Hu Fei was holding his travel bag and looking at the brick house in front of him. A feeling of warmth surged in his heart. The home was still the same home. The leaves of the peach tree in front of the door had fallen off, leaving only the bare trunk. He was looking at it.
At that moment, a barking sound suddenly sounded, and a big gray dog rushed over like lightning.
"Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui."
A familiar voice sounded, and a middle-aged woman walked out of the house. Her eyes paused, a bright smile appeared on her bronze cheeks, and she greeted her with a big smile, "Son, you are back."
"Mom, I'm back."
Hu Fei threw away the camouflage bag in his hand, opened his arms and hugged his mother, "Mom, I miss you so much."
The middle-aged woman is Hu Fei’s mother Yu Chunlan.
"Chunlan, who's here? Looking at the vegetables in the pot, I went to the village to buy a pack of salt. I don't even know if your Hakka family has no salt." A middle-aged man came out wearing an old military uniform.
"Laifu, look who's here?"
Yu Chunlan snatched the bag from Hu Fei's hand and said, "My son is back."
"Xiao Fei, are you back?"
Hu Laifu was overjoyed. When he saw Hu Fei's tall figure, he immediately came over and said, "Last time you called me and told me to come back for the New Year. Why did you come back today? I have already entrusted you with the assignment, and there will be news during the New Year."
"Dad, don't worry about job assignment. The country will always arrange a job for me."
Hu Fei chuckled and lifted the plastic bag in his hand, "I bought something for you and mom."
"You kid, don't spend money randomly. You're looking for connections to get money."
Hu Laifu glared at Hu Fei, took the plastic bag in his hand and walked into the house, "Chunlan, boil some hot water for your son to wash his face, and wait until I get back from buying a bag of salt before cooking."
"Dad, don't bother. Just bring me some of the sour chilies at home for dinner."
Hu Fei chuckled, "It's been a long time since I've eaten mom's hot peppers. That's weird."
"You kid, how can you cook without adding salt?"
Yu Chunlan smiled and said, "Okay, it only takes a few steps. Mom will go and boil some hot water for you to wash your face."
Seeing his parents in a hurry, Hu Fei felt warm in his heart and the corners of his eyes were a little moist. He looked at everything familiar in front of him and slowly walked into the house.
"Mom, where is grandpa?"
Hu Fei washed his face with hot water and immediately became energetic. Then he remembered why his grandfather was missing?
"It's the Chinese New Year, and your grandfather's fortune-telling business is good. Go to Santang to do the fortune-telling business. Business is good during this period. Those who are on blind dates come to grandpa to recommend their fortune-telling. The old man is very famous now."
Chunlan was busy in the kitchen. It was approaching the end of the year and there were many trivial things at home. She was so busy that she hadn't eaten yet. "Son, are you hungry? Can I help you with some peanuts on the fried plate?"
"Mom, I'm really hungry when you say that."
Hu Fei chuckled, turned on the TV, and prepared to watch TV for a while. Although there were no closed routes in the countryside, there was a satellite antenna receiver that could receive hundreds of channels. "By the way, is grandpa in good health?"
"The old man is in good health and is still helping the family with farm work."
After a crackling sound of cold oil being poured into the hot pot, Yu Chunlan's voice rang out, "Son, clear the table. The peanuts will be fried soon. Go and scoop out two bowls of wine yourself."
Hu Fei agreed, immediately set the table, took a rag from the kitchen, wiped the table, and scooped out two bowls of rice wine. By this time, the peanuts had been fried. Smelling the aroma, Hu Fei pinched a peanut with his fingers and stuffed it in.
I took a sip of rice wine and felt so refreshed.
After a while, Hu Laifu came back, carrying large and small bags of things. Seeing the smile on Hu Fei's face, Hu Fei was stunned and said, "Dad, what's wrong?"
Hu Laifu didn't answer, so Yu Chunlan asked him to go to the stove to light the fire.
After a while, the delicious food was served on the table.
"Laifu, what's wrong with you? Who are you showing this face to? My son has just come back."
Yu Chunlan finally noticed something was wrong with Hu Laifu's expression, and glared at him openly. The two of them had discussed the matter of their son's career change many times. Since the change of career has been confirmed, don't let the child feel sad. What's wrong with this old guy?
He just doesn't remember anything.
"Dad, did the people in the village say something else?"
Hu Fei took a sip of wine and looked at Hu Laifu, "Dad, you don't have to worry about work. I am a retired military officer. The government will definitely arrange a job for me."
"It has nothing to do with my son's change of career."
Hu Laifu picked up the bowl and took a long sip. "The kidnapper asked me if I would go to Lingnan to build a house after the New Year. He said that the wages for building walls there were high, and he could earn three to five thousand a month. He also asked Xiao Fei to go with him.
If you don’t have any rights as a cadre, you might as well follow me and build a wall with just a dead salary for a month.”
"He knows nothing about building walls, building walls, can he build walls for a lifetime?"
Yu Chunlan cursed loudly, "When you are over sixty and your hands and feet are no longer agile, go and eat mud. My son, who is an army officer, will at least become a cadre. He will be a cadre for life. He will look down upon our family from all over the country.
, is that what you can buy with a few thousand yuan a month?"
"If my son becomes the mayor one day, he will envy them to death!"
"That's what I said too."
Hu Laifu took a sip of wine depressedly, "But Guaizi said that if you want to get a good unit now, you have to find someone and spend money. If you don't have a family of 50,000 or 60,000 people, they won't pay attention to you at all."
"Ah, do you want so much?"
Yu Chunlan was stunned and took a look, "Didn't our family save more than 30,000 yuan? My son has saved all the money he sent back. Why don't you borrow some from your father? He has also saved some money in the past few years.
"
"You're just thinking about the old man's coffin money."
Hu Laifu glared at Yu Chunlan, "He is old. If there is something wrong with his body, what can he do if he has no money? We don't have any money to give him. Is it possible that he even needs the money that he has worked so hard for?"
Make up your mind."
"The old man is in good health. Besides, it's a big deal for his son to assign a job, and he'll keep the money if he saves it." Yu Chunlan snorted dissatisfiedly, "This is a major matter that affects my son's life. Take it out and use it.
What's wrong? Besides, it's not like I won't return it to him."
"The old man is more sensible than you. Maybe he will take out the money for his son."
Hu Laifu stopped talking and just lowered his head to drink.
"Mom, stop fighting, I have money."
Hu Fei shook his head, got up and walked to his bedroom. He originally wanted to tell him about the work that was basically confirmed, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words. This matter must be kept secret, and no one can know that he and Li Guojun
contact.
If my mother knew that he had a good relationship with the leaders of the municipal party committee, I would definitely brag about it. By then, wouldn't it be known to everyone?