all the way

Liu Xia and Mao'er set off back to Rongze early in the morning, and received a call from Wang Zhanjie at Fujiazhuang. At five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Xia had already led people to start work at the eastern section of Zehe Road, about three kilometers away from the hydrology team. .

After several days of consideration, Wang Zhanjie chose to let Liu Xia, rather than the hydrology team, do the survey for the new campus of Rongze High School.

The funds in his hands are really limited, and he must use them in the most urgent places. The measurement is not that it is not urgent, but that Liu Xia will not force him to be urgent like the other people he will face soon. Bricks, tiles, these, he will never get anything without paying some cash, those people are not his students, they don't care at all whether the new campus of Rongze High School will be put into use next year.

Same as the last project in Sand Mountain, Liu Xia will not let Wu Xiaolin and Zheng Chaoyang work for nothing, but even if they have to be paid generous salaries, Liu Xia does not feel that he should ask them as he pleases.

So although he very much hoped to finish the fieldwork part in the shortest possible time, and then he could stay with the cat at home and do the later calculations at the same time, he still accepted Zheng Chaoyang's suggestion and changed his original plan to work ten times a day. The four-hour plan was cancelled, and it was changed to work only in the morning and evening when the weather is relatively cool.

However, this so-called cool, the temperature is also above 27°C, and the highest temperature in the past few days has always been 38° or 39°.

They finished the field part of the project in seven days.

When Liu Xia came back to meet Wang Zhanjie to discuss the specific details, he had already got back the wages of several people. Before going to the construction site on the last afternoon, Liu Xia went to Zheng Chaoyang’s house and gave him the red envelopes he had wrapped in advance. At 07:30 p.m. [-]. After Zheng Chaoyang and several other people cleaned up all the instruments and loaded them into Liu Chuan's car, Zheng Chaoyang distributed red envelopes to the few people he brought on the spot.

The instrument was an old one that Zheng Chaoyang borrowed, and he said it was borrowed for a friend, and he had to return it in the end. Liu Xia couldn't come forward, but Zheng Chaoyang couldn't find the car today, so he packed Liu Chuan's car like a few days ago superior.

Liu Xia slapped Wu Xiaolin's red envelope in his hand: "Thank you!"

Wu Xiaolin opened the red envelope and looked at it, grinning all over his face: "I should thank you. There are so many professional skills in our team that are better than mine, but you keep using me."

Liu Xia said: "I use good character, as long as you are willing to put your heart into it, technology is not a problem."

Zheng Chaoyang and Gao Qun got on their bicycles and waved at Liu Xia: "Liu Er, let's go first. Thank you!"

Seeing that everyone had left, Liu Chuan asked, "How much is it for one person?"

Liu Xia stretched out his hand for a gesture, and then said: "Brother Zheng doubles, Wu Xiaolin has one hundred more than them."

Liu Chuan opened the car door and sat in: "Damn it, I knew I would risk my life to be admitted to your school!"

Liu Xia tugged on the seat belt and didn't want to buckle it on his body: "I've got used to it, brother, I'm sweating all over, can I not use it today?"

Liu Chuan said: "No, if you don't buckle it, let me drive it."

Liu Xia muttered and buckled it up: "I've never seen you use it before. If I hadn't learned how to drive, I wouldn't have known that the car still has seat belts."

Liu Chuan gave him a pat on the back of the head: "If you keep muttering, don't talk about it. I'm a master who doesn't know me well. I haven't taught you well. I'm your brother. Of course I want to teach you the best. When the cat learns, don't you Do you also require him to wear it?"

Liu Xia turned the key and started the car. The car drove off slowly but steadily.

On the day Liu Xia and Mao'er came back, Liu Chuan found a car and went to He Jialiang's place to bring back their pieces of furniture. This reminded Liu Xia of learning how to drive. Come out after dinner every day to learn from him.

It is actually very simple to be able to move the car. What is difficult is to have a good attitude after getting on the road, and the proficiency is gradually developed.

Liu Chuan only taught Liu Xia Er for 10 minutes, and then let him start practicing by himself driving back and forth in a deserted place at the east end of Zehe Road. An hour later, he sat in the passenger seat and watched as Liu Xia drove the car to his own. It takes 15 minutes to walk three kilometers to the gate of the courtyard.

