Lao Mu was sullen about his change, it was inconvenient to tell his family about it, he was afraid that his family would be as sad as him, sharing happiness with his family was his favorite thing to do, and for such a thing that made people feel lost after hearing it, if he didn't let his family know, he would keep it hidden, which was his temper for many years.

The next day, Lao Mu was no longer in the mood to do those education reform plans, and went straight to Binhu Town, he walked around the town aimlessly, feeling a little empty in his mind, and really didn't know what he was doing.

Out of Binhu Town to the north there is a small bridge, there is a low guardrail made of stone on the bridge, see that no one is coming in front of you, park the bicycle on the side, and then sit on the bridge and smoke a cigarette to light it, silently staring ahead, a bicycle figure on the road in the distance is driving towards him, his eyes can't help but be attracted by this figure, and with the figure of the bicycle is moving, the cyclist swayed from side to side, as if it was very laborious, he looked up at the leaves that did not move, not only asked himself: " Why did this person ride so hard?" Lao Mu suddenly became interested in the visitor, such a smooth road, coupled with the slightest wind resistance, no matter from which angle, the ride should be very easy. The cyclist got closer and closer to where he was sitting, and it was finally clear that the rider had only one left leg, and his right leg was gone, which was why the cyclist had to keep shaking his body to maintain his balance while riding. Lao Mu felt that he was young, it was not easy for people to come to this world, and he was already happy to live normally and healthily, so why should he care about things outside his body? Just like this disabled person, to be able to live so strongly, what else did he ask for?

Lao Mu, who was thinking about it, seemed to understand something, threw the cigarette butt into the water under the bridge, stood up and stretched his waist. Just as he was about to turn around, a voice startled him almost out loud.

"Eldest nephew, what are you doing here?" Lao Mu turned his head abruptly.

"It turned out to be a girl, are you here to buy something?" Lao Mu hurriedly beckoned.

"Yes, Da'an came back yesterday, from marriage to now, I can't come back a few times a year, I will leave when I come back, this time I will take a two-day break, this is not I just thinking about buying something delicious and improving his life!" Da'an Gu said and pointed to the vegetable basket in his hand.

Lao Mu noticed that there were a lot of vegetables in the vegetable basket in his aunt's hand, chicken, fish, and meat were all ready, which made people look like guests at home.

"Just Da'an came back to eat alone!Can you eat so much?" Lao Mu looked at the dishes in the basket and was a little puzzled.

"Hey, didn't you run into you, you don't have to go home in the morning, just follow me home for dinner!"

"Since the last time, I haven't been there for some days, and today my brother is at home, so I just went over to have a look. "Lao Mu came to push the boat.

"When I came here today, Da'an also mentioned you, saying that I have time to go to your place to walk around, and if you go to the house today, he won't move around anymore!"

Lao Mu listened to his aunt's nagging words, felt a little embarrassed, his cousin had not seen each other for some days at work, since he went to the house after his marriage, and in the past two years, although he has also been to the house many times, but because his cousin is busy with work, he has not been able to meet, that is, the Spring Festival, the most worthy day of rest for all Chinese, the cousin has not been able to spend a peaceful holiday at home, according to the girl, due to the matter on the case, he went to the field a month ago and has not returned! I'm going to check it out anyway today, and at the same time, I thought about the other day, and I promised to borrow a book from my cousin.

Lao Mu was stunned, and the girl greeted him: "Let's go home quickly, go back and cook!"

"Okay, hurry up and get on the car, I'll take you!" Lao Mu said, while raising his leg to get into the car, and beckoned the girl to sit in the car, after the girl sat down, Lao Mu raised his right foot and put it on the pedal of the bicycle, and began to exert force, when the bicycle was running, the left heel lifted up, and stepped on the pedal steadily.

Along the way, Lao Mu listened to the girl's chatter, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at the entrance of the village, and Lao Mu saw that the hurried figure in front of him was a bit like his cousin Wei Hong. The speed of pedaling involuntarily slowed down.

