Reborn in the red age

"Okay, Li Laosan, you are really a person who does great things silently, you are really amazing." Ma Wenhui came to find Hu Jiabao to go shopping on the weekend, and immediately gave a thumbs up when she saw Li Qingfeng.

Fortunately, this is not the information age. The black and white photos are very different from the real person, and do not have much impact on Li Qingfeng's daily life.

Glancing at Ma Wenhui whose hair was permed like a chicken coop, Li Qingfeng curled his lips and said, "No, where did you perm your hair? Why is it like a chicken coop? It's so ugly."

"You know shit, what's a chicken coop hair? Mine is called Hong Kong style big wavy hair, it's fashionable, all the ladies in Hong Kong have this hairstyle, my hairstyle is the most popular now, everyone says my hairstyle is pretty when I go out, others are looking at me with envy, do you understand, you country bumpkin?"

When Ma Wenhui heard Li Qingfeng say that his carefully designed hairstyle was a chicken coop, she got angry and spoke as fast as a submachine gun, saying a lot of things.

Li Qingfeng shrugged and did not argue with her. This hairstyle was really ugly, but it was also really popular.

"Chuyi, you and your brother play at home with dad. Don't go out. Mom and Aunt Wenhui are going out for a while. As long as you behave at home, I will buy you something delicious when I come back." Hu Jiabao instructed Chuyi and Shiwu, who had just learned to speak, when he packed up and was about to go out.

Chuyi hugged her teddy bear, shook her little head and nodded: "Okay, Mom, I will be good at home, you don't have to worry"

"Chuyi is so good." Hu Jiabao rubbed Chuyi's head, turned around and warned Li Qingfeng: "The wind and sand outside are too strong, don't take them out."

"rest assured"

As soon as the door was closed, Chuyi, who had just promised not to go out, immediately climbed onto the sofa at home, pulled Li Qingfeng's arm and shook it, asking Li Qingfeng to take him out to play.

Li Qingfeng, who was annoyed by Chuyi, pinched Chuyi's little face helplessly and said unhappily: "I say, little aunt, your mother just left, can't you wait? If you go out now, you will definitely be discovered by your mother. Then your mother will spank you, and your father can't do anything about it."

"How long will it take?" Chuyi asked, tilting his head.

"Watch Calabash Brothers, and I'll take you out after you finish watching it."

"Okay, I won't watch Calabash Brothers. I want to choose my own movie."

As he said that, Chuyi jumped off Li Qingfeng's legs and searched for movies in the drawer under the TV cabinet.

After flipping through the pages for a while, Chuyi came over with an authentic disc from Hong Kong and asked Li Qingfeng to play the movie.

Since state-owned enterprises began to export DVD players on a large scale, DVD players have become popular in Southeast Asia and have also achieved certain sales in Europe and the United States.

As the market size expanded, film and television companies naturally could not ignore such a large market and began to release their own DVDs.

Taking the disc from Chuyi, Li Qingfeng fell silent as he looked at the cover of Uncle Ying, who was wearing a Taoist robe, holding a compass in his left hand and a peach wood sword in his right hand.

"Chuyi, this movie is not suitable for you. Since you don't want to watch Calabash Brothers, how about we watch Black Cat Sheriff?"

“No, I want to see this.”

"You can watch, but you are not allowed to cry. You have to sleep in your own room at night and you are not allowed to come to see mom and dad."

"I'm not afraid of the first day of the new year. I sleep alone at night."

Looking at Chuyi who said he was not afraid with his neck stiff, Li Qingfeng shrugged, opened the VCD disc compartment, and put Mr. Zombie, a horror movie released in 85, into it.

As the plot slowly unfolded, at the moment when old man Ren Weiyong broke open the coffin, Chuyi, who had just insisted that he was not afraid, was immediately frightened and burst into tears, hugging Li Qingfeng's neck and crying loudly.

I quickly turned off the TV and coaxed her for a long time, and finally I took her out to eat KFC as a condition, and only then did Chuyi stop crying.

KFC officially opened some time ago. Hu Jiabao wanted to join in the fun, so he took Chuyi to queue up for a meal on the opening day. In the following days, Chuyi often asked to eat at KFC.

After dressing the two children in outdoor clothes and putting on masks to protect them from the dust outside, Li Qingfeng held one in his arms and held the other by the hand, then went downstairs and drove to the KFC store on Qianmen West Street.

