National Tide 1980

On this snowy night, it was destined to be an extremely tangled and sleepless night for Ning Weimin and Qu Xiao.

But this kind of pain of love cannot be said to be rare in the world.

Because even on such a snowy night, there are still countless people in the capital who are experiencing similar emotional twists and turns just like them.

At 7:30 that night, Su Jin from the Meishi Street Clothing Factory took the factory's 130 truck and arrived at Tianqiao Department Store with a lunch box of fried glutinous rice.

He took the opportunity of delivering goods to make a special trip to send warmth to Yin Yue.

He knew that Yin Yue didn't get off work until eight o'clock in the evening almost every day. It happened that today the factory cafeteria made hot fried food for the overtime workers, so he bought one and sent it to him.

But unexpectedly, he went to the second underground floor and found Yin Yue's office, but he encountered General Tie holding the door.

So he had no choice but to come back and after asking around, he learned about it from people in several stores.

Daqing Yinyue, as a representative of Guofeng, Playboy, and Champs Elysées, and Ganlu, a representative of Pierre Cardin, Goldlion, and Easy Lad, are meeting with the mall management to discuss adding a bag depository in the mall, and Details of plans to further improve public services.

There was no other way, so Su Jin could only wander around in various stores and wait patiently.

It will take a while to unload the goods anyway, and the mall will close at eight o'clock.

He was sure that it wouldn't take long before Yin Yue would end the meeting.

However, what surprised Su Jin was that after more than half a month, he didn't come, and after turning around, there was an extra surprise.

He discovered that in these stores, the tape measures that were originally lent to customers for free had turned into dozens of free paper tape measures.

They are hung on the shelves in obvious places in almost every sales area. Customers only need to reach out and take them off the hook.

Although the paper limit is only four feet, it is enough for changing clothes and shopping for clothes.

In addition to being convenient, this thing also has a positive effect on the neatness of the store and cost saving.

Compared with the past, tape measures were flying everywhere, placed randomly, and there was no time to clean them up, or tape measures were lost and taken away by customers without permission.

The more Su Jin looked at this thing, the better it became.

Thinking back to the meeting that Yin Yue was having, he couldn't help but be impressed by his intelligence and talent, and couldn't help but get excited.

I just wanted to take this paper ruler and ask the store staff how Yin Yue came up with such a good idea and if there were any other improvements to the store's business recently.

So that he can better facilitate and cooperate with him in future work.

But the problem is, the mall is about to close, and there are not many customers in the store. Most of the clerks have unloaded the goods and started to sort out the goods and fill out the documents.

It's not good for him to disturb other people's work and delay their off-duty time.

As a result, I walked around again and found two stores, Champs Elysées and Playboy. The clerks in charge of greeting guests at the entrance seemed to have nothing to do for the time being and were chatting at the entrance of the store. You could go and ask.

As a result, he never expected that as soon as he walked over, he heard extremely heartbreaking words from the two girls who were talking with their backs to him.

"...The necklace around Manager Yin's neck is so beautiful. Oh, compared with her necklace, look at the one I just bought, it looks like a child's toy."

"Then, how can you compete with our manager? Yours is only over a thousand. And Sister Yin's necklace is extraordinary, it is made from Japan. Not to mention the style and weight of the necklace, such a big pearl It must be worth at least two to three thousand."

"Ah? It's a Japanese product. I wonder why the style is so exquisite! Oh, that's not right. I haven't heard that Manager Yin has any overseas connections?"

"Oh, you are so stupid. You have to have overseas connections to use foreign goods? If nothing else, if our manager is so beautiful and capable, there are a lot of men behind her rushing to give her away. "

"Ah! It was a gift from a man. Are you kidding me? Haven't you heard about the manager's partner?"

"Do you need to report the person you are working with to the manager? Who do you think you are? Besides, there are so many people who like Sister Yin, so you have to choose carefully."

"Who gave it to you? Tell me quickly, it can't be Director Su, right?"

"How is that possible? You can imagine it. Where did Director Su get the Japanese necklace? Let me tell you, it was given by the manager's boss, Mr. Ning, who came back from Japan. Just a few days after the holiday, Mr. Ning went to work. I've been here. Then there's a beautiful necklace around Sister Yin's neck. How about it? I'm jealous..."

"Is it from Mr. Ning? Oops, I'm so envious. Mr. Ning is so kind to Sister Yin. Such an expensive necklace is given as a gift."

"No, that's Mr. Ning. He's really handsome and rich. Well, do you understand what I mean?"

"No way? According to what you said, Mr. Ning and Manager Yin are dating?"

