1999

Huda said neither yes nor no.Even now, there is still a clear light blue shadow under the young man's eyelids, his face is full of tiredness, and he looks much haggard compared to the carefree look before, even if he is not the one who happened this time, it still makes Hu Da couldn't let go.

"Don't think about it," the young man added as if to explain him away, "Our workshop does not engage in cutting techniques, and there is no guillotine at all. Even if I lose my mind, I won't be able to..."

Wu Jiusheng didn't finish his sentence.Huda's worried eyes on him were too obvious, they were standing in the crowd now, standing in the center of countless pairs of eyes.Wu Jiusheng did not forget what Hu Da had told him. He was afraid that the situation at hand would attract unnecessary attention from the people around him, so he pushed Hu Da away a little, and touched the back of the other's hand hidden under the strap of the package indiscriminately.

"I'm fine." The young man lowered his voice and repeated.

Huda turned sideways a little and lowered his head.

"You have to work while preparing for the exam, and you can't bear the energy. It's not safe to work like this during the day. I don't worry about it. Just don't do it."

Wu Jiusheng didn't expect Hu Da to mention this suddenly.He has tried his best to pretend not to care, just afraid that the other party will have such thoughts.

Huda thought too well of him, too well.With his aptitude, he suddenly wanted to rely on a certificate, not to mention quitting his job and taking a break from production to prepare. He finally won the award and was promoted to the team leader. He didn't want a stable monthly income. It's a fantasy.

What is he studying for, isn't it just to earn a more secure way out in the factory?And Hu Da's proposal in front of him obviously exceeded the original expectations when he made this decision - he was too serious about it, and he took it too much as a big event, so serious that Wu Jiusheng felt scared.

"Don't..." The young man sneered and waved his hands, "Work is important, I just took the test for fun, this time it won't work, there will be next time, uncle, I think it's better to..."

What else, why don't you just give up this time?Let's do business in the store seriously first.Or catch up with this batch of orders first, and work hard to earn overtime pay for a few months?Or forget it anyway, there are too many things to test, why not choose a simple one first and try it slowly.

Several theories flashed through Wu Jiusheng's mind. He felt that it would not be too difficult to convince Hu Da. Originally, Hu Da didn't quite understand the details of the exam. Besides, according to the past practice, no matter what decision he made, This man basically supported him and never said anything more.

The young man took a deep breath, and the words of giving up had slipped to his lips.

"I mortgaged the storefront to someone else," Hu Da said suddenly.

"what?"

Wu Jiusheng almost didn't realize it, he thought he heard it wrong.

But Huda's expression was very flat, as if he was just saying something that was not a big deal.They were surrounded by countless strangers, and each other's voices seemed a little indistinct.

"The store is my own, and there are still some profits at the moment, so I mortgaged a lot of money. Counting the money paid to Ye Hao's nursing home, it will not be a problem to support it until next year." Hu Da continued proudly, "You don't have to Think about work, just let go and do whatever you want.”

"Are you crazy!" Wu Jiusheng's eyes widened, and he looked at Hu Da in disbelief, he could still laugh!

That store is the only thing they have left in Ping Township. It is Hu Da's lifeblood and their home!How much work it took them to gradually start to come back to life!

"Who did you mortgage it to? How much did you mortgage? Have you signed a written agreement? How did you sign it? Show me quickly! Can you get it back? Uncle, why are you doing this! Didn't we agree on something? Discuss it! Give me your things quickly! I won’t take the exam! I won’t take the exam! I won’t take the exam! I’ll throw away those books tomorrow!”

Wu Jiusheng was in a hurry, he forgot the crowd around him, groped Huda incoherently, and wanted to jump up to reach for the little bag he hid behind his back, his face was flushed red in exasperation.

"Aren't you fooling around!" He rarely showed intense emotion towards Huda, "I don't do anything for us to live a good life! Why do you push out all the good things you got? Cheap others?!"

"It's not your business, it's my business." Hu Da replied suddenly.

The young man froze.It was a very indifferent sentence that pushed him away all at once, as if complaining that he should not interfere too much.

He was in a daze, asked Huda to turn, dragged with very subtle movements, and gradually squeezed out of the center of the crowd. They turned into a dark alley in Life Street, and after a few minutes, they turned into a quiet and deserted street.Wu Jiusheng's heart was flustered, his cheeks were hot, and there was still a roar echoing in his ears.

In fact, what Hu Da said was right, the store was originally his store, so what right did he have to object to any decision he wanted to make?

Is Huda upset?

He shrank his neck, feeling a little timid all of a sudden.

Hu Da didn't speak any more, but took him directly back to the store.

