Mixed in 1980

Chapter 104 Registered Letter from Hong Kong
"Student Chen Jianye, you are the last one to arrive in our dormitory. Now that everyone is here, let me introduce myself. My name is Xin Yingjie."

Yingjie went forward and helped carry a bag. He also helped Chen Jianye introduce everyone to the group and, by the way, introduced Xu Jinqiu as well.

"It's just right. Everyone is here. I'll treat you later. Let's go out and have a get-together. My sister-in-law is here too. I'll invite my boyfriend to come too."

"No, that won't work. We are the hosts. How can we let you treat? We will treat you today and you can make the arrangements later." Xu Jinqiu said.

"Sister-in-law, you and Chen Fan are really a family. You always say the same thing. Chen Fan said the same thing yesterday. It's my turn to host today." Xin Yingjie retorted.

"Yesterday Chen Fan invited you two, not the whole dormitory, so it doesn't count. Besides, you called me sister-in-law, shouldn't you give me some face?"

"..."

Xin Yingjie was stunned for a moment, and gave a thumbs up, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You are my sister-in-law, you are right, what you said really makes sense."

"now it's right."

Xu Jinqiu chuckled and said, "I'll ask Chen Fan to take me around Peking University. Let's meet downstairs of the dormitory building in half an hour, okay?"

Everyone nodded.

After the two of them left, Cao Yang said enviously, "As expected of Chen Fan, he has good taste. This sister-in-law looks like a legend."

Xin Yingjie joked, "Cao Yang, why don't you wait a moment and ask your sister-in-law if she has any sisters or something and introduce one to you."

Cao Yang nodded: "That's fine."

Xin Yingjie looked at Chen Jianye again and said, "Jianye, where are you from? Do you have a girlfriend?"

Chen Jianye took out a cigarette from his pocket and passed one to each of them. He spoke in a Minnan accent: "I'm from Minnan. I'm not in a hurry to find a partner. I'll decide after I graduate from university."

Xin Yingjie looked at Cao Yang and said, "Cao Yang, listen to me. Learn from Jianye. Hardships and difficulties will lead to success. Don't just think about finding a partner every day."

"You idiot, you know nothing about shoveling!"

Cao Yang was so excited that he couldn't help but speak in dialect and gave him a middle finger: "Your kid already has a partner, how can you be so shameless to say that?"

Hearing this, Xin Yingjie slapped his forehead and said, "I have to call my partner. Brothers, remember the time. Meet downstairs in half an hour."

Xin Yingjie walked very quickly and arrived at the girls' dormitory building in a short while.

"Qi Yue, Qi Yue!"

After shouting a few times, a girl with shoulder-length hair and delicate features showed her head in the corridor on the third floor: "Stop shouting, come down immediately."

Coming down with her was another girl with long hair. She was also very pretty and about 1.65 meters tall, which made her look very tall.

Qi Yue introduced: "My roommate, Ji Min!"

"Hello, classmate Ji Min!"

"Hello, classmate Xin Yingjie!"

Ji Min held a copy of Chen Fan's Social Comments in her hand and looked at Xin Yingjie expectantly: "I heard from Qi Yue that you and Chen Fan live in the same dormitory. Can you help me and ask Chen Fan to write a message for me?"

Signatures are not popular these days, so many book fans would be happy if the author himself could write a message, and they would consider the book worthy of collection.

"no problem!"

Xin Yingjie took the book readily, and then said to Qi Yue: "Everyone in our dormitory is here. We are going out for dinner later. You can come with us."

"Is it appropriate?" Qi Yue's eyes lit up.

Chen Fan is a great writer. I have read every one of his articles, especially "The Most Beautiful Youth". I would rush to buy People's Literature as soon as it came out.

"Of course it's suitable. Chen Fan also brought his partner here." Xin Yingjie explained.

"That!"

"Wait a minute, can I come with you?"

Ji Min's eyes lit up, and he looked at Xin Yingjie expectantly: "I'll treat you to this meal, please, classmate Xin Yingjie, since we are both fans of Chen Fan's books."

Xin Yingjie smiled bitterly. Is this appropriate?

Qi Yue glanced at the girl and said, "Bring her along. Didn't you say that Chen Fan also brought his girlfriend along? It would be more convenient to chat with one more girl."

"Then let's go together!"

Xin Yingjie thought that Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu were not stingy people, so they probably wouldn't mind.

Xu Jinqiu had already reached the shore of Weiming Lake, and was walking leisurely with Chen Fan on her arm. "What are we going to eat later? How about Quanjude or Donglaishun? They are more unique."

"Just find a random restaurant outside the school gate."

