Chapter 35 Feeling at home
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Li Siming returned home. Before leaving, Director Jiang bought a lot of gifts for him. Li Siming couldn't push it away, so he had to climb onto the train with big bags. Li Siming promised to come to Factory 0916 for another week after the Spring Festival.
When he returned home, the fatigue of the journey disappeared immediately. The mother arranged back and forth, taking out the delicious food she had prepared long ago to comfort her son.
"Siming, your mother waited for you to come back on the street outside early in the morning. If you haven't arrived yet, he would ask me to report the case at the police station!" Father Li Quan said with a smile.
"You said that during the summer holiday, I asked you to visit my son in Heilongjiang. You are here, don't worry about our Siming man. It's still Siming's father, and he doesn't care at all!" The mother scolded her father.
"Si Ming, tell me about your affairs in the Corps, and I can't explain it clearly in the letter." said my father.
"Siming just came back. You can let him take a break. It's not too late to say it when he's having the New Year's Eve dinner!" The mother immediately responded, her concern overwhelmingly.
Under the arrangement of my mother, a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was put on. My father took out a bottle of Maotai from the cabinet that had been treasured for a long time and said to Li Siming: "Tonight, let's have a few drinks, don't tell me that you didn't learn to drink in the Corps." In his previous life, Li Siming just drank some grapes, which was a so-called "bourgeois" mood, but in the Great Northern Wilderness, no educated youth would drink, especially in winter, drinking a sip of strong wine can drive away the cold.
Night falls, and the house is warm and warm. Outside the house, the lights are bright and every house is decorated with lights. In an era of material scarcity, nothing is more important than having a decent and happy Spring Festival. With the sound of firecrackers and the blooming of thousands of colorful flowers in the night sky, 1974 has arrived.
In my previous life, I should have sat in front of the TV to enjoy the Spring Festival Gala dinner, and then scolded the director the next day! However, there is no Spring Festival Gala in this era, and I have only heard of it. However, the taste of the Spring Festival is much stronger than that of the fast-paced era in later generations. Just the crackling sound of firecrackers outside was banned at the suggestion of the so-called environmental defenders in later generations. Beijing during the Spring Festival is still very lively. No matter what personal experience, Wangfujing, Liulichang, and department stores still have to go and see it.
On the first day of the New Year, Li Siming was dragged by his mother to visit relatives and friends, and there were a lot of aunts and uncles. When he saw Li Siming, he complimented him for not seeing a young man in two years. Li Siming thought that if he was a child now, he would definitely have a lot of money for the New Year, but now from the appearance, he must be an adult and already has a salary, so he would be embarrassed to ask for it for me.
However, the feeling of this restaurant is Li Siming regards as the most precious thing. Every day, Li Siming is busy cleaning the room, buying vegetables and cooking, and respecting his parents. His mother didn't let him do anything, but his father smiled and said, "Fuck, let Siming do it, this is also my intention!"
On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, Li Siming left early in the morning. Today is the day for the fifth company of educated youth from Beijing. After taking a car, they walked through a few streets and arrived at the Moscow restaurant. Old Beijing likes to call it "Lao Mo". This was originally a restaurant opened by Belarus. It was taken back to the state after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the authentic Russian flavor has not changed and the price is pretty good.
When Li Siming arrived, Xu Dashuai and others had arrived. When they saw him, they all came to say hello intimately. It was still early for the meal. A group of people were divided into groups to play poker there, and the rest were chatting in the open space while eating melon seeds.
As noon approached, we heard quarrels outside the door. Everyone ran to the private room to see. Zhang Hua, who was in charge of organizing the party, was arguing with a group of people. It turned out that these people were also here for dinner, because the only private room was booked by Li Siming and other educated youths, so the group of people quit and insisted that they move out.
"These people are all children of high-ranking officials in the capital. Their parents are either generals or high-ranking officials. They are lawless in the capital, and no one cares about them." Yang Yue whispered to Li Siming.
"Well, how do you know?" Li Siming felt a little strange. Oh, by the way, your dad is also a general!
These people are used to being arrogant and are even more lawless to get together. The waiters in the restaurant have long been hiding away from a distance. And the educated youth on Daxing Island are indeed young and energetic, so how can they take the initiative to give up their place?
