Cao Jianlin looked at his little granddaughter, who smiled and did not respond.
Looking at his old father again, Cao Jianlin was filled with emotion. He stretched out his hand to hold his old father's hand: "Dad, you must take care of yourself."
He is 63 years old this year, and his old father Cao Zhenghu is 82 years old. At this age, no one can say when the accident will come.
Fortunately, his old father was very strong, so Cao Jianlin was not too worried.
Cao Zhenghu didn't care even more. He held his boss's hand with his other hand: "Jianlin, take care of yourself too."
"You guys go back, I'll follow Shujie around." Cao Zhenghu shook his head and hummed in a Peking Opera accent. He said, "Most of the people who have been buried in the ground can still walk around, so what are they worried about?"
After finishing speaking, Cao Zhenghu had a kind smile on his face and an indelible smile in his eyes. He looked at his eldest grandson Cao Shubin, his second grandson Cao Shuxin, his two grandsons-in-law, and his two great-grandsons. He waved to them and said: "
Go back, everyone, go back, don't stand outside."
"Grandpa..." Cao Shubin just shouted. His wife Zhang Yi took out a wad of banknotes from her pocket and walked to Cao Zhenghu: "Grandpa, Jingjing and I gave this money to you. Take it and buy something on the way.
eat."
"We originally thought about buying you some clothes, but we didn't expect that you would leave just after staying for one day. It's too fast, and you won't have to stay for two more days," Zhang Yi said.
But Cao Zhenghu didn't answer. He turned around and got into the passenger seat, closed the car door, and shouted through the glass: "No money, you use money everywhere here. It's not like in the countryside, you can just take the flowers."
"Besides, give me your brother too."
Zhang Yi didn't give up. She turned around and looked at Cheng Xiaolin: "Linlin, hold it for grandpa."
"Sister-in-law, you really don't need it, just don't worry, I will definitely take good care of grandpa." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Mengmeng patted her chest: "Auntie, don't worry, I also have money, I will spend it for grandpa."
"You kid!" Zhang Yi smiled and touched Mengmeng's little head. She quickly clenched the money in her hand and stuffed it into the pocket of Mengmeng's little clothes: "Then take it."
"I don't want it!" Mengmeng still thought about taking it out, but Zhang Yi directly picked up Mengmeng, put his arms around her, and put her in the car.
After Cheng Xiaolin saw it, she took the money out of her daughter's clothes no matter what, and argued back and forth several times.
Uncle Cao Jianlin was even more outrageous. He went to the front to block the traffic and said he would not let him go unless he took the money.
Cao Shujie was helpless and finally said to his wife: "Okay, take it."
When Cheng Xiaolin heard what her husband said, she stopped pushing him.
Cao Shujie shouted in the car: "Uncle, brother, sister-in-law, we will have the May Day holiday in a few days. If you have time, we will go back and play. Then I will kill the cow and let's eat some fresh beef."
"Okay, let's go. Drive slowly on the road." Cao Jianlin waved his hand and watched his nephew Cao Shujie drive his car and slowly leave the Huangjincheng Community out of sight.
"Hey!" Cao Jianlin sighed, raised his hand and touched his face without leaving a trace, and then put it down as if nothing had happened.
He looked outside and saw that his nephew's car could no longer be seen. He turned and asked his son: "Shubin, is your grandpa gone?"
"Dad, they have left the community. Let's go back upstairs first. We will go back after the May Day holiday in a few days." Cao Shubin said.
"Your grandpa is getting older." Cao Jianlin shook his head and said as he walked away.
The second eldest son, Cao Shuxin, disagreed with what his father said: "Dad, you can't say that. My grandfather is a little older, but he can still ride an electric bike and go to work with a shovel. He can walk several miles in one go."
No problem, that physique feels healthier than mine."
"You?" Cao Jianlin turned to look at their second son and said to him with disdain: "You drink alcohol and eat meat every day, go to bed when you are full, and lie down when you get home. It's strange that your health can be cured!"
Cao Shuxin is a little depressed!
He looked at his obviously bloated swimming ring and was powerless to argue!
Cao Shujie drove directly towards the provincial capital.
After this trip, Cao Shujie plans to use this week to travel to a few more places and take his parents and grandfather for a walk.
"Shujie, where are we going now?" Cao Jianguo asked, sitting in the middle row of seats and watching his son drive toward the highway intersection.
"Dad, let's go to Quancheng. After the transfer, I will take you directly to Suzhou and Hangzhou from there. It's neither hot nor cold right now, so it's time to play." Cao Shujie drove the car and said without looking back.
When Wang Yuelan heard her son Cao Shujie talking about Suhang, she asked: "But where is the White Snake, Xu Xian?"
