all the way

On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Xia and the others got up early. The morning breeze and birdsong in the mountains were refreshing and pleasant, but the people who were leaving today were a little depressed. The cat hugged Liu Xia's waist and watched Feng Xi Shanshui on the opposite side, murmured with his mouth covered: "Uh huh~ Uncle, I don't want to leave, it would be so beautiful if we had autumn vacation."

Liu Xia patted his head: "Uncle, this project is over in a few days, we will come back."

Liu Yu and Sun Yufang came up earlier than him. Sun Yufang helped Xiumei cook, and Liu Yu and Liu Kui pulled back a load of sorghum poles before eight o'clock.

Liu Mao accompanied Liu Changchun at home to deal with the willow sticks he had just cut in the past two days. After breakfast was ready, they came up after Sun Yufang stood on the edge of the ditch and shouted down.

There are a lot of people in the family these two days, Liu Yun and Liu Lei played a little crazy, last night was especially noisy, so this morning it was a rare sleep in, and it was only when they were eating that they were wrapped in a small jacket and hugged in a daze They came out, but as soon as they saw so many people in the yard, they immediately broke away from Su Xiaohui and Sun Chang'e, and ran into the crowd to play.

The family had just finished eating, and when Xiumei and Sun Yufang were filling Liu Xia and the others with steamed stuffed buns, Liu Changxing arrived with Jinhuan, Yinhuan and Yongbin, and his youngest daughter, Peihuan, in his hand.

Liu Changxing and Peihuan came to send Jinhuan off and they went to Rongze with Liu Chuan and the others.

Jin Huan and Yin Huan greeted Liu Xia cautiously, and then sat on the tree bumps and waited. While talking to Sun Chang'e and Su Xiaohui, they would glance at the east road from time to time, excited and frightened.

Jin Huan is three years older than Liu Xia, and Yin Huan is one year younger than Liu Xia. In the Liujialing area, girls of this age should have married and had children long ago, but Jin Huan is determined not to have a blind date with anyone, even to die. Live the same life as grandparents.

In desperation, the third grandfather begged Liu Chuan to help them find a suitable job outside if given the opportunity.

Yinhuan and Jinhuan are not biological sisters, Jinhuan is the eldest of Liu Changan's family, and Yinhuan is in front of Liu Changyun, but they have been together day and night in a big courtyard for so many years, Yinhuan is greatly influenced by Jinhuan, especially recently I have read several books from Liu Changqing's family in the past few years. Like Jin Huan, she yearns for the outside world very much. She is unwilling to live in the poor valley of Liujialing for the rest of her life. Someone proposes a marriage. Not yet engaged as an excuse to refuse.

Some time ago, after Liu Chuan and the people from the quilt factory got some clues about the matter, Jin Huan and Yin Huan would come to Liu Changqing's house every day to learn how to use a sewing machine with rags and the like to prepare for future work.

The more people there are, the greater the chance of accidents during the action. In addition to Jin Huan and Yong Bin, Guan Qiang and Hua Yun are leaving today, so Liu Xia and the others set off at 09:30.

In three days, Liu Yun and Liu Lei had grown somewhat dependent on their parents. When Chang'e Sun and Xiumei were about to pick them up from Liu Chuan and Su Xiaohui's arms on the road to the east of Liu Changchun's house, they did not Knowing that Mom and Dad are leaving.

For the first time, the two little guys were a little bit reluctant, and hugged Liu Chuan and Su Xiaohui's necks for a while before reaching out for grandma and mother to hug.

Su Xiaohui couldn't help but shed tears, Liu Chuan pulled her: "I'll be back in ten days and eight days, be happy, the children are growing up gradually, don't make them unhappy."

Su Xiaohui wiped her tears and smiled and kissed the little faces of her two sons: "Baby, goodbye." As soon as the words were out of her mouth, tears fell down again.

After all, the two little ones were young, and they didn't understand the sorrow of parting, so they waved their little hands goodbye, but Liu Yun still wiped her tears with his little finger, and asked her strangely: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Chuan smiled and pinched the faces of the two little guys: "There is no need to tell you two little bastards to toss and sleep every day. Your mother is so happy that she is crying."

