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Chapter 1 Love

In 1980, the reform entered its third year.

At this time in Beijing, although the colors on the streets are still monotonous and gray, the streets are still a monotonous blue-green flow of people. Every morning, the flow of bicycles still floods the streets like a tide, and even the wide "Chang'an Avenue" has only a handful of motor vehicles.

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But sensitive people seem to be able to detect that the surrounding atmosphere is changing. The rush of wheels and steps contains the excitement and vitality of the city.

This is exactly the case.

For example, the reissue of "Beijing Evening News" and the popularity of satirical paintings in newspapers and periodicals. For example, the circulation of first-class publications such as "People's Literature", "Harvest", "Zhongshan", and "October" has surged. For example, new perspectives have been published one after another.

His works such as "Chen Huansheng Goes to Town", "Head Teacher", "The Second Handshake", "Middle Age", etc. have deeply shocked people's hearts.

This all marks that artistic creation has completely stepped away from the artistic magic wand of "high, big, and complete" and begun to pay attention to the living conditions of the most small people.

Another example is that the number of guests in the "Jingcheng Hotel" has quadrupled that of two years ago. For example, the Capital Airport Terminal 1 and supporting projects were completed and officially opened. For example, the top leaders of the country issued the "Trial Measures for Profit Retention of State-owned Industrial Enterprises".

Trial implementation of power expansion has begun in enterprises.

Although these may seem unremarkable, they are also practical changes with symbolic significance.

After Xidan and Wangfujing, huge outdoor advertisements have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in Dongdan, Jianguomen, Gongzhufen, Qianmen, Chongwenmen, Drum Tower, Xisi, Xinjiekou, Dabeiyao and other prosperous road sections.

In a completely unconcerned manner, product information that represents a new lifestyle, such as "tastes great" or "domestic first, famous at home and abroad", is brought to people's eyes.

On the contrary, in the fanatical years, the portraits of leaders, placards, quotation walls and even "democracy walls" that originally occupied the main streets disappeared one by one, becoming dust left behind by the times. Instead, they were endowed with strong politics.

The colorful place names and signs have also been changed back to the old place names and time-honored brands.

"Anti-Imperial Road" was restored to "Dongjiao Min Lane", "Xijiao Min Lane" was also changed from "Anti-Reconstruction Road" to its original name. "Dongfeng Market" was changed back to Dong'an Market.

All of this is a sign that life is about to return to normalcy and is becoming more and more positive. Every change makes the people in the capital feel cordial and excited.

As for Hong Yanwu, his condition after returning to Beijing from "Shanghai" was indeed not very good.

When he first entered the house, he looked haggard and depressed. Anyone who knew him would be surprised to see him like this. This naturally made his family members anxious.

So after he briefly introduced the situation and said, "I'm sorry for causing everyone to worry" and "I haven't found anyone, I have to wait for her to come back." The Hong family no longer dared to mention the word "Tang Xin'er"

language.

No matter how much curiosity and questions everyone had about the whole story of this incident and Hong Yanwu's "Shanghai" trip, they were all bottled up.

His parents didn't give Hong Yanwu a word of reproach, fearing that it would arouse the bitterness in his heart. His relatives could only express "feeling sorry" for his return. Instead, they bought chicken, duck and fish without hesitation and tried their best to serve him in various ways.

Do.

In order to nourish himself, his mother Wang Yunlin made "vinegar braised pork" and "clear stewed chicken" for Hong Yanwu.

Sister-in-law Xu Manli specially asked someone to get some oatmeal noodles from Shanxi colleagues in the factory to appetize Hong Yanwu, and went out of her way to make him "braised oatmeal fish with tomatoes" and "fried noodles with pickled cabbage powder".

And because Hong Yanwu loved to eat leek stuffing the most, his eldest brother Hong Yanzheng went to the southern suburbs to find fellow villagers to buy some "leek yellow" for him in exchange.

It is a different type of leek that has been cultivated by vegetable farmers in the suburbs of Beijing in winter since the Qing Dynasty. It is cultivated in horse manure soil in Nuannongzi and never sees light. Therefore, it is light yellow and hence the name.

In this era when we can only rely on cabbage, potatoes, and radishes to survive the severe cold, of course they are unique fresh products, expensive and rare.

Hong Yanzheng spent more than ten yuan to get a small bundle back, and he wrapped it in his own cotton-padded clothes and carried it home because he was afraid of freezing.

