Chapter 223 Uncle is coming (two chapters in one)

Li Weidong's new house has been built. The second-level courtyard is spacious and grand.

In order to match the courtyard, Li Weidong went to buy some mahogany furniture. It was basically impossible to buy this kind of furniture in Qinghe, so he had to ask someone to buy it in a big city in the south.

A set of rosewood dining tables and chairs cost Li Weidong 15,000 yuan, which is more expensive than a house. However, rosewood furniture is an old item and will be difficult to find even if you have money in future generations.

Treasure.

There are also several sets of wooden Taishi chairs, which are also made of rosewood and have relatively good carvings. Each chair costs several thousand yuan.

This was definitely a luxury item at the time.

Li Weidong still knows a little about mahogany furniture. After all, he was a rich man in his previous life, and some mahogany furniture is always indispensable in the homes of rich people.

The quality of the mahogany furniture that Li Weidong spent hundreds of thousands on in his last life is really not as good as what Li Weidong is shopping for now. In future generations, these rosewood furniture would have been plundered by wealthy people for their own homes, and there is no way to find them on the market.

Less than.

In fact, the mahogany furniture is not comfortable to sit on. It is so hard that it is definitely not as comfortable as lying on a fabric sofa. However, considering that we live in a courtyard, it is natural to match the situation with some mahogany furniture.

In addition to furniture, various household appliances are also provided.

The 18-inch color TV can no longer meet Li Weidong's needs, and a 21-inch one is necessary.

At that time, the price of Changhong's 14-inch color TV had dropped to more than 300 yuan, while the cheapest model of 21-inch color TV started at 2,000 yuan.

Only Little Swan can produce automatic washing machines in China, and one costs 2,000 yuan.

There was also an air conditioner that was very rare at the time. Each one cost nearly 4,000 yuan. Li Weidong installed one in every bedroom and living room.

The most amazing thing is a set of imported audio equipment. Li Weidong is also specially equipped with a vinyl record player and a CD player.

In the late 1980s, the technology of CD players was not perfect, so the popularity was not high. However, even in developed countries, CD players were only purchased by audiophiles. In terms of sound quality, CD players at that time were still inferior.

It's really not as good as a vinyl record player.

Later, Sony made a breakthrough in CD playback technology, and CD players replaced vinyl records. Before that, vinyl records were still the mainstream music playback medium.

When big-name singers released albums in the 1980s, they would also release records in three media at the same time, namely LP vinyl records, MC tapes and CD laser records.

Young people like Li Weidong must use a CD player to listen to pop songs, and the vinyl record player was specially prepared for Mr. Li Dengke.

Mr. Li Dengke loved to listen to Peking Opera. In that era, Peking Opera did not have CD records, and could only be listened to on vinyl records.

In order to facilitate travel, Li Weidong also spent money to harden the roads near his new house, which was a benefit to the residents of the self-built housing area in that city.

The road has become easier to walk, and the nearby residents naturally praise Li Weidong. With the addition of this hardened road, the surrounding housing prices have also increased by 500 yuan.

It’s not that the price per square meter has increased by 500 yuan, but that the total price has increased by 500 yuan.

Electric wires and tap water were all connected. In order to keep warm, Li Weidong specially installed earth heaters in each room. Because the house was relatively large, ordinary household heating furnaces could not carry so many earth heaters, so Li Weidong also bought a small boiler.

, similar to the kind found in large steamed bun shops in later generations, used for heating in winter.

However, Mr. Li Dengke was unwilling to move into a new house. For Li Dengke, the new house was a completely unfamiliar environment. Unlike the family home of the transportation company, they were all old workers who had worked together for half their lives.

Although her mother, Zhou Yunxiu, kept saying that she would leave the old man and live there by herself, when the new house was built, there was no movement.

The old couple has been together for most of their lives, and neither one can live without the other.

This made Li Weidong very helpless. He went to live in a large courtyard with a second floor by himself. Even if he had a gray man to accompany him, it was too spacious and he was afraid to sleep by himself at night.

So the new house could only be temporarily empty.

…

Zhou Yunxiu carried a plate of cut watermelon and shouted into the room: "Weimin, come out to eat watermelon!"

Foodie Li Weimin quickly rushed out of the room, picked up two pieces of watermelon, and ran out the door.

"Mom, I'm going out!" As Li Weimin spoke, someone had already arrived outside the door.

"Why did Weimin run out again?" Li Weidong said, picking up a piece of watermelon and taking a bite. It was quite sweet.

"I guess I went to play billiards in front of the family courtyard again." Zhou Yunxiu said.

Li Weidong spit out a few melon seeds, and then said: "Mom, it's getting hotter and hotter today. It's better for you and my dad to move to a new house. There is a yard there, good ventilation, and it's cooler than here, and I can also

Air conditioning installed!”

"Your dad doesn't want to move. If he moves, he won't be able to find anyone to play chess." Zhou Yunxiu still passed the responsibility to Li Dengke.

"It's summer, and it's over 30 degrees outside. These old guys who play chess are really addicted. They stay in front of the chess stall all day long!"

Li Weidong curled his lips, and then continued: "I originally wanted to install an air conditioner here, so that the house could be cooler. But I went to the electrician and asked, whether the voltage of our family building can be brought up at all.

Turn on the air conditioner. If there is an air conditioner upstairs, the fuses in the whole building will burn out!"