The two little guys danced happily: "Haha, mom is crying for joy."

Mao'er said to Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun: "Grandpa, grandpa, you agreed to go and see my new house and big color TV after the wheat is planted. You can't say nothing when the time comes."

Liu Changchun said: "No, grandpa hasn't seen a color TV before, but if he wants to see it, he will definitely go to see it."

Liu Changqing said: "Stay there and listen to your uncle, boy, don't you always want to grow up to be like your uncle? Then you have to study hard from now on just like your uncle, and you will be admitted to a good university. Do you hear me, boy?"

Mao'er nodded heavily: "I heard that grandpa, I will definitely be admitted to the same university as my uncle, and I will go to Kyoto. Call me uncle, and you will all go to Kyoto."

Liu Xia grabbed Mao'er's hand and hugged Sun Chang'e and Liu Yun vigorously. Mao'er followed his example, jumped up and hugged Sun Chang'e, and then they ran away laughing.

Sun Chang'e smiled and cursed: "You two little grandchildren!"

Liu Mao stayed at the end of the seeing-off crowd, and didn't speak from the beginning to the end.

The car was stuck at Qianhe Mountain for a while, and it was already 03:30 when we arrived at Rongze.

After Liuchuan and Su Xiaohui got off the car, they called a three-wheeler and took Jinhuan and Yinhuan directly to the quilt factory to meet the deputy director. There was a place to stay in the factory, and the two girls would work and eat in the future. Live in the factory.

Yong Bin, Guan Qiang, and Hua Yun got off the car early at the last intersection and went directly to the county.

Liu Xia and Mao'er dragged Liu Wei and Liu Rui to follow them to the hydrographic team. Liu Wei hadn't seen their big color TV yet.

At the gate, Liu Xia got letters from Zhan Wei and Zhang Fusheng.

A few people talked and laughed and turned to the second floor. The first thing they saw was the back of a woman mopping the floor, and the place she was mopping was at the end of the corridor, where Liu Xia and the others usually cook.

Mao'er and Liu Xia exchanged puzzled looks, and then Liu Xia intentionally revealed a look of surprise: "Miss Snail?"

Liu Rui is unwilling: "If it's a snail girl, then it's our cat. The cat cooks for you every day, and it's a cleaner."

The cat was unhappy, and said to Liu Rui: "I'm not Xiao Ni'er, I'm not a snail girl."

Both Liu Xia and Liu Rui spoke in a low voice, the cat's voice was loud, and as soon as his voice fell, Wan Jianye came out of the room: "You guys are back? Oh, that, Liping, stop for a moment, Liu They are back."

The woman mopping the floor straightened up and turned around. She was a pretty woman. She sized up Liu Xia and asked Wan Jianye with a smile, "Is this Liu Xia? It's the first time I've seen such a handsome young man, who is more handsome than a movie star." He’s so handsome! Oh, with your qualifications, why didn’t you go to the Film Academy, but you went to the University of Surveying and Mapping instead?”

This made Liu Xia unable to answer, but usually there was no need to answer such a question.

Wan Jianye smiled and introduced to Liu Xia and the others: "This is my lover, your sister-in-law, Guo Liping."

Liu Xia hurriedly greeted Guo Liping: "Hi sister-in-law! It's our first time meeting, thank you sister-in-law for mopping the floor for us."

Guo Liping said bluntly: "It's just a hand, thank you! I have nothing to do, and I have a backache for the past two days. These are..."

Wan Jianye replied for Liu Xia: "This is what I told you, Liu An, these two are also Liu Xia's nephews, and they both go to school in Rongze."

Guo Liping said: "How can these children grow up so well, it makes people like it."

After the two parties exchanged some polite words, Liu Xia and the others went back to the house.

When Mao'er left Liujialing, she was reluctant to part with her family. As soon as she opened the door of the dormitory, she couldn't wait to run in: "Oh——, I'm back, is our house okay? Haha, it's okay, tell me to open the window quickly, Breathe in the wind."

