In late March 2012, a sandstorm blew away days of smog. Sun Ruiyang posted a status on the Internet, writing: "Since when has sandstorms become something to look forward to?"

Smog weather is considered drug use, and sandstorms are equivalent to eating soil. Comparatively speaking, it's healthier to eat soil!

In addition to Sun Ruiyang, there are many people who express their joy on the declining intranet - ah, God knows that I have no money, so he sent me food! Open the window, you can eat the freshest soil!

Qiao Lin hasn't earned extra money for more than half a year, and the days of relying only on her parents to help her are not difficult, but they are far less nourishing than before. But in front of her brother, she is quite generous, and she will not eat dirt.

With the strong support of my brother and sister, my parents paid the deposit for the purchase of the house. In another two or three months, Qiao Nan will be able to get the keys to the new house, which means that the renovation will begin. Judging from the current conditions, his family can't provide him with much support, and he has to find a way to open up sources and reduce expenses.

Qiao Nan's safety awareness has always been advanced, thousands of provinces, material costs can not be saved, try to use the best. Especially when he thinks of Baoqing's cousin who suddenly got a blood disease, he feels that his lover and children must live in a safe environment.

As long as he has time, he looks up various brands of flooring and paint on the Internet, and the more he checks, the cooler his heart becomes. But he has decided not to save this money, and can only spend on labor costs. He had many elite soldiers under him, and he had greeted him well a long time ago, and took turns to go to his house to work as a small worker when he was on vacation.

Wen Jing believes in their comradeship, but is skeptical of their professional skills. Qiao Nan said: "Don't worry, those who have been in the army for a few years generally don't have much problem with masons." If you're a little more powerful, you can be a part-time carpenter or plumber like me. ”

Wen Jing still has money in her hand, but Qiao Nan definitely won't use it. After the Chinese New Year, he never bought clothes again, and his mobile phone still used the same one from a few years ago. Like Wen Jing, who is engaged in the fashion industry, she has entered the intelligent era since last year, and Qiao Nan, who is quite interested in electronic technology, is still using an old-fashioned slider phone.

He usually surfs the Internet, that is, to watch hot news, browse military science and technology, and the only social application is QQ. At that time when the circle of friends was budding, he didn't know what WeChat was (he couldn't download it on his phone anyway), and when Weibo had grown, he only had a blog account that he had never used N years ago.

His mind is still very active, and he keeps up with the development of science and technology in a very timely manner. But as far as social networks are concerned, he has long since become an outdated old man.

He is himself, but he still loves his girlfriend very much, and every time he comes out to let off steam, he will take his girlfriend shopping and eating or something. Wen Jing is also very sensible, knowing that he has a hard time saving money, so she can't bear to let him spend money.

In the fashion industry, you always have to be glamorous in order to get more job opportunities, so Wen Jing earns more and spends more. But when she saw her boyfriend's phone with scratches everywhere, she still remembered it seriously. Buy less clothes, the wardrobe can't fit anyway, buy less lipstick, don't throw away half of it like before, and the same goes for cosmetics, you can't use up the old ones and you can't buy new ones.

In the past, they all saved money separately, but after deciding to renovate the house, Wen Jing went to the bank to open a new account, and the two of them agreed to save 5,000 yuan per month. Wen Jing Province is a province, this amount is not too difficult, and for Qiao Nan at that time, basically 90% of his salary was saved.

Qiao Nan felt that it was nothing, but after seeing the accounts kept by his girlfriend, he felt very guilty and felt that she had suffered with her. But Wen Jing told him: "As long as I can be with you, everything is sweet." ”

On the contrary, Wen Jing was very worried about him, and asked him not to save so much, so that he could keep a little for himself, at least enough money for food! If he said it, he was also a young colonel, and such an officer still ate dirt, which was too shabby.

So, Qiao Nan had a new mantra - the country takes care of my food, and I can still eat enough.

In addition to that, there are a whole bunch of analogies. For example, the state takes care of my clothes, and the state takes care of my medical expenses...... In short, the state has covered all of him, except for his girlfriend and family, the money in his hands is basically not spent.

"In the past, when I stayed in the mountains, I couldn't spend it, but now when I come to Beijing, I can't spend it, so it's better to save it." ”

…… Let's go!

However, after entering 2012, Qiao Nan's income still rose. In addition to attending classes, he also went to colleges and universities in the capital to give lectures on military theory and national defense education, and although the class fee was meager, it was still a little income; in addition, by the middle of the year, his salary would be raised again, and it would be about 1,000 more than now.

The future life is still predictably tense, but I can also see hope little by little. In the deep darkness of the night, even if you only take one step forward, you can get closer to the light of dawn.

(But Qiao Lin heard her sister-in-law say that she didn't want Qiao Nan to give lectures in colleges and universities, and after the first class, a little girl wrote him a note, pestering him for a mobile phone number.) Even though Comrade Qiao Nan's love stance is very firm, it is still very annoying that he is popular with girls! But Qiao Nan said that he went out to teach and was also a task assigned to him by the organization, so how could he refuse?

