"Have you figured it out? This is all the foundation you created single-handedly, do you really plan to hand it over to me?" Zhong Yuemin asked as he looked at the fat man who was anxious.

"What a broken foundation!" the fat man regretted, "I was just greedy for that money, and I ended up making such a big trouble, this is a hot potato." ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled: "You originally had such a mind and wanted to throw the hot potato to me, right?!"

"No, no, it's a hot potato for me, but it's definitely not for you, I believe you will be able to do this well!" said the fat man with a sincere face.

"It's okay for me to take over, but have you really thought about it?" Zhong Yuemin asked.

"Think about it, think about it!" The fat man kept nodding, and then said with a smile: "It would be better if you could leave me some dividends!"

Zhong Yuemin smiled and nodded: "Of course, not only you, but the first batch of people selected have dividends, and they are all our partners!"

"Hey, hey, this is good, then everyone will definitely be willing to do it!" said the fat man.

"Who are the people now, you give me a list, I'll pick them, and then gather for a meeting!" Zhong Yuemin instructed, "Of course, you can screen it first, and forget about those that are not reliable." ”

"Okay, I'll give you a letter in two days!" the fat man nodded.

Qian Fat Man is in a good mood, and he finally doesn't have to worry about this mess, "Hey, Yuemin, it's thirty tomorrow, where are you going to spend it?"

"Where have you been, at home. Zhong Yuemin replied.

"Aren't you alone in your house? How lonely is that, why don't you come to my house?" said the fat man.

Zhong Yuemin shook his head: "Forget it, your family is reunited, it's so boring for me to stay there, I'm going to have a meal with our old man tomorrow." ”

"Can you get in?"

"Wang Laosan and his father are in charge of the key, do you think I can get in?" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

Qian Fat Man also smiled, "That's right, even if Wang Laosan steals it, he will steal the key for you!"

"Okay, you go home first, I'm going to buy some things and get ready for the New Year!"

"If you don't have anything, you should have said it earlier! I'll have someone send you home!" the fat man pulled Zhong Yuemin and said.

"Yo roar, you're really arrogant now, you have everything I want?"

The fat man patted his chest and said, "I haven't been a fool in the past two years, if you want something, I'll definitely get it for you!"

"Okay, I want a car in two days, do you have one?" Zhong Yuemin deliberately wondered.

"Cars, cars, cars, Jeeps, BJ212. "The fat man is really not cowardly, he will come as soon as he opens his mouth.

"Of course 212 is fine, as long as it is oil-burning, I will recognize it if you get me a tractor!" Zhong Yuemin said happily, "Where did you get the jeep?"

"Hey, I'm not happy to say it, we didn't have experience when we first started doing it, and a guy asked us if we had a lot of food on credit, and after half a year, we didn't pay back the account, so we went to the door to find that kid, and guess what?"

"Haven't you paid your debts?"

"That's not it, that kid admits the account, but he doesn't have the money to pay it back!" said the fat man: "All the money from selling grain was spent, and he gave me a broken car in their garage, and he used the money to redeem it when he had money in the future." ”

Zhong Yuemin was dumbfounded, "This kid is enough to be single, can you recognize it?"

"I don't admit it, that kid is nothing, but he has a general grandfather, we can't do anything to him!" said the fat man angrily.

"Haha. Zhong Yuemin smiled, not knowing what to say, "That car belongs to the army, there won't be any trouble, right?"

"It's because it's the army that there's no trouble, and no one cares how to drive on the road. I have been parking in their garage for seven or eight years, and it should have been scrapped, but their old man was reluctant, after all, he had been with him for half his life, so leave a thought. Qian Fatzi smiled: "If you want to meet such a bastard grandson, this car will fall into my hands." ”

"Then this kid is really not a thing!" Zhong Yuemin sighed, "Can the car still drive?"

Qian Fat said: "I can open it, I have found someone to clean it up, there is absolutely no problem, I will open a house for you in the afternoon." ”

"Cheng, then this matter is decided, waiting for you at home at night!"

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Zhong Yuemin broke up with Qian Fatzi, went to the street to buy something, and went to Li Kuiyong's house, he and Li Kuiyong usually have correspondence, and they knew that his mother was sick, so he just went to visit.

Entering the courtyard of Li Kuiyong's house, Zhong Yuemin felt a strong New Year's flavor, every house was pasted with couplets, some bacon and salted fish were hung under the eaves, and there were pickled vegetable jars in the corners.

The smell of fried balls and twist flowers wafted in the air, and the adults were busy in the kitchen, and the children were playing in the yard, running around, not knowing whether they were playing the police to catch the thief or the game of war.