Before leaving, the cat deliberately cleaned up the house again, and left after cleaning it clean and tidy. Now, as soon as the curtains and windows were opened, the room was still a little hot, but it still looked beautiful and tidy, not as imagined. A layer of dust.

Liu Wei put the things she took on the dining table, went to touch the color TV, and Maoer hurried over to switch on the TV. After a short silence, Lin Daiyu's beautiful and sad face appeared on the screen accompanied by sad music.

Liu Wei said: "Dream of Red Mansions? It's more beautiful than Black and White. I watched a few episodes with our third uncle. Lin Daiyu doesn't look so beautiful."

Liu Rui immediately sat on the edge of the bed: "Change the channel, change the channel, I want to watch Hong Kong martial arts."

The cat ran over and put the steamed stuffed buns and the like into the steamed basket that was just brought back together. The steamed basket is the small basket used to put the washed vegetables at home: "It's the button on the left at the bottom row, Brother Wei, you two You can tune it by yourself, and you can change a channel with one click.”

Since Liu Chuan bought the first flashlight for the family, as long as the family bought a relatively expensive thing, they would first teach a few older and sensible children how to use it correctly. After seeing it for the first time, it would be carefully covered with a white lace scarf, but it never occurred to Liu Wei, who was watching it for the first time, to move.

Liu Wei only pressed it once, and the voices of "Hey, ha," and "Hoo, ha" came out from the TV. On the screen, several men and women in ancient costumes were fighting with each other.

Liu Rui cheered: "Just look at this, it's interesting, they are all martial arts masters, but they are poisonous, and a slap can break someone's heart."

Liu Wei looked at it for a few times, and although she liked it very much, she felt that she was the boss, and the cat was doing the work, and it was wrong for her to sit and watch TV, so she went to help Liu Xia with something.

Liu Xia was arranging sugar cakes and vegetable corners with a bun in his mouth, when he saw Liu Wei coming over and waving at him, signaling him to go back and watch TV.

The cat said: "Brother Xiao Wei, you can watch it, don't worry about me, I can watch it every day."

Liu Wei came over and hugged the cat with a smile: "Baby, your place is getting better and better, and you've been here more and more beautiful, you don't even know, brother is so happy."

Liu Rui looked at the TV and said: "That's right, I would like to ask Yong Bin and others to come to my uncle's place to have a look, and then they will definitely tell the people in our village that they are envious of them when they go back. Seeing that they still say that our child’s life is hard, it’s not good to say it.”

The cat just entered the kitchen to fetch water and prepare to boil it. He didn't hear Liu Rui's words, and Liu Xia didn't say anything. When the cat went out with the kerosene stove, he said, "Xiaowei, Xiaorui, how are we going?" If we know it ourselves, we won, and we don’t need to let them know, especially our cat, I don’t want people in our village to know where the baby is.”

Both Liu Wei and Liu Rui understood Liu Xia's meaning: "I know my uncle, but sometimes he thinks this way, wanting to annoy those people who used to talk nonsense about us."

After putting away the things they brought back, and boiling water, Liu Xia and Mao'er sat on the ground and began to read the letter. The first thing they read was Zhan Wei's.

Zhan Wei is currently studying in graduate school and concurrently working as a counselor for the first grade. He feels very satisfied. His ideal is to take the doctoral exam and eventually become a teacher like Huang Youguang at his alma mater. For this goal, he is still very busy.

He said that when it was time for Che Jie to return to school after his vacation, he went to see Che Jie off, but he ran into Gu Xiaoting at Che Jie's house. Gu Xiaoting was very embarrassed to see him, and she wanted to apologize to Liu Xia for Gu Pingshan through Zhan Wei .

Zhan Wei said to her: "No, everyone in our dormitory thinks that Liu Xia's loss is worth it. He is young, naive and too straightforward, so he can't see people clearly, and he is too easy to believe in the goodness of human nature; if It wasn't your father who taught him this lesson, let him know that the human heart is sinister, that people know the face but don't know the heart, let him know that there is another kind of person in this world called a 'hypocrite', and he will definitely suffer even more in the future."

