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Shaotang also helped Xiao Yi introduce a job that earns extra money, which is very lucrative.The country has been open to the outside world for more than ten years, and more and more foreign companies are investing in China, and there are also more foreigners in Beijing.Thinking back to the early 80s, ordinary people saw one or two tall yellow-haired people on the street, and it was like seeing a gorilla and hippopotamus running out of the Beijing Zoo, and it was very fresh to surround them and say "Hello".By the 90s, foreigners were often seen all over the streets, and foreigners who set up stalls in Dongpi and Sanlitun.Many senior executives of enterprises in China live in Beijing for a long time with their families. Therefore, there are some educational institutions with relatively good backgrounds, which offer training courses for foreign executives and businessmen.

There are various levels of training classes, Chinese elementary class, intermediate class, advanced class, oral intensive class, as well as "Business and Trade Chinese Class", "Daily Oral Chinese Class", "Chinese Books and Newspapers Reading Comprehension", "Chinese Literature Appreciation", etc. , all kinds of things, this is a Chinese version of "New Oriental", the ultimate goal is to earn crooked money.

As for teaching Wai Guoren to speak Chinese, anyone who can speak Chinese is fine.However, the training class charges a lot of money, and the people who come to the class are at least white-collar executives of the company, and the teachers must have a corresponding level.The cultural company in Shaotang's building is the behind-the-scenes investment institution, so Shaotang introduced Teacher Xiao into it.Xiao Yi must be teaching advanced Chinese, reading comprehension and Chinese appreciation.

The salary of this job is much higher than that of teaching cram school for the high school entrance examination before.Moreover, the foreigners who came to China in the early days were not so mixed, and their quality education was considered to be the best among the foreign devils of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. They often gave Mr. Xiao gifts after class, and the tips were considerable.

Xiao Yi has always been very grateful to Shaotang, and feels that Shaotang treats people with a human touch, and is loyal to all his friends.

Shaotang teased Mr. Xiao in private: "At first, you were the one who set your sights on our family's Beibei, right? You also told the grandma of the child, what's in Xiaobei's body, what's in it doesn't grow well, and it needs to be surgically removed. Is there anything wrong?!"

As soon as Xiao Yi heard this, his face turned red. The embarrassing thing about having a crush on his student in school back then is a black history that he will never be able to clean up.

The two sat in the coffee shop on the second floor of the Dongsishitiao Overpass Building, and Shaotang invited Teacher Xiao to drink coffee.He works here, and there is a super luxurious office on a certain floor.

When Shaotang found that Xiao Yi was shy, he was especially ridiculous. His face turned red from a certain point on the tip of his nose, and the red spots gradually covered his whole face. All shaken.

Xiao Yi said: "Actually, that's not the case. Originally I was talking about Xiao Liang. At that time, Xiao Liang lacked the care of his parents, and he had physical problems. It turned out that it was Xiao Bei's grandma who heard from school Is something wrong..."

Shaotang almost spit out a mouthful of coffee, wiped his mouth, and laughed loudly: "How responsible I am! Later, I really took Liangliang to have that operation, you were wrong, and Liangliang still fell into your hands! "

Xiao Yi smiled shyly, his face reflected a layer of red light from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

Shaotang said: "Are you going to be like this forever? Can Liangliang settle down emotionally?"

Xiao Yi shook his head directly: "He won't settle down now, how old is he?"

Shaotang: "Then you are willing?"

Teacher Xiao seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and his teeth left tooth marks on his lower lip: "Xiaoliang loves to play, and he is at the age of making friends outside. He has not yet grown up and matured, so what if I don't want to? Boys The inevitable process of growing up, I can't help it grow, I don't have the ability to chemically ripen a green apple. Maybe wait until he is 25 or [-], clear what he wants, and then choose."

Shaotang is speechless, are you sure that little bastard Qi Liang will definitely choose you then? !

Xiao Yi looked out the window, his eyes were clearly filled with a layer of watery light, there was resignation and unwillingness, and the friendship and desire to hold on to the people around him were evident between the brows and the bottom of the eyes.

"Who doesn't want to have a family?... I am at least, at least together with Xiaoliang, loving and caring for each other, like a family. At least the person living with him now is me, not someone else. Since the day I came to Beijing, I no longer have a home, and I have been living alone. It is too difficult to find a "companion". Boys like Xiaoliang are pure in heart, kind, and cute when they are good. There are very few such people in life. "

Xiao Yi's speaking speed has always been relatively slow, and there is tenderness in his eyes.