But at the door of Li Kuiyong's house, it was deserted, the door was ajar, Zhong Yuemin called a few times outside the house, but no one answered, and he smelled a smell of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Is anyone home?" Zhong Yuemin had no choice but to push the door in, and called several times in a row.

"Who?" finally someone in the room answered, and the sound sounded like Li Kuiyong's mother.

"Auntie, I'm classmate Li Kuiyong, my name is Zhong Yuemin, do you remember me?"

There was a sound in the room, and it sounded like the sound of someone getting up, "Zhong Yuemin!"

"Yes, I'm Zhong Yuemin, and I came to your house that year. Zhong Yuemin responded, still thinking in his heart that Li Kuiyong's mother is okay, at least her brain is not confused, and she can still remember people.

Li Kuiyong's mother continued: "Did you borrow our soy sauce that year? Go home and tell your mother that you don't have to pay back the soy sauce you borrowed, go back!"

Zhong Yuemin's heart sank, after finishing the calf, Li Kuiyong's mother had Alzheimer's disease in the original book, and now even if the situation is not completely demented, there are some signs.

There was no one else in the house, and it was not clear what the situation of the old lady in the house was, and Zhong Yuemin was not easy to enter the bedroom rashly, so he had to continue to talk outside the house: "Auntie, is there anyone else in the family?"

"Yes, I have four boys and two daughters at home, and the population is large, but it's not easy to feed!" Li Kuiyong's mother replied with a sneer.

Zhong Yuemin had no choice but to move a stool and sit in Li Kuiyong's house.

There was still Chinese medicine stewed on the stove, there should be someone at home, and it was estimated that he would be back soon, so Zhong Yuemin had to wait patiently.

After sitting for a while, he stood up again and looked around.

Li Kuiyong's family is generally in the same situation as in previous years, but it is a little messy, probably because his mother is sick and his family can't take care of it.

The kitchen is in the yard, a temporary hut, and now it is a mess, the pots and pans are all messy, there are still half-cut cabbages on the cutting board, and there is a small half-pot of porridge in the white iron pot I don't know when it is left.

Zhong Yuemin's heart was a little sour, Li Kuiyong worked day and night in Baidian Village to earn work in order to send money to his family, and recently went to the reservoir construction site.

So Zhong Yuemin rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up in the kitchen, first washed the ones that should be washed, then changed the briquettes, boiled a pot of boiling water, took advantage of the boiling water to find all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and prepared cabbage, radish, ginger and garlic.

Cut the pork belly that I brought with a knife, wash and cut into pieces, heat the pan with cold oil, put the garlic and ginger and pork belly together in the pot, fry until the surface of the meat is yellow, pour vinegar and soy sauce, and continue to fry.

The soy sauce is colored, water is poured, the meat pieces are spread, the lid is closed, and the stove is fanned to make the fire stronger.

Then Zhong Yuemin began to wash the radish, prepared to cut it into pieces, and put it in the pot to stew together for a while.

Zhong Yuemin was busy, and a figure suddenly ran over in the yard, wearing a dark floral cotton jacket, "Brother, you're back!"

The tone was full of joy and excitement, and there were some grievances.

When the visitor arrived at the kitchen door, he stood still, his expression a little puzzled and a little disappointed.

A smaller figure came out of the back, like a five or six year old, "Who are you? Why are you in my kitchen?"

"Little sister, don't be so rude, this is a good friend of the eldest brother, called Brother Zhong!" the older girl scolded.

The little sister was a little aggrieved, "I don't know him······"

"It doesn't matter if you don't know you, I can know you, when you were a child, I hugged you!" Zhong Yuemin looked at her as if she was about to drop a gold bead, and hurriedly coaxed.

"Really?" said the little sister, "but why don't I remember?"

"You were young, and you were just talking, so of course you don't remember me. Zhong Yuemin explained solemnly, "Do you smell the fragrance?"

The little sister nodded heavily: "I smell it, it's the smell of meat!" said and secretly swallowed saliva, very cute!

"This is what your eldest brother asked me to do for you, are you happy?" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

"Happy!" Xiaomei said excitedly, "The eldest brother must have received the letter that Niuniu wrote to him in his dream, knowing that Niuniu hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so he specially asked you to come, didn't he?"

"Yes, your eldest brother said that Niuniu hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and she has lost weight, so she specially asked me to buy a lot of meat and send it to you. ”

The little sister said embarrassedly: "Can I watch from the side?" I will watch, and I will definitely not let the stove burn me!"

As she spoke, she also stole a glance at her sister, more like asking her sister's permission.

"Yes!" Zhong Yuemin pointed to a place more than a meter away from the stove, "You just stand there, the smoke can't smoke you, and you can look at the meat, you can just stand there." ”

"Okay!" the little sister stood there, crouched on the ground, her chin propped up in her hands, and looked expectantly at the stewed meat on the stove.