"Chuyi, do you know what to tell your mother when she comes back in the evening?" Standing at the entrance of the KFC store which covers an area of ​​about 1460 square meters and has three floors, Li Qingfeng asked Chuyi before going in.

Chuyi nodded quickly: "I know, my dad played with me with building blocks all day today, and he made noodles for me at noon. Chuyi was very good and didn't go out today."

After listening to Chuyi's answer, Qingfeng Li showed a teachable expression. He held his eldest daughter's hand, held his youngest son in his arms, squeezed out of the crowd, and walked into the KFC store.

The cost of KFC is too high. A standard meal including two pieces of original chicken, a serving of mashed potatoes with chicken sauce, a shredded vegetable salad and a small bun costs as much as seven dollars and thirty cents.

This was a great luxury for the Chinese people whose average monthly salary at that time was only a few dozen yuan.

Since it opened till now, there have always been crowds of people outside the store looking inside, almost treating it as a tourist attraction.

"Hello, sir. We have a children's area here. Please follow me." The service at KFC is impeccable. As soon as Li Qingfeng came in, a young girl in work clothes came up to him with a smile.

After thanking the girl, Qingfeng Li followed her towards the children's area on the first floor.

The diners along the way were all dressed appropriately, without patches on their clothes, not even a bleached spot from washing. They seemed like two completely different worlds from the people on the streets outside.

A family meal costs more than thirty yuan. Even Li Qingfeng was shocked when he saw it. This price is really expensive.

Outside, this price can buy two good tables, but here it is just the cost of a meal for a family of four.

Chuyi enjoyed the fried chicken which was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside very much. He ate the chicken legs in big mouthfuls, and the food was all over his face and clothes.

Fifteen is not yet old enough to eat a lot, and now he mainly eats small pieces of food. He cannot finish anything that is ordered and can only watch his sister stuff it into her mouth in big mouthfuls.

"Dad, Mom and Aunt Wenhui are over there"

After serving the two little ancestors their meal, Li Qingfeng hadn't even taken two bites yet. Chuyi, who was full and looking around bored, pointed at something in the distance and whispered to Li Qingfeng.

Hearing his daughter's words, Qingfeng Li's heart skipped a beat and he turned around cautiously to look over.

Well, the two besties came in from outside arm in arm.

Seeing the two of them, Li Qingfeng didn't bother to continue eating. He turned his back and instructed Chuyi to lower his head quickly so as not to let his mother see him.

December is the peak season for sandstorms in Sijiucheng. The “Three Norths” shelterbelt project has only been in place for two years. Now when Sijiucheng encounters a sandstorm, the sky is covered with dust and the day becomes as dark as dusk.

It would be fine if they had masks, but without them, they would breathe in a lot of dust, and when they got home, they would shake off a pound of dust. At this time of year, Hu Jiabao would not let his children go out at all, and they could only play near the house.

Chuyi also knew the seriousness of the problem. He knew that if his mother found out, he would be spanked when he got home at night. So he quickly followed his father’s example and lowered his head and pretended to eat, praying in his heart that his mother would not see him.

Fortunately, the KFC store was large enough and there were many diners inside, so Li Qingfeng was not discovered.

Li Qingfeng, who had been observing secretly, was delighted when he saw the two people queuing up at the front desk to order food.

Without caring that there was still a lot of food left on the table, he picked up Fifteen, who knew nothing yet, and pulled Chuyi out of the store.

"Hey, sir, you still have a lot of food left in your meal. Do you want me to pack it for you?"

Before he ran far, the patrolling waiter saw that there was still a lot of food left on Li Qingfeng's table, and hurriedly shouted at Li Qingfeng's back.

Hearing the waiter's shout, Qingfeng Li felt for the first time that sometimes too good service was not a good thing.

Not daring to look back, Qingfeng Li quickened his pace to leave.

"Hey, do you think the person who just left looks like Li Laosan or Chuyi?"

Ma Wenhui and Hu Jiabao, who were standing in line, heard the waiter's call, turned their heads and looked behind them, just in time to see Li Qingfeng and his two companions who had just left.

Hu Jiabao also saw what happened just now, and frowned and replied: "It's hard to say, it's winter, and I'm wearing thick clothes, but the back does look a bit like him."

"Then you have to think about it when you get home tonight. You promised him everything when you left, but he ran out the second you turned around."

"Why are you reviewing it? Just call home later."

