Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 332 Sitting in rows and dividing the fruits

Before Lin Chaoyang could say anything, Tao Yumo threw Xiao Dongdong to him and snatched the luggage from his hand with a smile on his face.

"Brother-in-law, you have worked hard all the way. Come in, come in!"

Of course, the sister-in-law's enthusiasm was not directed at Lin Chaoyang, but at the gifts he brought back.

Lin Chaoyang held his son in his arms for a while, then returned him to Tao Yumo and opened the luggage. Tao Yumo was looking forward to it, almost putting his eyes into the suitcase.

She looked at the pile of gifts in the suitcase, but Lin Chaoyang only took out two small boxes, and she couldn't help feeling disappointed.

How she wanted to take the suitcase for herself at this moment!
Uh-huh! Uh-huh! That's all!

"Is this a watch?" Tao Yushu, who had been silent, looked at the shapes of the two small boxes in Lin Chaoyang's hands and figured out what they were.

“A Longines watch.”

The 1980s were Longines’ peak period, especially in the field of women’s watches.

The birth of the L960 women's slim movement not only made Longines watches win many honors at the Bijhorca in Paris and the Geneva Watch and Jewelry Show, but also made the brand respected and loved by countless female customers.

The watch that Lin Chaoyang bought for Tao Yushu is the "Agassiz" slim gold watch that Longines launched last year to commemorate its 150th anniversary and pay tribute to its founder Auguste Agassiz.

Not only is the watch only 3mm thick and waterproof, but most importantly, it looks ridiculously good.

The black shiny leather strap, 18K gold case and white dial look simple, elegant and stylish. Even Lin Chaoyang, a gay man, thinks it looks good, let alone Tao Yushu.

After she took the watch box and opened it, her eyes were fixed and filled with joy.

"Wow! Sister, this watch is so beautiful!"

Tao Yumo stared at the watch in the watch box, her eyes full of stars, and she shouted loudly.

"Sister, put it on quickly, put it on quickly!"

She kept urging her sister to wear the watch. After being surprised, Tao Yushu gently took out the watch and placed it on her wrist.

The black, white and gold watch matches her white and delicate wrist, like a fine work of art.

Tao Yumo clicked her tongue, her expression and voice full of fondness, and she couldn't help but look at the other watch box in Lin Chaoyang's hand.

Lin Chaoyang noticed her look and handed over the watch box, "This is yours."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Tao Yumo called sweetly and reached out to take the watch box. When her eyes touched the LOGO on the watch box, a wave of disappointment surged in her heart.

Different from my sister's!
"Hey, brother-in-law, don't I want Citizen?"

"Isn't Seiko better than Citizen?"

Lin Chaoyang would definitely not say that he didn't have time to choose a watch for his sister-in-law. If asked, Seiko would be better than Citizen. It has a long history and is a century-old famous brand. Citizen can't compare at all.

Tao Yumo was brainwashed by him and reluctantly accepted that Citizen had become Seiko. She opened the watch box with some anticipation.

I saw a rough-looking digital electronic watch lying there quietly.

The 1980s was not only the heyday of Longines, but also the heyday of Seiko. They not only swept away the other two major domestic rivals in the fields of mechanical watches and quartz watches, but also dominated the field of electronic watches.

The Seiko series digital electronic watch launched in 1982 uses a silver steel strap and a vertical rectangular mirrored stainless steel shell with a screw cap, which looks a bit like the later Apple Watch.

The watch Lin Chaoyang bought for her was much higher-end than those crappy electronic watches sold by Du Feng. It was fashionable and stylish.

But Tao Yumo was just mesmerized by her sister's watch, which was so exquisite that it looked like a work of art. She looked at her own watch and then at her sister's watch. There is no harm without comparison.

Comparing the two watches is like comparing a lady from a prominent family and a maid who only makes fire and cooks.

She looked at her digital watch and felt it was thick, clumsy and extremely ugly.

I shouldn’t have bought an electronic watch earlier. It’s so ugly!

