1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 599 An unexpected meeting!
"This long river is too precious. I can't accept it!"

Shen Juncheng was stunned when he saw Li Changhe handed him a house deed.

Wow, a wedding gift, a yard?
Although it is an old courtyard house, he has lived there recently and it is indeed much more convenient. Moreover, he lives very comfortably in the courtyard with his own house.

Now Li Changhe says he wants to give it to him?
This yard must cost at least tens of thousands of dollars, right?

"Take it. Why are you being so polite to me?"

"I thought about it and I really don't have anything to give you. This is all I have."

"You know, I don't lack a house to live in. Buying a yard like this is actually an investment in the future."

"You should keep it well, kid. After 20 or 30 years, you will know its value."

Li Changhe said to Shen Juncheng seriously.

After hearing what Li Changhe said, Shen Juncheng remained silent.

Indeed, this kid has a lot of houses. Not to mention anything else, the keys to the courtyard houses alone fill a big box. He also sends people to help keep an eye on many of the houses from time to time.

"Okay, then I won't be polite to you."

Shen Juncheng and Li Changhe were not shy to begin with, but he felt that the house was too valuable, so he was embarrassed to take it at first.

But now that Li Changhe has said so, he has nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Oh, there's something else I need your help with."

"Can you help me get a few cars for the wedding?"

"You know, Hongshao's family is a high-ranking official family after all, so my three-wheeled vehicle is definitely not something I can show off. The team does have a jeep, but it's also very old."

"Go see if you can get a sedan over there. If that doesn't work, your van will work too."

After all, Li Changhe’s van was also made in Japan, and the interior doesn’t look too bad, so he’ll be able to handle it when the time comes.

"There's nothing wrong with getting a car. If the car is too high-end, it won't affect you, right?"

Li Changhe asked thoughtfully at this time.

Shen Juncheng replied somewhat puzzledly at this time: "What impact will this have?"

"It's your own ability to borrow a good car. It's something that makes you look good. People will just envy you."

"After all, marriage is the most important thing in life. Who would bother with such a thing?"

Li Changhe also reacted at this time. Yes, this is not an era in later generations where exaggeration is prohibited.

In this day and age, people are more innocent and take marriage very seriously, so if the day is a little luxurious, no one will think anything of it.

"I see. That's fine."

Li Changhe readily agreed.

Soon, time came to the day of Shen Juncheng's wedding. In the staff quarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, three cars were parked in the open space in front of the building, followed by a van and a minibus.

"The Shen family's son is getting married. What a grand ceremony! A row of cars."

"Yes, you see the one in front, a Toyota Crown. I heard it was imported from Japan. And the one in the front is from Germany. What's its name?"

"Book? You should be talking about Mercedes-Benz, right? Its English pronunciation is Benz, and it has a black license plate, so it should be a car from a foreign-owned company, but I don't know which company it is."

"There are only a few companies in Beijing that own Mercedes-Benz cars. Old Shen's son has connections, so he can even borrow a car like this."

"Not necessarily. I heard that their in-laws are from a high-ranking official family. Maybe they want to give their son-in-law a good reputation."

"You are wrong. I know who got this car."

"Who?"

"Li Changhe. Li Changhe is a relative of the Shen family. Look at the minibus and van in the back. They are all from the Beijing Film Studio. The ones in the front are probably the same."

"He's a famous writer. I heard that some companies in Hong Kong Island came to buy his works. It's easy to borrow his car."

A neighbor in the yard who was familiar with the Shen family's situation said proudly at this time.

Their Chinese Academy of Sciences is adjacent to Peking University and Yenching Institute of Technology, and many people know the name of this young talent like Li Changhe.

crackling
Just then, firecrackers were set off in front of the door.

Amid the sound of firecracker smoke, Li Changhe drove a Mercedes-Benz, driving for Shen Juncheng, to Qu Hongshao's home.

"You're right. This car is indeed better than the Crown. It looks more majestic."

In the car, Shen Juncheng said proudly to Li Changhe.

When Shen Juncheng learned that Li Changhe had two cars, a Mercedes-Benz and a Crown, he subconsciously wanted to use the Crown as a wedding car.

After all, Crown is very famous and imported from Japan, so everyone recognizes it.

But this perception changed immediately when I saw this Mercedes-Benz.

