Life 1984

Chapter 8 Passing by under the overpass
"Li Yunhai, can you repair your Walkman?"

Lin Zhi pursed her lips. The rays of light in the sky reflected her fair and rosy face, which was as bright as a rose. There was a wonderful and sweet smile on the slightly raised corners of her mouth.

It can be seen that she has been pampered since she was a child, and has no worries about food and clothing.The years that were extremely difficult for others left no trace of labor on her body.

She has a beautiful voice and a sweet voice. When the words "Li Yunhai" came out of her mouth, they sounded as sweet and melodious as if they had been soaked in honey.

Li Yunhai said of course I can cultivate. Have you brought it?

Lin Zhi said she had it with her. I went shopping today just to repair my Walkman.

She took off her small backpack, took out a Sony cassette player, and handed it to Li Yunhai: "Here, this is it. It was fine last night, but it can't be played today. Can you help me see if I can fix it?"

Li Yunhai took the Walkman.

This is a new model.Sony used Dolby-C's walkman WM-DC2 for the first time. The price at that time was an astonishing 64000 yen. According to the 1984 exchange rate, 100 yen was 1.2 yuan, and 64000 yen was 1500 yuan. It is equivalent to two or three years’ salary of an ordinary working-class person in my country.

Li Yunhai was not surprised. There is a wealthy class in every era.You know, no one in the city mentions the term [-]-yuan household anymore, which means that only rural people still rarely think of [-]-yuan household.

He squatted down, opened the tape compartment first, took out the tape inside, made sure the tape was good, and then opened the battery cover to check.

Lin Zhi also squatted down. She was wearing a skirt. She lifted the hem of the skirt with both hands and clamped it between her legs before squatting down.

"The battery was newly replaced. I thought it was out of power." Lin Zhi stroked her hair and said softly, "I was listening to the tape yesterday."

The tape she listened to was the National Conservatory of Music's folk music performance album "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace" released by my country Record Publishing House last year.

Li Yunhai installed the tape and battery and tried to press the play button.

It's really broken and can't be played.

Li Yunhai raised his head and asked, "Ling Zhi, have you ever dropped this machine?"

Lin Zhi was so close to him, so close that he could smell her breath.

"Oh, yes, I fell asleep listening to the song last night. The phone was placed next to the pillow. I don't know when it fell down."

"Have you ever found anyone else to fix it?"

"I was just looking for someone to fix it! Then I saw you."

Li Yunhai spread out his schoolbag, opened his tool bag, took out a small screwdriver, and carefully but skillfully opened the machine cover.

The circuit board inside the Walkman is exposed, but the transmission is still behind the circuit board.

Li Yunhai checked it over and said, "There is nothing wrong with the circuit board. I guess the transmission gear is crooked, so it is stuck."

Lin Zhi asked: "Do you want to replace the accessories?"

Li Yunhai said: "It shouldn't be necessary. I can help you adjust it. However, I don't have a table here, so it's not easy to disassemble and repair it."

Lin Zhi asked: "Where do you live?"

Li Yunhai didn't know how to answer. He couldn't just say that he had no fixed place and was spending the night in a bathhouse temporarily, right?
Lin Zhi thought that his residence was too far away, so he said, "How about you come to my house to repair it? My house is not far from here."

Li Yunhai, who specializes in door-to-door service, nodded and said, "Okay."

He installed the machine, returned it to Lin Zhi, collected the billboard, folded it twice, and put it in his bag.

Lin Zhi rode a women's bicycle. Compared with the [-]-bar bicycle, it lacked the front horizontal bar and was lighter. The back seat could still accommodate people.

"I can't take anyone with me, why don't you take me?" Seeing that he didn't have a bicycle, Lin Zhi pushed the car in front of him.

Li Yunhai was not reserved either. He put his bag in the front basket, stepped onto the bike, firmly grasped the bicycle faucet, put his feet on the ground, and said, "You get in the bike first."

Lin Zhi hummed, twisted her waist, and sat diagonally on the back seat of the bicycle. She shrank her feet slightly, straightened the hem of her skirt, and clamped it tightly.

Li Yunhai asked: "Is it okay?"

Lin Zhi agreed.

Li Yunhai pedaled the car and moved forward under Lin Zhi's instructions.