After feeling uncomfortable for a while, she slowly accepted the current situation and began to comfort herself.

After all, it's free. If you don't compare it with my sister's watch, it's actually quite nice-looking. It makes me look proud when I wear it out. It's much better looking than ordinary electronic watches.

"Brother-in-law, how much is my watch?" Tao Yumo asked Lin Chaoyang curiously.

"What? You want to give me money?" Lin Chaoyang teased her.

Tao Yumo immediately looked alert, "You said you gave it to me!"

Lin Chaoyang looked at his sister-in-law speechlessly. This money-loving girl was even more greedy than her sister. She could no longer be called a money-loving girl; she should be called a Pixiu.

"I'm giving this to you for free! Look how scared you are!"

Tao Yumo breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but ask about the price of the watch.

"Two hundred and sixty." Lin Chaoyang said.

"What about my sister's watch?" Tao Yumo asked again.

Lin Chaoyang glanced at her and said, "More than 500."

Tao Yumo glanced at his expression and felt disdainful.

You must be kidding! That watch doesn't look cheap. The outer ring can't be made of copper, right? It's obviously gold. How expensive must it be!

Since Lin Chaoyang didn't tell the truth, she could only guess and was extremely curious.

"Okay, okay, go look after the kids!"

Lin Chaoyang put Xiao Dongdong in his sister-in-law's arms, drove her out of the room, and enjoyed the tenderness of his wife.

The main feature of this Longines watch is its appearance, and few women can resist it. This gift from him touched Tao Yushu's heart.

"This watch is so beautiful!" Tao Yushu said in his arms.

"The watch is beautiful, and the person is even more beautiful!"

The couple was affectionate for a while before Tao Yumo came over unwillingly to spoil their fun.

"Sister, your son is hungry!"

After Tao Yushu finished feeding, she asked Lin Chaoyang to look after the child while the two sisters went to the kitchen to cook.

Tao Yumo secretly asked her, "Sister, how much did you buy that watch for?" "Didn't your brother-in-law tell me? It cost more than 500 yuan."

Tao Yumo let out a "tsk" sound, "That's boring! You two are just lying, do you really think I don't know what's good?"

Then she asked again, "One thousand dollars?"

Seeing that Tao Yushu had no reaction, she asked again: "One thousand five hundred?"

"two thousand?"

"Stop guessing!" Tao Yushu said unhappily.

Tao Yumo looked at her sister and immediately knew that her guess should be very close.

"Two thousand dollars! That's enough to buy a house. My brother-in-law is really willing to spend money on you!"

Tao Yumo's tone contained some amazement, some envy and jealousy, as well as some hatred that the working people have towards the bourgeoisie.

She guessed and thought she was almost right, but in fact it was still far off.

Among the gifts Lin Chaoyang bought, Tao Yushu's Longines watch was the most expensive, worth 3000 Hong Kong dollars, more than ten times the Seiko watch of Tao Yumo.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang asked Tao Yumo to go to Mianhua Hutong and Langrun Lake Apartment to invite the two families to dinner.

Of course, eating is just a side job, but distributing gifts is the real thing.

That evening, the two families arrived at Xiaoliubukou Hutong one after another, and Lin Chaoyang took out the gifts he had brought for each person.

The two little guys, Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu, looked at the things in Lin Chaoyang's hand eagerly. They thought that the things their uncle brought back from Hong Kong must be good things.

Lin Chaoyang took out a good camera and a Nintendo game console. Tao Xiwen got the game console and Tao Xiwu got the camera.

Game&watch is the product of the previous generation of the Famicom. The console only comes with one game. Because it was a tailend product, it was only sold for HK$160, so Lin Chaoyang bought it.

Hershey cameras were later loved by young people with a fashionable look, but today they are just a synonym for cheap cameras.

This thing imitates the imaging effect of the Soviet Union's LC-A camera. The middle of the photo is clear and the edges are blurred. Strictly speaking, it is an unqualified imaging product.

