My 1979

Li He got on the plane and stuffed his luggage. As soon as he sat down, he was patted on the back shoulder. Before he could react and speak, the other person shouted in surprise, "Mr. Li, it really is you. It's been a long time." No, you’ve been doing well lately!”

"Zhang Xianwen." Li He patted his head, and it took him a long time to remember his name, "Why are you here too?"

With the interruption of their electronic watch business, they had no contact for many years, and he almost forgot about this person's existence.

"It's me, it's me. Mr. Li, come to me."

There were people walking around in the aisle. It was not convenient for Zhang Xianwen to talk to Li He, so he walked to his seat and pointed to Li He's seat to the young man sitting next to him.

The young man took his newspaper and sat in Li He's seat.

Li He sat next to Zhang Xianwen and said with a smile, "I heard Pan Song say that you are not in Russia? Why is this a homecoming?"

"Oh, don't mention it. I am returning home in fine clothes. I am returning home in tight clothes, so tight!" Zhang Xianwen said angrily. Although his Mandarin still has a slight accent, it is enough for people to understand clearly.

Li He looked at Zhang Xianwen for a while. Now he had a wide body, a thick waist, a suit and tie, and meticulous hair. He was no longer the thin and short man before. He asked suspiciously, "No way! You want to say that you didn't make any money in Russia." I don’t believe in borrowing money. Don’t worry, I won’t ask you to borrow money.”

Mr. Zhang looked around and then whispered, "It's a profit, but in the end, it was all burned up."

Li He asked with a smile, "Is there a fire in Russia?"

"I made at least this amount on Mao Zi's land!" Zhang Xianwen raised five fingers, "As a result, there is nothing now."

"Five million?" Li He asked uncertainly.

"Yeah. At least that's all."

"Then why is it gone?"

Zhang Xianwen sighed softly and said, "It wasn't those Wenzhou guys who killed me."

"Speak slowly." Li He was very curious.

"I made some money in Maozi, but there were few people and cold weather there, so I couldn't accommodate people. This year, a friend said that business in China was getting better, so I changed my career path and came back. It was not suitable at that time. business, so I teamed up with some guys from Wenzhou to start a shoe business. I made a profit for the first two months, but then I had bad luck and lost money all the way."

Li He was amused, "You're fooling me, where did you say that shoes are not easy to sell?"

Li Aijun knows very well how popular the shoe business is, and he doesn't believe it if he says it doesn't make money.

"Do you read the newspaper? The Hangzhou Wulin Gate has completely burned the reputation of Wenzhou shoes! Not only are all the major shopping malls blocking my return, but the warehouses are full of goods!"

"So it's this." Li He finally understood. On August 8, 1987, a fire destroyed more than 5,000 pairs of inferior Wenzhou shoes at Wulin Gate in Hangzhou, triggering a nationwide "encirclement and suppression" of Wenzhou shoes. The fake and shoddy quality has aroused public outrage among consumers across the country. Once mentioned "Wenzhou leather shoes", people thought they were fake leather and fake shoes, so many shopping malls posted "Wenzhou shoes are not available in our store" notices. The entire shoemaking industry in Wenzhou was almost wiped out.

Zhang Xianwen shook his head, "So you really know that this reputation is really bad."

"It's not uncommon for bad things to spread thousands of miles, so what are you doing back to Beijing now?"

"As for me, my shoes are sold in many shopping malls. Those who want to return the goods will have to return them, and those who have to pay for them will have to pay for them. I'm going to deal with them. No matter what, I'll accept my failure."

Li He stretched out his thumb and said, "It's open enough. If you need any help, let me know when the time comes."

Zhang Xianwen smiled and said, "Definitely, definitely. I heard that Boss Su made a fortune in Shenzhen?"

He turned to inquire about Su Ming.

"It's normal. I'll give you the address and phone number later, and you can chat among yourselves." After all, they had shared the joys and sorrows together, and Li He seemed to have more trust in him.

"Thanks."

After getting off the plane, Li Hecai broke up with Zhang Xianwen.

He hailed a taxi from the airport gate. Just as the driver was about to refuse, Li He took out a US dollar bill and said, "Hey, buddy, do you know Lincoln?"

The driver stretched out his head to take a closer look and said with a smile, "Hey, I really know this guy. Hurry up and get in the car."

Li He opened the back door and stuffed his luggage in first, then sat in the front seat and waved, "Sanmiao Street."

Encouraged by Lincoln, the driver ran very fast and arrived in less than half an hour.

After Li He's luggage was taken away, he waved to Li He and said, "See you later, buddy."

Li He patted the car window, "No, ask me for money, don't take me for granted!"

That's five US dollars, converted into RMB, so the fare is quite expensive. If the driver didn't refuse the ride at first, he wouldn't care about it, but if he refused, he wouldn't be so generous.

The driver reluctantly gave him 7 yuan.

Li He dragged his luggage to the door of his house. As expected, there was no one at home. He felt that there was no key on him, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and removed a brick from the wall. He took out the spare key and then closed the brick again. .

After opening the courtyard door, he went to the kitchen first, dug out the keys to each room from a jar in the kitchen, and then opened the doors one by one.

The house was extremely quiet, the fourth child was not here, and the dog was not here either. Only the chickens and ducks in the cage were chirping.

He couldn't recover from lying on the chair for a while, but he was very thirsty and hungry. He had to get up and find a way to get something to drink or eat, otherwise he would either die of thirst or starve to death.

Just as he was about to stand up with difficulty, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"It took you a long time to go out."

Chang Jing appeared in front of Li He with a smile.

"Sister Chang, you didn't go to work today?"

Chang Jing said, "What kind of work are you still doing? The factory can hardly pay wages."

"Oh." Li He didn't want to ask more questions.

"I just came to see the chicken and duck feeder for you, but you just happened to come back. Your three dogs are all at my place. I will bring them over to you later."

Li He said, "I have to ask you to help me take care of her for a few more days. I have to go back to school tomorrow morning."

Now he is a little afraid to think about how to face Professor Wu's face. It's not fear, but guilt.

"Okay, I'll get you something to eat."

"Thank you, Sister Chang." Li He nodded and did not refuse.

Chang Jing first boiled a bottle of hot water for Li He. After being together for such a long time, she somewhat understood Li He's habits.

Li He washed the cup and made tea by himself. The cup had not been used for a long time and there was a layer of dirt inside.

Chang Jing brought over a bowl of noodles and a plate of pickles, and said with a smile, "Let's eat it first. I'll get some for you tonight."

Li Hesan ate two bowls of noodles in two seconds, then yawned and washed his face, "I'm going to take a nap first.

"Go." Chang Jing began to help Li He clean up the house.