Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 56 Money is for spending part [-]
The women spent a long time shopping and bathing. Chen Jihong took more than an hour to get out of the bath.

The whole person is like a hibiscus out of water.

Wang Weidong took off his coat and put on slippers and walked into the bathroom. The bathtub had already been rinsed by Chen Jihong, so he refilled the water and stood beside him waiting.

He suddenly heard voices speaking English from the room through the bathroom door.

Wang Weidong walked out of the bathroom curiously and saw Chen Jihong staring at the color TV screen. Although she couldn't hear the sound, the colorful and lifelike pictures on the TV still surprised her.

There is a TV set in the radio factory. Wang Weidong sits next to the TV every day, so he is very familiar with the TV programs that are broadcast every day. How can there be English programs at this time?

On TV, a well-mannered Chinese man and a foreign woman spoke fluent English.

This scene immediately made Wang Weidong realize what kind of program this is - "Follow Me" is also "follow me"!
Since the end of the 70s, waves of crazes have blown like the wind.The one with the longest duration and the highest popularity may be the upsurge of learning English!
And now Wang Weidong is watching TV English learning programs that are popular all over China!
The peddler who sold books and periodicals sold out the TV newspaper as soon as he put it on display, because there was a Chinese and English dialogue of "Follow Me" on the TV newspaper!
Wang Weidong watched the conversations on TV that seemed to be the daily life of foreigners. His eyes were shining with excitement. If you have a TV, you can use it to learn English. If you don’t have a TV, you can buy my radio!
Wang Weidong didn't come back to his senses until the show was over, and when he walked into the bathroom again, the water in the bathtub had already overflowed.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Wang Weidong called Ou Xiaoyang at the Modern Hotel.

He had thought about this matter carefully. If someone like Ou Xiaoyang called at night, he might not be at home, or if he just came back from drinking and wanted to take a rest, he might feel unhappy if he called him.

The monotonous nightlife in the 80s rarely drank until midnight, and woke up around seven o'clock in the morning.

"Hey?"

"Brother Ou, it's me, Wang Weidong! I'm traveling to Harbin to get married, do you have time today? I'll treat you to dinner!" Wang Weidong said into the microphone.

Both of them are in Harbin, the effect of the call is much better, Ou Xiaoyang can hear clearly.

Ou Xiaoyang thought for a while before saying: "Okay, just tonight, you decide the place!"

Wang Weidong once paid 300 yuan to treat Ou Xiaoyang to a meal, but he didn't think much of it for someone like Ou Xiaoyang who had seen big scenes.

Later, Wang Weidong mailed him another manuscript, and he published it, and he did make some money, but he was not in a bad mood and sent Wang Weidong 500 yuan.

The reason why Ou Xiaoyang finally decided to have dinner with Wang Weidong was what his brother Ou Xiaojun had said to him.

Ou Xiaojun said that the matter of Ou Xiaoyang's publishing books cannot be put on the table now, and asked him to close them as soon as possible.

At that time, Ou Xiaoyang said casually: "I have a friend who produces radios."

His elder brother Ou Xiaojun said, "Look, what they do is serious!"

Wang Weidong actually arrived in Harbin today, and Ou Xiaoyang also became interested in chatting with him.

Hearing Ou Xiaoyang asking him to book a place to eat on the phone, Wang Weidong said, "How about the second guest house? I'm staying here now!"

"Okay, I'll be there on time at six o'clock in the evening!" Ou Xiaoyang said.

At 05:30 in the evening, Wang Weidong stood at the door of the second guest house, and Ou Xiaoyang came over ten minutes later.This time he came by bus instead of a jeep.

His brother Ou Xiaojun asked him to clean up Sui Youzhi, and Ou Xiaoyang decided to slowly distance himself from Sui Youzhi and then cut off contact.

"Weidong, do you live here?" Ou Xiaoyang asked.

"To tell you the truth, how much money do I have now? If I was still at the Xiangyang Chemical Factory, I would live a simple and thrifty life. Now that I am here, who knows me? When do you have money to get married? "Wang Weidong replied.

Ou Xiaoyang nodded approvingly.

"It seems to be a big deal to talk about ten thousand households now. In fact, some people are already very rich, and they always have tens of thousands. It's just that everyone is as smart as you, and they like to pretend to be poor!" Ou Xiaoyang said.

The Chinese are the most capable people in the world at pretending to be poor, and those who can’t pretend to be poor are likely to end badly.

Chen Jihong nodded to Ou Xiaoyang as a greeting.

"This is my daughter-in-law. She can't hear or speak." Wang Weidong introduced.

Ou Xiaoyang nodded to Chen Jihong and the three of them walked into the second guest house together.

Walking into the restaurant on the first floor of the guest house, Ou Xiaoyang walked into the screen and sat down familiarly, saying: "Today, don't spend as much money as that day. The three of you have a simple meal and have a good chat!"

Ou Xiaoyang took the menu with meat and vegetables and ordered six dishes, then handed the menu to the waiter.

"Leader, wait a moment. I'll go to the back kitchen and urge you to hurry up." The waiter said to Ou Xiaoyang.

Seeing the waiter leave, Ou Xiaoyang laughed at himself and said, "What kind of leader am I! I just went here to have a few meals with a few people from the agency, and they also regarded me as a leader!"

The waiter first brought tea, and then a middle-aged man walked in with a smile.

"Xiao Ou, why didn't you say hello to me when you came to eat?" the middle-aged man said angrily.

"I just had a casual meal here with my friend who just arrived in Harbin. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so I don't bother you." Ou Xiaoyang explained.

"What's the trouble? It's not troublesome! You're just cheating, whoever we are, you're cheating on me!" The middle-aged man said relentlessly.

He came over and shook hands with Wang Weidong affectionately and said, "Where does this comrade come from? I heard from the waiter that you live here. Next time you come, say hello to me in advance. I'll let them make arrangements!"

"I'm from Xiangyang Chemical Factory. I'll leave after a few days, so I don't need to trouble you." Wang Weidong replied politely.

Seeing Ou Xiaoyang's lukewarm look, the middle-aged man said knowingly: "I'll go to the back to urge you, you sit here and chat, Xiao Ou, tell me immediately if you need anything!"

Ou Xiaoyang nodded to him with a smile, but as soon as the middle-aged man turned around, Ou Xiaoyang's expression immediately became gloomy.

"It's so comfortable, it's so uncomfortable!" Ou Xiaoyang said without thinking.

My father is about to retire, will these people still entertain me like this in the future?
It should be fine at the beginning, but slowly the attitude will definitely become cold, and in the end you may pretend that you don't know yourself.

Thinking of this, Ou Xiaoyang felt uncomfortable. His elder brother Ou Xiaojun was right in reminding him that he really couldn't go on messing around like this.

"Weidong, how is your radio factory?" Ou Xiaoyang asked.

"The radio factory has nothing to do with Xiangyang Chemical Factory now, but there are only four people left! Those who installed the radio are not our employees." Wang Weidong replied.

(End of this chapter)