Rebirth of Everyday Life In the 1970s - Chapter 96

Xu Shujian went out early in the morning, but did not go to the Great Wall with Teacher Zhou and the others as he said to Song Fengchen. Instead, he first went to Ximen Street and queued for half an hour outside the cake shop before buying. There are two boxes of six almond honey cakes.

Then he went back to Beimen Avenue and turned around, with two catties of razor clams, a large lobster, and an old hen in his hand. When passing by a hutong, I spent another five yuan to buy a wild rabbit weighing four kilograms from a fellow villager.

Then, he stored all these things in his hands in a frequent teahouse, and drove to the home of an old classmate.

“Promoted, good thing,” Xu Shujian said while sitting on the sofa with a smile: “Congratulations!”

“Let you auspicious words.” Hou Ting’s suit and leather shoes, with a red face, came over with a glass kettle and poured Xu Shujian a cup of cool white open: “Sorry, I have been abroad for a few years, and I just came back the day before yesterday. There is nothing at home now. .”

“It’s okay.” Xu Shujian took a sip from the cup and asked, “By the way, I don’t know what position you got promoted?”

“Education Counselor of the Embassy in Cuba.” Hou Ting was full of spirits.

“That’s a fourteenth-level cadre. It’s quite good.” Xu Shujian said sincerely. Although the education counsellor is not ranked high in the list of embassy counsellors, and there is not much real power to speak of, it also means that there is a lot of room for promotion. Especially Hou Ting can reach such a high position at this age, far surpassing ordinary peers.

“Not as good as you, you were…” As if thinking of something, Hou Ting closed his mouth decisively and smiled apologetically. He didn’t want to expose Xu Shujian’s scars. He changed his voice: “Look at me. , Patronizing to talk, almost forgot to be on business.”

With that, Hou Ting turned around and entered the room, and when he came out, there was an extra box in his hand: “Here, what you want, the lighter is bought from the United States by my trustee, the material is gold and chrome, and the style is low-key and simple.”

Xu Shujian took out a lighter with a beautiful metallic luster in the velvet box. It felt smooth and delicate, and gave a good feeling. He tried to light it, the sound was crisp, and the blue flame was pleasing to the eye.

He nodded in satisfaction, and his eyes fell on the boxes of cigars next to him.

“The three light brown boxes are MONTECRISTO, which I bought from a specialty store. The two dark brown boxes are COHIBA, a gift privately given to our ambassador by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. I heard that I was asking for these. I am.” Hou Ting said with a smile.

According to government rules, all gifts received by officials must be handed in. But what you receive in private is not counted. After all, you haven’t crossed a clear road, and others don’t know. Most people will choose to resell these privately received gifts, part of them to subsidize the family, and part of them to subordinates. After all, the salaries of Chinese officials are not too high, especially in the profession of diplomats, who are away from home and spend more money. With this extra income, I won’t let myself be overstretched.

How can Xu Shujian not know these twists and turns, he smiled and said: “Yes, thanks for your hard work, how much does it cost?”

Hou Ting is not welcome, because it is not necessary, he said: “The lighter is five hundred and twenty dollars, three boxes of MONTECRISTO are eighty dollars, and two boxes of COHIBA are given to you at a 10% discount to the market price. One hundred dollars, a total of seven hundred dollars. The current exchange rate of 1.5 is equivalent to one thousand and fifty yuan.”

“Okay.” Xu Shujian nodded, took the file bag readily, took out a handful of Great Unity, counted one hundred and five and handed it to Hou Ting.

Hou Ting took the money and stuffed it directly into his pocket, and then said with a look of admiration: “I haven’t seen you in a few years, I didn’t expect that Shu Jian, you will become a rich man.”

Xu Shujian waved the only three banknotes left in his hand: “Here, the rich man in your mouth, now there are only thirty dollars left on his body.”

Of this more than one thousand dollars, half is the salary he has saved, and the other half is the publication fee he has received through translating foreign documents in the past few months.

Hou Ting rolled his eyes and said curiously: “I remember, Shu Jian, you don’t seem to smoke, right? So who is it that allowed our gentle and elegant Young Master Xu to save the money.”

Xu Shujian smiled: “It’s my husband.”

“Huh?” Hou Ting was taken aback: “Are you married?”

“Yeah.” Xu Shujian nodded.

Hou Ting came back to his senses: “Is it me, someone you know?”

Xu Shujian shook her head: “He was I met when I was sent to the province of courtesy.”

Hou Ting’s heart was relieved, not just wishing An Shi.

He immediately said: “Shu Jian, you are not kind, don’t tell me about such a big thing as marriage, and I will treat you like a brother.”

