Steel Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 208: Bookstore afternoon

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The next time, Shen Huai spent half a day at the History Museum in the morning, and went to the bookstore in Xisixiangkou in the afternoon to buy books. The owner Tan Shiwei was still calm about Shen Huai's arrival. He handed over a chair and went back to the small table near the door to drink tea and read.

Shen Huai read books in the bookstore for a long time. Maybe it was the afternoon before the weekend. There were more people entering and leaving the bookstore than yesterday. Most of the people who came in and out knew Tan Shiwei. Some people said a word or two, picked a book or two and left, and there were also young people who sat down and smiled. Judging from Tan Shiwei's attitude towards them, I also know that they are all powerful sons and daughters who live on the left and right. They all have extraordinary family backgrounds, but they are not so arrogant and arrogant. Some people ask why "Little Wu" is not here to help watch the store?

Shen Huai thought that this Xiao Wu might be Tan Shiwei's daughter, that is Ji Lianyun's granddaughter.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhonghai, the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Defense all chose to work in Zhonghai, and several generations of national leaders also lived in Zhonghai; Xisi Lane, separated from Zhonghai by a dark red high wall, was also an important domestic authority in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The core area of ​​gathering and living.

Although there have been many twists and turns, with the development of the economy, the conditions outside are getting better and better, and many people have moved out to live, but the political legacy of Xisi Lane is still strong. After all, the older generation is still nostalgic and used to They are reluctant to change their traditional way of life.

No matter how arrogant and arrogant those powerful disciples are outside, when they arrive at Xisi Lane, they have to hide their claws in webbeds, and keep their fangs in their mouths, otherwise an inconspicuous old lady will probably rush. Go up and give a cane, so you don't even dare to look back.

If he couldn't see the little lion being docile in front of the old lion, he believed that the little lion was not a ferocious beast; Shen Huai also knew that these powerful disciples were only in front of Tan Shiwei, and they were not qualified to show their arrogance and domineering power.

Of course, in the afternoon, there were occasional old men dressed in ordinary clothes who came to talk to Tan Shiwei, saying that so-and-so's son had bought a luxury car, and that he saw that so-and-so's grandson had changed to a girl who looked like a demon. Celebrities haunt together, show shame to so and so, say that so-and-so's daughter opened a real estate company and made how many thousands of dollars, said that so-and-so's son was going to go somewhere to get a fat man, said that who-and-so's son was a minister driving a taxi...

Compared with those outside-party analysts with five members and six members, most of the information in the mouths of these old men and women can withstand the test. If these news came out, all of them could make waves, but in this bookstore, it sounded no different from the hometown on the streets and alleys, making Shen Huai laugh dumbly: Maybe this is returning to the basics, no matter how much power and wealth you have. , what a person can really enjoy is just a place to stand.

Some people also expressed interest in Shen Huai, who was sitting in the corner reading a book. He heard that he was the fourth son of the Song family, and they all smiled at Shen Huai with doubts on their faces, and also said a word or two to him: "Come back and wish the old man his birthday. what?"

Shen Huai didn't know if there would be a gossip about "the fourth son of the Song family suddenly having such a big son" in two days, and he didn't know that these old men and women who had made their mark in the past turbulent era of the Republic would not be spread around. , What is the relationship with the Song family, so he just smiled politely.

Most of the conversations were shallow tasting, and there were also people who were more curious to inquire about Shen Huai’s details, but when they heard Shen Huai was working in Donghua, most of them said “oh”, puzzled and regretful expressions on their faces. show.

When the red afterglow of the setting sun came in from the narrow door, Shen Huai took a stack of books to the door to prepare to go back to his aunt's house. Tan Shiwei first put the stack of books on the table, read the spine of the book, and asked Shen Huai, "Are you working in Donghua?"

"Well, in a township below Donghua," Shen Huai said, "Mr. Tan has also been to Donghua?"

"Oh, I was in Jinghai Township, Donghua, in 1967 to investigate urban and rural work, and lived for two months," Tan Shiwei said calmly about the past, "Then I was sent directly from Jinghai Township to Pingjiang Farm, and I lived in Pingjiang just like that. It took eight years to return to Beijing, which means I have been to Donghua…”

A person like Tan Shiwei should have traveled to many places all over the country. Hearing that he only lived in Donghua City for two months, it is a pity for Shen Huai, otherwise the development of Donghua could borrow a little bit of momentum from him.

"Oh, I work in Meixi Town, which is separated from Jinghai Township by a town." Shen Huai said.

"I know, it's Hetang Town." Tan Shiwei is a person who is willing to be indifferent. He is not particularly surprised that Shen Huai, the fourth son of the Song family, only works in the township below Donghua. He stopped, calculated the price of the books smoothly, took out the plastic rope and scissors, and **** the stack of books.

Shen Huai also knew that Tan Shiwei had seen too many gentle and kind-hearted sons and daughters of the powerful, but there was no chance for him to express himself.

Ji Gengxin, also a professor of Yan University, is a consultant of the State Council. He is almost seventy years old. He is still very active in the domestic academia, still teaching at Yan University and leading doctoral students.

Tan Shiweitong is a professor of Yan University, and his research is on urban and rural issues. Shen Huai has no impression of him, but he is only in his early 60s. It should be the heyday of academic life, but he chose to retire. Perhaps because of Ji Lianyun's son-in-law, he was limited in academic research and had no chance for development.

