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Three consecutive months of field work, and being the main technician in the team, this time, Liu Xia's bonus is the highest in the team, and he doesn't know if it was there before, or this time because he is Yue Desheng who is temporarily replacing As the team leader, he was given special treatment. Chu Yuan asked him to sign a separate subsidy of [-] yuan, and told him not to tell anyone.

Liu An, a little money fan, counted over and over again, and organized the big handful of money into four neat piles, but except for the three piles that were going to be saved tomorrow, the pile he planned to keep at home for pocket money actually had nearly [-] piles. Two hundred, Liu Xia couldn't understand: "Isn't this the whole amount? Why don't you save it all?"

The cat jumped out of the bed and put the three stacks of money under the quilt in the cabinet: "You're all skinny, let's buy more meat, tomorrow is Saturday, I don't go to school in the afternoon, I will come back and make meat dumplings for you, the day after tomorrow... ..."

Liu Xia answered, "We'll be in Liujialing the day after tomorrow!"

The cat suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot, you are back, we can go home now! Hehe, it's so beautiful, then, let's cut some more meat and bring it back, and let grandma and mother make it for you; when we come back I’m done, I’ll make it for you again, anyway, you have to eat meat every day, I won’t let you stay so thin.”

Liu Xia touched his face: "I can't, I don't think I'm thin, it's almost the same as before!"

Mao'er locked the cabinet and climbed onto the bed, sat in front of Liu Xia and stared at his face: "It's just thinner, the face is thinner here, I sleep with my legs on your waist, and my ribs are higher."

He used to kneel and lie in Liu Xia's arms: "Uncle, we don't want so many bonuses in the future, can you not go out to work? Tell Ma Pengcheng's father that you, like Uncle Fu Dong, are here at this university Working in the courtyard, in fact, we can't spend your monthly salary alone."

Liu Xia stroked his back and said, "Good boy, it's not about the money, this is my uncle's major, you can see the name of our unit on the gate, we exist because of this.

If everyone thinks that field work is hard work and wants to sit comfortably in the office and wait for others to do the work to earn money, and then contribute some bonuses to Hong Fu, then who will do the work?If everyone quits, the unit won’t earn a penny, so can you still get a bonus?

Moreover, if that is the case, what is the use of the state setting up our unit?

Although we work hard when we go out to work, we don’t do anything when we go home during the Chinese New Year, and my uncle also rests when it rains and snows. Doesn’t the country still pay us wages?

We can't be the kind of people who can only take advantage of it and not suffer a little. Besides, it is my uncle's job, so it can't be considered a disadvantage. What do you think? "

Mao'er sniffed, put his arms around Liu Xia's neck, and said sullenly: "I just don't want you to go out and suffer so much. I heard them say that the place where you work is poorer than Shitougou. .”

Maoer likes Liujialing, and never thought Liujialing was poor, but he knew that the villages near them were looked down upon and poor. When he went to school in the village, he could see how poor the people in Zhangjiabao lived. , how worn it is.

But among the very poor villages near them, Shitougou is also the poorest.

He really couldn't bear the fact that his uncle had gone to college, and now he still had to work in such a place.

When school was over at noon the next day, Liu Xia picked up Mao'er and Liu Rui, and the three went directly to the bank to deposit the money.

Liu Xia just came back, he doesn't have to work, he is very free, he can save money, but he didn't go, he just wanted to see the little guy grinning when he got the passbook.

Seeing the stacks of money so thick, Liu Rui gasped in surprise. After saving the money, he sat in the noodle restaurant, and he was still looking at Liu Xia with admiration.

Mao'er was not as excited today as he was every time he saved money. He puffed his face and said to Liu Rui, "Uncle can't go home for three months, so I only earn some money."

Liu Rui said very yearningly: "Even if you don't ask me to go home for three years, if you can make me earn a lot of money, then I will win!"