But later it gradually became a kind of imaging style, which was loved by some young people. It was somewhat similar to the toy cameras produced in China now, and was just right for children of Tao Xiwu's age to play with.

After getting the things, the Tao Xiwen brothers fiddled with them curiously but hadn't figured out how to play with them.

Lin Chaoyang then distributed the gifts he had prepared for others. Tao's mother, Lin's mother and sister-in-law Zhao Li each received two sets of clothes, while Tao's father and Lin's father each received a pocket atomic radio.

There is no big difference in quality when it comes to clothes, what matters is the style. Clothes from Guangzhou are popular in mainland China nowadays, largely because they are all imitations of Hong Kong fashion styles.

After getting the clothes, Tao Yushu and her sister asked their mother and sisters-in-law to try them on.

Father Tao and Father Lin were playing with a radio that was not even as big as a palm, full of curiosity.

"The radios these days are too small." Lin Erchun tried the radio and was delighted.

Father Tao also tried the radio and said to Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, it's too expensive to have so many things!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Dad, we don't go to Hong Kong every year. It's not easy to go there once. Bring something and everyone will be happy."

Father Tao nodded with satisfaction. What he admired most about his son-in-law was that he had a strong sense of family.

While everyone was fiddling with their gifts, Tao Yucheng looked at Lin Chaoyang eagerly.

Before leaving, he wanted Lin Chaoyang to help him bring back martial arts novels, but after hearing that publications were difficult to bring back, he gave up the idea.

Anyway, everyone has gifts, so he must have one too.

While Tao Yucheng was thinking, Lin Chaoyang opened the suitcase, revealing a thick stack of more than thirty books inside.

"Brother, your gift is here. It's too heavy, so you can take it yourself." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

In the box was a complete set of martial arts novels given by Jin Yong. There were more than 30 books weighing more than ten kilograms, which was heavier than all the other gifts combined.

Tao Yucheng was a little surprised when he saw the gifts. Didn't they say that books were hard to bring? Why did they bring so many books?

He walked up and picked up a book, only to see the words "Swordsman" written on the cover.

"This is..." Tao Yucheng looked surprised, "Swordsman? A novel by Jin Yong, right?"

He looked at the covers of other books, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber...

Tao Yucheng has only read a few of Jin Yong's many novels, including "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Because in the 80s, "Wulin" carried out an official piracy and serialized Jin Yong's novel in the magazine, which not only increased the sales of the magazine to millions of copies, but also brought hundreds of millions of martial arts novel fans to the country.

"Are they all Jin Yong's novels?" Tao Yucheng's expression turned into surprise. He then took another look at the price of the book and saw the traditional Chinese characters "HKD 20 (USD 4.50)".

Tao Yucheng's eyes were fixed on these dozens of novels. Each novel was 20 Hong Kong dollars. With so many books, it would cost at least or Hong Kong dollars, right?

"Chaoyang, why did you buy so many books? How much did it cost?"

Tao Yucheng thought that even if he saved for five years he might not be able to afford so many books!
The expression on his face was complicated, showing joy at getting what he wanted, but also unbearable distress.

"Don't worry, it didn't cost any money." Lin Chaoyang said.

"No money? What do you mean?"

Tao Yucheng looked puzzled, and the others also looked at him with concern.

Lin Chaoyang told the family the origin of the books, and the whole family was amazed. Tao Yucheng excitedly flipped through the title pages of the novels, and sure enough, he found Jin Yong's signature on the title page of every book.

He laughed so heartily that his mouth almost reached his ears.

He thought that martial arts novels were no longer a thing, but he didn't expect that his brother-in-law not only brought him back novels, but a complete set, signed by Jin Yong himself.

Tao Yucheng happily gave Lin Chaoyang a bear hug, saying, "Good brother-in-law!"

"Okay, look at what you have achieved." Tao Yushu said to his eldest brother.

At this time, Mother Tao looked at Lin Chaoyang and suddenly asked, "Chaoyang, didn't you buy anything for yourself this time?"

Hearing this, the originally happy family members all looked at Lin Chaoyang.

(End of this chapter)