if you are still there

Ding Xu found a musical instrument store, went in and sold the trumpet in his hand.

Xiao Liangwen watched from the side, a little reluctant, and said in a low voice: "You need money urgently? I have some here. I owed you money before, so I can pay it back..."

Ding Xu interrupted him and said: "No need, it's useless to keep this trumpet, just exchange some money and save it for other things."

The owner of the musical instrument shop estimated more than 200 yuan, and even took away the musical instrument box with Ding Xu's name on it, saying: "If you were not from No. [-] Middle School, I would not want it. This is your teacher some time ago. The batch I bought from me was given a [-]% discount, and it was recovered at the depreciated price."

The boss muttered a few words, but Xiao Liangwen didn't hear it, he just glanced at the musical instrument box and remembered what it looked like.

Xiao Liangwen followed Ding Xu out, and took hold of the slate in his pocket. It had been polished into a small rectangular shape, with rounded corners and sporadic green spots on the cut surface.He looked at Ding Xu and said, "I brought you something..."

Ding Xu didn't wait for him to take it out, but refused, "You don't need to buy me something, you can keep it for yourself."

"It's not a good thing either." After Xiao Liangwen said this, he forced it to Ding Xu, saying forcefully, "If you don't like it, throw it away."

"This is... rough emerald stone?" Ding Xu held it in his hand and looked at it, his expression changed a few times, and he barely restrained himself from throwing it back to him.In the previous life, Xiao Liangwen often used such things to humiliate him, but that was after the age of 20. Why is this bad hobby five years earlier? !

Xiao Liangwen said: "Yes, but just a little, and I'll give you a bigger piece after a while." Then he told Ding Xu something interesting about the stone betting in Tengchong, especially with the The part where Shitou and the stall owner go to Jieyu is very exciting.

"It's a pity that I won a piece of three colors in the end." Xiao Liangwen summed up the whole thing by saying this, and it sounded a little regretful.

The corner of Ding Xu's mouth twitched, and he said: "It's almost there, the tricolor is pretty good. It's not bad if you can hit it. You think there are emeralds in every stone!"

Xiao Liangwen's eyes lit up, and he said, "Do you like three colors? I'll go ask Boss Hu to get it back. Originally, I wanted to exchange for an emerald jadeite bead. Boss Hu has a lot of good ones..."

Ding Xu's scalp is a little numb, he has some shadows on jadeite, especially beads, Xiao Liangwen used to torment him with those things a lot, and he must correct this problem from the root in this life.

"Emeralds will also go up, but you need to keep them for a longer period of time to hold down funds. Compared with other types of appreciation, there is not much room for appreciation." Even though jadeites have turned out to be hundreds of times more than ten years later, Ding Xu still has a subconscious interest in it. With exclusion, it was not listed as the first choice from the beginning.

Xiao Liangwen made an expression of listening carefully, and basically remembered what Ding Xu said.From the day Ding Xu led him out, he had a special sense of trust in Ding Xu. Unlike Liu Zijun, he might still keep a little secret about Liu Zijun, but to Ding Xu, he was a friend, a brother, and a friend. Someone a little more intimate than this.

"You don't want to buy jadeite." Ding Xu bit the bullet and said, "I've done some calculations. The space for investment in jadeite is not as good as houses or shops."

"5 yuan may not be enough to buy much." Xiao Liangwen thought about the small restaurant that Liu Zijun is running now, maybe it is only enough to buy that shop. "However, you can rent a row together, and after two years of operation, you can make some money."

Ding Xu looked at him in surprise, and agreed: "I think so too, the best lease time is two to three years, the ones near Miss Zijun's restaurant are also fine, and the one in the south of the city is also fine. "Starting from the second half of next year, housing prices across the country will rise sharply. 5 yuan can now rent a row in a better location. By next year, it will not even be enough for a year's rent. He still knew about the plan of Province X. He told Xiao Liangwen that the two areas would be leased for three years and then sublet out. The price difference would be enough for Xiao Liangwen to make his first pot of gold.

The street where Liu Zijun opened a chain restaurant was a newly planned golden location in the old city. Xiao Liangwen made a big effort and gave Liu Zijun a 20-year right to use the shops along the two streets as a big gift.

Xiao Liangwen knew that Ding Xu had some contacts in his family, and he would not make mistakes if he pointed him out. He nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with Sister Zijun." Then he said a few more words in Ding Xu's ear, "Ding Xu, look, in fact, you will have a lot of money after a while, can that trumpet..."

"No, I don't need that now." Ding Xu knew what he was thinking when he raised his eyes, "You can use the money to do some serious business, you can do whatever you want, and stop doing those dangerous things."

