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Although it was to earn more money that he requested to go out to work on a hot day, but when he was really dazed by the hot hair, Liu Xia still felt a little sad in his heart. If it happened to happen on a Sunday when everyone else was leisurely In such a situation, the sorrow will be doubled.

When work was over in the afternoon, Liu Xia's clothes were soaked all over his body. He was not used to being shirtless, so he had to carry it hard. The feeling of sweaty clothes sticking to his skin was really uncomfortable. He looked at the side of the road wearing big clothes. Those who wear underpants and hold a big cattail fan to enjoy the cool feel more uncomfortable.

However, when he entered the gate of the unit and saw Zhu Fushui, Ding Hongliang, and the cook Lao Hou who just jumped out of the car, Liu Xia immediately felt much more at ease: Zhu Fushui, Ding Hongliang, and Lao Hou all looked ashamed and half-dead. , the expression on his face can really be described as mournful.

Liu Xia and the others warmly greeted Zheng Chaoyang and his group, each of them packed up their own things and handed them in. A few workers consciously took care of all the instruments and let Liu Xia just go home.

Before going up the stairs, Liu Xia looked back at Ding Hongliang and Lao Hou who were carrying the tripod, in order to let his happy mood go up to another level like his body at the moment.

Yesterday, Wan Jianye told Liu Xia that starting next Monday, they will be stationed nearby for work, and they will not come back until the project is completed.

After Bu Ming announced the news in the afternoon, Ding Hongliang asked for a leave of absence, but Bu Ming flatly refused.

Veteran engineer Bu Ming is known for his dedication and stubborn temper in the work unit. He is usually reticent. Except for directing other personnel to cooperate during work, it is difficult to listen to him, but once he opens his mouth, I want him to change that It is almost impossible, and a person with his personality rarely asks others. Therefore, it is said that none of the previous leaders of the team has ever refused his occasional requests.

Zhu Fushui, the head of the business section, once mocked the engineers in the technical department in public. They are all nerds who don’t know anything except arithmetic and drawing. One of the people Zhu Fushui ridiculed at that time was Bu Ming.

But this time, it was Zhu Fushui who followed Bu Ming's team in the business department to experience life—he was the section chief, and he sent other people out in front of him. This time, he was the only one in their department who didn't go down.

Liu Xia can imagine the treatment that Zhu Fushui, Ding Hongliang, and Lao Hou might receive from Bu Ming. The serious and paranoid Mr. Bu must strictly implement the rules of the team, so that those who experience life will follow closely at the same pace. Be around them and watch their work, but they are not allowed to do a penny of work.

And those four people are definitely not working every day, and it is impossible to change to another team to experience.

Liu Xia and his team now only follow Ning Xiaoqian. Chu Yuan asked Liu Xia in advance to take care of him, and Liu Xia readily agreed.

Because the nature of Chu Yuan's work is quite special, and he has a close relationship with the leader. Chu Yuan knows the main source of income in the team better than anyone else, so he never makes irresponsible remarks about the income of front-line personnel.

As Chu Yuan's wife, Ning Xiaoqian is also the same. She usually likes to talk and laugh very aggressively, but when it comes to the treatment of front-line personnel and logistics personnel, she has always kept her mouth shut and detached herself from other matters.

Liu Xia likes her kind of person who is straightforward but not lacking in roots, and who can tell right from wrong in major matters. On her first day with the team, Liu Xia told her that she just needs to prepare some warm and cool food for everyone every day. It is enough that everyone can drink the sugar water anytime. When Liu Xia and the others are working, she can find a place to cool off.

Ning Xiaoqian reciprocated with knowledge and interest, and she provided Liu Xia and the others with rock sugar chrysanthemum water every day.

After dinner on Monday, Liu Xia and Mao'er were sitting at the dining table sweating. One calculated data and the other practiced calligraphy. They hadn't started for half an hour when they heard a knock on the door, and then Liu Chuan walked in.

This time, Liu Xia and Mao'er looked at the envelope that Liu Chuan put on the table, and didn't speak.

Liu Chuan said: "Count first to see if it is eight hundred." Then he went to the bathroom to wash his face.

Liu Xia and Mao'er looked at each other, Liu Xia was expressionless, Mao'er picked up the envelope and opened it to look inside, but did not touch the money inside.

Liu Xia put away the pen and paper, sat upright, and was about to argue with Liu Chuan.

Liu Chuan came out shirtless, and stood in front of the fan to blow the air: "Sister Yuzhi gave it to me early this morning, you can take it, I've been telling her all day to no avail.

