Counterattack 1988

Chapter 279 There is a reward for guessing right!

The garden houses in the old city are indeed attractive in appearance, covered with thick shade, with front and rear gardens, a combination of Chinese and Western.Contains the charm of the East, but also full of Western style.

The most attractive part of these bungalows is their exotic appearance. After all, every century-old bungalow that has been handed down to this day is made by a famous designer. A hundred years ago, the people who could live in this house were not only dignitaries, but also wealthy businessmen.

Even in the Republic of China a hundred years ago, the cost of building these bungalows was not cheap. In the Republic of China, it cost 300 gold bars to buy a garden house, which was equivalent to 2.8 million yuan at that time.

The most precious thing about old houses is the location and the single building. This is where the value lies in Shencheng, where every inch of land is expensive.

Wang Lin and Shen Xue strolled in the old bungalow area, and what they saw were not the former residences of celebrities, but also the offices of the government and banks. Occasionally, there were some residential buildings, which were also dormitory buildings of state-owned agencies. There lived more than a dozen families, each occupying a Room.

The area of ​​Wukang Road has a variety of styles from various countries, such as the former residence of Soong Ching Ling, Huang Xing, Ba Jin and other celebrities, the residences of senior officials of the Republic of China and diplomats from various countries, the embassies of various countries, and the former residence of Huang Xing.

"Look, where is this place suitable for people to live?" Shen Xue said with a smile, "Living here makes me feel like an antique."

Wang Lin smiled: "There are also good houses, suitable for people to live in. Let's go shopping on another street."

The two came to Sinan Road, which used to be the French Concession. There are Sun Yat-sen's former residence, Mei Lanfang's former residence, etc., and most of them are French-style buildings.

The two of Wang Lin and Shen Xue regarded it as a sightseeing tour, seeing all the sights along the way.

"People in the past were quite good at enjoying it." Shen Xue said with a smile, "Looking at this kind of house now, it is also very foreign and not out of date."

"Classics are timeless, but this kind of house was only available to a very small number of people in the past, and they were all celebrities from the upper class."

"The houses we went in to visit just now felt very ordinary inside, but not as good-looking as the exterior walls."

"Because after a hundred years of wind and rain, no matter how good the decoration is, it will be destroyed. If you want to live comfortably, you can only renovate the decoration, which will cost a lot of money."

The two came to Wuding Road again.

This is a road in the north-central part of Jing'an District.

Compared with other houses gathering areas, Wuding Road can be regarded as a street full of fireworks in the world.

"It's too far away from our unit, and it belongs to two different districts." Shen Xue said, "It's very troublesome to commute to and from get off work every day."

Wang Lin said helplessly: "You really don't like these bungalows?"

Shen Xue said with a smile: "It looks okay from the outside, but when you walk in, it feels eerie, especially when you think that too many people have lived and died here in the past hundred years. Used things have a feeling of visiting a museum.”

Indeed, she is like an old woman dressed in red and green. She looks like a flower from a distance, but she looks horrible when she gets closer.

Wang Lin pondered for a while, and asked, "When will your group start raising funds to build houses? Or should we wait until you start raising funds to build houses before we buy a house?"

Shen Xue took his hand and said with a smile: "I really don't ask too much, Wang Lin, don't waste your time helping me find a house. I live quite comfortably now. And I still have two old houses at home! "

"Okay then, let's go to eat after shopping here, and then go to the playground?"

"okay!"

In the past few days, Wang Lin accompanied Shen Xue, and the two lived a life similar to that of a husband and wife.

Shen Xue is as tender as water, with thousands of gentleness, and Wang Lin also loves him infinitely, and is hard to leave.

When Wang Lin returned home, it was already the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Lunar New Year would be celebrated in three days.

Li Wenxiu is already at home on vacation, and Sun Xiaodie is taking care of her at home.

On the contrary, Li Wenjuan has been very busy recently.Because the new year is coming soon, there are many people who come out to buy clothes for the new year, and the business in the store is amazing, even her supervisor is going to be busy with business.

"Brother Wang, you're back!" Sun Xiaodie opened the door for Wang Lin, and when she saw him, she shouted in surprise, "Sister Wenxiu, Brother Wang is back!"

"Xiaodie." Seeing her innocent smile, Wang Lin couldn't help feeling relieved, nodded, and walked in with the suitcase.

Li Wenxiu got up from the sofa and said with a smile, "You've been away on business for several days! If you don't come back, it will be Chinese New Year."

She came over and approached her husband intimately: "Don't you miss your son?"

"think."

"Do you only want a son?"

Wang Lin chuckled and kissed her pretty face: "I miss you too."

"Is it fun in Gusu City?"

"good."

"Are women pretty?"

