1979 Golden Age

my child! On the day you were born, everyone from Dashilan, Beijing to Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong was calling your name!

-The father stayed outside the delivery room.

Gong Xue has already pushed in, and the family is waiting anxiously.

Chen Qi couldn't stand the atmosphere, so he ran to a window alone to enjoy the breeze. Watching people coming and going downstairs in the hospital, he suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette, but couldn't. His mood was very strange. After living two lifetimes, he not only got married young, but also became a father at a young age.

Becoming a father at the age of 25!

If you put it in the circle of friends of future generations, it would last for three days and three nights, which is fine today. Due to factors such as the return of educated youth to the city, a large number of unemployed young people, and the national call for late marriage, there are a lot of bachelors in the city, and it is not uncommon for those in their 30s to be unmarried.

The countryside is different.

And he was worried about Gong Xue. She was too thin before and gained weight after she was pregnant. He didn't know if her body could support it.

There were gentle footsteps behind him, and slowly walking to the side was his father, Chen Jianjun.

Chen Qi glanced at it but said nothing.

The father glanced back without saying a word, put his hand on his shoulder and patted him hard, showing an expression of "You are a man, you must be strong", and nodded seriously.

Chen Qi couldn't help but laugh, and his father was very pleased: father and son are connected, this is a tacit understanding!

He didn't know how long it took, it felt like centuries, and finally he heard his mother calling him, followed by Gong Ying's chirping, and his mother-in-law crying with joy - he seemed to be trapped in a complex emotional mass, his mind There were also brief gaps.

After a while, Chen Qi saw the child first, and then Gong Xue.

She was lying on the bed with a pale face, showing a severe detachment. You can imagine what kind of hard battle she had gone through, and her voice was very erratic: "?"

"I'm here, I'm here!"

"Where's the child?"

"Everything is fine, everything is safe."

"Well, that's good!"

Chen Qi sat by the bed and held her hand. The child had his own family to see him, and his mission now was to stay with her here.

Medical resources are tight these days.

Gong Xue was admitted to the hospital early, stayed in the hospital for observation after giving birth, and had a bed to herself. This was all because of Chen Qitiao. And everyone knew about this. Counting the time, people from all walks of life came to visit one after another.

Those who are close to him come in person, usually send a representative, and those who order again wait for him to take the initiative to report the good news - a child is one month old or one hundred days old, no matter how big or small, everyone has to celebrate, so he will definitely post a post.

Gong Xue needed to recuperate, and it was inconvenient for the group to go upstairs, so the Dongfang Company office downstairs became a reception point.

Chen Qi came down five or six times a day.

"Go back and say hello to the leader for me and thank him for thinking about me!"

"Definitely!"

"Stay, no need to send you off."

Downstairs, Chen Qi just saw off a leader's secretary, smiled and waved, and didn't put it down until the other party's car drove away. He sighed: "It's tiring to welcome and send off!"

Li Mingfu looked at him warmly. He started at the department level and was too embarrassed to come to the division level. He had never been able to achieve this kind of human connection in his whole life. He said: "Xiao Chen, if you come from a revolutionary family, now you--"

“I come from a good cultural system.”

"I'm not saying you're bad, I mean you have a revolutionary background and you can go further."

"I can also join the club now. I really want to join the club!"

Chen Qi smiled, and just as he was about to enter the house, he saw a group of people coming, and hurriedly greeted him: "You are too late!"

"You have so many distinguished guests, why are we embarrassed? Isn't this convenient?"

"It's convenient! Let's take a walk and go upstairs!"

Chen Qi made way upstairs. These people were Wang Haowei, Zhang Jinling and other friends from Beijing Film Studio.

Jiang Shan is here too.

Chen Qi hadn't seen her for a while and was startled: "Wow, why are you so tall?"

"I am already 18 years old, and I will become a dwarf before I grow up."

"What? Are you 18?"

He turned around and looked around, and said: "Time flies so fast. Who would have thought that you were only 12 years old 6 years ago?"

Where's the little girl? "

Jiang Shan's eyebrows were a bit longer, and she had some of the more majestic outlines of later years. She was wearing loose pants and a shirt, and two slippers. She looked carefree and undressed, with a sense of relaxation all over her body. She said, "You have children." Yes,

Why can't I grow up? You are all old guys! "

"Are you ready to take the college entrance examination?"

"I want to take the exam the year after next, and I want to take the exam at the Foreign Languages ​​Institute!"

"No, just pass the opera test. I will protect you when you become an actor in the future."

"No need to worry about it, just go take care of those girls in Hong Kong!"

Jiang Shan is full of yin and yang, and her younger sister cannot stay.

Chen Qi pouted, took two steps back, and hugged Ge You's shoulders: "Why don't you say anything when you see me?"

"Let's talk, take your arms away!"

Ge You pushed him repeatedly.

"What are you busy with now?"

"I just filmed a movie called "Midsummer and Her Fiancé."

"Okay, I'll find you if there's a suitable role."

I remember when Chen Qi first joined Beijing Film Studio, he had the best relationship with Ge You and Liang Xiaosheng, but now each has his or her own hindrances.

It's not that Chen Qi didn't want to help him, the key point was that Ge You had poor acting skills when he was young and didn't have any suitable roles.

The future is an important part of the plan.

The young people of later generations can't imagine how high Ge You's national popularity was back then, which can be regarded as a generation gap.

A group of people went upstairs, consciously and lightly, like visiting mascots, and lined up to look at the children. The child was wrapped in a small quilt, sleeping with his eyes closed. He couldn't see anything, but he just praised him fiercely.

"It's definitely the same! Look at these eyes, this nose, and this mouth, I've inherited all the good qualities from my parents!"

"Hey, with this little face, you must be in good health."

"I don't know how many girls will be fascinated by me in the future!"

"Hey, you can't say this, you can't make a principled mistake!"

You praised me every time, and Gong Xue was happy to hear it. Zhang Jinling asked: "Have you chosen a name?"

"There is a nickname named Zhuangzhuang. I hope he is in good health and free from illness and disaster. The name is still being studied."

"If you're not sick or in trouble, why not call me Chen Ping'an?"

"No, no, no! When children grow up, they still need to study and learn. They should learn both Chinese and Western skills. How about being called Edison Chen?"

"It is better to be an official than to be a scholar. Call me Chen Zhengguo!"

"It would be easier if it was a girl, just call her Chen Xue!"

"He always runs to Hong Kong. Call him Chen Aigang! Or what about Chen Jingsheng?"

Chen Qi was also happy with the chatter.

A few decades later, when naming a child, one has to calculate the birth date and birth date. Now this is called feudal superstition. He didn't want to count these things either.

In the 1980s, naming was simple. Boys were often named Wei, Qiang, Gang, Jie, Chao, Peng, etc. Girls were named Jiao,

Xue, Ying, Na, Xin——not to mention Qiong Yaofeng, Zixuan and Zihan in later generations.

What’s more important is to start with the meaning of the words.

Chen Qi was not that troublesome. He looked through the dictionary with his father and father-in-law and picked out a few words. Finally, he chose a zheng character, hoping that the child would be honest; and he chose a 彦 character, hoping that the child would be talented, learned, and virtuous.

Together they are Chen Zhengyan, nicknamed Zhuangzhuang.

(Three more chapters...)