Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 269 The Family's Gift

After another ten hours of train ride, Duan Yun finally returned to Daxing.

It was four in the morning when the train arrived at the station, and there were no taxis at that time. Duan Yun waited in the waiting hall for more than an hour before taking the bus to his home.

The time difference had a noticeable effect on Duan Yun's biological clock. He felt a little uncomfortable when he went back and forth between China and Europe within a week.

After arriving at home, Duan Yun just greeted his sister and went back to sleep in his own room.

The mother and sister didn't dare to disturb him, so they closed the door gently and left after breakfast in the morning.

When he got up from the bed the next day, Duan Yun felt much more comfortable. After going to the sink to wipe his face with cold water, his whole body suddenly became much more energetic.

Duan Yun is still on vacation, Ruiyang has already said hello to the factory, so he can still stay at home and rest in the past few days. "Brother, are you feeling better?" Duan Fang, who had just woken up at this time, said to Duan Yun with concern after seeing her brother washing his face in the kitchen.

In order not to disturb her brother's rest, Duan Fang did her homework yesterday in the big house, and when eating and walking, her steps were very light.

"Come here, I'll give you something." Duan Yun said to his sister with a smile.

When he arrived at the hut, Duan Yun opened the box, revealing a lot of things printed in foreign languages.

"Brother, you bought so many things?" Duan Fang said in surprise after seeing the things in the box.

"It's a rare trip to China, why don't you buy more things?" Duan Yun smiled, then took out a small paper box from inside, handed it to Duan Fang and said, "Here, this is a German pen, wait a moment Here, fill it with ink and try to see if it works or not."

"Great!" After Duan Fang took the pen from her brother, she said in surprise, "This pen is very beautiful, it looks so high-end."

"And this." While speaking, Duan Yun took out another beautifully packaged small box from the box, and handed it to Duan Fang.

"This is..." Duan Fang was taken aback when she saw this, she didn't expect her brother to buy her two gifts.

"Open it and have a look." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"En." Duan Fang responded, took the box over, and gently opened the outer wrapping paper.

"Crack." The moment Duan Fang opened the box, a statue of a ballerina girl standing on one foot with outstretched arms and graceful posture appeared inside. The base was made of metal, and the silver-white texture was full of dreamy colors.

"It's... so beautiful!" After seeing the statue, Duan Fang couldn't help exclaiming.

There is a shortage of toys in China these days, and they are basically simple plastic products with cheap prices and low quality. .

So when Duan Fang saw such a beautiful sculpture, she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Turn this villain's body counterclockwise." Duan Yun reminded him.

"Can this still be turned?" Duan Fang was taken aback when she heard this, and then turned the villain according to the method her brother taught him. The next moment, something that surprised her happened.

"Ding ding dong, ding ding dong!"

The moment Duan Fang let go, the ballet figurine spun and danced, and the crisp and melodious melody sounded cheerfully. The most amazing thing is that the dance figurine's hands and feet joints can make an elegant movement with the melody, just like a real person!
"This..." Duan Fang was stunned when she saw this, her face was full of excitement, she obviously liked this toy very much.

"This is a German music box, all handmade with mechanical parts, do you like it?" Duan Yun asked with a smile.

Seeing the surprise smile on his sister's face, Duan Yun felt that the money was well spent.

After all, in Duan Yun's view, the most important purpose of making money is to make life better for himself and his family, otherwise, no matter how much money he earns, it's meaningless.

"Brother, then this box must have cost a lot of money, right?" Duan Fang asked after staring at the music box for 3 minutes.

"In the future, I will put this thing on your desk. If you are tired, you can listen to it and relax. How much money you spend is not something you should worry about. If you have money, I will spend more. If I don't have money, I will buy less." Duan Yun paused. After a pause, he continued: "Your brother and I will have the opportunity to go abroad in the future. If you study well, I promise to buy you more good things, understand?"

"En." Duan Fang heard this, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Xiaoyun, are you feeling better?" At this time, her mother Gao Xiuzhi also walked over wearing slippers, and asked with a concerned look on her face.

"It's okay, I'll recover after a night's sleep." Duan Yun said, took out another box from the box, handed it to his mother and said, "Mom, this one is for you."

"This is..." Gao Xiuzhi opened the box and found a blanket inside, and said, "This blanket is pretty."

"This is an electric blanket." Duan Yun smiled after hearing the words, and continued: "Mom, when you go to sleep, spread this blanket under the mattress and plug it in, so that you won't be cold when you sleep at night."

In fact, in the early 80s, there were already electric blankets in China, but the controller only had two levels of on and off, and the temperature could not be adjusted. In the mid-80s, the controller had three levels of high, bottom, and off, with a simple temperature adjustment function.

The electric blanket that Duan Yun bought from Germany has the function of accurate temperature adjustment, and the fabric is quite good. It is definitely not comparable to some cheap electric blankets in China.

The reason why Duan Yun bought this is because the weather is getting cold now, and the heating in the new house has just been turned on, and the temperature is not high enough. Duan Yun and Duan Fang are young and in good health, but their mother is suffering, so When Duan Yun was wandering around Germany this time, he found this kind of electric blanket and bought it back.

"This is good..." Gao Xiuzhi was so excited that she was speechless, and said after a while: "Mom, go make you breakfast!"

The mother is obviously very fond of this electric blanket, but for Gao Xiuzhi, her son's filial piety to her is what makes her most happy.

In fact, for most parents, sometimes they don’t expect much glory from their children, even if they are only able to go home and have a look after their children get married and start a business in the future, they feel quite satisfied.

After breakfast, Duan Yun took some things to the rental house.

Duan Yun took out a box of imported cigars bought with foreign exchange certificates from the Friendship Store, and distributed one to Cao Dong and the others.

Duan Yun did not buy any special gifts for these brothers when he went abroad this time, and now Cui Linleizi and others can earn more than 300 yuan a month. Such a high income has already caught up with the leaders in the factory. I don't like it, Duan Yun can't afford expensive things, after all, there is a limit to the amount of foreign exchange that can be exchanged abroad this time.

As for gadgets like fountain pens, they are useless to these young workers. After all, when they were in school, they used to skip classes and slip away. They didn't even like to read books, except for comic books, of course.

Instead of this, it would be the most affordable to give them more bonuses.

When the young workers saw Duan Yun came back, they were also very happy. With cigars in their mouths, they surrounded Duan Yun and asked about foreign affairs.

In fact, these guys are not serious, most of the topics are such as German girls are pretty, are there any "red light districts" in foreign movies, and so on, Duan Yun just gossips along with them...

(End of this chapter)