Campus Soldiers

Southwest of Lingqiu City, an hour and a half by car.

Pinyang County.

At the beginning of January, Tiefang Street.

According to legend, Tiefang Street was a blacksmithing workshop in ten miles and eight townships hundreds of years ago. It was located at the foot of Fengrao Mountain. Later, the workshop was abandoned and there was only an Iron Buddha Temple left on the street.

Because this place is an old street, the streets are now full of brick houses, and a beautiful stone archway has been erected.

With the development of the economy, the county seat has also begun to be demolished. The area along the river has been renovated, and high-rise buildings have been built in the center of the county seat. However, this area is said to be classified as Fengrao Mountain Scenic Area, and the building has not been demolished. It has only been renovated as a whole. .

After getting off the bus, I walked past Tiefosi No. [-] Middle School, which is Cao Xian's alma mater, with a junior high school and a high school.As the end of school was approaching, in the canteen by the school gate, the boss started grilling sausages again. I remember eating his grilled sausages the most when I was in school. At that time, a piece cost only [-] cents. I brushed it with the boss’s secret hot sauce and drank a sip of orange soda. endless aftertaste.

Fast forward four years.

The station is not far from home, Cao Xian pulled the suitcase and walked into Tiefang Street.

The business of the lottery shop is still so good. The small supermarket has been renovated several times in the past few years, so it must have earned money.Several old and well-known small restaurants are still open.Cao Xian patronizes most is a mutton soup restaurant.

Walking deeper, a neighbor in the neighborhood recognized Cao Xianlai and greeted him, "Ah Xian is back?"

"Hey, isn't this our college student! Are you on vacation?"

"Cao Xian, your dad was still playing cards with me yesterday." The owner of the mahjong hall tied a cigarette and smiled at Cao Xian.

Cao Xian greeted them with a smile, turned from the street into an alley, and there was a row of small courtyards built by his own family. The place here is much more spacious than the street, and Cao Xian saw a few middle-aged people from afar.

Cao Weizhong was holding a teacup, listening to the old man bragging at the moment.

In front of him, Ding Shaojun said: "Wei Zhong, I'm not talking about you. Your Cao Xian shouldn't have learned painting in the first place. It would be nice to learn professional skills like my son. Look, in the first half of his senior year, he got a copy offer (employment notice), the monthly salary is 4000!"

Beside, Yu Manping also said: "Yes, you don't have to worry about finding a job or continuing to study if you study other majors. At least you have a direction. My daughter is also a junior this year and is going to take the postgraduate entrance examination. They graduated from graduate school, and their income is probably low. 6000 started, right?"

Cao Weizhong puffed out smoke: "My boss has his own opinion, why are you so fussy? You start to compare yourself with me. When my second daughter finishes her college entrance examination this year, you will be shocked."

"That girl Cao Yun is really hardworking, but you also have to worry about your boss. Your small company has been in recession these years, so someone must help you, right?"

Cao Weizhong disdained: "When the time comes, let the third and fourth come, those two are not fuel-efficient. Boss, it's suitable for going out."

Cao Weizhong runs a logistics station in the county, and earns hard money. In recent years, large logistics companies have expanded, and small logistics stations are facing the risk of being annexed. Business is a bit bleak.

Ding Shaojun said seriously: "I heard from my son that art students spend a lot of money, don't let your boss spoil you! We are kind enough to remind you!"

While talking, a voice said in surprise: "Dad, Uncle Ding, Uncle Yu, are you all okay today?"

When Cao Weizhong saw Cao Xian, he grinned.

"Boss is back!"

Boss means good old son, Cao Weizhong's nickname for his eldest son Cao Xian.

Cao Xian laughed: "If I knew you were fine today, I would have asked you to pick me up in a car. I am dead."

"What did you take?" Cao Weizhong looked curiously, and Ding Shaojun and Yu Manping also straightened their necks.

Outside Cao Xian's suitcase was a black plastic bag containing a case of wine.