"I have always believed that I am the most suitable person to take care of Xiao Liang, and I am the only one who treats him best. He also has feelings for me. He is not a heartless person, but he is indecisive... He will not give up this relationship easily. emotion."

Shaotang looked deeply at Teacher Xiao, and said for a long while, "Feelings are not that simple. It's not because you wish to be nice to the other party, this child will be able to give up his heart!"

Shaotang speaks very fast, and occasionally appears domineering, doing his part.

"I am also a person who has experienced it. At our age, to... love a boy in his teens and 20s, and accompany this child to grow up all the way. The occurrence of feelings is also a process of subtly leading each other's life direction. I believe that along the way In our family, Meng Xiaobei, he not only regards me as his boyfriend, lover, and partner, but I am his first idol in his life, an object he longed for and tried to imitate in his youth. Meng Xiaobei holds chopsticks, smokes and walks Learn all the postures from me!...Of course smoking is not a good thing, this bad habit depends on me!"

"Xiaobei also yearns for the military camp, wants to be a tough guy, and knows how to struggle upward. I use all my abilities to influence him and guide him in certain things. When I think he is doing something wrong, I will definitely directly Tell him clearly that he doesn't understand, I will teach him! I will teach him what I think is the correct outlook on life, social values, and feelings. I will never condone and tolerate things that touch my bottom line. He dares to mess around outside , I whipped him until he recognized who I am!!"

"So Xiao Bei admires me very much."

"He is also very similar to me. He is another me, and I am another him. After so many years, there is no need to distinguish each other."

"If he 'loves himself' and values ​​the life path he has traveled and the things he has experienced in these years, he will love me and will definitely cherish it."

At the end of Shaotang's speech, his voice was a little trembling, his eyes were slightly red, he was a little emotional, and he was also very confident.With one hand resting lightly on the table, the sitting posture is solemn in profile, motionless and stable as Mount Tai.

It's been ten years since the two walked this way.

Xiao Yi's expression was shocked, and he looked at He Shaotang, as if Shaotang was the one who became the teacher.

If you love yourself, you will love each other.

Some things, just want to, can't do.Some tenacious feelings, the luck in life, may be beyond the reach of ordinary sentient beings in their lifetime, and they can only look up, unable to touch the edge.

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It was 1990 at this time, more than a year had passed since the turmoil, and the bloody memory quickly faded away in people's hearts.In September of this year, Beijing City ushered in a large-scale comprehensive intercontinental games of this level for the first time.On Chang'an Avenue, Ping'an Avenue, and the North-South Central Axis Road, banners were erected everywhere, and golden chrysanthemums clustered along the roadside.On the street lamps on both sides of the street, from far to near, there are two strings of "Panda Panpan" flags hanging, and there is no end in sight.

The Asian Games opened, the torch was lit at the opening ceremony, and thousands of peace doves were released from the Workers' Stadium. The whole city was full of celebration and jubilation.

This year was also an eventful year, with grand events and wars coming one after another. On the eve of the Asian Games, Iraq invaded Kuwait, the United States couldn't wait to join the war, and the Gulf War broke out in full swing.The chairman of the Asian Committee hung up in Kuwait, which cast a layer of mourning on the grand event, but the Chinese delegation was not affected by the war and swept the gold medal.

Meng Xiaobei and his students from the Academy of Fine Arts, led by their teachers, worked hard for the organizing committee.They participated in the painting and production of the field background and billboards of the men's basketball and men's volleyball arena.A group of college students worked day and night, drawing for ten hours a day, divided into groups of seven or eight, and were responsible for a large advertising poster.They eat and live in the gymnasium, sleep in Datong bunk, do not go home, it is quite difficult, dedicate their youth to the sports meeting, and shout slogans with enthusiasm.The competition officially kicked off. They changed their clothes and acted as student volunteers to maintain order in the competition.

Once they ran out from the sports hall to meet each other, Meng Xiaobei bragged to Shaotang and showed off: "Boys of men's volleyball team, you are so handsome!! And they are all very white, you can cover them all day in the gym, your skin is so delicate !...I asked for a bunch of autographs, and I kept them all, hehehe!"

