all the way

Liu Xia decided to buy a color TV. Money is not a problem, but how can he spend more than 1000 yuan to buy a big color TV without making the cat unhappy because of the money? It is a big problem. Liu Xia sat in the car, thinking hard all the way .

The cat sat on his lap, looking excitedly at the familiar sight outside.

Mao'er had already walked this road in Liu Chuan's car many times, but most of them were to send Liu Xia off or pick him up. These two situations could not make him feel at ease at the time. Parting, one is destined to part after a little longer, like today, it is the first time for Maoer to enjoy such a moment with my uncle completely relaxed and at ease, so Yanagawa next to him can see his happy appearance The most clear, Liu Xia is the most gratified to see.

Liu Xia secretly cheered himself up, and said in a bit of embarrassment: "Third brother, when I was in school, I often heard Yun Jian and Hei Deqing say that watching football games on TV is very interesting, and I was dragged by them. The school watched it twice, and it was true. I didn’t feel it at first, but the more I watched it, the more interesting it became.

This year they said there will be a World Cup, which means that the best football teams in the world will compete for the championship. I really want to watch it, but our unit does not have a TV. The TVs are owned by other people. I don’t like going to other people’s houses to watch. That..., Now, do I have to find an acquaintance to buy a color TV in Rongze? "

The cat "huh" turned its head and looked at Liu Xia with wide eyes: "Color TV? Uncle, do you want to buy a color TV?"

The little guy seemed so surprised that he forgot his Mandarin after insisting on it for more than a day.

Liu Xia nodded shyly: "Uncle, I really want to watch the football match."

There are very few people in Rongze who have heard of the Football World Cup, let alone those who know that this year's World Cup has ended more than 20 days ago. Liu Xia doesn't have to worry about the lie being exposed at all.

The cat asked hesitantly, "That's a lot of money, right?"

Liu Chuan said: "I know the leader of a foreign trade company. His color TVs are imported, and the colors are very good. I remember it seems to be more than 700."

The cat was obviously frightened: "More than 700? Ye, ye expensive?"

Liu Chuan nodded, and simply followed the cat's rhythm: "Made in China is cheaper, and the smaller one is [-] or [-]. However, the style and color are indeed not imported."

Liu Xia scratched his head, and followed the two of them to change the way of speaking: "You are so expensive! Forget it, Yun Jian told Hei Deqing that watching football is actually interesting on the football field, and the grass on the football field is as beautiful as a green carpet. , if you buy a TV with poor quality and ugly colors, you might as well not watch it!"

When buying such important household items, Liu Xia tends to pay more for the best.

Liu Chuan turned his head to look at Liu Xia, then at Mao'er, with the corners of his mouth curled up, turned his head and continued to concentrate on driving.

Maoer asked Liu Chuan with a wrinkled face: "Third Uncle, aren't you a policeman? You are amazing, aren't you? Then, you go to find that person, who is from the foreign trade company, and buy an imported TV for my uncle." !"

Liu Chuan laughed, stretched out his hand and pinched Mao'er's face: "No matter how smart you are, you are still a child!" He glanced at Liu Xia who was secretly complacent, and said, "You really know Mao'er's pulse." ah."

Mao'er didn't understand why he looked at Liu Chuan and then at Liu Xia: "No, I'm not sick, why is my uncle touching my pulse?"

Liu Xia pressed him into his arms, grabbed his small arm and said: "The pulse is not just light to find out what's wrong, but also to find out who you are thinking about. Come on, ask my uncle to feel it, and see you." What I most want in my heart is that I am not."

The cat giggled loudly: "That's right, I miss my uncle the most, touch it if you don't believe me."

Liu Xia pretended to touch Mao'er's right wrist for a while: "Huh~? Why do I want to touch you now? Grandma and Grandpa, and Uncle, Xiaorui, Xiaoyun, and Xiaolei?"

"Ah?" the cat yelled in surprise: "You really know how to touch it, uncle? I haven't seen my grandma and them for several days, and I always want to go home to see them, but every day I miss them the most." miss you!"