The next night, the cat repeated the process.

In the past few days, Liu Chuan has let Liu Xia and Maoer drive for about two hours every day. Of course, it is mainly Liu Xia, and Maoer is a troublemaker. He will know what Liu Xia knows. Now, he already knows how to drive. Running around Rongze City felt very fulfilling, but Liu Xia held his breath and wanted to show it to Zhu Chengjun, so the cat stopped clamoring to drive more, and asked Liu Xia to practice more.

Maoer was very unhappy that Liu Xia had to go to work when almost the entire hydrology team was resting due to the high temperature and heat, but Wang Zhanjie was very anxious. Maoer knew that Liu Xia was very concerned about what Wang Zhanjie asked, so he was not happy anymore. There was no other way, so I had to cook Liu Xia's favorite meals at home every day, and made mung bean soup in advance and put rock sugar in it to cool, so that my uncle could feel more comfortable when he returned home.

Today, Mao'er was stuck by Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao. After the meal was ready, the two of them pulled him out for a roller skating competition. Waving to him at the gate: "Come on, let's go to practice."

Mao'er said to Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao, "I'm going to practice driving now, and we'll continue the competition tomorrow." Then he slid towards the gate.

They competed five times today, but he never won the first place, and he was so out of breath.

Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao were also panting while holding onto the tree. When the cat said that they were going to practice driving, Ma Pengcheng stopped panting immediately. He pulled Chu Hao and followed him: "I will go too. I told my dad the day before yesterday that you know how to drive." I started driving, and asked him to teach me how to drive. He said, 'Hmph, now that I think of it, I'm your father? teach you how to do it.'

I wish Uncle Xiaoliu was my father, so of course he had to teach me. "

The cat turned around and kicked: "Ma Pengcheng, you white-eyed wolf, my uncle wouldn't have such a heartless son as you!"

Ma Pengcheng turned around neatly to avoid the cat's feet, and said with a playful smile, "You don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. If your dad kicks you three times a day, you want to change dad, Chu Hao, right?"

Chu Hao rolled his eyes: "Even if I was kicked eight times a day by my dad, I wouldn't want to call Uncle Xiaoliu's dad. Uncle Xiaoliu is not as old as my older brother. My uncle's second brother graduated from university this year, and he is worse than Uncle Xiaoliu." You're one year older, so you're ashamed to call Dad, do you want to be ashamed?"

Several people said that they had already slid to the gate, Ma Pengcheng didn't say anything, just rushed over and opened the back door of the car and got in.

Liu Xia knew what was going on at a glance, smiled and opened the door to get out of the car: "Good cat, you drive, turn around, go to the train station for a walk, and then let's go directly to eat mutton skewers."

The cat said: "I have already prepared the meals. You should go back and drink some mung bean soup before eating lamb skewers, or you should get angry."

Liu Xia said: "It's okay, come back to drink after eating, drink all night, how many fires will be drowned."

Ma Pengcheng was untying the straps on his roller skates. He didn't quite believe Liu Xia's words. When he saw that the cat was actually sitting in the driver's seat, he reached out and wanted to open the door. After thinking for a while, he stopped again: "Huh, Who are you scaring, Uncle Xiaoliu is also in the car anyway! Chu Hao, come up quickly and eat mutton skewers."

Liu Chuan had long been convinced by Ma Pengcheng's thick skin, and said to Chu Hao with a smile, "Let's go together."

With Liu Xia around, Chu Hao was not afraid of being beaten when he came back, so he squeezed beside Ma Pengcheng without hesitation.

It took Mao'er nearly 10 minutes to complete the six-kilometer lap, and when he parked the car at the side of Gudu Road, he sweated more than he did when he ran from Liujialing to Wangning.

However, he was the one who brought the uncle and the others here by car. Thinking about it, I feel beautiful in my heart.

Successfully finished the project at Wang Zhanjie's place. Although he worked hard for a week and didn't earn a penny, Liu Xia felt very relaxed. He always hoped to do something for Wang Zhanjie to repay his care for himself and Liu Hai back then. , and now he finally did it.