"It's about the same as the women in Shencheng, but not far away."

"There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. It has been a place for beauties since ancient times. Is it more beautiful than the women in Shanghai?"

"You don't understand. Since ancient times, beautiful women have been high-quality resources. People with power and money will collect beautiful women to enjoy in big cities. The offspring who have been improved by beautiful women have excellent conditions. That's why there are the most beauties in big cities. And most of them are from aristocratic families, and they are all ladies, which is better than Xiaojiabiyu in small places."

"Yo, you understand quite well? You also want to enjoy beautiful women?"

"Of course, otherwise why would you marry me?"

"Pfft!" Li Wenxiu smiled sweetly, "You can talk. I listened to you. I haven't been anywhere these few days. I'm waiting for you to come back to buy New Year's goods! Sister Lin's house didn't sell New Year's goods either, she said she would wait until you came back." Let's go shopping together."

"Tomorrow! Everyone is on vacation, so we can just go out and play."

"have you eaten?"

"It's about time. I came back after lunch. I bought you some cheongsams embroidered in Suzhou. You can't wear them now. You can only wear them after production. Wenjuan can wear them, but I think she is at this age. Wearing a cheongsam is too mature."

"She just likes to buy random things, but you like to listen to what she says the most! Keep it away, and I will wear it again when I have a chance." Li Wenxiu took out the cheongsam and gestured on it, "This embroidery is really beautiful, not cheap Bar?"

"Of course it's not cheap. It's all made of silk, and it's stitched by female workers. This one costs 880 yuan."

"So expensive? No wonder rich people wear silk and satin!" Li Wenxiu couldn't put it down a little bit, "I'll wear it when I finish breastfeeding my child."

The phone at home rang.

Sun Xiaodie answered and shouted: "Brother Wang, the person looking for you said it was the guard room of Shenfang Factory."

"Oh?" Wang Lin took the microphone and said hello, "I'm Wang Lin!"

"Deputy Director Wang, hello." A respectful voice came from the phone, "This is the guard room, and a man named Gao Changmin is looking for you here."

"Gao Changmin?"

"Yes, he said he was from Chang'an City."

"Oh, that's him. He's my friend. You entertain him, and I'll come pick him up right away."

"Okay, Deputy Director Wang, goodbye."

Wang Lin put down the phone, wondering why Gao Changmin came?

"Who is it?" Li Wenxiu asked.

"Sister Tian's former boyfriend broke up a long time ago. He came to look for me from Chang'an."

"What did he do for you?"

"He and I are also friends. We have been to Chang'an many times, and every time we go, we bother him. The master was stabbed last time, thanks to his help."

Li Wenxiu said with a smile: "He has come all the way, why don't you invite him home for a meal!"

"I'm going to pick him up now. You guys should prepare dinner at home and make more good dishes."

"Yeah. I know."

When Wang Lin went downstairs, he happened to meet Zhou Porridge coming back from the outside.

"What did you buy?" Wang Lin asked with a smile when he saw that she was holding a big box in her hand.

"Instruments."

"What musical instrument did you buy again?"

"Don't tell you."

"Wait." Wang Lin opened the trunk, took out an exquisite brocade box, and handed it to her, "I went to Gusu, this is a gift for you."

"what?"

"Song Jin."

"Song Jin?"

"Aristocrat in silk, you can use it to make yourself a dress, or use it to cover a piano."

"Thank you for taking the trouble."

"Now tell me, what kind of instrument did you buy?"

"Hee hee! Guess, you will be rewarded if you guess correctly."

"Guqin?"

"Did you peek? How did you guess?" Zhou Porridge widened his eyes.

"There's no need to guess, just look at the shape of the box. What will I be rewarded for?"

"Wait, I can't give it to you now."

"..."

Zhou Porridge pursed his lips and smiled, and went upstairs with two boxes in his arms.

Wang Lin chuckled, looked at her round and pretty back, touched her face, got in the car and went to Shenfang Factory.

Gao Changmin sat in the guard room and waited, smoking non-stop.

Wang Lin walked in and said with a smile, "Comrade Changmin, hello!"

Gao Changmin stood up, stretched out his big hand, and shook Wang Lin.

"Are you here on a business trip?" Wang Lin asked.

"Comrade Lu Yao came back to the city from other places to collect wind, and passed by our town. I told him your request, and he wrote the inscription without saying a word, and he refused to accept the money. I said that I was asked by others Please, if you don’t take money, I won’t be able to do this job, so he just accepted it, and asked me to thank you, but also said that his words are not worth so much money. One word, a thousand dollars!”

Wang Lin laughed and said, "It's his handwriting, so I think it's worth it. Did you send it here for me?"

