Life 1984

Chapter 2 The Three-Year Covenant
In the 80s, the per capita housing area in provincial capitals was only a few square meters.

The Shen family lives in two rooms.One is a bedroom for the adults, and the other is a living room. There is a bed in half of the living room, separated by a curtain, which is where the children sleep.

There is a high and low cabinet on one side of the door, and a 14-inch black and white TV on the counter.Inside the glass cabinet door, there are glass sugar bowls, tea cans, Guogong wine, kettles, and several water glasses.There were two chairs, two stools, and a small foldable wooden table on the open space.

There is a briquette stove in the corridor, which is a place for cooking meals and boiling water.There are about a hundred briquettes neatly stacked next to the stove.

Every household in the small courtyard has this pattern.

It was noon at the moment, and women from several houses in the corridor were cooking vegetables. The aromas of various vegetables floated and mixed in the air, making people laugh.

Shen's mother, Fang Peihua, stood in front of the stove in the corridor, holding a spoon in her hand, bending slightly, and quickly stir-frying the chili-fried pork in the pot.

Shen's father, Shen Guoming, was sitting in the room with his legs crossed, reading a newspaper.He is in his early 40s and wears glasses on his face. Even on a hot day at home, he wears a white long-sleeved denim shirt and navy blue trousers, with a pair of plastic sandals on his feet, which is his last compromise for this summer.

The younger sister, Shen Xiuling, was wearing a white floral dress, sitting cross-legged on a chair with bare feet, her legs were slender and her feet were as crystal clear as jade.She has two loose braids and long bangs on her forehead. She has a delicate face and big clear eyes. She exudes the fresh breath of a girl from the inside out. She has a small red lip and is a bit smart. Pretty, with a complexion as white as egg white.

She was holding a book in her hand, but her eyes were fixed on the 14-inch Peony brand black and white TV.

"Blood Doubt" is being shown on TV.

This is an imported Japanese drama. It was a household name in the black and white TV era. In the following decades, the fate of characters such as hospital swaps, incurable diseases, and desperate love have been imitated many times. Although the plot seems bloody, the drama is bizarre. The plot and romantic love brought tears to the eyes of men, women and children at that time, and it once became the audience's favorite.

As a must-see idol drama for millions of households in the 80s, "Blood Doubt" is the most touching love story of this era.The protagonists Yamaguchi Momoe and Miura Tomokazu became the best synonyms for the golden boy and girl at that time.

No wonder Shen Xiuling watched it with gusto.

She is four years younger than Shen Xiulan and is in high school.Because of the reform of the three-year high school system, she had to attend the senior year of high school before taking the college entrance examination.

Shen Xiulan and Li Yunhai approached the door and shouted crisply: "Mom!"

Fang Peihua responded without looking back: "Xiulan is back! Dinner will be served soon!"

Li Yunhai shouted: "Hello, aunt!"

Fang Peihua was cooking and didn't notice him.

Shen Xiulan said: "Mom, Yunhai is calling you!"

Fang Peihua then raised her head and looked at Li Yunhai standing next to her: "Hey, you are Li Yunhai, right?"

Li Yunhai said: "Hello, aunt, I am Li Yunhai. I am taking the liberty of coming. Sorry to bother you."

Fang Peihua said: "Come in and sit in the room, Xiulan, to greet the guests."

Li Yunhai entered the house, stood at the door, and shouted with a smile: "Uncle, Xiaoling, hello."

Shen Guoming looked up at Li Yunhai: "Little comrade, who are you?"

Shen Xiuling pouted her little lips, her big eyes sparkling: "Dad, do you still need to ask? He must be the Li Yunhai who writes to my sister as soon as the holidays come! I have seen the graduation photos of him and my sister! "

Shen Guoming put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "Are you Li Yunhai? You're a good-looking young man! Come in and sit down."

Shen Xiulan followed in and called her sister: "Xiao Ling, get up and give up your seat! Go make tea quickly."

She took the fruit and wine from Li Yunhai, put them on the table, and said to her father, "Dad, Yunhai bought this to honor you."

Shen Guoming smiled and said, "Come just come, what else do you want to buy?"

