Chapter 431 A Couple Met on the Road

Before we knew it, the Spring Festival had passed.

Su Mingzhe also received an admission letter from Shuimu University and needs to report before February 2th.

He planned to take Luo Yuzhu to Yanjing, and they would not come back for at least four years.

At this time, Luo Si finally remembered that Luo Yuzhu was his daughter. Before the New Year, he came to the Su family and secretly gave Luo Yuzhu two hundred yuan.

This means that Su Mingzhe's betrothal money was returned double.

During the Spring Festival, Su Mingzhe brought Luo Yuzhu back to her parents' home. Luo Yuzhu's stepmother's attitude changed drastically. Not only did she tear off several feet of cloth and make two new sets of clothes for Luo Yuzhu, she also took Luo Yuzhu aside and taught her many "ways to control her husband". Finally, she called her son to her side and asked him to call Luo Yuzhu "sister" a few times.

No matter what Mr. and Mrs. Luo Si think, whether they did right or wrong in the past, Luo Yuzhu was quite touched by their current attitude.

Luo Yuzhu is also a home-loving person. After being tormented by Luo Si and his wife, she suddenly began to feel reluctant to leave Pujiang.

However, Su Mingzhe had even completed the formalities for the two of them to go to Yanjing together, and he would not let Luo Yuzhu act on her own will.

When leaving Pujiang, Luo Yuzhu kowtowed three times to Luo Si at the station.

Su Mingzhe had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow as well.

On the platform, seeing Luo Si's reluctance to leave, Su Mingzhe had to interrupt this scene of deep affection between father and daughter:

"Dad, the train is about to leave. Please take care of yourself. I will definitely take good care of Yuzhu when we arrive in Yanjing."

"Mingzhe, I'm entrusting the jade beads to you."

Although Luo Si was reluctant to let go, as things had come to this point, he could only see her off with tears.

As the train gradually left, Luo Si hunched his back and looked around blankly:

Why do I have such a miserable life? My ex-wife died only a few years ago, and I remarried a beautiful wife, who gave birth to a son to carry on the family line. But the good days didn't last long, so how come I got a terminal illness?

Luo Si's new wife is only 25 years old this year, ten years older than Luo Yuzhu. This should be the best time in a woman's life.

But before the Spring Festival, he was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal illness. After changing several hospitals, he was diagnosed with no more than half a year to live.

Compared to Luo Si's sadness, Chen Jianghe, who came to see him off, after the sadness of parting, began to feel the passion of "the sky is high and the birds fly freely, the sea is wide and the fish leap freely".

Before leaving, Su Mingzhe told Chen Jianghe a truth: "Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."

It doesn’t matter if Chen Jianghe can’t concentrate on reading. He can go out for a trip to other places to gain more experience and expand his knowledge.

Chen Jianghe was particularly convinced by the words of his elder brother Su Mingzhe.

After returning home, he packed up, gave the key to his house to Uncle Chao Jing next door, and asked him to help look after the house when he was free. He also went to visit his "godfather and stepmother"'s home.

Su Mingzhe has taken Chen Jianghe in for the past few years. Although Chen Jianghe has worshipped Su Chaoshan and his wife as his "adoptive father and mother", the relationship between them is not close.

Fortunately, Chen Jianghe is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. He comes to visit me every now and then, so there is some friendship between them.

Now that he is about to leave Pujiang, he naturally wants to say goodbye.

After saying goodbye to his adoptive father and mother, Chen Jianghe secretly went to Chenjia Village again.

Ever since Su Mingzhe taught Chen Jianghe how to hunt, Chen Jianghe has secretly returned several times.

Unlike the relatively open economic market in Pujiang, the market management in Yiwu is quite strict.

More than ten years ago, the sugar-knocking gang that 'traded chicken feathers for sugar' was accused of 'restoration'.

With this hat on its shoulders, Chenjia Village, which originally lived on "trading chicken feathers for sugar", has become a target of strict surveillance by its superiors in recent years.

Chen Jinshui, the village chief of Chenjia Village, was sent in for education for several years.

When Chen Jinshui was released, he burned all the tools passed down from generation to generation by each household for wandering around the streets.

It may also be that Chen Jinshui performed well and later became a role model for education.

In the 80s, when towns and villages were merged, Chen Jinshui was actually recommended and became the mayor of Chenjia Town.

This incident can be considered a blessing in disguise.

Chen Jianghe came to Chenjia Village, but did not enter the house. He just took a few glances quietly, turned around and left.

At this point, Chen Jianghe still thought he was involved in a case.

……

On the train.

After changing trains at Lin'an Yuhang Station.

On the train, Su Mingzhe spent more than 200 yuan and found a leader on the train to buy two sleeper tickets at double the price.

When the two found their sleeper car, they found that there was already someone inside.

Moreover, these two people, one man and one woman, had their clothes half-undressed, and it was obvious that they were going to do good deeds.

"Excuse me."

Su Mingzhe pulled Luo Yuzhu and quickly retreated. Fortunately, he was in front. If Luo Yuzhu had seen it, it would have been disgusting.

I didn't expect that these people were so daring in the 70s. They were really brave.

Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu stood outside the door for two or three minutes, and there was no movement inside. Su Mingzhe had to knock on the door to remind the other party not to go too far.

At this time, the man inside opened the door and invited Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu in.

Su Mingzhe put his and Luo Yuzhu's luggage inside and sat in the corridor.

Just like that, Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu stood outside the door and chatted with each other for a while.

