1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 50 Going Home
"Professor Yang, did your son Fusheng's novel 'Bullfight' really sell for a million dollars overseas?"

"What? I don't know."

“Look at this issue of Popular Cinema. Your son told the reporter himself that he won the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Look, look, there's even a photo in this newspaper.”

As Yang Hongmei snatched the newspaper to examine it closely, the congratulatory voices of other teachers in the office rang in her ears at the same time.

"Professor Yang, your son has brought honor to the country!"

“Teacher Yang and I are neighbors, and I watched Fusheng grow up. He was very smart when he was young and had good grades. I could say I knew he would amount to something from a young age.”

"Speaking of which, Fusheng is a teaching assistant in our Foreign Languages ​​Department, so we're kind of benefiting from his position."

"Yeah……"

The same scene also occurred at Lao Chen's history department.

But Old Chen knew nothing about it. Besides being proud, he just wanted to hurry back to share his joy and see if his son had returned.

The two elderly people coincidentally finished their early shifts today, and then ignored the vegetable market they usually visit every afternoon. They only lingered for a short while in front of the bookstore before rushing off to Linjiang Community.

It was Chen Fusheng who opened the door for them.

"Mom and Dad, you're off work."

"You brat, you've come back without a word again."

Chen Fusheng went up and hugged his mother, and noticed the two newspapers in her hand. He pointed at them and said, "This has spread to every household. Isn't this enough of a commotion?"

"Glib tongue!"

Yang Hongmei complained, but the pride in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Old Chen's fatherly love was more subtle; he simply patted Chen Fusheng on the shoulder and said, "Well done, you didn't bring shame to our Chen family."

"Thanks dad."

"When did you come back?"

"I just got back too, about half an hour earlier than you guys."

"You came back by plane?"

"Hehe, yes."

In those half hour, Chen Fusheng did three things.

He kissed his wife, hugged his sleeping daughter, and ate a bowl of noodles cooked by his mother-in-law.

Now that my parents are back, we can finally take out the gifts and distribute them.

"Dad, I bought you a pair of leather shoes. See if they fit."

"Why buy me leather shoes? I don't usually wear them. Isn't this just wasting money?" Old Chen complained, but he took the shoes without any hesitation. Then he noticed that the shoes were imported and asked in confusion, "Where did you get the money to buy them?"

I'll explain later.

Chen Fusheng first distributed gifts to his mother and mother-in-law, and then quickly went to his wife's.

"Wife, this is yours."

"what is this?"

When Chen Fusheng took out two beautifully packaged gift boxes, not only Liu Xiaoli was curious, but the whole family, except for the two-month-old baby who didn't understand anything, also looked on with curiosity.

"You'll know once you open it," Chen Fusheng said, keeping everyone in suspense.

Liu Xiaoli accepted both gift boxes with some skepticism.

She carefully unwrapped the smaller gift box, and upon opening it, she was shocked to find a gleaming gold ring inside. Her pupils dilated in shock, and she quickly closed the box, looking at her husband in disbelief: "Why did you buy this for me? It must be very expensive!"

“We didn’t have this when we got married, so I’m making up for it for you now,” Chen Fusheng said.

However, when they got married, it wasn't that Chen Fusheng couldn't afford a ring; it was just that such things weren't common in society at the time.

"What's inside?" Liu Xiaoli was too afraid to open it.

“I was thinking of buying you a necklace and a pair of earrings, but you don’t wear earrings, so I didn’t buy them.”

"I don't want it, you should return it right away." Liu Xiaoli returned both gift boxes to Chen Fusheng in a fit of pique.

"It cannot be refunded."

"Why can't I return it? I haven't even worn it yet."

"I bought all these things in Italy, how can I return them?"

As he spoke, Chen Fusheng simply unwrapped the gifts himself and personally put them on his wife one by one.

Afterwards, she added an emotionally reassuring comment: "I have great taste! Both of these items you picked are perfect for you, they look amazing!"

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him, but couldn't help looking in the mirror.

I found that it actually looks quite good when I wear it.

But... "Where did you get the money to buy all this?"

"Don't rush, I haven't given the baby his gift yet."

Chen Fusheng knew that everyone was in a hurry, but he had already given them all their gifts, and he couldn't forget his little princess!

"This is the baby stroller, this is the baby bottle, this is the pacifier for her, these are some clothes... and this electric clipper is also for the baby, because it's summer now, the weather is quite hot, and the baby's hair is prone to heat rash when it gets long. It's not very safe to shave her with a razor, so this electric clipper is very convenient."

"Anything else?" Liu Xiaoli asked, but she was actually a little jealous of her daughter as she saw her husband constantly taking gifts out of his backpack.

"Oh, and this doll, it's a gift from Han Sanping to our daughter. He also asked me to give it to Mom and Dad."

"Director Han takes such good care of you, Fusheng, have you given him anything?"

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll handle the social obligations myself."

Chen Fusheng didn't give Han Sanping anything, but he paid for the restaurant they ate at in Beijing a couple of days ago.

"Now tell me, where did you get the money to buy all these things?" Old Chen asked again.

"I earned it abroad."

Seeing his family still staring at him with curiosity, Chen Fusheng recounted his entire experience in Venice to them.

He had already shocked everyone by saying he earned a thousand dollars to buy these gifts.

But what followed was even more shocking news.

"After I returned to China, my boss, as a reward, converted the $10,000 I had earned into RMB and foreign exchange certificates and gave it to me together."

As soon as he finished speaking, the room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Old Chen was the first to come to his senses, swallowing hard: "Ten thousand US dollars, all exchanged for you?"

"Hmm." Chen Fusheng nodded to Old Chen. In the past year or so, it was rare for him to see such a surprised expression on his father's face.

"How much money is this?" The mother-in-law also calmed down.

"Exactly 15,000."

hiss~
Liu Xiaoli gasped, a sharp sound coming from the banknotes: "So much?"

"Correct."

At this moment, the daughter, who was sleeping in the bedroom, woke up.

The little one's crying immediately interrupted the adults' conversation.

Chen Fusheng was the first to rush into the bedroom.

"The baby seems to have peed."

"Did you poop?" Liu Xiaoli asked, following closely behind.

"No."

"Give me the baby, I'll change her diaper."

Although diapers appeared in my country in 1980, they were all foreign products, which were not only expensive, but also required foreign exchange certificates to buy.

Therefore, during this period, Chen Qian was using cloth diapers, which are commonly used in most Chinese families.

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Chen Fusheng doesn't have many opportunities to take care of the child at home, and he will be going out again after the National Day holiday. He already felt a little guilty towards his wife, so he naturally wanted to do his best to be a good wife while he was at home.

After changing the baby's diaper, the little guy looked at his father, whom he hadn't seen for half a month, and his two big, grape-like eyes were filled with curiosity again.

"Don't you recognize your father?"

Chen Fusheng played with his daughter for a while, and then he saw the little one start smacking her lips, clearly hungry.

So he handed her over to his wife to breastfeed.

Liu Xiaoli didn't try to avoid him.

Chen Fusheng watched for a while, then suddenly said, "Wife, I want to talk to you about something."

"what's up?"

"We have money now, and I'd like to pay back the money my parents lent us to buy a house. What do you think?"

“Okay, then I’ll return the thousand yuan my parents sent me last year to my mom.”

"Okay...that."

"Anything else?"

"Well, there's something else."

"Honey, just tell me everything else, don't be so dramatic."

"Um... I've been transferred to the Film Bureau..."

(End of this chapter)