all the way

Liu Xia and his team finished this project in mid-April. The Rongze County Highway Bureau, which had urged them to hurry up the construction period and couldn't wait to build the road, was no longer in a hurry because of a shortage of funds.

After collecting the field data, Liu Xia was supposed to rush to produce the later data and drawings and prepare the survey report at the unit. Now, because Party A is not in a hurry to deliver immediately, Liu Xia and his team were immediately sent to the surveying and mapping project for the reconstruction and expansion of the national highway In addition, it is a long-distance operation that needs to be stationed on the spot.

After finally looking forward to the end of Liu Xia's project, he didn't even have time to spend a whole day with his uncle. Mao'er tried to pretend to be sensible, but couldn't keep pretending. He jumped up and down while hugging Liu Xia's waist and shouted: "Ma Pengcheng Why is his father so cowardly, why was he sent to you so far away?" Mao'er was so angry that she couldn't speak Mandarin anymore.

Liu Xia comforted his little baby with a helpless smile: "I can't be good, this is what my uncle does. However, this project won't take too long. We measure by sections. We have several teams to the west. I estimate we will be back in about 20 days or so at most."

The cat jumped even higher: "Ahaha, I don't want to, 20 days, I think two days is too long, uncle——, I miss you every day, what should I do?"

Liu Xia pressed the little guy in his arms to prevent him from jumping again, his heart ached and soft, and he didn't know what to do: "Good cat, you will be on vacation in two more months, when you are on vacation, uncle will go out Take you with me all the time, okay?"

Mao'er put her arms around Liu Xia's neck: "Okay, uncle, don't feel bad, I'm just kidding, I can do everything now, I'm doing well at home, remember to give it to me in two days Just make a phone call." Mao'er felt Liu Xia's uncomfortable mood, and immediately changed his tone.

Liu Xia said: "Uncle calls you every day. This time, the homework area is in a relatively busy place. It's easy to make calls. Every night after school, my uncle will call the reception room."

Cat nodded: "Yeah."

On the second Sunday after Liu Xia led the team to leave, Maoer received the big bed delivered by Liu Chuan in a truck.

He Jialiang and his father spent six months in almost all their spare time besides normal work, and devoted themselves to making it for another month before they made the cat's bed from the blueprint.

The material is the best old elm wood purchased by the He family in the past few years. The traditional painting method, and according to the requirements of the cat, the inside and outside are painted, instead of just painting the outer surface like ordinary furniture. .

Fu Donghe and a few people from his work unit came to help carry the bed. After placing the bed, he said, "How much does it cost? I saw it in the best furniture store in Yuancheng. It's still high."

The combination cabinets that have become popular in the past two years are said to be the most suitable design for the current living conditions of Chinese people. They are the most space-saving, have a large capacity, and are beautiful. When the hydrology team moved to a new house years ago, most of them bought combination cabinets.

But the cat didn't like it anyway, and he couldn't tell the reason. He just liked the color and style of the furniture in Zeng Huaichen's new house when he got married.

But Liu Xia and Mao'er found out after a long time that they were blind enough to think that traditional Chinese solid wood furniture and European retro furniture were the same.

The truth is, the big bed they both saw in this picture is only in the same color as the traditional Chinese furniture, which is the dark vermilion that the cat likes most, and the cat also likes the appearance of this bed. Simple and clumsy yet beautiful and gorgeous.

Fu Dong's words made Mao'er feel that something was wrong. A bed is more expensive than a house full of furniture?how much is that

Fu Dong said: "Anyway, I saw one, a bed with two bedside cabinets, and it took a long time to get [-], without a mattress, and the mattress that came with it cost [-]."

Maoer looked at the custom-made big bed that he still felt aggrieved: 2*2.2 meters, what Fu Dong said should be the one at their house, 1.5*2 meters.

He had originally wanted a bed as big as the one he was putting together now.

After the helper left, Mao'er asked Liu Chuan, "How much does Brother Xiaowei and his uncle want?"

Liu Chuan said: "He didn't say anything, but I think the bed is really beautiful, and the wood used is also real. The Simmons we saw in the furniture store can't be compared at all, so I asked him if [-] is enough, and he said yes.

I don't think it's enough for him to answer the words so happily. In the past, your brother Xiaowei and his uncle gave us something, and they paid for their time and materials. They always said that they refused to ask for money. Enough said, it must have cost too much, and he will pay us a lot for this price. "

The cat is wilting, will he cost my uncle thousands of dollars for a bed?It's too expensive, and his uncle's most trusted butler has become a prodigal son?

The current cat doesn't know that the complex and rich parabolic headboard in the picture he saw was made with moulds, while He's father and son, who are traditional rural carpenters, used big saws, small saws, The planes and emery cloths are made by hand bit by bit. The energy and time spent on them is hard to calculate.

Returns are not possible.