"It goes without saying. Have you ever seen a leader give such expensive jewelry to a female subordinate for free? Even though they are all subordinates, Manager Gan from Pierre Cardin does not."

"Oh, Manager Yin's life is so good. If I find such a partner, I will get married immediately without saying a word."

"Do you think Manager Yin doesn't want to think about it? She has been with Mr. Ning for so many years. Isn't this just the beginning of her relationship? Don't you think about it? There are so many models around Mr. Ning. It's so easy to catch such a diamond king. Yes. I have to say that our manager Yin is the one who has the ability..."

"Yes, but if this happens, some people will suffer..."

"Haha, are you talking about Director Su? That is impossible. Director Su is too old, and his salary is not as high as ours. The most important thing is that he is boring. He cannot compare with Mr. Ning in all aspects. .If I had to choose, who would you choose?"

"Of course Mr. Ning. If nothing else, just give gifts. How can Director Su compare with Mr. Ning? He doesn't understand romance at all, and he always comes to give food and drinks. This is too old-fashioned."

"That's right, when he came just now, I smelled a bit of garlic juice. As soon as he left, I fanned him for a long time to calm down, and the smell was so bad. The smell of garlic was so unbearable that I couldn't stand it. I don’t know what he’s thinking, but he can’t come up with what kind of food to bring to Manager Yin at night.”

"Haha, that's disgusting enough. You know, it's nothing more than fried sausages, braised and roasted. When Manager Yin sees him soon, I wonder how he will react to the smell of garlic?"

"Then how else can I react? I can only thank you on the surface and throw it into the trash behind my back..."

There was no need to listen any more, these words were enough for Su Jin to restrain himself and retreat, and left quietly in shame.

He hurriedly left through another door, without even greeting the driver in the factory, until he arrived outside the Tianqiao Department Store, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, a stinging pain also made him realize his own problem, wishful thinking and lack of self-awareness.

Yes, he is an honest person and his education is not very high. He only makes more money than his superiors and more than his inferiors. Why do people like you?

When talking about marriage and finding a partner, we talk about being a good match.

We have to admit that fate sometimes plays a big joke on people.

Beautiful things always make people have unrealistic reverie, but reality will ruthlessly tell you the result of such powerlessness.

It can't be said to be sad, only sadness overflowing.

…………

On this night, Lan Lan was also facing an important choice.

Now she has been working for more than a year. Because her major is school editing, she was originally assigned to work in a medium-sized printing factory by the school during her internship.

However, under the operation of her father, Professor Lan, her relationship was soon transferred to a publishing house and she was accepted into the magazine team called "Jingyuan" under its command, completely away from manual labor.

Her work is very stable and very leisurely.

Because this monthly magazine actually has a total of fifteen people, including the old editor and the newcomers.

Personally, she only needs to submit two or three approved literary and emotional articles every month, totaling more than 4,000 words.

But because of this, when her life began to stabilize, her personal emotions began to come under pressure from her family.

Completely different from letting her son take matters into his own hands, Lan Lan's mother was very anxious about her daughter's marriage.

As a woman, she knows how to age easily when she is young, so Lan Lan’s mother really hopes that her daughter can find someone she can rely on for life as soon as possible.

So not only Professor Lan, but also Lan Zheng and the newly married daughter-in-law of the Lan family were mobilized to find a suitable partner for Lan Lan.

Lan Lan personally is quite resistant to this.

Although she doesn't admit it, she still misses Ning Weimin in her heart.

But to be honest, Ning Weimin's influence on her was so great that it even affected her personal aesthetics.

However, people like Ning Weimin are unique, especially among the orthodox intellectuals and cadres.

So such blind dates must have failed time and time again.

She completely refuses to accept her parents' traditional ideas and completely denies the rationality of a well-matched family.

As time passed, everyone became miserable and worried.

Due to desperation, Lan Lan could only choose one of her college classmates and admirers as a date.

But her mistake was that her decision was too hasty.

Even she herself didn't realize that the person she chose was somewhat similar to Ning Weimin in terms of height, appearance and family background.

In the past, since her parents were dissatisfied with Ning Weimin appearing in her life, how could they accept such a poor boy?

Even this young man has graduated from college.

In addition, what's even more terrible is that Lan Lan's own attitude is actually not sincere and lacks firmness.

To be honest, she didn't like this male classmate enough, otherwise she wouldn't have waited until today.

Speaking of this matter, it is actually a bit like how many young men and women paid people to play their lovers thirty years later.

What she hopes is to temporarily choose a partner and deal with the situation at home first.

But he completely ignored what the other party paid for this matter.

This made it almost a disaster.