Chapter 1: Xiao Song and Xiao Na

The speech of the southern tour has strengthened the direction of China's economic reform. Overnight, the north and south of the river were boiling, and people from all walks of life in industry, agriculture, and business, as well as ordinary people, began to study and study again, whether in the cities or in the countryside, as long as they could see newspapers and hear broadcasts.

Anyone with the slightest idea is wondering: how can we get into this hot trend?

In 1992, it became a watershed and a watershed in the lives of many people at that time.

Since the reform and opening up, it has gone through rural land contracting around 1981 and township enterprise construction around 1985. In the tug-of-war stage of vigorously developing economic construction, 1992 played a key role in connecting the upper and lower levels, especially in the policy direction, and it firmly and unified the direction. Since then, the policy has become more open, and the introduction of foreign capital has increased, which has directly affected and promoted the rapid development of the computer, telecommunications and mobile communication industries, real estate, Internet and other industries in the later period.

Xiahai, these two simple words have become a professional term diametrically opposed to its literal meaning, it represents the trend of an era, and since then, it has also carried many unspeakable stories and feelings of this era.

This year, Xiao Song was twenty-six years old and Xiao Na was twenty-one years old.

All kinds of coincidences collided together, and they also became one of the thousands of people who went to sea.

And so the story begins.

After Xiao Song graduated from high school, he wandered around the society for several years, and then he didn't listen to everyone's opinions, even if he fell out with his parents, he insisted on doing business, just not going to the factory arranged for him by his parents. In any case, he still runs a photo studio in Dujiangyan with only one owner and staff, the store is not large, about 50 square meters, but the photo studio has a good name: Natural Years. In fact, he doesn't have much time to take pictures, and many times he runs around with a photography bag on his back to take so-called landscape art photos, of course, landscape art photos do not fill his stomach, nor can he become a so-called photographer, which is also the most favorable evidence that makes him unprofessional. But his parents didn't have a problem with him. In the past few years, although the photo studio does not make much money, it has not lost money, so Xiao Song still lives a life that he thinks is very leisurely, at least he is not hungry to pursue his ideals.

Xiao Song's parents are technicians, ZJ people. Moved to SC with the construction project. He also has two beautiful and abnormal sisters, one is Xiao Na and the other is Xiao Lei, why is it "abnormal"? At least in his eyes, it is abnormal! Because these two sisters are a little unreasonable compared to him, they are beautiful, and he sometimes even wonders if it is because his parents' genes suddenly mutated after giving birth to him? Although his relationship with his father is not very harmonious, he has always taken good care of these two beautiful sisters like a father since he was a child, and his feelings are very good.

After Xiao Na graduated from secondary school, through her parents' friends and then entrusted a friend, she got a job as a front desk teller in a bank in Dujiangyan. Every time her classmates meet, she is envious, jealous, and all kinds of words make her have no time to deal with it. At that time, there were only a few people who were able to work in a bank after graduating from school. Therefore, she is also very satisfied with her work, and she is also very hard-working, and she was promoted to the sales team leader in more than a year, and both her parents and friends have given her great affirmation. Next, find a boyfriend, talk about love, and get married and have children as a matter of course. This should be the biggest expectation of her parents, and she has also been introduced to her by a few people, Xiao Na has been a very obedient child since she was a child, so she also went to see it, but there are always some unsatisfactory places, and in the end they are gone. In short, like many girls of the same age, I went to work, got off work, and went to work again after work in anticipation, and the days passed day by day.

The only thing she has is uneasy is Xiao Song, her brother, a very literary but sometimes violent brother, an older brother who always frightens his parents. In her memory, Xiao Song was rebellious from head to toe, and the destructive power was amazing, so she didn't listen to her parents or teachers very well, on the contrary, she always had a lot of ideas, but their direction never seemed to be the opposite.

Go to school, don't go!

Come to work in the factory, don't go!!

The blind date arranged by the trustee is not to go!!

Clockwise and counterclockwise always collide with each other, and the quarrels at home are basically related to this brother, which is also one of her biggest troubles.

Xiao Na also often goes to the photo studio to help, do store tidying, and then work as a part-time model for Xiao Song, Xiao Song enlarges the photos taken and posts them in the window to attract customers, Xiao Na's appearance is outstanding, standard melon seed face, bright eyes and white teeth, black hair is born with big waves, laughter can kill, plus its height of nearly 1.7 meters, it can be regarded as standing out from the crowd anywhere. The photos don't need to be retouched at all, they are basically a star, which also attracts a lot of business for Xiao Song, so that his photo studio business will not be embarrassed.