Shaotang stared at people with a sense of scratching and burrs, scratching Meng Xiaobei's face with a smile on his face: "Is the observation careful enough? For a person who is two meters tall, you stand on a high stool and lean against your face to see whether the skin is delicate or not." Bar?"

Meng Xiaobei: "Is there anyone who tramples on me like this?"

Shaotang: "Have you ever praised other men like this in front of your man?...Just a few compliments!"

"Athletes are too tall. You don't fit in with others. One is long and the other is short. There is a difference of [-] centimeters. How can you play!" Shaotang added, laughing a bit ambiguously, the little black side trembled, and he was in a very good mood.

Meng Xiaobei rushed towards Shaotang viciously, but Shaotang flung him away.The two laughed and ran wildly in the square, chasing and fleeing, and flying a large number of fat doves of peace dragging them sideways.

The most popular song in video stores this year is the Asian Games theme song "Asian Heroes" sung by Wei Wei and Liu Huan.

Everyone in the school chased the Red Boys of the Little Tigers, and an individual and private bookstall market was built near Dongdaqiao, commonly known as "Dongdaqiao Shed".Meng Xiaobei also heard that later on, Qi Liang, who could make trouble, put his call machine stall in the Dongdaqiao shed.There are so many people in that place, and the daily flow of water in the stall is astonishing, even hiring two people is not enough to keep them busy.

Qi Liang has an eye for making money for children, probably because he came here that way back then and knows what elementary school students and junior high school students like best.With the development of the social economy, the lucky money in the hands of these children has also doubled. It is true that "people are stupid and have a lot of money", and it is the easiest to fool.Qi Liang got paper patterns from Taiwan and South Korea, and then went to a printing factory of his father's acquaintance to print the Taiwanese and South Korean versions of greeting cards, desk calendars, and crystal stickers. The styles are fashionable and exquisite.At that time, color printing was relatively expensive. He could get cheap color printing prices to keep costs down, and then sell them to students at a high price. He made a net profit of RMB [-] for a greeting card worth RMB [-]. He sold more than a few thousand cards a month!Just relying on this business opportunity, this boy Qi Liang made a fortune again.This business is the predecessor of the cultural company that Qi Liang will tinker with in the future, the initial embryonic form.

Some people are born with a pair of claws that can make money and accumulate wealth, and they can get rich by doing whatever they want-this is Meng Xiaobei's language.

Meng Xiaobei signed a formal contract with a children's publishing house in Beijing to draw a whole set of comic books, which he edited and painted by himself.The money is not much, but it is the type of work that he is most keen to study and spend his energy on.Immersing yourself in an anime world full of fantasy and imagination is more interesting than painting plaster statues, or painting dull, cookie-cutter decorative oil paintings for outside companies.

This was Meng Xiaobei's interest for many years later.Shaotang said, "Beibei, you seem to have never grown up, you are just a child, and you are not interested in adult mature aesthetic things."

Meng Xiaobei nodded, "That's right, things that conform to the mature aesthetics of adult men, so far, I am most interested in you. Apart from having something with you, I still don't want to grow up, I am fine like this Well!"

Using hobbies to make money is not a lot of money. Xiaobei thinks it is a good deal, and he enjoys this kind of college life very much.

Among his college classmates, he also started to go out to earn extra money very early, and he has a lot of pocket money every month.Going to university is very cheap, supported by state funds, students only need to pay a few hundred yuan for tuition and accommodation fees every year, and the state also distributes scholarships, and they can even earn money back every year.Meng Xiaobei doesn't need to eat at home anymore, and when he goes back to grandma's house every now and then, he brings cigarettes and alcohol, roast duck, Daoxiangcun snack box, etc., something will happen!He dragged and swayed into the house, coaxing his grandparents and aunts, not to mention how much they wanted him to love him!

On Xiaobei's 20th birthday, Meng Jianmin called home. He wanted to congratulate the eldest brother on his birthday and listen to his son's report on his thoughts.

As a result, the old lady said, your son?

Your son has just finished his lunch at home, and he's going back to Shaotang's house!

Meng Jianmin was kept in the dark and didn't know before: "Meng Xiaobei usually doesn't live in your house?"

The old lady said: "He is studying in university, he lives in the school dormitory."

Meng Jianmin: "Students in Beijing can go home on weekends, right?"

The old lady said: "He came back for lunch on weekends and left in the evening."

Meng Jianmin: "Where does the kid live at night?"

