all the way

Less than an hour after Liu Xia's car left Rongze, a bus from Yuancheng stopped in front of the antique building, and Liu Yu squeezed out of the car with her bag on her back and went straight to the hydrology team.

In the last small self-study period, the cat was slouchingly buried in his homework behind the wall of books stacked almost higher than his head. The teacher walked in from the outside, swayed slowly to his side, watched him write for a while, and said softly : "Go to the gate after school, your uncle will pick you up for dinner."

Cat's heart almost jumped out: "Uncle?"

"Well, your aunt said that your third uncle called her. Your fourth uncle is back and misses you all the time. He will take you home for dinner at noon."

The cat lowered its eyes, nodded and continued to write: "Oh, I see, thank you teacher!"

The teacher stood beside him, tilted his head and watched him write for a while, and then left slowly.

The cat put down the pen and lay down on the table.

When Mao'er and Liu Chuan returned home, Liu Yu had already placed all the meals on the dining table with bowls buckled on them. He was very happy to see Mao'er, and he hugged Mao'er several times: "Boy, your uncle just wants to put it on for you. Baby in your mouth, I'll feed you all day long, why are you still so skinny?"

Mao'er smiled and raised his right arms and did a bodybuilding move: "I'm skinny, I'm muscular, and I'm stronger than fat people, fourth uncle, my third uncle said you rented out Wangning Supply and Marketing Cooperative, is that true? "

Liu Yu turned up all the bowls on the plate, "Well, those in the pedestrian street knew that I wanted to rent several places from them, so they thought I was some kind of rich man, and they actually conspired to raise the price for me. It turned out that they agreed. It was [-] for a month, and after the new year, I went to sign a contract with them, and they all asked me for [-], saying that the wages have all increased now.

Damn it, I was annoyed at once, I didn’t want to rent anymore, I wanted to go to Fujiazhuang or those production teams in the east of Wangning, and rent someone’s house in an old yard that no one lives in, the house is broken at most, but There is a yard, which is usually well used.

As a result, the director of the supply and marketing cooperative didn’t know why he heard about it. He stopped me on the road, and we talked about it. Now they have called self-employed people a run on the business, and there is no business at all, and the salary can’t be paid. There are three people in the next mile, one idea is transferred to the Rongze Supply and Marketing Cooperative shopping mall, and the other two girls are staying at home and want to go to petition. I rented their place, and the rent can not be used up to pay the two girls. Well, I signed for ten years at once, and gave them half a year first, and agreed that the rent will be paid for the next six months.

From now on, your uncle, Libu, will not have to go to you every day...to Luogezhuang. The store manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, I will come from the middle, while your uncle and your mother are selling cloth, the shelves are all ready-made, they don’t want it The money was paid to me; on the one hand, I will be the sales department, and if someone comes to the factory to order in the future, he will be there to receive people. "

Maoer was very happy: "Then uncle and empress don't have to stretch out the stalls every day to put them there as usual. It saves a lot of effort. If Xiao Xin and our children go to Wangning to go to school in the future, they don't have to be afraid of rain or snow. gone."

Liu Yu nodded: "I think so too, our family will have a place to stay when they go to Wangning in the future."

Mao'er asked, "Fourth Uncle, are the shops on the pedestrian street all upset?"

Liu Chuan picked a piece of ribs that were all brittle bones to Mao'er: "It deserves it, don't look at how much your things are worth, think your fourth uncle is rich, so you want to open your mouth like a lion, and deceive yourself, right?

Their house is closer to the north end, and people usually can’t go there for meetings, and they don’t win at all when doing business. People in Wangning don’t have the habit of renting a house at all. If you don’t do business, if you don’t The family house, or a temporary stall on the side of the street, their house will just wait to rot there. "

Mao'er was very resentful and said: "Yes, no one rents the retting. Uncle Si, you can start working as soon as the machines and molds arrive. Hehe, Uncle Fourth, you will become the boss soon!"

Liu Yu said: "I still have to adjust it when I come back, and it will be at least mid-February to start working.

