It took more than two hours for Cen Xinrui to make 140 catties of lotus root coal for the family, and then went to Shao Yishan's house to sit for a while in the evening, and when he came back, he felt that there was nothing else to do, so he told his mother to go back to Baling Lake tomorrow.

"Aren't you going to Lin Hongying?" Zheng Wenshu reminded him.

"Just tell her about the results of our discussion, a matter of minutes. Cen Xinrui felt that it was not a problem.

"Second brother, how much do you pay each working day?" Cen Limin, the little sister who was doing her homework under the lamp, suddenly raised her head and asked. In the more than three years that Cen Xinrui has been devolved, she has also grown into a thirteen-year-old girl, and she will go to junior high school next year.

"Two cents," Cen Xinrui felt a little embarrassed when he said this, although this situation was not caused by him. But he was soon a little surprised, "How did you come up with the idea to ask this?"

"I mean, since it's only two cents a working day, what's the point of going back late and going back early?"

"It's not exactly about the money, either. Cen Xinrui felt that there were some things that the little sister didn't understand.

"Aren't you just afraid that staying at home for a long time will have a bad impact?" Cen Limin pouted, "But many people who go down with you always run home after going down, aren't they also recruiting?"

Cen Xinrui was speechless. He couldn't help but admit that Xiaomei said that it was indeed the case: whether or not to recruit workers had little to do with performance in the countryside.

"Xinrui, my sister wants to keep you at home for a few more days," Zheng Wenshu knew that his son actually did not refuse to stay at home for a few more days, "and the commune and the production team don't know how long it will take you to return to the city this time." After a pause, he said, "Besides, grandma can't bear you." ”

"Okay, then I'll have another night. Cen Xinrui looked back at his grandmother and accepted his mother's suggestion.

"Yes, yes. Cen Limin shouted from the side.

Cen Xinrui couldn't help but laugh when he looked at her like that. He walked over and gently tugged at her pigtails, feeling a warmth in his heart.

Nothing happened overnight.

After breakfast the next day, Cen Xinrui said to Zheng Wenshu: "I'll go to Lin Hongying first, and then I'll come back." ”

"Let's go," Zheng Wenshu was very happy to see that his son was in good spirits, "remember to go home for lunch." ”

"Okay. Cen Xinrui agreed, and went out with his sister who went to school.

Since he had already been here once, Cen Xinrui didn't need to inquire this time, and went straight to Lin Hongying's office. But what he didn't expect was that Lin Hongying was not there, only the older woman who had lunch yesterday was sitting behind the desk. Cen Xinrui remembered that the one named Wang Li called her Li Yu.

"You're looking for Lin Hongying, right?" Seeing him enter the door, Li Yu stood up very politely.

"Yes, but—"

"Sit down. Li Yu made him a cup of tea and put it on the coffee table next to the sofa, "After you left yesterday, Lin Hongying temporarily received a notice from above, and she went to the region for a meeting in the afternoon, saying that she would come back tomorrow." ”

Cen Xinrui was speechless.

"Oh, Lin Hongying told me when she left, you can tell me what you think, and I will convey it. Seeing that Cen Xinrui didn't say anything, he said: "Don't worry, I am very good with her, and the information is guaranteed to be completely delivered." ”

"Well, please tell her that I am grateful to her, but I don't want to catch this train. ”

"What, you don't want to retire?"

"Yes. ”

"If you think about it again, this opportunity is actually very rare," Li Yu felt a little sorry for him, "It seems that there has been news recently that due to the country's financial difficulties, there will be no recruitment in the next few years." ”

"Really?" Hearing Li Yu say this, Cen Xinrui couldn't help but be stunned, but this was just a matter of an instant. Looking at Li Yu's concerned eyes, he calmed down and said, "That's the case, I also admit it." ”

"It seems that you are really a person with character as Lin Hongying said. Seeing Cen Xinrui's resolute attitude, Li Yu sighed softly.