Six bottles of Moutai, fortunately given by Qingchou.

In order to keep a low profile, Cao Xian found a plastic bag to cover it, tied it outside the suitcase, and it was damaged by the road. After tearing off the bag at this moment, the eyes of Ding Shaojun and Yu Manping next to him were straightened.

Cao Weizhong was taken aback for a moment, and said in a daze, "Where did you get the money?"

Cao Xian didn't intend to tell him that someone else gave it to him, otherwise he would ask endlessly.

"Oh, I earned it myself."

earn?

Isn't this Moutai?The middle-aged people present are not fools. The total of these six bottles of wine is almost [-].

Ding Shaojun remembered that he had educated Cao Weizhong just now, telling him not to spoil Cao Xian and give him less money, who knew that Cao Xian immediately honored his old father with six bottles of good wine, his face was hot, and he coughed dryly: "Cao Xian, don't you Is it to use the saved money to make your father happy? There is no need for that."

Cao Xian smiled and said: "Uncle Ding, look at what you said, how can I save money. By the way, I still have two cigarettes!"

Cao Xian took out two 1916s, and Cao Wei's center was hot.

Good smoke!

He can understand the boss's temperament, he doesn't have any bad habits of extravagance, and if he wants to save money, it's really possible.

"Boss, just take care of yourself when you are away from home, don't buy it next time!" Cao Weizhong warned, forget it this time, just to embarrass the faces of the two old guys, always saying that my eldest son's tuition is expensive and spends a lot of money, now I see Alright, you have me in your heart!Even if the saved money bought him cigarettes and alcohol, he would be happy.

Cao Weizhong felt relieved, Cao Xian suddenly the phone rang, and he pressed the speakerphone.

"Hello? Gold? What's the matter?"

On the phone, Jin Yu said: "Ah Xian, I've called you for the money to buy the painting, 1w3, you can check."

Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet.

The expressions of Cao Weizhong, Ding Shaojun, and Yu Manping became strange.

buy a painting?

1w3?

What paintings can sell for 1w3? !

Ding Shaojun looked at Cao Xian in astonishment, and Cao Xian said perfunctorily into the phone: "Okay, I understand. I just got home and moved things, so I won't talk about it."

"Wait, A-Xian, there is something I have to say. I reported that painting at 2w8, and the money is already in my pocket, and I also made 1w5. Hehe... this is a big deal. If I don't say it, I will It's not the taste. How about this, I will give you a bottle of good wine at the beginning of school, and I haven't congratulated you yet on the opening of your store."

Cao Xian was taken aback for a moment, Jin Yukai is still an honest person, tell yourself all this?

This kid is also good, he reported 2w8 to his family, what a filial son.

"Hahahaha, it's easy to say! My brothers don't see each other, we'll talk later."

Cao Xian hung up the phone, and then looked up to find that the expressions of several middle-aged people around him were not right.

Cao Weizhong was shocked.

Ding Shaojun's face turned red from drinking fake wine.

Yu Manping looked embarrassed, as if someone had ruined his daughter.

Cao Xian felt a little strange.

Cao Weizhong said: "You... opened a shop?"

Cao Xian was ashamed, just a snack bar, or casually gathered two people to do it, and couldn't get on the table.

He faltered and nodded, and quickly changed the subject: "Uncle Ding, where is your Ding Wenbin?"

"Oh, I went to a reunion with my classmates."

Cao Xian pouted: "Is it a woman again? Did he buy you anything when he came back?"

Ding Shaojun blushed.

Shopping for yourself?What a fart, since he came back from vacation until now, he even asked for 2000 yuan for a dinner party.

Cao Xian sighed: "It's not that I talk too much, you have to take care of it too. The money is spent on girls, isn't it a big deal?"

There is another secret that Cao Xian didn't say.Ding Wenbin always likes girls who are beautiful and like to dress up when he picks up girls. Those girls like to play and spend a lot of money.Ding Wenbin didn't have much money and tried to scrape in. At that time, he was poor and had no money to eat, so he borrowed 500 and didn't pay it back.