Liu Chuan couldn't help it, and laughed loudly: "Silly boy, you usually look so smart, but why did you become a little fool when you came to your uncle? Do you believe everything he says?"

Liu Xia triumphantly made faces at Liu Chuan, the cat finally understood that Liu Xia was teasing him, sat on Liu Xia's lap and kicked his buttocks angrily: "Ah~, uncle, you lie to me, uncle, you Coax people, you know that I miss you the most every day..."

Liu Xia doesn't go to work in the afternoon, and Liu Chuan is often on duty for others. On weekends, if the unit has no special business, he can change shifts with others freely. So today they came back very early, and they were still less than 01 when they arrived at Wangning. :30.

The three of them first went to the gravel factory in Fujiazhuang to find Liu Kui, but they were told by the gatekeeper that there was no electricity near Wangning for the past few days, and that the gravel factory had been shut down for several days, and Liu Kui hadn't come to work.

They got into Liu Chuan's car and continued to drive until they reached the bottom of the north slope of Shangyao.

Because Liu Chuan often came back by car, in order to drive as far as possible without delaying other people's vans, Liu Kui flattened out a place under the north slope and on the west side of the road, and paved it with gravel. Every time Liu Chuan comes back, he parks his car here. Compared with Fujiazhuang, they can travel four or five miles less.

However, because the road was barely enough for a car to pass two meters wide, there was no way to turn around, so every time Liu Chuan went back, he had to back the car to the entrance of Fujiazhuang Village.

Liu Kui is still slowly renovating and enlarging the temporary parking area, hoping that one day Liu Chuan can turn the car around there, but it is very difficult because there are ditches on both sides.

Needless to say, Liu Chuan and Liu Xia, although Mao'er is still a child, his body is as strong and agile as a little leopard, so today they walked very fast, and returned home in a little over three hours.

The three of them all drank a lot of water as soon as they entered the cave. Liu Xia's throat almost caught fire. After drinking a large tank of water, his stomach was swollen, but his throat was still a little dry and sore. much better.

As soon as the cat entered the house, she ran to Sun Chang'e and gave her a large piece of sauced beef that Liu Xia had bought: "Grandma, here it is. It's delicious. Hurry up and eat some. My uncle and I will eat it every day."

This is the signature dish of the stewed noodle shop that the two of them ate for several days in a row. Every time Liu Xia went to eat, he would buy three taels. He ate about one third, and the rest were from cats.

Because of the hot weather, Liu Xia was afraid that the meat would spoil, so Liu Xia deliberately bought it from the restaurant today before Liu Chuan picked them up. However, the boss said that the sauced beef is salty and not easy to spoil, at least it can last for a day.

Sun Chang'e tore a little with her hands and put it in her mouth: "Well, it's just delicious, little girl, don't drag it, grandma will cut it for you right away."

Liu Yun and Liu Lei were willing to let Liu Hai and Liu Yu lift them out of the Fengxi River when they saw Liu Xia and the others come back, and now they are both naked, jumping around in a hurry.

Sun Chang'e first cut two small pieces and stuffed them into their mouths, and then cut several small pieces, and let the two greedy cats and Liu Xin each take a piece and eat it by themselves.

There were a lot of people in the family, so Liu Xia bought five catties at once, and Sun Chang'e cut a few more pieces and handed them to Liu Yu, Liu Hai, Liu Wei, Liu Rui, and Su Xiaohui and Sun Yufang who were sitting on the edge of the Kang knitting wool, and then cut the pieces again. Bought a large piece, wrapped it in a white cloth and handed it to Liu Wei: "Send your child to your second master."

Liu Wei took the meat and ran out.

When Sun Chang'e took another piece and wanted to give it to Mao'er, she found Mao'er kneeling in front of the window on the kang, showing off to Liu Xia excitedly: "Look, uncle, I haven't stayed home for so many days. As soon as I come back The Bodhisattva is still smiling at me!"

Liu Xia half-lyed on the kang comfortably: "Well, you are a good boy. You have been away for so many days, and the Bodhisattva misses you too. She is very happy to see you back."

