National Tide 1980.

Ning Weimin left in a hurry.

Because he had limited time to stay in the capital, he only dealt with matters that he considered to be more important.

However, this may not be the case for others.

Xiao Tao fell into an embarrassing and shameful situation because of Ning Weimin's departure.

For no other reason than his girlfriend Sang Jing going abroad to study.

Xiao Tao has mentioned this matter to Ning Weimin several times, and Ning Weimin agreed, but there has been no follow-up.

Later, seeing that even Gu Si'er and Sun Wufu had obtained visas and passports and were about to go to Japan, but there was still no news about Sang Jing, Xiao Tao became a little anxious and couldn't help but wonder if Ning Weimin was too busy and forgot about it again.

Or maybe he didn't take it to heart at all.

So when he was seeing him off, he couldn't help but ask about it again.

As for Ning Weimin's reply to him, "Brother, don't get me wrong. Gu Si'er just went to Japan for a stroll, which is actually similar to traveling. Sun Wufu applied for a labor visa, which is relatively easy to handle. But what you want to do is study abroad. What's more, your girlfriend is studying medicine, so how can it be the same? Apart from other things, the procedures for studying abroad in a Japanese medical school are much more complicated, and I have to find a more reliable language school for your girlfriend, right? This all takes time. Be patient, anyway, I will tell you as soon as there is any progress on this matter..."

So not only did Xiao Tao get embarrassed, but after Ning Weimin left, he was also scolded by Luo Guangliang, who came with him to see him off.

Luo Guangliang said that he was not only ignorant, but also stupid.

"Wei Min is so busy. Isn't it the same as urging him by asking him so much? And your Japanese sister-in-law is about to give birth. You know that. Do you think it's appropriate to do this? Besides, you didn't catch your girlfriend and wanted to get married immediately. Instead, you rushed to send her abroad. What are you thinking? Are you crazy?"

As a result, Xiao Tao was scolded so badly by Luo Guangliang that he could hardly raise his head. He felt ashamed and embarrassed.

But then again, even so, Xiao Tao still has no regrets and is very persistent.

After all, each era is different, and love in any era has its own characteristics.

After all, the openness of this era is far less than that of a few decades later. Neither people's ideology nor their experience in love can be compared with those of people thirty years later. There are even fewer ways for the opposite sex to communicate and occasions to date.

For Xiao Tao, who fell in love for the first time, he really didn't know how to be romantic, how to create an atmosphere, or how to say sweet words to a girl.

But he believes in love, values ​​love, and respects love.

Luo Guangliang said he was stupid, but why didn’t he understand what was best for himself?

But if that were the case, he couldn't help but wonder, is that really good for Sang Jing?

You can say he is stupid or that he is crazy about him, but he just wants the girl he loves to be happy and doesn't want to see her disappointed.

It can be said that he is loving seriously with a selfless attitude, to the point that he is not willing to taint this relationship with any materialism or selfishness, and is willing to sacrifice himself to fulfill the other person.

If we were to say there is any difference between Xiao Tao's behavior and the dog-licker defined thirty years later, it mainly lies in three points.

First, Xiao Tao did not face Sang Jing with a servile attitude, but he had a strong self-esteem.

But at the same time, he did feel the gap between their family backgrounds and cultures, and did not dare to think about the future of their union.

Maybe it's a bit of an inferiority complex for him.

He still couldn't believe it. How could Sang Jing, the daughter of a cadre and a college student with excellent character and academic performance, fall in love with an ordinary person like him?

Someone like him has been to jail and is worse than ordinary people. It is really a great fortune for him to be favored by Sang Jing.

Second, Xiao Tao has not lost himself. He has his own principles and bottom line, as well as his own judgment.

Only if he truly feels that something is good for Sang Jing will he try every possible means to satisfy her.

Moreover, this was not something he was asked to do by the other party, but was his own initiative.

Otherwise, can it still be called love?

Third, Xiao Tao did not have any substantive requirements on Sang Jing, such as what he did would require the other party to do something.

For him, love is not a business.

He just made a contribution based on his instinct without considering the gains and losses or asking for any reward, and he also enjoyed the process very much.

