Rebirth of Everyday Life In the 1970s - Chapter 72

The clouds and rain lingered all night.

It was noon the next day when Xu Shujian woke up.

He opened his eyes, raised his arms and wanted to rub the astringent eyelids. The next moment, a tingling sensation swept across the sky, especially in an unspeakable place where it was severely swollen and painful, and he subconsciously twitched. Angrily, a physical tear came out from the corner of his eyes.

“Wake up.” A familiar voice came from his ears, followed closely, and a pair of big hands touched his waist, kneading it carefully.

Xu Shujian’s body stiffened, and what happened last night was replayed in his mind one by one.

After a brief panic, the soreness from the body barely suppressed the shame in his heart. He inhaled, partly of course, partly broken, he moved his body and drilled into Song Fengchen’s arms. Close your eyes to make it easier for the man to serve him.

Seeing this scene, Song Fengchen smiled even more on his face. He kissed Xu Shujian’s red eyelids, silently lightened his movements, and enjoyed this rare quiet time with his lover.

When Xu Shujian opened his eyes again, the sun was already slanting to the west. He raised his arm and his body had completely recovered. Had it not been for the red marks on the lower abdomen, he would almost think that what happened last night was just his imagination.

Thinking of this, he silently spurned himself in his heart, and then reached out and grabbed a set of clothes neatly stacked on the head of the bed, trying to completely hide the absurd traces on his body.

After getting dressed, he got up and got out of bed and opened the door of the room. Song Fengchen was sorting out the large bags of luggage he had brought from Yuexi Village.

The house Xu Shidao got was not too big, it was sixty flat, with two bedrooms and one living room.

At his level, there are no expensive appliances such as color TVs, refrigerators, and record players, so the rent is relatively cheaper, as long as ten yuan a month.

The money was also deducted from Xu Shidao’s salary. Song Fengchen lived here. Although Xu Junmin and his son did not show up on their faces, they felt a lot of comfort in their hearts. They knew that in the relationship between Song Fengchen and Xu Shujian, Song Fengchen had always been paying. Xu Shujian’s temperament seems to be gentle and indisputable, but in fact it is very high. In the long run, problems will inevitably occur between the two.

They also don’t want Xu Shujian to be on the weak side in this relationship. Now they can provide some convenience to the two of them, and they can feel better when they want to come to Xu Shujian.

It was also because of this that Song Fengchen moved in comfortably.

With a kitchen knife, he untied the six half-person-high sacks, and the living room was quickly filled with bags.

Fengdou divided five catties, Tianma evened one catty, Dendrobium flowers grabbed two or two, and sugar paste and Dendrobium medicinal wine were left alone. He didn’t have a suitable container to hold them here, as well as the fifty-year-old ginseng. Take them out together-these are all for the Xu family, um, it’s his betrothal gift!

Song Fengchen thought happily, and then stuffed two thousand yuan into the box containing ginseng.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in his ears. He looked back and found that the door of the room opened and Xu Shujian walked out.

With her eyes facing each other, Xu Shujian’s cheeks flushed, and Song Fengchen’s mind was slightly flustered.

That’s how Xu Shujian looked at each other for more than ten seconds. Xu Shujian was the first to lose. He coughed uncomfortably, and then looked away.

“I’m awake.” Song Fengchen’s lips curled slightly, and even his voice became softer: “Is your health better?”

Hearing this, Xu Shujian flushed, but nodded pretending to be calm. He cleared his throat: “It’s better.”

The curvature of Song Fengchen’s lips became more and more obvious: “You are hungry, warm porridge and snacks on the coal stove.”

“Yeah.” Xu Shujian replied, almost on the same hand, he turned his hand and walked towards the kitchen.

While Xu Shujian was holding a bowl of porridge and swallowing slowly, Song Fengchen asked while tidying up the things in the living room: “Yes, Shu Jian, anyway, there are only two of us living in the house, and the next room is empty as well. Change it into a study room, and then get a closet or something, what do you think?”

As he said, he took out the set of Gu Jingzhou purple clay teapot from a big silk box and placed it on the coffee table.

Xu Shujian nodded vaguely, staring slightly, his eyes wandering over the porridge bowl and coffee table he was holding in his hand.

Song Fengchen took out a wooden box and an iron can, and then asked Xu Shujian: “Twenty-four years of Pu’er tea and Junshan silver needle, which one do you like?”

Xu Shujian thought for a while: “Junshan Silver Needle.”

Song Fengchen understood, he put the tin can next to the tea set in the purple sand teapot, thought for a while, and asked, “What kind of tea do you prefer to drink?”

Xu Shujian didn’t feel any twitching, and said frankly: “Liu’an melon slices.”

“Huh?” Song Fengchen looked back at him.

“What’s the matter?” Xu Shujian was not clear.

Song Fengchen raised his eyebrows and looked in a good mood: “I like this too.”

Look, this is the tacit understanding between their husbands, even their hobbies.

“Really?” Xu Shujian’s lips curled slightly, and his eyes were full of Song Fengchen now. No matter what the man said, he felt happy.