Boy, the boss is not so easy to be.

We just opened a new factory, no one knows us, we have no customers, no customers to buy things, no money, so what kind of boss?

I plan to make some of the most common models that can be used anywhere, and then go out to sell them. If people have used them and think that our products are of good quality, and they are willing to use our products next time, then they have customers. Whatever we do, the business will be easy. "

The cat said: "I heard from my uncle that the most difficult thing is to sell. I beg my grandpa to tell my grandma to speak nicely to them, but they may not respond to you. You have to be thick-skinned to be a salesman. I My uncle said that even if he was killed, he would not be able to do the job;

The uncle said that he is most assured that you do the work. He said that as long as people use it once and you make something, then you will have a chance in the future. "

Liu Chuan smiled and said to Liu Yu: "How are you, baby? I'm not the only one who said that you make fine hair with fine hair, right? Our eldest brother, Yaoer, including your uncle, Xiao Ling, and Xiao Hai all think you are good. You just need to use it a little bit. Snacks, work out better than anyone else.

Don't be afraid Xiaoyu, everything is difficult at the beginning, haven't we already started?What else is there to be afraid of? "

The cat suddenly put down the bowl and ran to the bedroom: "Oh, I almost forgot, fourth uncle, wait a minute, I'll get you something."

Liu Chuan felt that the cat had been in for a long time, so he walked to the door and asked, "Boy, what are you doing? Why don't you come out? You should go to school soon, and you have to eat quickly."

The cat came out with a big envelope and a piece of paper, Yanagawa took it suspiciously, and saw that it read:

Baby cat, I almost forgot to tell you that your fourth uncle will be back before I come back. I don’t think 5000 yuan seems to be enough. The price of steel has risen too much recently, and the price of lathes and molds will probably have to increase accordingly. Your four When your uncle comes, you can ask him. If it is not enough, you can also take out the three thousand and give it to him together.

The third uncle will call you milk every day, and you must roll for 5 minutes before you can drink it. Obediently wait for the uncle to come back, and wait for the uncle to call after school at night.

Mao'er had already given the envelope to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu was staring at the money in a daze, when Liu Chuan handed him the paper.

Liu Yu looked at it silently, and said with a pouted face: "Baby is the youngest, I can't help him with anything, I just want his money, I think my brother is the most unattractive, cat..."

The cat took the letter, folded it, put it in his pocket, and started pawing and eating: "Don't say you don't want it, Uncle Si, if you really don't want it, I'll save it up again in a while, so you have the cheek to follow me." Borrow it from someone else, everyone in our village is poor and dying, it depends on who you can borrow from."

Liu Chuan felt more uncomfortable than Liu Yu, but he still smiled and said: "Xiao Yu, take it, your molds are too small, even if you go out to sell, don't you have to have those things for others to see? The model number Too little, and they don’t have anything, so why sell it?”

Liu Yu took two deep breaths, opened the down jacket and put the envelope in the pocket she sewed later: "I definitely won't pay for it, I'm sure, those master craftsmen can't compare to me in their work, I'm I definitely won’t lose the money, the money is counted as my baby’s shares, and I will earn back ten or eight times for my baby.”

The cat said: "If it's not enough, I still have three thousand. I'll give you the passbook. You two can get it later, third uncle. The password is ****."

Liu Yu seemed to be willing to go all out: "Baby, give it to me, I've decided, and then I will order molds and add a few more models. I don't believe that the same price will not be sold with my work.

Liu Miao and Jianbin's work was similar, and I will train them for a few days when I come back, and be stricter. I must make the best quality in our area, and the brand will not win. "

Liu Chuan and Mao'er extended their thumbs to Liu Yu's face at the same time.

Mao'er was sent back to school by Liu Chuan after eating, Liu Yu took out all the money in the small passbook of Liu Xia and Mao'er, and took the 01:30 bus back to Wangning.

He came to Rongze from Liujialing covered in mud on the twelfth day of the lunar calendar. Liu Xia and Mao'er hadn't returned from the capital, and he still didn't see him today.

