all the way

Liu Xia came back every day when it was dark, and every time he came back, he would run up the stairs two or three steps at a time, and the cat could already accurately judge his footsteps the next day, always ahead of time. Come out, rush to him in the corridor, jump up and hang around his neck before obediently walking back to the house with him.

Maoer and Liu Hai feel Liu Xia is very relaxed and happy every day, except for being a little dirty, but in fact Liu Xia is definitely not easy on the construction site. Although he graduated from a key university, he is a newcomer. work started.

On the first day, Li Jiyue asked him to choose a job to do. He chose a ruler runner. He has been doing this job for a week.

He is also a technician. Although this is only his second week at work, everyone in the department has seen the data calculated on the first day he entered the department. Li Jiyue knows his professional computing level, so While doing small jobs, he has to calculate data every day like Li Jiyue.

In order to spend more time with Maoer and Liu Hai after returning home, Liu Xia spends most of his time doing calculations when others are lying in tents and cars and taking a nap at noon. He will start the data collected at noon every day in the afternoon. After finishing the calculations before the homework, if there is still time, he will sleep for a while.

Their temporary surveying and mapping team is composed of technicians and ordinary people, including the driver, a total of eleven people, in addition to the technician and the driver, several other people are also responsible for making lunch in turn every day, two kerosene stoves, pots and pans The basins are complete, and Liu Xia thinks that the food made by these people is much more delicious than the canteen of the unit.

They have a large truck that looks similar to the military vehicles of the army, and two military tents. They find a shady place near the work area to rest at noon, and start working immediately after the hottest period.

Liu Xia and Li Jiyue occupied a tent alone. Liu Xia felt it was inappropriate on the first day, but he found that no one else expressed any dissatisfaction, so he calmed down. Calculation really needs a quieter environment.

However, if you exclude the fact that you have been thinking about cats all the time, Liu Xia is indeed in a happier mood.

Li Jiyue is a very easy-going senior. He has a gentle personality and is not in a hurry to do things. He is also the captain, and everyone cooperates with his arrangements. The others, including the driver Xiao Liu, no matter what Li Jiyue arranges, everyone is happy Accept it with confidence, and occasionally complain jokingly that he is biased, and after finishing speaking, he will still do what he should do seriously.

In such a small group with a harmonious atmosphere, Liu Xia feels that even though the work is a bit hard, the mind is very relaxed.

When I get home at night, I take a shower and have dinner. Maoer and Liu Hai always prepare the food early and keep it cold, and wait for him to come back to eat together. The three of them are not delicate bodies, and the weather is hot, so they eat cold rice and cold dishes. It is comfortable.

No matter how anxious Liu Xia was, every time after eating, he had to check the words that Maoer had practiced before starting to do his own work.

Mao'er was very obedient. He didn't see Liu Xia for a day, and he was very happy when Liu Xia came back at night. He had to sit next to Liu Xia when eating, but when Liu Xia started to do calculations, he would read a book quietly. Will get up to pour water for Liu Xia, cut watermelon, other than that, he will not bother Liu Xia again.

Liu Xia is used to concentrating on finishing his work efficiently and then having fun without any worries.

Liu Xia himself is very sensitive to numbers, and he learned very solid professional courses in school. During his internship, he was stared at by an expert like Xie Renjie who is first-rate and meticulous in his work. He was afraid that if he did not do enough Well, not only was he ashamed, but also the face of Huang Youguang who introduced him as an intern, so he kept trying to compete with Xie Renjie, not to let himself lose to him.

Looking back now, it was a kind of intensive training under high pressure. Although it only took three short months, it laid an unusually solid foundation for him and a high starting point. So the current level of calculation is really a piece of cake for him a plate of.

He kept his working time within two hours after returning home every day, and then he would lie down and talk with Mao'er and Liu Hai.

Now that he was talking every day, Liu Xia would fall asleep first, and the cat would look at his face in the dark, touch it lightly with his small hands, and then lay next to him, falling asleep peacefully.

But a few nights later, after Liu Xia fell asleep, Mao'er asked Liu Hai softly: "Uncle Liu, I saw before that the workers in the city are all whiter than us? Uncle, how come these days? Has it gotten darker?"

Liu Hai said: "Silly boy, what your uncle does is surveying and mapping, and they all operate in the wild outside. It is similar to your uncle and grandfather working in the field. It will definitely turn black. What you said is very white. Most of the city workers are working in the workshop or sitting in the office, and the wind does not blow or rain every day, so of course they are very clean."

