The north wind blows

The snowflakes are flying

The fluttering snowflakes

The new year is coming!

It snowed heavily all day on New Year's Eve, and on that night, Huang Shiren sneaked into Xi'er's room in the middle of the night.

Yang Bailao and his wife didn't notice anything, and they didn't feel anything was wrong until they sent red envelopes to the juniors the next day.

Who can blame them? The rooms with Kangs and stoves were all occupied by their elders. Neither the room where Shen Guanglin slept nor the room where Li Rong slept had heating facilities.

The two of you are just hugging each other for warmth, don't make a fuss.

It is not a secret that Li Rong eats and sleeps with Shen Guanglin. Although it has not been made public, everyone has acquiesced in the existence of this fact.

After all, the two of them have been to so many places together. If a girl who has not left the court is running with a man, who would believe it if nothing happened?

Moreover, Shen Guanglin and his wife also went to see their new house in Tiangong No. 1. To be honest, it was a bit luxurious and not decent, but on the other hand, with such material conditions, there was basically no need to worry about their future.

In fact, Li Rong's mother has fallen in love with this young man since the first day Shen Guanglin came to visit her two years ago. Xiao Shen is a very suitable son-in-law for her. He must be good-looking and knowledgeable.

Although they didn't get a marriage certificate, it was just a formality, who cares about it.

The custom on the first day of the new year is to get up early. Auntie gets up before dawn. She pretends to be Santa Claus and delivers New Year’s red envelopes to the juniors. Then she finds two people sleeping under the quilt.

Hearing the noise, Shen Guanglin woke up.

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" Shen Guanglin was not too embarrassed when he was stuck on the bed, because he slept with his clothes on. The two of them did nothing last night, they just hugged each other to keep warm.

"I'm still called aunt, don't you think we should change our title?"

The aunt looked at Shen Guanglin who was sitting and Li Rong who was still sleeping, with loving eyes in her eyes.

Lao Li was a little unhappy. He pretended not to see them chatting and silently lit the first incense candle for the door god in 1982 at the door.

Shen Guanglin brewed his feelings for a while, then opened his mouth and shouted: "Mom!"

"well!"

My mother-in-law agreed very simply.

Shen Guanglin didn't have any mental barriers when he called "Mom". He naturally regarded Li Rong's mother as his own mother, and his son-in-law was half the son-in-law of his mother-in-law.

Li Rong was still sleeping, and Shen Guanglin got dressed and got up, waiting for him to set off firecrackers.

Sure enough, the mother-in-law sealed a big New Year's red envelope for Shen Guanglin. It should be dozens of pieces thick.

Shen Guanglin also prepared a New Year gift for his mother-in-law, a gold Parker pen brought back from abroad.

For veteran intellectuals, a weighty pen is a very honorable thing.

"Xiao Shen, this is too expensive." Mother-in-law still wanted to refuse.

"Compared with her, it's not precious at all."

Li Rong was still sleeping with her head covered, or maybe she was pretending to be asleep. Anyway, they talked for a long time and she didn't wake up.

At the door, Lao Li got a taste of it and said, "Why don't you hurry up and boil some water to cook the dumplings? Why are you leaving the ink here?"

"Happy New Year, Uncle Li!"

Lao Li no longer has the privilege of being a father. According to Shen Guanglin, it would be good not to call him brother. At most, he can be called "Uncle Li", but really nothing more.

Seeing that Lao Li was a little unhappy, Shen Guanglin still took out a Spring Festival gift for Uncle Li, and it was a much more expensive gift than his mother-in-law's gold pen. It was an imported Swiss watch.

"I don't want this thing from you!" Old Li was still a little arrogant: "Li Rong, get up!"

Li Rong pretended to be asleep, and Shen Guanglin saw her deliberately closing her eyes.

"If you don't want this watch, I'll give it to Uncle Zhang. He's been coveting it for a long time and I haven't given it to him. I kept it specially for you."

"Didn't he already have a watch? Why would he still need one?"

Lao Li had long seen the watch Zhang Peng was wearing. It was from Swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre. It looked different from the one made in Shanghai.

"His watch is not as good as ours. This is specially prepared for you." Zhang Peng's watch was also bought by Shen Guanglin. It is indeed not as good as the one prepared for Lao Li. After all, there is still a close relationship.