Chen Fan sat down and motioned for his wife to sit next to him: "In the dormitory, Xin Yingjie's condition is pretty good, but the other three are not so good."

Sun Ping'an comes from the Northwest, where the staple food is mainly coarse grains.

Cao Yang is from Sichuan and Chongqing, which are better off than the northwest, but still from the countryside. These days, the economic situation in rural areas is still mainly based on having enough food to eat.

There was also Chen Jianye, who came from southern Fujian. Even though the people of southern Fujian are very powerful in later generations, but back then, with seven mountains, two rivers and one piece of land, life was still very tight.

Chen Fan briefly introduced: "We treated them today, and they will think about treating us back later. Going to a restaurant that is too good will cause pressure on people."

Xu Jinqiu nodded.

This person looks unreliable, but when it comes to getting things done, he is very responsible.

After sitting by the lake for a while, Xu Jinqiu looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time. If we go back now, everyone should be here."

Chen Fan stood up, took his wife's hand, and quickened his pace.

When they arrived at the dormitory building, everyone was already there, and there was one more girl. Xin Yingjie quickly introduced the two girls: "This is my girlfriend, Qi Yue; Qi Yue's roommate, Ji Min."

Ji Min followed up by saying, "Hello, classmate Chen Fan. I really like your articles. I'm so shameless and want to bother you today. Please don't mind."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "How could that be? I'm so happy that someone likes my book. Besides, we're all from Peking University, so knowing each other is fate."

"Then I'm relieved. I'll treat you to dinner today. Let's make friends."

"That won't do. We are all grown men. If we let a little girl pay, we will be laughed at in Beijing University."

Chen Fan looked at his watch. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. "The restaurants outside should be relatively empty at this time. Let's go."

Five boys and three girls walked out of the school gate in a mighty procession.

We found a restaurant that looked decent, with a large round table. Five boys sat on one side and three girls sat on the other.

They are all big and small and can eat!

Chen Fan ordered a large table of dishes, two bottles of white wine, and three bottles of soda.

They were all young people, and they started talking more after drinking. Chen Fan paid more attention to Chen Jianye and chatted with him from time to time.

It is a very typical Minnan character, low-key and unpretentious, giving people a very down-to-earth feeling.

He also has the unique shrewdness and enterprising spirit of the Minnan people. He is very interactive and enthusiastic when drinking and is very easy to get along with.

Chen Fan was puzzled as to how he could have done such a thing as to be shot to death in later life.

The answer may have to be left to time.

"Old Sun, drink!" Cao Yang raised his glass and complained, "You scared me yesterday, so today I have to punish you to drink. I'll drink one glass, and you'll drink two."

Sun Pingan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are timid, can you blame me?"

Cao Yang laughed and said unhappily, "You are such a big and strong guy. As soon as I entered the dormitory, you said, "I will beat you to death." Who wouldn't be afraid?"

"Puchi..." Chen Fan couldn't help laughing.

The Northwest Hammer King, confirmed!

"What are you laughing at? You're the one who taught me that."

Sun Pingan picked up the cup, drank it all, and glared at Chen Fan unhappily: "You have a catchphrase for no reason. I'll beat you to death with my fist."

"There's one cup left, I'll drink with you."

Chen Fan raised his glass and clinked it with Sun Ping'an: "It's good to have a catchphrase, especially one with dialect, it's exciting to hear."

After drinking the wine, Chen Fan looked at Cao Yang: "The dialect over there is interesting, guawazi, haer, chanchan, ohhuo, xianrenbanban..."

Cao Yang listened with a frown on his face.

"Sichuan dialect has so many dialects. Can't you learn something good? Why do you only learn to curse? I think I know why your column is full of curse words. This is just your hobby."

"That is, you are only criticizing foreigners. If you want to criticize domestic people, the people will tear you apart according to the regional divisions, and divide each region into a piece."

Chen Fan did not refute this at all, and even said with a bit of pride: "You are right, it feels good to curse people. Look at the great writer Zhang Taiyan, he was famous for cursing people, and he taught his apprentice Mr. Lu Xun, who was also good at cursing people."

"There is also Qian Zhongshu, who cursed people the most and was known as the most poisonous tongue in the Republic of China; then there is Huang Kan, the founder of trolls, and the person he cursed the most and the most severely was Hu Shi;"

"Compared to them, I am still young."

Hearing this, Cao Yang was stunned!
It seems like this is really the case. Why do these writers love to curse people?
Chen Fan smiled and said, "So, there's nothing wrong with swearing. It's even more comfortable to swear in dialect. Jianye, you have quite a few swear words over there, right?"

Chen Jianye was stunned for a moment, it seemed, right?