Mao'er was a little confused: "My uncle went to such a good university, why did he do the same job as uncle and grandpa?"

Liu Hai said: "That's why I didn't choose well when I chose the school and major. However, it's not that your uncle didn't want to choose a good one. He originally wanted to choose a good university in Kyoto, because you really like the one he gave you. The Crane Tower and the Yangtze River Bridge in the diary, he decided to go to the university in Shangjiang City. At that time, you wanted to see all the beautiful places in China, so he chose the University of Surveying and Mapping. He thought that after graduation, he would do surveying and mapping. If he can run around all over the country, he can take you to see all the good places in China."

The cat didn't make a sound for a long time, when Liu Hai thought he was asleep, he suddenly said: "If I didn't talk nonsense when I was a child, my uncle wouldn't be able to do the job now, and he wouldn't have to go to the office every day. I work in the house, and I can’t even go home at noon.”

Liu Hai said: "You were only four or five years old at that time, and you didn't know anything. You just liked those two paintings and thought they were beautiful. It's because your uncle is too spoiled with you. He took everything you said seriously and changed it to something else. People, who would change the general direction of their planned life just because of the naive little wishes of a four or five-year-old child?

Filling in the application form for the college entrance examination is definitely a major event in life. Your uncle changed himself from Kyoto to Jiangcheng just for the house where your fairy lived. I guess there is no other person in this world except your uncle. There are two. "

Mao'er rubbed his head against Liu Xia's neck, and stopped talking, he was so regretful that he didn't know what to say.

When Liu Xia got up the next day, he found that Mao'er was looking at him in the wrong way. When he asked, Mao'er learned what Liu Hai said last night, and finally said very dejectedly: "Uncle, if you originally reported to the capital Now, like Uncle Fifth and Uncle Six, he must be working in Kyoto now, so he won’t suffer like this every day, do you regret it now?”

Liu Xia made a standard bodybuilding pose, clapped his arms, and said to Mao'er: "Uncle, I don't regret it at all, I think my life is very beautiful now, of course, if I can come back at noon, it will be even more beautiful.

Uncle doesn’t think it’s a crime to go to the field to work. Sitting in an office every day is a punishment for me. Now that I have a house, I can see you every day, and I can often go home to see your grandparents. It’s too late to be happy. Well, how could you regret it. "

Mao'er didn't quite believe it: "Then, you don't want to go to Kyoto to see Uncle Wu?"

Liu Xia said: "Aren't you still there? Good boy? When you grow up, you will be admitted to a university in Kyoto, and you will be assigned to Kyoto. When my uncle goes to your place, won't you be able to see your fifth uncle often?"

Liu Hai brushed his teeth and asked: "What about me? You don't miss me, Yaoer?"

Liu Xia said: "I think, when I miss Fifth Brother, I also miss you for a while, okay?"

Liu Hai rinsed his mouth, stuck out his head and bared his teeth at Liu Xia: "You don't have a conscience, you have cooked delicious food for so many days for nothing."

Mao'er said happily: "I am admitted to a university in Kyoto, and I will allocate a big house for my uncle to live in. Sixth Uncle, you and Fifth Uncle will also live there. My uncle will be happy then, won't I?"

Liu Xia said: "Yes, then uncle is waiting, don't think that uncle is a country bumpkin."

The cat jumped up and hung around Liu Xia's neck, wrapped his legs around his waist, and said to his face word by word: "Ye-no-yes, uncle is the most-handsome-most-handsome-! "

Liu Hai came out just in time, and slapped the cat on the buttocks: "Little sycophant!"

After lunch that day, Liu Xia entered the tent and was just about to start calculations when Li Jiyue came in and said to him, "Liu Xia, I forgot to tell you yesterday, when you go back today, call Feng Hongxiu, who is our unit." The cashier, she lives at the east end of the second floor of the building to the east. When the time comes, you stand down and call Accountant Feng or Sister Feng, and she will come down.

The salary was paid the day before yesterday, and we all received it yesterday, and you are the only one left. You have to sign and collect your salary before they can settle the bill. "

Liu Xia said, "I haven't been working for a month, how can I get paid?"

Li Jiyue said: "Half a month, this is the rule. Those who report to work in the first half of the month will receive one month, and those who report to work in the second half of the month will receive half a month. Under normal circumstances, if new assignments or transfers are made, they will Let them report at the beginning of the month, so that the unit will not suffer.”

Liu Xia thought of Hei Deqing and Sha Yonghe, they seemed to be required to report to work again in August, it seems that their unit is really kind.