This is Xiao Song and Xiao Na in 1992, one is a literary and artistic young man who has a big dream and wants to become a photographer, and the other is a bank clerk who is simply happy and looks forward to even a little simplicity and happiness.

The turning point came in June.

It has been a few months since the speech of the southern tour, and it is the climax stage of learning in various localities and industries. Xiao Na and a few colleagues went to CD for a month-long in-house study at the bank, and it was this CD trip that shook her life values and changed the course of her life forever.

This is her first time to CD, the first time to come to this bustling big city, she is fresh, she is curious, she is like a sponge, absorbing during the day and tidying up at night, especially on every Sunday, her best friend ------ Yanzi who works at CD always accompanies her to visit and travel, she is like discovering a new continent to look at this completely different city from Dujiangyan. It is in the context of this macro policy guidance, coupled with her yearning for new things, that completely aroused her uneasy heart, according to Sister Yanzi, the heart of a ZJ born businessman. She found that she actually had the same thing in common as Xiao Song. This made her feel excited and scared for the first time, because she didn't know how to deal with this heart that suddenly wanted to come out.

But she still began to want to try to change, the first spontaneous change in 21 years.

As soon as the bus back to Dujiangyan opened, Xiao Na was the first to jump out of the car, she did not go home, but went directly to Xiao Song's photo studio, she was eager to tell Xiao Song about her changes in the past month, very important changes, she hoped to get Xiao Song's support first.

Dujiangyan, a small city in the southwest of China for more than 2,000 years, once the Minjiang River was coiled and surging through thousands of mountains, and it broke out and poured out here in the face of the CD plain of Pingchuan, raging! The people's livelihood is difficult to sustain. The greatness of Li Bing's father and son lies here, it is the damming and diversion of this water conservancy project, which has turned the Minjiang River into a docile and CD Plain into a fertile land of abundance, which is still nourishing modern people here after 2,000 years.

Xiao Song's photo studio is located in an ancient street next to the Minjiang River, in the scenic area, opposite is Yulei Mountain, every holiday, from the southeast and northwest, speaking the accent of tourists bustling, they will come to the statue of Li Bing and his son, come to Erlang Temple to pay respects.

The noise is accompanied by the shouting and shouting of all kinds of vendors, which is very lively.

Normally, it takes half an hour to travel, but today Xiao Na is there in twenty minutes.

The door was open, and I went in with joy, but I didn't find anyone after looking around, and Xiao Song was not there. He often did this with the door wide open but no one in the store, and Xiao Na was used to it. The store is cluttered and looks like it hasn't been properly organized for a while. Xiao Na thought in her heart, when she was away, Xiao Song must not have done much, if this continues, it will not become a garbage heap one day, can this business continue? Helpless, she can only help tidy up the store, by the way, wait for Xiao Song to come back, and secretly think in her heart how to talk to Xiao Song, how to pave the way so that it will not be too sudden. The more she thought about it, the more nervous she became, she wasn't so nervous when she entered the bank exam, what happened to her?

Half an hour later, Xiao Song appeared at the door with a camera bag, and he was surprised to see Xiao Na actually in the store, "Don't you want to come back until the day after tomorrow?"

Xiao Na replied while helping him take off his backpack, "I will arrange a day trip tomorrow, what Wenshu Monastery and Wuhou Temple, you know that we girls are not very interested in these, so I will come back today." Then the conversation changed, "Where did you run away again? You don't even know when you're done throwing things away!"

"What's the matter, ask the people next door to look at it, the sunset just now is so amazing, go out and take a few photos, it's really ------ spectacular! I haven't taken such a photo for a long time, wash it out at night and show it to you." Xiao Song's excitement is indescribable, as long as he talks about photography, he is always excited, and he has been like this for so many years. Xiao Na sometimes envies Xiao Song, it's good to have hobbies, at least there is a kind of sustenance, what about herself, dealing with numbers and money every day, it's only been more than a year, life seems to be very mechanical, even if she tries hard to think about it, she doesn't know what other hobbies she has, except for loving to wear beautiful clothes.

"Sunset?" Xiao Na asked in surprise, why didn't she see a sunset? Only then did she look up and look outside, and the glow was still on the top of the mountain. She understands that when she is too focused on one thing, she tends to ignore the existence of her surroundings. But now she doesn't have the slightest excitement.

