Volume 1 Chapter 0025: Philosophy of Marriage
Just a few days after New Year's Day in 1979, Nan Yi saw Du Qiu-style windbreakers in Peking University, and also saw people wearing frog-eye glasses with the labels on the lenses still on.
This label cannot be torn off, otherwise the price will drop immediately.
I went to the message room and got the telegram from Wenchangwei. It had seven words in it: One completed, three completed, two hundred and two.
One, two, and three represent windbreaker, scarf, and sunglasses respectively. The telegram means that one hundred and twenty scarves were not sold, but all the others were sold out.
A very good result. Nan Yi set the price of the scarf very high, and only 120 yuan was not sold. This result is already very good.
Nan Yi ran to the post office and sent a telegram: Send it to me, and install a phone quickly!
Nan Yi omitted the word "给" in the middle. A telegram costs seven cents per word, so every bit of money saved is a good deal.
As for Xu Qian, Nan Yi broke his promise again and did not accompany her to see "In Silence" at all.
After sending the telegram, he was caught by her again when he returned to school. In order to get away, Nan Yi had no choice but to agree to accompany her to watch "The Chase" on the weekend.
Time is a very strange thing. When you want it to go fast, it goes slow. When you want it to go slow, it moves at the speed of the wind.
Nan Yi once tried to negotiate with it and let it control the pace according to the rhythm he needed.
Unfortunately, no matter whether he used coercion or bribery, the timing was not right.
It is still so aloof, it can walk fast or slow as it pleases, without flattery and without mercy.
On the third day after making an appointment with Xu Qian, it was the weekend again.
The two of them made an appointment for the afternoon. In the morning, Nan Yi had to go deep into Baihua, one to wait for Men Saner, and the other to see Nan Ruoyin.
As the exam was approaching, everyone was busy reviewing. Lai Biao and Liu Zhen didn't want to follow, which saved Nan Yi from thinking of excuses to prevent them from following.
It was freezing cold and there was no heating. There were two coal stoves in the room. Nan Ruoyin was holding a copper hand warmer in her hand. It was from the Qing Dynasty and was considered an antique.
On the table was a copy of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, an unbeautified version that seemed to become darker as one grew older and gained more experience.
The world is absurd, and some people try hard to weave a dream world for children. But when the children lose the qualification of Children's Day, they whip them with whips and break the fairy tales they weave with their own hands.
Nan Yi hopes that Nan Ruoyin will be exposed to the real world from the very beginning, instead of wrapping chicken shit in colorful sugar coating to deceive her.
If a blind man remains blind, his ears will be forced to become extremely sensitive; if he is allowed to regain his sight for an hour at irregular intervals, his entire life will be spent in fear as he waits for this accidental hour.
Nan Yi took a small hammer and knocked on walnuts. The walnuts cracked with a "bang", and then he broke them into pieces with his hands and put the crumbs into the dustpan at his feet. He picked up pieces of meat and put them into the snack box.
When it is time to turn the page, Nan Ruoyin will take her hand away from the hand warmer, turn the page, then pick up a handful of walnut meat and put it in her mouth, making a crunching sound.
Others are beautiful women with red sleeves, but Nan Ruoyin is a handsome man.
"Master Nan, Master Nan."
"Here, in the east room."
Men San'er lifted the thick wind-proof curtain and walked in. The two pockets of his yellow military coat were bulging. He was holding a can of Coca-Cola in his hand, with white mist still coming out of the bottle.
"Uncle Nan, I can tell you seriously today that Laoshan Cola is indeed not as delicious as Coca-Cola. You should try it too."
As he spoke, Men Saner took out two cans of Coke from his coat pocket.
"Did you buy it at a foreign-related hotel or a tourist shop?"
The reason why Nan Yi asked this is because these are the only two places where you can buy Coca-Cola.