The cat smiled and put its chin on the window sill and looked at the Bodhisattva and said, "Yes, I miss her too, hehe, it would be nice to go back to our house."

Xiumei served dried noodles for the three of them, and Liu Xia ate two big bowls. Liu Kui said, "Baby, seeing how you eat, it doesn't look like you're going to work in the city, but rather like you've come back from fleeing famine."

Liu Xia said: "Brother, you don't know, the food in my unit is always unpalatable, the cat and I cook by ourselves, the porridge always overflows the pot, and the stir-fried vegetables are always fried, and the third brother will give us a good meal. Do it."

Mao'er suddenly said to Xiumei: "Mom, call me when you cook again. I want to learn how to cook. When my uncle goes to work, I will cook for him."

Xiumei took a towel to wipe Liu Yun and Liu Lei, who were bleeding from watermelon, and said, "You are only a little old, how can you cook? Tell your uncle to learn."

The cat stood up at once: "I'm already this tall, I'm already an adult, who said I can't? I have to learn."

Xiumei said: "Zhongzhongzhong, you just learn what you say, and learn to do whatever your uncle wants, so that you won't feel that your uncle is at a disadvantage all day long.

Oops, I had dumplings at home, and you said, "Let's not eat Bainiang, we will eat them when my uncle comes back." '

Steam a steamed bun at home, you say, 'We'll steam the steamed bun to eat when my uncle comes back';

This Duanyang Festival, you don’t want to fry sugar cakes and vegetable corners. You say, ‘My uncle can’t even eat it in Jiangcheng, let’s wait for him to come back and then fry it’.

Yao'er, if you don't come back again, the cat will tell me to tie my neck to live, and I won't cook anything at home, I have to wait for you to come back before I can eat.

Our mother said, I will make it for you when you come back, and the cat said: "Then my uncle can't eat it now. When he comes back, we will eat more than my uncle, but there will be more good things. Then my little uncle Uncle is not always at a disadvantage. "

You listen, he loves you more.

Your third sister-in-law said: "Your uncle eats so many good things in Jiangcheng that I have never eaten them. You don't think I am always at a disadvantage?" The cat said, "Then don't blame my uncle, who told you that you couldn't get into a key university. My uncle should eat good food." '

Whoops, cats are right anyway, as long as you haven't eaten something good, I can't eat it, right, cat? "

Mao'er finally realized that he was embarrassed this time, but he still refused to give in: "My uncle will be back in a month, I told you to wait for my uncle to eat fried vegetable corners and sugar cakes? "

Liu Xia pulled the cat over and leaned against him: "Boy, the Duanyang Festival is just that day, and it would be boring to eat it in the past. Besides, there will be more Duanyang Festivals in the future. In the future, our family will also fry sugar cakes and vegetable corners, uncle." Eat whatever you want."

Mao'er pouted and said, "This year, grandma and mother's fried rice is delicious, and you didn't even eat it."

Sun Yufang, who had been laughing and watching the fun, said: "Why don't we soak some Sophora japonica flowers tomorrow, warm some noodles, and fry the sugar cakes and vegetable corners again, or our cat will have to hold the injustice for Yao'er for the rest of his life." .”

Liu Hai raised his right hand high: "I agree, I didn't eat it, I asked to make up for the miles I didn't eat in the past few years."

Sun Chang'e scolded him with a smile: "Xiao Bier, how many times have we eaten before? It means that you will earn money in the past two years. Your third brother has more money in his hands. He bought several pots of oil for the family so that we can fry it." Order something to eat, I didn’t have much oil for cooking in the past, so why would I want to fry things in a frying pan!”

Liu Hai said: "In the future, we will fry every year. I will definitely be like my uncle Zeng. A painting can sell for tens of thousands, and our family can buy as much oil as we want."

Liu Yu said: "Mother, you can use the oil I brought back to fry. It's sunflower oil. They say that sunflower oil and peanut oil are delicious for frying. Third brother, what kind of oil did you bring back?"