Back at the unit at dusk, Liu Xia stood downstairs and shouted to the top: "Liu An, I'm back, I have something to do, wait a while and then go home!"

Mao'er and Liu Hai immediately stretched out their heads from the second floor, and Mao'er said, "The sweet egg soup is ready, and Uncle Liu also fried eggplant. It's very delicious. Come back soon, Uncle!"

Liu Xia waved at them and ran away.

When Feng Hongxiu pushed the two watches and a stack of bills and pockets to Liu Xia, Liu Xia thought she had made a mistake: "Sister, I only worked for a week in July."

Feng Hongxiu nodded: "I know, for those who report on the 23rd, the usual salary is the basic salary, and our unit has a high subsidy, so you can get it straight from now on. The advertisement is almost over, and I won't be able to connect to the next episode if it's too late, 167 yuan 3 cents and 7 cents, count, right, right, sign quickly."

Liu Xia counted the money first. That's right. When signing, he looked at the second form. On the head of the form was written "Bonus in July, [-]*".

Feng Hongxiu looked at his signature and said: "This month you are accompanied by the average award of our administrative and logistics staff, which is the lowest in the team. Next month you will be the highest."

She put away the form, locked the door and came out with Liu Xia: "If I had known today, when I was in school, I would go to college without eating or sleeping. , the bonuses of your technicians are more than half more than ours, alas, it’s too late to say anything now..."

As soon as Liu Xia entered the room, he first slapped the money into Mao'er's hand: "Aha, look at it, baby Mao'er, it's a windfall! Not only is there a salary, but I also have a bonus! "

Mao'er looked at Liu Xia inexplicably, and he also thought that the salary was paid for a month last month.

Liu Hai took the money and counted it: "167.37, Yao'er, you haven't completed the one-year internship period, and you only have more than 40 yuan a month?"

Liu Xia excitedly told the two of Feng Hongxiu's words, Mao'er immediately picked up the money and counted it again, put two yuan and thirty-seven on the table, and put the rest in an envelope: "Uncle, wait Let's go back and bring the money from home, and deposit it in the bank together."

Liu Hai looked at Mao'er in disbelief: "I said, Mao'er, even if you pick it up again, you can't just keep more than two yuan, at least not more than a dozen yuan? 150 yuan, just save the whole thing."

The cat put the envelope in the drawer, went over and brought a bowl of sweet egg soup to Liu Xia: "Uncle, take a few sips first; 160 five is an integer, isn't five yuan an integer?"

Liu Hai thought for a while, then nodded: "That's right, many families in our brigade have never seen five yuan!"

Knowing that I don't only have a salary of forty or so yuan every month, after the various subsidies, the salary can be close to 90 yuan, and the bonus may average more than [-] yuan per month, Liu Xia is more motivated, He remembered that when Liu Chuan was the most, even the salary and bonus never exceeded [-], and he felt that his unit had a great future.

But no matter how much Liu Xia likes to work and earn money, he still feels very depressed knowing that he doesn't rest on Sundays and keeps spinning.

Liu Xia didn't rest on Sundays, he couldn't go home, and the cat wouldn't leave either. He wanted to stay and cook for Liu Xia, and he refused to leave Liu Xia alone.

Liu Xia was worried that it would be boring for him to be alone at home, and he was also afraid that something would happen if he cooked alone, so he didn't allow Liu Hai to leave.

Liu Hai also felt that Mao'er couldn't cook and cook by himself, so he stayed with Mao'er, so Liu Chuan was the only one who went home on Sunday.

Liu Hai has been playing with Liu Yun and Liu Lei at home since the holidays, and he likes the two little guys very much. This time, he came out for a week and misses them a lot. He wants Liu Chuan to bring them.

Liu Chuan handed him a large jar of Mushu meat and said, "Do you want your colleagues to think that our youngest son runs a kindergarten?"

The money Liu Xia originally earned was collected by Maoer in a small flowered schoolbag he used to use and hung on the top of their big kang. Liu Xia told Liu Chuan to keep another three hundred for his family, and bring the rest to his family. .

But when Liu Chuan came back, he brought every penny including his schoolbag: "My uncle and my mother said that the money you gave to the family when you came back has not been moved, and your sixth brother originally gave it to the family. There will be no shortage of money to spend these few years. They let you save it, and let me tell you, this is not our house, you can no longer hang money on the wall casually, buy a lock, your cabinet At least one of them and the table must be locked!"

It started to rain on Tuesday night, although it wasn't heavy, but it didn't stop until dawn, so Liu Xia and the others stopped working temporarily.