Zhan Wei said: I know that this matter has nothing to do with Gu Xiaoting, and I also know that no matter how harsh I said, I will not ask for the money back for you, but after a year, I still want to curse when I think about it. Hirayama, that hypocrite, will add a bit of blockage.

I don't believe that when I said such words on Gu Xiaoting's face, she would not learn to listen to Gu Pingshan and his wife when she returned home. It would be embarrassing enough for parents to hear those words from their own daughter's mouth, even if they just relayed other people's words. Yes, because what I say is true.

After reading the letter, Liu Xia said to Mao'er: "Uncle Zhan usually looks tactful, but in fact, you can wipe your face off at critical moments, and you can say anything ugly. You are quite decisive. Otherwise, there are so many people in the student union. Get him as chairman?"

The second person who reads Zhang Fusheng, after Liu Xia opened the letter, usually he would habitually scan the entire first one first, but after scanning today, he immediately yelled: "Damn, this is too fast, isn't it?"

The cat lay on Liu Xia's arm and looked carefully:

Hello Qier:

Say hello to my nephew Liu An.

In order to avoid forgetting the most important thing in the end, I will put this matter first: the wedding date of your sister-in-law and I has been confirmed, November 11th in the Gregorian calendar and September 11th in the lunar calendar. He Yanfang and the two of us had a good time by ourselves.

Yanfang said that 11.11 means that two people who were once lonely are now standing side by side. From now on, they will walk together wholeheartedly, relying on each other, supporting each other, and welcoming all the ups and downs in the future together.

I think this meaning is very good. Although my parents and Yanfang's parents think that the good days we see are unreliable, no matter whether the solar calendar or the lunar calendar is a single day, we both like it, so they agreed.

I know that we are both new to work in the first year, and it is inconvenient to ask for leave, but I still want you all to come to Jicheng, Yanfang and I hope that our best friends can witness our wedding in person...

Mao'er was a little dissatisfied and said, "Uncle Zhang just graduated a few days ago, and he wants to marry a wife, hmph."

Liu Xia wondered: "Uncle Zhang's marrying a wife has provoked you? Why do you dislike him so much?"

Mao'er squinted at Zhang Fusheng's letter with distaste: "If they get married, they will definitely say that you should get married too. If you don't believe me, just wait and see, for sure. I don't want to see you get married."

Liu Wei and Liu Rui heard Mao'er's words and asked at the same time: "You don't want to see my uncle get married?"

The cat said: "Well, marriage is not beautiful at all. What if my uncle and... What if my uncle marries a bad granddaughter? Not being filial to grandpa and grandma, and treating my uncle badly, and talking to her all day long. Brother-in-law is arguing, what's going on?"

Liu Rui scratched her head: "That's right, I also think that getting married is not an old beauty, quarreling all day long, just like Uncle Fulai's house."

Liu Wei said: "Then tell my uncle to choose a good one, we don't want to be a poor grandson."

The cat said: "Then if she pretends to be good before marriage, she will be a grandson after marriage, so what should I do?"

Liu Xia shook his head and said, "That's what your Uncle Zhan said just now. People are evil, and you know people and face but don't know what you're thinking!" He put on a playful smile as he spoke: "No, my son, how lucky is my uncle, My uncle will definitely marry Lan Xinhui, who is both talented and beautiful, virtuous, virtuous, kind, and virtuous, a good girl!"

Mao'er puffed her face and said, "You told me before that you are a celibate and don't marry a wife."

Liu Xia suddenly realized: "That's right, then we are still entangled, uncle, I am a celibate, so I don't marry a wife, so it is impossible to marry a shrew!"

Only then did Mao'er feel better, but before he put the letter away, Liu Xia's next sentence made Mao'er explode.

Liu Xia leaned against the wall and squinted his eyes and said: "There is only a few days left in a month, I have to write to your uncles quickly, and discuss with them how much to pay. I estimate that this project may not be completed in two months." In the end, I definitely can't ask for leave, and they are all similar to me. They go to work later than me, and they are even more embarrassed to ask for leave, so I can only make up for it with a little more courtesy.

