Exciting 1979!

Chapter 218: Sanru Layman (Guaranteed -in-)

Mei Wenhua was supervising the renovation here. When he heard the roar of the motorcycle, he immediately ran out. He thought someone was stealing his motorcycle.

Then she saw Wei Ming. Just as she was about to say hello, Xu Yunyun, who was sitting behind her, jumped down from her seat. Mei Wenhua immediately smoothed her hair and waved at her with a smile.

"Hey, Yunyun, you're here. Xiaohong is here too. Brother Ming, come in." He pushed his glasses, looking like a scholarly businessman.

Although Xiaomei was talking to Wei Ming, there was no trace of Brother Ming in her eyes at all.

Wei Ming asked: "How advanced is the renovation now? Can we open the store within a week?"

The two girls walked into the store. The store was nearly 300 square meters, which was very large, and the decoration style was also very advanced and fashionable.

Xiaomei waved her hand: "Of course it's no problem. We've already started to finish it. The next step is to put the clothes in."

When it comes to business, Mei Wenhua becomes serious. Biaozi has gone to Sichuan and Chongqing to film a movie. Before Wei Ming comes back, he has to do almost everything by himself.

Wei Ming took a look and although it was different from the modern clothing store he had imagined, it was definitely a leap forward compared to the current ready-made clothing stores. He asked about the clothing.

Mei Wenhua: "Biao Ma is in charge of this aspect. We have already made some women's clothing, with different styles for different places. As we ran out of time for jeans, I bought a batch from big dealers to fill up the store first. In addition, leather shoes, hats, scarves, silk scarves, belts, sunglasses, etc. can only be bought from dealers, so the profit will be lower."

Wei Ming nodded. At the beginning, Mei Wenhua wanted to sell everything, mainly clothing and also sell southern popular department stores. Later, he changed his mind and only sold things related to clothing. He hoped that after customers came in and bought clothes, he would sell shoes, hats, sunglasses and scarves to them to maximize profits.

This requires the ability of a salesperson. Oh, Brother Ming said this is called a shopping guide. He looked at Xu Yunyun and said, "Cousin, what do you think of our store?"

"Okay, that's great." Yunyun said sincerely.

She has a soft voice and looks like a gentle girl. However, her accent needs to be changed. To do business in the capital, you have to speak Mandarin. I will teach her slowly in the future.

Wei Ming took a look and said to Mei Wenhua, "Where is the red scarf I asked you to prepare?"

"Oh, Biao Ma has already made it. It's in their factory."

Wei Ming: "I still have to accompany my students, so you go get it, and bring a few sets of ready-made women's clothing, standard sizes will do."

Xiaohong couldn't help but be delighted when she heard this. This meant they were going to give them new clothes!

Mei Wenhua: "Okay, I'll get it later. Where should I send it to you?"

Wei Ming told him the address of Li Guangfu's home and asked him to send him there when the time comes and have dinner together.

The red scarf is prepared for students. When taking students out, we are afraid of losing them, so it is best to have a unified identification.

It’s too expensive to buy them uniform clothing, and I don’t have the technology to make hats, so I’ll just use red scarves.

Rural primary school students have known the red scarf since childhood through Chinese language and math word problems, but no one has ever seen that thing.

There is also the legendary Children's Palace, a place that would take them decades to reach.

After Wei Ming took his two sisters away on his motorcycle, Mei Wenhua also rode away on his motorcycle.

After returning to Li Guangfu's house, Wei Ming dropped off his two sisters and was about to leave.

"Brother, what are you doing now?"

Wei Ming: "Oh, I'm going to mail the article I wrote on the way. I'll be back soon. It won't delay dinner."

After saying that, the motorcycle sped away. Wei Ming was going to look for Sister Lin. He hadn't seen her for more than a week and he missed her very much, and she must have missed her too.

It's almost time for her to get off work now.

Wei Ming's timing was very precise. She walked out of the car before it was turned off.

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Lin put down his bicycle and ran over, wanting to get on his bike. Their movements were so tacit.

Wei Ming apologized, "Good sister, I can't have dinner with you today. I have to bring students from my hometown to eat with me later."