Mao'er squinted at Liu Rui angrily: "Just give me 100 million pounds, so that my uncle won't go home for three years and won't win, and won't win for a year."

Liu Rui scratched her head: "Boy, I'm not talking about my uncle, I'm talking about myself! I don't want to let my uncle go out. Once he goes out, you will be left alone every day. I don't care if I look at it." beautiful."

The cat finally calmed down a bit, and said to the waiter who came to deliver the tea, "Do you add meat separately here?"

The waiter said: "Add, but this year's mutton is really too expensive, at least you have to add more than [-] cents, or I can't care."

Mao'er pointed to Liu Xia who was reporting at the window and said: "In his newspaper noodles, there is a bowl with meat for [-] yuan. Remember, that bowl needs more coriander."

Liu Rui's eyes widened in surprise: "Mao'er, a big bowl of stewed noodles only costs [-] cents, and you ask someone to add an extra yuan for the meat, how willing you are!"

The cat didn't answer Liu Rui's words, and continued to say to the waiter: "You can give me enough, six skewers of mutton skewers for one dollar, that's a lot, don't give me a few small pieces and just count it, it won't win."

It is a local custom to return the dumplings when you go out.

Liu Xia forgot yesterday, and he was too tired and didn't want to go out at the time, so he cooked by himself. Today Maoer remembered that he insisted on making fried noodles for him when he got home from school.

The weather is starting to get hot now, Liu Xia didn't want the cat to be nervous about cooking for himself after school, so he proposed to eat stewed noodles, and they had to take the bus home at 01:30 later, so they didn't dare to waste time .

The three of them walked to the hydrology team together after eating, and before they reached the gate, they saw Liu Chuan running towards them from the direction of the bus station.

Liu Chuan crossed the road, and hugged Liu Xia as soon as he came to him: "Boy, you're back!"

Liu Xia hugged Liu Chuan back and smiled: "Qian'er Hei came back, but I can't tell you, brother, why did you come back so early today?"

"The school will be on vacation for more than a week, and the exam will start this week. I took two exams at noon, and I came back when I was free in the afternoon.

I also want to come back early and discuss with the cat to take him home with him. The boy waits for you at home every day. Every time I go home, let him go with him. He doesn’t do it. I’m always afraid that he will go home. Come back, no one cares about you, no one cooks for you. "

Liu Xia stroked Mao'er's head, and the little guy rubbed against his arm in embarrassment.

It's a little early, a few people go back to Liu Xia's dormitory first, Liu Xia has already packed up the things to bring home, they are talking and waiting for Liu Wei.

Liu Wei came over with a big schoolbag on her back, and they got on the 01:30 bus at the bus station to go home on time.

Su Xiaohui is still teaching the third year of high school this year. Now it is the last moment of the college entrance examination. She only rests once every two weeks. Xin's.

When the car passed Qianhe Mountain, Mao'er looked at the steep and winding road, and then looked at Liu Xia's face sneakily. Liu Xia grabbed him, lifted his ears and forced him to look at the deep valley outside: "How dare you Then ride a bicycle, and my uncle will come here to play a big game."

The cat ignored Liu Xia's face and said, "It won't happen, really, uncle, don't be afraid."

As soon as the little guy acted like a baby, Liu Xia lost his temper at all, and let him take the opportunity to lie on his lap.

When Liu Xia left, it was still winter with withered vegetation. When he came back, his eyes were already full of greenery, and he could bathe in the Fengxi River.

The family really felt distressed when they saw Liu Xia and Mao'er. Although Liu Xia didn't admit it, he was indeed thinner and darker. months.

The two of them were regarded as big babies who had suffered a lot of grievances. They didn't have to do anything, just open their mouths to eat.

Liu Xia was lying in the shadow of the big oak tree under the setting sun, eating a corner of vegetables and asking the cat: "You are so boring every day, why don't you ask Brother Rui to sleep with you at dusk?"