A few days ago, in order to avoid the heat, they set off at six o'clock. Liu Xia and the three of them got up to cook at four o'clock. Today, the three of them slept comfortably for a long sleep, almost seven I didn't get up until [-]:[-], had dinner, and it was already past eight o'clock.

The cat closed the door, and the three of them sat on the mat. The cat took out all the money in the house, sat cross-legged on the ground, and was about to start counting.

Liu Xia didn't move at all, just sat and watched Mao'er carefully stack ten yuan, five yuan, and two yuan in different categories, and then counted the money with his mouth tightly closed and a serious expression.

Mao'er counted several times before raising his head and asking Liu Xia: "Uncle, tell me, should we save three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, or three thousand eight hundred and seven?"

Liu Hai leaned on Liu Xia baldly in the shape of being shot and sacrificed: "Little Xia, I can now draw a vivid group painting of Mr. Grandet, if Mr. Grandet is a positive person, it can even be used as a standard It's like hanging on the rostrum of the large conference room of many units."

Cat had already read the book "Eugenie Grandet", so he understood Liu Hai's meaning, he raised his chin and snorted at Liu Hai: "You are the miser."

Liu Xia was so hot that he was dying, he stretched out his hand to pull Liu Hai away, Liu Hai took the opportunity to lie on the ground and pretended to be dead, Liu Xia said to Mao'er: "My uncle still has dozens of yuan, do you want to add another round number to you? "He said, going to reach for the wallet on the table.

The cat immediately put the money in his hand into the envelope: "No, it's so hot when you go out to work, so bring more money to buy ice cream and soda, uncle, if the food they cook is not delicious, you can go to the restaurant to eat it Well, just remember not to put chili on it.”

Liu Xia didn't insist either. He felt that he would not be alone in the future, and he had to keep some money on hand. There was still 30 yuan in the drawer for Liu Hai and Mao'er to use, but Liu Hai took it with him. The money in the drawer has never been touched once, and Liu Xia doesn't care, he knows it's useless to talk about it.

Before Liu Hai’s holiday, another friend of Zeng Guangtong saw a painting he practiced at Zeng Guangtong’s home and bought it for 300 yuan. Zeng Guangtong said he was losing money, but Liu Hai didn’t mind. Good friend, if that person opens his mouth to ask him without mentioning the money, Liu Hai will definitely be embarrassed to refuse, and the three hundred is already earned for nothing.

After Liu Hai came back, he wanted to give 200 yuan to his family, but Liu Changqing didn't answer it. He asked Liu Hai to learn to save some money by himself, in case of emergencies.

Liu Hai told Liu Xia that he felt it was very strange that the paintings he had conceived for a long time and carefully created had never been sold once, and the three paintings that others liked were all drawn by him for nothing.

It would be fine if the two people who bought his paintings were strangers, Liu Hai felt that they might be laymen, and they were just looking at the show to watch the excitement, but those two people had a lot of contacts with the painting and calligraphy circles, serious big experts, This made Liu Hai very confused.

The painting he just sold shows that he is homesick. It depicts a big persimmon tree on the edge of the yard. Under the persimmon tree is the tree bump they used as a stool. There is also a mat on which lies a sleeping child. Baby, beside the baby was an old cattail fan and other odds and ends that Sun Chang'e and Xiumei often used.

This painting, which can be called a line drawing, was caught by the person at a glance and said: "Ah, the picture of Gaoshi (persimmon) meeting Ying (baby)! This has a good meaning, and it has a special flavor. It is quiet and distant but It’s not fake and lofty.” Then he gave Liu Hai 300 yuan: “Uncle’s house is missing such an auspicious painting, so that’s it, uncle took it away.”

Based on Liu Hai's feeling that his head full of artistic cells could not understand the artistic taste of those people.

The rain didn’t stop at all. The three of them took an umbrella and walked out. There were two banks less than 200 meters away from them, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Agricultural Bank of China. Liu Xia asked, “Which one should we deposit? Agricultural Bank of China Bar?"

The cat said firmly: "No, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, you are a worker."

After entering the bank, the three people who made the deposit for the first time struggled for a while about the deposit time.

The cat can't wait to keep it for 100 years, because the longer the time, the more interest it will have.

Liu Hai said: "Current date or three months, in fact, I think it's safest to keep the money in my own home, and it's best to exchange it for gold, put it in a jar, dig a hole in someone's place, and bury it in a real place. I think it's my money."

Even the bank staff were amused by Liu Hai.