In 1972, Coca-Cola returned to the mainland to set up an office. After seven years, it finally signed an agreement with COFCO a few days ago and was allowed to sell Coke to the mainland. For the time being, the cola is shipped from abroad and sold by COFCO on behalf of the company.
"I bought it at the hotel. Okay, I saw a lot of showy people buying it there."
"Oh, you're still showing off like this, two dollars and fifty cents a can, drinking something this expensive, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
"Well, that's nothing. We can drink as much as we want at eight yuan a bottle of Moutai. Speaking of Moutai, I heard a rumor that there will be another salary increase, not for all workers, but only for the outstanding workers recommended by everyone.
I plan to try my luck and send a few bottles of wine to the leaders of the bureau to make a good impression so that they can think of me when the salary increase really starts."
"Take a break. How much can it be adjusted? At most, I can make you drink four cans of Coke a month."
"Who would complain about having too much money?"
"That's right!" Nan Yi nodded and said, "I didn't call you today, you didn't come here just to bring me Coke, did you?"
"No, we haven't had dinner together for a long time. I want to invite you to Donglaishun for mutton hotpot."
"Okay, forget about , just say what you want to say."
Nan Yi positions Men Saner as a business partner and subordinate, and their relationship should be maintained at this level and will not go any further.
It is difficult to switch the relationship between people in different situations.
In the company, you are the subordinate and I am the superior, and you listen to me; at the drinking table, you and I are brothers, there is no distinction between high and low, and we don’t have to care about anything. We can discuss everything and make jokes at will.
Such an ideal state is unlikely to occur.
They either turn against each other for personal gain, or they delay business to take care of their brotherly feelings. Especially when both brothers have wives, the process of their estrangement will most likely enter the fast lane.
Nan Yi must maintain his leadership position. Apart from business and official duties, he should not get too close to Men Saner and should not interfere in his life.
When Men San'er gets a wife, let her know that it was me, Nan Yi, who made your husband rich, and that his efforts have been doubled and rewarded. So you just better behave yourself.
"I've fallen in love with a girl, and I want to fuck her."
"Just go ahead and take the photo, why do you need to tell me?"
"Don't you want me to check it, Master Nan?" Men San'er said, scratching his head.
"I'm several years younger than you, so I don't know much about women. I just want to say that if you're looking for a wife, don't look for a pretty face, look for a virtuous one.
The ancients have long said that one should marry a virtuous woman.
As for you, when you do business in the future, you will definitely have to go out frequently and attend many drinking parties. It is inevitable that some things will happen.
What's more, after a long time, you may not be able to control your crotch and have to raise a little one outside.
Things that you think are beautiful at first, after looking at them for a long time, you will get tired of them; things that are not beautiful at first, on the contrary, will become more and more beautiful the more you look at them.
From an investment perspective, youth and beauty are the least valuable things. Ten good years and five bad years, and then it will fade away. The rate of return is too low.
So, either find someone who can help you, or find someone who can take good care of you.”
"Uncle Nan, isn't what you said a bit too realistic? Love shouldn't be like this."
“What should that be like?
love at first sight?
Elope with you?
Love at first sight can be understood as a lack of firmness of mind and will, and being tempted by beauty;
She eloped with you, and her parents raised her for more than ten or twenty years, but she didn't care about their feelings. How high do you think the probability is that such a woman will talk to you with conscience in the future?"
"Master Nan, if you say so, there will be no good women in the world."
"How is this possible? There are still many good women. However, it is difficult to depict the bones of a tiger. Some people who will become bad people in the future may still be good people now. They themselves don't know when they will turn bad.
Oranges grown in the south of the Huai River are oranges, while those grown in the north of the Huai River are tangerines. When the living environment changes, the mentality may also change.
You can date, but don’t mention marriage easily if you haven’t been together for more than three years. Also, don’t pretend to be someone else when you are dating, someone you can’t be, and show your true self.
When you are sure that you can appreciate each other's strengths and tolerate each other's shortcomings, it will not be too late to talk about marriage. "