There are tall green trees planted on the tree-lined road of Wuyi Avenue, some of which are as thick as two arms.

Lin Zhi sat in the back seat of the car, humming softly.

She sang "Hometown Love". This song was featured in last year's Spring Festival Gala and became popular all over the country.

"Your figure,
your singing,

Forever imprinted in my heart.

……

my love,

my sweet dream,

stay forever,

In your arms. "

The melody is beautiful and the singing is clear and clear.

Li Yunhai felt that the sky had turned blue, the wind had softened, and the world was so beautiful.

Walk east from Wuyiwen, pass by the Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative and the Sino-Soviet Friendship Museum, and come to the Mayday Pedestrian Bridge.

Up and down the overpass, people were coming and going, there were stalls and vendors everywhere, and the aroma of fried stinky tofu and sugar-oiled cakes filled the air.

"Li Yunhai, wait a minute." Lin Zhi, who was sitting behind, suddenly tugged on his clothes.

Li Yunhai thought she was uncomfortable and needed to adjust her sitting position, so he stopped the bicycle.

Lin Zhi jumped out of the car lightly, walked to the roadside stall selling stinky tofu, took out two cents and handed it over, saying, "Master, please have two portions of stinky tofu."

The stinky tofu is freshly fried, five pieces for a dime. The stall owner took ten pieces and put them into the oil pan. The black stinky tofu made a sizzling sound in the golden oil pan.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "I don't want it anymore."

Lin Zhi said: "Eat one! It's so delicious! People are going crazy."

The stall owner fried the stinky tofu, served it in two porcelain bowls, sprinkled a little green onion, and brought it to a small table next to it.

Li Yunhai is from a rural area. He has never eaten stinky tofu in the village. When he comes to the provincial capital to study, every penny is precious. He can’t wait to break it into two cents to spend. A dime a portion of stinky tofu is not expensive, but For him, it is also unnecessary expenditure. If you can save it, save it.So he has never eaten stinky tofu.

Li Yunhai parked his bicycle aside and sat down at the table.

Lin Zhi ate a piece and saw that he didn't move his chopsticks, so she smiled and said, "Aren't you used to it?"

Li Yunhai said: "You don't like the taste, but you, a beautiful woman, actually like to eat this?"

Lin Zhi said: "Girls love to eat this! Are you afraid of having bad breath? No, just smell it if you don't believe me."

She opened her red lips lightly and took two breaths at Li Yunhai.

The smell is fragrant.

Her lips were thin, pink, and curved into very soft lines, like two slender chrysanthemum petals, revealing agility and agility, adding a bit of softness to her face.

Teeth as white as milk shine like porcelain white pearls.

Li Yunhai leaned back in embarrassment. In order to relieve the embarrassment, he picked up his chopsticks and ate a piece of stinky tofu.

Oh!
Not to mention, this thing smells bad but tastes delicious!
The stinky tofu is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, crispy but not mushy, tender but not greasy. The stench is tantalizing to your nose when you first smell it, and the aroma is tempting when you smell it carefully.The fragrance of beans, mixed with the faint fragrance of chopped green onion, has a unique flavor.

The two of them had stinky tofu.

Lin Zhi was still sitting on the back seat of the bicycle.

Li Yunhai rode forward and asked, "How far is it?"

Lin Zhi raised her hand and pointed forward: "It's right in front."

As soon as they left, two beautiful women came down the stairs of the pedestrian bridge, sisters Shen Xiulan and Shen Xiuling.

"Sister, look, Li Yunhai!" Shen Xiuling pointed to the bicycle going away, "It's really him! He even brought a girl with him!"

Shen Xiulan looked there blankly, eyes unblinking, and said: "It's impossible, right? Yun Hai has reported back to his hometown a long time ago! At this moment, he is probably working at the Meishan County Machinery Factory! How could he still show up? In the provincial capital? Xiaoling, you are mistaken!"

Shen Xiuling stamped her feet and said, "Sister, I see it for real! It's him!"

Shen Xiulan shook her head and held her sister's hand: "Xiaoling, let's go. We have to go shopping. I will officially go to work tomorrow."

She turned back three times at a time and looked towards Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai rode his bicycle and disappeared into the sea of ​​people.

(End of this chapter)