He poured a glass of beer for the cat, then clinked glasses with Yanagawa and the three of them.

Ma Pengcheng felt that the facts once again proved that he had been living in dire straits all along: "Damn it, Liu An, you're living a very happy life; Uncle Xiao Liu, I'm serious today, you accept me as your son!"

Liu Xia drank most of the glass in one breath: "I still want to live a few more years, you'd better go and torment your own father!"

Ma Pengcheng stared at Liu Xia angrily for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and called to the boss, "Ten bunches of skewers and five of them are hollow."

Liu Chuan couldn't laugh or cry and gave Ma Pengcheng a headache: "Isn't your kid afraid of nosebleeds after eating that? Boss, you're just kidding. Five skewers, don't need a waist, just give me another plate of peanuts."

Ma Pengcheng peeled and ate boiled peanuts in frustration, Maoer made a face at him triumphantly, picked up the cup and took a big sip: "It's so comfortable!".

Chu Hao looked at the cat's beer mug and swallowed.

In fact, he also envied Liu An for having such a handsome uncle who could earn money after graduating from a key university. The most important thing was what Liu An said at home. Uncle Xiao Liu was never willing to train him. Let alone beating.

If he scored 65 points in the Chinese test, he would only have to score [-] points out of [-] in the composition. If he is not beaten to death by his father, he will also be nagged to death by his mother, but Uncle Xiaoliu said: "Well, not bad, there is progress. , although the number of words is a bit small and some words are used improperly, the overall structure of the article is reasonable, the sentences are smooth, the punctuation marks are used accurately, and there are no typos; come, big good cat, reward a big watermelon with sandy flesh."

This uncle is better than his own father, who wouldn't want one?If he wasn't afraid of being kicked out by his dictatorial father Chu Yuan, Chu Hao would also like to apply to be Uncle Xiaoliu's son!

Seeing that Chu Hao was staring at the beer mug in the cat's hand, Liu Xia was about to tease him, but saw Zheng Jianping walking towards them with a beer mug across two tables, Liu Xia said to him Smiling, he pulled the cat closer to him, asking him to make room for Zheng Jianping.

Zheng Jianping raised his wine glass at them before coming up to them: "Brother Chuan, Liu Xia, it's rare to meet you, so glad."

Both Liu Chuan and Liu Xia raised their glasses to him, Zheng Jianping came over and sat down, the three touched their glasses symbolically, and each took a sip.

It's been almost a year since Zheng Jianping and Liu Xia had an inseparable meal, and the two never met again, but Zheng Jianping got on the line with Liu Chuan, and has already gone to Liu Chuan to do business several times.

Liu Chuan and Liu Xia have mentioned several times that Zheng Jianping has a good way of dealing with people. When he approached Liu Chuan for work, the first time he approached Liu Chuan with Liu Xia, he made a close relationship with Liu Xia, but when looking for him again, he never relied on this relationship. Make any excessive demands.

Many public security and civil cases in the Public Security Bureau can be said to be big or small, and there is indeed a lot of maneuverability. Liu Chuan is a person who doesn't like to talk to others easily, so if he comes forward, the people in the unit will give him face. Zheng Jianping saw this, but he never asked Liu Chuan to do things to the extreme every time.

The reason why Liu Chuan left room for Zheng Jianping to continue dating is another point. He heard Liu Xia talk about Zheng Jianping and Wu Hongjuan. Zheng Jianping had a good relationship with Wu Hongjuan in high school. Afterwards, not only did she marry Wu Hongjuan who came home to work in agriculture, but she also had a very good relationship. Now she has a daughter. Zheng Jianping loves his wife and daughter very much, and the small family lives happily.

Yanagawa felt that it was impossible for a man who was affectionate and loyal to his girlfriend who was regarded as a broken shoe by the whole world, and who had a sense of responsibility for his family, to be a scoundrel at heart.

Zheng Jianping was very winking. He saw Liu Xia and the others brought a few children, and the atmosphere was more like a family gathering, so after a few words of affection, he stood up and said that some friends in his factory were still there. Just wait there and not accompany them.

Liu Xia politely got up to see him off, and Zheng Jianping suddenly asked: "I saw Shao Yan coming to see you a few days ago, Shao Yan and you two have been doing well? What university did he go to? Where do you put it now?"