"I'll go to the factory in the afternoon to go through the formalities. I'll go upstairs and reset the room. Let's change. You sleep in my room, and the desk will be put there for you. From now on, we will have the same routine. In the morning, I will go downstairs to open the shop." , you study hard upstairs, when the time comes, I will remind you to eat and rest, sleep when you are tired, and you are not allowed to lock the door in the middle of the night, when you are not reading, we have to be together, I will supervise you, if you want to rest, take a good rest. "

He planned a lot at once, sincerely and considerately.Wu Jiusheng nodded sullenly.

"Uncle, I am obedient, don't be unhappy."

"Unhappy?" Huda frowned in wonder, and pointed at himself in great confusion.

Wu Jiusheng's shoulders slumped even lower.

"I know you want me to take the exam well, I know, I will work hard and try to pass the exam once, but you have to promise me that when I pass the exam, we must redeem the store, and the money cannot be spent Piao, I... I'm not thinking about money, I... I just—"

The young man couldn't think of any suitable words. Although his eyes were lowered, the eagerness on his face was ready to come out.

Huda suddenly laughed.

"What are you talking about?" He nodded the young man's head, "Didn't I tell you not to worry about what you have and what you don't? Starting a business, keeping everything on track and ensuring a secure life, isn’t that something I should worry about? Uncle is almost 40 years old, don’t you want to lose face?”

As Hu Da spoke, he pinched the young man's face.

"How old are you? You should be as old as you are. I know that you have become sensible and obedient recently. I am very happy, but I don't like the way you always look bitter and bitter. Your old man It’s about talking about taking care of me in the future. That’s something you should think about in how long. Uncle, I’m not that old, am I? Did you misunderstand me? I told you to quit your job first and prepare for the exam. It’s not to let you pass the exam once, I’m going to borrow money, and it’s not to bet all on your exam this time. I support you more than anyone else when you take the exam, but it’s not for stability or future, it’s because of me I just want you to go to school. We Xiaojiu are so clever, everyone goes to school at the age of 19, how are we different from others? If you follow uncle, uncle wishes you well, no less than anyone else. If you follow me, There is no guarantee that I will become better than before, and I will feel that I am not a man."

"How could it be..." Wu Jiusheng subconsciously wanted to refute, but was stopped by Hu Da.

"You just have to tell uncle the truth honestly, do you want to study or not?"

The youth held his breath.He didn't come from high school. He also prepared for the college entrance examination and planned to study for a diploma seriously. If it wasn't for the miserable stay at home, he wouldn't have given up everything and ran out alone.He knew that those who had taken the college entrance examination applied for the school would receive a hard cardboard red admission notice. If the school was good, the family would hold a big feast and invite the whole village to eat. Far, far away, in a big city, it is said that a library alone is several floors high, as big as a shopping mall, and there are countless books in it, and you can read and watch everything. , You can borrow books with only a student ID card. There are all kinds of fun things in the university, such as group projects, club activities, projectors in class, and foreign teachers for English learning. You can receive a set of uniforms and high hats. The principal will shake hands with the students one by one, and hand over the diplomas and certificates to everyone.

It was all kinds of things that he had imagined, envied, but never experienced, full of glamorous and unknown splendor, he thought, how could he not want to.

Clenching his fists involuntarily, the young man with his mouth pursed nodded his head twice.

Huda's vicissitudes of life suddenly burst into an uncontrollable warm and bright smile.

He hadn't been this happy for a long time.

"Okay, okay, okay." He said several good words in a row, and the hand holding Wu Jiusheng's shoulder was warm and strong,

"Our Xiaojiu wants to study, and he is a good kid. If you want to study, uncle will let you read with peace of mind. Uncle is willing to go all out. Your uncle has never been a material for reading in his whole life. Apart from cooking, he has to do something. The other thing that needs to use the brain to count is my brain hurts. I have no ability, but I have you. For the rest of my life, I will point it all at you. You are your uncle's account manager, your uncle's brain, yes The backbone of this family is the military adviser, who is in charge of me for the rest of my life. I need to read more books."

Wu Jiusheng was silent.He blushed and hit Huda with his fist.

"Shut up!" The young man protested, rubbing the tips of his hot ears, "Stop praising me like that, I can't stand other people's praising like that, it's weird!"

"Is this still called boasting?" Hu Da glared, "I won't call it until you pass the exam. This year's New Year's Eve, I will set off a firecracker in Ping Township, so that everyone in Ping Township will know."

"Know what?" Wu Jiusheng jokingly pushed Hu Da.

Hu Da winked, then leaned closer, embraced the shy young man in his arms, and pressed him mysteriously and firmly, saying:

"I know that we, Xiao Jiu, want to be college students."