This is also normal. After all, Ji Lianyun has completely retired from 1992, and he has promoted two people into the leadership team of this generation. If Tan Shiwei is also extremely active in the academic world that can influence the direction of national policy, it is obviously not what other factions want to see. .

Politics has always been about trade-offs, aggressiveness, and compromise. Shen Huai thought that Tan Qiwei's choice to open a bookstore in Xisixiangkou to settle his retirement life might be a compromise.

Shen Huai was thinking about something, stepped down the threshold and went down the steps without paying attention to both sides, when he heard a sudden scream in his ears: "Ah!"

Shen Huai was startled, and saw the girl who was under the light of the bookstore last night riding a bicycle rushing towards him. Seeing her panicked, she obviously forgot to brake.

Behind Shen Huai was the stone steps in front of the threshold of the bookstore. He didn't dare to jump out of the way, for fear that the girl would hit the stone steps. However, the girl rides very fast, so his grasp was only a buffer, and the knee that he didn't have time to slam hit the front wheel of the car, and he almost fell on the corner of the steps. Fortunately, he managed to stabilize the bicycle. Tell the girl to fall.

The girl held the handlebars of the car and stood on both sides of the car's crotch, her face flushed red, and she asked Shen Huai worriedly, "Are you alright?"

"Crazy girl," Tan Shiwei came out, saw his little daughter riding a bicycle and almost knocked Shen Huai to the ground, he blamed with anger and laughter, "As soon as I learned to ride a bicycle, I ran wild everywhere," asked Shen Huai again, " Is it alright?" He looked down at Shen Huai's trousers torn and a piece of skin on his exposed knee, and then turned around to blame his daughter, "Look at you!"

"It's okay," Shen Huai felt that his left knee was in severe pain, barely maintaining a smile on his face, and said, "It's also that I didn't notice the car coming."

Shen Huai saw that the girl was seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful appearance, and thought to herself, how did she learn to ride a bicycle?

In Shen Huai's memory, even though those noble sons and young ladies lived a much better life than ordinary people since childhood, in the 1970s and 1980s, the country's economic conditions were generally poor. Few people say that you can travel by car from a young age.

"Would you like to go to the hospital?" Seeing Shen Huai's frown, the girl asked worriedly, and then asked Tan Shiwei, "Would you like to ask Xiao Wang to drive over?"

"Don't be so troublesome, I'll just go to my little uncle's house and apply some medicine." Shen Huai said.

The bruise was a small matter. It was just a straight bump on the knee, and then it was pushed back. Shen Huai suspected that the bones were a bit misplaced, and after walking two steps, the pain in the socket of his left leg was severe.

Tan Shiwei didn't think it would be serious to have a bicycle hit him. He knew that Tang Jianmin was a doctor, and he might have medicines at home, so he didn't support sending Shen Huai to the hospital. With more than a dozen books in his hands, he said, "Wait a minute," he quickly closed the bookstore door, took the bicycle from his daughter, and asked Shen Huai to sit on it, "I'll take you there."

The pain in the knee was so bad that Shen Huai didn't insist. He sat in the back seat of the very small car and asked Tan Shiwei to push the car to take him back. with the stack of books.

Shen Huai didn't feel the stack of books, the girl walked 100 meters and her entire shoulders would collapse.

"Give me the book," Shen Huai asked the girl to bring the book over, so that he could only touch the car seat with one hand. The car was very small, and he was sitting very unsteadily. The girl blushed and held his seat. The arm was afraid that he would fall off.

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"Doctor Tang, I bumped him..." The girl named "Xiao Wu" said with a blushing face.

"It's Xiao Wu who didn't pay attention when riding the bike, maybe he hurt his bones." Tan Shiwei said worriedly, noting that Shen Huai was in pain all the way, and the sweat beads on his forehead should not be hot.

Tang Jianmin and Tan Shiwei first took Shen Huai into the room to sit on the sofa, squatted down and touched his kneecap, and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Tan sent you back, the misalignment is not too bad, or you will have to go to the hospital for treatment..."

Tang Jianmin did not say that he would be pampered as the son-in-law of the Song family over the years. He had been working in the medical front line for a long time, and the foundation was still there. He felt Shen Huai's dislocated kneecap and said, "You can bear it a little..." He pressed Shen Huai with force. Huai reset.

Shen Huai heard a "click" sound. After a huge pain in his knee, the pain was like water receding. It quickly and clearly receded. He tried to step on the ground twice, and said with a smile: "Little uncle, you're really not in the middle of the river, it's really okay..."

Tang Jianmin laughed and said, "Do you think I really sell dog skin plasters?" Shen Huai was asked to rest for a while to relax. There was no nanny at home, so he could only make tea for Tan Qiwei and his daughter in person.

Tan Shiwei also heard the "click" sound when Tang Jianmin reset Shen Huai, and realized that the impact of Shen Huai on Xiao Wu was actually not that light. He looked at Shen Huai's torn pants and said with a smile: "This is I won’t pay you for a pair of trousers, and if you come over to buy a book next time, if you are free, I will pay you for this pair of trousers.”

"Mr. Tan, if you say that, I'll really go to your store, pick a copy and leave." Shen Huai smiled.

Tan Shiwei and Tang Jianmin both laughed.