"Thanks for the compliment. Cen Xinrui smiled. Now that he had said that, he felt he should leave. Of course, although she did not accept Lin Hongying's kindness, her friendship should still be kept in mind. There's a chance to repay, he thought. Seeing that the clock on the wall pointed to the time at about nine o'clock, he decided to go around the back street of Yahou and go wherever he went. Since he went to the countryside, he hasn't looked at this place anymore, even Jiang's mother's house, which he used to go to often, has been absent for a long time.

After bidding farewell to Li Yu, Cen Xinrui walked slowly along the road leading to Yahou Street, and before he knew it, he came to the east of this block.

When he walked to a large compound, Cen Xinrui found that he had walked to the door of the former residence of Jiang Lixiong, the founder of the Xinhai Revolution. However, before he could decide whether to go in and have a look, he was attracted by the scene in front of him: at the entrance of the alley dozens of meters away from the Jiang house, two Jiefang trucks were parked, and several workers were unloading some construction materials and moving them to the Jiang house.

What are they going to do, repair the former residence? Seeing the behavior of the construction workers, Cen Xinrui was a little curious. ……

Thinking of this, Cen Xinrui couldn't help it, and stepped forward to ask: "Master, what's the matter with you moving building materials here, are you going to repair it?"

Hearing someone ask, the workers turned their heads. They glanced at Cen Xinrui, and then looked into the courtyard of the house, without squeaking. This is strange, could it be that there is something that cannot be said? Witnessing the performance of the workers, Cen Xinrui was very puzzled.

……

Looking at Zhou Bajin's villain's triumphant appearance, Cen Xinrui felt that he was really unlucky. He thought that Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so instead of arguing with this gangster, it would be better to go with 36 plans. Thinking of this, he glanced at the other party coldly, turned around and left.

"You stop me!" Although Zhou Bajin was very flattering in front of those who held power in the county and town, he was very angry in front of Cen Xinrui at this moment. Seeing that the other party obviously didn't take himself seriously, and was still in front of Cai Limin, he couldn't help but be very embarrassed and yelled.

Of course, Cen Xinrui heard Zhou Bajin's roar, but he didn't take this bastard seriously at all, so he continued to swagger along his square steps, leaving only a broad and sturdy back for the other party.

Seeing Cen Xinrui like this, Zhou Bajin was angry. He wanted to rush forward to teach this boy a lesson, but he looked at the other party's obviously stronger body than himself, and found that the workers around him were all looking at him coldly, so he couldn't help but feel nervous, and didn't dare to act rashly.

"Forget it. Seeing this, Cai Limin stepped forward to persuade Zhou Bajin to stop. Although he had never dealt with the Cen family, he still had something to know about the family's situation. From the collision of his eyes just now, he read the doubts and dissatisfaction of the young man in front of him. To be honest, he was a little weak-hearted. ……

What Cai Limin thinks, Cen Xinrui doesn't know. He just felt that the world was becoming more and more incomprehensible, and he felt inexplicably depressed. But what he didn't expect was that just when he walked dozens of steps and was about to turn the corner of the alley, he met Hao Zhiguo who was strolling.

"Isn't this a new talent, when did you come back?" Hao Zhiguo was a little surprised when he suddenly met his brother's hair.

"It's me, I came back yesterday. Cen Xinrui saw that it was him and stopped.

"What's wrong with you?" Looking at Cen Xinrui, who had unhappiness clearly written on his face, Hao Zhiguo was a little surprised, but when he looked at the direction the other party came from, he immediately understood-

"See?"

"Is there no one in such a big Yahou Street who can say anything about this stubble?" Cen Xinrui asked, his tone obviously a little rushed.

"Who can say, to whom?" Hao Zhiguo looked at him and asked coldly.

Cen Xinrui didn't expect him to ask like this, and he was speechless for a while. …… Looking at his worried expression, Cen Xinrui was shocked again.

"In the current situation, it is impossible to prevent them from doing it. In that case, let them do it. Know who God wants to perish, and who he will make mad first. Cen Xinrui's reaction seemed to have been expected by Hao Zhiguo, so he seemed to say to the other party and to himself. His voice was low, but it was precisely because of this that it was even heavier, which made Cen Xinrui very depressed.

