In the evening, there are food stalls in the snack street.
Lu Yang, Meng Xiaopeng, Gu Xiaowan, Huang Bingqian, and Lin Ziwei were playing skewers and drinking beer. The girls drank all the drinks.
Everyone's faces were filled with youthful smiles, and they were thinking about their future university life.
Soon, Lu Yong came over on his bicycle and handed the bicycle key to Lu Yang.
This bicycle was picked up by Lu Yang and given to Lu Yong to ride back from the windmill roller skating rink.
Later, Lu Yang called Lao Zhong, and Er Mao ran away again after hearing the news.
Both Meng Xiaopeng and Gu Xiaowan knew Lu Yong, but neither Lin Ziwei nor Huang Bingqian knew him.
Lu Yang introduced Lu Yong to them, and by the way told them his plans to go to the provincial capital.
Gu Xiaowan was a little surprised: "Are you going so early?"
Lu Yang smiled and said: "Yes, I will explore the way for you by the way, and I will be your guide when school starts in the future."
Time is money. As the legendary private server spreads, more and more Internet cafes will become popular in the future. He must capture the provincial capital during the market gap period.
Only then did Gu Xiaowan understand why Lu Yang invited them to dinner tonight, maybe it was to say goodbye.
Huang Bingqian asked: "Then when will you come back?"
Lu Yang: "I can't say for sure. If everything goes well, I'll definitely be back in half a month or a month."
Gu Xiaowan felt relieved after hearing this. It was only a month anyway.
Lu Yang picked up the wine glass and looked for Gu Xiaowan and Lin Ziwei: "When the school has my admission notice, remember to give it to Ziwei. Ziwei, you know my family, remember to give it to my mother, so that she won't have to worry about it."
Gu Xiaowan and Lin Ziwei agreed, picked up the drinks and took a sip.
Lu Yang asked Lu Yong again: "Did you tell your uncle too?"
Lu Yong nodded: "As I said, my father also asked when you would return to your hometown, and he would treat you to a drink then."
Lu Yong returned home a few days ago, and Lu Yang gave him a salary of 4,500 yuan for two months.
Excluding his food, drink and mobile phone expenses, Lu Yong saved more than 3,000 yuan.
He handed over 2,000 yuan to his family and kept 1,000 yuan for emergencies.
This is the first time in the two years since Lu Yong went out to work that he has paid so much money to his family.
In the past, the money I earned from working was simply not enough to spend on myself.
Just like Lu Yang often said to him: money is not saved, but earned!
At nine o'clock in the evening, they dispersed.
However, they made an appointment to have dinner in the provincial capital after school started. By then, Lu Yang was also familiar with the environment in the provincial capital and asked him to be responsible for finding a place to eat.
Lu Yang agreed immediately and asked Lu Yong to rent out the house in Mingjiang as soon as possible. By then, Lu Yong would be stationed in the provincial capital for a long time.
After explaining this, I rushed back home.
...
When Lu Yang proposed to go to the provincial capital, Shen Lijuan was extremely reluctant.
"You are so young, how can you ride the train alone? You can't follow Xiaoyong, he has never traveled far."
"Mom, I'm here for work."
"What kind of work is so important? Mingjiang City is not enough for you? Do you have to go to the provincial capital to do it?"
Lu Jianjun, who was standing next to him, had a different opinion. He thought it was normal for Lu Yang to go out and try his luck when he grew up.
Lao Lu spoke to Lu Yang: "If he wants to go, let him go. It's not a bad thing for a man to go out and see the world. I remember when I was sixteen, I would ride a bicycle and walk around the streets..."
Shen Lijuan glared at Lao Lu: "Lu Jianjun, don't always make excuses when you were young. Every era is different. My dad even ate tree bark in that era, and I haven't seen you eating tree bark either."
Lu Jianjun was immediately choked by his words.
Lu Yang said: "Mom, I will go to the provincial capital sooner or later to study at university. I will go there first to check out the places. What if I don't adapt to the climate and get sick in the future?"
