"Mom." Kang Kang went to Su Qingmeng as soon as he entered the house. "I drew a family portrait in painting class today. Do you think it looks good?"
Su Qingmeng took it. Kang Kang's painting was very vivid, with blue sky and white clouds, flowers and trees, and a family of three: Lin Xiuyao in a suit, her in a skirt, and himself in overalls, all three of them smiling.
"It's beautiful and very vivid." Although the composition of this painting is simple, the colors are bright and full of childlike fun.
"The teacher also praised me." Kang Kang said proudly.
Su Qingmeng: "You work hard to practice painting every day, so of course you will receive praise. This is the result of your hard work."
She looked at Lin Xiuyao, who was holding a letter in his hand. "Whose letter is it?"
"It was sent by my uncle."
"Uncle actually wrote a letter." "Nowadays, when there's something going on back home, we usually call," "What's in the letter?"
Lin Xiuyao opened the envelope. "My uncle said my eldest cousin opened a furniture workshop and asked me to help collect some new furniture styles in Shanghai and send them back."
"When did my cousin resign?"
"In July of this year, my uncle wrote to me saying that the furniture factory where my eldest cousin worked had closed down, so he started his own business. However, business wasn't doing well, so he asked me to help collect new styles from big cities to see if I could make some progress."
"Is that all? Why didn't you call?" Su Qingmeng was curious.
"I guess there are so many people in the village, he doesn't want others to know." Lin Xiuyao thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that my cousin would become a self-employed person."
"In the 1990s, a wave of layoffs began, and the first to go bankrupt were the small factories in these counties. It was a market economy, and they had no core competitiveness." Su Qingmeng sighed.
"We two ordinary people can't care about that. Tomorrow I'll take my camera to the furniture store to take some pictures and send them back. I'm going to cook now."
Su Qingmeng made a request, "I want to eat crab roe noodles. Sister Wei peeled the crab roe this morning."
Lin Xiuyao prepared some hot noodles and served them to the three of them. While they were eating, the phone rang. He went to answer it and said, "Hello, who is this?"
"Is this Comrade Lin Xiuyao?" A strange male voice came on the phone.
"Yes, I am."
The man's voice said, "Landlord, your house is going to be demolished, please come back quickly." His tone was very excited.
Lin Xiuyao asked: "Excuse me, where do you live?"
"＊＊ Hutong, Chaoyang District."
Lin Xiuyao thanked him, "I see. Thank you for letting me know. I'll ask my friend to go over and take a look tomorrow."
"Okay, the neighborhood office came to notify you today, landlord, hurry up."
"Okay, bye." Lin Xiuyao hung up and sat back at the dining table.
Su Qingmeng asked: "Who is it?"
"The tenants in Chaoyang District said their houses were going to be demolished."
Su Qingmeng was surprised, "It's going to be demolished? That's great." It was the first time she had encountered such a good thing. Who hasn't dreamed of getting rich from demolition?
After dinner, Lin Xiuyao called Zhou Hai and asked him to help inquire about the demolition situation.
The next day, Zhou Hai called and said that all the bungalows in that area were going to be demolished and buildings were going to be built, and they were still discussing mobilization.
Kang Kang still has half a month left for winter vacation, so the two of them decided to go back to Beijing together after he has his winter vacation. Anyway, there is no rush and it is not something that needs to be decided in a few days.
That morning, just as Su Qingmeng woke up, Lin Xiuyao magically took out a bouquet of flowers, beautifully wrapped, containing champagne roses and lisianthus, and said, "Happy birthday, my wife!"
"Thank you, husband." Su Qingmeng kissed him.
Lin Xiuyao took out another small box and opened it, revealing a pair of simple and elegant gold rings. "I heard that in the West, weddings require exchanging wedding rings," he said, taking out a women's ring and placing it on Su Qingmeng's left ring finger. "Others will know you're married at first glance."
Su Qingmeng smiled. Was this ring meant to protect her from romantic relationships? She also put it on Lin Xiuyao. "You can't forget that you're married. Stay away from other women."
"Okay, we have a deal to keep our distance from the opposite sex." Lin Xiuyao was looking forward to it.
When Kang Kang woke up, Lin Xiuyao winked at him. Kang Kang quickly ran back to the house and took out the gift his father had bought him yesterday, a red scarf, and said, "Happy birthday, Mom!"
"Thank you, Kang Kang." She put on the scarf. The color was so bright, but her son's eyes were still the same.
Kang Kang asked, "Mom, do you like the scarf I picked?"
"I like it," she said, not wanting to discourage her son's enthusiasm. After all, he was being filial. "It's quite obvious."
Lin Xiuyao chuckled at his wife's insincere words, "I told Sister Wei yesterday that she doesn't need to come today. Let's go out for breakfast today."
After having beef pan-fried dumplings and tofu pudding for breakfast, Su Qingmeng sent Kang Kang to kindergarten and dressed up beautifully to spend some time with Lin Xiuyao.
The two of them went for a stroll on the Bund, and went into any store they found interesting to shop. Lin Xiuyao became a bag carrier and an ATM. They shopped for the whole morning, and at noon they picked up Kang Kang and went to Taishengyuan Hotel for dinner. They had a sumptuous meal today, including large lobster, crispy pigeon, and stir-fried pomfret.
After sending Kang Kang back to school, Su Qingmeng asked, "Where are we going next?"
Lin Xiuyao said, "I want to go to the City God Temple."
Su Qingmeng was confused, "You want to worship Buddha?" Why did he suddenly become superstitious?
"Go ahead," Lin Xiuyao shook her arm, "I want to go."
Su Qingmeng got goosebumps all over her body and acted coquettishly, "Okay. Let's go!"
The two went to the City God Temple. The temple was solemn and the air was filled with the scent of sandalwood. Lin Xiuyao reverently took three incense sticks, one to pray for his family's safety, and the other to pray that Su Qingmeng would love him forever. He bowed three times and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
After coming out, Su Qingmeng asked, "What did you ask for?"
Lin Xiuyao shook his head and said nothing.
"Let me guess, the family is safe, right?"
Lin Xiuyao raised his eyebrows, and Su Qingmeng knew what he was thinking from his expression, "I guess I guessed right." She smiled proudly.
"Yes, my wife is amazing. Where are we going next?" Lin Xiuyao changed the subject.
"Well, I want to go to the disco." There are many dance halls on the streets now, and she is very curious.
"You are the birthday girl today, do whatever you want."
The two went to a disco to dance. In the 1990s, a disco was just a large hall without private rooms. The neon lights of the disco shone on the dancers, and people swayed their bodies to the music. She pulled Lin Xiuyao into the dance floor and swayed their bodies to their heart's content.
Lin Xiuyao was a little hesitant at first, but seeing his wife dancing so happily, he started dancing too. The music in the dance hall was so dynamic and exciting that he became more and more excited.
Su Qingmeng thought of modern life. When she was under a lot of pressure, she would go to the bar to dance after work to vent her emotions. She missed it a lot.
They played until Kang Kang was almost done with school, and then they came out of the dance hall. It was winter now, and Lin Xiuyao was actually sweating. "No wonder so many people come here to have fun. It's so refreshing."
"Will you come again next time?"
Lin Xiuyao shook his head, "No, we can dance at home." Don't think he didn't see it just now. Many men tried to get close to his wife. The environment in the dance hall was dim and not very safe.
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