"That's pretty much it." Lao Li reluctantly took the watch box from Shen Guanglin, opened it and saw that it was indeed very beautiful, with a string of English letters "PATEKPHILIPPE".

Lao Li studied Russian at university and didn't know much English. He didn't recognize this brand.

"What brand is this?"

"Patek Philippe."

"I've never heard of it, why does it sound so much like a brand that girls like?"

Shen Guanglin said that he had nothing to say. He should really buy him a gold Rolex watch. He didn't understand low-key luxury.

On the morning of the first grade of junior high school, it was at least minus 10 degrees Celsius. Even if the room was not that cold, it was still around zero degrees.

Anyway, the watch was cold, but Lao Li still took it out and put it on his wrist. When the light shone on it, it was a bit dazzling.

Shen Guanglin had already gotten up and got dressed. The two of them were lighting incense and candles as they walked. There should be one at every door. They also burned ingots, both gold ingots and silver ingots.

"I heard that you are now getting paid for giving lectures, right?" Lao Li was at a loss for words, because Shen Guang would not answer any more questions about weapons research and development.

"You know all this?"

"Not only do I know about it, but even the ambassador to Fuso Country knows about it. They even teased me a few days ago, saying that my son-in-law is obsessed with money. He won't go to class unless he pays."

"I just earn some wife money, which is just a little pocket money." Shen Guanglin was very modest.

However, in Lao Li's place, you should be charged for giving lessons to the Japanese.

However, when we go to Singapore in Southeast Asia, where everyone is Chinese, shouldn’t we give free lectures?

"You went to Singapore to give lectures some time ago, right? Did you get paid?"

"Take it."

"How much does it cost?"

"50,000 Singapore dollars."

Lao Li didn't know what the exchange rate of the Singapore dollar was, but asked: "Is it similar to the Myanmar dollar and the Vietnamese dollar over there?"

"almost."

Lao Li didn't say anything else. He had to go all the way and charge a token amount of money.

Now during the Sino-Vietnam War, there were overseas Chinese who escaped from there, and they still held the currency of that country. Our policy was to convert them into RMB at a rate of 1 to 3,000.

After this calculation, 50,000 Singapore dollars should not be much money.

After a burst of firecrackers, most people got up, including the two naughty children of Zhang Peng's family.

"Brother Guanglin, why didn't you leave the firecrackers for us to set off?"

"You can go there later when the dumplings are being served. There's still one left."

"Okay!"

Shen Guanglin didn't prepare any red envelopes, so the two of them just received 10 yuan each as lucky money.

The cubs were so happy that they had long forgotten the pain they suffered yesterday, but they still made a request: not so much, just give them one dollar.

"Why?"

"Because if you give us ten yuan, you don't have to wait until you eat. We can only use it to buy fireworks after we give you one yuan."

Makes sense!

The problem is that the money in Shen Guanglin's wallet is all 10 yuan. Who said that the largest denomination now is 10 yuan.

As a last resort, Shen Guanglin exchanged two 10-yuan pieces from Li Rong for two one-dollar pieces, and the children became happy.

After breakfast, Shen Guanglin took Li Rong and his two little brothers out for a walk, because many people were coming to pay New Year's greetings to Lao Li today.

If you don't want to participate in these things, then just hide away.

In this kind of weather, the city is closed due to heavy snow. Where else can we go? We can only take a walk around the Summer Palace.

Not to mention, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were quite a lot of people in the Summer Palace. Although admission was charged, it was still very lively.

During the Chinese New Year, the most popular snack is candied haws.

Shen Guanglin treats guests to two skewers each, eats one skewer and takes another skewer, nibbling along the way.

As a royal garden, the Summer Palace can now be visited by ordinary people because it has no emperor. When will Xishan be allowed to be visited by ordinary people?

Most of the people going out today are young men and women like Shen Guanglin and Li Rong, all of them are in bloom and full of love.

However, it is still 1982, and military green is still the mainstream color, followed by gray tones, and only Shen Guanglin and the others wear down jackets.

Others, even girls who love beauty, just pulled out a few feet of flowered foreign cloth to make a coat, and the inside was still a traditional coarse cotton coat.

There are currently no domestic manufacturers of down jackets. Shen Guanglin’s clothes were brought back from Fuso.

In fact, the invention of down jackets has a long history, it was born in 1936.

In order to pursue the best results in the external environment of mountaineering, American adventurers invented the world's first down-filled clothing.
To be continued...