"Going home?" Xiao Song asked as he packed up his tools.

"Not yet, I'll come to you first when I get out of the car. Xiao Na deliberately replied lightly, she felt her nervousness, and she had to do something to cover it up. She just couldn't hide things in her young heart, and she even began to blame herself for her immaturity, this is her brother, what is there to be nervous about! She began to take a deep breath slowly, "Look at your store, what is the mess?"

"It's been a month, and you don't go back to see your parents first, I'm here, aren't you like this when you're away. Xiao Song didn't raise his head, he was already used to seeing it.

"It's okay, I bought them a lot of good things, and we'll just go back to dinner together in the evening. ”

"I haven't been back to eat for almost half a month, you've been gone for so long, my mother has been to the store twice and brought me something delicious, not to mention, I'm really a little unaccustomed to your departure, no one cleans me anymore!"

"I mean, I just tossed up a half-thing, my big brother photographer. ”

Xiao Na decided that she should give Xiao Song some benefits first, didn't she say that she would have a short hand, so that his reaction should not be too fierce later. She squatted down, opened the suitcase very quickly, and pulled out a large pile of clothes from it.

"It's clothes again, so there's no other creativity?, it's still a swallow's gift, it doesn't cost money!" Xiao Song frowned, "It seems that I don't have any clothes to wear." ”

Seeing that this trick couldn't be done, Xiao Na immediately found a cardboard box and handed it to Xiao Song: "Don't worry, look at this." ”

"What's good?"

"Open it, it's the best fit for you anyway. ”

Xiao Song took the carton, and as soon as he glanced at it, his pupils began to dilate, and the voice seemed to come from his eyes: "BP machine!

"Didn't you always want a BP machine, so that we can find you, my mother is often worried that she can't find you, and she can't sleep well, for fear that you, a big man, will get lost and won't go back to this home one day. ”

"But this is too expensive, how many are three thousand, right?" Xiao Song still couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, "It's still Motorola, and there aren't many in the whole Dujiangyan?"

"It's not that expensive, buy it cheaper, anyway, my salary is gone for most of the year, you look at it!"

"Most of the year's salary, this is a lot, you are like this, how can you marry someone in the future?

"You're not my brother, of course you have to find a way to pay the dowry!"

Xiao Na began to hesitate, how should she tell Xiao Song her inner thoughts, this idea has been thriving in her heart for several weeks, she has been thinking about it for so long just now, but now she still doesn't know how to speak, when she raised her head, she happened to see Xiao Song also looking at herself with a puzzled expression.

Xiao Song's excitement didn't last for a minute, and he immediately began to feel that something was wrong, and his innate thinking of doubting everything began to start: how could Xiao Na give herself such an expensive thing? I had been to the CD twice to watch the BP machine before, but in the end I was not willing to buy it, and for him, a person who had been in business for several years and had a little savings, felt that the BP machine was expensive. How could she, a girl who had just worked for more than a year, spend more than half a year's salary on such an expensive gift? He knew that his sister was too unlike Xiao Na's behavior, there must be something wrong!

Seeing Xiao Song's wrong and very sharp eyes, Xiao Na suddenly felt her heartbeat speed and thump nervous, she looked away, and her uneasy emotions began to spread.

"Is it a big gain to go to CD this time?" Xiao Song decided to change the topic, he wanted to talk slowly.

"What do you mean by the harvest? business? You know, I've always been in the top three. Xiao Na also wanted to divert the topic, she now felt that it was a bit inappropriate to talk about this topic, she should give Xiao Song some buffer time, at least to explain the matter of the BP machine clearly, she understood her brother, and as soon as her eyes made contact just now, she understood Xiao Song's doubts.

"Didn't you go out for a walk?"

"There are a lot of places to go," Xiao Na said after calming down: "Chunxi Road, Qingnian Road, Lotus Pond, Taisheng Road, many places, I have been there, by the way, the BP machine was bought on Taisheng South Road, and the clothes were sent by Yanzi." ”

"Well, I said, the clothes definitely didn't cost anything. ”

"How do you know how to sell things if you don't know how to buy things?"

"What kind of logic are you?" Xiao Song frowned suspiciously, looked at Xiao Na for a full twenty seconds, and then said in a heavy tone: "As far as I know, you will have four hundred yuan on you when you leave." ”

"Swallow's borrowed one. Xiao Na thought to herself, she may not be able to hide it now, her brother has a secret mind, and she is not so good at prevaricating.