The old lady said: "Does Shaotang have a new house? It's also close to his school in the city, it's convenient, and Beibei likes to live there, let him live there!..."

Meng Jianmin was silent on the phone.From then on, he began to doubt Shaotang, and kept silent in his heart.

During the Asian Games, the whole city celebrates. Shaotang and his branch are responsible for the operation and development of the athletes' village and foreign-related hotels, and get tickets for various events.Because of this, Meng Xiaobei took the opportunity to watch a lot of games.

Once he got a ticket to the swimming pool, and it was still a good seat, so he called Qi Liang and Shen Dawei, and the three of them watched the swimming competition together.

In that Asian Games, the Chinese swimming team turned out to have a handsome guy named Shen Jianqiang, who won several gold medals in one event.

The VIP seat was very close to the competition pool. Meng Xiaobei stared at it with his naked eyes, and couldn't help but praise: "Shen Jianqiang has a great figure, so white, like a white fish in the waves! He is also good-looking, handsome."

Qi Liang said: "These people are so naked, are they men? They don't have hair?"

Meng Xiaobei: "You're not soiled. People shave it off. It looks good on TV after it's shaved clean."

Qi Liang rolled his eyes ambiguously: "Then who are you with, usually, before what, did you shave?"

Meng Xiaobei: "Don't bother me, I won't show you if I scratch or not."

Shen Dawei said: "It's enough for the two of you, take care of it, there is a normal man sitting here."

Meng Xiaobei asked: "Liangliang, have you broken up with that Yang Ying?"

Qi Liang said: "If you want to break up, it's not so easy to break up."

Meng Xiaobei asked: "Don't tell me that it was that woman who seduced you, got you drunk one night, and messed around after drinking, and then I can't figure it out!"

Qi Liang scratched his nose, and confessed: "It really made you say the same... I didn't think about it at first, I really didn't take the initiative! Don't force me, I want to kowtow to death too."

Xiaobei said: "There are also girls chasing me at school, how do you think I behave in front of Shaotang?"

"There are more girls chasing my younger brother. Look at our family, Meng Xiaojing, who is also very well-developed. He is a future big star in Chinese opera. Have you dumped Nie Hui after so many years? You are not as conscientious as Meng Xiaojing... It's really embarrassing for me."

Dawei sneered: "If people are stupid, there is no way to save them."

Meng Xiaobei said angrily, "You didn't eat for nothing, Liangliang, she just saw that you were rich in opening a shop, and she took you as a winner, your head is filled with cement!... Hurry up and divide it up!"

Shen Dawei also said: "Liangliang, although I don't agree with you and that teacher, after all, the two men... But this Yang Ying, what do you think? You can't even be a fairy! Let me tell you, if you really get along with her in the future, Make a pair, don't blame me for not recognizing your brother, it's too fucking cheap."

It is said that it was because Yang Ying intervened in the business of the Dongdaqiao greenhouse booth, and took away two packs of [-] South Korean high-end greeting cards each, and a sack of celebrity desk calendars, saying that she asked her cousin to sell them in a small county shop. As a result, the business was not completed, and the goods were not brought back. In short, Qi Liang was fooled again.

In fact, it doesn't cost much, Qi Liang doesn't care.However, because of this incident, Shen Dawei got angry and insisted that the cousin of the other party pay back the money according to the purchase price. After a big fight at the stall, they broke up.Dawei's call machine store, which is in charge of the house, does not allow the girl to enter, threatening that "with her but without me, if there is me, there will be no her".

This matter is also where Yang Ying did a stupid thing, she shouldn't easily offend Mao Qiliang's brother for a small profit, and be outraged by being grouped together.

A smart girl, when talking about a partner, not only must grasp the heart of a man, but also get through the hearts of a group of hard-core brothers and friends around this man, so that the other party's circle of friends agrees with you. You want to catch Qi Liang, a handsome and rich man , there will be drama in the future.This girl is not a person capable of great things, she lacks long-term planning and strategic vision, and her behavior is far worse than that of the wealthy daughter Nie.Nie Hui still knows how to let go of her figure, sell favors from time to time, strategically please her boyfriend's parents and brother, follow the mass line, and "encircle the central government".Yang Ying dared to offend Xiao Bei and Shen Dawei, but which of them was the most fuel-efficient lamp?This already foreshadows that her future relationship with Qi Liang will end badly sooner or later.Otherwise, Liangliang would cut himself off from the people.