Li Tuo chatted for a while about Lu Yao's coming to Beijing, and made an appointment with Lin Chaoyang to bring Lu Yao to the house the day after tomorrow on the weekend. He then said, "It's been a long time since we got together. I'll call more people over the day after tomorrow."

Lin Chaoyang pretended to be disgusted and said: "Come here to eat and drink again, right?"

“This is what we call beating the local tyrants!”

The two were naturally joking. When Li Tuo visited Lin Chaoyang's house, most of the time he came empty-handed.

While they were chatting, Tao Yushu brought a bowl of noodle soup over.

Li Tuo ran for two hours in the cold wind and hadn't eaten dinner yet. When he came, the family had finished all the food, so he could only get some noodles for one bite.

Li Tuo took the bowl and picked out the noodles with chopsticks, "Hey, where are the toppings? There are also two poached eggs."

After that, he started eating in a slutty manner, and within three or four minutes a large bowl of noodles and two eggs were in his stomach.

After eating, he patted his belly and said, "Comfortable!"

After resting for a few minutes, Li Tuo stood up and said, "That's it. I'll call a few more people tomorrow and leave first."

"Sit down for a while."

"I don't want to sit anymore. The more I sit, the warmer I feel and the less I want to leave. Besides, I still have to go home to watch the women's volleyball game!"

After Li Tuo left, Tao Yushu said: "He is such a warm-hearted person. Even in cold weather, he is willing to do whatever it takes."

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "So he has many friends!"

At around seven o'clock, the couple came to the main house. There were many rooms in the courtyard, but there was only one TV. It was a 9-inch black and white TV that Tao Yushu bought in a department store and placed it in the main house where Lin Erchun and his wife lived.

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An hour and a half passed by in a hurry, and the couple watched on TV as the women's volleyball team narrowly defeated the powerful Cuban team.

After the game, Tao Yushu was both happy and worried, "I don't know if I can win the game the day after tomorrow!"

"Whether they win or lose, the Chinese team has created history." Lin Chaoyang said.

"You really know how to speak in an official tone."

The cruelty of competitive sports is that if one person succeeds, even if you are in second place, no one will remember your name.

If you are not first, you are destined to be a loser.

"This is the line I prepared for the leaders of the Sports Committee. I also prepared a winning line. Do you want to listen to it?"

"How to say?"

"Thank you to the country, thank you to the government..."

Lin Chaoyang imitated the leader's official tone in a serious manner.

"Hahaha! You really don't look like a leader!"

Tao Yushu didn't laugh at this kind of official speech, but felt that Lin Chaoyang's image was far from the image of this kind of official speech, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

The couple chatted, washed up and went to bed. Lin Chaoyang took out the manuscript he received in the afternoon and looked at it. Tao Yushu asked curiously: "Where did the manuscript come from?"

"Jiangong, a student at Yan University, asked me to help him take a look."

"Just looking?"

"If you think it's suitable, I'd definitely like to recommend it."

Tao Yushu joked: "You are a good editor."

She saw that Lin Chaoyang had another copy lying there besides the one he was reading, so she curiously picked it up and looked at it.

What she was reading was "Clouds" that Lin Chaoyang read when he was in school. She finished the 30,000 to 50,000- to 50,000-word novella in a hurry before going to bed.

"This manuscript is quite interesting!" Tao Yushu discussed with Lin Chaoyang after lying down.

"What's an interesting idea?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"It has a bit of a 'contemporary Jane Eyre' flavor." Tao Yushu concluded.

Lin Chaoyang laughed, "Your evaluation is not low!"

"I don't mean level, I mean story."

This novel by Zhang Manling tells the story of the heroine Yifan, who, under the pressure of the environment and political persecution, resolutely gave up her childhood sweetheart and first love from a rich family, and used the college entrance examination as a springboard to get out of the predicament.

If you just talk about the story, it is very cliché. As Tao Yushu said, it does have a bit of "Jane Eyre" flavor.

At this time, a narrow smile appeared on Tao Yushu's face, and he said: "I know why you agreed to help recommend this novel!"

"Why?"

"This novel is not only like "Jane Eyre", but also more like your "Wrangler"."

Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but laugh.

Tao Yushu is right, whether it is "Clouds", "Jane Eyre", or "The Wrangler", they are essentially the stories of Jack Sue or Mary Sue.

