Through 1979

In the early 80s, the square next to Wenxing Street was the place where the largest "open-air dance party" in Wenyang City was held every day.There are often hundreds or thousands of onlookers, some with tape recorders, and some with harmonica, flute, guitar, erhu and other convenient musical instruments for accompaniment.As long as it doesn't rain, it will be absolutely lively here.

Li Ran listened to Hu Jianjun's description, and came to the square with him, Du Cheng and a group of friends.

The beautiful music, passionate dance steps, and people twisting their bodies with smiles make the night in the square look particularly charming.When the teenagers arrived at the square, they couldn't stay idle any longer. After saying hello, they all rushed into the crowd and joined the happy team.

Li Ran looked around and said doubtfully, "There are quite a lot of people, but they didn't reach hundreds or thousands."

Hu Jianjun nodded when he heard this, pulled Li Ran aside, found an empty stone bench and sat down: "Thousands and hundreds of people used to be, but today because of the festival, there are already a lot of people. Usually, they are afraid of accidents." , to dance at home. Like Du Cheng, because his house is spacious, so everyone around them dances at his house and holds a family dance party."

Li Ran wondered: "Why are there fewer?"

Putting his mouth close to Li Ran's ear, Hu Jianjun explained the reason in a low voice: "The people want to dance here, but the country doesn't allow it, so naturally they have to give in. Du Cheng heard from his mother that in June 80, the Ministry of Culture I feel that dancing in public is immoral, so I issued a strict notice to the city: public places such as parks, squares, restaurants, streets and alleys are forbidden to gather people to dance ballroom dancing. Because of this reason, there are fewer people here. When the notice was first issued , It is even rarer to see a few people in this square. It has been two years since the notice, and it has had no effect. During this period of time, some people have been active here, and no one cares about it. I think the attitude of the government has really changed. "

Li Ran suddenly realized, and looked at Du Cheng who was writhing excitedly in the crowd. He danced the most popular dance among young people - disco.I think he dances often, his dancing posture is good.The knees vibrated constantly with the beat, and the hips and knees also flexed and stretched rapidly, which gave a sense of strength.

Even if he is not interested in dancing, Li Ran has to admit that the atmosphere in the square is very easy to attract people to join in.Looking sideways at Hu Jianjun, Li Ran asked, "Aren't you going? It seems interesting. Du Cheng danced happily."

"I'll just watch from the sidelines. It's a real dance. It takes me a long time to learn one movement, and I'm going crazy." Looking at the gaudy movements, Hu Jianjun shook his head respectfully.

"Besides," he looked sideways at Li Ran, and deliberately shoved him with his shoulders: "As a cousin, I brought a little white rabbit to a strange place, so naturally I have to accompany and escort it."

Li Ran glanced at Hu Jianjun, quite speechless, and patted Hu Jianjun's head habitually, Li Ran said, "You think too much." He doesn't know how to dance this dance, but he is definitely more mature than Hu Jianjun mentally.

After returning home, Hu Jianjun quickly dug out his clothes from the box, planning to go to the bathroom to take a shower.He took his own, and took out Li Ran's by the way.Shaking the clothes in his hands, Hu Jianjun said: "There is still class tomorrow, let's wash together to save time. Go to bed early."

Li Ran sat at the table, listened to his words, and nodded absently.Frowning and thinking for a while, he took out an exercise book from his schoolbag.Hu Jianjun saw his movements strangely: "It's so late, what are you still doing with your notebook? I remember that you seem to have finished your homework long ago."

Li Ran stared at Hu Jianjunhui, and finally said an idea he had just had: "Say, should we open a dance hall?"

Hu Jianjun looked at him and blinked in disbelief: "Opening a dance hall?" He suspected that he had heard it wrong.How could Li Ran plan to open a dance hall with others?

Pushing the notebook aside, the more Li Ran thought about it, the more he was convinced that this method was feasible. Those excited crowds wriggling in the square reminded him of the entertainment place in the 21st century - the bar.

These days, the state can be said to control everything, so it is often said that bars that are too open should never be opened, otherwise there will be a good meal.

As for the dance hall, if it is really open for dancing, it should be fine.Those whose houses are too small for family dances will definitely be ballroom regulars.For dancing, the more people there are, the better it feels. The atmosphere in the ballroom is absolutely incomparable to family dances and open-air dances.Then the customer can add another layer.

After slowly telling Hu Jianjun these things, the more Li Ran talked, the more he felt that the money had a bright future.Taking the clothes from Hu Jianjun who was stunned, Li Ran dragged him to the bathroom: "Come on, take a shower and sleep, wake up tomorrow and tell the parents."

