1999

The help that Hu Da talked about is also what Wu Jiusheng is doing every day.Ever since he resigned from the factory, Wu Jiusheng has been working as a part-time accountant at the collection point. The daily income, monthly flow and expenditure, inventory cycle and profit margin of different purchased commodities are all made into standard tables by him, all the same. record and analysis.

On the surface, Hu Da always looked like he was begging him to help manage the business accounts, but Wu Jiusheng knew that it was actually giving him the opportunity to exercise his systematic knowledge of accounting practices.Many things in the book are not easy to memorize, but if you do everything according to the theory, it can be like imprinted in your mind, so deep that you can't erase it.Besides, Hu Da himself is still a shopkeeper who knows nothing. Every watch made by Wu Jiusheng, how to count and how to read, he has to explain to Hu Da again, just like a little teacher teaching college students, often through such a process, many Originally, Wu Jiusheng couldn't figure out the principle when he was reading a book, but he suddenly figured it out as if he had a flash of inspiration.

He enjoyed this process very much, and he became more and more comfortable helping Huda manage the business.

Today, Hu Da spent more than an hour listening to the young man explaining to him the reserve fund and cash management of retail stores, and how to reflect and query the reserve fund on the books. Those knowledge are not important to him, a small courier collection point, but the young man He was very good at explaining with examples, and he explained in simple terms, which Huda listened to with great interest.

When the young man sorted out a form, put down the mouse to rest and drink water, Hu Da suddenly sat up straight on the small bench beside him, very solemnly, as if releasing important news, but at the same time mysteriously He came closer and interjected:

"The store will be a little busy these days, but I guess it will be almost the end of the month, and next month, when the list is lined up in two weeks, I will close the store for a day, and we will have a good time. celebrate."

Wu Jiusheng didn't react at all to the topic that Hu Da suddenly changed to this time. He looked at Hu Da in puzzlement, closed for a day?do what?It's all good, and nothing special happened, what are you celebrating?

Uncle, you made a mistake, right? He was about to blurt out the question, and then realized in a sudden, what kind of thing Hu Da was referring to.

Even he himself had to completely forget about it. In the middle of December, it should be his birthday.He was one year older, and Huda was thinking about that day for him, making preparations almost a month in advance.

Wu Jiusheng's heart tightened instinctively, and he suddenly clenched his hands under the table as if he had been burned.

"What do you want to do?"

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Hu Da thought he had some thoughts about this birthday boy, so he kept asking him.

Wu Jiusheng flinched instead.He shook his head.

Huda asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Even Wu Jiusheng himself didn't know what happened.

Hu Da thought that he had gone too far in front of him, and he was overwhelmed by the number.

He was really scared.Why should all the good things in the world fall on his head? Many old people taught him when he was a child that one cannot get too good luck all at once. Colorful clouds are fragile and glass is brittle, and good things in the world cannot be imprisoned.It's really enough, he doesn't want more, that would make him panic.

"Actually, you don't need to think so much." With great difficulty, he untied his clasped palms and pinched his own arm, "I can't do it."

"Why?" Huda asked in surprise.

"It's good enough, if it gets better, it will be too much." Wu Jiusheng replied, he wanted to laugh, but his disorganized breathing sounded more like panting.He understood his tense, so in order to resolve the embarrassment, he had to show more smiles, a smiling face seemed forced and painful.

He couldn't figure out how feelings could be such a delicate thing. He clearly loved so much in his heart, but how could he love so much that it hurt.

"What's the matter with you?" Wu Jiusheng was disturbed by the bitter-sweet complex emotions, and he punched Huda's chest as if venting, "You said that on purpose to move me, I'm embarrassed to ask you for a gift."

His falling fist was quickly caught by Huda, and he turned over his wrist and pinched it in his hand.

"Oh, yes, yes." Hu Da nodded his head indifferently following the young man's words, "It was on purpose."

"Uneasy and good-hearted." The young man sniffed.

Hu Da didn't know which spiritual light inspired him, and suddenly became romantic, so he touched his chest with the young man's hand.

"This place has already been taken over by someone, so why not worry about it? You will definitely not be able to get the gift, and everything that is mine is yours. If you want more, I won't be able to get it out."

Wu Jiusheng lowered his head and burst out laughing.

The sour and unspeakable feeling in my heart is still there, and it should not go away for a long time.In a trance, he heard Hu Da say with a sigh of relief: "After this year, we Xiaojiu will be 20 years old. At 20 years old, we can be considered adults."

Yes, you are an adult, you should leave your mind and body out of the state of a little devil, and you should even make some breakthroughs in your actions to be worthy of this serious age.

It was the first time that Wu Jiusheng took the initiative to surprise people. He sealed Hu Daxu's babbling mouth, and his movements were so sudden that it seemed like he was making a sneak attack with malicious intentions.Hu Da told him to bite him, he was startled, almost fell under the chair, Wu Jiusheng grabbed his sleeve.

The menacing kiss in front of the head subsided after a while, and the two cuddled in the corner of the wall, leaning against the melted white lime illuminated by the red light of the small sun, as if carving a picture.