“Yeah!” Song Fengchen replied, and then continued: “There are still a lot of things to buy at home. We will go to the department store together later, and we will go to Grandpa’s for a meal in the evening.”

The most indispensable thing in his hands now is money and all kinds of basic tickets.

“Good.” Xu Shujian swallowed the snack in his mouth and nodded.

The department store opened on Beimen Street, not far from where the two lived. In addition to the department store, there are also many specialized stores, such as fashion stores, overseas Chinese stores, leather shoe stores, food stores, and souvenir shops in the north and south…

The current Hong Kong market is not as prosperous as here.

The most popular among them is probably the thrift store, with people coming and going, so busy. Song Fengchen followed the crowd for a stroll. There were basically everything in it, “three turns and one ring”, overshoes with a slightly flawed appearance, bath towels exported for domestic sales, defective products from the factory…

The two need to buy a lot of things, soap, washing powder, towels, rice noodles… In addition to these ordinary daily necessities, the key is the problem of clothes. The capital is not more than courteous. Although it has entered the spring in the meteorological sense, the daily temperature is still the same. Staying around zero, Xu Shujian now wears the cotton-padded clothes that Song Fengchen bought when he went to Changning to watch the tour, and the size was more than one size larger.

The goods in the fashion store are of good quality and the prices are not cheap.

Excluding the necessary tickets, a pair of cowhide shoes is 20 yuan, two pairs of cotton socks are two yuan, a wool scarf is eight yuan, a sweater is ten yuan, a thick padded jacket is thirty yuan, a blouse is ten yuan, and woolen trousers are 20 yuan each. , The cotton shirt is indeed ten yuan.

Calculated for such a whole set, it is exactly one hundred and ten yuan.

Song Fengchen bought not only for himself and Xu Shujian, but also for Xu Junmin and Xu Shidao. Two sets for one person cost 880 yuan.

Song Fengchen thought for a while, gave the salesperson 900 yuan, and bought eight pairs of cloth shoes and four pairs of gloves.

Rao is the salesperson in the store who is used to the big scenes, and can’t help being speechless when he sees Song Fengchen spending money without blinking.

On this trip down Beimen Street, Song Fengchen spent nearly a thousand yuan, even with the cloth ticket.

When they returned home and packed their things, the two of them went to Xu Junmin with big and small bags.

“Grandpa, Dad,” the two greeted.

“You are here.” Xu Junmin said cheerfully, with uncontrollable excitement on his face.

Xu Shujian glanced at Xu Shidao, who was also excited, and asked, “Is there any happy event at home?”

Xu Junmin lifted his spirits: “We went to see Xi Gong today, and your father was arranged to go to PetroChina.”

Xu Shidao followed: “Although your grandfather and grandfather Zhao failed to reinstate their posts, grandfather Zhao was sent to assist in investigating several important unjust, false and wrongful cases that year, and your grandfather was arranged to go to the party school to be the director of the educational affairs department. , In charge of student recruitment and textbook review.”

If this errand is done, the students who graduated from the party school in the future will undoubtedly be the invisible contacts of the Xu family, far from the benefits they can bring directly to the official restoration.

Xu Shujian only needs to think for a moment to figure out the stakes, and he is also happy, and the whole body is full of joy.

Probably the heavy stone that was pressing in my heart finally fell. Xu Junmin couldn’t help but drank a few more glasses at the dinner table, which finally completely extinguished the heat in his heart.

Slowly, as if thinking of something, Xu Junmin turned to look at Xu Shujian, and said, “The problem of my work with your father has been solved anyway, Shujian, are you planning to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or?”

“No.” Xu Shujian put down his chopsticks: “I saw in the newspaper yesterday that Beijing University was recruiting lecturers, and I was planning to try it.”

This is what he had already thought about. It is good to continue to engage in the career he likes, but the work of diplomats is too busy. He travels for half a year, and the remaining half a year is to follow the leaders to meet visiting politicians from other countries. There is hardly enough time for the family.

On the contrary, the work of university lecturers is a lot more leisurely, and Jingcheng University is not far from where he lives now, so he has enough time to accompany Song Fengchen.

He cherished this relationship with Song Fengchen very much, and made up his mind to safeguard it with all his heart.

Xu Junmin didn’t know Xu Shujian’s thoughts. He glanced at Song Fengchen, and sighed in his heart: “Okay, it’s fine if you have an idea.”

It is impossible to say that you are not disappointed, but when you think about it, Xu Shujian and Song Fengchen have already come to this point, and the Xu family has no future at all. What’s more, after experiencing so many things, he has looked down on these utilitarian glory, family heritage, and so on.

The happiness Xu Shujian can have right now is the greatest relief to him.

Thinking of this, Xu Junmin lost a lot of loss in his heart.

Listening to these words, Song Fengchen smiled. He was very selfish. He didn’t even want to say something similar to Xu Shujian, even if he went to chase his dreams and don’t care about his children’s personal relationships. He wished that Xu Shujian would be by his side all the time.