"Lin Bei, Kao Yao, Stinky Bomb, Sai Ni Mu, Yao Xiu Gui, Big Face God..."

"Have you been there?" Chen Jianye was stunned.

Chen Fan's pronunciation is in Minnan dialect. Even though it's not standard, the meaning is understandable. There isn't a single good word. If you're not from Minnan dialect, you really can't say it.

“No, I have studied it.”

"You are awesome!" Chen Jianye didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Sister-in-law, is he always so poor?" Qi Yue was a little curious and felt that Chen Fan's image was completely different from what she had imagined.

"It's even poorer than this!" Xu Jinqiu affirmed.

"Hehe...sister-in-law, your life should be quite interesting on weekdays." Ji Min smiled. Chen Fan like this was indeed very different.

"It's okay." Xu Jinqiu raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

It's interesting, indeed quite interesting, but this person is not serious at all.

"Sister-in-law, how did you two meet?" Qi Yue was very curious. The writer's love story was still very attractive.

She also read a lot.

The love between Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang was praised as a combination of spiritual tacit understanding; the love story between Shen Congwen and Zhang Zhaohe was full of romance and persistence.

The love between Chen Yinke and Tang Yun is an example of late bloomer. This great scholar found his true love when he was nearly forty years old.

The teacher-student love between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping is also a classic love story.

"This one……"

Xu Jinqiu's pretty face turned red, and she stammered as she told the story of how Chen Fan pursued her.

Qi Yue's eyes widened. She had never expected that this would be the process. A man of letters, a writer, actually relied on food to win over his girlfriend.

After rolling his eyes for several times, he couldn't help but ask again: "Is Chen Fan's cooking delicious?"

Xu Jinqiu nodded and said, "Better than many chefs. By the way, Chen Fan is also good at cooking Cantonese cuisine. If you want to eat hometown food that day, ask Xin Yingjie to bring it to our house."

"Is it okay?" Qi Yue was a little expectant.

She has been in Beijing for several days. She lived in a guesthouse before and now lives in a dormitory. She is really not used to the food in Beijing.

Especially soup!

People in Guangzhou love to drink soup, but the soup in Beijing is really hard to describe!

"Of course not. Our house is right at the gate of Beijing Normal University, not far from here. You can come over anytime if you want to eat." Xu Jinqiu said with a smile.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Qi Yue nodded.

Of course, it is not possible to eat there often, as no one can bring themselves to do so. But it is still okay to go there occasionally, just as if you were visiting a friend's house.

When you visit someone's home, bring more gifts and don't be rude!

"No, I can't drink anymore. I'll get drunk if I drink any more."

Cao Yang touched his stomach, which was swollen a lot: "You guys continue, I'll take a break and watch you drink."

"I... can't... do it anymore." Xin Yingjie rubbed his face, which was as red as a monkey's butt. He felt a little numb and his brain was a little slow.

"How about we do this for today?"

Chen Fan couldn't drink anymore and felt a little dizzy.

Seeing that no one had any objections, he stood up and said, "Let's meet again another day. You guys go back to school and be careful on the way. We will go home directly."

"You guys should be careful too."

After leaving the hotel, everyone chatted for a while. Xu Jinqiu called a tricycle over and got on it with Chen Fan: "Master, please pedal slower."

That being said, the master would not do it.

Time is money, efficiency is life. Hurry up and finish this trip, as you still have work to do.

The master pedaled very fast and arrived outside Xinjiekou in less than twenty minutes.

From a distance, Chen Fan saw two people at the door. As soon as the car stopped, Chen Fan hurriedly got out and walked over: "Mom, Sister Jingyi, why are you here together?"

"I have something to talk to you about. Your aunt brought me here." Wang Jingyi said.

"There's a registered letter coming from Hong Kong, so I'll just send it to you."

Guan Yuemei took out an envelope, about three or four centimeters thick, and handed it to Chen Fan: "I won't go in. I have a lot of things to do at home and can't leave."

"It's okay if you don't want to go in. Then you can take the tricycle back. Qiu'er and I will go back on the weekend."

Chen Fan turned around, stopped the tricycle driver who was about to leave, and helped his mother onto the tricycle: "Master, we are going to Nanluoguxiang and Maoer Hutong. Please ride slowly and don't tire yourself out."

"Don't worry, young man. I've been riding a tricycle for five or six years. It's very safe." The tricycle driver responded, pushed hard with his feet, and the tricycle started moving.

After watching the tricycle go away, Chen Fan turned around and took out the key: "Sister Jingyi, go sit in the house for a while."

PS: Chapter 4, words! There will be more in the evening
(End of this chapter)