This may be related to his living environment and upbringing.

It’s not that he is a cheap person and gets dizzy when others are nice to him, but that he has never enjoyed the tenderness of the opposite sex.

Even if they just hold hands, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and hug each other's waists.

But what Sang Jing brought him was actually far more than what he asked for.

What outsiders think is actually not important; the key lies in how the person involved feels.

Anyway, Xiao Tao was particularly satisfied, so he was grateful to the other person and naturally put the other person's happiness before everything else.

This may be the most simple and pure view of love held by the generation born in the 1960s.

Although there is indeed unfairness between them, the beauty of this kind of love cannot be completely denied.

That’s what Xiao Tao thought.

But unfortunately, love is never a matter of one person or two people, but a matter of two families.

Although Xiao Tao was able to remain unmoved by the outside world and had strong beliefs, he did not understand this point.

Love also needs to be based on reality, otherwise, no matter how beautiful it is, it is just an illusory bubble.

What's more, girls often don't have the same single-minded persistence as him.

As the other party in love, although Sang Jing also likes Xiao Tao very much, it is difficult for her to maintain the initial enthusiasm.

In particular, it is inevitable that we will be influenced by the external environment, the family, and especially the classmates and good friends around us.

Otherwise, if she could be as focused as Xiao Tao, their relationship and affection might have some chance of avoiding the most clichéd plot and changing in a direction that seemed destined.

To be honest, Sang Jing and Xiao Tao's relationship had always been kept secret from their families.

Because she knew from the beginning that she and Xiao Tao were from two different worlds.

His parents would not accept Xiao Tao as a son-in-law who came from a hutong and had never been to college, even if he was a wealthy self-employed businessman.

However, girls who enjoy love also find it difficult to extricate themselves.

And you can't help wanting to show off and share with your peers.

After all, Xiao Tao was pretty cool, with sunglasses giving him a bit of a cold killer vibe, and he was also very generous to her, never counting the money he spent.

Sang Jing felt that it was quite an honor to have such a manly boyfriend, so she introduced Xiao Tao to her college classmates and friends.

Xiao Tao did not disappoint her, especially after he had a car.

By treating them to meals, watching movies, picking them up and dropping them off, and sending them flowers and gifts, Sang Jing gained a lot of face in front of these classmates.

However, there seems to be only one exception, and that is Liu Mei, Sang Jing's classmate from elementary school to middle school.

From the very beginning, Liu Mei clearly poured cold water on Sang Jing's relationship, saying that they were not suitable at all.

He also told Sang Jing that her classmates said good things just to take advantage of her.

But don't believe them easily. They may say one thing to your face and another behind your back. You never know what they are saying behind your back.

She also asked Sang Jing not to fall into it. For the sake of her future and her family, it would be best for her to wake up quickly and end this relationship.

She even suspected that people like Xiao Tao had violent tendencies and might resort to violence if things went wrong, which was really dangerous.

The reason why Liu Mei dared to so blatantly sow discord between Sang Jing and Xiao Tao was naturally because she had a special relationship with them.

In fact, Liu Mei and Sang Jing's homes are close to each other, and their parents work in the same unit.

In other words, the two of them grew up together and have always been best friends.

When we are sad, we hug each other and cry; when we are happy, we celebrate together.

To say that they are besties is a bit of an understatement. To be precise, their relationship is that of a pair of sisters who are not real but are better than real sisters.

So many times, these two girls are far more important to each other than boyfriends.

Liu Mei never went to college. She took the exam to become a flight attendant after graduating from high school. She was in charge of the cabin crew work on domestic flights at Capital Airlines, commonly known as a stewardess.

She and Sang Jing have fundamentally different personalities. She cannot study hard and is not a good girl in the eyes of her parents and teachers. Instead, she is the kind of girl who is very open-minded, unpretentious, independent and has her own opinions.

So her attitude towards Xiao Tao in person was different. Like other people, she would always be grateful to the person who helped her, but when she saw Xiao Tao, she would greet him with a smile.

Liu Mei doesn't.

The income of a flight attendant in this era is really good, enough for her to live the way she wants without having to look at anyone's face.