Liu Chuan said: "My colleague's family produces peanut oil, and his family has contracted dozens of acres of Yellow River beach, all of which are planted with peanuts."

Liu Changqing, who had been concentrating on carving mahjong, suddenly said, "He should have finished the oil he gave Mr. Wang last time, right? Next time whoever brings oil back, send him two jugs."

Liu Chuan and Liu Yu nodded at the same time: "Medium."

Last fall, when Liu Kui and Liu Chuan went to Rongze to sell white coriander and silver flowers, they went to Wang Junyu's place first in Wangning to send him some silver flowers and wolfberries, and Wang Junyu invited them to have a meal with him. As a result, every dish is a bit harsh.

Wang Junyu felt very sorry, and explained to them that Wangning's grain store supplies cottonseed oil, and if the cottonseed oil is not handled properly, the fried vegetables will become astringent. This problem often occurred before, but that time it was more serious. Seriously.

Later, when Liu Chuan bought peanut oil for his family, he would always send one pot or two pots to Wang Junyu.

After eating and sweating, Liu Chuan, Liu Xia and Mao'er went to take a bath in the Fengxi River. As a result, except for Liu Changqing, all the men in the family went down the Fengxi River together.

Sitting in the clear water of Fengxi River with only one head exposed to breathe outside, Liu Xia felt that every pore in his body was releasing happiness and comfort.

Mao'er, Liu Wei, Liu Rui, Liu Xin, Liu Yun, and Liu Lei were making a fuss in the river. Liu Yu and Liu Hai, who were in charge of Liu Yun and Liu Lei's safety, yelled and dragged the two little guys out from time to time. In less than half a minute, they had to be let down, or the two of them would lie on the ground for the whole family to see.

Liu Chuan was almost cool in the river, so he sat on a stone by the river and talked to Liu Changqing and the others about Liu Xia’s desire to buy a TV. Will the people in the unit think about it?"

Liu Xia looked at the cat who was competing with Liu Wei and said, "When I got off work this morning, my section chief told me that it's already August, and I might have fieldwork assignments soon, even if I don't live here. In the work area, I also go out early and return late, my child has to be alone at home every day, he just left now, and I don’t know anyone else, children, I’m afraid of him..."

Liu Changqing nodded: "I see, then you can figure it out. If you buy a big item, you can buy one with good quality. However, you have to save some money in your hand, and the child will follow you."

Liu Xia said: "I know. Uncle, it would be great if we could get electricity here. As soon as we have electricity here, I will buy a TV for our family right away. I will tell you, my mother, my sister-in-law and others to put it on." Our family doesn’t need to go anywhere, and we can see the world outside!”

Liu Changqing said: "Our family has a radio, which is much better than other families. Don't think about it, take care of the children, work hard and you will be successful. You don't have to worry about family affairs."

Liu Xia said: "I have to work to earn wages, and of course I have to take care of the family affairs. My sixth brother still sends a lot of money home before he earns wages."

Liu Kui said: "Boy, our family can live on three or two yuan a month. My eldest brother now earns more than 30 miles a month. You can save all your wages in the future. Drinking water in the city costs money. Especially since you still have our cat with you, and you can't have a guarantee money in hand."

Liu Xiaxin said, "That dilapidated factory has power outages all day long. How can you earn more than 30 a month? If you can earn [-], it's not bad. You lied to me, I'm not a child."

But he didn't say it. Anyway, he will be close to home in the future, and he will know what the family needs. At that time, he can just buy it back, and the eldest brother can throw it out?

A group of people had a good time in the river, and after they came out, they put on their clothes and went down to see Liu Changchun. Liu Changchun spent the week making mats at home except for occasional meals.

As soon as Liu Xia saw the mat on the wooden frame, which was only less than one-fifth completed, he exclaimed in surprise: "Uncle, did you really make this up? It looks too similar!"

The cat also yelled at the two rows of red patterns on the mat: "Grandpa, why did you weave the dog and the little monkey so beautifully?"

Liu Changchun didn't stop working, and asked the cat cheerfully, "Would you like to see the baby?"