She said that her house had just been rebuilt two years ago, and the family has not used a lot of money in the past few years. She said that the houses in rural areas are built like this, and no one has so much money, and the house can be built in one go. They are all borrowed by relatives and neighbors first, and then they live in the house and pay back slowly.

Yao'er, that's true. It's difficult to save money, because every family always has places to use money.

But it is easy to pay back the money. It is not reliable to always owe money to others, so as soon as the money is in hand, I will pay it back quickly, and it will be paid off in a few years. "

Liu Xia said: "Then I don't want it either. How can someone who works in the city and earns hundreds of dollars a month go and hang up on her married sister who only earns a few dozen dollars a month? Let outsiders know so they can't laugh at me." ?”

The cat brought a big bowl of mung bean soup to Liu Chuan, and Liu Chuan drank it and said, "This one is different. It's really inappropriate to hang up with the second sister and the others, but everyone is the same when it comes to buying a house. You can't find it if you search Rongze all over the place." Offer a few to buy fund-raising houses without borrowing money.

You should continue, or you can return it to the second sister yourself, if I don't, I can't help it if the second sister starts to cry. "

Liu Xia accepted Yuzhi's money, but when he came to deliver Yuzhi with Mao'er on the Saturday when Yuzhi finished her training and was going home, he solemnly gave her an IOU:

Loan terms:

I am very happy to receive the RMB [-] subsidy from sister Yuzhi to buy a house. To motivate myself to work hard and make a lot of money, I guarantee that I will return it within one year.

Borrower Liu Xia

Ghostwriter Liu An

199*, 8, 9

Liu Xia's name was stamped with a bright red stamp with a lotus pattern, and Liu An's name was stamped with a red little finger print.

Holding the IOU, Yuzhi smiled and shed tears all over her face: "Boy, I never thought of asking you to pay back the money. At the beginning, my uncle went to great lengths to let my eldest sister and I leave Liujialing to marry a good place. We haven't seen each other for so many years." I have helped the family, and I want to go back to see my uncle and my mother during the holidays. You are buying a house now, and the second sister happens to have a lot of money, so you can just keep it. Why are you writing me an IOU! You ..."

Liu Chuan said: "Second Sister, Yao'er doesn't mean anything else, you don't have a separate family, and live together with your parents-in-law. If you take out so much money without a sound or proof, I'm afraid of Junhao and his grandparents. Don't worry, with this article, you can talk at home."

Yuzhi said: "I'm fine, this money is because your brother Erfeng and my parents-in-law asked me to give it. They all think that Yao'er buying a house is such a big deal, and I should pay some money as a sister.

Isn't it right for a daughter to subsidize her mother's family when she is out of the house?Whose girl doesn't want her natal family after she gets married? "

Liu Xia said: "Second sister, you used to subsidize our family a lot!"

Yuzhi said: "What do I subsidize? My in-law's family also has a lot of brothers and sisters. In the past, life was very tight. Except for some steamed buns when I go home during the holidays, sometimes I bring two catties of dim sum. The uncle would yell at me. Don't ask my eldest sister to take it, I'm afraid I will make my in-laws look down on me if I take too much.

For so many years, I have only made two sweaters for my family. When I took them back, my uncle, my mother, and our elder brother all scolded me, saying that my in-law’s family is not rich, and told me to make more for my in-law’s sisters in the future. Leave them alone.

Boy, I feel that I really have no conscience. My eldest sister and I are such a girl. If we leave it in someone else's house, maybe my mother's family will never want to see me for the rest of my life.

The elder sister’s family should be richer. Brother Zhijie’s parents are small-minded. Every time the elder sister takes something before going back to her mother’s house, they will look through it pretending that they don’t mind. Say something bang bang miles.

Chang Zhijie is very similar to his parents, they also have light energy that can go in and not go out. Personality, you have to say, he is really good to the eldest sister, he buys the clothes for the eldest sister, and it is good to go out for something to eat. I also remember our eldest sister and the two children.

But he just doesn’t let the elder sister touch the money, every time the elder sister should go back to her mother’s house, he would find many excuses not to ask the elder sister to come back, or he would secretly look through the elder sister’s things, for fear that the elder sister would secretly hide the money and bring it back to supplement our family. "

Mao'er interrupted Yuzhi and said, "Old Rare, both my third uncle and my younger uncle can earn a lot of money, and the unit will also send out many good things. Second aunt, please tell my aunt that she will not take anything when she comes home. , just say that our family has everything, even if he gets it from our family, no one cares."

Liu Xia pulled the angry cat whose face was flushed, and comforted him: "There's nothing to be angry about, boy, from now on my uncle will earn everything, our family really has everything, we really don't care about his things .”