"Brother, how can we do it? We brothers have been together and we know each other well and move out of the way!" The leader is not old and probably similar to Marshal Xu, but he looks more powerful than Marshal Xu.
"Hmph, why? Our brothers have finally gotten together, why should we give it to you?" Zhang Hua is not a guy who is easy to compromise.
"I care whether you are gathering or not. Today, you have to give in, and you have to give in, and you have to give in if you don't give in."
"So what if you don't let it go?" Zhang Hua was not willing to be outdone.
"Don't let it?" The big man looked around and laughed. They all liked to cause trouble. "That wouldn't make sense?"
"There is nothing to discuss!" Zhang Hua said firmly.
"Boy, don't let my brother move," the big man said arrogantly, holding his arms.
"Move hard?" Zhang Hua smiled, and all the educated youth laughed.
"Damn it, go out, the playground of the military compound, who wins, who will belong to this private room?" The big man looked at the other party hesitated and thought for a while, "Don't worry, we won't come to the dark, it's all based on our real skills! Yang Yue can testify that she knows me." The big man obviously just discovered Yang Yue, but he couldn't give in because he knew her, that would be too shameless!
"Okay, one word is determined!" Zhang Hua nodded at Li Siming, as brave as a tiger. The big man did not notice that the eyes of the educated youth looked at him contained sympathy and pity, and a look of "You are miserable!"
The military district courtyard is actually a family area, not far from "Lao Mo", and you will arrive after a few streets. There are two sentries at the door. When they see these people coming, they let them in without asking. In Li Siming's impression, the government agencies of this era are not as snobbish as those of later generations. One office building is built more and one guard is more arrogant. The playground is large, and there are still many guards training. The big man led a group of people to the playground directly. The soldiers who were training obviously looked at this side, but no one came. Maybe they were all used to it.
"Big guy, what are you comparing? Take a look down!" Zhang Hua said with a smile.
"Better than fighting, we have three players, you have three players, and you have two wins in three games!" The big guy is very confident in his side.
"A word is determined!" The educated youth laughed. The game was decided!
The three people from the big side were all powerful Kong Wu, and ordinary people really couldn't deal with them. Moreover, these people grew up in a military family and had a few tricks of their skills. However, the educated youth on Daxing Island were fearless and nonsense! Those who could fight with a bayonet could not deal with you?
Zhang Hua patted Li Siming on the shoulder: "Brother, it depends on you!"
"Hey, three of us, which two of you have?" The big man thought the other party could not find anyone.
"Big guy, that's right, we're the only one. Are you fighting on the wheel or rushing to the ground? Please let yourself do it!" Zhang Hua moved a stone and sat aside, waiting to watch the show.
"It's outrageous! Brothers come together and beat this guy up to the ground to find teeth. I paid the medical expenses. I'll be the host at noon and ask everyone to go to "Lao Mo". "The big guy has never met such an arrogant person. Since the other party is so arrogant, we're welcome.
"Master, let's make a bet!" Qian Dahai muttered to Master Xu next to him, "I bet that Li Siming will have to resolve the battle at least three minutes!"
"What are you betting on?" Shuai Shuai asked back with interest.
"One pack of cigarettes, no, one cigarette!"
"One word is certain!"
Shuai Xu, regardless of Qian Dahai, walked straight to Li Siming and said with a treacherous smile: "Aming, Qian Dahai and I were betting just now, betting that you have to resolve the battle in three minutes. Do you think it can be resolved within three minutes?"
"What is the bet?" Li Siming smiled, hey, he was used as a gun.
"A smoke!"
"I want half!" Damn, we are also coolies, I'm sorry for you no matter half of it!
"no problem!"
The other party moved for a while and immediately surrounded him. The guard soldiers who were training on the side discovered the situation here, and they also surrounded him. The young man's nature of watching the fun defeated the discipline, and the officers on the side ignored him. Anyway, the soldiers were not worried. This kind of thing happened frequently among the children of high-ranking officials in the courtyard. As long as they didn't cause any death, they were not surprised. In the past few years, the rebels still used guns to shoot at each other.
Chapter completed!