It's quiet in the laneway. After saying something, seeing that Cen Xinrui didn't squeak for a while, Hao Zhiguo suddenly realized that what he said just now was only afraid that it would be too intense and scare the other party. But when he looked at Cen Xinrui and found that the other party's eyes were clearly full of approval, he couldn't help but move in his heart. He calmed down his emotions, held Cen Xinrui's strong arm and shook it, and said, "You wait and see, one day, things will return to square one." ”

"That's the truth, but now-" Cen Xinrui felt that what he said made sense, but he was still very unhappy in his heart.

"Let's go, don't watch it if you can't get used to it, let alone be angry in vain, don't punish yourself for the mistakes and guilt of villains and bad people," Seeing Cen Xinrui standing there, angry to himself, Hao Zhiguo persuaded him, "If you can't change others, you must do your own things well first." ”

"What can we do right now?" Hearing this, Cen Xinrui felt incomprehensible.

"No?" Hao Zhiguo asked him rhetorically, "Can you think and learn?" Have you not heard that ideas are a wealth that cannot be taken away, and that in order to have such wealth, you must learn? ”

"I did it anyway. Cen Xinrui felt that he had a point, and he was glad that he did not give up.

"How's it going?" Hao Zhiguo asked.

"I'm done with math, physics and chemistry in high school, and I've done the exercises. Speaking of this, Cen Xinrui has a sense of accomplishment.

"That's good," hearing him say this, Hao Zhiguo's eyes that had just narrowed opened immediately, "It's much better than the Zhijia." ”

"You don't know, it's actually hard. Seeing him say this, Cen Xinrui shook his head, "If you have to work during the day, you can only read at night, and the collective households have no electric lights, so you can only light kerosene lamps." Forget it, the key is that some of your classmates still ridicule you, saying that you can't see the situation clearly, and you still want to go the old way, as if you don't play cards with them and talk about women is an outlier. ”

"Who can't see the situation clearly?" Hearing this, Hao Zhiguo was very disapproving, "Let me tell you, the person who said this is too confused. He doesn't understand that the world can't do without knowledge and learning, otherwise, how would everything come about now? How can people today make themselves live better?"

Cen Xinrui felt that he was very reasonable.

"What are you going to do next?" Hao Zhiguo suddenly asked.

"I don't know," Listening to such a question, Cen Xinrui was a little dazed, "I don't have a job in recruiting and enrolling, and I am not willing to retire when I am sick." ”

Hearing him say this, Hao Zhiguo didn't know how to be relieved for a while. After a while, Fang said: "The way of the world will always change, and it will never be like this forever. So, you have to stick to self-study and prepare for the future. However," he paused, and said, "Mathematics, physics and chemistry in high school are just a foundation, and I suggest you also read some professional books." ”

"What are you looking at?" Hearing him say this, Cen Xinrui felt that he had spoken to his heart, and hurriedly asked.

"It depends on your interests and, of course, the books you can find. ”

"Yes," Cen Xinrui agreed, and then made a request: "Brother Zhiguo, what books do you have there, can you borrow me a few?"

"I'm studying cultural relics, are you interested? Besides, most of the books are in Guangzhou, and I can't bring them back. ”

It turned out that Cen Xinrui was a little disappointed. He knows that after breaking the old and establishing the new. Many people's books in Yahou Street have almost been copied, and even if there are still them, they dare not show them easily.

"Oh, I still have two copies on hand, one is Mr. Liang Sicheng's "History of Chinese Architecture", and the other is Mr. Chen Congzhou's "Leaky Window", if you are interested, you can take a look, but you must not lose it. Hao Zhiguo thought about it.

"That's great. Hearing him say this, Cen Xinrui was very happy, so he followed Hao Zhiguo to his house. It's just that what he didn't expect was that as soon as he walked into the courtyard of the Hao family, he was dumbfounded: in the originally spacious and clean courtyard, two red brick houses were born out of nothing, which not only destroyed the pattern of the entire courtyard, but also the shape and color alone seemed extremely inconsistent with the original architectural style.

"What's going on?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Cen Xinrui was a little stupid.

"What's going on, make the most of the space. Hao Zhiguo said helplessly.

"Was it built by a new tenant?" Cen Xinrui asked in a low voice.