Mao'er went over and lay on Liu Changchun's back and said loudly, "See you, Grandpa, you really look alike, I can wait and see."

Liu Changchun said happily: "As long as you wait to see him, Grandpa will feel relieved."

Liu Hai took out two bamboo strips from the neatly arranged pile beside Liu Changchun and handed them to Liu Xia: "Look, in order to weave dogs and monkeys more finely, my uncle split the mat strips so finely. Well, weaving such a big mat would take several times more effort, if we used ordinary mats, we would weave the pattern, and my uncle would have weaved it in a week, but now, he has only weaved a little."

Generally, sorghum stalks are used to weave mats, and the strips are cut to a width of about 1.5 centimeters, but this time Liu Changchun split all the strips to only about one-third of the usual size, so that the weaving pattern will be much more delicate. But from the preparation of materials to the final completion, it really takes a lot of work.

Liu Xia felt very sorry, and said to Liu Changchun, "Uncle, you can weave it like the one I use in my house now, and it will be beautiful. Don't waste so much energy chopping the bamboo."

Liu Changchun said: "I can't help you with anything, so I can weave mats and beats that are useless. You see, if uncle can weave it well, then I will work hard to weave it for you, and I will do it well." I ask you to wait a few more days, you can’t weave this kind of pattern on the shop floor mat, you will be in a panic, I’ll still weave it with thick strips, if you don’t like it, if you don’t think it’s good, I’ll weave it for you again.”

The mats on the bed are red and white, the most common pattern like waves, but the sorghum strips are also carefully selected by Liu Changchun one by one, so the patterns are very uniform, and the whole mat looks very fine. Cats like it very much.

Liu Changchun had been sitting for a long time after lunch, no one was screaming, he had been working on the mat, now Liu Kui gave him a wink, the cat pulled him over and called "Grandpa" twice, he stood up and followed everyone to the top .

Liu Yu secretly said to Liu Xia: "If it wasn't for the cat being so clingy to you, I would have asked him to stay at home for a few days. My uncle sits like this all day long on a woven mat, motionless. I'm afraid that something will happen to him. "

Liu Xia said: "Just tell my uncle, if you have something wrong with the weaving mat, the villagers should make it on the cat again, and he will definitely get up immediately."

After eleven o'clock in the evening, Liu Kui, Liu Chuan, and Liu Yu all went back to their cave dwellings, and only Liu Hai, Liu Xia, and Mao'er were left in the room.

Liu Xia sat cross-legged on the kang, watching the cat, like a little miser, carefully opened a big handkerchief bag, counted the money inside over and over again, finally counted out one thousand and eight and handed it to Liu Xia, with his mouth pouted. Lao Gao: "We only have a little money left. You have taught them that it takes a long time to earn money. They will almost give you a TV set."

Looking at Mao'er, Liu Xia regretted that he should not have given all the money to him for safekeeping.

When school started last summer, he gave Liu Wei ten yuan, Maoer and Liu Rui five yuan each, and asked them to buy small things or snacks such as popsicles and ham sausages. But when he came back from winter vacation, Maoer The money has not moved.

He asked Maoer if Liurui had spent, and Maoer said that Liurui spent more than one yuan, mainly to buy popsicles for himself and Maoer.

He didn't ask Liu Wei, probably like a cat, he didn't spend a penny.

He asked the cat why he didn't spend it, and the cat said: "I know it's you earning a lot of money by making extra lessons for others. You earn this little money by running away every day to give extra lessons to others. I don't spend it, I save it." I'll buy you something nice in the future."

He gave all the money to the cat for safekeeping, in order to let the cat know that they actually have a lot of money, and there is no need to be so frugal that they would not even eat a popsicle. The little guy will feel distressed like this.

He said to the cat: "Boy, uncle will earn more money in the future, but our money will come back soon, so don't feel bad!"

Liu Hai was very happy. Liu Xia was able to buy a big color TV. He thought it was the same as buying a big color TV at home. He said carelessly to the cat: "Boy, if you don't go to the old one, you won't come to the new one. The money is the same. The money is spent. Your brother-in-law will soon be earning other miles.