The story of "Cloud" is not outstanding, but what is more impressive is its protagonist's uncompromising personality. Lin Chaoyang guessed that Zhang Manling cast her own shadow on the protagonist.

"You can see through the essence of these three works at once, and you are indeed suitable to be an editor. What do you think? Do you want to take this novel and submit a letter of nomination to Zhang Dening and others?"

Tao Yushu immediately saw through his "evil intentions" and said, "You are really a good person. You have to ask me to do errands for the errands you have taken on."

"Hey, madam, what you said is wrong! You and I are one and the same. I am in you and you are in me. How can we be so different?"

Lin Chaoyang's eyes were wandering, and there was a hint of impropriety in his artificial voice. Tao Yushu immediately noticed something strange, and when a big hand covered her vitals, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

It was a romantic affair overnight, so I didn’t mention it.

Two days later, on the weekend, Lin Chaoyang and his wife got up early and went to the vegetable market.

In the winter of the 1980s, there were basically no seasonal vegetables in the vegetable market, and the few vegetables available were all shipped from southern provinces. They were often on the road for a week or two, so they were particularly valuable.

To sum up, the quantity is small, the price is expensive and it’s not new, so don’t choose, it’s good if you can buy it.

Moreover, ordinary people can’t afford it, so those with average family conditions can just eat some winter vegetables. Many families can afford to sell some green vegetables during the Chinese New Year.

The couple did some shopping, and bought some fish, meat, and eggs before returning home.

Still a hundred and eighty meters away from the small courtyard, I saw several figures standing in front of the courtyard door holding things in their hands and gesticulating.

When I got closer, I heard the voices of several people.

"I always feel like something is wrong!"

"Yeah, I just can't tell."

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The people standing at the door were all familiar to Lin Chaoyang. They were Feng Jicai, Zheng Wanlong, Zhang Chengzhi and Chen Jiangong.

Several people stood at the door and looked at each other for a long time, not even noticing that Lin Chaoyang and his wife were approaching.

Lin Chaoyang said: "You feel something is wrong, right?"

His voice attracted the attention of several people, and when they saw the couple carrying something in their hands, they quickly came over to share it.

After saying hello, Feng Jicai said: "Thanks to this couplet, otherwise we wouldn't be able to find your home."

Several people walked into the courtyard while talking. Chen Jiangong remembered what Lin Chaoyang had just asked and asked: "Chaoyang, what are you saying is wrong?"

Lin Chaoyang walked into the courtyard first and left a voice, "Hang these couplets and my courtyard will become a restaurant!"

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at the couplet again.

Don't say it, don't say it!

It smells like something inside!

Several people couldn't help laughing and followed Lin Chaoyang into the courtyard. This was their first time here. Like primary school students after school, they scattered around the courtyard looking left and right.

"Where's Li Tuo? I just called you, but where are the others?" Lin Chaoyang went into the kitchen and put things away and asked how many people were there.

"He and Lu Yao are going to bring a friend over." Zheng Wanlong replied. He fell in love with the pomegranate tree in Lin Chaoyang's yard. He touched the bare trunk and felt as if he wanted to tie the trunk into a bunch.

Chen Jiangong and Zhang Chengzhi exchanged greetings with Lin Erchun and his wife, and talked about the distribution of farmland to each household in the countryside, which touched Comrade Erchun's heart and made him talk non-stop.

Feng Jicai was very quiet. He noticed a painting hung in the room by Lin Chaoyang. He went over to admire it for a while, then ran over and asked Lin Chaoyang excitedly: "Why do you have a painting by Fu Baoshi?"

"I bought it."

"Isn't this one worth two or three hundred?"

Lin Chaoyang thought to himself, do you look down on me or Fu Baoshi?

"Almost."

Feng Jicai sighed, "You are so rich," and ran back into the house to view paintings by famous artists.

Looking at the people scattered in the yard, Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang: "Have you noticed that they are a bit..."

Lin Chaoyang understood Tao Yushu's thoughts, "The sheep in our team are in different conditions when they are raised in the pen and when they are put on the mountain."

Tao Yushu gave him a thumbs up for this accurate description.

After the novelty of the yard wore off, these people finally thought of going to the kitchen to help Lin Chaoyang and his wife with their work.

While everyone was busy in the kitchen, Li Tuo came with someone.
To be continued...