The cat lay there, blew on the candy and said, "I don't want to, as soon as someone else sleeps, I will sleep away from you."

"My taste?" Liu Xia didn't understand.

"It's your smell, but it smells good. It's on our bed, on the quilt, and on the pillow. I can smell it every day, but it smells good. If other people go to sleep, they should definitely get rid of your smell." gone."

Liu Xia raised his arm and sniffed vigorously, "No, there's nothing but the smell of sweat!"

The cat came over and sniffed twice, "It's either sweat or you."

Liu Xia suddenly realized: "Oh——, I know, when you were young, I could smell that you smell different from others, you are different from everyone else, fragrant, but they can't smell it. , even your grandma can't smell it, but I can smell it."

The cat's eyes sparkled: "Really? You could smell me when I was little? What about now? Can you still smell me now?"

Liu Xia stuffed the last bit of food into his mouth: "Of course, you can smell it from far away, it smells like a little stinky cat!"

"Ah - Uncle, why are you so cowardly, I mean really, what are you trying to coax people?" Mao'er jumped on Liu Xia and kicked.

Liu Kui came over with clippers and a small chair: "Baby, don't be angry, are you full? Come and shave your head when you're full. It must be bad for your hair to grow so long. After shaving, you'll feel comfortable sleeping in the dark today." .”

Liu Xia flipped the cat onto the mat, got up and sat on the small chair by himself.

He actually had his hair cut a few times outside, but in the last month he felt that it was time to go home, so he didn't want to waste time outside, so his hair was still a bit long.

Liu Yun and Liu Lei ran over with a small Ou in their hands, and stood beside Liu Xia, staring at the clippers in Liu Kui's hand.

Liu Kui smiled and said to the two of them: "I don't like the baby, I don't dare to ask you to play with this thing, if you take it apart, it's fine, but if you hurt both of your hands, your grandma will have to beat your uncle." !"

The two little ones could fully understand what the adults said now, and looking at Liu Kui's expression, they knew that today was over, so they went to sit beside Mao'er, put Xiao Ou on the ground, and began to eat their own candy.

Liu Kui shaved his head neatly, with just a wooden comb and a clipper, the hair was delicate and beautiful, not rigid at all.

Liu Xia made a start, Mao'er, Liu Wei, and Liu Rui all came to take advantage of the pit and mud, Liu Kui finished cleaning up for several people, it happened to be dark, and Liu Chuan could only wait for tomorrow.

Liu Xia took a few people to the Fengxi River for a while, and the broken hair was cleaned up, and they came back to have dinner.

Liu Changqing sat on Liu Xia's right hand, watching Liu Xia who had just eaten five or six vegetable corners gobbled up two bowls of millet mung bean porridge and three vegetable corners, Liu Changqing sighed softly, and touched Liu Xia Thin cheeks: "Boy, you have to know in the future that this person earns money to make life better. If he uses his body to make a few money, it won't be worth it."

Liu Xia picked up another candy cake: "No, Uncle, I don't want to panic, I just run errands, look at the instrument to count, it's not like we go to work in the field, and we have to carry big bags and small bags, hoe He couldn't straighten his waist for a long time, just wanted to kill people;

It’s just a little bit longer for me, I don’t panic at all, hehe, sometimes the work area is far away from our home, and I can’t come back. I will miss home, but I miss you and your children. "

Liu Changqing nodded: "I'm telling you that earning money and living a life, remember at all times, earning money is to make life happier and better, if it is because of earning money, the family will be ignored, and the body will be broken Well, it’s better not to earn money, people can’t be slaves to money, they don’t want anything for it.

Another one, after earning money, keep a foundation for three disasters and six disasters in your hand, and spend the rest as you need, don't think that the more money you save, the better.