"Yanzi, just a part-time clerk, and she sends us this and that every year, where did she get the money to borrow you?"

"You don't believe me?"

"Such a valuable thing, I just want to know where you got your money? Because that's not your style! I, the brother, must know that my sister ran a CD, how did she suddenly become rich, and she was a big spender. ”

Xiao Na was stunned and froze for a while, it seemed that she couldn't tell the truth, and she couldn't get over prevarication. She decided to tell the truth, and retreating was the only way now.

"The BP machine was also given by someone else. I can't afford to buy something so expensive. ”

"Friend, such an expensive gift?"

"I kept pushing it, but I didn't push it off, and I bought it for me. ”

"How can you have such an atmospheric friend? Why don't I know?"

"I didn't know it before, but I only found out when I went to CD this time. ”

"Who?"

"Sister Swallow, the one who came to see us with Swallow last year, we also had dinner together. ”

"Didn't you say it was her boss?" Xiao Song looked very surprised, he remembered the woman Xiao Na said, because this woman impressed him too deeply.

"Her sister is the boss of the swallow and has money. ”

"Her sister?" Xiao Song was even more puzzled, "Isn't her sister also working on CD?"

"It used to be, and then I became my own boss, and I only found out this time, and Swallow has never talked about it before. ”

"Even if her sister is the boss, what does it have to do with you? Why did she give you such an expensive thing? Because you are beautiful?"

"Yes, I'm beautiful, and Sister Yanzi said that I'm too beautiful to be unreasonable, so you don't need any reason to insist on giving it to me. ”

"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief. Xiao Song suddenly said very vigilantly, "Her sister is the boss, a businessman! There must be some intentions, right? I felt that this boss was a little unusual last year." ”

"Believe it or not, anyway, I made it clear, I didn't spend a penny on all these things, I brought four hundred when I went, look, there are still three hundred, in a word, I didn't spend much money. ”

"It's okay to send a few clothes, but why would they send such a valuable BP machine?" Xiao Song still didn't understand, "Tell me, why is this?"

"Didn't you just say it, your sister and I are beautiful!"

"Don't make a fuss, get down to business. Xiao Song said very seriously: "I just figured it out, if you don't go home, you just come to me and give a big gift, such an abnormal behavior, you must have something!"

At this point, Xiao Na has always admired Xiao Song, she will never be confused in major matters, in front of Xiao Song, she can't hide any of her careful thoughts, at least now. She thought about it again and again, but decided to change her strategy, she can't say it now, she can't rush it, the more important things are, the more she has to slow down, she can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, she just pours peas by herself, she is relaxed, but the other party can't digest it, maybe it will backfire. Today can be regarded as a foreshadowing, so that Xiao Song has a little psychological preparation, and tomorrow I will find time to communicate with him seriously, and I have to figure out how to talk about it first, so that the effect will be better. Thinking of this, she said to Xiao Song, "Brother, I have something to discuss with you, but I haven't fully figured out how to tell you." I'll figure it out again in the evening, tomorrow, okay? We'll talk about it tomorrow, don't worry, I'll definitely make things clear, the BP machine is innocent, you just have to use it with confidence. ”

"Are you sure?"

"My brother is this age, will he still not sleep well?"

"Anyway, you want to talk to me about things, not me to talk to you about things, what do I have to worry about. If you don't say it, you can pull it, I picked up a BP machine for nothing, and I earned this business. Xiao Song smiled, he knew that Xiao Na couldn't hide something in his heart.

"Then pack up and close the door, it's almost 7 o'clock, let's go back to dinner together." There are also clothes that the swallow brings to their parents, so that they are also happy. After Xiao Na finished speaking, she went to pack her things.

"Well, they like swallows the most. ”

Outside the window, there were still a few lines of afterglow in the sunset, isolated by the clouds.

Ten meters away in the video shop, Zheng Zhihua tenaciously sang in the rough loudspeaker, over and over again: When I grew up, I worked hard for my ideals, and gradually ignored the news of my father, mother and hometown......

Xiao Na doesn't know how many times I've listened to this song, a few months ago, it suddenly became popular, and all the streets and alleys, all the video stores, began to sing it in unison. Maybe it's the lyrics that hit people's hearts. Now that it sounds, Xiao Na suddenly thought of her parents who she hadn't seen for a month, and when she thought of herself, she felt a burst of sourness and a hint of melancholy in her heart, but she was not a sentimental person!