Zhu Lin had heard of this matter before and said "Oh" in disappointment.

"This is a serious matter. So you should accompany the students first. How many days will it take?"

Wei Ming: "The initial schedule is three days. Starting tomorrow, I will accompany you throughout the whole process."

"Well, I'll come find you when I'm done."

"You can come visit me, but you can't stay overnight. My house is not very convenient right now. My sister Xiaohong and cousin Yunyun have moved in."

"Ah?" Zhu Lin thought, then the whole thing is over.

Wei Ming knew what Sister Lin was disappointed about. He held Sister Lin's hand and said, "Don't worry. I will arrange for them to work in the store later. They will not be allowed to go home all day. If it doesn't work at night, we can do it during the day."

Zhu Lin patted him lightly, feeling a little embarrassed that his inner desires were seen through.

She really wanted to do that, and her period had just ended, so it was a safe time for the two of them to be closer.

That thing was so beautiful. She only hated herself for not meeting Xiao Wei when she was 18, and wasting ten years of her youth.

Wei Ming: I was afraid I didn’t have the ability to make my sister happy ten years ago~
Wei Ming added: "Sister, you still have to do me a favor."

"What's the matter?"

Wei Ming took a look at her figure and said, "Take some photos for me."

~
When he returned to Li Guangfu's house, Mei Wenhua had already arrived and was talking to Yunyun with a grin on his face.

Wei Hong took the clothes that Mei Wenhua brought and said, "Brother, are these for me and Yunyun?"

"Of course not, I need it." Wei Ming took it and put it away.

Wei Ming added: "After a while, you and Yunyun will go to the store to help out, and I'll pay you a salary, or use clothes to offset the cost."

Xiaohong's eyes immediately lit up, great!

Wei Ming saw that the primary school students had also put on red scarves. Although they wore them in different ways, their faces were filled with a sense of honor as successors of socialism.

Wei Ming smiled and shook his head: "Come on, I'll teach you how to wear it."

He asked Qi Delong to come over to demonstrate, and called Mei Wenhua to help put red scarves on the children. They were the only two people who knew how to do it here, so both teachers had to learn it on the spot.

After completing this ceremony, a group of people went out to eat at a restaurant and had noodles with soybean paste. They came late on purpose so there were fewer customers, and the group filled up the restaurant.

Eat dumplings when you get on the bus and noodles when you get off. It’s just right to have a meal of noodles when you first arrive in Yanjing.

A meal of noodles made of pure white flour is a luxury for the children in Gouzi Village, not to mention that there is diced meat in the fried sauce and the sauce has been fried, which is even more unthinkable.

So the children ate the noodles with their heads huffing. The first one to finish was the very small classmate Shen Xiaobao. After finishing, he put the bowl down and looked out the window stiffly with a curious look on his face.

Qi Delong finished the second one and asked Wei Ming directly: "Brother Ming, can I have another bowl?"

Wei Ming smiled and said, "If it's not enough, ask for more. Xiaobao, have another bowl too."

Shen Xiaobao wanted to refuse, but Wei Ming had already ordered for him. This time he changed it to eggplant and diced pork noodles, which was also delicious.

Many people chose to have another bowl. Some girls found it difficult to have another bowl, so they just shared one bowl for two people and stared at the price list while eating.

Although the lower grade students did not receive any real bonus, it still cost a lot of money to eat in the capital for a few days. It’s worth it, absolutely worth it!

Especially the third place couldn't help but feel lucky that they had only one or two points more than the fourth place. For the first time, they had the concept that "one point can change their destiny."

For Wei Ming, money was not a problem. The problem of food coupons was more serious. There were too many people, so Xiaomei had to help him get some on the black market. Yunyun would also need food coupons when she lived in Yanjing in the future, so she had to get them through other channels.

Xiaomei agreed immediately: "It is my duty!"

Wei Ming then said to the primary school students: "After we finish eating, I will show you the night view of Yanjing."

The primary school students screamed with excitement again.

In this era, there is actually no night view in Yanjing City. After all, electricity is limited, and it is considered good if there is a dim street light on the main road.

However, there are still some lights in foreign-related places and top commercial streets.

