Liu Handong just walked from the northernmost end of the city to the southernmost end, returned to the rental house on Tiezha Street and started packing his luggage. He sent a message to Ma Ling saying that he was going home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then went to Chen Bachi's car repair shop to pick up his brand new three-wheel drive.
The motorcycle was rolled out and returned to Sister Zhang along with the two hundred yuan.
"We'll be driving for another two days. Your brother Wang won't be discharged from the hospital until tomorrow." Sister Zhang pushed the money back and looked at the car, a little surprised: "Why did you change it to another one?"
"It turned out that the traffic police confiscated that car, and I got a new one." Liu Handong explained.
Sister Zhang firmly refused: "How can I let you spend money to buy a new car?"
Liu Handong said that the car cost nothing and he built it with scrap parts. Sister Zhang reluctantly accepted it and invited him to have a meal with him during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"No, I'll go back to Jiangbei to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival." Liu Handong chatted with Sister Zhang for a while, then walked to Zhu Xiaoqiang's room and wanted to borrow his computer to buy train tickets online. Zhu Xiaoqiang did not play DOTA today, but concentrated on writing a novel.
, seeing Liu Handong come in, he hurriedly minimized WORD and said with a smile: "Brother Dong, what's the matter?"
"How's the writing going?" Liu Handong took out a red plum and threw one to Zhu Xiaoqiang. He sat on the bedside and looked at the 17k web page on the computer with great interest. Zhu Xiaoqiang's masterpiece has been created, and its name is very majestic. It's called "Passing Through"
"Become the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty", the click results are pretty good.
"It's just so so, we're about to sign the contract." Zhu Xiaoqiang quickly closed the page, as if he was embarrassed.
"Borrow a computer and buy a train ticket." Liu Handong said.
Zhu Xiaoqiang hurriedly gave up his computer, and Liu Handong went to the 12306 website and bought a hard-seat ticket for the ordinary train back to Jiangbei.
In the evening, Ma Ling came over from get off work, bringing two boxes of moon cakes, two barrels of peanut oil, and several bags of red dates, fungus, and other items for Liu Handong to take home to honor his parents.
"I haven't even gone to your house to deliver anything, so how can I accept it from you? I want to thank you on behalf of my mother." Liu Handong accepted the gift from his "future daughter-in-law" to honor his mother-in-law with a shy face.
Ma Ling hit him: "If you want to come to my house to give gifts, you should find a good job first. By the way, Qingshi Hi-Tech has fired you, right?"
"I opened it and gave me a salary of 200 yuan. I don't care about working with these scumbags." Liu Handong said.
"Ordinarily, you should be rewarded with three melons and two dates for saving Xia Qingshi's daughter. They not only refused to pay you, but also fired you. You are indeed not particular. The boy who drank and killed someone has been released on parole. You know how to use it?
In what name?"
"What?"
"Under eighteen years old!"
"Holy shit!" Liu Handong was extremely depressed. Xia Baishi's energy was really big enough, and he could do tricks even at his age.
"Forget it, don't worry about this. When is the train?"
"Twelve o'clock at night."
"Then I won't see you off. Just be careful on the road before I leave."
Liu Handong quickly persuaded him to stay: "Let's sit down for a while."
"Where are you sitting? Your kennel is so sloppy." Ma Ling curled his lips, turned around and left. He was met by Huo Lei at the door. The young man just came up and saw Ma Ling and said hello hurriedly: "Sister Ling, I didn't interrupt you, did I?"
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"Excuse me, didn't you see that I've already come out?" Ma Ling bypassed Huo Lei and hurried downstairs. Liu Handong wanted to see him off, but she said, "Don't come down."
Huo Lei said: "Brother Dong, I have something to ask you."
"What's the matter?" Liu Handong watched Ma Ling's ponytail flicking away, his heart trembling.
"Shifeng's Nanqiang is just an ear, telling you to punish you." Huo Lei handed over a cigarette, it was Zhonghua.
"Haha, if he had one ear, I would be the Black Cat Sheriff." Liu Handong laughed carelessly.
Huo Lei scratched his head: "Brother Dong, you'd better be careful."
Liu Handong patted Huo Lei on the shoulder: "Thank you, I will leave in the evening and go back to my hometown in Jiangbei."
Huo Lei was anxious: "Brother Dong, you have to leave. Don't you think the accommodation is not good? I'll tell my mother to change your room to one with air conditioning."
Liu Handong said: "No, I will go home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and will be back in two days."
Huo Lei breathed a sigh of relief: "That's it. I'll see you off later."
At eleven o'clock at night, Huo Lei drove Liu Handong to the train station on his motorcycle. He used his ID card to get the ticket and boarded the train. As soon as he put down his luggage, a message from Ma Ling came asking him if he had caught the train.
We sent dozens of messages back and forth, but finally there was no movement. It was probably because Ma Ling fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Liu Handong returned to Jiangbei, first to his home on Boai Road. Before his stepfather retired, he was a security officer at the coal machinery factory. This old house of fifty square meters was allocated to him by the factory. Liu Handong didn't like it here, but because
Because of my mother, my first stop was here.
His mother sold fish in the market, and his stepfather was the only one at home. There was breakfast on the table, new sheets on the bed in the small bedroom, and the house was clean. Liu Handong ate breakfast without talking to his stepfather.
At half past seven, my mother returned home with a basket of fresh vegetables, chicken, duck, and fish, as well as two kilograms of bulk mooncakes. When she saw the peanut oil in the mooncake box on the table, she couldn't help but blame: "Dongdong, why don't you go home?"
