In the upper room, Wang Shouyi took out a box of hard-packed Huanghelou worth fifteen yuan from the cabinet, opened the cigarette case and threw one to Wang Zhuo.
Wang Zhuo stepped forward to light a cigarette for Wang Shouyi, and then lit it himself.
Wang Shouyi exhaled the smoke and said slowly: "This smoke was sent by Zeng Shanquan. He said that you took good care of him in Moscow."
Next, the two of them fell into a brief silence. Wang Zhuo knew that his father wanted him to explain why he suddenly disappeared in Moscow and had no news for half a year.
If Wang Zhuo hadn't returned home suddenly, Wang Shouyi would have thought that something had happened to his eldest son, or that he had gone astray.
Wang Zhuodao: "I know. He said that the boss in Moscow deducted half of my money. I will go to him to ask for it when I have time."
Through the blue smoke, Wang Shouyi stared at Wang Zhuo's face. The boss said that he went to Africa, but now his skin is fairer than when he was back home. If he looked carefully, he was even as tender as a newborn baby. He really wanted to ask a question
, Son, did you go to Africa or Guangzhou? But he didn’t ask after all. He just said: “When you come back this time, are you planning to go to Moscow?”
Wang Zhuo shook his head and said: "I won't go. I'll find some work in the county or city. I'll buy a building next year and our family will move out of Liujiagou. By the way, where did my brother pass the college entrance examination this year?"
When Wang Shouyi heard this, his face was a little complicated and he said: "Tianya Normal University, before Wang Qiang reported, I thought you would come back or give him a call. I waited for you by the phone for two whole days and two nights."
Wang Zhuo smiled bitterly and was speechless. He didn't know how to tell his father about his complicated experience. If he lied, he would inevitably end up telling more lies, so it would be better to remain silent.
"About the end of June, there were more than 120,000 more bullpens. Did you bring them back?"
Wang Zhuo nodded and said, "I was still abroad at the time and asked a friend to send it back. Do I still have enough money at home?"
Wang Shouyi's expression became more complicated and he sighed softly.
Wang Zhuo was stunned for a moment and couldn't help asking: "Dad, what's wrong?"
"It's not a big deal. Wang Qiang went to college in the second half of last year, and your mother never went to the hospital again. Except for the 60,000 yuan in medical expenses, the remaining 60,000 yuan has been spent by Wang Qiang until now."
"Is it all costing my brother?"
Seeing Wang Shouyi nodding, Wang Zhuo's heart twitched and he said directly: "How can he spend so much to go to school? Including tuition, it costs 60,000 yuan in half a year?"
Wang Shouyi was silent for a moment and then said, "Well, because of this, I went to the provincial capital last month."
"What did he say?" The last time Wang Zhuo came home as a cat, he heard Wang Qiang asking for three hundred yuan from his family. As Wang Shouyi got older, he trusted and relied on his two sons and did not ask how the money was spent.
Where it was and what it was for, when Wang Zhuo heard it, he had a bad premonition.
Wang Shouyi lowered his head and sighed, then took a deep breath of smoke and said: "When I went there, I didn't see Wang Qiang. I called him and turned off his phone. After living next to the school for two days, he came back and said that he represented the school.
I went to participate in the college debate competition, and the money was spent in Beijing. Wang Qiang and I had lunch and came back by car in the afternoon."
"Dad, didn't you ask his roommate if this happened?"
Wang Shouyi said: "I asked, his roommate and Wang Qiang are not in the same relationship, and they rarely interact with each other, but..." After a pause, Wang Shouyi said sadly: "It's just that his roommate said that I am very low-key and can't tell
Looks like a tycoon, boss, tycoon means a rich person, right?"
Wang Zhuo's heart was full of anger and indignation, but he still didn't show it on his face. He just laughed softly and said, "Okay, old man, he looks like you look like a landlord."
"I have been digging the land for most of my life, but I don't look like a landlord. I smell like earth." Wang Shouyi always speaks at the end of his words. He puts out the cigarette butt and says: "Just in time for you to come back. I have time.
Go and see your brother."
Wang Zhuo said in a deep voice: "Dad, if you don't tell me, I will go too. Tomorrow we will pack up and go to the provincial capital to check up on you two and see my brother by the way."
After some small talk, dishes were placed on the Kang table.
A home-cooked cold dish, cucumber cut into thin strips, plus this year's wild fungus, top with Northeastern pulled skin, fried some tenderloin and lean pork shreds, then pour half a ounce of hot and freshly fried chili oil, the smell is not only
It has the refreshing fragrance of cucumber and the spicy chili oil that will choke your throat.
