Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 168 Give You a Task (Monthly Ticket Plus)

Yanjing Railway Station is in Dongcheng District, and Overseas Chinese Apartment is located near the West Third Ring Road. The two are more than ten kilometers apart, and it takes an hour and a half to get there by bus.

It gets dark early in the north in winter. When Lin Chaoyang and his friends got on the car, it was already dark. Zhang Guiqin looked out the window at the scenery outside and muttered, "This Yanjing is much better than the county!"

"The case has been solved..."

Lin Chaoyang briefly introduced the situation to Lin Erchun, who listened with deep sighs.

"I was a soldier and a worker. What's there to be dissatisfied about? How can I be like this?"

The bus swayed slowly on the road, and a car even backed up in the middle. We got off at the Tiger Temple station.

After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at the gate of the Overseas Chinese Apartment. Lin Chaoyang greeted the security guard and registered Lin Erchun and his wife before entering the courtyard.

"We still have to register. It's time to join the army." Lin Erchun said.

It was already dark when the family returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

At this time, the street lights in the Overseas Chinese Apartment Building had been turned on, and the lights in each household between the two buildings were also turned on.

Zhang Guiqin looked at the lights and asked in amazement: "How much electricity does it take to light so many lights?"

In the late 1970s, many rural areas in the country still had no electricity. The situation in rural areas of Northeast China was relatively good, with electricity in many places. However, for most farmers, electricity was still a luxury.

"The capital city, can it be the same as our countryside?"

Lin Erchun said one more sentence, as if mocking Zhang Guiqin's lack of knowledge, which made her roll her eyes.

After going upstairs and entering the house, Zhang Guiqin looked at the bright living room in front of her and said, "This house is really big!"

Lin Chaoyang and Lin Erchun were responsible for packing up the local specialties they brought, while Tao Yushu took Zhang Guiqin around the house.

Zhang Guiqin touched the warm radiator in the house and sighed, "It also has heating. Houses in Yanjing are so good."

Finally, she stood in front of the living room window, looking at the dark outside, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that there is no yard."

"Where does a building have a yard? Isn't this much better than living in a bungalow?"

Zhang Guiqin was amazed and frustrated by Lin Erchun the whole way after getting off the train. She glanced at Lin Erchun impatiently and said, "Come to Yanjing and do what you can. Yanjing will soon be yours."

Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

"Dad, Mom, you've been on the train for more than a day. Take a bath and go to bed early."

"Take a shower? Where can I take a shower?" Zhang Guiqin asked.

Tao Yushu took her to the bathroom and talked to her for a while. Zhang Guiqin muttered again: "The house in Yanjing is still better. I can take a bath at home in the winter."

Tao Yushu wanted to say that it was not the house in Yanjing that was good, but the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

After working for nearly an hour and arranging everything for Lin Erchun and his wife, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu went back to the room to prepare for bed.

"While the weather is not too cold, why don't I take my parents out for a walk these two days?" Tao Yushu said.

"Don't you have to go to class?"

"Just take a leave. Anyway, there are many elective courses this semester." Tao Yushu said, leaning on Lin Chaoyang's arm. "You always take long vacations in recent months. Don't take a leave. Let's go out together on the weekend."

Tao Yushu arranged the time clearly, and Lin Chaoyang followed suit and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Silent all night.

When Lin Chaoyang came out of the house in the morning, he saw his father, Lin Erchun, standing in the living room with his hands on his waist. He asked, "What's going on?"

"Your bed is so soft that I can't even straighten my waist." Lin Erchun complained.

"You'll get used to it after sleeping for two days." Lin Chaoyang said. He walked to the kitchen. Zhang Guiqin was planning to cook but didn't know where to start.

"Mom, let's make some noodles for breakfast. Let Yushu take you out for a walk during the day. I've taken too many days off recently, so I won't be with you. I'll go out with you on the weekend."

Zhang Guiqin said, "You keep busy. Yushu still has to go to school. We can just stay at home. It's very cold."

For Zhang Guiqin and Lin Erchun, who have lived in Northeast China for many years, Yanjing in November is not that cold at all. She said this simply because she didn't want to cause trouble for the couple.

Tao Yushu said, "It's okay. Mom, I'm taking elective courses this semester, so there are no important courses. I'll take you around while the weather is good these few days. When the weather gets colder, you won't be able to go shopping anymore."

Let's go to the Old Summer Palace today, which is right next to Yanda University. You can have dinner at my house in the evening, and then go to Tiananmen Square tomorrow."

After breakfast, Lin Chaoyang had to go to work. Before leaving, he handed a map of Yanjing to Lin Erchun and said, "Take this map. It may be useful to you."

Lin Erchun and his wife were unfamiliar with Yanjing. There were no navigation systems and no online taxis back then, so they carried a map with them just in case.