How many people work hard to earn money all their lives, save what they earn, and are reluctant to spend any cents, making themselves and their families miserable all day long, but in the end, in a year of war or chaos, money does not become money, but becomes a person. Waste of paper, that is crying without tears! "

Liu Xia said: "I remember, I don't know how to be an uncle, if I feel that I can't stand the panic anymore, I will definitely ask for leave;

I won’t be reluctant to spend the money I earned. A few days ago, when I came back, I paid three months’ salary and bonuses. The cat kept almost [-] yuan and didn’t save it. He said he told me to eat meat every day! "

Sun Chang'e said: "That's right, see how thin you have become, baby, eat more meat to make up for it."

Liu Xia and Mao'er hadn't been back for several months, but when they came back today, Liu Changchun and Sun Yufang also came up to have dinner together.

Sun Yufang had a severe pregnancy reaction, and when she smelled fried food, she retched uncomfortably. Xiumei served her food and a steamed bun, and asked her to sit alone on the glass coffee table next to her to eat.

Liu Changchun sat on the left side of the cat, looking at the cat like a little pig in comfort, and rarely spoke. Said: "Boy, your uncle is always working hard at that job, you should be obedient in normal times, don't make him worry about you."

The cat said: "Well, I know grandpa, I am obedient, I also learned how to make fermented bean curd meat and pancakes with Aunt Guo next door, I will make it for my uncle when I go back, and he will soon make him fat .”

The fermented bean curd meat and pancakes made by Maoer are very delicious, but after returning home, Liu Xia ate several meals, and also ate meat dumplings, braised pork, twice-cooked pork, Mushu pork, and stewed pork ribs, but only a little No fat, which makes the cat very distressed.

He raised this question in a letter to Liu Ling, and Chen Zhenbei gave him an answer: Mao'er, you can't look at your uncle every day, you let him leave for another three months, and in these three months, you can't let him go. He eats like this every day, and when he comes back, you can see the effect.

Mao'er was so angry that he threw the letter aside and said angrily: "No wonder Uncle Wu said that he is unreliable, but he still wants you to go out for another three months."

Liu Xia took the letter back and continued to read: "Uncle Zhenbei means that I have actually gained weight, but you look at me every day, and I only gain a little weight every day, so you didn't notice it."

Mao'er turned around and looked at Liu Xia's chin carefully: "Really? No, why do I feel so thin!"

Liu Xia turned him around and held him tightly in his arms: "You will never find out if you look at it like this every day, keep reading the letter."

Mao'er pinched a corner of the letter and continued to read. This paragraph was written by Liu Ling:

Although our Battalion Commander Chen's character is not trustworthy at all, his words are still reasonable, cat, you look at my uncle every day, it is really not easy to tell whether he is fat or thin.

Take a look at the photo of Uncle Six that Uncle Fifth sent back to you. Uncle Six said that he is not thin at all, but compared with the African brother next to him who looks like a black iron tower, your Uncle Six is ​​not only skinny, but also So fragile, right?

Maoer took a picture of Liu Hai by the Seine River from the stack of photos next to him, and finally picked up the photo of a black uncle with a big Mac who happened to be walking by and looked at it again: "That's right, Uncle Six is ​​worse than you and Uncle Fifth." Get fatter, now compared with this black old man, why do you look so thin!"

Liu Xia said: "That's right, my uncle is actually not thin, the main reason is that your standard in your heart is too high."

The cat retorted: "No, you are just too thin, and you will eat more meat in the future."

Yaoer, Uncle Zeng has washed several copies of the photos, and I also sent one to my home. However, even after reading it, my mother is definitely still worried. In her understanding, taking pictures is all about wearing her best clothes. For clothes, find the most beautiful background and take photos on a shelf for others to see. She will definitely not believe that the picturesque scenery around your sixth brother is where he lives normally now.

Uncle Zeng took so many photos because he was afraid that our mother would not believe what Xiao Haixin said. Every day I can feel uneasy, every day I feel that Xiao Hai must suffer a lot outside.