Shen Xiuling stretched out her hand, broke off a piece of banana quickly, and said while peeling: "Sister, why should I give up my seat? He is a grown man, why can't he give up to me, a little girl?"

She stopped watching TV and stared at Li Yunhai closely, laughing and saying: "Hey, Li Yunhai, your handwriting is very beautiful! It's as clean and powerful as yours!"

Li Yunhai scratched his forehead and said with a smile: "It's not bad."

Shen Xiuling chuckled and said: "Li Yunhai, do you mean that your person is okay? Or do you mean that your writing is okay?"

Shen Xiulan scolded: "Xiao Ling, you are neither big nor small! Why do you call Yun Hai by his first name?"

Shen Xiuling said with a smile: "This is embarrassing for me. It's too early to call him brother-in-law. Calling him Comrade Li? It seems too unfamiliar! Calling him by his name is just right! Li Yunhai, don't you think so?"

Li Yunhai said: "Yes, the name was chosen just for people to call it."

Shen Xiulan said: "The names are also called by others! Xiaoling, call me Brother Yunhai!"

Shen Xiuling raised her chin in dissatisfaction and turned her face away to watch TV.

Shen Xiulan reached out and poked her sister on the forehead: "You ate someone else's food and you still don't change your mind?"

Shen Xiuling stuffed the banana into her mouth and tilted her head: "Sister, please stop me from watching TV!"

Fang Peihua came in with the dishes, put them on the table, wiped her hands on her apron, and smiled at Li Yunhai: "I always heard Xiulan mention you, saying that you like playing basketball and writing poetry. You also help Xiulan There was a fight, right?”

Li Yunhai said: "Auntie, these are my hobbies, my real abilities are not these. Speaking of fighting, there has been such a thing. Once, our school and the Civil Affairs School held a basketball match, and there were two Civil Affairs Schools. The boys who came over bullied Xiulan, and I helped her out."

Fang Peihua said: "It's not as simple as rescuing the siege. You beat two of them by yourself, and you still won!"

Li Yunhai said: "I am a child from the countryside. I have been used to doing manual labor since I was a child, so I am stronger than them."

Fang Peihua said: "Don't stand, sit down! We have always wanted to treat you to a meal. Thank you for saving my Xiulan."

Shen Xiulan moved a wooden stool for Li Yunhai to sit on.

Several dishes have been placed on the table, all covered with bowls.

Fang Peihua opened the lid of a large bowl, and the aroma suddenly overflowed. It turned out to be a stewed chicken.

There is also a stir-fried pork with green pepper, a sweet and sour pork ribs, a stir-fried egg with red tomatoes, and a green vegetable.

This meal was extremely rich.

Fang Peihua invited Li Yunhai to dinner, opened the bottle of Xizhou Daqu, and poured a large glass for each of the two men.

Li Yunhai picked up the cup and paid homage to Shen Guoming: "Uncle, let me toast you."

Shen Guoming looked at him and smiled: "A toast to me? This cup is only two taels! Can you drink?"

Li Yunhai was a drinker in later generations, but at this age, he had just graduated and had not yet learned to drink!
Fang Peihua said: "Don't be brave if you don't know how to drink. Just drink slowly. Don't toast, it's easy to get intoxicated."

Li Yunhai is a manly man, he spits and spits, and his words are thrown out. What's more, today he has to respect his father-in-law, so how can he be cowardly?
He held the cup and drank a few drinks.

Shen Guoming laughed and said, "What a drinker!"

Shen Xiulan put a chicken leg in Li Yunhai's bowl: "Hurry up, order some food and drink some wine."

Fang Peihua asked: "Li Yunhai, is your hometown from Meishan County? In the countryside?"

Shen Xiulan said: "Mom, Yunhai has passed the exam, and the food relationship has also been transferred. From now on, he will have an urban household registration that eats national food."

Fang Peihua said: "I didn't ask you, so don't interrupt!"

Li Yunhai replied respectfully: "Auntie, yes, I am from a rural area in Meishan County."

Fang Peihua asked: "How many people are in your family?"

Li Yunhai said: "My grandparents are here, my father and mother, and I have two younger brothers and two younger sisters."

Fang Peihua groaned: "So many children? Isn't life very difficult?"

Li Yunhai responded yes.