There is no way, if this is Liu Hai who was wearing patched clothes eight years ago and said something like this, he would definitely attract a circle of contemptuous white eyes, and then say "bumpkin". Now Liu Hai is tall and handsome, dressed in casual fashion, plus a mouthful Pure mandarin, in this small town, looks extraordinarily high-end and foreign, and saying something unreliable becomes a humorous joke.

Liu Xia remembered that he accompanied Mao Jianyong to save money, and neutralized the words of the little money fan and the sophomore fool: "Three years, in three years, the fifth brother will be 26, and it is time to get married. When the time comes superior."

Mao'er felt that what the uncle said was very reasonable, and the interest was at least much higher than the current deposit, so he obediently let Liu Xia hug him, and finished all the deposit procedures on the counter.

The name on the deposit slip was Liu An, which Liu Xia had thought up in advance. The little guy was afraid all day long that Liu Xia's money would be gone, so depositing in his own name should make him feel more at ease?

Mao'er is also very happy, he thinks that this way he can be more sure that he is an adult, and he has savings.

The three of them first went to Gudu Road to buy groceries, and then went to the mall to buy a small lock. When they got home, Maoer hid the passbook in the cabinet and locked the cabinet.

There were three keys on the lock, he took them off and gave them to Liu Xia, but Liu Xia didn't want them: "Uncle often goes out, what if I lose them? You keep them well, put the other two away, in case you lose the one in your hand, Not to pick the lock."

Liu Hai saw the words "three years" on it when the cat was putting the passbook, and said to Liu Xia: "You worry about it, Brother Wu will definitely not get married within three years, and people in Kyoto get married later, so the better the conditions, The later it is, the more people try their best to choose. If you find a better one after you get married, it will be too late to regret it.

Our fifth brother’s condition, if it’s not that our family is from the countryside, the girls will definitely chase after him; even if it’s from the countryside, our fifth brother doesn’t have to worry about it, and we have to pick and choose. marry. "

Liu Xia said: "Brother Six, have you been hit by something? Why did I listen to you... Hey, Brother Fifth, why haven't I heard you say that Wenwen for so many days?"

Mao'er also remembered, and said Liu Hai: "Didn't you say that you brought me a flower girl from Kyoto during the summer vacation? Where is my flower girl?"

Liu Hai rolled his eyes angrily: "When did I say that she is your flower girl? I just said that she wanted to come to our house to play."

Mao'er was not convinced: "If she doesn't want to be our flower girl, why would she go to our house to play so far away? You said she wanted to come to our house to play, that's what you meant."

Liu Xia stopped: "Mao'er, Hua Niang is indeed a little far away, but Sixth Brother, why haven't I heard you mention her once when I came back this time?"

Liu Hai snorted, and said with a sneer: "I'm going to go abroad, and I just got a half-baked horoscope, and told me that she will definitely miss my simple, unadulterated good friend when she goes abroad."

Liu Xia understood immediately, and laughed gloatingly: "Haha, Sixth Brother, you were dumped by someone, and you were dumped so uninspired, and even the way you expressed it was so bad, it's so pitiful, Brother, today I Cook for you and comfort your wounded artistic soul."

Liu Hai gave a disdainful "cut": "Why did she dump me? Her hint was superfluous. Your brother and I have never seen her as a girlfriend at all, she is just pretending to be affectionate.

You just stay here honestly, my stomach can no longer withstand more damage, I will cook by myself today, and you are not allowed to come here, cat, if you dare to come here today, I will not teach you how to cook braised pork tomorrow . "

Liu Xia finally had a rest and stayed at home for a day. Maoer was eager to be with his uncle, so he immediately arranged the paper and inkstone to show his attitude.

Liu Xia practiced calligraphy with Mao'er for more than an hour, and dug up half a watermelon to eat. While eating, the two discussed how to persuade Liu Rui to come and live here. Mao'er thought for a long time. He piled up strategies to seduce Liu Rui, and Liu Xia felt that the chances of success were quite high.

Liu Haiqing cooked the meal quietly for more than an hour, and finally ate the beautifully shaped and delicious fried pepper twice-cooked pork and shredded tomato and potato. Wonderful.

Mao'er picked a piece of particularly good pork belly into Liu Xia's bowl, and said to Liu Hai: "Uncle Liu, I didn't know that twice-cooked pork can be so delicious. Let's buy some more meat tomorrow. You can teach me, I will cook it again." This time, I learned it in three days at most.”

Liu Hai put the bowl on the ground, took a deep breath, and said viciously to the cat: "Liu An, murdering an uncle is also a crime, do you know that?"