"Yes, that's right there. I'll take you to see Leifeng Pagoda again." Cao Shujie nodded, and said in a serious manner: "It's the tower where White Snake is imprisoned!"
Cheng Xiaolin gave her husband a roll of his eyes. This little guy knew nonsense when he opened his mouth.
But Cao Shujie didn't see it, so he continued: "After you have been busy for a while, I will take you to Xinjiang to have a look."
Speaking of Xinjiang, Cao Jianguo remembered something: "Shujie, is Cao Zhen in Xinjiang?"
"Yes, he is over there." Cao Shujie said: "He contracted more than 5,000 acres of land over there, all of which is used to grow cotton."
Cao Jianguo thought he had heard the wrong number, so he asked his son to confirm again: "How much land did you just say he contracted? 5,000 acres?"
Seeing his son nodding, Cao Jianguo didn't believe it. He muttered, "Is Cao Zhen so powerful now? All the land in our village does not total 5,000 acres."
"Those lands were contracted by their company, and he went over to take charge of them. Besides, the land in Xinjiang is large and the rent is cheap." Cao Shujie explained a few words to his father.
Cao Jianguo nodded, as if that was the case, and said, "That's also very impressive. Cao Zhen has become successful now, and you guys are doing pretty well!"
"Hey, that's all." Cao Shujie said and drove towards the intersection of the highway.
Pick up the road sign at the artificial passage and drive directly towards Quancheng.
It is more than 170 kilometers from Anyi City to Quancheng.
It is nearly 200 kilometers from Quancheng to Yiling City, forming a scalene triangle between them.
The speed limit on the highway is 80, and there are two lanes. To put it unkindly, the vehicle speed cannot be increased at all. Cao Shujie did not run in a hurry and walked slowly on the road. The performance of his GL8 could not be fully utilized at all.
Maybe it was because we left early, but grandpa and parents were very energetic. They kept chatting on the way, with cute people joining in, and the laughter never stopped.
We stopped at the service area for more than 10 minutes, and each went to the bathroom in the service area to put out water. Cao Shujie took the opportunity to stretch his body before continuing to drive.
About an hour later, they came down from the highway intersection in Quancheng, the provincial capital.
After arriving here, I obviously felt that there were more cars here than in Anyi City.
But more of them are advertising slogans of various hospitals!
"If you have infertility, go to Quancheng Red Cross Hospital and realize your dream of becoming a mother!"
"Red soil, black soil, use Stuart Danley for the land!"
"Man, start here!"
"..."
Various slogans along the way are posted on the outside of buildings in the streets and alleys, and some are played in a loop on large rolling LED screens.
Cao Shujie has seen many similar advertisements on TV, and he has no special feelings about them.
"Shujie, where are we going first?" Wang Yuelan looked outside and asked curiously.
For Quancheng, the provincial capital, Wang Yuelan has only come a few times when someone at home is sick and needs to go to the top-level hospital here for medical treatment. Other times, she has never been here.
I am not familiar with any place here except the hospital.
Cao Shujie said: "Mom, I will take you to see some fountains and then..."
"Zoo!" Mengmeng added before Cao Shujie could speak.
She has seen a billboard for "Zoo" on the roadside. She doesn't understand anything else, but it seems that she doesn't even need to understand the words related to play. She can understand it just by looking at the picture.
It’s a bit evil to say this!
Cao Jianguo is indifferent, and Cao Zhenghu has no goals.
Wherever the grandson drives, he follows him to play.
Cao Zhenghu had no reason to refuse the place proposed by his great-granddaughter.
He said: "Then let's go to the zoo. Let's go to the zoo first. Is it far?"
"Grandpa, the zoo is not far away. I will take you there first and then go to see the fountain after walking around." Cao Shujie said.
Mengmeng was very happy when she heard it!
Seeing the cars all around, she felt that the zoo was coming soon, and she became more and more happy.
When I was in the back seat, I became disobedient. I kept trying to stand up and jump a few times, but Cheng Xiaolin, who had quick eyes and quick hands, pinned me down on the seat.
"Mengmeng, if you do this again, I will let you go down and run home!" Cheng Xiaolin threatened her.
But Mengmeng was not afraid at all. She looked back at her mother, turned around and stretched out her hands toward her grandma: "Grandma, hug me."
"It's no use calling anyone!" Cheng Xiaolin said.
Wang Yuelan looked at her granddaughter who was asking for help and smiled: "Mengmeng, it's not safe to stand in the car. We have to sit still, you know?"
"We're here!" said Cao Shujie, who was driving.
Unknowingly, he had driven to the Quancheng Zoo and was thinking about how to stop the car.
But when I saw that the north and south sides of the zoo entrance were full of stalls selling cold drinks, fruits, various snacks, and children's toys, they had already blocked the traffic and it was impossible to drive through.