Shen Xiulan said: "Mom, it's really not easy for Yunhai to pass the exam. It also shows that his family values ​​education! His younger brothers and sisters are all good at reading!"

Fang Peihua glared at her eldest daughter, blaming her for talking too much, and then asked Li Yunhai, "Where will you be assigned to work after graduation?"

Li Yunhai said: "Meishan County Machinery Factory."

Shen Xiulan said: "Yunhai will temporarily return to work in Meishan County, and he will definitely be transferred back to the provincial capital in the future!"

Fang Peihua said: "Transferred back to the provincial capital? You put it lightly! Your uncle is an educated youth acquaintance. They have been together for more than ten years. Your uncle has been back to the city for many years, but his wife has not been transferred here yet!"

Shen Guoming said: "It is indeed difficult to mobilize working relationships now. You young people don't know how powerful this is! In the past few years, tens of millions of educated youth have returned to the city, waiting for job assignments!"

Fang Peihua said: "Li Yunhai, Xiulan is assigned to be an accountant in the Provincial Commercial Bureau. Do you know about this?"

Li Yunhai hummed and said he understood.

He had already heard some hints of accusations. The Shen family's parents had been interrogating him about his origins and work, just to make him realize the reality.

The Shen family's parents have always opposed him and their daughter being together because of the separation between the two places.

Li Yunhai can especially understand the thinking of Shen's parents.

If it were him, he would think and do the same thing.

Even though the provincial capital and Meishan County are only 100 kilometers apart, and the train ticket only costs 1.9 yuan, this 100 kilometers is an insurmountable natural chasm.How many people spend their whole lives struggling to get their work relationship back together!
In fact, this was also the case. Li Yunhai's working relationship remained in Meishan County until he was laid off and divorced.

Fang Peihua said: "Li Yunhai, you saved my Xiulan, and our whole family is very grateful to you. You and my Xiulan were talking about friends, and we knew a little bit about it. You used to study in the same school, and we also I don’t want to say anything more for fear of disturbing your studies. Now that you have graduated and gone your separate ways, you will definitely find friends who are more suitable for you after you return to Meishan County. As for my Xiulan, she has arrived at a new job. I will get to know more outstanding good friends in the provincial capital." She said it euphemistically, but her meaning was very clear.In fact, she only came close to saying the words "You must separate"!
Of course Li Yunhai understood what he was hearing. The table full of good wine and food in front of him suddenly stopped tasting good!

If it doesn't work, things between him and Shen Xiulan will be messed up!

If I had known earlier, I shouldn’t have made this trip!
If he didn't come, the Shen parents wouldn't have the chance to reject him face to face.

Just like in the previous life, after he and Shen Xiulan were separated in two places and exchanged letters for two or three years, their relationship became more stable. They turned raw rice into cooked rice. They obtained the marriage certificate in private. After she became pregnant with the child, the Shen family again If you wanted to object, it was too late and you had to agree to the marriage.

Shen Xiulan obviously heard the implication of her mother's words. She bit her lip and said, "Mom, please stop saying a few words! Yunhai and I are free..."

Fang Peihua said in a deep voice: "Xiulan! Shut up! Adults are talking, children, please don't interrupt!"

Shen Xiulan looked aggrieved, and there were tears in her pretty eyes.

Li Yunhai slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks and smiled slightly: "Auntie, Xiulan and I are classmates, friends, and lovers. Yes, Xiulan and I are in a relationship. We have been in love for two years. Before I save We started dating from the day I laid her."

He is showing off his cards!
He blew the horn to attack Shen's parents!

He wants to fight to defend his love!

Of course, Shen Xiulan would not let him fight alone. She added next to her: "It was Yun Hai who I took the initiative to pursue. I was the one who confessed to him first! Because I like him!"

The living room fell silent instantly.

The Shen family looked at them in shock.

The little girl Shen Xiuling had a big chicken drumstick in her mouth and forgot to bite it. She stared at Li Yunhai with her big eyes bulging.

Shen Guoming coughed lightly: "Don't talk about this kind of thing while eating!"

Fang Peihua said: "No, this matter must be made clear! Li Yunhai, you said that you and my Xiulan are in a relationship?"