Following Li Ran's footsteps, Hu Jianjun thought for a while, and asked a difficult question: "Is it really going to cost a lot to open a dance hall? Do you have so much savings at home?" Hu Jianjun didn't know how much it would cost, but he understood that if he really wanted to open For this kind of entertainment venue, the decoration must be the best.With the current savings of Li Ran's family, it is basically affordable.

Putting the clothes in the bag, Li Ran was full of confidence: "If one family can't afford it, then find a few more!"

The next morning, when Father Li heard Li Ran's thoughts, his reaction was similar to that of Hu Jianjun.It's just that he was even more unlucky. Li Ran mentioned it at the breakfast table. He was drinking porridge at that time, so he inevitably choked and coughed.

After Li Ma continued to pat his back, Li Daddy came back to his senses.Looking at Li Ran, his face was full of disapproval: "Opening a dance hall, I'm afraid you are bold and life-threatening."

Li Ran had thought that Father Li's attitude would be tough, but he didn't expect him to speak so seriously.Frowning, Li Ran said, "Father, there is no shame in doing business now."

"Your father and I have been in business for two years. It's shameful. It's clear for a long time. But the problem is that you open a barbecue stall to make food and open a dance hall. It's completely different in nature. Polluting the people." Father Li pouted his lips and said his thoughts.

After hearing this, Li Ran disagreed: "Could it be that when dancing, if the body moves a little too much, it is immoral?"

The old and stubborn father Li nodded affirmatively: "Yes, that is immoral! What kind of dance you are talking about, your father, me and your mother, have seen a lot on the street. Now these young people really don't know it at all. The concept of shame. Close to the skin, cuddling and hugging, it is completely irrelevant, the elderly are not like this, they have more duties."

The fourth brother, who had been silent for a long time, heard this, and retorted fairly: "That's not right. There are not only young people dancing, but also many middle-aged and old people. This thing is not only liked by young people."

Father Li snorted and rolled his eyes at him: "You are also one of those young people, why, you think I don't know?" Seeing that the fire had a tendency to burn himself, the fourth brother hurriedly shut up.

Li Ran looked at Father Li, seeing that he couldn't make sense, so he had to lower his head to eat and kept silent.Li's mother looked at him, looked at Li's father, and frowned.

Walking on the road, Hu Jianjun observed Li Ran's face: "Aren't you happy yet?"

Li Ran didn't reply, but there was dissatisfaction in his eyes.With the back of his hand behind him, Hu Jianjun had an idea: "How about we bypass your father?"

"Bypassing dad?" Li Ran turned his head, looking at Hu Jianjun suspiciously, "How to get around."

"Since the Li family has to partner with others to be able to open a dance hall, then, let's just bypass your father and go to find a good partner first, and then go to deal with your father. There will be a lot of people at that time. , maybe your father surrendered without a fight."

After thinking about the feasibility of this method, Li Ran's dark face turned white. Looking at Hu Jianjun, Li Ran felt for the first time that this kid was quite clever in other aspects besides fighting.

This weekend, the two returned to Tupo Village again.It's just that coming back this time is not for fun, but for a purpose.

Hu Jianjun followed behind Hu's mother and told Li Ran's plan.Hu Ma shook her head and continued to sew the clothes in her hands, not even bothering to disagree.Hu Jianjun frowned, grabbed the clothes while Hu's mother was not paying attention, and ran away in a hurry.

Looking at Hu Jianjun, Hu's mother became angry: "You boy, what are you doing? If you don't teach me a lesson for three days, you will go to the house to expose the roof tiles. Return the clothes, and I will treat it as nothing." She glared at Hu Jianjun, and then said : "Don't waste my mother's time!"

If he was still young, Hu Jianjun might have been intimidated by Hu's mother, but now that he is in high school, how can this level of yelling scare him.Flipping to the back of the table flexibly, Hu Jianjun and Hu's mother began to circle around the table: "No matter, you promise me first, if you promise, I will give you the clothes."

Hu's mother looked at him and took a step back: "Okay, as long as you can persuade Uncle Li about this matter, your Uncle Li agrees, and your mother and I will follow suit. It depends entirely on your ability, okay? I won't stop it."

Hu Jianjun pursed his lips, and said in disbelief: "You are just talking about lying to me! I advise you not to be sloppy, I learned that trick from you, and I know your routine very well."

Hu's mother was choked by this sentence, and seeing Hu Jianjun's eyes of not giving up, the mother who was about to lose control of her child finally nodded helplessly: "Okay, open a dance hall, open a dance hall. It's all about business anyway, you I don't think your mother lost face, but I don't think so."

Seeing Hu Ma's slightly sad look, Hu Jianjun hurried up to rub her hands.He kept being good, and finally made Hu's mother laugh again.After playing Hu Jianjun's brains, Hu's mother said jealously: "You are so concerned about Liuer's affairs, I have never seen you so concerned about your mother's affairs."

