Chapter 693 Recalling the Past
Song Yuanchao stood at the door and waited for a moment, and Du Wenting came out.
"I'm sorry, I was too busy today and kept you waiting for a while." Seeing Song Yuanchao, Du Wenting said with a smile and raised her hand to tidy up her hair under the brim of her hat.
"You are very good now, but I don't remember it being like this before." Song Yuanchao said half-jokingly. In his memory, Du Wenting was a good girl. She was very shy when she was in school, and even her voice was soft.
So many years have passed in a flash, and the scene he just saw made Song Yuanchao hardly believe that the person standing in front of him was his former deskmate.
"There's nothing I can do. Kind people are often bullied, and kind horses are often ridden." Du Wenting said with a smile, "If you don't understand after being wronged, you'd be a fool. Besides, this is how my job is now. When I first started, I thought it was better to be tolerant, but my master told me that the more I do this, the more aggrieved I will feel. We come here to work, not to be wronged. Why should we be servile? Haha, I learned it little by little later, and now it's become a habit. Let me tell you, now if I don't quarrel a few times at work, I feel uncomfortable when I get home, hahaha."
Du Wenting's remarks made Song Yuanchao burst into laughter. Not to mention that this twisted theory seemed to make some sense. In addition, the current atmosphere and habits were indeed like this. Du Wenting just had the same reaction as her colleagues in other service industries.
If you want to know how prosperous the service industry was in that era, I suggest you watch an old Shanghai movie "Stock Madness", in which Ali, played by Pan Hong, is a vivid representative.
Looking at Song Yuanchao, Du Wenting asked with a smile: "You seem to be doing well now, wearing green and blue clothes, very stylish. By the way, I remember you were an educated youth at that time? When did you come back? Where do you work now?"
"I went to the Northwest and have been back for several years. I am not working in Shanghai now. My workplace is in Jinling. I came back to celebrate the New Year. What about you? How did you do later? Did you also go to the countryside or stay? When did you become a salesperson here?"
"I'm better than you. The year after you left, I went to a farm in northern Jiangsu. I stayed there for two years and then found a way to come back. After I came back, I worked in a coal briquette factory for a year, then was transferred to a unit under the Commercial Bureau for a while. I was transferred here last year."
Du Wenting laughed heartily. She was about the same age as Song Yuanchao, and seemed to be only one month younger than Song Yuanchao. She was thirty years old this year.
The years have left traces of wrinkles on her face, but one can still vaguely see the look of the little girl she once was.
Looking at each other, Song Yuanchao couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Time passed too quickly. The past events when they were young boys and girls suddenly became extremely clear in his mind.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Your eyes are weird. Hey! Classmate Song Yuanchao, I said you didn't have a crush on me when you were in school, did you? It's too late! I got married a long time ago, and now my child is about to go to elementary school. Classmate Song, are you regretting it now?"
"Go to hell, when did I ever have a crush on you? Stop flattering yourself." Song Yuanchao scolded with a smile. Du Wenting giggled and raised her hand to hit Song Yuanchao on the shoulder a few times. "You are boring. You can't joke at all. You are still pretending to be serious like before. You can't even say you have a crush on me to cheer me up. Really!"
Song Yuanchao shook his head with a wry smile and casually asked about Du Wenting's family situation.
Du Wenting's personality has changed a lot, maybe because of her job, she is outspoken. Her mouth chatters like a machine gun, and soon Song Yuanchao knows everything about her.
Du Wenting got married relatively early. She was introduced to someone and got married soon after she returned to Shanghai from a farm in northern Jiangsu. Her husband was a junior cadre in a hardware factory and his family was fairly well off.
After getting married, I moved from my old place to live here with my husband's family. The place I live in is not far from the second food store where I work now, just near the cultural square in front.
Du Wenting has a son who is seven years old this year and will go to elementary school after the summer.
They are a loving couple, and both of them are working, so their income is not low. The family of three is living a very good life now.
"You know everything about me. By the way, tell me about yourself. How are you now? Are you married? If not, I'll introduce you to one. There are many young girls in our unit. My husband's unit has one. What kind do you like? Tell me about it. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
"Don't be funny, I've been married for a long time, and now I even have a child who can help with cooking." Song Yuanchao replied with a smile. Du Wenting just mentioned it casually. After hearing what Song Yuanchao said, she didn't mention the introduction anymore and asked about Song Yuanchao's child with great interest.
The two of them started chatting enthusiastically, talking about their children, interesting things when they were in school, and some old classmates they hadn't seen for many years.
Suddenly Du Wenting said that many old classmates rarely contact each other now, and she only keeps in touch with a few close female classmates. She asked Song Yuanchao if he knew the current situation of those old classmates and asked them to find an opportunity for everyone to get together.