He wanted to see Liu Xia, and also wanted to ask about Liu Ling's situation. Liu Ling didn't even have a girlfriend. When Liu Yu defended him in front of his elders, he was plausible. It seemed that Liu Ling's not getting married at the age of 30 was not a problem. But in fact, he himself was also in a hurry, he could now understand how anxious Liu Changchun was when he didn't get married or get married.

However, now he can't think about this anymore, he has to put all his energy on the factory, he can't let the money of the whole family go to waste.

Mao'er returned to the hydrology team after school at night, and ran into the communication room, but before he could get a call from Liu Xia, he ran into Du Tao and his wife first.

As soon as Shi Ruiling saw the cat, she asked, "Liu An, I heard that your uncle asked for leave to go back to his hometown. When will he come back?"

Mao'er thought for a while: "It's about three or four days, but I'm not sure. I won't be able to go out on this day. Our hometown is warm. I'll ask my uncle to stay at home for a few more days."

The nonsense that Liu Xia made up in front of Yue Desheng was to go back and deliver medicine to the third grandfather. The old man has indeed been taking the medicine prescribed by Wang Junyu in recent years, but Liu Chuan has always been responsible for delivering medicine.

Mao'er didn't know if Yue Desheng believed Liu Xia's nonsense, but that's what Yue Desheng said when someone asked.

Shi Ruiling said to Du Tao: "Isn't Liu Xia looking down on her because I, Huiling, is not a college student? Or the two of us are better off. He must talk to Huiling first when he goes back."

Mao'er rolled her eyes in her heart: I just went on a blind date, and it's not settled yet. If my uncle has something to do, I have to tell her first?

Du Tao said: "If you looked down on her, Liu Xia would never agree to meet her. It's just that you have to leave in a hurry. There are so many things you think about."

Shi Ruiling said: "I don't think so, Huiling is so beautiful, even if she isn't a college student, she is vying for someone who is willing.

Liu An, when your uncle comes back, tell him to call Huiling first, oh, I told you the phone number, can you remember it?Tell your uncle that if he is looking for Huiling in the future, he should call this number, and just tell him to call Tan Huiling. "

The phone on the table next to it just rang, and the cat picked it up: "Uncle?"

"Hey, you're just waiting there, good boy? You don't even ask, just call him Uncle, aren't you afraid that someone else will take advantage of you if you call him wrong?"

"I don't know it. I knew it was you. You were afraid that if I came back late, you called back a few minutes later. Uncle, are you cold? They prepared it for you... Well, Uncle , grandma miss me?"

"Good cat, is there someone next to you?"

"Ah."

"Who? It's so cold, there's usually no one in the reception room at this time!"

"That, yes, yes..."

The cat was in trouble, Shi Ruiling stretched out her hand to take the phone directly from the cat's hand: "Liu An, wait a minute, tell me to tell your uncle something first, hello, Liu Xia? Oh, Liu Xia, you go back to your hometown Why don't you tell Huiling?

Ye'er Huiling wanted you to pick her up after get off work, but you said that you didn't have time to accompany Liu Anli, if ordinary people would have been annoyed, Huiling didn't say anything, right?Is Huiling good at talking?Today I took the initiative to send you a page again. Even if you can't go, you have to call back. Look, you disappeared without even saying a word. This is not beautiful.

But Du Tao said that you have something to do and you are in a hurry to leave, so let's not talk about it this time, I will explain to Huiling when I see her, but if you come back, you have to go first, huh? ... Liu An?Put it here? ...Oh, I know, I know, I'll just tell you and give it to him, Liu Xia, you have to call Huiling first when you come back..."

Du Tao reached out and snatched the phone from Shi Ruiling's hand: "Liu Xia, hehe, I'm sorry, your sister-in-law is a bit long-winded, you can talk to Liu An, Liu An, here."

Mao'er answered the phone: "Uncle...I'm not cold, Uncle...I finished my homework...well, I know..."

