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Chapter 21 Banquet and Bitter Wine (2)

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    There is a poplar tree in front of Gong Xiaojun, which is the one where Chairman Mao chatted with farmers under the tree when he inspected Liuzhuang.  Now, the tree has grown much taller, Gong Xiaojun came to the tree and cried while hugging the big tree, recalling the date with Min.  After crying enough, he leaned against the big tree and looked at the stars in the sky, just like his grandfather Gong Tianfei looked at the stars in the sky before committing suicide.

    The poplar tree grew taller, but Gong Xiaojun's tree of love was ruthlessly uprooted as soon as it appeared.  Gong Xiaojun swore secretly that he would live alone in this life without getting married, just like those widowed old people in the village.

    Contrary to Gong Xiaojun outside the village, Liu Fukang on the wedding night looked excited, especially when he saw Min naked for the first time, he almost fainted.  Back then, it wasn't like now that people with their arms and legs exposed, especially women, had to be covered tightly no matter how hot the weather was, like a film that was afraid of being exposed.  Min usually works with only his face, hands and feet exposed. They are all tanned by the sun in the countryside, but his body is still as white as a lotus root.  Why are city people so white? Liu Fukang looked at Min's naked body and thought, city people are different from rural people.

    Min suddenly burst into tears when Liu Fukang entered her body. She suddenly saw that the bouquet of flowers on her chest at the wedding was burned away.

    Liu Fukang didn't know why Min was crying, but after he lay on Min's body and twitched for the last time, he also cried as if he was infected, not at all the supercilious look he had when he was the captain of the production team during the day.

    I will treat you well, Liu Fukang cried and said to Min at that time, I will treat you well for the rest of my life.  In the days of living together in the future, he did what he said and treated Min very well, like a jewel in the palm of his hand.

    Min was moved by this, and shed tears of excitement and gratitude.  But moving and love are two different things after all, she still has Gong Xiaojun in her heart, she is not so much married to Liu Fukang as she is married to the revolutionary faith.  So, when the faith was shattered in the 1980s, she suddenly found herself ridiculously naive, like a kid who played house.  The educated youths returned to the city one by one, and she was the only one left in Liuzhuang. She felt lonely and desolate.  She wants to change herself, she wants to go back to the city like Gong Xiaojun Gao Diandian, she even applied for university, but unfortunately she lost her name.  Because she was married and had children, it was not as easy for Min to return to the city as other educated youths.  If she wants to go back to the city, she has to get a divorce, and Liu Fukang is determined not to let her take the child away.  When Min filed for divorce, Liu Fukang was very sad. He thought I was so good to you, why did you want to divorce and return to the city?  Is your broken city that good?  Once when they had another quarrel over the ownership of the child, Liu Weidong even punched her.  This punch on Min's face was not heavy, but Min's determination to divorce was strengthened by this punch.  Liu Fukang regretted this punch.  After more than two years of divorce proceedings, Min returned to the city full of grief and frustration.

    Liu Fukang remained infatuated with Min in the days to come, and kept his and Min's wedding photos in his boss' desk all the time.  After making a fortune in business, she went to the provincial capital to find Min Min, and wanted to ask her if she would like to remarry and return to Liuzhuang.  The young Gao Diandian got married.  Liu Fukang was completely desperate. That era did not leave him with any unbearable political imprints, but the severe personal trauma bothered him all the time.  Because of this, he wanted to forget that era, he changed his name, he refused to recall the past, he wanted to be reborn, he thought that Min divorced him only because he was a poor farmer, so he wanted to earn money, he wanted to be famous!  The image of Min gradually became indifferent in Liu Fukang's mind. It's just a matter of recent years. The society is changing, and he is also changing. He began to appreciate the saying "Only love is not enough", and he has to adapt to the new era.  new environment.  He also has a new family, and he once again gathered a city girl, Zhao Yaru, as his wife. It must be said that it was a kind of demonstration against Min.  He felt that the richer he lived and the poorer Min lived, the more comfort and satisfaction he could find in his heart.

    After Liu Fukang called Diwang Restaurant, he called Liu Baoming's house again, saying that he had a treat at noon and asked Liu Baoming to send Min and Gong Xiaojun to the restaurant.

    After Liu Baoming put down the phone, he scolded Liu Fukang. He knew that Liu Fukang's generosity was intended to show his wealth.  But for Liu Fukang, he can't say how bad it is. After all, it is his credit that every household is connected by phone.  People in the town used to say that Liu Fukang was not much better, and that the upstart would always make people lose their psychological balance. Some people even secretly smashed the glass of his car.  Liu Fukang is a smart man. He saw the shotgun on the head of the early bird in time. He first paid for the rebuilding of the town center school, and then paid for the installation of telephones for every household the year before last.  Just reward 5,000 yuan.  In this way, he has a good reputation while having money, and Liu Fukang is almost perfect.

