Renqiao Railway Station. As soon as Gao Fan stepped out of the door, he heard someone calling him loudly. Then he saw three men sprinting towards him at a speed of 100 meters. The passengers next to him turned pale with fear.
Are you here to pick me up, or are you here to rob?
Gao Fan muttered in his heart, but before he could say anything, he felt a gust of wind blowing against his face, and the bag in his hand had already reached someone else's hand.
"Hey, Lao Chen, you can easily be misunderstood by others, okay?"
Gao Fan looked at the panting Chen Xingquan in front of him and said helplessly.
"We made a mistake. You said you were in carriage No. 3, and we thought you were in the front. Who knew this train was hanging upside down?"
Chen Xingquan handed the bag he grabbed to a young man next to him and began to introduce Gao Fan:
"This is my dad, and this is my cousin Ke Shuilong. You can just call him Aaron."
"It's classmate Gao Gao."
Chen Xingquan's father, Chen Linfa, greeted Gao Fan timidly. He didn't know how to address Gao Fan for a moment, and finally he came up with the nondescript "Classmate Gao."
"Uncle Chen, hello." Gao Fan called Chen Linfa gracefully and said, "Just like Brother Chen, just call me by my name. And, Brother Long, just call me by my name too."
Ke Shuilong was the young man carrying the bag. He looked to be less than 20 years old. He looked naive and far less agile than Chen Xingquan. Hearing Gao Fan call him Brother Long, he scratched his scalp and said with a smile.
:
"You should call me Aaron. When I grow up, no one has ever called me brother."
"It's okay." Gao Fan didn't dwell on this problem. He looked at everyone and said, "Thank you for your hard work on such a hot day. I originally told Brother Chen not to come to pick him up. I'm such a big man and I can't find him.
Are you going to Yanzhou?"
"You need to be picked up, you need to be picked up." Chen Linfa said, "You are from the city and are not familiar with our rural areas. It doesn't matter if you come so far away and we come to pick you up. I told Xingquan to go to Maolin to pick him up.
You, he said you refused."
"Haha, this is really unnecessary." Gao Fan said, "Actually, my dad also helped me contact an acquaintance to pick me up. Hey, that's the one, he came over."
Everyone looked back and saw a young man dressed in the city walking quickly towards them holding a cardboard sign. On the sign were the words "Receive Cangtang Gaofan". Gao Fan knew that,
This must be someone arranged by Deng Youliang.
"Is it Comrade Gao Fan?"
The man came to the crowd, glanced at them, and finally turned his attention to Gao Fan and asked.
Gao Yiping asked Deng Youliang to arrange for someone to pick him up at the station, and told Gao Fan's age, height and other characteristics in advance. The pick-up employee scanned the platform and only found Gao Fan who met the requirements, so he ran over.
Gao Fan nodded and said, "I am Gao Fan. Are you the person assigned by Factory Director Deng?"
"Yes, yes, I am run by Renqiao Fertilizer Factory. My name is Wang Yong. You can just call me Xiao Wang."
An exaggerated smile appeared on the man's face, and he reached out to help Gao Fan carry his bag. When he took a closer look, he found that Gao Fan didn't have a bag in his hand, and he felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
"Brother Wang, thank you for your hard work." Gao Fan said politely.
Wang Yong looked at Chen Xingquan and others, and asked hesitantly: "They, are you together?"
Gao Fan said: "These are all my friends in Renqiao, and they are also here to pick me up."
"Oh." Wang Yong glanced at everyone and judged their identities from their clothes and skin color, so he didn't bother to chat with them, but said to Gao Fan:
"Comrade Gao, Director Deng has arranged a room for you in our factory's guest house. He will personally treat you to dinner in the evening. Our factory's small car is waiting outside, look."
Speaking of which, he looked at Chen Xingquan and his group and said no more.
When Deng Youliang arranged for Wang Yong to pick him up at the station, he made it clear that Gao Fan was the son of the director of a fertilizer factory in Maolin and was here to play in Renqiao. Although Wang Yong knew Gao Fan's identity, he did not dare to neglect him at all.
.The son of the director of the factory is also a guest of the factory. The factory office is responsible for picking up and delivering goods, and must be respectful to all guests.
However, Wang Yong is not polite to Chen Xingquan and his group. These people are clearly farmers in the countryside. Although they look like they have made a little fortune, at least one of them is wearing a watch on his wrist. But farmers are farmers.
He has no status in front of factory cadres.
He didn't need to think about how to treat these farmers, he could just let Gao Fan arrange everything.
Gao Fan thought for a moment, then turned to Chen Linfa and said: "Uncle Chen, Director Deng is my father's friend. He has made arrangements. I will definitely visit him. I will stay in Renqiao tonight and wait.
Go to Yanzhou again tomorrow.
"How about this? You and Aaron go back first and leave Brother Chen here to wait for me. Brother Chen and I will go to Yanzhou together tomorrow."
Chen Linfa and Chen Xingquan exchanged glances, then nodded and said: "That's okay, I'll go back and make arrangements. Gao Fan, tell me what you like to eat, and I'll have someone prepare it first. You go there tomorrow, at least eight
Plate and eight bowls.”
"Ha, then I'll wait." Gao Fan said with a smile, "I'm not picky about food, I can eat anything."
"Okay, let's go first."
Chen Linfa left with Ke Shuilong, and Gao Fan's bag returned to Chen Xingquan's hand. Wang Yong hesitated for a moment, and made a gesture to take the bag from Chen Xingquan's hand. Chen Xingquan couldn't tell that he was pretending. He
Instead of handing the bag to Wang Yong, he took out the cigarette case, popped out a cigarette and handed it to Wang Yong.
"No, no, oh, okay, then I'll smoke one."
Wang Yong responded politely and relaxed when he saw that the person handed over was actually a peony with a mouth. He reached out to take the cigarette, took out a kerosene lighter from his pocket, and motioned to Chen Xingquan to light it.
cigarette.
A farmer who wears a watch and can take out a bag of mouthed peonies at any time is definitely different from ordinary farmers, and at least deserves Wang Yong's goodwill.
In the past two years, national policies have been liberalized. Many farmers in Renqiao have made a fortune doing business, and their income is higher than that of factory workers. Factory workers feel sour and curse words like "nouveau riche" with their attitude.
But he was very polite to these wealthy farmers.
In the final analysis, status and economic status are consistent. In the past, workers had a high status because they were able to receive monthly wages and were much wealthier than farmers who worked in the soil.
Chen Xingquan offered the cigarette to Gao Fan again, but Gao Fan waved his hand to express that he would not, and Chen Xingquan did not force him. He took out a cigarette, held it in his mouth, lit the cigarette with the fire Wang Yong handed him, and then talked with Wang Yong
After a few words of porcelain, everyone seemed to be very harmonious for a while.