After resolving the issue with Shen Yuehong, Li Xianglu felt as if the air around her became instantly fresher, and even Xiao Chong in the dormitory seemed more pleasant to look at.
In August 1978, the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty was signed in the capital and took effect in October of the same year.
Because of the movie "Longing for Home," bell-bottoms appeared before people's eyes.
People, under the influence from abroad, quietly widened their pant legs showing a rebellious nature of the youth. For a while, a portion of the young people in the capital no longer suppressed their individuality, daring to break from tradition, and thus bell-bottoms came into sight.
The fashionable bell-bottoms had many students itching to try them. Those with better family conditions went straight to the state-run tailors to have them made, while those less fortunate altered their existing wide-leg pants, considering it the most stylish outfit at the time.