As soon as Chang Qing returned home, he saw the Monkey King on the table and immediately cheered excitedly: "The Monkey King! That's great!"
Chang Xing poked his head out of the kitchen and looked at Chang Qing's excitement, with a smile on his face. At one time, Chang Xing was wondering if there was any point in practicing Taoism so hard, just like when he was a child or when he had tasted everything he had with him.
The pain of separation from Master. Is there any meaning to such immortality?
Chang Qing had a great time playing, and until Chang Xing prepared the meal, he was reluctant to put the Monkey King down.
"Go and see if your mother is back?" Chang Xing said.
"Go and see for yourself. I haven't had enough fun yet," Chang Qing said.
"Then think carefully. If you don't listen to me, I won't make you such fun things in the future." Chang Xing warned.
Chang Qing then took the Monkey King and ran to the door. As soon as the door opened, she saw Wu Wanyi pushing her bicycle and preparing to enter the courtyard gate. When she saw Chang Qing peeking out, she pressed the bell.
"Dingling bell..."
Chang Xing walked to the door and watched Wu Wanyi pushing her bicycle into the yard.
"You are back. If you don't come back, the two of us will eat first." Chang Xing said.
"From now on, if I come back late, you two, don't wait. The food will be cold and it will be bad for the children's health." Wu Wanyi said.
"What's going on in your unit? Didn't you start preparing to go home before it was time? Why is it getting later every day now?" Chang Xing asked with some confusion.
"Didn't we help buy TV sets for colleagues in the office? I don't know if it was because of jealousy. The leader wanted to talk to me. If the city leaders hadn't blocked it later, what happened this time would have been terrible. Our TV set
After all, it didn't come through formal channels. Although this kind of thing is common nowadays, if others really make a fuss about this matter, there is really nothing they can do." Wu Wanyi was very wronged.
"Isn't everyone in your office responsible? Why are there still people complaining? We have agreed with them before. Besides, who doesn't come back with something these days? We just brought back a few color TVs.
." Chang Xing said.
"I don't know who is the big talker, but it has been revealed. Now not only our office, but also everyone in the department knows about it. They have come to visit me one after another. As soon as I saw that the situation was not right, I refused to do such a thankless thing even if I died.
Yes. Maybe the person who was rejected by me has some objections and went to complain." Wu Wanyi said.
"Then it's better not to do this kind of thing in the future." Chang Xing nodded.
"Sister Wu and the others are so angry that they go out and scold those people every day. I can't even stop them," Wu Wanyi said.
"Let's eat." Chang Xing said.
"I regret a little. I shouldn't have joined the agency. There are intrigues in the agency. If I had known that I would go to a public institution, it might have been better," Wu Wanyi said.
"It's the same wherever you go, there are rivers and lakes everywhere." Chang Xing said with a smile.
"Actually, looking back, the days in Xianji Bridge were better. Although they were duller, people were very simple," Wu Wanyi said.
"Xianjiqiao has also changed now. Sometimes I really can't understand. Life is getting richer and richer, but it makes me less and less happy. In the past, when I was in the production team, killing pigs and eating meat was a very happy thing.
But now that life is so good, why are there more and more troubles? Greed cannot be filled. The more you get, the more you ask for," Chang Xing said.
"Chang Xing, when my son grows up and is able to live independently, we will go to Xianji Bridge together and live a life without fighting against the world, okay?" Wu Wanyi said.
"Without a heart, the busy city is also a paradise." Chang Xing said.
Wu Wanyi murmured and repeated, nodding: "In the final analysis, I still feel unwilling to accept it. I subconsciously want to fight. Therefore, I have never been able to live a free and easy life."
"Dad, Mom, what are you talking about?" Chang Qing asked casually, holding the Monkey King in his hand. He didn't care about adults' affairs.
"Let's eat. Otherwise, the food will be really cold." Chang Xing packed the rice and put it on the table, steaming hot.
After a while, the TV buying crisis finally passed. Wu Wanyi changed her job and became more and more accustomed to the life in the agency.
Chang Xing still goes to the park every day, and the things he carves become more and more random, and the materials used are also very casual. He uses the best wood at will, the most common wood, and even the useless wood in the countryside that is used as firewood.
Materials are also used for carving.