Li Yunhai said: "Yes, Auntie. We are in a free love relationship. Xiulan and I have made an appointment. Three years later, I will marry him as my wife, and she will marry me as my wife."

Shen Xiuling's big eyes glanced here and there, looking at Li Yunhai, then at her sister, and then at her mother.

Obviously, this family war is more interesting than the TV series!
Fang Peihua was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Three years? Okay! I am not an unreasonable person. You are a talented person, you have a serious work unit, and you are a national worker. I have no reason to object to your normal interactions. However, I only have One request, if you do it, then I have nothing to say! Otherwise, without our objection, the long and boring time and the insurmountable geographical distance will tear you apart!"

With tears in her eyes, Shen Xiulan said firmly: "Mom, it's impossible! No one can separate Yun Hai and me!"

Fang Peihua said: "Xiulan, you are still young, you don't know what you need in life! I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice! Love is very beautiful, but it cannot be eaten! I am Your mother, I want you to live happily and happily more than anyone else, and I will not harm you."

Li Yunhai said: "Auntie, I know the conditions you want to put forward. Do you agree that I can be with Xiulan if I can settle down in the provincial capital within three years?"

He took the initiative and stated the conditions.

However, he asked for a trick. He did not say that he would move his work to the provincial capital within three years, but that he would settle down and settle down in the provincial capital.

Setting up a family and establishing a life is a very important concept.This concept includes two aspects: one is to settle down, and the other is to establish a life.Settling down refers to living in a comfortable, harmonious and safe family environment, while establishing a life means to fully develop one's potential and realize self-worth.

Li Yunhai also understands that even if he has a reborn soul, it is not that difficult to move his working relationship to a provincial capital in this era. If he is given three years, he may not be able to achieve it.

However, if he just wants to settle down in a provincial capital and start a business, it is not difficult to do so.

Three years later, it will be 1987!The country's policies will undergo great changes. Li Yunhai believes that with his own abilities and skills, it will not be difficult to carve out his own world in the provincial capital.

Sure enough, Fang Peihua followed Li Yunhai's words and said: "Yes! I only have one request for you. If you can come to the provincial capital to settle down and make a life within three years, then I will not object to your falling in love. However, if you fail to do it, If so, I also have a request. I hope you two can understand the situation and find a happy life that is more suitable for you!"

Li Yunhai said: "Auntie, it's settled! Your Shen family comes from a scholarly family, and you are all intellectuals. I believe you will not deceive me, a simple boy from the countryside."

These words are called flattery, but they are actually trying to defeat Shen's parents!

Although Shen Xiuling was young, she understood it clearly. She couldn't help but laugh, and sprayed all the rice grains in her mouth onto Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai calmly brushed off the rice grains stuck to his body and said, "Xiao Ling, you will be our witness. Within three years, if I come to the provincial capital and establish myself, you can call me brother-in-law." , I will buy bananas for you to eat every day. Okay?"

Shen Xiuling groaned, her big eyes rolled around, and she wiped her oily little mouth: "Is it none of my business? You talk, I watch TV."

Fang Peihua stroked her heart gently to calm down her excited mood, and said calmly: "Okay! Li Yunhai, in these three years, you are not allowed to deceive my Xiulan! She is simple and ignorant!"

Li Yunhai said: "Auntie, don't worry. I don't need to deceive Xiulan. If a girl really likes me, she will deceive herself."

Fang Peihua and her husband looked at each other, speechless.

Shen Xiuling suppressed her laughter and gave a thumbs up to Li Yunhai: "Li Yunhai, you are so smart! No wonder you can make my sister like you!"

Li Yunhai said: "Xiao Ling, you have given me a reward."

There were still tears in Shen Xiulan's eyes, but among the tears, stars were shining!

Why hadn't I noticed before that this man's conversation was so charming?So fascinating!

At this time, the TV suddenly went mute, and the screen flashed and then went out.

Shen Xiuling shouted: "Oh, you are watching well, why is there a power outage?"

Fang Peihua stood up and pulled the light cord, and the lights in the living room came on.

Shen Guoming said: "There is no power outage. The TV is broken! Xiaoling, go and move the plug and see if it is loose."

