to become successful.
Among them, Chu Lijun was the most seriously injured.
He had enjoyed air conditioning before, but suddenly he was back to the era of electric fans. The fan was turning slowly, making a buzzing sound as it turned, giving people the feeling that it could not bear the weight and would fall down and die soon. When he first found Mrs. Gao, Chu Lijun was very excited and willing to stay at Chu Lidi's house. He also often contacted his childhood friends and invited them to dinner at the best and most expensive restaurants.
Zhang Nan knew that he just wanted to show off, but she had her own things to do and didn't have the time to care about him.
Now, the novelty of Chu Lijun showing off has worn off, and the unbearable sweltering heat has arrived, and Chu Lijun can't stand it anymore.
Chu Lijun asked Zhang Nan for the unknown number of times: "When are we going back?"
Zhang Nan was picking out clothes for herself, "Wait a little longer."
Chu Lijun was already irritable, and now that the weather was hot, his irritability escalated. He even dared to lose his temper at Zhang Nan.
"Every time you say wait! When are we going to go? It's so poor and miserable here, there's not even a decent bar. I've had enough. Hurry and buy a plane ticket!"
Zhang Nan frowned, she turned her head and glanced at Chu Lijun, "After all, this is your hometown. If you don't want to stay a little longer, I want to live here for a while longer."
Chu Lijun immediately sneered, "Come on, you're a Japanese, what feelings can you have for this place?"
As soon as he said this, Chu Lijun remembered that he had said something he shouldn't have said, but since he had already said it, he couldn't regret it. He gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Nan. As expected, the latter's expression was gloomy.
She stared at Chu Lijun, without any of her usual gentle demeanor. She opened her mouth and spoke word by word, "I'm not Japanese."
"If you can't control your mouth, I can do it for you."
Chu Lijun was almost breaking out in a cold sweat, this sentence was Zhang Nan's death knell. Chu Lijun had seen someone else do this once before, and then he never saw that person again.
At this time, Zhang Nan is much more useful than the air conditioner. The air conditioner still needs some time to cool down, and when Zhang Nan's eyes came over, Chu Lijun felt like he fell into an icy cave, and cold sweat began to appear on his hands and feet.
Chu Lijun finally calmed down after his burning head cooled down. A timid look flashed in his eyes, but his expression was still fierce and cowardly. "I'm so annoyed! This crappy hotel doesn't even have air conditioning in such hot weather!"
Seeing that he started to talk about something else, Zhang Nan looked at him silently for a while before turning around again with his back to him.
Chu Lijun didn't dare to say anything anymore.
Walking out of the bedroom and sitting on the sofa in the small living room outside, Chu Lijun could still see Zhang Nan's figure.
He had been married to Zhang Nan for several years, but he still didn't understand what kind of person she was. Even if he didn't mention her personality, and only mentioned her past, he knew very little.
He only knew that Zhang Nan grew up in Japan, and later went to the United States for college and started her own company. As for whether she had been married before, who her parents were, or whether she was still alive, Chu Lijun had no idea.
What is the point of such a marriage? Occasionally, Chu Lijun would have such thoughts, but soon, the thoughts disappeared on their own.
After all, he can't live without Zhang Nan.
After thinking about it, Chu Lijun stood up silently. He spontaneously found Zhang Nan's bag and took out something similar to a cigarette from it. Zhang Nan was still picking clothes. She could see what Chu Lijun did from the mirror embedded in the wardrobe, but she did not stop him. She even smiled at Chu Lijun in the mirror.
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After a week of reviewing at home, the final exams came. The weather was still very hot, at least much hotter than before. Before, when I sat in the dormitory, I would be soaked from head to toe in a short while. But now, I have to wait until at least noon before I can feel the wet clothes sticking to my body.
Everyone is hot and will be affected, so the results will still be fair.
Chu Jiujiu had no idea how many points she had gotten in the exam. She only knew that three days later, she received an interview notice.
Han Shengyi also received the call, but they were not in the same office on the same day. The interview times and locations for different majors were different. The first person to be interviewed was Chu Jiujiu. She arrived at the examination room three hours in advance. Han Shengyi sat with her and saw her nervously clenching her fists. He stretched out his hand and interlocked his fingers with hers.
"Relax, you will definitely pass the exam."
Han Shengyi's voice was gentle and affectionate, and when Chu Jiujiu heard it, she looked at him in surprise.
Then, she flung her arms around like a cockroach had landed on her hand, "Let go! It's so hot! Don't bother me at this time!!!"
Han Shengyi: “…”
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