So Wei Ming planned to take them to Wangfujing Street on foot, where some shops were still open, mainly to see the Yanjing Hotel.

What they see now are some bungalow courtyards, which are far from stunning. However, the 80-meter-high, magnificent and brightly lit Yanjing Hotel will give primary school students an idea of modern China.

Mei Wenhua volunteered to be a tour guide to accompany everyone for a walk. When they walked out of the small restaurant, they could already see the street lights on the main road, which was also a sight for the children from the countryside.

They had only seen light bulbs powered by diesel engines in the village threshing ground during the busy summer harvest season, and knew that light and electricity were very precious.

It turns out that lights in the capital can be placed on the roadside.

Next they went along Dongdan Third Street to Wangfujing, where there were more stores with lights on and still open for business. Xiaomei explained to them what these stores did and their history.

Everyone only had a vague understanding of what was said, and just felt that they had broadened their horizons.

Qi Delong felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't know there was such a nice place in the capital. He used to go back to his grandfather's house in Yanjing every summer, but he had never been here.

At this moment, he suddenly wanted to be a Yanjing person.

But when they arrived outside the Yanjing Hotel and saw the building emitting golden light, the elementary school students were unable to walk.

so high!
so beautiful!
So beautiful!

Wei Mingbi has more to say about this place than Mei Wenhua, and he briefly introduced its history and uses.

Wei Hong asked: "Brother, have you ever been in there?"

The two teachers smiled and shook their heads. Xiao Wei had just said that this place was specially for entertaining foreigners. How could he...

Wei Ming: "I've been in there and even had a meal there."

After hearing this, the children looked at Wei Ming with even more admiration.

Wei Ming: "Okay, let's just walk here. If we go further west, we will reach Tiananmen Square. Let's all come and watch the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow morning."

When the children heard the place name, they screamed with excitement. Xiaohong and Yunyun did the same, as they had never seen it before.

In that era, the lifelong dream of many people was to take a photo with a great man in front of Tiananmen Square and watch the national flag being raised.

Yunyun glanced at Mei Wenhua who had always been following her closely and said, "Brother Wenhua, are you coming tomorrow too?"

Mei Wenhua pushed his glasses and said, "Come on, of course I'm here. I haven't seen the flag-raising ceremony for a long time, and I want to be influenced by patriotism." Yunyun nodded. Brother Wenhua spoke in a very cultured way and looked more cultured than his cousin.

After returning to Li Guangfu's house, Mei Wenhua volunteered: "Brother Ming, it's too dangerous for you to take care of two people by yourself, and you don't have enough helmets. So, let me help you send them off."

Wei Ming gave two helmets to his two sisters, and then took Xiaomei's helmet: "That's enough for now, you should go back early, you still have to watch the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow, don't get up late."

This kid's intentions are known to everyone. Wei Ming will have to scold him later and ask him if he has forgotten about the blind date guy who is half a head shorter than Yunyun.

On the way back, Yunyun asked Wei Ming: "Brother Ming, how old is Brother Wenhua? Am I older than him?"

Wei Ming: "He is one year older than me, and definitely older than you."

Wei Hong was puzzled: "Then why does he call you Brother Ming?"

Wei Ming: "There is an old saying that the wise are the elder brothers."

Wei Hong: "Why do I remember that the master is the one who has achieved success?"

“The principles are the same.”

When he returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartment, he saw two little girls staring at the TV. Wei Ming had no choice but to turn on the CCTV and let them watch it for a while.

"Pay attention to your distance and don't look too closely."

He first went into his bedroom and cleaned up all the traces of Sister Lin's life.

Then I had to teach them how to use the bathroom, especially the toilet, which they found very novel.

"You guys go to bed when the snow starts to appear on TV." Wei Ming yawned and decided not to write today and go to bed early.

"What is a snowflake?"

Less than half an hour later, they knew what snowflakes were and felt it was such a pity. They wished the TV program could be broadcast until the early morning.

Xiaohong felt that the lights in her brother's house were too bright and could not make her sleepy, so she went to the study room to read a book.