"Wei Hong!" Lao Mu shouted.

When Wei Hong turned around, Lao Mu had already ridden up to her and asked, "Are you going?"

As he spoke, Lao Mu hurriedly braked the car, and Lao Mugu, who was sitting in the back, got off the bicycle and stared at the two packs of cigarettes in Mu Hong's hand suspiciously.

"Who are you buying cigarettes for?" asked Old Mu Gu.

"Don't mention it!" Mu Hong saw her mother asking herself, and said anxiously: "Not long after you left, a group of people came to the house, saying that they were some old relatives, and I don't know how I heard that my brother was back, maybe someone in the family was arrested because of something, and said that he came to ask about the situation and see if my brother could help? Wei Hong said, holding up the cigarette in his hand and waving it in front of the two of them.

"Then let's go home quickly!" After listening to Wei Hong's words, Old Aunt Mu felt that the house was now as lively as a small venue, where did anyone usually come, why did his son come back, why did he bring so many troubles?

Lao Mu also stopped riding, and accompanied the mother into the village while talking.

The sun after autumn was still in its last frenzy, and the three people walking in the sun were all soaked with their clothes, and Wei Hong covered her head with her hands as she walked, as if she was wearing an eye patch. The street was quiet, except for the "click" coming from the residents next to the street The sound of weaving bags, and the screams of knowledge from time to time, could not be heard any other sounds, a main street at a glance, except for the three of them, there was no more figure, perhaps afraid of the sun, more because the children were attracted by the monotonous TV program that only had one television station, no one ran crazy on the street, the village has played since the existence of the black and white television, it is difficult to hear the mischievous laughter of children on the street.

The three of them quickly walked to the door of the house, and they heard a loud voice from the courtyard: "Brother, my son's affairs will be entrusted to you!"

"Look where it is, as long as I can help, I will definitely help, but this matter, I can only help to inquire!" Lao Mu is very familiar with this voice, this is Da'an's voice.

The three of them were about to enter the door, and they met two strong men who were about to go out. The two strong men turned around and greeted Da'an, who was standing in the courtyard: "Look, your house has a guest again!" and walked out.

"Cousin, are you from home?" Da'an was a little surprised when he saw his cousin pushing the cart behind his mother and little sister, after all, he hadn't seen him for two years, and his cousin looked a little old.

"I happened to meet my aunt in the town, and when I heard that you were back, I followed you, I haven't seen you for two years, and I miss you very much. Lao Mu saw Da'an and said bluntly.

"I miss you too, but I'm too busy at work, so every time I come back, sometimes after a night, the next day I leave, there is no time to stay at home, no, just came back from a long business trip, the leader asked me to come back to rest for two days, it was a rest, just came two groups of people, the first group said what is my uncle's grandfather's grandson's daughter-in-law's brother was detained because of a fight with someone, said that I wanted me to find a relationship, to see if I could help release it, this thing is troublesome, the detention is only a matter of ten days, just went in and locked up for two days, and I don't know how I came back, so I rushed to fight and went in for a few days, and honestly reflected on it inside, it is good for the future, as for letting it out, It's not something we have the final say, I'll explain to them that detention is just a matter of public security, not a big deal, just let him reflect on it inside, don't make such mistakes in the future, this is not just their front foot, and these two came again, these two have no relatives with my family, but the neighbors, he said let's just listen, our son has broken the law, we can't help, just help inquire about it. Da'an said, washed his face in the basin in the courtyard, and handed the towel to Lao Mu: "Look at your heat, wash it too." ”

Hui Qin, who was preparing to boil water in the kitchen, heard Lao Mu coming, and also came out to greet Lao Mu. Lao Mu noticed that Hui Qin's belly had bulged a lot, and it was estimated that it had been a few months. Lao Mu looked at Hui Qin and asked, "A few days ago, how happened to the work in the town that your brother contacted you?"