Hu Jianjun leaned forward with a hippie smile and said, "I'm so sad about Mom. Mom, aren't you jealous?" The tone of the latter sentence was surprising, enough to be annoying, causing Hu's mother to be merciless to Hu Jianjun. He patted it, and roared: "Eat a ghost vinegar!"

Here, the two of them made jokes, while Li Ran went to Uncle Yao's there.He told Uncle Yao about his idea. Uncle Yao looked at Li Ran and was silent at first, then asked, "Tell me honestly, do you simply want to find someone to join the party to open the dance hall, or are you looking for someone else? Anything else?"

Li Ran pulled the corner of his mouth stiffly. Although he knew he couldn't hide it, he didn't expect Uncle Yao to see it the first time he heard about it.Touching his head, Li Ran was very embarrassed: "Uncle Yao is a college student, and he will definitely be able to join us to open a dance hall with us, so I want to find you. Then," looking at Uncle Yao's expression secretly, Li Ran continued: "Wen Yang Shi Shi Chang, is Guan Ji's father."

This is the second reason.Li Ran didn't know whether Uncle Yao and the mayor of Wenyang City were rivals in love or something, but it was undeniable that Uncle Yao had a much wider circle of people than the Li family, which had nothing to do with the backstage.And the fact that Guan Ji lived here for a year also shows that the relationship between them is not particularly bad.

Opening a dance hall, this kind of risky thing, Li Ran understands that after Uncle Yao goes to talk about it, it will be much safer.

Leaning back on the chair, Uncle Yao sighed: "I've really grown up. Okay, I'm one of the people who own this dance hall."

Li Ran nodded, and finally whispered: "Then Uncle Yao, I'll go first."

Looking at Li Ran's stiff back, Uncle Yao raised his voice: "Your Uncle Yao is a sensible person, and you know that even if you didn't have this relationship, you would come to find me. If this is the case, don't be so guilty. Uncle Yao couldn't bear to see it. I sighed, just because I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, children would have their own little thoughts."

Li Ran turned his head and saw that Uncle Yao's face was as innocent as he said, so he relaxed and smiled.If he had to choose between Uncle Yao and looking for a relationship, he would definitely choose Uncle Yao.

After the two families were found, Li Ran did not forget the second sister who was married.For the second sister, Li Ran didn't have a deep impression, except that she was very similar to Hu's mother, bold and assertive, nothing else.Because they really don't get along a few times a year.As for the little girl Lili, although Li Ran hadn't seen her a few times, she liked her very much.

I went to the second sister's house in another village with Hu Jianjun. The second sister who was chopping pigs and grass in the yard was surprised to see them.Lili was playing next to her. When she saw Li Ran, she threw herself into his arms happily and called out, "Uncle, uncle."

Hu Jianjun patted her on the head: "What about me?" Lili glanced at him, but buried herself in Li Ran's arms and ignored him.Li Ran chuckled: "Lili is so good. Uncle brought you a bag of candy. You can eat it after dinner." Lili was very happy when she heard that there was candy, and nodded her head.

Pressing Hu Jianjun's hand that was about to move on Lili's head, Li Ran told the second sister what he wanted to do.When the second sister heard it, she didn't ask any questions, and replied directly: "Count me in!"

Li Ran thought it would take some talking, but he didn't expect her to be so straightforward.Looking up at the second sister's obvious eagerness for money, Li Ran pursed his lips and kept silent.

After eating lunch at the second sister's place, Li Ran and Hu Jianjun rejected the offer to stay overnight and returned home.Walking on the road, Li Ran understood that after the dance hall opened, it would be similar to family property.Whether the family property is good or bad has circled in Li Ran's heart, and it exists in the bottom of his heart.

With the support of the three parties, the isolated and helpless Father Li quickly surrendered and participated in the construction of what he called an immoral dance hall.In order to choose a good place, Li Ran asked Father Li to take out a loan after everyone pooled in the money. In terms of loans, he made a decision on how much he could borrow.Taking the lead, the Li family undoubtedly took the most shares.

As for the second sister, even as the daughter of Father Li, he can only represent her current husband's family.The child is the rope that binds her and her husband's family tightly.

The location of the ballroom was chosen by the profit to be on the third floor of the back building of Huayin Hotel, a unique high-end hotel in Wenyang City, a hall of more than 800 square meters.A few days before the opening, Li Ran sent someone to advertise, releasing the news that the city's first commercial song and dance hall was about to open.

But on the afternoon of the opening day, something happened.The ballroom received a summons from the public security department, and Li's father was invited to accept the review under the horrified eyes of Li's mother, and he was held accountable for opening the dance hall, and he was asked not to open it!