"Uncle Lei, my dad asked me to give this to you. He said he owed it to you thirty years ago!"
Tie Jun took out the navy blue woolen tunic suit and handed it to Lao Lei with both hands.
"Hahaha, wear my old polyester card and give me a new woolen set. Boy, do you think I made a profit or a loss?"
Lao Lei took the clothes and touched them with his big hands, his face expressive.
"If you say that, you must have lost your money. There must be a story in it. My dad won't tell you, but you have to tell me!"
"Your dad is a boring man! Okay, let me tell you about the embarrassing things your dad did at that time. But we have to agree that you can't ask your dad when you go back!"
Tie Jun nodded quickly and thought to himself, it turns out that Lao Tie is also a dull gourd. It seems that this was inherited from his previous life.
"You don't know yet, uncle, I am a native of Bingcheng. When the whole people started steel-making, I followed my brother to Anshan Iron and Steel.
Later, my brother was melted by molten steel in an accident. I borrowed my brother's help and was taken care of as an apprentice in the welding group.
The master who taught me had a very bad temper and a lot of rules. He only had three apprentices in a group, and they had to be two men and one woman.
When your father entered the steel factory, I had already become a disciple, and there was another junior sister who was half a year behind me. Your father was the last, the third child.
Later, Heavy Machinery and Bingcheng Heavy Machinery came for secondment at the same time. Originally, I applied for a place to go back to my hometown, while your father and junior sister applied to come here.
The night before I left, at a dinner party, a young leader of the heavy machine got drunk and molested my junior sister. You also know your father's temper. He broke his nose with one punch.
In the end, it became that I brought my junior sister here, and your father took another master's two junior brothers to Bingcheng.
At that time, your father and your grandma were still in Liaoning, and my junior sister and I often went to visit them. Your father got tuberculosis at that time and left within half a year.
When your father received the telegram and rushed over, your father had already been buried.
Just like that, your father took your baby back to Bingcheng. Within two days of arriving in Bingcheng, your baby had another cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized. The surgery cost 800 yuan.
Boy, do you know what 800 yuan is for six years or more?
A movie costs 5 cents, a pound of eggs costs 3 cents, and a pig's trotter costs 2 cents. At that time, your father's monthly salary was only 22 yuan.
If we put it now, 80,000 can be collected. After all, everyone has savings.
But at that time, let alone saving, I would spend as much money as I could to eat.
What can your father do? The heavy machinery received 300 yuan, and the workers donated less than 200 yuan. No matter how you calculate it, there is still a difference of more than 300 yuan.
This has to be said that you guys are very loyal, which is also the main reason why your dad stayed in Ice City in the end."
"How did you get the last 300 yuan together?"
Seeing Lao Lei stop, Tie Jun asked anxiously.
"Forget it, since I've said so much, I'll pour it all out.
Your dad was in love with someone at that time, and I introduced him to him when he went back during the Chinese New Year. He was a cousin of mine.
The last more than 300 yuan was given by her family."
"Ah? Then... that..."
"You want to ask, why didn't your father marry her?"
Tie Jun nodded, and Lao Lei shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Why didn't you get married? When we got married, my junior sister and I went there. At that time, your father was so shabby that he didn't even have any decent clothes.
I gave him the polyester and cardigan tunic suit I was wearing, and that’s how the clothes came about.”
"That's my mother?"
"Definitely not! Okay, okay, we can't say any more. If your father finds out about this, he will have to break off all relations with me!"
"I asked why my milk is not good for my mother. It turns out there is still such a thing. Uncle, I promise not to say anything..."
"Okay, okay, if you keep forcing me, I won't help you find someone!"
Tie Jun didn't dare to ask any more questions. He was stunned for a moment and quickly took out the Maotai wine.
"Uncle, this is my tribute to you. The Moutai made in 1982 is delicious!"
"Oh, this is good, this is good, I like it!"
Lao Lei was very amused. When he saw Maotai, he immediately took out the key, opened cabinet No. 1, and quickly stuffed Maotai in, and then put the wool in as well.
Just as he locked the things, Lu Jianye ran back, carrying a circle of Hachioji soda in his hand.
"Master, what are you hiding?"
"Hiding my father!"
"Ah? Moutai, master, wait for the senior brother to come back and open a bottle!"
Both Tie Jun and Anna couldn't help laughing. Lao Lei glared at Lu Jianye, and Lu Jianye chuckled and opened sodas for Tie Jun and Anna.
"Wow, it tastes delicious!"
Anna took a big sip and shouted exaggeratedly.
Tie Jun also took a sip, his heart filled with memories of Bawangsi soda, another pride of Shenyang people.
In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Chinese athletes designated special drinks, including fruit honey, big white pear, lychee flavor...all kinds of drinks, which were called "magic water" at the time.
Also famous at that time was the Meihua brand sportswear produced in Tianjin. On TV, Xu was shown wearing a red plum blossom sportswear, which was firmly engraved in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
The reborn Tie Jun drank this bottle of Hachioji soda, but he had a different feeling in his heart.
In 1920, Zhu Shouchen, the owner of Beijing Shuanghesheng Brewery, rented 3 acres of land west of the Qingquan Well of "Bawang Temple" and established the "Fengtian Bawang Temple Soda Water Factory".
After decades of development, Hachioji soda became famous all over the world after the 1984 Olympic Games.
If managed carefully and cared for with care, Hachioji soda will definitely be a Chinese sword against European and American carbonated drinks.
Unfortunately, in another three years, some short-sighted people will sell it to the Kokou Kile Company in the United States.
Like many other national brands, the purpose of the acquisition is not to bring them to a higher level, but to enter the eighteenth level of hell.
Let these national brands no longer be passed down to the world, but can only appear humiliatingly in the dreams, memories, and tears of the older generation...
Hachioji soda is unfortunate, but compared to some national brands that have disappeared forever, it is also lucky.
After hiding in the ice for ten years, Hachioji Soda finally got back the trademark rights with the hard work of the patriotic businessman Mr. Li, and Hachioji Soda returned to the world.
"You brat, what are you thinking about?"
Lao Lei looked at Tie Jun who was in a daze and smiled.
"Oh, I didn't think about it. Uncle, how long has it been since you returned to our Ice City?"
"It's been over twenty years, and I don't have any relatives there anymore. The most important thing is that the factory is too rigid and I can't leave!"
"Uncle, why are there so many old people in your workshop?"
"Oh, your uncle and I are the contractors for this workshop. I have accumulated some connections over the years, and it worked at the critical moment. Our workshop is quite profitable!"
"No wonder you talk to the factory director like that!"
"It has nothing to do with this. I'm so polite. Thirty years ago, your dad and I would scold him eight times a day."
Lao Lei curled his lips, it seemed that Factory Director Hu was not very popular with Lao Lei and Lao Tie.
"Boy, you should learn from your uncle again. Your father is still trying to explain what's going on."
Tie Jun pondered his thoughts and slowly told the story of Sergei, Zhang Wan, Hu Yunkai, and Gao Fei.