"It's almost, but aren't we going to have a baby, so we're going to have to wait for a while!" Hui Qin said with a blushing face, and Lao Mu could hear that the day when Hui Qin gave birth to a child should not be far away.

Lao Mu washed his face, then put the towel on the clothesline in the courtyard, and followed Da'an into the house, Lao Mu saw five or six big watermelons on the inside of the house, and the largest one Lao Mu estimated that it was forty pounds.

"Wei Hong, hurry up and open watermelons for your cousin!" Da'an shouted to Wei Hong in the courtyard.

Lao Mu said politely, and sat down to talk to Da'an.

"Since I became a criminal policeman, I have been spinning like a marquee these days, and I don't know what rest is!" Da'an said a complaining word to Mu Zhen.

"That's it, I don't even have time to see you!" said Lao Mu echoed.

"In addition to work, I also have an important task, that is, to study, I was only studying in a junior college, and now the country is paying more and more attention to academic qualifications year by year, so I have to study for a bachelor's degree, no, I recently signed up for correspondence classes, and I have to take time out to attend classes every month, otherwise I can't keep up with the situation in the unit!" Daan continued.

"Do you want to go to correspondence courses too?" Lao Mu was a little surprised, Lao Mu had just suffered the loss of his academic qualifications in order to become a regular, and now he heard that Da'an was also going to correspondence courses, and he felt the importance of this academic qualification.

"This time, the civilian teacher turned positive, I was also stuck because of my academic qualifications, and I failed to pass the test, it seems that this academic qualification has too much impact on people, especially when it is critical, it really can't be done without it!" Lao Mu said with deep feelings.

"Yes, the current country attaches importance to knowledge, attaches importance to the development of economy and culture, no academic qualifications, how can you prove your education level, in the future in the unit, whether you evaluate the title or promotion, the diploma is the first trial, the diploma is not enough, everything is not to be discussed, so if you don't pay attention to learning in the early stage, get the diploma you deserve, it will affect a person's future in the future!" Da'an said excitedly, and his voice was much higher.

Lao Mu was fascinated by what he heard and nodded. Lao Mu felt that he did not pass the test this time, but also reasonable, the pursuit of knowledge is endless, knowledge can not only be enough, but to continue to study deeply, so that knowledge becomes the wealth of a person's life, he is like a person who seeks Buddha has an epiphany, and his eyes suddenly become bright, suddenly bright.

Then Lao Mu suddenly remembered the last time he promised to borrow a book from Tiancheng, so he asked Da'an tentatively: "Do you remember the relationship between the market and value that you once told me, that book is from the textbook of "Political Economy" you studied, right?"

"Yes, you can still remember this book, the knowledge I learned in the textbook in school, when I talked about it at the time, I only thought it was useful for the current market economy, I didn't expect you to remember it. "Da'an really admires the cousin in front of him for having a good memory.

"Can I still find this book now? I want to take it and read it. Lao Mu said these words and suddenly felt a common saying - follow a good person to learn a good person, follow a witch to learn to scare the gods, and now what he has learned with Da'an in front of him is much richer than the knowledge he knew before.

When Da'an heard that Lao Mu wanted to borrow a book, he naturally didn't hesitate, nodded and said, "I'll look for it, I shouldn't have thrown it away!"

After speaking, he returned to the room where he lived, and after a while, he turned out the book "Political Economy" that had been dusty for more than two years, patted it, and handed it to Lao Mu, Lao Mu smiled and said: "The ancients said that there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book. ”

Daan was amused by his words and laughed alongside.

The two of them were talking about the topic of knowledge diploma in the house, and before they knew it, more than an hour passed, and the old Mu girl in the kitchen prepared lunch almost enough, and brought it to the table one by one.

Coming out of the girl's house, Lao Mu felt that the sky was high, his heart brightened, and everything in front of him became comfortable for him.