The identities of the other two people were the same as Su Mingzhe, both of them went to Beijing to study.

The girl was admitted to the Foreign Languages ​​College, and the boy was admitted to Yanhang University.

The four chatted for a while, and when it was time for lunch, Su Mingzhe took Luo Yuzhu to the dining car to eat. Luo Yuzhu and Su Mingzhe saw that the two people did not follow, and could not help asking:
"Azhe, which of Shuimu, Yanhang, or that academy you got into is better?"

Su Mingzhe smiled and said, "Actually, they are similar. Yanhang and the School of Foreign Languages ​​have not been established as long as Shuimu, but these two schools are also leaders in the industry among similar schools."

"I feel like they're not as good as Shuimu. I can see that they really envy you."

Luo Yuzhu's words made Su Mingzhe laugh.

After Su Mingzhe laughed, he explained to Luo Yuzhu:
"They don't envy me, they envy us."

"Envy us?"

Luo Yuzhu was full of confusion. She had never been to school since she was a child and could not even read a few words. She couldn't understand why those two college students envied her.
"What do these two college students envy us for?"

Su Mingzhe saw that Luo Yuzhu had misunderstood his meaning, so he explained:

"Didn't you see? These two people said they were a couple, but when we walked in, they subconsciously let go of each other's hands and deliberately kept their distance."

Luo Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Indeed, the way they sat just now was too proper."

When the four of them were chatting just now, although Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu were sitting in the aisle, they also showed some intimacy from time to time, such as feeding each other snacks, helping each other take off heavy coats, etc.

However, the man and woman just sat there properly, not at all as bold as before.

Su Mingzhe saw Luo Yuzhu's reaction, and then told her:

"So, my analysis is that they may have been lovers before, but separated for some reason and each got married. In fact, their current relationship is... one is a married woman, and the other is a married man."

"Maybe... I'm just shy."

Luo Yuzhu couldn't stand Su Mingzhe's confident look, so she sneered.

Su Mingzhe didn't refute her, but just laughed.

During the rest of the journey, Luo Yuzhu looked carefully at the two people opposite her, and then she realized that they seemed to be the same as her man had guessed.

There was something so wrong with the looks in the man and woman’s eyes; they didn’t look like a normal couple at all.

With this judgment, Luo Yuzhu felt that living in the same carriage with such a couple was like eating a green-headed fly, which made her feel sick and uncomfortable.

I finally got off the train.

I guess we won't see each other again in the future.

So, the four of them said goodbye very politely.

After leaving the train station, Su Mingzhe took Luo Yuzhu straight to Dongcheng District.

Originally, Shuimu University arranged someone to pick him up at the train station, but Su Mingzhe did not want to live on campus, so he did not go to greet the reception staff of Shuimu University.

Arriving in Dongcheng District, Su Mingzhe was familiar with the route and found the street office. After showing his university admission letter, he began to ask the other party about the house purchase and sale.

It was 78, and there were many people buying and selling real estate, and the street office also had relevant personnel to handle these matters.

However, because Su Mingzhe was from another place, the attitude of the office staff was not very enthusiastic.

For those who have lived in the imperial city since childhood, all outsiders are country people.

When the two country guys first arrived, they wanted to buy a house in Yanjing, and the first thing they asked for was a courtyard house.

Where did this nouveau riche come from? He is a local rich man.

The fact that Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu were not kicked out of her office showed that the big sister in this office was polite to others.

Su Mingzhe was not angry when he saw that the office lady had a bad attitude.

After all, in this era, the chain of contempt is everywhere, and Su Mingzhe has seen it a lot.

He asked Luo Yuzhu to wait at the door. When there were only two people left in the room, Su Mingzhe quietly took out an envelope from his pocket and said with a smile:

"Sister, I need your help with something. I have a relative in Hong Kong. He knew I was going to study in Yanjing, so he gave me some money. However, the money is in foreign currency. I heard that it is not convenient to buy things directly with the money used by foreigners in Yanjing. They said that you have to go to the Friendship Store. Could you please exchange it for Yanjing bills or something?"

When the lady at the office heard that there was foreign currency in the envelope, a smile immediately appeared on her face. She opened the envelope and took a look, and saw that it was full of green banknotes.

This lady had seen the world and knew that this was called "US dollars". After checking it out, she felt that it was not fake.

The elder sister smiled even more brightly:

"Young man, you... Well, okay, since I see you are so compatible, I will help you."

There are many rich people in Yanjing, but they cannot buy things without various receipts.

Even if you have tickets, you can't buy everything.

If you want to buy things without restraint, only this kind of US dollars is the most practical.

The bank's exchange rate is about 1 to 1.5.

However, the exchange rate for private transactions outside the bank has long been one to two or even one to three.

Su Mingzhe put a stack of US dollar bills in the envelope, each in twenty-dollar denominations, a total of thirty bills, which is six hundred dollars.

If this lady helps to exchange the money according to the exchange rate, she can make three or four hundred yuan by reselling it.

Although what Su Mingzhe did was a blatant bribe, no one could find fault with it if the matter was made public.

Therefore, the elder sister's attitude changed drastically and she said with a smile:
"Brother, please sit here for a while, and I will go and ask for you."

The lady from the office said this and pushed the envelope back.

"Then I'm sorry to bother you, sister."

Su Mingzhe smiled as he sent his elder sister out, then called Luo Yuzhu in and sat down with her, waiting for the elder sister's reply.

(End of this chapter)