How much is appropriate?twenty?thirty?Or... fifty? "

The cat almost jumped up, staring and asking: "What? Fifty? We have to give him 50 yuan if he gets married? Uncle, are you talking nonsense? My third uncle said that most people in his unit get married. It’s ten yuan, but it’s great, my friend only costs twenty, why should we pay so much?”

Liu Wei and Liu Rui also wrinkled their faces and said, "That's right, that's too much. My uncle only earns twenty yuan a month at most."

Liu Xia dragged the cat to his lap, and let him talk to his face: "Boy, your Uncle Zhang is different, he is the boss in my dormitory, he is my eldest brother for several miles, and, It's not easy for him to chase his wife, and it took him several years of hard work to catch her, you think, uncle, should I congratulate her?"

The cat said angrily: "Then let's go to [-] miles. The third uncle said that my friends are only [-] miles away. Aren't you and Uncle Zhang good friends?"

Liu Xia frowned, rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then reluctantly compromised: "Then I will discuss it with you, Uncle Yun, Uncle Mao, and Uncle Hei. Don't give it to him."

Mao'er breathed a sigh of relief, but still pouted and rolled his eyes: "It's a lot, ten yuan is actually the winner."

Liu Xia was secretly proud of his cleverness, so he said the most unacceptable thing to the little guy first, and then took a step back, making the little guy feel like he was just picking up something for nothing.

Liu Xia efficiently wrote a letter to Zhan Wei, Yun Jian, Mao Jianyong, and Hei Deqing first, and then wrote another letter to Gu Zhao. After finishing the five letters, the time was almost up. Cooking, took the letter to the post office first, and then the four of them went to eat braised noodles together. After eating, Liu Wei took a tricycle back to the old city, and Mao'er and Liu Rui went to school together for evening self-study.

On October 08th, Liu Xia's life returned to the previous situation. He left early and returned late every day, and returned home after 30:[-] at night.

After the National Day, all walks of life, including the school's work and rest time, have been adjusted. Mao'er's school time has been changed to [-] o'clock in the morning, and the break time at noon has been reduced by one hour. Mao'er and Liu Rui run to After eating, the Public Security Bureau ran back to school non-stop, so time was very tight, so there was no way to go home.

But the cat likes this change very much, because he can go home an hour earlier at night, so that he has time to cook fresh meals, and Liu Xia just in time to eat after taking a bath after returning home.

In mid-October, there was a moderate rain, and Liu Xia and several other members of the team rested for three days. During those three days, except for picking up the cat in the morning and evening, and buying a la carte, Liu Xia never went downstairs at other times. In addition to taking the time to calculate and draw, the most energy is spent on cooking for the cat.

In those three days, Liu Xia really regretted his choice of surveying and mapping as a major:

When he was cooking, he could not be distracted at all. On the first day, he warned himself several times and remembered to come out in 5 minutes to look at the pot that made the porridge and lift the lid off, but he forgot when he started counting.

The porridge overflowed the pot and put out the kerosene stove, and there was only half a bowl of porridge left, so he had to clean up the stall and cook the porridge again.

Originally, I wanted the cat to be able to eat hot and cold meals when he came back home, but when the cat came home, he had just made the porridge, which was piping hot, and the dishes were washed before they even had time to cut them.

Mao'er is much more proficient at cooking than him now, so in the end it was Mao'er's cooking. It was already 09:30 when they both finished eating.

At noon the next day, he planned to steam some rice for the cat and stir-fry two dishes. Although his cooking was not very good, the cat always ate very deliciously. He knew that the cat was not pretending, and the cat just liked it. The feeling of sitting next to him and eating the meal he cooked.

But after he steamed the rice, he forgot about the outside as soon as he entered the house to clean up the dishes. It was Guo Liping who smelled the smell, turned off the fire, and helped to bring down the pot, but the water had already boiled dry and the rice had been smoked. It became burnt yellow and he couldn't eat any more, so he had to take the cat out to eat stewed noodles again.

For the next few meals, he stayed in front of the kerosene stove every time, concentrating on one thing, and started to make another one after this one was done.

He thought of the thick porridge and the delicious fried dishes that he had eaten every night when he came back.