When Cao Xian asked, he found out that he spent 1000 to treat his sister to a meal.

Wrong kind!

Ding Shaojun didn't speak, Cao Xian looked to the other side: "Uncle Yu, where is Sydney?"

Yu Manping coughed and said, "I'm studying at home."

Cao Xian said: "You have to take care of it. Sydney is my classmate. If she is too introverted, she will be bullied outside. If it's okay, let her come out for a party. Don't worry about her being with other boys, don't worry about it." Me and Ding Wenbin?"

Yu Manping was embarrassed.

The daughter is beautiful, but she only knows how to learn. She always recruits those crazy bees and butterflies, and she has been in deep trouble a few times. Every time she suffers from emotional intelligence, she will cry and drink. He and his wife are so angry that they don't know what to say.

The two old friends were educated, and Cao Wei was heartbroken. He couldn't bear to let them lose face too much, and said, "Okay, old Ding Lao Yu, come to drink at home some other day! I'll go back first."

Saying goodbye to the two, Cao Weizhong carried his own box of wine and two cigarettes, and entered the house happily.

Ding Shaojun and Yu Manping looked at each other, feeling uncomfortable.

"Old Yu, the boss of Wei Zhong's family... so powerful now? 1w3 for a painting? Didn't he study restoration of cultural relics?"

"They're all from painting backgrounds, so they must be capable. You don't think that tobacco and alcohol are cheating, do you?"

The two kept their mouths flat.

What I was most proud of before was the children in my family, who spend less on schooling and earn more in the future.What now?

Someone bought a painting for 1w3, and then sold it for 2w8, what is that?

This counts!Earn money and make connections!I didn't see the person on the phone saying thank you to Cao Xian.The two are sour.

They didn't go to college, but they knew about connections.

This thing can be exchanged for money, but it is not stable, like Cao Xian, who can be exchanged for skills, the most stable!

"Hey... let's go, Lao Yu, we are still educating Weizhong. One of Cao Xian's paintings has earned my family's Wen Bin's four-year tuition fees back. Why should I talk so much."

……

dinner.

Cao Weizhong sat in the main seat, and his wife Xiao Yuan wore an apron and smiled happily.

Next to Cao Weizhong are the eldest son Cao Xian, the second daughter Cao Yun, and the last are the two younger twin sons.

"When your brother comes back today, our family will be complete. Cheers!"

Cao Weizhong mentioned one.

There are four children in Cao Xian's family. The children of this generation were originally named by their grandfather, Xianyun Yehe.However, the children of the second uncle's family and the third uncle's family were born early, and they accounted for two, that is, Cao Ye and Cao He.

Unexpectedly, after Cao Weizhong and his wife gave birth to their second daughter, they became pregnant again within two years. Grandpa liked children and grandchildren the most, so he gave them another name, Tiger and Leopard.

So Cao Xian's third and fourth brothers were called Cao Hu and Cao Bao, the second daughter of the second uncle's family was called Cao Zheng, and the second son of the third uncle's family was called Cao Xiong.

Cao Xian was praised by his parents at the welcome banquet. Cao Hu and Cao Bao’s noses were not noses, and their eyes were not eyes. They refused to accept it and said, “Mom and Dad, what’s the big brother! I’ll go to university in the future, and I’ll give you a car when I come back! "

"I'll give Dad a Patek Philippe watch!"

Cao Weizhong laughed angrily: "What else can you two do besides bragging?"

Cao Xian thought of the extremely low credit contribution of the two stupid Oududou, and said, "Dad, write it down quickly."

Cao Yun shook her phone: "I recorded it."

Mother Xiao Yuan twisted the twins' ears: "Like your brother and your sister! You are not practical all day long, and you will not do well in the final exam in a few days, so don't ask for pocket money."

The two were struck by lightning.