Xiao Liangwen's Adam's apple rolled, and he frowned and said, "But the money I owed you last time has not been paid yet."

Ding Xu said: "No need, you have helped me...a lot."

Xiao Liangwen stepped forward and gave Ding Xu a hug. Ding Xu was flustered by this warm chest, and when he wanted to push him away, the other party had already let go.Xiao Liangwen smiled, and said to him seriously, "Thank you, Ding Xu, except for you, no one has told me these things, and I never thought I could do these things."

Ding Xu's ears were a little hot, he lifted the scarf up, looked away and said: "Don't talk about you, I never thought it would be like this, and there are many things I can't do well...Forget it, let's take one step at a time .”

Xiao Liangwen looked at him and said, "You are already very powerful."

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During the holidays, there are more and more people visiting Ding's family. In the past, Ding Xu's parents would stay at work, and they would usually wait until after the festival to pay their respects. But this year, Ding called Ding Xu's father several times in a row. Go, even quarreled in the study twice.

It is rare for Mr. Ding to be so stubborn about something, but this year he must insist that Ding Xu's father come to the north for the New Year.

"Your position is important, and I support your work, but this time it's different...! Do you really think that everyone outside is deaf and blind?! You explain the matter and come to me immediately!"

Holding the phone, Mr. Ding listened to his son's defense with a livid face. After hearing a few words, he couldn't help cursing, "What nonsense, I gave birth to you, and I don't know what you are thinking! Don't give birth to me! It's useless for me to plot against your little bastards!" He gasped angrily, frowned and said in pain, "You are so far away in X province, my old man has never asked you to come back once? You just treat me As a father, you must see if your son will succeed or not!"

Ding Lao had been arguing with him on the phone for a long time, and the other side still hesitated, "Dad, don't listen to the wind and rain, you are really busy... You also know that since the reform, X province has been nominated all day long. It's almost demonized, and I..."

"What are you?! Don't think I don't know!" Ding Lao tried his best to suppress his anger, and shouted in a low voice: "It's fine if you don't leave Province X, but you're going to Beijing to give a report next week. Right? You go to Beijing for meetings, why don’t you come to my place?! Every month you come to the capital to give a report, why can’t you come to my place?!”

Ding Laowen's son was speechless. Looking at him like this, he couldn't help scolding him. The father and son were very unhappy.Ding Lao dropped the microphone, and angrily went to Suxiao Jiuxin Wan to swallow a few pills.

Ding Xu didn't make a sound when he heard the commotion in the study, he packed his schoolbag and squatted at the door, fastened the laces of his sneakers carefully, stood up and went out.

On the last day of the make-up class, Zhong Jie sent him a special remittance to pay the make-up class fee, and he had no reason not to go.

The morning was not going well, but it didn't mean that everything that happened during the day was bad. Ding Xuna received a scholarship. Three thin banknotes were put in an envelope with the word "award" printed on it.

Ding Xu put the envelope into the desk and continued to review his homework.

Most of the students are not interested, and some are still discussing the upcoming World Cup in a few months, looking forward to an early holiday.

Ding Xu's pen tip paused, with the words "World Cup" in his ears, he had some vague thoughts.If it's the World Cup, then it's a gamble in Hong Kong...

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of his deskmate getting up, followed by a boy who sat across the stool and looked over. Coincidentally, we are still in the same family..."

Ding Xu stopped burying his head in his homework and looked up at him, frowning tightly.

The boy in front of him has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, especially his eyes are slightly curved, and the corners of his mouth are raised, with a sly look that is the most exciting, as if he is always thinking of bad ideas, but it makes people want to get closer. See what naughty things he can do.

Although there is still a bit of youthfulness, but it is absolutely unmistakable.

On the snowy night on the day of his accident, this was the one driving the car that was blocking the road.

"Student, I don't mean any harm! I just wanted to ask you something..." The boy was much more polite than before, and he didn't have the arrogant young master's temper. "I saw your class performance last time, it was very good , especially you, I heard from your classmates that you are still a study committee member, and your name is Ding, Ding Xu?!"

Ding Xu put down the ballpoint pen in his hand, sat back and straightened up to look at him, the corner of his mouth was about to smile, but his eyes were sharp, "Ding Hao, what a coincidence, I met you again."

Ding Hao's scalp was numb. He felt that this person looked familiar just now, but he didn't remember it for a while. Only when he saw the name clearly did his eyes widen and he was speechless.He only remembered one Ding Xu, this person...could be that Ding Xu, right?Impossible? !

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