Li Changhe drove the sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class W126, which was very similar in model to the future famous seventh-generation Mercedes-Benz W140, so it naturally conquered Shen Juncheng at once.

"Brother, there are so many buttons, what are they for?"

At this moment, Shen Qingning and Shen Qingyu, who were sitting in the back seat, were looking at the many buttons on the center console in front and were also amazed.

They were now on their way to pick up the bride, so they could sit anywhere in the car. Shen Qingning and Shen Qingyu naturally followed Li Changhe and sat in the car as well. There weren't so many rules in those days.

For girls who have not been exposed to the beauty of electronic technology, this console full of buttons does have an extraordinary charm.

"This is the radio."

“This button is for the air conditioning.”

"And this, the car's own cassette player."

"By the way, let me play a song for you!"

Li Changhe took out a tape, wow, it was Teresa Teng’s tape.

I casually inserted it into the tape player, and soon Teresa Teng's singing could be heard in the car.

"Wow, it sounds so clear, even clearer than the tape recorder at home."

"Teresa Teng, I want her tapes too."

The two sisters in the car were chatting in amazement.

Now it was 81, and although the higher authorities had not yet given in, Teresa Teng's songs had already spread privately, and she had become famous, especially among young people.

"I think I have some at home. You two can go there later and ask your sister-in-law to get them for you."

Li Changhe bought a lot of tapes for Zhu Lin and sometimes let her listen to songs at home. After hearing what his two sisters said, Li Changhe said it casually.

"Really?"

"Brother, you are so nice!"

Seeing his sister praising Li Changhe so much, Shen Juncheng felt inexplicably sad.

Am I the biological brother or is he the biological brother?

But on second thought, he was indeed not as capable as Li Changhe to get all these things.

So just shut up.

Soon, Li Changhe drove and led the convoy to the staff quarters of the Ministry of Industry, where Qu Hongshao's home was.

Li Changhe easily found the target building. After all, there was a group of people standing downstairs.

The car stopped and a group of people got out. The crowd also looked at the groom and Li Changhe next to him.

Behind him, my uncle Shen Yuchuan also got down from the crown and strode over.

He is also the representative of the Shen family today. Although he is not a real brother, there are not many people in the Shen family now, not to mention that Shen Yuchuan is also a matchmaker. Shen Juncheng and his group followed Shen Yuchuan upstairs and came to Qu Hongshao's house.

As expected, they are a high-ranking official family. You can tell from the size of their house that it is at least over 100 square meters.

"Yuchuan, you're here!"

As soon as he entered the room, a rather dignified middle-aged man stood up and immediately walked towards Shen Yuchuan.

"Old Qu, after today, we will be real relatives!"

Shen Yuchuan stepped forward, shook hands with Qu Changfeng, and spoke enthusiastically.

"dad!"

Shen Juncheng also walked forward at this time and called out to Qu Changfeng rather stiffly.

Li Changhe was quite surprised when he saw this, after all, it was rare to see Shen Juncheng so honest.

It can only be said that sons-in-law are basically inherently suppressed in front of their fathers-in-law.

"Well, Hongshao is in the inner room, but her brothers and sisters are also inside. Go and knock on the door!"

Qu Changfeng gently said to Shen Juncheng that he was basically satisfied with this son-in-law. He was young, promising, and a good person.

"Hey!"

Shen Juncheng walked forward immediately.

Li Changhe was about to catch up when he was stopped by Qu Changfeng.

"wait!"

"Yuchuan, could this child be?"

Qu Changfeng glanced at Li Changhe and asked Shen Yuchuan.

Shen Yuchuan nodded: "He is Changhe, my sister's son, my nephew."

"Changhe, this is your Uncle Qu. He and your eldest uncle were close friends."

Shen Yuchuan introduced to Li Changhe again.

Li Changhe immediately greeted respectfully: "Hello, Uncle Qu!"

"well."

"Okay, we're all relatives from now on, you and Jun Cheng should go now!"

After Qu Changfeng learned of Li Changhe's identity, he suddenly felt some emotion.

This young man is Li Changhe, who almost became his son-in-law!

Excellent indeed!

At this moment, Qu Changfeng suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did Shen Juncheng, who he was originally quite satisfied with, suddenly seem not so good to him?