Xu Shu Jane was a little helpless: “There is no way, the marriage was anxious at the time, I didn’t even react to it myself, the marriage certificate was already in hand, and you forgot, I also got your address and contact information some time ago. .”

“Yes.” Hou Ting didn’t gossip, only said: “How about, when I have time, let me meet your family, and get to know you!”

“Good.” Xu Shujian nodded in response.

…

After chatting, it was noon. Hou Ting couldn’t help but said that he must be kept for lunch. Xu Shujian couldn’t help but accept it.

After lunch, Xu Shujian got up and left.

Saying goodbye to Hou Ting, he held the box and walked to the bus stop.

But he didn’t want to just when he came to a corner of the street, a person rushed towards him and hit him severely. He couldn’t stand still, staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground.

Without paying attention, he got up from the ground first, and he hurriedly checked the box in his hand. Fortunately, the lid was still tight, and the contents were not spilled.

Xu Shujian felt relieved. At this moment, a sharp voice rang in his ear: “Xu Shujian?”

Xu Shujian raised her head and faced a familiar face.

His brows frowned slightly: “Good luck?”

“Don’t run—”

Seeing He Duanfeng’s voice getting closer and closer, a red light flashed in the eyes of ‘Zhu Anshi’, he made a decisive decision and reached out and pinched Xu Shujian’s neck.

“What are you going to do?” A horror flashed in Xu Shujian’s heart against the five long black nails.

However, before his body could respond, the hand of “Wish An Shi” was already on his neck.

But I didn’t want to. In the next moment, a golden light suddenly burst from his body, accompanied by a violent sting, and a thick black smoke rose from the palm of his neck.

“what–“

With a scream of ‘Zhu Anshi’, he reflexively retracted his hand, his face was pale, he looked down, his palms were burnt black, flesh and blood blossomed, and there was a strange smell of flesh in the air.

He suddenly raised his head to look at Xu Shujian, couldn’t help backing a few steps, with a look of jealousy on his face.

Xu Shujian touched his neck subconsciously. He was not stupid. Of course, he knew what had happened just now, as if he had remembered something, so he grabbed his hand straight to the bottom of his neck.

There was a wooden sign hanging there, given by Song Fengchen. The raw material was red sandalwood. He had little knowledge, so he only engraved the four characters ‘peace and auspicious’ on it.

With confidence, Xu Shujian’s tense nerves instantly relaxed a lot.

Following Xu Shujian’s movements, ‘Wish An Shi’’s eyes fell on the wooden sign he was holding.

That thing is protecting Xu Shujian.

At this moment, He Duanfeng’s figure appeared at the end of the street, “Zhao Jiaxue–“

Hearing this, Xu Shu Jian looked up fiercely, and looked at “Blessings for Peace” with an incredulous expression on his face.

“May An World” panicked on his face.

How to do?

His eyes fell on Xu Shujian.

What else can I do, fight it!

After making up his mind, ‘Wish An Shi’ looked cold, and pointed at Xu Shujian, again extending his sharp claws.

Xu Shujian reacted, her heartbeat stagnated, and turned around to flee back.

“late!”

‘I wish An Shi’ yelled violently, and his left hand pinched Xu Shujian’s neck. Accompanied by a violent stabbing sound, his pupils widened, and blue veins appeared on his forehead.

Seeing this scene, He Duanfeng’s pupils who rushed towards him tightened.

Before he could speak, the right hand of ‘Zhu An Shi’ had already grabbed the wooden sign hanging around Xu Shujian’s neck.

With a flutter, the right hand of “Wish An Shi” was directly coked into black charcoal, and sparks rose.

“what–“

There was another scream, ‘I wish An Shi’ looked savage, fighting for the last trace of reason, tore off the wooden sign, and threw it out from a distance.

…

In the mansion, Song Fengchen, who was discussing the renovation plan with his master, suddenly heard a buzzing sound.

“Mr. Song, what’s the matter?” Seeing Song Fengchen’s face suddenly changed, the master couldn’t help asking.

Song Fengchen’s face was solemn, he pinched his fingers, and yelled anxiously: “No!”

“What?” The master didn’t know. So, before he could react, Song Fengchen rushed out without looking back: “Hey, Mr. Song, Mr. Song…”

…

The moment the wooden sign left his hand, the pain faded like a tide.

‘Wish An Shi’ panted roughly, and turned Xu Shujian around, facing He Duanfeng who was flying up, he shouted sharply, “You come here again, I will kill him!”

He Duanfeng’s footsteps stagnated, his face was livid, and he stared at’Wish An Shi’, and said as calmly as possible: “Zhao Jiaxue, I just want to seal you up so that you can get rid of your grievances and send you to reincarnation. I didn’t want to kill you. Why do you make mistakes again and again!”