At night, the cat was lying on this big bed that everyone who saw it praised its beauty, but it didn't smell like an uncle, and it was so sad that it wanted to hit the wall.

Half a month later, Liu Xia came back, and when he entered the room, he saw the big bed and his reaction was: "Damn, it's so beautiful! Our cats have eyes, just point at it, and there will be an extra classic in the house."

Finally, Mao'er, who was looking forward to his uncle's return, woke up from Liu Xia's arms in the middle of the night, saw the solemn bedside and uncle's face through the hazy moonlight through the curtains, and suddenly felt that even if it was a little more expensive, it was worth it Well, my uncle likes it so much, such a beautiful bed is only willing to buy in other people's homes, but now, he and my uncle sleep on such a bed.

He rubbed his face on the face he thought was the most handsome in the world a few times, and the person who was rubbed dazedly patted him on the back and said, "Sleep, dear cat, uncle is holding you ",

The cat grinned silently, nestled its face in Liu Xia's neck, and fell asleep peacefully.

Liu Xia and Liu Chuan went to sister-in-law Xiumei's natal home when she found time, and left 3000 yuan for He Jialiang, [-] yuan for the bed, and another [-] yuan for He Jialiang to build a large writing desk and wardrobe. He also gave He Jialiang a picture, which is still a home picture, which the cat likes.

Looking around, there is flat yellow land all around, there is not even a slope that can be blocked, and there is no bush or wild wormwood. Liu Xia ran round and round, but no matter how far he ran , when he turned around, he could still see the large group of men and women not far from him, and a few of them turned their heads and smiled at him.

Liu Xia felt that he couldn't do it anymore, so he set up an arbor and looked into the distance. There seemed to be rolling hills far away in the sky. He didn't know if he could persist there, but he couldn't if he didn't go. He wanted to run away, but , but his legs seemed to have fallen lead, and the ground under his feet was soft, he couldn't run no matter what, Liu Xia was almost desperate...

Slowly opened his eyes and looked down. One foot, a fat big toe and a tall, round-headed second toe, were kicking and playing on the highest point of the small tent through the blue trousers.

"Ah, you stinky cat, if you play with me again, I will wet the bed!" Liu Xia screamed, curled up his middle finger and tapped the cat's forehead, jumped out of bed, clutched his stomach and went to the bathroom rush.

The cat giggled, raised its legs high, and formed a ninety-degree angle with its body: "You told me to call you at 07:30, otherwise I wouldn't wake you up. Your words don't count. Last night Go to bed soon."

Liu Xia stood in front of the toilet, struggling with his own body.

Obviously he was holding back so much that he was about to wet the bed, but now Xiao Liuxia was as hard as an iron rod, and there was no way to make him lower his head to the toilet.

Liu Xia remembered that every time he was suffocated to death in his dreams but couldn't find a place to urinate, now that he was awake, there was still the possibility of suffocating to death with urine, which was too annoying. When he got excited, he bent his head The thumb and middle finger flicked Xiao Liuxia: "Go down, you...uh-hiss-oh hahaha..."

Liu Xia gasped several times for his [-] actions.

The cat ran over naked: "What's wrong with you, uncle?"

Xiao Liuxia finally bowed his head.

Liu Xia drained the water happily, and pointed at the thing he was pinching with his chin: "I can't urinate, I gave it a bit, it hurts me to death, ah, oh, it's comfortable, cat, let me tell you, if you're okay in the future Play with it again, I wet the bed and you are responsible for removing and washing the mattress!"

The cat squeezed over and picked up the little cat and started to pee: "Okay, I will wash the sheets, and I will take the mattress to dry on the basketball court. Hehe, let the whole hydrology team know that you are still wet the bed even in your 20s."

After Liu Xia finished urinating, he shook a few times comfortably: "Do you think anyone will believe your words? People must think that you are ashamed of peeing the bed, so they rely on me."

Mao'er thought for a while, as if the possibility Liu Xia said was [-]%, he looked at the ball in Liu Xia's trousers unwillingly: "Tomorrow if it dares to stand so high, I will still kick it."

After the cat finished urinating, it stood next to Liu Xia, washed its hands and said, "Uncle, I think it likes me to play with him. When I push it, it stands taller, and it seems to grow even bigger."

Liu Xia brushed his teeth and said, "Then you can continue kicking, one day you can't guard against it, after kicking, your younger brothers in the reinforcement company will have no chance to make your grandma happy."

Mao'er rolled his eyes: "It turns out that the fifth uncle and sixth uncle gave birth to grandma together, and you plan to have a strengthening company by yourself in just a few days. Do you want the 72nd concubine of the Sangong Sixth Courtyard, or marry some old sows?" ?”

Liu Xia said: "I'm a celibate, of course it's a test-tube baby. Scientists have proved that a man can have more than 1 million babies at a time. It's not a piece of cake to cultivate a booster company. It's just a matter of using a few more test tubes." Well!"