Whatever you buy, it's just packaged goods, which is a waste of money, and it's not as good as the bulk mooncakes in the market."
Liu Handong said: "I didn't buy this, it was given to me by a friend."
My mother’s eyes sparkled: “Girlfriend?”
"That's right, the driver from the bus company is quite nice." Liu Handong was a little embarrassed.
"The bus company is good and profitable. No matter what age or month, people have to take the bus." Stepfather interjected.
No one paid attention to him. His mother took Liu Handong and sat on the sofa to ask questions. She asked what his girlfriend looked like, how he was doing at the workplace, how much his salary was, and whether he received benefits during the holidays.
Liu Handong was a little embarrassed. In order not to disappoint his mother, he could only continue the lie and said perfunctorily: "
The work is okay, I’m not too busy, and I don’t have much money to spend, but I haven’t saved much money.”
My mother said: "When you first start working, your salary will definitely not be too high. You also mentioned that your friends spend a lot of money and it's normal that they can't save money. It's okay. Mom will help you."
Liu Handong was afraid that his mother would ask questions, so he quickly took out his mobile phone and showed Ma Ling's photo to his mother. This trick was indeed effective. His mother smiled brightly and kept looking at it with her mobile phone.
The stepfather laughed and asked, "What's your principal's last name?"
Liu Handong hesitated for a moment and replied: "The surname is Wang." Of course he didn't know the surname of the principal of the Transportation Vocational College, so he just made it up casually. Fortunately, his stepfather did not continue to ask any more questions and just smiled lightly.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. As usual, I have to go to my grandfather’s house for a reunion dinner. The years when my mother first remarried were still in the past, but not so much since then. After all, they are no longer the Liu family, but Liu Handong still goes there every year, and his mother prepares it for him.
I picked up a bunch of gifts and went over with my things after lunch.
When Liu Handong came to Binhe Community, his grandfather Liu Xiaoyong was cleaning the house. He lived alone and his house was in good order. It was said that his grandfather was from the Whampoa Military Academy and was a powerful figure before liberation. Now he is just an old man. Liu Handong put down the gifts and helped his grandfather mop the floor.
The bed was made, the Eight Immortals table was moved to the center of the living room, and then the grandfather and grandson prepared dinner together.
Liu Handong has an uncle who has suffered from renal failure for many years. After a kidney transplant surgery, he has to take expensive drugs for a long time. Most of his retirement salary is used to supplement his eldest son. At this time, the uncle's family has not arrived yet. Grandpa
Asked my grandson what happened last time.
"It's been solved. The Xia family's daughter went to the United States. Qingshi Hi-tech hired me as a driver, but I got into trouble again and they fired me..." Liu Handong told his grandfather about his recent situation.
Grandpa thought deeply: "Xiaodong, what are you going to do?"
Liu Handong said: "My reputation has been blown away, so I can only live in the provincial capital, either driving a truck with others, or finding a job in a repair shop. I only have a high school education. It is not easy to find a good job."
Grandpa went back to the room and took out a bankbook: "Xiaodong, big truck drivers and maintenance workers are not suitable for you. Grandpa suggests that you start your own business. There is not much money here, just 20,000, which can be used as your start-up capital.
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Liu Handong muttered: "Grandpa, I can't take your pension money."
Grandpa smiled and said: "Grandpa is very strong. He doesn't need so much money. Tell me your plan."
Liu Handong said: "I want to buy a second-hand car and drive it first, and when the retirement subsidy comes in, I can open my own car repair shop."
Grandpa said: "Reliance on your own and seeking a career for yourself, okay, grandpa supports you."
The two men chatted until the evening, when the uncle's family finally arrived. The uncle looked gloomy and had a bad complexion, but the eldest aunt was kind-hearted and fat. The uncle's family has a son named Liu Hannan, who is one year younger than Liu Handong. He works in a company in the city and earns monthly wages.
With an income of three to two thousand, life is tight, and I still don’t have a girlfriend.
Liu Handong saw a gray Changan Yuexiang parked outside the door and asked his brother: "Did you buy the car?"
"How's it going? It's very handsome. It's the same gray as a BMW." Liu Hannan was proud and took out a cigarette. It turned out to be a box of 45 Su cigarettes.
"Life is going well." Liu Handong took one.
"You fool, I bought a car with a loan. Now I can't pick up girls without a car. All my colleagues in our work unit have cars." Liu Hannan puffed up his words with a high air.
The uncle and the others brought some cooked vegetables over, and Liu Handong cooked a few more dishes. The Eight Immortals table was filled with wine and food, and the family had a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. After three rounds of wine, the uncle said: "Dad, I want to discuss something with you.
Son."
"you say."
"I want to change my house. I'll sell your old house and add some money to buy an elevator room. We can live together and have someone to take care of you. You're getting older and there's no one around you." The uncle said carefully, considering his words.
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Grandpa shook his head: "I'm old and can't stand the trouble anymore. I have lived in this house for thirty years and I have feelings for it. I don't want to change it."
The eldest aunt coughed dryly and said, "Dad, we are doing this for your own good. Besides, Hannan is getting married and he can't live without a house."
Liu Handong understood that the uncle's family had the idea of selling his grandpa's house and replacing it with an elevator room, but if they actually bought it, they might not let the elderly people live in it.
Grandpa was very calm. He picked up the wine glass and dismissed it with one sentence: "Let's talk about the house after I leave."