The next ten or so days seemed to pass very quickly. Hu Dacheng was busy with the store, and Wu Jiusheng was nervously preparing for the exam as usual. The two of them ate at the same table and slept in the same bed every day. If you can't find a neutral position, prepare for some surprises.Huda understood this a long time ago, so he simply gave up from the beginning.

He did all the work under Wu Jiusheng's nose.He bought a lot of things, and the collection point received new couriers in his name every day.It started with a new three-piece bed sheet and quilt cover, then the newly arrived wallpaper, two small rugs, and then a pair of wrought iron flower stands painted white for hanging outside the window, new lamps, and fabric sofas A special all-round cloth cover. Finally, Huda also signed for a large package of small LED lights of various shapes that are used to decorate the Christmas tree in the center of the patio by the merchants in the hypermarket for Christmas activities.

He didn't intend to hide it from Wu Jiusheng either, the two of them put everything in its proper place together, usually after eating, Wu Jiusheng changed his mind, digested food, Da joined him after washing the dishes, and the two of them discussed how to change the position of the furniture in the small room, which corner the carpet should be placed in, what color curtains to change, and match the wallpaper to the same color.They tied the wrought iron flower stand to the window sill on the second floor. The light box signboard of Jiujiu BBQ that originally covered the window has been removed, and the window can be opened to face the bright sunshine. Those succulent potted plants that Wu Jiusheng ordered online were replaced Huda took good care of them. They were born facing the sun, and the green outside the gray and black window was soft to the heart.The folding sofa that Wu Jiusheng used to sleep on as a single bed was finally erected, and its original function was restored. All the sofa covers were washed and dried before being replaced with new ones. The two red fox-headed couple pillows are placed on it.Wu Jiusheng leaned against the window, sat on the sofa, and drew circles of patterns on the small flower pots with a thick ink pen used in the store to check express orders. Huda installed screws one by one for the assembled floor lamps.

There was a quiet and serene atmosphere as they did all this, as if the years had turned into a Gulf Stream and were no longer rushing forward.The small house on the second floor gradually took shape in front of the eyes of the two of them. They arranged their own home, starting from a small ornament and a small light bulb, and paid attention to every corner, which was never done before. Have experience.

The sun shines on the young man's back through the glass window, it is very warm, and Wu Jiusheng smiles unconsciously.

He wanted a home, and he thought it was such a great wish, but it was so unguarded and accidentally realized.

One of his hearts swelled up like a blown balloon, which was too unreal.

At that moment, there were only two days left before his birthday, and it seemed that it didn't matter that much whether he said happy birthday or not.

What kind of birthday is this? Every day is like a birthday.

Hu Da saw the young man's dazed and sighing expression, so he called the young man.

"You obviously belong to the rabbit, why do you look like a cat when you bask in the sun?"

Don't laugh like that with your head down, laughing furtively, it makes me feel itchy.

A pen cap of Wu Jiusheng slammed at him, Hu Da didn't dodge it, and hit the center of his eyebrow.He threw away the screwdriver and rushed forward. The two of them laughed and rolled all the way from the sofa to the adjacent bed. Wu Jiusheng hugged the fox-headed pillow and kept Huda from touching his chest. Yes, passing Huda, he looked up at the empty ceiling that he had stared at countless times, and now he was completely familiar with this place, he lived for a long time, it seemed to have taken root, it was just a dream, In the dream, I can't remember that I am myself, and I can find a way to get back.

As if he knew what he was thinking, Hu Da rolled over to the side of the young man and lay down, staring at the ceiling together with him in a daze.

"We have a family now, do you like it?"

"I like it." Wu Jiusheng replied softly.

Hu Da raised his eyelids, and with somewhat concealed hesitation, he asked again:

"With uncle...are you happy?"

Wu Jiusheng smiled.What a problem.

"Happy." He squinted his eyes and replied, "Happy like Chinese New Year."

Hu Da smiled stupidly and turned his head.

"This reminds me that the new year is not far away. I have already used up all the ideas I can think of in my mind after my birthday. I have run out of ammunition and food. So how should I get through this year?"

"How do you live..." The young man pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, "During the Chinese New Year, there should be no business in the store."

He thought it right, every year at the end of the year, Ping Township is the most uncharacteristic of the whole year, when all the bustle is gone and nothing is left.Those migrant workers, people from different corners of the country, flowed back to all corners of the country without a sound, and long-distance buses set off from the station, carrying heavy packages and foreigners with various accents. , People in Liping Township only do one thing during Chinese New Year, go home.They neither play nor shop, and the street of life is as silent as if it never existed. All the people leave this land, go to the place where they were born and grew up, and reunite with the closest group of people in their lives.

"Well, there's no business to do." Huda replied.In the past years, he closed the shop by himself, stocked up some rice, flour, grain and oil, guarded the small shop, watched TV, and ate melon seeds.

This year is different.He suddenly raised his head, propped up his upper body, stared solemnly into Wu Jiusheng's eyes, and asked:

"Anyway, there's nothing else to do, why don't you go back to your hometown with me this year."