There are also vegetarian stir-fried day lilies, a mountain delicacy whose scientific name is Hemerocallis fulvae, which has brain-building and anti-aging effects. Other farm dishes such as fish head cakes, ground three delicacies, and steamed lamb chops are even more tempting.
When Duobao brought a bowl of fried cakes to the table, the family sat around the Kang. The 20-inch color TV did not have a digital set-top box, and the satellite TV was blocked by the county. With the antenna installed, it could only receive one central
station, plus two local stations. The signal was not good and they were all in black and white. At this time, there was an advertisement for a drug to treat a certain difficult and complicated disease, but Mr. Wang Shouyi and his wife still watched it with gusto.
Pour wine into Wang Shouyi's wine cup and start eating.
The fire pit and fire wall are heated up, the wind and snow are howling outside, and the home is as warm as spring.
While eating, Liu Shuzhen couldn't bear it anymore and shed tears. An angry Wang Shouyi said: "You prodigal old woman, why are you crying while eating?"
Liu Shuzhen wiped away her tears and said, "I'm so happy! His father and daughter cured me!"
As soon as these words came out, both Wang Shouyi and Mr. Wang were shocked. Duobao smiled and secretly put two more fried cakes into the bowl.
The corner of Wang Zhuo's mouth twitched slightly, and he sent a message to Duobao: "What's going on?"
Before Duobao could reply, Liu Shuzhen stretched out her hand and said to Wang Shouyi: "Look, the joints in this hand used to be as thick as a thimble, but my daughter used her power to pull out all the cold poison. I just soaked in cold water and a little bit
It doesn’t even hurt!” Then he turned his head and said to Wang Zhuo: “Boss, in the spring of this year, you two will get married. Your father and I will sell iron and build you a big brick house with three rooms!”
Duobao was enjoying Wang Zhuo's shock. Hearing this, he opened his mouth and almost spit out the meat and vegetables in his mouth. His face turned red and he lowered his head and did not dare to look.
Wang Zhuo was also confused by Liu Shuzhen's amazing turn. He looked at the love and expectation in Liu Shuzhen's eyes and couldn't help but smile: "It's not urgent. When I find more work this year, I will try to move our whole family to the county building.
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Duobao calmed down a little, nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, yes, my brother and I will work hard to make money first, and then we will talk about it when our family is rich." Then he changed the subject and said: "I took a look at aunt's disease. She is rheumatoid.
Those that are more difficult to treat need to be treated continuously and consolidated thoroughly. Other complications are not a problem. It’s just my mother’s kidney disease that will take some time.”
Liu Shuzhen smiled all over her face and became more and more satisfied with Duobao. She kept praising Duobao for being quick and sensible, and vividly recounted the thrills and surprises of treating patients in the kitchen just now.
After Wang Shouyi checked that Liu Shuzhen's swollen bones and joints due to rheumatism had really disappeared, he drank a cup of wine and said to Duobao: "Daughter, have you ever learned Qigong?"
Duobao was about to pick up a third of the cold dishes with chopsticks. Hearing this, he put down his chopsticks hurriedly and said, "Yes, uncle, there used to be a Taoist priest in my mountain. I always went to play. He said that I had amazing bones and was very talented, so he put it down."
He taught me all his skills."
"Then if you treat your aunt, you won't leave any hidden dangers, right?"
Liu Shuzhen panicked after hearing this and said worriedly: "Yes, my daughter's hands turned blue just now because she was trying to remove the poison from me."
"It's okay! Auntie, I can just eat more and there won't be any problems."
After the meal was over, Duobao rushed to wash the dishes. The two elders lit a fire to heat the fire bed and fire wall in the west wing. Wang Zhuo opened the door and before leaving, he hugged Duobao who was washing the dishes and pressed his lips to Duobao's ear.
Said: "Thank you."
"Brother, thank me for kissing me tonight!" Duobao felt Wang Zhuo's breath, his ears were numb, and his heart was filled with happiness.
Wang Zhuo smiled and went out to chop firewood.
Swinging the big ax, with a flash of ax shadow, the thick and aged pine trees turned into eight-petal fine firewood.
Niu Bi was wandering around in the yard when she picked up another sparrow in her mouth. While chewing it carefully, she watched Wang Zhuo chop wood.
After a long time, Niu Bi said: "Are you going to the provincial capital tomorrow? Can you do me a favor?"