So when you go home, you should tell her more about what the outside world is like, and let her believe that your sixth brother is really living well abroad now.

Here is what Chen Zhenbei wrote:

Yaoer, cameras are actually very popular and cheap in developed countries, and many people even use cameras to record every detail of their daily life, so don’t let Auntie think that Xiao Hai deliberately took pictures for his family Look, comfort them, this point must let the aunt know.

In order to increase the persuasiveness of these photos, I think, should you own a camera?

Coincidentally, I have a new one right now. It was brought to me by my second sister when she came back years ago. I already have two. These are not apples, pears or steamed buns. You can eat several in a day. I can’t finish them tomorrow. Then eat, this thing is useless if it is too much, and it takes up space for nothing, how about I deal with one for you?

I heard from your fifth brother that your salary and bonus are very high. I want to exchange some extra money from you. The German product is only 600 yuan, and a few films are given at random. If you buy it in China, you may not be able to buy it for [-] yuan...

Mao'er picked up the package slip: "I said he's fine, why don't you send us a camera? It turns out that he has too many and no place to put it. Give it to us! It's only 600 yuan at once. We don't want it, so give him a refund." Will you hit Uncle when you go back?"

Liu Xia took the parcel slip and looked at it again, pouted.

Chen Zhenbei is not a person who discusses things with others at all, he just makes a decision and tells you directly, you just obey.

However, it seems good to have a camera. The cat hasn’t taken any photos since he came back from Kyoto three years ago. The baby is getting bigger and bigger. Now I really want to see him when he was a child, but I can’t. Then At that time, my family was too poor, so I took those three photos of him in the first hundred days, and then I never took them again.

When I grow up in the future, I will definitely want to see what he looks like now. It can’t be like before, where there is nothing. I have to take a lot of pictures of my baby. If I want to see what he looks like at any time in the future, I just need to flip through the photo album. up.

And my uncle, my mother, my eldest brother and the whole family.

Therefore, Liu Xia went to retrieve the camera and a box of film the next day.

Sitting at the dining table, looking at the English instruction book full of paper, Liu Xia felt that he hadn't worked hard enough at the beginning, and he should pass the professional exam of level [-].

Cameras are too luxurious for Liu Xia's current colleagues and friends, especially imported cameras, Liu Xia can't play with them, and he can't even find anyone to ask for advice.

Fortunately, a small town like Rongze now has an English-Chinese dictionary. Liu Xia searched the dictionary for a long time, and finally figured out how to use the camera.

Liu Xia thought about it for a while, and felt that with the conditions of his own family, buying an imported camera at such a cost would definitely make others think he was too vain.

After dinner, the cat stood upright in front of the peony picture painted by Zeng Guangtong, with a serious face.

Liu Xia half-bent over to take the scene: "Smile well, um, look at my uncle, laugh——!

Well, in order to prevent you from being blind, we have to take another picture. You move a little to the north, and your head is right in the middle of the big peony flowers. Yes, that’s it. Look at my uncle and laugh! "

After Mao'er finished taking pictures, Liu Xia went to stand there, and Mao'er leaned against the east wall to take his picture, and took four pictures.

Then, the two of them stood there very depressed and stared at each other: I can't even take a photo with my uncle (baby)!

It was just the two of them, and no one took pictures of them.

Depressed, Liu Xia wrote a separate letter to Chen Zhenbei, mainly to express his apology, because it would take ten days before he could remit the money.

They saved all their money, and now all the money in the family adds up to less than 250 yuan.

The last time I had to give Liu Hai money, Maoer knew that the regular passbook can be withdrawn in advance, but the interest is calculated according to the current account, which is much less than the regular deposit.

This time, Maoer said that he was determined not to withdraw money in advance. He must save it for three years and earn more interest.

But the cat will soon know that his wish will come true even faster than the last time.

The author has something to say: make panic: make, most of the time it is equivalent to "use", and it is used together with "panic" here, meaning: very tired.