In the end, the "Yuanbao Wonton" wrapped in this thing was poured with chicken soup, and only his parents and Hong Yanwu ate it. The rest of the family didn't touch a bite, and even Hong Jun only had a taste. In Hong Yanzheng's own words, Xiao

Children eat and spoil it.

(Note: Yuanbao wontons are named because they resemble Yuanbao. Northern wontons are a unique food of the Banner people.)

The same goes for Hong Yanwen. He went through great troubles to get back a jar of linden honey made by fellow villagers from Xishan to relieve Hong Yanwu's anger.

Hong Yanru and Chen Liquan took care of all the work at home and refused to let Hong Yanwu lift a finger.

Even Xiao Hongjun has grown up and knows that Hong Yanwu is upset. As long as he sees his third uncle around, he will be absolutely gentle, and he will not dare to pester him like before.

In addition to the care and consideration of his own family, Hong Yanwu's relatives and friends who knew about it were also the same.

As soon as Shou Jingfang knew that Hong Yanwu was back, he rushed over that night to take his pulse and prescribed prescriptions for his recovery.

After the people in "Longkou Village" learned about the situation in the capital, Yuntai and Zhaoqing, father and son, came to the Hong family the next day. On the surface, they were visiting relatives, but in fact it was because of Hong Yanwu.

Yuntai specially brought a grasshopper gourd filled with winter grasshoppers. He said it was an old item from the "Sanheliu" that had just been collected to relieve Hong Yanwu's boredom.

Chang Xianzhang specially called Hong Yanwu to give him guidance on life in the name of teaching books, and gave him a set of "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" and a set of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

And among all Hong Yanwu's buddies, "General" is probably the most troublesome.

This honest man saw with his own eyes how anxiously Hong Yanwu rushed back to the capital. Because he was worried that things in Bincheng were almost done, he made a special trip to the capital in early November. But he didn't expect that Hong Yanwu would go to "Shanghai" at this time.

ocean".

After the "general" visited the young and old of the Hong family, he also met with Yang Weifan. Because he didn't know when Hong Yanwu would come back, and he was really afraid of causing trouble to the Hong family if he waited, he had to go back to Bincheng with worries.

Later, the "general" made long-distance calls to Yang Weifan for more than a month. It was not until he knew that Hong Yanwu had arrived home safely, that at least the officials did not trouble him again, that he felt more at ease.

And Yang Weifan is also very persistent.

As soon as Hong Yanwu came back, he kept looking for him, insisting on taking him to live in "Haizheng" for a few days. After repeatedly refusing, Yang Weifan still called Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan whenever there was a performance, and forced them to come and support them.

After the performance, they were not allowed to leave. They had to be escorted backstage. Then they were forced to change into costumes and take photos with the stage background.

So they were all lucky enough to play the "leading male role" once. Hong Yanwu played Hong Changqing once, and Chen Liquan also played Li Yuhe once.

As for the "female number one" who posed for a group photo with them, of course it was Yang Weifan's good partner Su Xiaoming.

The photos were also taken by the photographer in the group according to the standards of stage photos, and the results were quite good. After they were developed and hung on the wall at home, the face of the female lead was enough to shock any visitor.

So the issue that is being discussed and concerned about in private by everyone in the "Sea Affairs" is why Yang Weifan, the main pillar, has two buddies who are not amazing in appearance and come from civilian backgrounds? Why is Mu Mu, the leader of the group, who has always been the most opposed to outsiders "joining the group"?

Di, is he so indulgent to them?

However, even if you can do whatever you want, after going there once or twice, Hong Yanwu will never go again.

Because Zhou Manna and Xuan Ye often appeared in "Hai Zheng". Hong Yanwu was greatly afraid of Xuan Ye's concern, and even more afraid of her request to "act" with him and take photos.

That both embarrassed and saddened him. His heart was already full and he could no longer give this simple girl any hope that was impossible.

As for "Little Baizi", "Little Wife", "Naughty Son", "Chop Knife", "Shunzi", and "Sanbengzi", Hong Yanwu's capable men also came to pay their respects and visit their "hands".

They were both angry and worried about what happened. They wanted to help Hong Yanwu find the two culprits and "break" them. They were also afraid that his backbone would become seriously ill or even collapse.