    Gong Xiaojun and Min felt complicated.??Going to the banquet, of course Min's mood is more complicated. More than ten years have passed in a flash, and now it is a world and a world.

    When Liu Fukang and Min met, their expressions were not very good-looking. They greeted each other with a smile and shook hands.  Liu Fukang found that Min was far older than her actual age, and the wrinkles on her face were like a piece of dehydrated sweet potato.  Min found that Liu Fukang's hands were much more delicate than hers, more like women's hands.

    The dishes at the banquet were sumptuous, and the wine was still Liu Zhuang's special tune, but few people moved their chopsticks, and few people spoke, because everyone had a knot in their hearts, and the difference was that there were big ones, and no one wanted to talk about it  , Let the past be the past.

    "Everyone is doing well now? Xiaojun, have you made a fortune too?" Liu Fukang wanted to break this silence, so he said in the tone of his master.

    Gong Xiaojun looked at Min who was staring at the table in a daze with his head down, and said, "How can we compare to your Boss Liu? It would be nice to have something to eat."

    Liu Fukang has long seen from his clothes that they are the targets of poverty alleviation in the city, either waiting for work or unemployed, but he still deliberately pretended to be very surprised and said: "How can you, you are all city people  Heh, well-informed, Xiaojun is still a college student)ú±

    When Gong Xiaojun heard this, he became angry, twisted the Marlboro cigarette he was smoking into the ashtray, and said: "College students don't care. In the past, the more knowledge, the more reactionary, but now the more knowledge, the poorer you are."  gone."

    Liu Fukang lit a cigarette for Gong Xiaojun again, and said: "Rejuvenate the country with science and technology. Intellectuals are always a valuable asset. Wait for the opportunity. I will just catch an opportunity in my life."

    Then there was silence again, Liu Fukang pressed his temples, wanted to change the subject, and said as if he suddenly remembered something: "Hey, Xiaojun, I want to open a restaurant with you, so I can have fun in the city later."  Are you interested in doing it for me?"

    Gong Xiaojun took a puff of cigarette, shook his head and said, "Now there are more restaurants than people eating in the city. I'm afraid it's not easy, what do you think, Min?"

    Min raised her head, her brows were tightly frowned, she understood what Gong Xiaojun meant by asking for her opinion, and she couldn't lose face too much by not saying a word.

    "It was okay during the years when the restaurant was opened," Min said.

    Liu Fukang waved his hand and said: "It's not scary to have a lot of restaurants, the key is to have their own characteristics. I haven't heard that the Goubuli Steamed Bun Shop in Tianjin is closed, right?"

    feature?  What features?  Gong Xiaojun said unconvinced: "Sichuan cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine are quite distinctive, but now the streets are full, what are the characteristics?"

    Liu Fukang rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "There is a 'Veteran's Club' in Beijing, which has become the home of veterans. The business is booming, and you have to order food several days in advance. Come and use the topic to open a 'Educated Youth Club'."  How about a restaurant? Just run Dalufan, wild vegetables and pancakes. Of course, it should be more refined. There were no less than hundreds of thousands of educated youths who went to the mountains and countryside like you back then? With their backing, and the people of the new era to that  The era is full of curiosity, don¡¯t everyone want to try something new?¡±

    Hearing this, Gong Xiaojun and Min had to admire Liu Fukang's shrewd business acumen. He thought this was the difference between them and Liu Fukang.

    "That's good, but" Gong Xiaojun said hesitantly.

    Before Gong Xiaojun finished speaking, Liu Fukang knew what he was going to say. He waved his hand in the air and said, "Don't worry about the money. Is 500,000 yuan enough for renting a house, decorating and buying tableware?"

    Gong Xiaojun shook his head and said, "Now that the rent of commercial housing in the city is going up, 500,000 yuan is definitely not enough."

    Liu Fukang said: "That's one million! After you go back, start choosing a place, okay? I will contract the educated youth restaurant for you. Don't worry about the contract fee, I will not set it too high, mainly to beat our Tongda company  popularity, and I want to make some contributions to the old educated youth."

    Gong Xiaojun kept nodding his head. At this time, he had been captured by Liu Fukang, and he found that the pie in the sky had finally happened.  Of course, he would not know that Liu Fukang's generosity was entirely for Min.

    Liu Fukang also couldn't explain his actions. Over the years, he had seen many beautiful and moving women, even sexy and provocative women. Why did he feel unspeakable warmth when he saw Min?  Especially Min's absent-minded eyes and wrinkled face made him feel inexplicably sad.  Is it sympathy or something else?  At the end of the banquet, he took the initiative to mention their son Liu Jianguo to Min. He felt that as a man, he should be more magnanimous in front of women.

    "Jianguo is doing well now," Liu Fukang said to Min, "I will train him to be a talent. He went to school in your city yesterday. You can visit him."

    Min still didn't speak, just nodded.

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