“Wish Anshi” looked crazy: “You didn’t want to kill me? You didn’t want to kill me, can I be like this?”

“what happened?”

“Isn’t it a robber?”

“I really want to hear the word murder?”

“Don’t go over—”

“Quickly, go to the police!”

Hearing the comments from passers-by, He Duanfeng was very anxious. When things have developed to this point, he has to pay half of the responsibility, “Zhao Jiaxue, you let him go first. We can discuss anything if you have anything.”

Xu Shujian regained consciousness, and he barely suppressed the panic in his heart, “Zhao Jiaxue?”

Hearing this, ‘I wish An Shi’ turned to look at Xu Shujian, sneered and said, “It’s me, I didn’t expect it!”

The current situation should be that Zhao Jiaxue took him hostage in order to escape the chase of the young man in front of him. Thinking of this, Xu Shujian calmed down instead. At least he should have no life worry now. He said: “This is not a place to talk. Find a place where no one is!”

I don’t know if it’s because Xu Shujian’s performance is too calm. “Wish An Shi” was also affected by him. After a long silence, he said, “Okay.”

In this way, ‘Zhu Anshi’ hijacked Xu Shujian and walked ahead, He Duanfeng followed closely, and took a few talisman papers by the way, disturbing the sight of passers-by. In this way, a group of three came to the depths of the alley.

Xu Shujian said, “So, what happened?”

“I’m dead.”

The calm narrative of’Wish Anshi’: “It was poisoned to death by Zhu Anshi’s admirer. Not only did he not avenge me, but he also shielded the murderer. I died less than a month ago, and he wanted to find you to get back together. So I I came back to retaliate against him, I wish my family invited this guy to deal with me.”

“What is the murderer worthy of his protection?” Xu Shujian analyzed word by word, always feeling that there was something wrong with it, so she simply brought it up to distract Zhao Jiaxue.

‘I wish An Shi’ sneered: “He hates me for breaking up the two of you, and that is the daughter of his friend’s benefactor.”

“What right does he have to hate you?” Xu Shujian said in a deep voice: “At the beginning, you forced him to stay with you, but he did not refuse. Do you want to be a **** and set up an archway again?”

“When Zhao Zhu and my family joined forces to kill me and my grandfather, did Zhu Anshi know?” Xu Shujian asked again.

‘I wish An Shi’ calm down: “He knows.”

“Then has he done anything?”

After being silent for a long time, ‘Wish An World’ said, “No.”

“Look, he can be so cold-hearted and cold-hearted, but he can’t wait to come to me after you die. What do you think he did?”

The moment Xu Shujian learned of what happened to Zhao Jiaxue, the little guilt in Xu Shujian’s heart towards Zhu Anshi disappeared. That’s why he was able to push Zhu Anshi out without hesitation to resist Zhao Jiaxue’s anger.

“He is for the power of the Zhu family.” Xu Shujian asked and replied: “He promised to be with you, at least half of it is because he can climb to Su Gong. He came to me because Su Gong lost and Xi Gong won. , And Xie Gong is standing at Xu’s house, do you understand?”

‘May An World’ did not speak.

Xu Shujian continued to play: “So he won’t hate you, I wish An Shi self-proclaimed a gentleman, if the murderer is the daughter of his benefactor, and he shelters the murderer for this, I can barely believe it, but in fact, the murderer is only his friend’s benefactor. daughter.”

He changed his voice: “You said before, the murderer is his admirer.”

“Wish An World” his face sank, could it be that there are other hidden feelings in it.

“What the truth is, then only Zhu Anshi knows it himself.” Xu Shujian reminded.

Zhao Jiaxue subconsciously wanted to question Zhu Anshi, and then she remembered that she was now in Zhu Anshi’s body. There was a flash of light in her mind, and the palms pinched on Xu Shujian’s neck slowly tightened, her tone of voice was bad: “Why, Want to trick me out of Zhu Anshi’s body so that you can escape, right?”

“Zhao Jiaxue–” He Duanfeng shouted angrily.

“Cough cough, cough cough…” Xu Shujian flushed and was out of breath: “Then you say, is there any truth in what I said?”

‘May An World’ look stagnant.

At this moment, a sharp piercing sound suddenly came from my ear, and ‘Wish An Shi’ turned his head, and a fireball roared towards him.

He subconsciously released the hand that was pinched on Xu Shujian’s neck, and hid in disorderly steps to the side, trying to avoid the fireball attack.

Just when the fireball was about to hit Xu Shujian’s face, an extra hand appeared on his waist, leading him back.

As the fireball slammed into the ground, a basketball-sized hole was formed. Xu Shujian lay in the arms of the visitor and barely stood firm.

“How about it, are you okay!”