He often met Lao Xiao and Lao Zhang in the park and seldom communicated with him. Chang Xing had a bad impression of Lao Zhang from the beginning, and he has not changed his mind to this day.
"Xiao Chang, there is a sculpture exhibition in Donghai recently. Are you interested in participating? If you are interested, I can sign up for you one by one. I see that you have carved a lot of works this time. If you take them all out and make an independent
The exhibition is enough. It’s just that you are too young after all, and your reputation in the industry is not very significant. If you can participate in this sculpture exhibition, it will be very beneficial to your future development." Lao Zhang said.
"I won't participate!" Chang Xing replied directly.
How could an event like a sculpture competition arouse Chang Xing's interest?
Lao Xiao later complained to Lao Zhang: "You don't know what kind of temper this guy has? He doesn't care about the eyes of the world at all. He just follows his own temperament. If you look at his recent works, they are not so much creations.
It's better to say that we are having fun. Who would not care about carving materials at all like him?"
"Isn't it a pity that so many of his works have been buried? Many of his works have the potential to become masterpieces handed down from generation to generation," Lao Zhang said.
"I advise you to give up on this idea. Don't even think about it. If people didn't care about this at all, would they be able to create so many unconstrained works? Don't worry about it. What kind of temper does this person have? What kind of temper do you have until now?
Haven't you figured it out yet? Don't blame me for not warning you. If you annoy him this time, you won't be able to meet him face to face in the future." Lao Xiao gave a serious warning.
"I know, I know. It's a pity." Lao Zhang nodded, feeling very sorry.
When the time came, Chang Xing put away his things and left without even saying hello to Lao Xiao and Lao Zhang.
"Chang Xing!" A hearty voice sounded, the voice was familiar yet unfamiliar.
Chang Xing stopped the carving in his hands and looked up. Wu Wanyi led Zhou Hongbing over.
"Chang Xing, you are living a comfortable life." Zhou Hongbing came forward and held Chang Xing's hand tightly.
"You guys who went to college have forgotten your last name after flying out of Qiongshan Valley. Hongbing, how long has it been since you returned to Xianji Bridge?" Chang Xing asked.
Zhou Hongbing scratched his head: "Hey, which one of us is as free as you now? The unit only has holidays until the end of the year, and there are only a few days of holiday in total. If you go back, you will have to travel back and forth for three or four days. The most troublesome thing is that our county
The roads in the country freeze in winter, so we can only ride as far as Qingshui by car. Next, we will walk more than a hundred miles of mountain roads. It’s not like you don’t know how dangerous it is to travel in winter. Besides, we spent all those days on the road.
Now, why should I go back to celebrate the New Year?"
"If you don't want to, there are 10,000 excuses. If you want to, there are 10,000 ways. Forget it, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, the Xianji Bridge now is not the Xianji Bridge it used to be.
Chang Xing said.
Zhou Hongbing was also deeply touched: "It's really what you said. When I go back now, I feel that the atmosphere is completely different from before. You said that people were quite happy even though they were so poor before. But now, I only see scoldings everywhere."
of."
Chang Xing laughed and said: "There were no scoldings before? There were all fights? Our brigade and the Xinqiao brigade almost had a fight, have you forgotten?"
"How can we forget it?" Zhou Hongbing said.
Zhou Hongbing came to Donghai on a business trip, and he had long heard that Chang Xing settled down in Donghai. Although he didn't have a job, who in Xianjiqiao didn't know Chang Xing's abilities? Even if Zhou Hongbing and Zhang Xilai went to college and were assigned jobs,
He became a national cadre, but who of these two people can compare with Chang Xing? Chang Xing now owns a factory and a villa in Xiangjiang.
"As soon as I received the notice to come here to attend the meeting, I thought that you were in Donghai. I found out that Wanyi worked in the education system. I was lucky, so I asked casually and found out. Wanyi specially asked for leave and took me to
I'll look for you in the park. You really have a leisurely life." Zhou Hongbing said.
"If you were allowed to be as leisurely as I am, I'm sure you would cry within a week." Chang Xing said with a smile.
"I heard that you are now interested in sculpture again?" Zhou Hongbing said.
"The days are so long, I have to find something to occupy my time. Otherwise, how can I survive this day after day?" Chang Xing said with a smile.
"Are you really not going to find a way to get a job?" Zhou Hongbing asked.