"What kind of air conditioner do you need? An electric fan is the same. It's quite cool! In the past two years, we didn't even have an electric fan. We had to rely on a cattail leaf fan to live the same life!" Zhou Yunxiu said.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Li Weidong immediately stood up and opened the door.

There were two men outside the door, one in his thirties and the other in his twenties. Judging from their appearance, they must be members of the establishment.

"Hello, we are run by the Municipal, Hong Kong and Taiwan Affairs Office. My name is Hong Chunlai." The leader, a man in his thirties, introduced himself.

"Hello, Director Hong, I am Li Weidong, what do you want from me?" Li Weidong said and made a gesture to invite in.

For people in the system, regardless of whether they have an official position or not, it doesn't matter whether they are big or small. It is always right to call them "director" when they meet for the first time.

Li Weidong thought that people from the Taiwan Affairs Office of Hong Kong and Taiwan came to the door, most likely because of Southeast Company matters, so he planned to invite the two people in.

"We have a guest! Come sit down in the room and I'll cut the watermelon into pieces!" Zhou Yunxiu said and started to cut the watermelon again.

Hong Chunlai did not enter, but stood at the door and asked: "Is this Comrade Zhou Yunxiu's home?

"Are you looking for my mother?" Li Weidong was slightly startled, and then immediately thought of the purpose of these two people.

"Why did you forget this matter?" Thinking of this, Li Weidong said: "Director Hong, Zhou Yunxiu is my mother. You have found the right place. Please come in!"

After inviting the two of them to sit down, Li Weidong picked up the teacup and said, "I'll go pour you two a cup of tea."

"Comrade, don't bother, we are just looking for Comrade Zhou Yunxiu to find out something." Hong Chunlai said.

"Mom, this comrade from the Hong Kong and Taiwan Affairs Office is here to see you." Li Weidong called his mother Zhou Yunxiu over.

Zhou Yunxiu seemed a little nervous and walked over awkwardly.

"Are you Comrade Zhou Yunxiu?" Hong Chunlai smiled slightly and then said: "Don't be nervous, we just have a few questions that we want to know about."

"Mom, these two comrades have a problem that we need to understand. We have to support their work. Come sit down and talk slowly." Li Weidong pressed Zhou Yunxiu on the sofa and whispered at the same time: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, it's no big deal!"

"

With his son by his side, Zhou Yunxiu felt a little more settled.

Hong Chunlai asked: "Comrade Zhou Yunxiu, in your name, Yun means cloud, and Xiu means beautiful show. You have never changed your name, right?"

"No, I've always been called by this name." Zhou Yunxiu said.

"Your ancestral home shouldn't be Qinghe, right?" Hong Chunlai asked next.

"My ancestral home is Dongdao. When the transportation company was established, I came to Qinghe with my father." Zhou Yunxiu answered.

"Before liberation, your family ran a dyeing factory in Dongdao, right?" Hong Chunlai asked again.

"Well... I am a married woman. I am at most a rich farmer, not a capitalist." Zhou Yunxiu explained quickly.

"Comrade Zhou Yunxiu, don't be nervous, we are not here to investigate the family background." Hong Chunlai smiled slightly and continued, "What is your father's name?"

"Zhou Hanqi was separated before liberation." Zhou Yunxiu answered.

"You have a younger brother, right? What's his name?" Hong Chunlai asked.

Zhou Yunxiu nodded: "I have a younger brother named Zhou Yunsheng, who was also separated before liberation."

"That's right." Hong Chunlai nodded and said, "Comrade Zhou Yunxiu, I want to inform you first that we now have news about your brother Zhou Yunsheng!"

"They are still alive!" Zhou Yunxiu asked with a surprised look on his face.

"Your father, Mr. Zhou Hanqi, passed away in the 1970s. Your brother, Mr. Zhou Yunsheng, is now a professor at a university on the other side of the river." Hong Chunlai said.

"It turns out they went to the other side!" Zhou Yunxiu nodded in confusion.

In fact, Zhou Yunxiu had guessed that it would be like this decades ago, but when he encountered this situation, there was no way to confirm it, so he could only treat his family as if his life or death was uncertain.

Just listen to Hong Chunlai's introduction: "Since last year, the policy has been liberalized, and compatriots from the other side of the Taiwan Strait have been returning home to visit relatives one after another. Helping relatives on both sides of the Taiwan Strait reunite is also an important task for us.

Not long ago, we received information from our superiors that a gentleman named Zhou Yunsheng was looking for his sister. We compared the information provided by Zhou Yunsheng and found you. Now it seems that we have found the right place."

"Comrade, you can contact Yun Sheng, right? Can I bring him a letter?" Zhou Yunxiu asked eagerly.

Hong Chunlai smiled slightly: "Comrade Zhou Yunxiu, don't worry, we can't contact Mr. Zhou Yunsheng. We just received the information provided by the relevant departments, so come and verify it!"

After hearing this, Zhou Yunxiu suddenly looked disappointed.

"It's okay, as long as Yun Sheng is still alive!" Zhou Yunxiu murmured to himself.

"Comrade Zhou Yunxiu, don't worry, we will report your situation to our superiors in a timely manner, and the relevant departments will also contact the relevant departments on the other side and inform them of your situation. Although we can find a way to get through it, your brother Zhou Yunsheng

Sir, if I knew your current situation, maybe I would come back to see you." Hong Chunlai said to comfort him.

"Really?" Zhou Yunxiu's heart ignited hope again.
To be continued...