This weekend, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu did not go to the Tao family, but all the Tao family came to the Overseas Chinese Apartment.

His sister's house bought a color TV set, and Tao Yumo had to promote it well after returning home, so Tao Yucheng encouraged his parents to come to his sister's house for a meal on the weekend.

Thanks to the overseas remittance coupons he received for manuscript fees some time ago, Lin Chaoyang's family is now rich in supplies. In the evening, he arranged a table full of dishes for his father-in-law's family.

Eating delicious food, the family watched the color TV and had fun.

In later generations, it will be difficult for people to imagine that happiness is so simple.

At around seven o'clock, it is the time when CCTV's "News Network" is broadcast, and sports event news is broadcast on the TV.

"On the 10th of this month, the annual National Go League was held in WZ City, ZJ Province. As of the end of the competition yesterday, the men's championship was won by chess player Nie Weiping, and the women's championship was won by Yang Hui. Ma Xiaochun and Cheng Xiaoliu won the second place in the men's team

, third place; He Xiaoren and Rui Naiwei won the second and third place in the women's group."

The news being broadcast on the TV screen is young Zhao Zhongxiang, who just appeared on "Xinwen Lianbo" with Xing Zhibin in July this year.

He wears an old-style black suit and a beige pleated curtain background. He has bright eyes and a solemn face, which is very characteristic of the times.

"Nie Weiping won the championship again!" Tao's father sighed.

"It's not unusual for people to win championships. They have won so many in the past few years." Tao Yucheng said, and he looked at Lin Chaoyang again, "Chaoyang, I heard from my mother that Nie Weiping came to the house that day, and he praised you for your good Go!

"

Lin Chaoyang said quickly: "I'm not praising my good execution, I'm just saying that my layout is good."

"That's impressive enough to be praised by the national champion." Tao Yucheng praised it.

"Nie Weiping is not a national champion. Even the Japanese won, and the Asian champion is just about the same." Tao Yumo said in support of his brother-in-law.

While they were talking, "Xinwen Lianbo" finished broadcasting, and Tao Yumo went to the broadcasting station.

Today's color TVs do not have remote controls, so they have to use knobs or buttons to broadcast channels. Lin Chaoyang's Peony uses buttons to broadcast channels.

Unfortunately, the color TV at home can only receive signals from three TV stations, namely Central Station 1, Central Station 2 and Yanjing TV Station.

It was broadcast to CCTV 2. The TV was showing "A Brief Talk on Face Paint", a drama knowledge program taught by Li Binsheng.

"Look at this!" Mother Tao said.

Tao Yumo complained: "Mom, I want to watch a feature film."

There are very few TV dramas produced and imported in China. Recently, Yanjing TV Station was showing the North Korean feature film series "Unsung Heroes", and Tao Yumo watched it with gusto.

Tao's mother was so absorbed in the program on TV that she didn't hear her daughter's words at all.

Tao Yumo finished it with some depression, and then watched "A Brief Talk on Facial Painting" finished, and then played the Peking Opera "The Harmony of Generals and Prime Ministers".

She couldn't help but sigh, it seemed like she wouldn't be able to watch TV tonight.

As soon as the Peking Opera performance was over, Tao's mother was still unfulfilled.

"This color TV is really good, you can see clearly."

Tao Yucheng said jokingly: "Isn't it? It's much clearer than black and white. You no longer have to worry about seeing people with bare buttocks."

Listening to his words, everyone immediately thought of the ballet costume incident at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1978, and couldn't help but smile.

It was past nine o'clock now, and it was already getting late. After chatting for a few words, the Tao family was ready to leave.

Brothers Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu were watching the TV and did not want to leave. They shouted the slogan "I want to watch color TV". Then they were sanctioned by the iron fist of their mother Zhao Li's dictatorship and went out obediently.

A few days later, Lin Chaoyang came home from get off work. As soon as he entered the house, he saw someone else at home.

"Brother-in-law!"

When Du Feng saw Lin Chaoyang coming back, he immediately stood up to say hello, and Lin Chaoyang responded with a smile.

"Why are you free today?"

"My discharge formalities have been approved."

"So fast?"

Counting the last time Du Feng mentioned that he was going to retire, it was only about a month.

Du Feng said with a smile: "The procedure for me is simple, not even a platoon-level military rank. The army took care of me and said they would recommend me to the Public Security Bureau, but I didn't do it. I know they did it for my father's sake."

That’s what it does.”

Lin Chaoyang joked: "You are just burning the boat!"

"Hey! I don't want to earn that dead salary."

Du Feng came to his house for dinner and brought two bottles of wine, saying that his friend bought them from the Friendship Store.

"Brother-in-law, I plan to go to Shenzhen the day after tomorrow. Let's have a good drink tonight."