Shen Lijuan slapped her son on the arm: "Bah! Don't say such sick words, it's very taboo."
The father and son talked hard and finally convinced Shen Lijuan.
However, Shen Lijuan made a stipulation to Lu Yang. This time when she went to the provincial capital, she would call her home every day and try to come back within a week.
Lu Yang said that there was no problem, as he would not be subject to military orders abroad anyway.
Shen Lijuan started packing Lu Yang's luggage, stuffing two large schoolbags full of clothes, toothbrushes, soaps, snacks, and fruits.
Fortunately it was summer, Shen Lijuan had to use a snakeskin bag to put the quilt in for Lu Yang.
Mothers are worried when their children travel thousands of miles. Mothers always say the harshest things and are the easiest to be soft-hearted.
"You come with me to go back to grandpa and grandma tomorrow. They always talk about you."
"No problem. It just so happens that I haven't seen my grandpa and grandma for a long time. I miss them so much. My grandma's legs don't hurt anymore, right?"
"It's still the same, but I can't do heavy work anymore."
Lu Yang was planning to take his grandmother for a knee replacement when he was strong enough.
His grandfather was a famous village doctor and his grandmother was a housewife. When Lao Lu was busy working, Shen Lijuan often took Lu Yang back to have a meal.
Since the death of his grandfather and grandmother, Lu Yang likes to stay at his grandma's house every summer vacation.
At that time, just to avoid doing homework, he liked to lie on the kang at his grandmother's house and let his grandfather tell him folk ghost stories, while his grandmother would sit on the bedside and fan himself with a fan.
At a carefree age, life is extremely simple.
Later, when Lu Yang grew up, his grandmother would secretly give him pocket money.
After her brother-in-law got married and her aunt was a bit mean, Shen Lijuan didn't like to go back to her parents' house to have dinner, and would only go there during the holidays.
Lu Yang clearly remembers that Lao Lu's business went bankrupt and he asked his relatives to borrow money. Only his uncle who was a soldier in the army came up with tens of thousands of yuan to help.
My brother-in-law originally wanted to take the money, but his aunt stopped him and threatened divorce.
In the end, my grandfather rode his bicycle in the middle of the night and secretly sent me 20,000 yuan.
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite, and this is probably the case.
Now Lao Lu's business is gradually improving, and several relatives from my aunt's natal family are working in the factory, so his attitude is relatively relaxed.
...
The next day, Lu Yang accompanied Shen Lijuan and Lao Lu to his grandmother's house.
From a distance, he could see his grandmother's thin body feeding chickens, and the weather on her face bore the unique mark of that era.
As soon as Lu Yang entered the door, his grandmother held her hand affectionately. The old man said to Shen Lijuan, "Juanzi, Yangyang looks a little thinner recently."
Shen Lijuan smiled and said: "If you stay up late and work hard during the college entrance examination, you will gain weight when you go to college."
Lu Yang was speechless. Why was his mother so sure that he would gain weight when he went to college?
His figure is the kind that he can eat without getting fat, just like some people can eat spicy food without getting acne on their face.
Grandpa looked at Lu Yang with kind eyes. As an old Chinese medicine doctor, he saw that Lu Yang's skin color was normal and he was very healthy.
As the son-in-law of the Shen family, Lu Jianjun put the gifts in the storage room, made tea for his father-in-law, and then took the initiative to find some work.
Today, my aunt and uncle are not here, so Lu Yang's family had lunch and dinner at grandpa and grandma's house.
Before leaving, grandma quietly grabbed Lu Yang.
"In the future, when I go to college, I will come back less often. I can use the money to buy more milk and snacks at school."
Lu Yang's nose felt a little sore when he saw his grandmother taking out a few fifty-hundred-dollar bills from the handkerchief in her pocket.
The old man has gone through the most difficult times, worked hard all his life, and saved most of the money, but finally left it all to the next generation...