Liu Chuan just smiled: "Our family used to be poor, but now we are not rich, and they are afraid that they will suffer if they get involved with us.

It's okay, second sister, there used to be a saying that the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor have no one to pity on the streets, everyone is like this.

Don't think too much, we've all grown up, our life will only gradually get better and better, you can live your life with peace of mind, don't worry about your family. "

Yuzhi sighed and said: "I only remembered this when I saw you. My eldest sister ran to my house after the Mid-Autumn Festival last year and said she wanted a divorce. Chang Zhijie rushed over and explained a lot to me, saying that he loved my eldest sister a lot. so much good.

I don't know if he doesn't explain. Eldest sister has a lot of things that I feel ashamed of. She never told me, so I asked him to speak out.

At the beginning, I made an agreement with my eldest sister, I would make a sweater for my uncle, my uncle, and our elder brother, and the elder sister would make a sweater for my mother, sister-in-law, and Xiao Hai. Didn’t Xiao Hai come to Rongze to go to school at that time?The two of us were afraid that the child would be ashamed in wearing Lao Lai and leaving school, so we wanted to call him first.

In the end, I finished the fight, and the elder sister didn’t fight anything when she came. The elder sister told me that she had been feeling unwell for the past few days and didn’t want to do anything.

After Chang Zhijie explained this time, I realized that he was the one who forbade my eldest sister to call me, and he even settled an account with me, saying that if he agreed at that time, our eldest sister and I started this, and our whole family must be responsible for it. Counting on the two of us to wear clothes, how much money the two of us had to post to our natal family that year, and how much money the two of us had to post after so many years.

He also said that people are like this, it's cheap, unless you don't let him touch you at the beginning, he has no thought at all, and he won't pester you to blackmail you in the future.

Your brother Erfeng put it aside and couldn't listen anymore, so he asked him: You have been married to your eldest sister for so many years, tell yourself, what did our uncle and uncle expect from us?It's hard for them to live, when will they come to ask us for a penny?We are not rich people, so it's fine if we don't subsidize their mother's family, but Brother Zhijie, if you talk like this again, you have a bad conscience!

Our eldest sister had another quarrel with Chang Zhijie at that time, and she stayed at my house for almost a month. Later, Chang Zhijie brought the handsome boy, and the baby was crying, so the eldest sister had no choice but to go back with him.

Alas, I don't know what to say. Chang Zhijie went to Haidu on business a few days ago, and he bought nothing for his parents when he came back. He bought several clothes for the elder sister, all of which were very expensive, and even bought a pair for the elder sister. The gold earrings are supposed to be really nice to the elder sister, but it's just..."

Liu Chuan said: "That's all right, as long as he treats the eldest sister nicely, he will win. There are many bastard men who don't even care about their families when they eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. Chang Zhijie is just a little bit narrow-minded, but he knows Gu's family, which is not bad.

You tell the eldest sister, let her live her life well, don't think too much about irrelevant things. "

Liu Xia said: "Second Sister, I don't want my uncle and mother to know about my buying a house, or they should worry about it. Don't tell anyone about it."

Yuzhi nodded: "I thought about it, I won't say it. Alas, people are really different, but there are many children who are in their 20s and don't do anything. They spend a lot of money on food and clothing, and their parents can't take care of them at all." You can also have a big temper;

All of you started earning money to support the family when you were in your teens. Although my uncle and my mother have suffered in the past, I think their life is really worth it. You are more sensible than each other.

Junhao and Junfei have grown up, I am content with one tenth and one hundredth of you. "

Yuzhi looked at the IOU again: "Boy, if I give you the money, you will return the note. You really treat the second sister as an outsider, right?"

Liu Chuan said: "No, Second Sister, you don't know? Many college students are doing this now. They have advanced concepts. His college classmates taught him that everything related to money must be counted in black and white. Between them Borrowing three 20 yuan is like this, no one thinks it is a sign of ignorance or distrust, maybe everyone will get used to it in the future, second sister, don't worry."

Yuzhi said: "That's right, I took this IOU, but don't even think about paying it back. When I gave you the money, I didn't think it was a loan to you. I'm your sister. I can give you money in my lifetime." I can help you this time, how much have you helped your uncle and the others?

I think Mao'er and you two are very interesting to write this IOU, and you insist on letting me take it, so I'll keep it for a while. "

When Liu Xia wrote the IOU, he was afraid that Yuzhi would feel that he and he were separated and would feel uncomfortable, so he asked Maoer to write such an IOU with clear events, but the tone was like a joke.

There will be more than a month to pay the money, so Liu Xia and Mao'er didn't deposit the money in the bank, but kept it at home.