It’s not that Shen Juncheng is not good, but Li Changhe has a sense of excellence that stands out from the crowd at first glance.

However, this thought of regret only lasted for a moment, and Qu Changfeng dismissed it.

After all, his daughter and Shen Juncheng are now living in harmony and love with each other, and they can be considered a match made in heaven.

Li Changhe didn't take it seriously and followed Shen Juncheng to Qu Hongshao's door. Men Saner and the others started to make a fuss and knock on the door.

After stuffing a few red paper wrapped wedding money inside, the door was soon opened. Qu Hongshao, wearing a bright red wedding dress, was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Shen Juncheng with tenderness.

There were no emcees in that era, but some people with good speaking skills would be invited to guest-host the ceremony, which would include toasting, changing words, worshiping heaven and earth and other ceremonies.

Compared to Li Changhe's wedding, the sense of ceremony was richer.

The host for Shen Juncheng this time was a man invited by Shen Yuchuan from the Beijing Opera Troupe. I heard that he often hosted weddings for newlyweds in the past two years and he always had a lot of good things to say about him.

But it didn't take long, only about ten minutes in total, and then a group of people went downstairs and drove back to the Shen family.

The upstairs of the Shen family's house was also decorated with lights and big red wedding characters were pasted everywhere.

After returning, the bride changed her mind, and everyone had a lively time, and then prepared to go to the banquet.

The banquet was held at a state-owned restaurant in front of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Taking into account the circumstances of the two units, my uncle Shen Zhongyun ordered 20 tables at once, at a price of 60 yuan per table.

In this era, it is already considered a very luxurious banquet. After all, many families tend to hold buffets rather than entertain guests in restaurants.

It was only in the past two years that the supply of materials in the capital city improved, and grain and meat were no longer so scarce, that state-owned restaurants began to accept some wedding banquets.

In the hotel, Li Changhe had a new job, which was to record the gift list.

This is also a bit of vanity of the uncle. In order not to lose face in front of his in-laws, he lets his brother, who is a high-ranking official, to welcome the guests and lets his famous nephew keep the accounts.

Li Changhe did not take it seriously, and Shen Yuchuan also felt that it was natural and they did not have the arrogance of a high-ranking official at all.

In this way, uncle Shen Yuchuan, as the representative of the Shen family, helped to welcome and see off guests at the door, while Li Changhe, the younger generation, sat at the door and helped to record the gift list.

It is also because living conditions have improved in the past two years and the atmosphere has become more open. When some people get married, relatives and friends not only give thermoses, enamel basins, and eggs, but also start to give money directly.

When ordinary people get married, they usually give a red envelope of one or two yuan, and friends and relatives will give five or ten yuan.

However, for Shen Juncheng, perhaps because of their unit and rank, the gifts given by those who came to give gifts were not small. The lowest was three yuan, and many young people gave five yuan.

It was obvious that this person was Shen Juncheng's subordinate, so Li Changhe just recorded it truthfully.

"Hello, Liu Zhi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ten yuan!"

At this moment, a ten-yuan unity note was placed in front of Li Changhe.

Li Changhe subconsciously wanted to record it, but then he suddenly reacted.

"Hello, what did you say your name was?"

Li Changhe raised his head curiously and looked at the slightly young man in front of him.

Could this be that person?

"Hello, I'm Liu Zhi from the Chinese Academy of Sciences!"

The man politely repeated it to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll write it down."

"Go in, someone will arrange a seat for you."

After Liu Zhi went in, Li Changhe smiled.

Not surprisingly, this is the future boss of the computer empire.

I didn't expect to meet him in such an occasion.

Li Changhe didn't have any bad feelings towards him, but of course he didn't have any good feelings towards him either.

Although netizens in later generations like to criticize this family.

All we can say is that the times gave this family opportunities, and they have also made contributions to the times, but in the future, they may have forgotten their original intentions.

With the changes of the times, the Liu family is actually just a microcosm of a certain class.

However, the Chinese Academy of Sciences did give Li Changhe a reminder.

It is now 1981, and 84 is almost here. It seems that I can make appropriate arrangements in China.

Li Changhe was thinking about it in his mind, but he quickly dismissed the idea because more guests were coming and he couldn't be distracted now.

Afterwards, Li Changhe started to record carefully there.

(End of this chapter)