Shen Xiuling, who had been reluctant to get up, moved more swiftly than anyone else. She immediately ran over, moved the plug, pulled it out, and inserted it again.

However, the TV still didn't respond at all.

Fang Peihua said: "Why is it broken again? It only cost 20 yuan to repair last time!"

Shen Xiuling reached out and slapped the TV with a worried expression.

Shen Guoming shouted: "Xiao Ling, don't hit me! What if the shot breaks?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Uncle, Xiaoling slapped the TV set. This can be considered as a test. If the contact is poor or there is a weak solder, tapping it a few times will really work."

Shen Guoming said: "Oh? Really? Do you know how to repair?"

Li Yunhai said: "Uncle, I am a radio major, and I really know how to repair this kind of machine. How about I take a look?"

Shen Guoming waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you can take a look!"

Li Yunhai stood up, checked the TV, confirmed that the signal source was correct, adjusted the control knob, and plugged and unplugged the cables. When he saw that nothing worked, he asked: "Xiulan, do you have a screwdriver at home? It's a screwdriver, give it to me Bring a handful over here and I’ll open the lid and see what’s wrong.”

Shen Xiulan got up and went to find a screwdriver.

Fang Peihua asked curiously: "Li Yunhai, do you know how to repair TVs? Do you have a TV at home?"

Li Yunhai said: "Auntie, my family is poor and we haven't bought a TV yet!"

Fang Peihua said: "Have you ever repaired a TV before?"

Li Yunhai said: "It has not been repaired. But the structure of the TV is not complicated. Let me check the situation first!"

While talking, Shen Xiulan brought two screwdrivers, both cross and flat, and handed them to Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai first unplugged the TV, cut off the power supply, took out the antenna plug, then held the TV with one hand, tilted it, and unscrewed the fixing screws of the back cover.

Shen Xiuling bent over curiously, watching Li Yunhai take apart the TV, and asked, "Hey, can you repair it?"

Li Yunhai said: "It depends on what the problem is. If the picture tube is old or damaged, then I can't repair it. I can only go to the repair shop to replace the picture tube. I can fix any ordinary minor problems!"

Shen Xiulan asked in a low voice: "Yunhai, are you really good at cultivation?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this? Have you forgotten? I just study radio! My real specialty is repairing! Playing basketball and writing poetry are all just a joke. This is the only thing I can do , I can use it to make money to support you.”

Shen Xiulan's pretty face was slightly dizzy: "I don't want you to support me, I have a job. Hey, what's going on with this TV? Why doesn't it turn on?"

Li Yunhai pointed to the circuit board in the TV and said: "Let me tell you, the black and white TV has no light, no sound, and the picture tube filament does not light up. There are only three reasons. One is poor power contact or power cord, transformer, fuse Wait for an open circuit. The second reason is that the rectifier circuit is defective. The third reason is that the load circuit is short-circuited to ground."

Seeing that Fang Peihua had been watching, he smiled softly: "Auntie, I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs running. I don't have a TV at home, but it doesn't stop me from repairing it. Don't worry, I I can’t break your TV. I’ll just fix it to make it better!”

Fang Peihua really had such worries and suspicions. Now that Li Yunhai had seen through her thoughts, she was not angry and just said: "Just be careful!"

Li Yunhai did not have any measuring instruments such as a multimeter, so he could only rely on his decades of maintenance experience to make judgments.In later generations, he would help people repair various electrical appliances when he had nothing to do. Later, the company he opened was also related to various electrical appliances and after-sales maintenance. He was extremely familiar with this industry.

The workmanship of the old machine is solid, and the design and layout inside are also made with reference to Toyo TV sets, which have a sense of industrial art.

Fang Peihua asked: "Li Yunhai, you've been watching it for a long time, how is it? Can you see what's wrong?"

Shen Xiulan said: "Mom, Yun Hai just opened the lid, and it didn't even last a minute! How can it be that half a day as you said? You have to give him time, right? If you take it outside to repair it, doesn't the master also have to spend time checking it?"

Fang Peihua was speechless by her eldest daughter.

Li Yunhai disassembled the circuit board, first checked whether there were any weak soldering spots on the field blocks, and then checked whether there were any problems with the field amplitude adjustment.

He suddenly said: "I found the problem."

(End of this chapter)