Chapter 142: Midsummer
For everyone, the passage of time is predestined and unchanging.
But interestingly, everyone's perception of time is often different.
Some people feel that it passes quickly, and some people feel that it passes slowly.
This should be determined by their different situations, experiences and moods.
Of course, because of this, everyone's perception and impression of an era are also different.
Take the midsummer of 1983 as an example.
Even if the Hong family is the same family, the focus of individual attention is different.
If each family member were asked to recall each one by one, what they would remember would be very different.
For example, the happiest people are the children.
For example, Hong Jun took Ding Ling, Hong Yi and Shui Xiaoying to play crazy together during the summer vacation, which was originally quite rich in content.
In addition to sticking dragonflies, catching seasonal birds, catching crickets, raising grasshoppers, playing hide and seek, catching people, going to houses, climbing trees, and going back and forth between televisions, movie theaters, and swimming pools with children of the same age in the streets.
In my heart, I always think about the unique melons, fruits, pears, peaches, grapes, frosted popsicles, mung bean soup, and sour plum soup.
It's just that they still have Hong Yanwu as a good third uncle and father.
Just to make these children have a happier life.
On the eve of the holiday, Hong Yanwu deliberately contacted the sports equipment company that provides children's amusement facilities for the park through the eldest daughter of the Bian family, who works in the "Taoran Pavilion", that is, Bian Jiangong's sister.
Then he spent more than 3,000 yuan to buy some swings, swivel chairs, slides, seesaws, single parallel bars and climbing frames for the children, and placed them in the garden of the Hong family's old house.
In addition, he also found someone to dig a sand pit and bought a ton of fine sand for the children to build sand to play with.
Then he asked Xiao Heping to draw a treehouse, and asked the eldest brother Hong Yanzheng to make it as soon as possible, planning to install it on the old trees in the garden, and use it as a secret base for the children in the future.
Think about it, whose children could have such a private playground back then?
This is not only the difference in money, but more importantly, the social consciousness of that era, there is no such concept of humanistic care for children.
Don't talk about others, even Hong Yanzheng is envious in his eyes.
said that the third child is too used to villains, and he spends unnecessary money, so he has to raise a litter of young masters and young masters.
So from this point of view, it makes absolutely sense that the children of the Hong family regard the playground among the flowers and fruit trees as the sweetest childhood memory of each of them.
Because it's really a top happiness.
This is far from those privileged families, the children who were fortunate enough to fly on special planes in childhood.
Not only the children are naked, but Hong Yanwu's parents can also benefit, even if it is caused by his son's unintentional insertion.
For example, Hong Lucheng, who is the head of the family.
The old man's life has always been more regular, in addition to walking early, drinking tea, reading newspapers, and taking a nap every day, he goes to the old house to clean up the literature and play calligraphy and painting, and comes back to enjoy the fun of his children and grandchildren around his knees, which is very good.
However, in this summer, he actually got two conveniences in life because of Hong Yanwu, and he had a more enjoyable life.
First of all, since the Hong family and the Shui family have become in-laws, it has become easier for Hong Lucheng to get a haircut.
As long as he wants to get a haircut, he will let him know at any time, he doesn't even have to go out of the house, Shui Gengsheng will come to the door to serve when he has time.
not only gave him a full set, but even took his hands by the way, and even cut the hair of Hong Yanzheng, Hong Jun and Hong Yi.
Well, since then, the men of the Hong family have all been stained, and they will always look so spirited.
To be honest, in fact, the point is not how much money is saved, the key is to save trouble and comfort.
How many people are there in the city now?
It's hard to get a car, get a haircut, take a shower, eat, buy something, and it's overcrowded everywhere.
Now I have my hair cut and my face shaved while chatting at home, how convenient it is.
What's more, Shui Gengsheng's serious head shaving master knows how to "massage and put to sleep", and his technique is very good.