Mao'er has to look at the money every day, and then worry about the remaining 3000. He feels that he is very useless. The uncle suffers so much every day to work and earn money. He can do nothing but eat.

It took almost eighteen days for Liu Xia to send Liu Ling's letter before he received Liu Ling's reply. The reply was very brief, only half a sheet of paper.

Liu Ling said that he has already paid for the camera. They are preparing for a large-scale military exercise recently, and they are very busy now, and the cycle will be relatively long. If he writes fewer letters recently, don't worry Liu Xia and his family.

Liu Ling made a special statement at the end: Battalion Commander Chen is busier than me, so it is best not to disturb him by writing.

Liu Xia said to Mao'er: "You always think that my uncle is working too hard. Look, Uncle Wu and Uncle Zhenbei work harder than my uncle. They haven't rewarded you yet.

What about gold! "

On August 13th, Liu Xia finished another small project. He decided to take a little rest and take the cat home with him for two days.

But when he went to hand in the survey report to Yue Desheng the next afternoon, before he asked for leave, Yue Desheng said to him: "Would you like to go with me to the old base of Qiaoyun? There is a mine survey project over there." , Captain Ma asked me to bring two technicians there, and the others used the old base."

Liu Xia only hesitated for a second before answering: "Okay, when are we leaving?"

"Monday."

Liu Xia came out of the office and went to the gate of the unit first. The melon seller with a red mole the size of a grain of rice between his eyebrows was sitting with his woman under the shade of a tree, eating Liangpi from an aluminum basin. When he saw Liu Xia coming over , both of them smiled and stood up.

Liu Xia said, "Six or seven."

The man lifted the big quilt on the galloping horse tricycle, patted watermelons one by one, and quickly picked out seven, and the woman came to help him carry a wooden stick to weigh the melons.

"97 catties, you can give me 12 yuan." The man said.

Liu Xia took out 12 yuan, and the man carried the woven bag of melons and walked inside the hydrology team.

Liu Xia and Mao'er have indeed been saving a little on food recently, but Liu Xia has never let the cat eat watermelon for a day. This is what he made up his mind to do when he first saw the cat eating watermelon: wait for him After earning money, in summer, as long as there are watermelon sellers, he will let the cat eat it every day.

This man's melons are very good, they are all big, thin-skinned, sandy flesh, and he is honest, the asking price is real, and he never plays tricks on the scale. Liu Xia basically bought his watermelons from last year to this year, only he is not here Only then will you buy someone else's.

Going up the stairs, Liu Xia said to the melon seller: "In a few days, if my little nephew runs out of melons, I'll go to you to buy them again. You must choose the best one for him."

The melon seller said: "Don't worry, it must be the best, and I'm responsible for delivering it to him. It's just a child. I really have no money. It's okay to eat a few melons for nothing."

After the melon seller left, Liu Xia and Mao'er sat on the ground, digging up half a watermelon with a spoon and eating together.

Liu Xia did enough mental construction, and took several deep breaths before saying: "Be good, baby, uncle... we must go out."

As soon as the cat swallowed a mouthful of melon, it raised its head and looked at him stupidly, as if it didn't understand.

Liu Xia put down the spoon and held his face in his hands: "The time won't be too long, it must be much shorter than the last time, but it must not be in time for you to start school."

It took a long time for the cat to ask, "Where is the construction site?"

"Qiaoyun, we have to cross the Yellow River at the old base of our unit, so my uncle can't come back every day. I will go with Yuegong. He will bring his family back this time, so we will do our best to catch up with the progress. , strive to come back as soon as possible."

The cat put the watermelon on the mat, and came over to lie in Liu Xia's arms: "Oh!"

Liu Xia patted him lightly, not knowing what to say next.

He just told the little guy yesterday that he was going to rest, and the two of them went back to Liujialing together, and he had fun with him for a few days at ease, but in less than a day, he broke his promise again, and it was still a long-distance field construction.

In two more days, Liu Xia decided not to go home. Running back and forth in this weather made the little guy suffer, and he lost the sense of peace of mind staying in a fixed place.

He discussed with Mao'er, and after he left, let Mao'er go back to Liujialing alone. The house is cool and there are people cooking. The point is, he doesn't want Mao'er to guard an empty house by himself.

The cat obediently agreed.

Liu Xia found out that Mao'er was in a bad mood when he went to get the instrument back with Wu Xiaolin on Sunday afternoon.

After he told Mao'er the news that he was going out the afternoon before yesterday, Mao'er panicked. Although he tried his best not to let Liu Xia feel that he was unhappy, how could Liu Xia not feel his emotions.