"Why should I go to that class? I happen to need someone to take care of me at home. I happen to stay at home to take care of the children. Our family relies on Wanyi alone to earn wages," Chang Xing said.
After arriving at Chang Xing's house, Zhou Hongbing started talking about other things. Chang Xing had already noticed that Zhou Hongbing had something to do, but he deliberately didn't ask. Every time Zhou Hongbing wanted to talk about it, Chang Xing deliberately changed the topic, which made Zhou Hongbing feel a little bit blocked.
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After lunch, when Zhou Hongbing was about to go back, Chang Xing asked: "Hongbing, aren't you going to reveal your purpose of coming?"
Zhou Hongbing was very embarrassed: "Chang Xing, the main purpose of my coming here today is really to see your family. Of course, I want to ask you a favor."
Chang Xing smiled: "You won't come if nothing happens."
"Chang Xing, I really came here to see you. Otherwise, I might as well not talk about this."
"Let's just say it. I believe what you say." Chang Xing said.
"You have connections in Xiangjiang. It shouldn't be difficult to get a color TV, right? I don't want it, a leader in my unit wants it. People don't like black and white TVs, they want color TVs. Now all color TVs are imported. It's very difficult.
It's hard to buy. My leader knew somewhere that I had a friend who could get a color TV, so he immediately approached me and asked me to help. Otherwise, do you think he would send me to the East China Sea?" Zhou Hongbing said.
Wu Wanyi on the side almost spit out a mouthful of water: "Color TV?"
I originally thought that the color TV turmoil was over, but I didn't expect it was not over yet. Zhou Hongbing came all the way here, and he also came for the color TV.
Wu Wanyi quickly continued: "You don't know, we were so confused by the color TV this time. We almost had a big accident. It's not that Chang Xing refused to help, the situation is really too complicated."
Wu Wanyi explained the situation, and Zhou Hongbing immediately frowned.
"When I came here, I made a promise to our leader. If this thing doesn't work out, I'll take advantage of it when I go back." Zhou Hongbing told the truth with a sad face.
Zhou Hongbing bragged to others that his buddy could get a color TV, but the words reached the ears of the leader, who was moved and wanted Zhou Hongbing to get a color TV from Xiangjiang. I thought it would be an easy thing, but I didn't expect that something like this happened in Changxing.
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"How about you move this TV to my house? Anyway, Chang Qing is studying now and is always watching TV every day, which delays his studies." Chang Xing said.
"Then what's the point? I moved the TV away for you, what do you guys want to watch?" Zhou Hongbing took a look at the color TV in the living room and was really tempted. But it was too embarrassing to start.
"If you don't move out, you'll have your chest patted in front of your boss. How will you do your job when you go back? This TV has been there for a few years and is a bit old. Your boss may not be satisfied," Chang Xing said.
"This TV looks like new. Our leaders definitely can't tell," Zhou Hongbing said.
"If you can't tell, then move away." Chang Xing said.
Zhou Hongbing really carried the TV and left. Zhou Hongbing was really strong, and the TV was quite heavy. Usually two people would carry it, but he actually picked it up and left alone.
Wu Wanyi was a little unhappy: "This Zhou Hongbing is really interesting. When others say polite words, he actually takes them seriously. He is really embarrassed. You two are really good brothers. When you were at Xianji Bridge before,
, the two of them returned to the village and did not visit our house, for fear that you would want them to repay their kindness. Now that they know that you have come to Donghai, and that you were able to get the TV back from Xiangjiang, they appear in front of you."
Chang Xing smiled and said: "Let him go. I probably won't come here again, for fear that I will ask him for the money for the TV. When I was a child, I had a lot of food at their house, so I gave it back to him."
Wu Wanyi is still very puzzled: "I didn't think they were such people before? Why have they become like this? By the way, there is also that Xiao Hongxia. When I went to college, did I agree that I would come back to marry you?
of?"
The vinegar jar accidentally overturned, filling the room with a sour smell. Chang Xing thought for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of logical relationship Xiao Hongxia and Zhou Hongbing had before. This woman's logical thinking is indeed amazing.
Zhou Hongbing didn't know whether he took the TV and went back directly, or whether he put the TV somewhere first and then took it back after the meeting. Anyway, he left and never returned. It was as expected by Chang Xing.