Zhong Yuemin coaxed the little sister, and said to the eldest sister: "Big sister, this is the medicine stewed on the stove before, I see that the stew will be served up, it shouldn't be hot, bring it to your mother!"

"Hmm!" the eldest sister answered, and entered the room with Chinese medicine.

Li Kuiyong's eldest sister is actually only eleven or twelve years old, and the children of poor families are in charge early, and the eldest sister seems to be very sensible and mature, and even makes people forget her real age many times.

Zhong Yuemin quickly cut the radish, put it into the pot, stirred it with a spatula, covered the lid and continued to stew.

Then he cut the cabbage and took it to the yard under the faucet to wash it.

At this time, the eldest sister came out of the house and took the cabbage in his hand, "Brother Zhong, is it really the eldest brother who asked you to come?"

"Well, your brother said that your mother is sick, and he can't ask for leave, so let me come and see you. Zhong Yuemin nodded, "How is your mother's illness?"

"I was groggy all day, I didn't get better for two months, I couldn't work at first, and now I can't even get out of bed. The eldest sister was full of sorrow and tightened her face.

Zhong Yuemin asked again, "Have you seen the doctor?"

"After reading it, the neighbor's uncle and aunt helped send him to the hospital, and he couldn't say anything, so he prescribed some calming medicine, and now he drinks it every day. The eldest sister replied.

"What about your second brother, third brother, and fourth brother?" Zhong Yuemin asked.

"The second brother went to the Northeast to cut the line, the third brother went to Inner Mongolia to cut the line, and the fourth brother was in the factory. The eldest sister said.

"What about your fourth brother?"

"They worked overtime in the factory for the New Year, and he hasn't been back for a week, and even when he comes back, he sleeps and can't take care of his family at all. The eldest sister knew what Zhong Yuemin wanted to ask, so she answered it all directly.

Zhong Yuemin nodded, Li Kuiyong's brothers have all become new years, the maintenance fund of his father's unit has also stopped, and there is no way to arrange work in the factory, so he can only go to the countryside to cut the queue, but in this way, the fourth and eldest sisters who stay at home will suffer.

The fourth child is tired and tired to earn money to support the family, and the eldest sister has to go to school by herself, and she also has to take care of her sick mother and young sister.

A few brothers can send back some money subsidies when they cut into the queue in other places, but it is really limited, and when the old lady is sick, the money is estimated to be insufficient.

"Write to your brother, didn't you say that your mother's situation is so serious?" Zhong Yuemin asked.

The eldest sister said: "I didn't dare to say it, I'm afraid that the eldest brother will find out and be in a hurry." ”

"Then why don't you just hide it?"

"The eldest brother hasn't been home for the Chinese New Year for several years, so I want to see if I can let the eldest brother go home!" The eldest sister had tears in her eyes and a crying voice in her throat.

Zhong Yuemin rubbed his eldest sister's head, "You've worked hard these days!"

"Wow······" The eldest sister couldn't help crying all of a sudden, howling and crying, as if she wanted to cry out the sadness and grievances of many days.

The little sister who was squatting where to watch the meat saw her sister crying, she was at a loss, and she also cried, a handful of snot and tears, and she was even more sad.

"What are you doing?" the neighbor's aunt ran over when she heard the cry.

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly explained: "Auntie, I'm not a bad person, the two of them miss their eldest brother." ”

"Knowing that you are not a bad person, I have been watching you for a long time, if you are a bad person, you can't be as busy as you, washing dishes and cooking. "Aunt doesn't need Zhong Yuemin to explain at all, people are like a mirror in their hearts, she holds her eldest sister in her arms, "It's really hard to be a big girl these days, I don't have a father at such a young age, and my mother is sick again, how good is this!"

Aunt said, her eyes were red.

Finally appeased the big and small, and finally had dinner at night, Zhong Yuemin looked at the eldest sister and the second sister to eat, and he sandwiched some cabbage.

Zhong Yuemin thought about the fate of Li Kuiyong in the original book, and decided to move the golden finger of the traverser, and by the way, he also made the big and small New Year happy.

"Can the eldest brother really come back after a while?" The eldest sister was pleasantly surprised, the eldest brother was the pillar of the family, and when he came back, the family would be propped up, and he would be able to shelter from the wind and rain.

Zhong Yuemin nodded, "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to come back! When the candy I bought for you is finished, your eldest brother will be able to come back." ”

"Ah!" the little sister exclaimed in surprise: "Eldest sister, can I eat candy every day? finish it early, and the eldest brother will be back!"

The cute appearance of the little sister made Zhong Yuemin laugh,