The second uncle actually missed Chu Qi a lot, but Chinese men, especially fathers, tend to be reserved in their feelings, so he suppressed his excitement and stood aside to watch Chu Qi, who was acting out a scene of deep mother-son affection with his second aunt.
, eyes full of joy.
After a while, the mother and son separated. The second aunt held her son's arm and looked him up and down. She raised her hand distressedly to rub his cheeks, which had become much thinner and darker: "Why is this so dark and thin? Where is it?"
Bian has suffered a lot, right?"
"No, I'm fine over there." Chu Qi grinned, showing his teeth that looked white due to his dark skin. Like most wanderers, he didn't mention a word about the suffering he suffered outside.
"It's better to be thinner and keep your spirits up." The second uncle then stepped forward, with a thousand words in his mind, but in the end they just turned into a slap, patting his son's much more generous shoulder.
"I do look more energetic than before." Ni Yinghong said with a smile.
"I said, let's not talk here in this cold winter. Besides, Chu Qi is probably hungry for a long time. Let's take a walk. Let's go back and eat the hotpot mutton prepared at home and chat." Chu Heng stepped forward.
He took a bag from Chu Qi's hand and took the lead to walk out of the station.
Not long after, a group of people came to the Volga parked on the roadside. After loading their luggage, Chu Heng drove Chu Qi, Chu Xue, the second aunt, and Ni Yinghong to set off first, while the second uncle went to the parking lot to pick up the bicycles.
, a man rode a bicycle there.
On the car.
Chu Heng drove the car intently, while Ni Yinghong, the second aunt and others were chattering with Chu Qi.
"Brother, how long can you stay when you come back?" Chu Xue held Chu Qi's arm affectionately as the smell on her body had dissipated.
"Leaving in the second grade of junior high school." Chu Qi looked at her sister dotingly.
Chu Heng, who was driving in front, raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He was so smart, he actually knew how to run away before his mother's love disappeared.
The second aunt blew up the temple, and her voice suddenly rose: "What? You finally came back once, and you only stayed for two days and left? Then why did you bother to come back?"
Of course, it was because he was afraid that my brother would break my legs. Chu Qi secretly glanced at his eldest brother who suppressed his bloodline.
"That's right. I've only come back once this year. Why don't you stay a few more days?" Ni Yinghong also turned around at this time.
"I also want to stay longer, but time waits for no one." Chu Qi explained with a smile: "The renovation of the terraces in Liujiagou must be completed before spring. I have to go back and take charge of the work."
As soon as the second aunt heard the reason, her momentum immediately weakened. Her son had to be busy with his own career, so what reason could she have for forcing him to stay?
So in the end I could only complain helplessly and distressedly: "You can't move away from Liujiagou, right?"
"Hey, you really said it. Now that Liujiagou is away from me, I really can't leave. I am now a serious technician of the Liujiagou brigade, in charge of the terrace transformation and management work." Chu Qi said proudly.
He raised his chin and glanced at Chu Heng, with a hint of hope for praise from his elder brother in his eyes.
But when Chu Heng glanced at him in the rearview mirror, he didn't even notice him.
What's wrong with you as a technician in a small production team?
Besides, how did you become this technician? Don’t you have some ideas?
Seeing this, Chu Qi was immediately disappointed, and the light in his eyes dimmed a little.
Fortunately, the second aunt and the others were not disappointed and gave him some comfort.
"Wow, you are so awesome, brother." Chu Xue looked at him with admiration.
"Xiao Qi can do it." Ni Yinghong also praised.
"My son is going to be successful." The second aunt held his hand happily.
Chu Qi's eyes gradually became brighter, and he immediately told his family about his situation in northern Shaanxi vividly when asked by his family, but he still reported good news but not bad news.
After a while, Volga returned to Banchang Alley.
After they returned to the courtyard, Yang Guizhi and the other women immediately started preparing lunch.
Those who cut the meat, those who washed the vegetables, those who lit the fire. When the preparations were almost complete, the second uncle who was pedaling his bicycle from behind just arrived.
"Oh, you're finally here, Dad, you're so hungry for me." Chu Qi quickly pulled Chu Jianshe down and sat down.
"Come, second uncle."
Chu Heng picked up the Moutai that had just been opened on the table, poured a glass for his second uncle first, then looked at Chu Qi and asked with a smile: "How are you? Do you want some?"
"Ah? Me?" Chu Qi, who was anxiously putting mutton into the pot, was startled when he heard this. He had never had the right to drink at family dinners like this before.
"Pour some, you're a young man now, you have to know how to drink." Chu Jianshe said cheerfully.
"That's all right, I'll drink some with you two." Chu Qi grinned and reached out to take the wine Chu Heng poured for him.
"Come on, let's go!"
Immediately, the second uncle picked up the cup and stirred it up. The whole family, old and young, some took sodas and some took cold drinks and drank them together.
"Hi! Ha!"
After taking a big sip of white wine, Chu Qi was so spicy that she stuck out her tongue. Then she looked at the transparent liquid that smelled of wine and was poured by her elder brother in the cup. She suddenly realized that she had grown up.
"call."
Chu Qi, who had wanted to grow up quickly since he was a few years old and be able to sit down with his father to discuss family affairs like an elder brother, took a deep breath of alcohol and felt lost in his heart.
He suddenly felt that growing up wasn't that good either.
There are too many things on my shoulders, and there are too many things to consider, and I feel a little bit tired.
It's a pity that flowers bloom again, and people are no longer young, so they can only passively accept everything on the road of growth.
The young man's thoughts came and went quickly. After sighing for a while, Chu Qi immediately picked up the chopsticks and gave the old woman a piece of meat before caring about himself.
After eating something to cushion his stomach, Chu Qi held a cup and joined in the conversation between Chu Jianshe and Chu Heng. However, as a new member of the old Chu family's men's gang, he mostly just listened on the sidelines and rarely had the opportunity to participate.
Come in, after all, he is still young, and his experience is a bit less interesting.
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New Year's Eve goes by in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Chu Heng, who had played mahjong for half the night yesterday, ate something hastily at home and then came out with dark circles under his eyes, preparing to report.
"Ugh!"
He yawned nonstop while driving out of Banchang Hutong. Most of the people he saw along the way seemed to be in a bad state of mind. They were all listless and unhappy.
Chu Heng was even more resentful. While driving, he kept nagging: "I don't know who set the days for me. Anyway, I have rested at home for so many days. I can't take two more days off? I have to go to work on the first day of junior high school."
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The car made many twists and turns and soon arrived at the compound of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
"Okay, Chu Heng! Let me catch you!"
As soon as he parked the car and got out of the car, Chi Fuchu rushed up, grabbed his arm, and said angrily: "I treat you as a brother in vain, you actually secretly poached Xiao Wenjing behind my back, she is me
What a capable man under my command! I asked you why you brought so many things to me that day. The co-author was a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken!"
"Alas, don't be angry, don't be angry. I'll apologize to you. Isn't that enough?" Chu Heng held his hands in his hands with a smile on his face: "Look at this Chinese New Year guy, can you please spare me once?"