Qiao Nan said honestly, for a person like him who has been studying in a monk school and majoring in monks, he has not seen so many girls for a long time, and he thinks they are all quite cute.

……

As soon as these words came out, I don't know if he was kicked out of the house on a rainy night, or kneeling on the washboard all night, in short, after a lot of wind and waves, Comrade Qiao Nan's love brain has matured a lot. Later, he consciously put a ring on his left ring finger to indicate that he was married, and his lover was relieved. ）

After the insertion, continue to return to 2012, Qiao Nan is still tightening his belt in order to marry his daughter-in-law. He said that life was rushing, but that year he was particularly stressed. Jolene had seen him once before the retest, and he was starting to swallow again.

Qiao Lin was so anxious that he couldn't do it, how could he heal the scar and forget the pain? But Qiao Nan occasionally made mistakes, and when he was persuaded tightly, he would also say scoundrelly: "Just smoke and don't die." ”

He was still very badly injured by that blow back then, and he would cough when he smoked. Wen Jing couldn't control him, she had a cold war with him, and she had complained to Qiao Lu, but she couldn't change him. Later, he buried his head in his girlfriend's arms, took the initiative to admit the mistake of smoking, and at the same time asked for the right to smoke: "I'm really tired, I will die of exhaustion if I don't smoke." ”

A good comrade like him, who never complains about being bitter or tired, once he is coquettish like a child, Wen Jing has nothing to do with him. So, as far as she could supervise, she allowed him to smoke two cigarettes a day. One day he had a bad cough, so he went to the hospital to take a film.

There is a lot of pressure on my brother, and there is a lot of pressure on Jolene. After the results of the preliminary examination for the graduate school entrance examination came out, she couldn't hide the fact that she was admitted to Peking University.

(Actually, I didn't hide it before.)

After learning that she had passed the score line, her brother and sister still played a clumsy acting role, pretending to just know her application for Peking University, and praised her: "Oh, it's amazing!

Jolene was overjoyed and told them to keep it a secret. It's better for my parents to know, but I must not let my aunt know. It's okay if she's lucky, but what if she can't? My aunt will taunt her for the rest of her life.

On the eve of her re-examination, Min Jia came to Beijing to take the dance exam. Qiao Lin secretly told her that she believed that Min Jia would not tell her aunt. Min Jia said: "Although I don't know how difficult it is, I believe that you can get in." ”

"Why?"

"You were still counting down in junior high school, and now you dare to take the Peking University exam. If you don't succeed, who will?"

What Min Jia said was exactly the same as what Zhao Linlin and Xu Na said. Maybe she is the least dominant one now, but she is the one who should be the most confident.

"Thank you, Min Jia, I suddenly feel more confident!"

Min Jia smiled and said, "Thank you for what, didn't you encourage me like that before?"

When Min Jia was leaving, she also let her relax, she would never tell anyone. Qiao Lin's heart was warm, and she didn't want to disappoint Min Jia. She wanted to find someone to ask about the retest experience, but after looking around, there was only one suitable one.

That's right, that man was her brother, her greatest peacetime nemesis.

My sister applied for a foreign graduate student, Sun Ruiyang studied for a bachelor's degree, master's and doctorate, and only my brother had experience in the re-examination of domestic graduate students.

Jolene didn't want her brother to check his homework when she was a child, and she didn't want him to point fingers when she grew up. But this matter is very important, when she was eating at her sister's house, she wanted to stop talking, for fear that as soon as she asked, the guy would habitually sneer.

But she thought about it a lot, and Qiao Nan saw that she was preoccupied, so she knew why she was worried. So, he took the initiative: "How many days are there to retest?"

"Next Wednesday. ”

"Got the question?"

"Everything that can be done has been done. ”

It's rare for Jolene to be so well-behaved, she hopes that her brother can take the initiative to ask, in that case, it won't be a begging for him...... Well, it looks like that!

As a result, the guy sneered coldly, and Qiao Lin was about to go crazy, but he laughed and said, "The most difficult thing is probably the interview." You have to show good enough sincerity for the mentor to take you in. ”

"I know. When he helped Wei Chenglin apply for school, Sun Ruiyang said that he must be sincere, and sincerity can move people. ”

"Well, you just have to prepare. ”

？？？

He's not going to say anything more?

Qiao Nan was casual, just occasionally glanced over and wrote three words - beg me!

Qiao Lin was eager to study, so she had to put down her body and asked, "Can you say a little more?"

“…… You don't even call Brother Sheng!"

Qiao Lin endured the humiliation and said, "Brother, you don't have any other tricks?"

"It's not a trick, it's a forbidden area, don't walk in. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Many students search for information about their supervisors before an interview to find out what their field of study is. You have to be sure of this, if you say something that has nothing to do with your mentor's field of study, you'll hit the muzzle!"