Then I saw a framed sketch on the table. It was of a beautiful older sister, and the position she was in in the painting looked so familiar. It seemed, it seemed to be the balcony of my brother's house!
So who is she?
But her brother had fallen asleep and no one could answer the question, which made Xiaohong even more unable to sleep.

Yunyun, who was sleeping in the same bed with her, was sleeping soundly.

~
Wei Ming has a chicken pecking rice double-bell alarm clock on his bedside. It was a second-hand item and he rarely uses it. He only uses it when he needs to catch a train or a plane.

It came in handy today. The sun rises early in Yanjing in July, and the flag-raising time is determined by the time the sun rises.

Therefore, in later generations, many people who wanted to watch the flag-raising ceremony in the summer had to reserve space at night. Wei Ming set the alarm for three o'clock, so he only slept for five hours at most.

After he got up, he immediately called Xiaohong and Yunyun.

Xiaohong felt like she had just fallen asleep but was woken up.

"Are you still going to watch the flag-raising ceremony? Hurry and get dressed!"

Wei Ming estimated that he could arrive at Li Guangfu's house at 40:, and then everyone would walk together to watch the flag-raising ceremony, which would take about minutes.

As a result, on Chang'an Avenue, when approaching Li Guangfu's house, the three people riding the motorcycle saw a group of elementary school students wearing red scarves.

Wei Ming stopped and took off his helmet. It was indeed them. He quickly rode to the other side.

It turned out that they were afraid of missing the flag-raising ceremony, so they got up at three o'clock. Among the group of people, only Teacher Li had a watch, and he didn't dare to go to bed after one o'clock.

Yunyun glanced at the team and didn't see Brother Wenhua. She probably didn't expect him to arrive so early.

Wei Ming put Xiao Hong and Yun Yun down and said, "Okay, then you guys walk slowly. I'll go and drop off the car and come back to catch up with you guys."

When he arrived at the courtyard of Li Guangfu's house, he saw Mei Wenhua looking confused. Where was he?

Wei Ming glanced at the other residents of the compound who were cursing and swearing, "Don't just stand there, they left early, park the car and run with me."

"oh oh."

In a certain room, Li Guangfu, who was also woken up by the students going out, laughed and then lay down again.

~
The two ran all the way along Chang'an Avenue. Xiaomei gradually became exhausted, but she still gritted her teeth and kept up with Wei Ming's pace.

"Brother Ming, Yunyun is not planning to go back to her hometown?" he asked.

Wei Ming: “Yes.”

"Oh, that's great. Yunyun is so beautiful, she should stay in the capital. It would be a pity for her to go back to her hometown and marry any man."

It was indeed a pity what happened in the previous life.

Wei Ming glanced at Xiaomei, who was panting. "Run faster. You don't have enough energy."

Mei Wenhua: "How is that possible? I was born in a military compound and have been participating in military training with my parents since I was a child. It's not that I can't do it, it's just that Brother Ming, you are too strong!"

Wei Ming suppressed the smile.

It has been almost a year since Wei Ming was reborn, and he has never come here to watch the flag-raising ceremony because he had seen it too many times in his previous life.

He originally thought that since tourism was not yet popular and population mobility was difficult, there wouldn't be so many people watching the flag-raising ceremony. However, when he arrived, there were no good seats left.

Only then did he reconsider the power of faith. Although the tourism industry had not yet flourished, a large number of people came to Yanjing every day for work or to visit relatives and friends.

Many people don’t know when they will come next time, so they must come here to check it out. Some even start waiting in the evening for a better position.

Of course, there are also some people who have no place to stay, so they just stay here for the night and watch the flag-raising ceremony.

They arrived at the square at about 4:30, and less than half an hour later, the flag-raising ceremony officially began.

Some older primary school students couldn't see clearly so they held up the younger ones so that they could see more clearly. Wei Ming was particularly moved by this scene.

At this time, the sun is jumping and is about to jump out of the horizon. The rising sun is such a hopeful picture!

Wei Ming raised his camera and recorded this scene.

When the national flag was successfully raised, it took a while for everyone to get over the emotion, and several students even had tears in their eyes.

No need to ask, because they love this land deeply.