Shi Ruiling looked at Mao'er on the phone, eager to try it. Du Tao glared at her angrily: "No matter how anxious you are, you can't grab the phone from someone else, right? You just asked Liu Xia to pick it up after the first meeting." She gets off work, and her home is so close to the factory, where can I pick her up in three steps?"

Shi Ruiling said: "You should take it one step at a time. When it comes to dating, shouldn't men treat women better."

Du Tao pushed Shi Ruiling out, Shi Ruiling suddenly turned her head and said, "Hey, Liu An, no, your hometown is not in the mountains, why do you have a phone?"

Mao'er was stunned for less than half a second and said, "My great-grandfather is hospitalized in Wangning, and my uncle made a call from the public phone on Wangning Street, huh? Uncle, it's all right. Aunt Shi asked if our family is in the mountains. , why did you call?"

Through the window, Maoer saw Du Tao and Shi Ruiling talking and walking away to the east, so he continued to talk to Liu Xia, but because the guard, Mr. Zhao, was sitting in front of the stove and roasting sweet potatoes, he didn't dare to ask random questions, for fear of being caught. Accidentally slipped my mouth.

Fortunately, Liu Xia understood his thoughts and took the initiative to report his situation: "Good cat, uncle is here to enjoy a special blessing. There is a lot of coal in the south and there is no place to buy it. Every unit is heating. I am lying on the bed now, only wearing clothes. This Qiuyi is still a little sweaty!

I've made up my mind. When I go back, I must find a way to install the heater on Captain Ma. Hey baby, when you see Ma Pengcheng, he will also be on him. It's so comfortable to have a heater! "

Mao'er agreed without hesitation: "Okay, maybe I can give Ma Pengcheng a good beating. The braised pork guy we brought ate more than half of it. I was thinking about how to fix him."

On the day Maoer came back from Kyoto, Ma Pengcheng went to play with him. Liu Xia took Wen Yongfang's stewed meat from home to stir-fry. Ma Pengcheng saw it. Then two days in a row, I went to eat lunch at noon, and even ordered food. Every time, I asked for braised pork buns. On the third day, the cat forced him out and locked the door before giving up.

The reception room was cold, Liu Xia didn't want to freeze the cat, so he forcibly hung up the phone there.

When the cat came out, he realized that Liu Chuan hadn't left, and had been standing outside waiting for him.

"The third uncle is staying with you these few days. He will send you to school in the morning, and then send you to brother Rui. It's just right."

The cat was a little bit sorry: "How can I do it, third uncle, so you have to run back and forth at both ends of the day, so don't be so nervous! Brother Xiaorui and I are both so old, it's no problem to ride to school by ourselves, it's my kid Uncle, he is narrow-minded, he has to say that it is too dark to be afraid of accidents, I am so good at riding a bicycle, how could accidents happen?"

Liu Chuan held the cat's shoulders: "Let's go, Third Uncle lives with you for an internship, so that you won't get used to living in such a spacious building, and you'll be so happy that you won't even be able to sleep."

It was already 09:30 after Maoer had eaten, and his homework was finished ahead of time. Liu Chuan knew that what he, Liu Wei, and Liu Rui lacked most now was sleep, so he let him go to bed early and went to sleep in another room by himself.

I have been with them for the past few years, and Liu Chuan knows that if Liu Xia is not around, what Maoer needs is not the company that other people think is caring, but to let him wait quietly in a place that smells like Liu Xia.

The cat stood in the middle of the room, not knowing what to do. Without the uncle's room, it seemed to be much bigger and colder all of a sudden, and it felt like everything was empty.

He was dazed for a while before he remembered that if his uncle was at home, if he had no homework, he would be asked to practice calligraphy.

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all within reach, and Maoer also wants to pass the time in this way. Practicing calligraphy is one of the things that can concentrate his energy the most.