Liu Xia was stunned: "Shao Yan? When did you see him?"

Zheng Jianping said: "Let's do it once during Chinese New Year. It's the day after the ninth day of the Lunar New Year when I officially start working. It was almost dark when I got off work in the afternoon. I saw him waiting for the bus at the gate of our factory;

What's more, about a week ago, on the day I left the night shift, I came out of the factory at [-] o'clock and saw him put in the antique building, as if he had just got off the car, why?You two missed each other, didn't you run into each other? "

Liu Xia shook his head: "You must have admitted your mistake, right? He never came to look for me once!"

Zheng Jianping said: "How could it be possible to admit his mistake, he used to say that our school is so famous, the three of us even took a photo directly, and even if we wanted to admit our mistake.

He's just a little taller than before, probably about the same height as you, his face hasn't changed much, it's still the same as before, a little more mature, although he can dress casually, but he still looks foreign and handsome, he looks like a big city Miles, I will never admit my mistake.

what?you haven't seen him?You two didn't contact after that? "

Liu Xia shook his head: "No, we haven't seen him since he returned to the original city to take the college entrance examination. I've been looking for him, but I don't have his address."

Liu Chuan drove back to the unit to check the post, and Liu Xia, Mao'er, Ma Pengcheng, and Chu Hao walked back to the hydrographic team.

Maoer didn't like Ma Pengcheng's eyes along the way: Ma Pengcheng began to say that he had to eat at least twenty skewers to be full, usually thirty skewers, but the fact is that he ate forty skewers.

Mao'er and Liu Xia only ate 28 skewers together.

Liu Xia walked leisurely behind, whistling, watching Mao'er chasing and fighting with Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao in front.

In addition to his family members, Maoer finally has his own good friends. At school, there are Wang Hui, Zhang Hongjun, and Zheng Shuai who don’t know each other. At home, there are Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao. There are many more in the team this year. Everyone brought their children to Rongze, Maoer will definitely have more friends.

He was finally no longer the kid who could spend the day squatting and watching the ants move.

When they reached the gate, Liu Xia asked Ma Pengcheng and Chu Hao to go back first, and he and Mao'er came to the temporary parking spot in front of the antique building beside the national highway.

Liu Xia stood by the streetlight where people usually wait for the bus most often, looking at the road extending towards Yuancheng.

Although it was already past ten o'clock, the wide national highway was still busy, but at this time, most of the people coming and going were trucks, and the buses usually stopped at 09:30.

Liu Xia turned around and looked around. Apart from the national road illuminated by street lamps and car lights, there was also a little bit of light in Rongze City behind him, and there was boundless darkness all around.

Mao'er said: "Uncle, even if Uncle Shao Yan is coming, it certainly won't be now. It's useless for us to wait here."

Liu Xia said: "I'm not waiting. I always feel that I saw him here not long ago. It feels really strange."

Maoer said: "Uncle Zheng Shuai must have misunderstood the person. If Uncle Shao Yan wants to find you, he can go to Rongze High School or the Public Security Bureau to find him. It is impossible to get out of the car here and wander around Man Rongze." looking for.

How could you have met Uncle Shao Yan here?It must be that you missed him a lot, but now that Zheng Shuai's uncle said it, you started to doubt him. "

Liu Xia looked at the opposite side: "I didn't think that way after Zheng Jianping said it, but I really had this feeling, I felt, I felt that right here, I seemed to see Shao Yan..., no, I didn't see it, but Yes, but... I can't say it, I just feel like I've seen him, here."

Mao'er pulled Liu Xia back and said, "When the cart passes by, it will bring up dirt. Let's go. If I meet Uncle Shao Yan one day, I will never spare him. I won't even give you an address. Gone, making you miss him so much."

Liu Xia looked at Mao'er, and his heart moved slightly. Didn't even leave an address?Could it be that Shao Yan didn't forget to leave a mailing address for himself because he left in a hurry, but deliberately ignored it?

Liu Xia suddenly felt very, very uncomfortable. He felt that Mao'er's words of complaining casually because he complained about his injustice seemed to be telling the truth.