1991 was a chaotic and turbulent year. The international situation was volatile, with the Soviet Union disintegrating. Domestically, there was also unrest. Summer floods hit East China, and overcapacity led to the beginnings of a wave of layoffs.
Several major events also happened around them: the Nanpu Bridge was completed and opened to traffic, the Oriental Pearl Tower began to be built, the Pudong New Area began to be vigorously developed, and Kang Kang became a glorious primary school student.
He attends a primary school in Jing'an District, a key school in the city and also founded by Mr. Chen. The school has good hardware facilities and teaching staff. Its educational philosophy is "every child is a potential genius." After inspecting the school, the couple was very satisfied with it and sent Kang Kang there.
Deng Xiaoping had just finished his southern tour speech, reform and opening up entered a new chapter, and stocks began to soar. Lin Xiuyao had recently become obsessed with the stock market, treating the exchange as his own company and going there to punch in every day.
Today is the weekend, and Lin Xiuyao went to the stock exchange early in the morning. Su Qingmeng secretly discussed with Kang Kang, "The day after tomorrow is Dad's birthday. Let's go buy him a gift."
Su Qingmeng and her son went to the newly opened Cartier counter. She bought a black wallet. Kang Kang looked at the price tag and doubted his life, "Mom, it's so expensive." He couldn't afford it.
"You are still young, so spend within your means and don't buy too expensive gifts." She took Kang Kang to the department store, and Kang Kang finally bought a pair of leather shoes for more than 60 yuan, which was half of his savings.
"We also need to order a birthday cake." Kang Kang was happy because he had another cream cake to eat. His mother said it's not good for children to eat too much sweet food, so he rarely eats it.
In the evening, Lin Xiuyao returned home and saw his wife and children reading and studying in the study. His passionate mood finally calmed down. The stock market has skyrocketed recently, and the investors' emotions are too crazy. He also got excited.
"I'm back."
Lin Xiuyao sat next to his wife and took out his professional book on finance to read. He was very interested in the stock market. There were not many books on this subject in China, and the book in his hand was in a foreign language. Fortunately, his English had improved a lot and he could understand it.
The three of them read quietly until half past five, and the couple went to the kitchen to cook. "How long can this bull market last?"
Su Qingmeng: "As far as I remember, it was probably in May. You should stop while you're ahead. It's already increased five or six times now."
Lin Xiuyao: "It will be soon, I'll see what I can do." Combining his wife's words with the current policies, he judged that there would be another big rise.
After dinner, the three of them watched TV for a while, and Kang Kang started practicing the violin. He can now play simple pieces.
At 7:30, the three of them went downstairs. Lin Xiuyao and Kang Kang played basketball, while Su Qingmeng played badminton with a badminton friend who lived in the same apartment. Last year, the apartment added a lot of sports facilities, including basketball hoops, badminton nets, ping-pong tables, etc.
Many people come here to exercise in the evening. She met a friend and they often played ball together. Her name was Tang Ping and she was an employee of a foreign trade company. They got along well.
Half an hour later, during the intermission, Tang Ping asked, "Have you bought stocks?" Nowadays, everyone in Shanghai is investing in stocks, and when they meet, they greet each other with "Have you bought stocks?"
Su Qingmeng nodded. Their family had invested two million in total.
"I bought it too. The Xiaofei Le I bought has risen by more than 30 points. My colleagues are very envious of me. I want to buy more, but unfortunately there is no one for sale now. Basically, there is no demand for it." Tang Ping said regretfully.
Su Qingmeng did not reveal the situation of her family. She had to be on guard against others. Even Kang Kang didn't know how many stocks they had bought, and she was afraid that he would let the cat out of the bag.
At 8:30, the three of them went home, took a shower and went to bed.
On March 24, 1992, Su Qingmeng decorated the house at home in the afternoon. She blew up a lot of balloons, hung small colored lights by the window, cut the four big words "Happy Birthday" out of colored paper and pasted them on the wall, and went to the cake shop to pick up the birthday cake she had ordered.
It was past five o'clock, and she thought the father and son would be back soon, so she drew the curtains at home, turned off the lights, and lit the candles on the cake.
Lin Xiuyao walked in and found the room dark. "Wife, why don't you turn on the light?"
Su Qingmeng came out with a cake, and Kang Kang and his mother sang together: "Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~"
"Today is my birthday," Lin Xiuyao suddenly realized, "I've been so busy lately that I even forgot."
"Dad, blow out the candles~" Kang Kang urged impatiently.
Lin Xiuyao silently made a wish, hoping that his family would be healthy and his wife would love each other. He opened his eyes and blew out the candle.
Kang Kang turned on the light and said, "Eat the cake!" He ate half of the cake by himself.
Su Qingmeng took out the gift she had prepared, a Cartier wallet with a photo of the family of three inside. Kang Kang also took out the leather shoes he had bought for her. "Happy birthday, Dad."
"Thank you, wife, and thank you, Kang Kang."
Su Qingmeng went to cook noodles, "Kang Kang, can you still eat?"
Kang Kang held up a finger and said, "I can still eat another bowl."
After eating noodles, the three of them watched TV on the sofa. Lin Xiuyao held his child in his left hand and his wife in his right hand, feeling extremely satisfied.
On May 21, the Shanghai Stock Exchange lifted the price limit and implemented the T+0 trading rule. This was Lin Xiuyao's final stock sale. Before that, he had sold some of his stocks in succession and cashed out 19 million yuan.
After the sale, the stock price continued to rise, and Yuyuan shares once exceeded 10,000. However, Lin Xiuyao did not regret it. Sure enough, the stock price began to fall in June. Orders for transactions had to be queued up, and anyone who wanted to sell stocks had to queue up. He could only watch the index fall all the way.
When he went to the stock exchange, he could feel the panic of the stock investors. Compared with the fanatical expressions a month ago, Lin Xiuyao truly experienced the unpredictable changes in the capital market.
"I'm going on a business trip to Zhejiang Province tomorrow to hand over the company's summer production tasks." Lin Xiuyao said at the dinner table in the evening.
"How long will it take?" Su Qingmeng picked up a piece of vegetables for Kang Kang with chopsticks. He is still picky about food now. He likes meat but not vegetables.
"About two days." Lin Xiuyao said.
"Then buy some silk pajamas on the way. It's going to be hot soon. Two sets for each of the three of us."
After Lin Xiuyao returned from Zhejiang Province, he was busy with company matters for a few days, arranged the summer sales work, and then set off for Hainan.
Su Qingmeng and her mother were at home. They went to see Zhou Wenxi on the weekend. Kang Kang held the violin and said, "I will teach Qingqing to play the violin."
Su Qingmeng: "Your sister Qingqing is learning piano. You can play for her, but don't teach her."
Zhou Wenxi now lives in a small townhouse in the fifth dormitory of Fudan University. The upstairs is the bedroom, the downstairs is the living room, and there is also a kitchen and bathroom. It is much better than the previous building.
When Su Qingmeng brought Kang Kang here, the whole family was there. She put down the fruit she had brought. Zhou Wenxi said, "You always come here to take something. It's too formal."
"After all, we, mother and daughter, come here to eat for free, so we feel embarrassed to come empty-handed." Su Qingmeng smiled. They had said before coming today that they would stay here for a day.
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