But today I don’t know why, no matter what, there is always a picture in his mind: Liu Xia is wearing a leather jacket, standing in the snow, with his hands in his pockets, with a faint smile on his face, looking at a tall man with gentle eyes. beautiful woman

The woman had long hair fluttering and laughed at Yan Yan. Although her eyes didn't look at Liu Xia, it made people feel that even her fluttering hair was conveying a kind of pleasant and indescribable emotion, and the kind that made Maoer The indescribable but thrilling atmosphere just enveloped Liu Xia in it.

That woman's name is Tan Huiling.

Uncle Du Tao and his daughter-in-law said that in a relationship, a man should be nice to a woman, and the uncle should call Tan Huiling first when he comes back.

The cat put away the paper and pen, took off the cotton coat and got ready to sleep.

Sitting under the quilt, turning around, touching the high, scarlet head of the bed, smooth and beautiful;

Look at the curtain next to him, the big dog and the monkey followed one by one, and each was cuter than the other. He reached out to touch the face of one of the big dogs, it was cool, not warm at all, and he would not turn his face to face He bared his teeth and said: "Smelly cat, if you touch it like this every day, my uncle's face will be gone!"

The cat lay down slowly, the pillow and quilt smelled like uncle, he took a couple of puffs, but it still didn't work, the image of Liu Xia standing in the snow was still in his mind.

Liu An, you bastard, my uncle is just in love, what are you thinking?It's like this all over the world. Anyone who grows up has to get married. If my uncle doesn't get married, he will be treated as a monster by others. Do you want others to treat my uncle as a monster?

In no mood.

However, I still don't want my uncle to get married, I don't want my uncle to like others, I don't want others to come to this house, I don't want her to sleep in this bed... This is my uncle's bed...

His grandma's, I don't know who was full enough to come up with such a bad idea, people have to get married when they grow up, and it has to be a man and a woman... It must be a good-for-nothing...

In the lobby of the office building of Nanchen County Land Bureau, Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief, threw away the ruler and pencil, straightened up and beat his waist: "Oh hey, it's okay, his grandma, who came up with such a bad idea, put the shelf It’s so low that I’m almost on my knees to paint.”

He wiped the sweat from his brow, looked around, found his own cup, sat on the chair, and took a few sips.

A gap in the cotton curtain was opened, and a middle-aged man stuck his head in: "Little master, it's already past ([-]) o'clock and almost twelve o'clock, and I won't fall asleep if you don't leave (really), look... ".

Liu Xia stood up and picked up his down jacket: "I'm sorry I'm leaving now, master, what time do you open the door tomorrow morning?"

"Seven o'clock, it will open when I get up to sweep the floor."

"Then if I come over at six o'clock, can you please open it for me?"

"It's early? Well, I'll wake up by then anyway."

"Thank you in advance!"

When Liu Xia came to the street, coal trucks drove by one after another like running water, and the scattered soot could be seen flying under the street lights, and Liu Xia was covered all over his head and face.

The convoy was finally over, and he trotted across the road, the guest house was about 20 minutes away from here.

A sugar and tobacco shop on the side of the road has closed its doors, but the lights outside are still on, and the sign of "Pay Phone" is clearly illuminated.

Du Tao didn't know how to discipline his wife, she had a beautiful face for nothing, she really didn't have any tutoring at all, how could Maoer be so angry?

No, go back and see if the third brother can find an acquaintance. I heard that the telephone in the post office is only one thousand and two, so I might as well install one at home. Otherwise, it is too inconvenient to call the good cat. It is so cold and he has to be there Wait, I'm so scared today that I don't even dare to say anything casually, he must have a lot to say to me!

The good cat should be asleep by now, right?Hehe, the little silly boy must be thinking that he can fall asleep quickly and dream of me, go back quickly, think about dreaming about the big good cat dreaming about the big good cat, maybe he will really run into the dream of the big good cat Yes, the child will have a happy day tomorrow.

The room in the hotel was as warm as the lobby of the Land Bureau, and the bed was soft and comfortable. However, Liu Xia broke his promise—he didn’t think “Let me dream about the big cat” many times before going to bed.

He fell asleep lying on the edge of the bed in long johns, his saliva soaked a large area of ​​the documents.