Song Yuanchao agreed immediately and said with a smile that this matter could be done, but he was very busy with work and was not in Shanghai most of the time. He asked Du Wenting to contact them first to see if she could get a few people together, and to notify him once the contacts were made. He would definitely come to participate as long as he had time.
The two chatted for half an hour, and it was completely dark. Du Wenting still had to go to work, and Song Yuanchao also had to go home.
They each left their contact numbers and agreed that Du Wenting would call Song Yuanchao to inform him after she contacted her old classmates before saying goodbye.
On the way back, Song Yuanchao felt very emotional, and at the same time, he had an indescribable feeling.
Especially when Du Wenting said she wanted to introduce him to someone, a person flashed through Song Yuanchao's mind, a figure that was both familiar and unfamiliar in his memory.
Walking home from the Second Food Store, Song Yuanchao took another road and inadvertently passed by the nearby Shanghai Cinema.
This is a small and old cinema. It is far inferior to the Cathay Cinema on Xiafei Road not far away. It is just a popular cinema.
But this cinema once left a deep impression on Song Yuanchao, because he met his ex-wife here in his previous life. They went on their first date on Xiafei Road, and later watched a movie in this cinema.
Song Yuanchao did not live with his ex-wife for long in his previous life. The marriage lasted only three short years before they broke up.
In fact, the failure of this marriage cannot be blamed on the other party; Song Yuanchao himself also had his own reasons.
At that time, Song Yuanchao was still thinking about Lin Yan. He was in his thirties and had not yet married. His enthusiastic colleagues and friends insisted on introducing her to someone. At that time, Song Yuanchao felt that he should let go of his worries and find a suitable person to marry and start a family.
With this idea in mind, Song Yuanchao met a girl through an introduction. The girl was six years younger than him and was very beautiful.
The girl came from a well-off family and had a good job. At that time, Song Yuanchao was already a small leader in the unit. Both parties knew each other's situations, and at least from this point of view, they were a good match.
The other party was dating Song Yuanchao with the purpose of getting married, and Song Yuanchao certainly felt the same way, so the time from their acquaintance to their relationship was not long. It was only three months before they got married because they felt that the other party was okay. After marriage, Song Yuanchao was also good to his ex-wife, and to outsiders, their marriage seemed very happy.
But after marriage, Song Yuanchao realized that his compromise was actually a mistake, because although he convinced himself to forget Lin Yan, start his life again and manage his family well.
But Song Yuanchao failed in the end, because he never truly loved this girl from the beginning. Lin Yan was always the first in his heart, and he had given all his feelings to Lin Yan, leaving no trace for anyone else.
Although he worked hard and tried to forget about everything else, Song Yuanchao was never able to commit himself wholeheartedly. In addition, he and his ex-wife were six years apart in age, and their hobbies and interests were very different. Over time, they had conflicts and eventually broke up peacefully.
Song Yuanchao felt guilty towards his ex-wife, thinking that it was because of him that she had wasted a lot of time. If he had not been able to get over his relationship with Lin Yan, this marriage would not have been so hasty and would not have ended in vain.
After the divorce, Song Yuanchao completely cut off contact with the other party, and the two never met again.
Song Yuanchao originally thought that he had forgotten this memory long ago, but he did not expect that it was brought back to him today because of Du Wenting's words, and he felt filled with emotion.
Standing at the entrance of the Shanghai Cinema, Song Yuanchao stayed for a moment, and finally left with a long sigh.
He had never thought of contacting his ex-wife in his previous life, let alone asking for information about her. It was originally a mistake in life, so why repeat it again? It might be a good thing for both of them not to meet in this life, not to mention that Song Yuanchao already had Lin Yan, so there was no need to worry about it.
When Lin Yan returned home, she was already waiting for Song Yuanchao to have dinner. Seeing that he came back late, she couldn't help but blame him a few words.
Song Yuanchao took out the still-warm sugar-roasted chestnuts with a smile and told him that he bought them specially for her. Because there were too many people in the queue, he waited for a long time before buying them.
Lin Yan was very happy to see the sugar-roasted chestnuts. She was worried before that something might happen to Song Yuanchao, but she didn't expect that he would bring her such a surprise.
I took one out with a smile, bit it open with my teeth, and peeled out the flesh inside. It was so sweet!
After eating one, Lin Yan rewrapped the paper bag and put it in the bedroom to eat in the evening.
Song Yuanchao sat at the dining table, eating a sumptuous dinner, looking at Lin Yan who was teaching her son how to eat. Such a warm scene of a family of three made him feel sweet and happy.