Sang Jing introduced Xiao Tao and Liu Mei to each other and arranged for them to meet for the first time at the Dadi Western Restaurant in Xidan.

The unique thing about this restaurant is that it is underground. It was the West City Catering Company at the time that converted an underground "civil air defense facility" into a restaurant.

As soon as the three of them sat down, groups of waiters surrounded them and handed out menus to each seat.

This restaurant serves Russian cuisine.

Both Xiao Tao and Sang Jing came here for the first time and found the situation very difficult.

Only Liu Mei, wearing a pair of big shiny gold earrings and red lipstick, looked at ease and like a fish in water.

She showed that she was very familiar with the Soviet eating habits and the dishes of this restaurant. She expertly recommended things that Xiao Tao and Sang Jing could eat, and specifically asked the waiter to "fry their steaks a little more well-done."

She herself only orders a special salad made entirely of raw vegetables to maintain her slim figure.

As a result, when it came time to pay the bill after the meal, Liu Mei didn't even give Xiao Tao a chance to show his willingness to pay. She called the waiter over and quickly pulled out some money from the thick stack of money in her exquisite leather wallet and put it on the silver tray held by the waiter.

And her words were quite powerful, "We got to know each other after having this meal today, but I have to say this first, don't bully Xiao Jing. If I find out, don't blame me for being rude to you!"

For a moment, looking at Liu Mei who did not hide her attitude and whose eyes were extremely aggressive, Xiao Tao felt a little numb.

It seemed as if he had a feeling that this time he was not meeting Sang Jing's friend, but Sang Jing's sister.

If she had a sister, then this would probably be the case.

In short, Xiao Tao didn't have a good first impression of Liu Mei. He had never seen such an overbearing girl.

A bit scary.

Especially later, when Xiao Tao found out that Liu Mei worked as a flight attendant, and knew that she was very picky and had deliberately not looked for a boyfriend.

Since he had a lot of prejudices against men and was very demanding in choosing a spouse, Xiao Tao stayed away from him even more.

"My mom and dad are always urging me to find a boyfriend. They introduce me to all the kids of their colleagues who are about the same age. It's really giving me a headache. I'm almost annoyed. But why should I do this? I don't rely on others. I earn my own money now. I can spend it however I like. Why do I have to find a boyfriend? Besides, I can't find someone who earns less than me, right? Otherwise, after we get married, who will support whom? Now, it's not easy to pick a good man. Either he is uneducated and has low knowledge, or he has a low income and can't even afford a decent meal."

This is what Liu Mei said to Sang Jing. When she talked about her contempt for men, she did not avoid Xiao Tao at all.

"Then you can't stay single forever. You're so beautiful. If you waste your time and become an old maid, wouldn't that be a pity?" Sang Jing joked to Liu Mei in a teasing manner.

"Then you are really worrying about nothing." Liu Mei said very proudly, "Do you know why I like to be a flight attendant? It's not because I like to be busy in the air, but because of the opportunities provided to me by special occasions. The guests I come into contact with from morning to night are all people of status, either powerful or rich. Even if I am just serving them, I am actually fishing. Do you understand, little girl?"

"Did you catch any fish?"

"It's not good to cry and shout to be hooked, but it's not that easy. You can't rush this kind of thing. I have to take my time to choose."

"Ah, do passengers often try to hit on you guys?"

"What's so strange about this? There are many people who chat up people for no reason."

"What if it's too unreasonable? Aren't you afraid?"

"What's so scary? Just avoid it."

"Is it not okay to make him thirsty and smelly?"

"That won't do. We need to send extra cold drinks."

"The identity of a young lady is the life of a maid."

"correct."

"So you still like doing this?"

"Listen to me, you're afraid of these people only because you don't understand them. In fact, men are sometimes very timid. It's not that I look down on them, but to be honest, they are just bold but timid."

"Sexually bold and timid?"

"that is……"

Listen, a girl like this is actually Sang Jing’s good friend, how can Xiao Tao not be scared?

He was really worried that Sang Jing would be led astray by Liu Mei sooner or later. (End of this chapter)