After picking up Shen Bowen at the station, Xiang Nan took him to Quanjude to take care of him.
"Comrade Liu Feng, you don't have to spend so much money." Shen Bowen waved his hands repeatedly. Going to Quanjude to eat roast duck would cost at least three or four yuan. Before that, it was equivalent to one-third of his monthly salary.
"Uncle, you don't have to be polite to me." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's so hard for you to escape, so you should celebrate it. I heard Xiaoping say that you often brought her here before. Today we are revisiting our old place. Remember the past and look forward to the future.”
Shen Bowen was previously the editor of Yanjing Pictorial. He was considered a senior intellectual with a monthly salary of more than 100 yuan. He only has one daughter, Xiaoping, so he naturally loves her very much.
After Xiang Nan finished speaking, he pulled him into the store to find a seat and ordered Quanjude's signature dish - roast duck.
At a quarter of an hour, the roasted duck was delivered. The man sliced the duck in front of him, and in the flash of a knife, the duck was completely sliced. And every piece of duck meat has skin, meat and oil, and the craftsmanship is really good.
"Uncle, try it. It still doesn't taste the same as before." Xiang Nan rolled a piece with his own hands and handed it to Shen Bowen.
Shen Bowen tasted it and almost shed tears.
He had not tasted this taste for more than ten years. When he eats it now, all those good memories from the past come to mind, which makes him feel sad and happy at the same time.
"Come, uncle, let's have a small drink slowly, whatever you want~" Xiang Nan toasted to him again, "The first drink, I wish you a great escape! The second drink, I wish you a father-daughter reunion; the third drink, I wish you a happy life a bright future.”
"Thank you!" Shen Bowen nodded generously, took three sips of wine, and couldn't help but shed tears.
The personnel affairs have changed several times in ten years. When he returned to Yanjing this time, things really changed and people couldn't help but sigh. Time is ruthless and life is unpredictable.
"Uncle, please don't be sad. You can't criticize the past, but you can still pursue the past. You are only forty-two years old this year. You are in the prime of life. You still have a lot of good days in the future." Xiang Nan advised. , "We have to look forward and be more open-minded."
"Comrade Liu Feng, you are right." Shen Bowen nodded after hearing this.
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"Uncle, I heard from Xiaoping that you were the editor of "Yanjing Pictorial" before, and you also wrote and wrote scripts. In fact, I am also quite interested in this aspect. Why don't you tell me about it." Xiang Nan was afraid Shen Bowen thought of sad things again and changed the topic.
Shen Bowen is a high-achieving person who loves writing in his heart. Hearing Xiang Nan say that, it really scratched the itch, and I immediately started talking to Xiang Nan.
Although Xiang Nan's writing skills are not as good as Shen Bowen. But in terms of knowledge, he is much higher than Shen Bowen.
Therefore, no matter what Shen Bowen said, Xiang Nan could pick up the conversation and refine it, so the two had a very good conversation.
Shen Bowen also has a great feeling of confidant towards Xiang Nan, and also greatly appreciates his talent and learning.
"Comrade Liu Feng, you are really talented and knowledgeable." He praised with a smile, "I feel ashamed in front of you."
"Uncle, you are so polite." Xiang Nan smiled, "Listening to you, I have gained a lot of knowledge. I hope to have more opportunities to ask you for advice in the future."
"Definitely, definitely, welcome at any time." Shen Bowen said with a smile.
Xiaoping was happy to see Liu Feng chatting happily with her father, and her father was so satisfied with Liu Feng.
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Shen Bowen vindicated Zhao Xue, and after returning to Yanjing, he quickly resumed work and took back his house. After receiving his first month's salary, Shen Bowen found Xiang Nan immediately and wanted to pay back the money he owed him.
"Uncle, I'm not short of money. You can keep the money and spend it." Xiang Nan refused.
Although he is currently studying at the Military and Political University, his monthly salary is the same. Moreover, Military and Political University also gives students extra meal stamps, clothes, bedding and other benefits, so he definitely has enough money to spend.
"No, you must pay back the money you owe people. This is my principle." Shen Bowen insisted, "I can't pay it off all at once now, so you ask me to pay back a little bit every month. This way I can feel better." "
When Xiang Nan heard what he said, he couldn't help but think of his tragic ending in the original work.
In the original work, Shen Bowen committed suicide. At that time, he was slapped, his job was dismissed, and his salary plummeted. This made Xiaoping's mother very dissatisfied, and she used cold violence against him, which made Shen Bowen despair.
Originally, he still wanted to stay alive. But one day, Xiaoping asked him to take her to have breakfast, so she ate a fried dough stick, but he couldn't even get a penny out of it.
He told the shopkeeper that he would owe it now and go home to get the money. But when he got home and searched his house, he couldn't find even a penny. He was finally completely desperate. From spirit to body, from money to reputation, he had nothing. So he sought death. It’s really touching to think about it.
"Okay, uncle, I can't cause you to violate your principles. Then I will accept the money." Xiang Nan nodded, "If you need help in the future, you must tell me."
"Yeah." Shen Bowen nodded.
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After Xiang Nan accepted the money, he secretly gave the money to Xiaoping. Ask her to buy some supplements for Shen Bowen every now and then.
The old man has been in a bitter cold place for more than ten years, and his health must have been severely damaged. You must buy more supplements for him and take good care of him.
Xiaoping didn't want it either.
On the one hand, she owed Xiang Nan too many favors. Not to mention how she was taken care of when she was in the art troupe, just because she was able to be transferred to the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department and to stay here smoothly was inseparable from *****. With these alone, she didn't know how to repay, and how she had the nerve to owe others anymore.
On the one hand, after her father resumed work, his salary also returned to 117 yuan. Including her monthly salary of 45 yuan, excluding the monthly payment to Xiang Nan, it was enough for two people to save a little. have to.
However, Xiang Nan still persuaded her to accept the money, "My uncle has suffered hard enough in Tianshan for more than ten years. Will he continue to suffer after you let him return to the capital? His body Can you still hold on?
Just accept the money and buy more supplements for your father. Consider it my filial piety to my future father-in-law. "
Xiang Nan's words made Xiaoping blush with embarrassment and she really didn't dare to refuse.
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After that, Xiaoping followed Xiang Nan's instructions and took Shen Bowen to the hospital for a good physical examination. I also helped him buy some ginseng, deer antler, wolfberry and other health supplements.
Because she bought so many things, Shen Bowen was even curious about where Xiaoping got her money. After all, she was only at the deputy platoon level, and her monthly salary was only more than forty yuan.
But those deer antler slices alone cost sixty or seventy yuan, which was more than her monthly salary.
Therefore, he couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Ping, where did you get so much money to buy so many things?"
Xiaoping didn't want him to have a psychological burden, so she didn't tell anything about Xiang Nan.
But the more she concealed it, the more worried Shen Bowen became, "If you don't tell me clearly, I won't recognize you. You should take all these things back. I would rather die than eat them."
Seeing that Xiaoping couldn't hide it, she had no choice but to tell the truth.
Xiang Nan gave him the money and asked her to use it to buy things and replenish Shen Bowen's health.
After hearing this, Shen Bowen couldn't help but sigh.
Xiang Nan is really a pretty good kid. He is kind, steady, capable, and motivated, and he also knows how to care for others.
"Invite him to my house for a meal if you have the opportunity." Shen Bowen said with a smile, he recognized this son-in-law.