Cao Shujie didn't do anything. He looked at the shoe mall opposite the zoo, thinking about walking forward and driving the car there. When he came out of the zoo, he would go to the shoe mall to buy a few pairs of shoes.
But he had just driven forward a few dozen meters when he heard his grandfather say: "Shujie, there is a parking space there."
Cao Shujie looked in the direction of his grandfather's finger. It was an "Agricultural Bank of China" with several empty parking spaces in front of the door.
When Cao Shujie saw that there were no railings here, he turned the car directly.
After stopping, his wife and mother held Mengmeng's hands, his father, Cao Jianguo, accompanied his grandfather, and Cao Shujie carried food and drinks, and walked together to the north to the zoo.
Buy a ticket and follow the crowds that are not too crowded to the zoo.
Perhaps because today is not a Saturday, a weekend, and there is no holiday, the number of people in the zoo is much less than usual.
They don't worry about crowding at all.
As soon as they entered, Mengmeng started acting like a monster. She pointed at the Ferris wheel next to her and said, "Dad, I want to sit on that one."
"This is not possible!" Cao Shujie looked at the Ferris wheel that was slowly turning high in the sky. Hearing the "squeaking" friction sound of the Ferris wheel as it turned, he felt a little scared in his heart.
To put it bluntly, he is afraid of heights.
Seeing that the highest point of the Ferris wheel was only fifty or sixty meters high, Cao Shujie flatly refused the opportunity to satisfy his daughter's curiosity.
Cheng Xiaolin likes to play more exciting projects, such as roller coasters, but she really can't get excited for projects like the Ferris wheel, which takes more than ten minutes to complete one rotation.
As for grandpa, the three of them really had no love for him. Mengmeng's curiosity was not satisfied, so she just stood there with her mouth pouted and didn't want to leave.
But when I heard Cao Shujie say: "Mengmeng, there are giant pandas, monkeys, sika deer, and tigers in front of you. Are you really not going to see them?"
After hearing what her father said, Mengmeng immediately lost interest in the Ferris wheel. She ran forward by herself without her parents holding hands.
While running, he asked: "Dad, where are the giant pandas?"
"I want to see sika deer!"
"Mengmeng, please slow down!" Cao Shujie saw his daughter almost tripping over the uneven ground, which frightened him greatly.
When Cheng Xiaolin saw her daughter running around in the zoo, she became even more worried and said to her husband: "Shujie, run over quickly and look at her, otherwise I'm worried that she will fall!"
In just a moment, Cao Shujie saw his daughter tripping over a bump on the ground and staggering forward a few steps, but finally stabilized herself.
Cao Shujie strode to her side, stretched out his hand and grabbed his daughter's collar: "Mengmeng, why are you running? Look where your grandparents and grandpa are."
When Mengmeng turned around, she realized that her grandfather and grandparents were nowhere to be found.
Only then did she realize that she was worried. She looked at her father and asked, "Dad, where is grandpa?"
"You lost them and you still have the nerve to ask questions!" Cao Shujie said to her.
But the little girl was not fooled at all. She had already seen her grandfather and grandparents in her field of vision, and her mother appeared again.
She also pointed over there and said excitedly: "Dad, look, that's grandpa."
After saying that, Mengmeng turned over and ran back.
But when I came to the deer park, I looked at the sika deer taking a leisurely stroll in the deer park, and Mengmeng stopped running away.
She stood outside the wooden fence, looking at the sika deer walking slowly inside, occasionally lowering their heads to eat grass, and shouted loudly: "Dad, look, what a cute deer!"
"It's really cute." Cao Shujie said.
Who knew that Mengmeng then asked him: "Dad, let's take it home, I like it."
"..." Cheng Xiaolin came over and heard that her daughter was going to take the sika deer home, so she retorted.
"Mengmeng, we can't take her out at all," Cheng Xiaolin said.
But Cao Zhenghu said: "Shujie, I think I heard someone say that you can raise deer!"
Cao Shujie had really never been exposed to this area. He thought it would be good to raise a few deer in his orchard.
This thing is more ornamental than a cow. It’s no wonder that after picking the fruits, the children were reluctant to leave in a hurry when they saw deer in the orchard.
And if the deer are raised to a certain level, they can be sold for money.
Thinking of this, Cao Shujie lowered his head and said to his daughter: "Mengmeng, daddy promises you that when you get back, daddy will ask someone how to buy them. Can we raise a few deer in the mountains?"
"Really, dad, you promised." Mengmeng also stretched out her little finger to hook Cao Shujie, otherwise she would not leave.
"Hang yourself with a hook, and it won't change for a hundred years!" Cao Shujie played with his daughter.
Thanks to all my friends for their blessings, Laoshu is very happy, thank you!