Hao Zhiguo looked at Li Jinqiu's house with the door closed, and nodded wordlessly. Looking at the incomprehensible look on Cen Xinrui's face, he said, "Forget it, let's come in and get the book." ”

Cen Xinrui withdrew his gaze from the newly built house and followed Hao Zhiguo into the room where the Hao family lived. But just as he took the book from the other party's hand, his eyes were drawn to another object.

Following his gaze, Hao Zhiguo found that it was a disk he had placed on his desk a few days ago.

Cen Xinrui walked over and bent down to take a closer look.

"Do you recognize it?" Hao Zhiguo asked behind him.

Cen Xinrui shook his head and said, "I just think it's beautiful," and then said uncertainly: "It's an antique, right?"

"Count your eyesight as good, this is a boutique of Longquan kiln in the Song Dynasty. Hao Zhiguo picked up the plate from the table and squinted his eyes, "The glaze is thick, the glaze is blue, and there are typical ice cracks, which is completely worthy of the reputation of 'Thousand Peaks and Emerald'." ”

"Where did you come from?" Cen Xinrui couldn't help but ask. He knew that although the Hao family's economic conditions were stronger than his own, they were by no means good enough to be able to collect antiques. Although he has never had such items in his house, he has seen them in the Shang family next door and knows that they are worth a lot of money. I remember that many people in Yahou Street said that what Vice Chairman Shang values the most, in addition to his son Shang Xiongfei, is the plates and bottles at home.

"The ruler received it from the countryside. Looking at his curious expression, Hao Zhiguo explained.

"Collected it, it takes a lot of money, right?"

"Fortunately, the villager didn't have the money to treat the disease, so he begged the family to buy it. Hao Zhiguo said lightly, seeing that Cen Xinrui seemed to be unconvinced, he explained: "The value and price of antiques are not exactly the same thing. Although they all change, the value is basically constant, and only the price is the real variable. As it is now, who would have the heart to collect them, and even if they did, where would they have spare money? When ordinary people really know its value, the price will have multiplied. ”

Hearing this, Cen Xinrui nodded again and again.

"Let me tell you, this kind of thing can only be done occasionally by ordinary people, and it can't be taken seriously," Seeing that Cen Xinrui's eyes were still staring at the plate, Hao Zhiguo said to him, "And they are the same as money, they are all things outside the body, what is really valuable is ability, knowledge and ability, but unfortunately the family is not like you, you don't like to read, but you are fascinated by collecting." According to his classmates who went down to the same production team as him, he didn't work much on the team recently, and often went to the village to ask if others had anything to sell. ”

"I think this thing is still meaningful," Cen Xinrui disagreed with him, "I don't know what kind of fame I can make in the future." ”

"I hope so," Hao Zhiguo put the plate back in, "I just hope he doesn't get into any trouble." ”

"Oh, you remind me of one thing, and that is that I think you have to help him put away this plate of governance. Cen Xinrui said and reminded him.

"That's right," Hao Zhiguo nodded, but said: "However, I don't usually have anyone here, and I have itchy hands today, take it out and take a look, and I'll put it away later." ”

"I should go back," Cen Xinrui glanced at the old-fashioned wall clock on the wall, and found that the hour hand had pointed to twelve, "Thank you for your book, I will definitely return to Zhao when I go home next time." ”

"Okay. Hao Zhiguo patted him on the shoulder, sent him out of the house, and then out of the yard.

The family was afraid that I would be in a hurry to eat, and when I walked out of Hao's house with the books, Cen Xinrui suddenly realized that he had been out all morning. As soon as he thought that his sister would have to go to school after eating, he quickened his pace. It's just that although people are walking on the road, their minds do not stop thinking about problems. He never thought that in Yahou Street, there would be such a big change in a single residence. …… Fortunately, Feng Shuhua's family, who moved into Aunt Ma's house, can still be accepted, otherwise, my mother and grandmother will be as uncomfortable as Hao Zhiguo. It's just that Feng Shuhua and the others live in Aunt Ma's house after all! Naturally, they live in a good place, but Aunt Ma, they don't know what kind of situation they are in!