The ruby ​​red wine looks a bit rustic when placed in a tea cup, but it does not hinder the drinker's mood.

The taste of the wine is fruity and sour, and the taste is not as fragrant as the smell, but it is much easier to tolerate than ordinary white wine.

Du Feng had never drank this wine before, so he thought it tasted pretty good. After a few glasses of wine, his face turned red and he felt a little drunk.

"Brother-in-law, do you know why I want to go into business?"

Lin Chaoyang saw that he smelled of alcohol and seemed to want to say something from his heart, so he followed his words and asked, "Why?"

"I just don't want to stay in the army anymore. I feel aggrieved."

"Why are you feeling aggrieved?"

"Everyone knows that my father is the leader of the army. On the surface, he treats me respectfully, but behind the scenes, I know exactly what they say about me.

Let me tell you, brother-in-law, I feel wronged. I don’t seek to make progress, but I don’t act recklessly because of my father’s status!

Don't say it was random behavior. I can say responsibly that I have never done anything out of the ordinary. I was afraid of bringing disgrace on my father's face.

The man I grew up with is now in the army. He uses the spare parts from his factory to save a good jeep and travels around the streets. When he sees a beautiful female soldier, he slows down and strikes up a conversation. His girlfriend changes his girlfriend within a few months.

I'm not jealous of them being like this, I just can't stand it.

Not only the powerful and powerless like them, but also the female soldiers in our art troupe, who doesn’t dream of being the daughter-in-law of the chief?

Feng Juan... Feng Juan is with me, I can guess..."

Seeing that Du Feng was speaking a little awkwardly, Lin Chaoyang said: "Let's not talk about this anymore."

Du Feng burped, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. I understand that there are no perfect people in this world."

"I just feel that this unit is becoming less and less pure and boring. I didn't feel this way before. I was so happy hanging out in the group all day long.

I don't know what's wrong. Sometimes I write letters and make phone calls to the comrades I met in the south. When I hear that someone's life is hard, I feel sad.

I just don’t understand why it’s like this..."

Having said this, Du Feng's eyes turned red and filled with tears. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide, and let the tears that were about to flow out sneak back.

"I just thought, instead of hanging around in the army, it would be better to go out and have a try. After making money, we can enjoy life openly. That would be great.

Now that I have enough energy, I can help my impoverished comrades who have been on the battlefield after all and don’t live in such a miserable state."

After saying these words, Du Feng smiled sheepishly at Lin Chaoyang, "I said some big words."

Lin Chaoyang said sincerely: "It is a good idea to have this idea. As for whether it is a big lie, it depends on you in the future."

Du Feng nodded, "Yes."

After having a heart-to-heart talk, Du Feng felt much better. He drank a few more drinks with Lin Chaoyang and became even more drunk. Lin Chaoyang had to help him to the bedroom.

"He used to be quite good at drinking. Why did he get drunk so quickly today?" Tao Yushu asked in confusion.

"I'm feeling stressed! He said he doesn't care. In the future, if he doesn't have an iron job, he will have to rely on himself for everything." Lin Chaoyang said calmly.

"I quite admire him. I've always thought he was spoiled and spoiled since I was a child, but I didn't expect he still has such courage now."

"After being on the battlefield, you will always mature."

After talking, the couple cleaned up the dishes, washed and rinsed the dishes, took care of Du Feng for a while, and then went into the house to sleep.

In a blink of an eye, it was November, and taking advantage of the good weather, Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu to play outside for a day, and even took her to the filming set of "Wrangler" to see the excitement.

After a month of filming, the scenes of "Wrangler" in Yanjing are coming to an end and will be moved to Shanghai in a few days.

According to the current progress, it will take several months for the movie to be released.

After the National Day holiday, Zhang Dening came to his home again, not for a manuscript, but to tell Lin Chaoyang some news.

Li Qingquan was transferred away and went to "People's Literature" as deputy editor-in-chief, and "Yenjing Literature" had a new editor-in-chief, Yang Mo.

The personnel changes in "Yanjing Literature" have nothing to do with Lin Chaoyang, but it was Li Qingquan who made the final decision to publish "The Wrangler" at the beginning. He heard Zhang Dening talk about the relationship between Li Qingquan and "People's Literature". He listened to this

The news is inevitably sad.

"I wish Lao Li a bright future there," Lin Chaoyang said.

After talking about Li Qingquan's transfer, Zhang Dening talked about the situation of "The Master of Chess" again.

It has been three months since the novel was published. The July issue of "Yenching Literature" where the novel was published has sold a total of 1.5 million copies, setting a record for "Yenching Literature" since its inception.

The influence of the work brought by such huge sales is naturally extremely powerful. During this period, the discussion of the novel has remained high in the literary world and among readers.

After careful calculation, there are at least thirty or forty various commentaries.
To be continued...