According to the old rules of the past, first pat the shoulder, then pat the back.
In this rhythmic crisp sound, it didn't take long for Hong Lucheng to fall asleep.
Wait for a short sleep, sleep until you wake up naturally, stretch your waist, and relax, this comfort is lifted.
If it's okay again, make a pot of tea, and the two brothers can continue to talk.
Compared to the past, you had to wait in a smoky, hot and noisy barber shop, not one in the sky and one underground.
Secondly, after Hong Yanwu got married, Hong Lucheng and his wife also went to visit "Zhang Dascoo" home together by returning the gift.
Because of the sincerity and etiquette of the two people, they can't find fault, and they are all masters who have eaten and seen.
They and "Zhang Dascoo" have many common topics to discuss, and they can talk together.
So well, after this trip, they not only became friends with each other, but also met regularly twice a month, taking turns to entertain guests.
"Zhang Dascoo" always accepted the things they asked Hong Yanwu to send, and always made one or two exquisite dishes in return.
So this summer, not only Hong Lu was interested in tasting authentic Manchurian dumplings - "osmanthus yogurt crisp" and "honey-stained sour plum cake".
Wang Yunlin also tasted the seasonal snacks from the palace - "peach soup" and "Jiangmi lotus".
No need to ask, the taste is definitely not picky, it is extraordinary.
And the most important thing is that this is all something that Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin made snacks, but now they can't be found.
It was not only a meal, but also the emotions and memories that they had hidden deep in their hearts.
This kind of mouthful, I am afraid that no one in the world can let them enjoy it except for "Zhang Dascoo".
As for Wang Yunlin, although she is still different from her wife.
There is not so much leisure, and the brain is all on Xu Chongya and her little granddaughter who are in confinement, and this summer can be regarded as busy.
But she has a son, Hong Yanwu, and inadvertently, she also enjoys a lot of benefits.
First, Hong Yanwu has become a family, and the third daughter-in-law, Shui Qing, is ingenious, and her needlework is fine.
With her and Xu Manli's two daughters-in-law helping together, whether it is at home or outside the home, or the children's food, they don't have to worry about it, which makes Wang Yunlin feel at ease.
The second is that Bian Jiangong is grateful to Hong Yanwu because he solved the problem of the house.
This discovery Wang Yunlin has to go out every day, and he has to ask her every morning if she needs a car today and when she will use it.
Say hello, he'll drive back to pick up people when it's time.
This greatly saved Wang Yunlin from the pain of summer heat and travel.
It also made the neighbors laugh behind their backs, saying that the Hong family seemed to have another godson.
Then again, thanks to that.
If Wang Yunlin hadn't run like this, it would have been impossible to help that person more.
Because in mid-July, Xu Chongya's own mother didn't care much about this girl and granddaughter.
Because it took the lead in implementing the contract system, the Chongwen District vegetable market had the audacity to resell a large number of urgently selling commodities supplied to the residents of the capital to make illegal profits in order to pursue profits.
As a result, this matter related to people's livelihood was exposed by the reporter of the "Beijing Evening News", and it became a big fuss.
The superiors were shaken, and they strictly ordered to investigate and deal with it as soon as possible, not to mention, Xu Bingquan, who was in charge of business, was afraid that he would have to eat melons.
That's why he, the head of the region, has been in a hurry lately.
On the one hand, as a supervisor leader, he must be busy for a while.
On the other hand, they have to treat themselves to a treat and try to reduce their responsibilities.
There are always guests in the house, if you don't have Yu Wanfen to help you manage it, how can you rely on the nanny alone.
This is the tiredness of being an official, and the scope of power and jurisdiction is large, and it is inevitable that something will happen anywhere.
Not only is he responsible for what he does, but he also has to wipe the ass of his subordinates.
And the higher the position, the more likely this becomes.
So in this comparison, those who can really enjoy life and know how to live are ordinary people who do not have official positions.
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(End of chapter)