Mao'er brushes his teeth: "Well, after they are cultivated, we will build a pigsty for them, and grandma and mother will pour a few big pots of pig food for them every day, so as to ensure that everyone eats fat for nothing."

Liu Xia looked at the little cat shaking with the cat's tooth brushing rhythm and got a headache: "This year, I will start wearing pants to sleep on my birthday, this is an order."

The cat said nonchalantly, "Why?"

Liu Xia rubbed his head: "As you grow up, you will be treated as a hooligan if you keep naked like this every day."

The cat suddenly yelled: "Ah, I forgot to put the pot on to boil the water first." Then he threw the toothbrush and wanted to run out.

Liu Xia pulled him and pushed him back to the sink: "Let's go out to eat today, my uncle wants to eat spicy soup and pancakes."

The two had breakfast on the street, Mao'er went shopping for vegetables, and Liu Xia went to the Land Bureau.

This year's spring seems to be particularly short. I was still wearing a big cotton jacket in March, but now I want to wear short sleeves.

Wearing jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, Liu Xia walked to the Land Bureau, sweating all over.

Wang Dongping received Liu Xia in her office, and she opened the door and said, "Your captain Ma has told me about your situation, and I believe in your ability, but I still want to emphasize it again, this is our responsibility. A face of the Bureau, we are ugly to say that the front is not ugly, Xiaoliu, we will not bargain any more for the price that Captain Ma insisted on. According to the rules he said, we will pay you 5000 yuan first, but if you finally make something that is not so What’s the matter, when the time comes, don’t blame the eldest sister for speaking harshly, not only will we not give you the rest of the money, but you have to return the 5000 yuan to us.”

Liu Xia nodded very seriously and said: "I know, Captain Ma has already told me. It's useless for me to say anything now. After I make something and you and other leaders of the Land Bureau have seen it, you will know the price." Is it worth it?"

He didn't say that if you are not satisfied, I will refund the money. If they are not satisfied with the sand table he made with Liu Xia's heart, there is only one situation: they want to renege on their debts.

Wang Dongping made a phone call, and a few minutes later, someone came up with an envelope and handed it to Wang Dongping first, and Wang Dongping handed it to Liu Xia.

Liu Xia took the envelope and pulled out a stack of brand new 50-yuan RMB. Although it was still sealed by the bank, Liu Xia counted it carefully, then took the pen and paper pushed by Wang Dongping, and wrote the receipt Article, give it to that person.

After the cashier left, Liu Xia said, "Sister Wang, have you prepared the materials?"

Wang Dongping picked up a stack of documents from the coffee table next to him: "Here, here are the data. By the way, Xiao Liu, what Eldest Sister said just now was business-like, and now Eldest Sister has a few words with you in private.

This is the first time I have received a task since I was transferred to the Rongze Land Bureau. You can’t embarrass the eldest sister. The request to make a sand table model was requested last time when we went to the provincial meeting. If you do it well for us this time, I can do it. Tell you about this job in other counties, I mean it. "

Liu Xia said solemnly: "Don't worry, I dare not say that the sand table I made is perfect, but I dare say that at least during my four years in college, I am the best sand table made in our school."

This is the thing that Ma Qianli half-joked with him that day: making a sand table for the Land Bureau.

When he returned to work last Monday, Ma Qianli called him to the office to confirm whether he could independently make sand table models. After Liu Xia gave him an affirmative answer, Ma Qianli introduced him to this private job.

Ma Qianli talked about this matter for him. After graduation, Liu Xia joined the unit and has been working intensely. He has almost never had contact with colleagues other than his colleagues, so he doesn’t know the market for sand table work.

Ma Qianli probably understands the market, and also knows that there is a lack of professionals in this field, while Liu Xia has solid theoretical knowledge and very strong hands-on ability in his profession, so Ma Qianli proposed a price that the other party thinks is quite high. If Liu Xia himself Let's talk, he estimated that he would ask for at most one-fifth of Ma Qianli's price.

Liu Xia cooperated with the Land Bureau to carry out land surveying and mapping a few years ago. He heard that Wang Dongping was transferred from Shangcheng County Land Bureau at the end of last year. The leader of the neighborhood committee in Rongze, Wang Dongping, was only in his thirties, and he was transferred to be the deputy director. Many people in the Land Bureau were not convinced.

But those people also said that Wang Dongping is a very straightforward person, very easy to get along with. Today, he had a direct deal with this person, and Liu Xia felt that was indeed the case.

In the cooperation years ago, the land bureau finally gave him 800 yuan alone, and Wu Xiaolin 300 yuan. This money was very uncomfortable for Liu Xia, because the person in charge of giving them the money kept hinting to Liu Xia and the others, They should take the initiative to spit out part of it to their supervisors.Liu Xia pretended not to understand and ignored it. He was sure that the other party had already deducted 500 yuan from them, and he still wanted to take advantage of it again. This is too greedy!