Li Qingfeng walked out of the KFC store, bought a random pancake on the roadside, and then drove hurriedly towards home.

Not long after returning home, the home phone rang. After hanging up the call with Hu Jiabao, Li Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately nothing was exposed.

"Dad, let's continue watching the movie we watched this morning." Chuyi, who was tired of playing with toys at home, pulled Li Qingfeng's clothes and said weakly.

"Weren't you scared and crying this morning? Are you not scared now?"

"Don't be afraid, Dad will protect me"

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I reopened the half-watched "Mr. Vampire" and after a while, I was scared to tears by the old man Ren in the movie.

However, every time Li Qingfeng wanted to turn off the TV, Chuyi was unwilling to do so and wanted to continue watching.

Li Qingfeng had no way to deal with this timid but movie-loving daughter. He could only cover the girl's eyes at critical moments and watch the movie with difficulty.

When I was getting ready for bed at night, the aftereffects of watching the zombie movie began to show up.

Chuyi hugged her teddy bear, ran out of her room crying, and lay in Hu Jiabao's arms, saying aggrievedly that she was scared and did not dare to sleep alone.

Hu Jiabao quickly hugged Chuyi and patted his back to comfort him. After the crying stopped, he began to ask the reason.

When Hu Jiabao learned that Li Qingfeng took Chuyi to watch a horror movie today, he was so angry that he almost kicked Li Qingfeng off the bed and asked Li Qingfeng to deal with the aftermath of Chuyi.

Li Qingfeng, who was kicked, felt aggrieved. It was obviously Chuyi himself who insisted on watching it, so how could he blame himself?

Looking at Chuyi who was holding onto his arm tightly, Qingfeng Li thought for a moment and began to deceive people: "Chuyi doesn't dare to sleep alone. Is he afraid that Old Master Ren will come to find him at night?"

Before Chuyi could speak, Hu Jiabao slapped Li Qingfeng on the arm.

Hu Jiabao said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking to the child about? There are no ghosts in the world."

"Ghosts do exist. It's been shown on TV that when people die they turn into ghosts, and they can even turn into zombies." Before Li Qingfeng could say anything, Chuyi began to refute Hu Jiabao's remarks.

Late at night, Hu Jiabao didn't want to argue with Chuyi about whether there was a ghost or not. He looked at Li Qingfeng fiercely and said, "You caused this, so you are responsible for solving it."

Li Qingfeng held Chuyi in his arms and sat her on his lap, and began to deceive her: "Chuyi, you said that ghosts are transformed from humans, so can ghosts also be said to be humans?"

This question confused Chuyi, who was about to turn four, and he nodded in confusion.

Seeing that Chuyi agreed with the rule that humans are ghosts, Li Qingfeng immediately said, "Chuyi, you see, humans have to accept the constraints of human laws, so do ghosts who are transformed from humans also have to accept the constraints of the laws of the underworld?"

".Is it so?"

"Dad will tell you, the law of the underworld is called 'Underworld Law'. This Underworld Law is the law that ghosts abide by."

"In the 40th article of the Underworld Law, there is a crime called: Illegal Intrusion into Bed, also known as the Bed Protection Law."

"The Quilt Protection Law states that ghosts cannot attack people in the quilt, cannot pull people out of the quilt, and cannot pull the quilt."

After a round of well-reasoned deception, not only Chuyi was stunned, but even Hu Jiabao opened his mouth wide.

After finishing his eloquent speech on the quilt protection method, Li Qingfeng looked at the fooled Chuyi and said with a smile: "Chuyi, according to Article 20 of the Underworld Law, as long as you lie on the bed and get into the quilt, no ghosts can hurt you. Are you still afraid of sleeping alone?"

"Dad, I'm not afraid anymore. I'm going back to my room and sleeping now."

Chuyi, who had been fooled, now felt that he was protected by the law and was not afraid of ghosts coming to find him at night. He hugged his teddy bear, jumped off the bed of Li Qingfeng and his wife, and ran to his room in a hurry.

Watching Chuyi leave, Li Qingfeng was still behind her cheering her on: "Come on, my daughter. Dad is rooting for you. If you are scared, just crawl into your own bed. You have to believe that the "Bed Protection Law" will protect every child who crawls into bed."

Hu Jiabao looked at a big liar who dared to say anything and a little fool who dared to believe anything.

I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly. What's going on? (End of this chapter)