But what's going on now, he just went out to get an instrument, why did the little guy who looked like a corn seedling that had been dry for two months suddenly become a small bamboo after the rain?

However, no matter what the reason was, if the cat was happy, Liu Xia felt much better, and he didn't dare to ask, for fear that the newly happy cat would become dull again.

Liu Xia and the others have to leave before dawn tomorrow, the morning is too busy, so the cat will make dumplings for him tonight.

The two ate delicious dumplings with their own concerns, Maoer insisted on washing the dishes by himself, saying that Liu Xia would have to hang around in the car for a long time tomorrow, it must be very uncomfortable, and asked Liu Xia to lie down and rest early.

Seeing the cat enter the kitchen, Liu Xia looked around the room carefully, and there was nothing abnormal on the surface. He thought for a while, and opened the cabinet where the quilt was placed. Under the quilt on the bottom layer, there was a bulging bag. It was the cat's schoolbag. He opened it and saw that it was a few clothes that the cat often wears now.

Liu Xia put the bag back to its original place, gently closed the cupboard door, sat on the ground and leaned against the wall for a while, and then said to the cat: "Uncle, I remembered that I missed a piece of equipment, go down for a while, you stay at home Wait for Uncle!"

The cat happily agreed, and Liu Xia ran out of the house.

Mao'er didn't sleep well all night, even though it was very hot, he slept on Liu Xia's body all the time.

Liu Xia couldn't sleep, and every time he felt that the little guy was about to wake up, he would pat the little guy's back in the dark, kiss his forehead, and the little guy would be quiet for a while.

At [-]:[-] the next morning, Liu Xia and the others began to load the instruments into the car and prepare to leave.

Liu Xia saw that everything was almost pretended, so he greeted Yue Desheng, saying that he would go home again to get something, and then quietly went upstairs.

Mao'er was stuffing the toothbrush into the bag by the bed, when he heard the sound of Liu Xia opening the door, he frantically stuffed the bag under the dining table, ran over pretending to be calm, and bumped into Liu Xia's arms.

Liu Xia picked him up and sat on the edge of the bed.

The cat sensed that something was wrong, and hugged Liu Xia's neck tightly without moving, and opened his eyes wide to prevent the smoldering liquid inside from falling out.

He wanted to hide behind his uncle's big truck at the last moment before departure. He had already thought about it. The uncle must be sitting in the front cab. In the back compartment are not only various instruments, but also two or three A tent, such a big tent, he will definitely not be found hiding under it.

There are still ten days before leaving school. If my uncle can't come back by then, he can take a car back by himself. He doesn't want to leave his uncle for such a long time.

Liu Xia lifted the little guy's head and pressed it against his forehead: "Good boy, don't dare to do this in the future, if the car starts suddenly when you sneak into the car, it will be very dangerous."

The cat's arms became tighter: "I will be obedient when I get there, and it won't affect your work. When you go out, you have to eat in the wild. I will help you, uncle... I don't want to watch it for so many days. I don't see you, I know you can't take your family with you when you go out to work, but, I...I miss you so much!"

Liu Xia hugged the little guy and stood up: "Then let's go, go with my uncle."

"Oh, ah?" Mao'er looked at Liu Xia in disbelief: "What are you talking about, uncle? Say it again."

Liu Xia pressed the little guy's forehead hard: "Go to Qiaoyun with my uncle, my uncle is also reluctant to part with our big cat."

"Ahaha... Uncle, why are you so nice, uncle..."

Mao'er, Liu Xia, and Wu Xiaolin were sitting in the back compartment together, bumping all the way, but Mao'er was so excited that he even forgot about motion sickness. I can't eat anything for half a day.

When they arrived in Qiaoyun City, they were arranged to stay in their own hotel at the old base for one night.

As the main technician, Yue Desheng arranged for Liu Xia to live in a single room because he had to undertake a lot of calculation tasks, although he had nothing to calculate today.

Although it was in a completely strange place, the cat slept very soundly that night.

At six o'clock the next morning, they set off with the construction team of the old base. At nine o'clock, they entered the work area. Looking at the mountains scorched by the strong sunlight, Liu Xia felt a little regretful.

But lying in the tent at night, listening to the cheerful chatter of the little guy beside him, Liu Xia was relieved again: Happiness may not really have much to do with the kind of place you sleep in, but who is lying next to you seems to be. the most important.

The author has something to say: knock bang words: the bangzi in opera accompaniment can control the rhythm; knock bang words: the meaning is obvious, but it is not clear, let you figure it out for yourself.

Sweater: Knit a sweater.