Liu Xia hoped that Wang Dongping, who seemed straightforward, would not do such a trick to him in the end.

Liu Xia started to prepare data and production materials. The other party didn’t know much about it, so Liu Xia prepared all the materials himself. The purchase fee they gave was nearly 1000 yuan more than Liu Xia’s budget. Liu Xia went to ask Ma Qianli if he wanted it. Backing back, Ma Qianli vetoed: "People who are ignorant should pay for their ignorance."

At the beginning of June, Liu Xia greeted Fu Dong and asked him to call me when he went to buy an air conditioner, and then he began to go all out to do all the post-calculations of the two road surveys and mapping, and he wanted to spare the time for making sand tables .

It took Liu Xia ten days to complete the work that usually takes more than 20 days. Apart from cooking for the cat, he spent all his time calculating and drawing.

At night, when Mao'er finished the post and read the book and urged him to go to bed, he laughed and cheated on Mao'er: "Just this time, uncle will count as one more hour to guarantee sleep."

Every time the cat woke up and saw that he was not asleep, and wanted to lose his temper, he had to go to bed.

After Liu Xia finished all the survey reports, he didn't turn in the reports, but plunged into a studio prepared for him by the Land Bureau.

This summer came very early this year, and it has not yet entered July, but the temperature often reaches above 35 degrees Celsius. When the cat comes home at noon every day, he will find that the uncle who sits in the office is hotter than when he rides home by bike, and his clothes are always wet Thoroughly cooking for myself.

Maoer told Liu Xia that he was not afraid of the heat, and now he had to take a lunch break at home at noon, and did not go to school until three o'clock, so he told Liu Xia not to cook, and it would be too late for him to cook when he came back.

But every day when he came home, Liu Xia was still cooking in sweat. The cat finally got angry. He sat at the dining table, but he refused to eat the rice and hot pepper twice-cooked pork.

Liu Xia wet the towel with cold water and came to wash the cat's face, but the cat turned its head and refused to wash.

Liu Xia squatted in front of the little guy and smiled: "My dear cat, uncle is fine at home, what else can he do if he doesn't cook for you?

But, dear cat, it will take two more days at most, and our air conditioner will be bought back soon. "

Mao'er did not compromise: "Then you can do it after you buy it back."

Liu Xia surrendered: "Okay, I won't do it tomorrow, now you eat obediently, okay?"

The cat walked straight into the bedroom very awkwardly, and lay sprawled on the mat on the ground: "No, if you cheat like this today, I will eat it, and you will definitely do it tomorrow, and then cheat on me again."

Liu Xia panicked, and sat next to the little guy and swore: "Hey, I mean what I say. If the air conditioner is not installed tomorrow, I still do it, and I will be turned into a dog."

The cat thought for a while: "I will run away from home."

Liu Xia's face turned green: "Don't mention the word runaway to me, Liu An, if you dare to play runaway with me once in your life, I guarantee that even if you come back, you will never see uncle again. "

This time Mao'er panicked, he sat up and hugged Liu Xia: "I'm talking nonsense, uncle, I won't run away from home, I'm waiting for school every day, I want to see you sooner, How could you be willing to run away from home!"

A news was reported on TV last night. The body of a girl who had run away from home for three days was found floating up from the river outside the city. Liu Xia told Maoer at that time that the child who ran away from home because of a trivial matter It is really selfish and self-willed, and I told the cat to tell him anything, and he would help him solve the serious matter, and under the circumstances, the cat must never have the idea of ​​running away from home.

Liu Xia said: "Don't talk nonsense to my uncle in the future. My uncle is working outside, and he is afraid that you will have an accident at home or on the road every day. Every time he comes back, my uncle will pick you up. Why do you know? Because if you come back 5 minutes late, my uncle will be worried, wondering if something happened to you on the way..."

Mao'er hugged Liu Xia tightly: "Uncle, I understand. Don't worry about it in the future. I want to stay by your side every day for the rest of my life. I will never run away from home. I know what you think. If you say you want to come back I can't come back after time, that's what I thought too."

Liu Xia took the cat and stood up: "Okay, let's make an agreement, neither of us is allowed to play the trick of running away from home for the rest of our lives; now, go to dinner with my uncle."

The cat obediently ate a big bowl of rice, and when he took a nap, even though it was very hot, he still kept close to Liu Xia.

He kept thinking of the girl on TV. If her parents loved her as much as my uncle loved him, then she is dead now, what should her parents do?

Mao'er tried his best not to allow himself to think wildly, but he couldn't control his mind. He just thought about what would happen to him if his uncle died, and felt that the world had collapsed.

So the cat knows that if there is no uncle in this world, then there must be no cats.