When most people had dispersed, Wei Ming took them to take their first group photo since coming to Beijing. Mei Wenhua was in charge of the photo, and two teachers and a driver were all included in the photo. However, Wei Ming had to develop the photos many times.

Although their morning destination, the Forbidden City, was right in front of them, they couldn't get in yet, so they walked back and had breakfast.

"Since you are in the capital, how can you miss the hot bean juice tonight? Children, please enjoy it~" At a breakfast shop, Mei Wenhua strongly recommended hometown delicacies, in addition to bean juice, there are also fried dough sticks and noodle tea.

Jia Zhengdao from Accountant Jia's family asked honestly, "Is this soybean milk rotten?"

Qi Delong, who had drunk this stuff, said: "It's not rotten, it tastes just like this, authentic!"

Shen Xiaobao said seriously: "I understand. The teachers want to tell us that only those who endure hardships can become successful people."

Jia Zheng said: "But it stinks."

"That makes sense. I'll do it!" Shen Xiaobao pinched his nose and swallowed.

Wei Ming, who was eating fried dough sticks and tofu pudding, gave a thumbs up, saying that this child could achieve great things.

When they returned to the courtyard, Li Guangfu had woken up and asked the children what they had eaten.

"Hey, soybean milk is a good thing. I can't live without it every meal."

He came to Wei Ming with a giggle and whispered an address to him, asking him to find him when he was done. The address was on Nanchizi Street in the Forbidden City.

Wei Ming nodded and decided not to accompany them to visit the Forbidden City because he felt like vomiting after visiting it so many times.

Fortunately, we have Mei Wenhua. It is enough to have him as a tour guide, and he seems to like us.

Afterwards, Wei Ming walked to the Forbidden City again, bought tickets for them and let them in.

"The teacher and the tour guide are waiting for me at the north gate. Let's go in, take our time to walk around and take our time to look around."

After settling them down, Wei Ming turned from Donghuamen Road and arrived at the place Li Guangfu mentioned. It was a large compound with many people living there. This shouldn't be the house he found for himself, right?
Just as Wei Ming was about to find someone to ask, Li Guangfu came out from a door.

"Hey, Brother Wei, you're finally here." Then he waved to the inside of the room, and a young man who looked older than Wei Nian walked out, and was quite handsome.

Oh, an acquaintance too!

Li Guangfu first introduced Wei Ming: "I don't need to introduce this person, Wei Ming, the writer, is not even 20 years old but is already famous all over the world."

The other party hurried forward to shake hands with Wei Ming, and before Li Guangfu could introduce him, he introduced himself first: "I am Li Chengru, a non-staff member of the People's Art Theatre."

Li Guangfu smiled and said, "He is considered the old Dong, Dong Xingji's apprentice. Because I told him about your matter, he actually found out about it."

"Oh, you are Teacher Dong's disciple. Nice to meet you. I saw him at the People's Art Theatre a few days ago."

Wei Ming was not very familiar with Li Chengru because his master had passed away many years ago when he joined the People's Art Theatre, and it was also the peak period of his business career.

He and Li Guangfu both have the surname Li and similar experiences. Their fathers were wealthy men in their early years, but later their family fell into poverty.

After graduating from high school, Li Chengru entered the drama industry, learned Peking Opera, and often went to the People's Art Theater to watch dramas. He then served Mr. Dong Xingji for many years and earned the title of master and apprentice.

Then he and Wei Ming and Lin became classmates in the amateur acting class of the Film Academy. After graduation, he entered CCTV and joined the crew of "Journey to the West".

At first, he wanted to play the role of Tang Monk with his good looks, but then Director Yang Jie looked at him and said: "You don't need to be Tang Monk anymore. You can be a production manager. You can do this for several years."

What followed was the rise and fall of 90 years of business.

Li Chengru was very enthusiastic when facing a big celebrity like Wei Ming.

Wei Ming smiled and asked, "Could the house that Lao Li mentioned be yours?"

Li Chengru shook his head: "I am in Nanchizi, the house is in Beichizi, Writer Wei, Brother Guangfu, come with me, that house is great!"

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(Yesterday's guaranteed minimum)
(End of this chapter)