It’s just that he doesn’t earn, and there is still Liu Shu. Liu Shu can sell a painting for hundreds of dollars now. In the future, he will paint a few more paintings and let your uncle ask him to sell them. The money will be paid by both of you. "

Liu Xia said: "Just brag, take out all the paintings you prepared for my new dormitory, and let the boy and I have a look. If the boy doesn't want to see it, I don't want it."

Liu Hai said: "I just drew a small picture, I want to follow you later, I always want to see your dormitory, and then look at the place where you plan to hang the picture, tailor-made for you, just draw it Interesting!"

Liu Xia wanted all his family members to visit his dormitory, but Liu Changqing refused, and he couldn't help it.

He suddenly remembered something, and asked the cat: "Boy, have you told your brother Rui yet?"

The cat hadn't recovered from the blow that someone was going to steal my uncle's money, and it took him a while to react to Liu Xia's words: "Say it, I told him that our place is so beautiful that you can eat stewed noodles every day." , we will soon buy a big color TV.

But my little brother Rui said: "No matter how beautiful I am, I won't go. You see, you have mosquito bites on your head, and you sleep on the floor in the dark and hot. I'm always afraid of heat, and even more afraid of mosquito bites, so I won't go." . '

It's useless for me to tell him again, he also said that Rongze doesn't have Fengxi River, if he goes to the county, he has to go to night self-study every day, he would rather run to Wangning every day than go to night self-study. "

Liu Rui has firm beliefs, and Liu Xia's meticulously arranged work of instigating rebellion has completely failed. Liu Rui also announced to the whole family that Mao'er secretly instigated him against him.

Liu Kui said to Liu Xia in a very serious manner: "Xiaoxia, you have already made big brother feel uncomfortable when you bring a cat to work. I will never agree to bring a little scorpion. If you continue to play tricks , play tricks on me, big brother is really angry!"

Liu Xia fell down dejectedly, his head dangling back and forth on Liu Hai's stomach, making Liu Hai grin in pain, and Liu Xia murmured to him: "Why do you think our elder brother is so stubborn? I have never been with me before, so why did he think that if Xiao Rui went, the people in the unit would look down on me, and it would delay me in the future? I can’t even find a daughter-in-law. Maybe there happens to be a beautiful girl who just likes her very much. My child, I am so happy to see me with the cat and Rui!"

Liu Chuan looked at his elder brother sitting beside him, patted Liu Xia on the head, and said nothing.

At noon on Sunday, Liu Xia ate sugar cakes and egg vermicelli noodles with acacia flower and leek stuffing. There were so many vegetables that he could hardly sit down.

Three of the vegetable corners he ate were wrapped in cats, which were very big, about the size of Liu Xin's shoes.

Mao'er followed Chang'e Sun and Xiumei almost all day, and learned how to cook with them. As soon as Liu Xia passed by, he pushed Liu Xia away: "Go and play, uncle, I can learn."

The whole family laughed at Liu Xia's credit for raising the child, and Mao'er knew how to be filial to him at such a young age.

On Monday morning, Liu Xia was so determined that he encouraged Liu Rui, who specially got up to deliver cats, to go to Rongze with them, but Liu Kui slapped his ass hard, and Liu Rui laughed gleefully, so he came to Rongze with them. For Ze, Liu Hai is still the only one.

I made an appointment with Liu Chuan to come over at night, and watched him drive away. As soon as Liu Xia, Mao Er, and Liu Hai entered the gate of the unit, Master Zhao, the guard, waved to him from the window: "Liu Xia, right? Come on, come on!" , your letter, your remittance slip, hey, there are only two remittance slips, and there are so many letters, there are everywhere in the world."

The three of them ran over together, and Liu Xia took the big pile of things, and cried out happily when he saw one.

But the cat only jumped up and shouted when it saw the two remittance slips: "Oh, ahaha..., uncle, we have money again, hehehe, Lao Mei, we have money again ; Uncle Six, my uncle can earn a lot of money without selling your paintings, haha!"