"Yeah, it's the Chinese New Year soon, and the postal service must be slow. I'm afraid that you are in a hurry, and I am afraid that such a precious thing will be lost on the way, so I sent it to you."

Wang Lindao: "Oh, Comrade Changmin, you have a heart! Thank you so much."

Gao Changmin opened his briefcase, took out an envelope, and handed it to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin opened the envelope and took out a piece of white paper. On the white paper was written a line of words, exactly what Wang Lin asked for: "The world of ordinary people, the forest of beauty for ordinary people."

Gao Changmin said: "Comrade Lu Yao deliberately made the characters larger, but the pen can only write like this. He also said that if you need it, after he comes home, he will inscribe you with a brush in big characters!"

"Enough! This is good." Wang Lin held the paper as if holding a treasure.

The guard came over curiously and took a look: "Deputy Factory Manager Wang, these few characters cost a thousand dollars a character? What calligrapher's characters are so valuable?"

Gao Changmin laughed and said, "This piece of paper costs [-] yuan!"

The guard said: "Don't coax me, I can also know numbers. There are only 13 characters here. The world of ordinary people, the forest of beauty of ordinary people, don't they happen to be thirteen characters? One thousand yuan is only [-] characters. Thirteen thousand yuan! How come it costs fifteen thousand? Isn’t this a random fee?”

Wang Lin smiled and said, "There is still a signature below, the word Lu Yao! Without these two words, the thirteen characters on it would not be worth so much money."

The doorman smiled and said, "Tsk tsk, it's terrible, even if you sign your name, it's worth two thousand yuan! This piece of paper is enough for me to work for more than ten years."

Wang Lin folded the paper solemnly, put it in the envelope and kept it, and said to Gao Changmin: "Comrade Changmin, come to my house and have dinner at my house in the evening. I will give you a room in the hotel and play for two days." Go back again."

Gao Changmin said: "I will stay for a day, and I will return to Chang'an tomorrow."

Wang Lindao: "How can I do that? It's hard to come here, so I don't want to play for a few more days? It's fine to go home for the New Year. You should bring your sister-in-law along. It's fine to celebrate the New Year here."

"That won't work." Gao Changmin said with a smile, "She's going to give birth soon, her belly is big, it's inconvenient to go out."

Wang Lin thought, isn't it?That Liu Baozhen was pregnant much earlier than Li Wenxiu, I'm afraid the due date is between April and May, right?It's been two months.

He took Gao Changmin back home, then called Wu Dazhuang and Luo Wei, and invited them to have a dinner at home.

Recently, Shencheng vigorously promotes the telecommunications business and implements a preferential policy for installing telephones. Many citizens have installed telephones in their homes one after another.

Wu Dazhuang and Luo Wei followed Wang Lin today, made a lot of money, and started building their own family.

Wang Lin hesitated for a moment, then asked Gao Changmin, "Do you want to invite Sister Tian over for a gathering?"

Gao Changmin smiled and said: "Isn't this casual? She and I have long been ordinary friends. If I come here, if I don't see her on purpose, it will appear strange and strange, and it will appear that I have a ghost in my heart."

Wang Lin laughed: "I can tell, you are criticizing us for not looking for you when we went to Chang'an."

"Don't dare!" Gao Changmin laughed.

Wang Lin called Tian Xiaoqing.

Tian Xiaoqing was surprised when he heard that Gao Changmin had arrived in Shanghai: "What is he here for?"

Wang Lin said: "He came to look for me and gave me an inscription from Comrade Lu Yao. We are so familiar, and it is rare for him to come again. We will have dinner at my house in the evening. I will inform you about it. Are you coming?" Come whatever you want."

"Of course I'm coming. There's something delicious, so why don't I come?" Tian Xiaoqing usually doesn't have any reason to visit Wang Lin's house. Although she and Li Wenxiu are familiar with each other, they don't have much to talk about. Friends only.

"Okay, come here, master and Luo Wei are here."

After a while, Wu Dazhuang, Luo Wei and Tian Xiaoqing were all present.

The room suddenly became lively, and Gao Changmin had a few more familiar friends to chat with, and he also reduced the restraint he had when he first came, and the chat gradually opened up.

In the evening, when Li Wenjuan came back, it was even more lively.

Li Wenxiu and Sun Xiaodie cooked ten big dishes to entertain the guests.

Wang Lin took out two bottles of Moutai and got drunk with everyone.

After the drunken embarrassment last time, Gao Changmin didn't dare to get drunk again this time, and only got seventy percent drunk.

Everyone chatted until after eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Lin said to Tian Xiaoqing: "Sister Tian, ​​you haven't been drinking, can you please send Comrade Changmin to a hotel? Just get a room at the International Hotel."

Tian Xiaoqing was startled, glanced at Gao Changmin, and silently nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)