The cat must concentrate on cooking for him after school every day. All the meals are ready. If there is still time, he can do his homework for a while. I couldn't do my homework. I waited until after dinner and he started to work. Then the cat sat across from him and started to do his homework.

After the break at noon was shortened, the cat had no time to write homework in the morning, and all the homework for the day was rushed to the evening. Now, the cat can only finish homework and go to bed around 10:30 every night.

Liu Xia thought, if he went to work regularly like those administrative and support staff in the team, then he could prepare meals in advance at noon and evening every day, and then pick up and drop off the cats home for dinner like other parents, so that the cats At noon and night, I can finish my homework at least an hour and a half earlier, so I won't be sleeping so late every day like I am now, and I have to think about cooking for him every day.

But regret can't change the fait accompli, Liu Xia is not a person who complains, no matter how resentful he is, his work is still as serious as ever.

After the three-day vacation, they didn't rest for a full forty days. Even Zhang Fusheng's 20 yuan congratulatory gift was sent by Maoer on Sunday.

That’s right, the 219 brothers gave Zhang Fusheng a congratulatory gift of 20 yuan per person. This was decided after correspondence and discussion: Zhan Wei only had a bare salary of tens of yuan a month, and Sha Yonghe hadn’t really done a single fieldwork so far. , basically only salary, he is a little better than Zhan Wei, that is, the regional subsidy is higher.

Everyone felt that the brethren should be given the same ceremony, and that no one should be left alone, so they finally decided to give twenty.

As for such a big thing as connecting the refrigerator, it was all done by the cat independently. When Liu Xia came home at night, what he saw was a beautiful tooth-white refrigerator placed between the bathroom and the kitchen, and the refrigerator placed in the refrigerator. A dozen neat eggs.

The cat said to him: "I first paid Uncle Dong 200 yuan, and then issued him an IOU of 780 yuan. He said that he trusted me and you, so he didn't need to issue an IOU, but I remember you told me However, as Uncle Mao Jianyong told you, money matters must be clearly written down in black and white at all times, so I just wrote a sheet for him, with my name written on the end.”

Liu Xia picked him up and turned him around, and kissed him on the forehead to show his appreciation: "Baby, you are doing right, you must give him a note, but we are not afraid of being wronged by others, but we are afraid that we will forget it! From now on, if anyone else borrows money from you, except our family members, they should also ask him to give you a note, remember?"

Mao'er took a big bite on Liu Xia's face: "Remember! Baby Uncle."

Liu Xia's bonuses in September and October both exceeded 200 yuan. Counting wages and subsidies, he saved 550 yuan in two months, plus the [-] yuan he saved in August, and the money in the refrigerator reached eleven. It can be paid in full every month.

He thanked Fu Dong very much. Liu Chuan said that for the same refrigerator, Liu Chuan’s colleagues bought it for more than 100 yuan. Fu Dong delivered it to Liu Xia’s home for [-]. At that time, Mao’er didn’t have enough money, so Fu Dong was very straightforward. Those who say that they owe it first can pay it off within two months.

In December, people's shopping malls will settle their accounts for the whole year, and it cannot be delayed until then.

So when Fu Dong gave him the money for one mat and two curtains, he didn't accept it.

Mao’er’s [-]th birthday is on a Monday, and Liu Xia still has to go to work early the next day, so he can only boil a few eggs on Sunday night in advance, and Mao’er ordered two bowls of noodles with tomato and eggs. The nephews celebrated the cat's birthday in advance with dinner at [-] o'clock in the evening.

Because of this, Liu Xia felt very sorry for the cat. He still remembered the promise he made to the cat when he started school last summer. He said that last year, he would spend all the birthdays with the cat. Being the first one, he broke his promise.

What frustrates him the most is that if he doesn't plan to choose a career again, he may continue to break his promise every year in the future, and it is definitely impossible for him to change his career.

Liu Xia watched the cat snorting and eating like a piglet with noodles, and his happy little appearance was like eating delicacies from mountains and seas. He thought to himself: If I talk like this again in the future, it doesn’t count, I’m afraid the good cat will never feel that way again. I am the best uncle in the world, but also the best bragging uncle in the world.