Even the three policemen, Xing Zhengyi, Zhao Zhenmin and Zhang Baocheng, were also thinking about Hong Yanwu. The three of them treated him to a drink together. After sighing and sighing, they advised him to look forward, be more sensible and find another good match.

In addition, there are neighbors.

The neighbors in the West Courtyard, who had received a lot of benefits, didn't see the Hong family's jokes for the first time. No one was behind the scenes. They all said a lot of good things during the police investigation.

Especially Shui Qing, her identity as a famous university student is very useful, and she is also studying journalism. She speaks for justice and speaks the truth, which plays a great role in the city bureau's positive evaluation of Hong Yanwu.

The neighbors in the east courtyard felt more sorry for the Hong family and felt deeply sorry.

In addition to being a guarantor for Hong Yanwu, Aunt Bian almost always sighs when she sees Hong Yanwu.

"You're a very good girl. I didn't pick anyone, tell me why..."

But often the uncle would quickly shout from the side and tell his wife to brake.

"Look at your mouth, how can you clean the pot without opening it? Xiao Wu, come over later and have a drink with the uncle, and let your aunt make you a stewed fish. I just caught it today, although it is not big.

It tastes good…”

Tailor Su, who lives next door, often comes to invite people. "Xiao Wu, come with me to the troupe to watch a play. The performances are all about human beings, and they are very thoughtful. Don't think you don't understand, wait until you can understand."

I fell in love with you. If you don’t believe me, ask your parents..."

Lao Ding and his wife did not stand idly by. When Hong Yanwu was detained and the Hong family was in the most chaotic days, they took the initiative to take care of Hong Jun.

For ten days, I asked my granddaughter Ding Ling to bring Hong Jun home as soon as school was over, and let the boy do his homework and have dinner at Ding's house. He even let the boy eat fried soybeans as he pleased.

One day Hong Jun really ate too much and farted one after another. He couldn't even stop it in class the next day. He almost turned the classroom into a Nazi gas chamber.

To say that Lao Ding's rare act of generosity was really too much for the child to bear.

But no matter how careless Lao Ding is, he is still much better than Bian Jiangong, and this guy is not sloppy in doing things.

He forced Hong Yan to get into his taxi, but unexpectedly he pulled him to the terminal of the Capital Airport.

Among the seven new large-scale murals added to Ganqing's place, "Water Splashing Festival - Hymn to Life" created by painter Yuan Yunsheng boldly depicts three naked Dai women taking a bath.

I came all the way just to see this.

Indeed, in this era, sex was still quite restricted. Even life-drawing models in art academies were required to wear swimsuits.

This is even the first public appearance of our country's body aesthetics, and it is a major event that has attracted the attention of overseas media. And soon, the mural will be blocked. The main artist was almost labeled as a "gangster".

But no matter where we start, Hong Yanwu is someone who has been there before. He has seen Russian nude pictorials since he was a child, and he is no longer a boy, so naturally he is not interested in this at all.

Seeing Bian Jiangong, he smiled triumphantly. He could only sigh. "You, find a wife!"

Anyway, in general, although some of these concerns made Hong Yanwu feel more confused, some made him reluctant, some made him feel guilty, some made him panic, some made him feel extremely guilty, and some made him

He felt inexplicably ashamed, and he also did bad things with good intentions, which made him dumbfounded.

But it was undeniable that the concern for him from the people he knew was all genuine, and he couldn't help but be moved and relieved by it.

Even at "Tianxingju", he didn't expect that Manager Sha and Master Si would actually leave a message, saying that he would leave the job for him and come back when he wanted to work. There were also those brats who played cards and talked nonsense every day.

He didn’t have a partner, so he actually said that he would introduce a “mother-in-law” to him.

As a result, his heart warmed and moistened, and an inexplicable nourishment nourished his already dry heart like soft wind and drizzle. This allowed him to experience the multifacetedness and security of life that he had never felt before.

The power of family and friendship is enough to make up for another kind of emotional hardship.

As the saying goes, where the soil and water nourish a person, perhaps it is true. Hong Yanwu seemed to have resonated with the positive influence of this city in the place where he was born and raised, and he slowly recovered his physical and mental energy...

I have opened a second group. The group number is 608640021. Another apology: Yesterday, planning the content of the new volume was too cumbersome, so I had to stop updating for a day. This matter was announced in both groups, but I forgot to announce it on the main website. Here

I apologize and hope everyone will bear with me.


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