During the day, Lin Chaoyang worked in the library. Tao Yushu first took Lin Erchun and his wife for a tour of the Old Summer Palace, and then went to Yanjing University for a stroll in the afternoon.

It is winter now. Whether it is the Old Summer Palace or the Yanda campus, the scenery is much inferior to that in spring, summer and autumn, but the old couple still enjoys it.

Especially after entering Yanjing University, when they thought that this was where their son worked, they seemed to walk with a breeze.

When it was almost time to get off work, Tao Yushu brought the two of them to the library, ready to wait for Lin Chaoyang to get off work together.

Zhang Guiqin looked at the many students who were studying hard in the reading room and said with a sigh, "Won't these all be the seedlings of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance in the future?"

Tao Yushu smiled and said, "It's true that they are pillars of the country, but not many people can be considered as ministers or generals."

After chatting and laughing, when it was time to get off work, Lin Chaoyang came to meet up with the three of them and headed to Langrun Lake Apartment. The Tao family had long known that Lin Erchun and his wife were coming to Yanjing. In order to prepare this dinner tonight, Tao's mother started working at noon, and it was extremely sumptuous.

After dinner, it was already dark when we left Tao's house.

Lin Erchun looked at the apartment building hidden in the night and asked Lin Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, when will your company distribute housing?"

"I've already bought a house, what else do I have to share?"

Lin Erchun's face suddenly showed a pained look. He originally thought that the house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment was quite good, and looked better than the Tao family's house. But when he thought that his son had spent real money to buy it, and that he would not be able to get a separate house in the future, he could hardly hide his heartache.

"Isn't that a huge loss?"

"Dad, you can't think like that. Public property is always public property, and you have to share it with others.

Yushu's father is a professor, and the house they were allocated is only 50 square meters. It looks pretty good now, but it was even more crowded when we were here.

Yushu and I are both just starting to work, and one of us has not yet graduated. It will be impossible for us to get a house like this within ten or eight years.

If we have a child in the future, we can't keep him and Yushu's parents together, right?"

Lin Chaoyang explained a few sentences, and Zhang Guiqin agreed with the last sentence.

"Chaoyang is right. You will only look at that little bit of bargain."

Back at the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Tao Yushu was busy doing laundry while Lin Chaoyang went into the study to write a novel.

Zhang Guiqin has been very interested in the washing machine in the bathroom since yesterday. She watched Tao Yushu operate it and the washing machine started to work. She sighed: "This thing saves energy, but it wastes electricity and clothes."

Lin Erchun quietly pulled her into the room, "What are you talking about? I didn't buy it for you."

Zhang Guiqin also realized that she had said the wrong thing unintentionally, "I didn't mean it that way, I just said it."

"Don't talk nonsense, it will make the child think too much." He warned.

"understood."

In the next two days, Tao Yushu took Lin Erchun and his wife to travel around Yanjing City.

After the old couple became familiar with the surrounding environment, Tao Yushu returned to school for classes, while Lin Chaoyang went to work as usual.

More than a week passed in a flash. Lin Erchun and his wife had nothing to do every day in the Overseas Chinese Apartment and began to become restless.

That evening, Lin Chaoyang was writing in his study when Lin Erchun walked in.

"Chaoyang, are you busy?"

Lin Erchun has always regarded his son's writing as a big deal and dared not disturb Lin Chaoyang easily. But today he really couldn't help it and planned to have a chat with Lin Chaoyang.

"Your mother and I have been in Yanjing for ten days. We have played and visited as much as we could. We plan to go back in two days."

"Didn't we agree to stay for the whole winter? It's only been a few days."

Lin Erchun said irritably, "I can't stay here. I either eat or sleep all day, and I don't know anyone when I go out."

"Walk around more, take a map and some money, go wherever you want, and come back at night."

"Do you think your mother and I are street urchins?" Lin Erchun said dissatisfiedly.

Lin Chaoyang thought that his parents were used to living in the countryside and doing farm work, and coming to Yanjing and having nothing to do all day was indeed a bit overwhelming for them.

"Then I'll give you a task."

"What mission?"

"Help me search the house!"

"What are you doing poking around the house?"

“Buy a house!”

"Still buying?" Lin Erchun was surprised. "Is this house not big enough for you? Where do you get so much money?"

"I make money from writing. Can't I buy a few more copies?"

Lin Erchun said worriedly: "Why does the country allow you to do this? Don't let others catch you as an example!"

"What a mess. This is the reform and opening up. Don't hold on to old ideas. You are still the captain?"

"It's over, do you want to be chopped?"

"Speak of business, speak of business."

Lin Chaoyang talked to his father for a long time and finally got him to take on the task of finding a house.

"What should we do when we go out?" Lin Erchun asked.

"I'll ask Yushu to get you a monthly bus pass tomorrow."

"That's fine."

(End of this chapter)