On a Sunday during Wen Hui's winter vacation, Wen Zhu invited a pair of Chengbang, pulled Dong Mei, called Shang Wenhui, and the five of them were in Ruyi Town Shabu Shabu. Wen Zhu deliberately asked his father to go, but Wen Changfa avoided it with interest, saying that it was cold and didn't want to move, so he would fool around if he ate something at home. Looking at his father's rickety back, Wen Zhu couldn't straighten his waist, indicating that his filial piety was not in place, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

Wen Changfa felt guilty in his heart, ashamed of his deceased wife, ashamed of his two children, he had more than enough heart but not enough strength, and he wanted to help but couldn't help. He always felt that he had failed to fulfill his father's responsibilities, and he added a trap to himself, hoping that by keeping to himself, he would not cause trouble for his son's life. The anguish in his heart was like a knot that could not be untied, tightening it tighter and tighter, and he couldn't breathe.

If Wenzhu and Wenhui start a family, get ahead, and their children and grandchildren become successful, presumably the knot will be solved naturally.

The snowflakes outside the window were fluttering, not too big, and they fell to the ground, indicating that the elf who appeared for the first time this year couldn't kiss the earth, couldn't withstand the enthusiasm of the earth, and was willing to dissolve into her arms, and the ground was slightly wet.

The box is steaming, and the mandarin duck hot pot is bubbling. The small droplets of water condensed on the glass could not withstand the temptation of gravity, and flowed crookedly downward, faster and faster, and the traces seemed to be formed by the random movement of human fingers.

The snowflakes outside the window are clearer through the traces, and the light snowflakes hit the glass silently, and when you count the corners of it, it disappears without a trace, or falls on the windowsill.

Shabu-shabu has an advantage, you can cook whatever you like, spicy or not, choose freely, because you eat it in a disorderly manner, so there is no constraints. It's better to be spicy in winter to keep out the cold. Sweating means that your pores are all open, as if they have been cleansed once. Itchy scalp means that you eat less, and it is natural and refreshing to eat freely, so how can you still think of itchy scalp.

Eating hot pot and appreciating the snow is one of the beautiful things in life, three feet away from the cold, snowflakes flying, rolling over the roof, you don't feel cold at all, two worlds outside the window and inside the window. You are so hot that you take off your coat, take a sip of wine, pick up a chopstick at random, take a walk in the spices, chew beautifully, leisurely look at the elves in the window, and think about whether tomorrow morning is a grand scene of "thousands of trees and pear blossoms".

"Wenzhu, after Xiaoxiao went abroad, did he have more than half of his heart?" Cheng Bang squinted and joked.

This guy has no heart and lungs, is blind, and can't stop eating food. Which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, lest the world will not be chaotic. Wen Zhu, who was chewing frozen tofu, was stunned for a moment, sped up the process, swallowed the food, fortunately didn't choke, and said casually: "After the tutoring is over, other things will follow one after another, such as the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, how can there be time to be empty." He took the opportunity to give him a blank look.

"What's the matter, it's going to be higher than the waves!" Cheng Bang stuck out his tongue, which was a pale apology.

"Wenhui's work after graduation, and my wedding with Dong Mei are all on the agenda. ”

"Your boy brother is not in vain. Cheng Bang turned his head and asked Wen Hui: "Xiaohui, is the work implemented?"

Wen Hui shook his head and said, "There is no progress in the work, and there is no plan for the time being." "He'll graduate next summer.

Dong Mei proposed: "Wenzhu, you go and talk to Mr. Yu, go to his company and mix for a few years." It must not be difficult, right?" Wen Zhu pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Dude, you have to show it when you marry Dong Mei, you won't be a white wolf with empty gloves, right?" Cheng Bang shouted.

"When the words come to your mouth, they will turn into taste, what kind of empty gloves white wolf? Can you be serious, Chengbang, when can you spit ivory in your mouth!" Dong Mei said.

"Of course, I want to express that I am going to find a Great Wall brick of the Qin Dynasty, make a ring, and engrave it on the Qin brick ring: Love you for 10,000 years - too short. ”

"Haha, it turns out that the 'diamond ring' is so false! There must be a house, right?"

"I have a house, but it's in the middle of nowhere, and I can live in a reinforced. Wen Zhu secretly glanced at Dong Mei, only to see Dong Mei smiling and trembling, and her heart was much more steady.

After laughing, Dong Mei took over the conversation: "Wenzhu, how much savings do you have at the end of the year?"

Wen Zhu made a quick calculation in his heart, and said without concealment: "In addition to Chengbang's 20,000, there are still 22,000 left." ”

"His money won't be paid back for the time being-Chengbang, you have no opinion!"

Cheng Bang was stuffing a loach in his mouth, half inside, half outside, he wanted to swallow and was afraid of burning when he heard this, so he could only pout and say no opinion, absolutely no opinion.

"Wenzhu, give me 40,000. ”

Wen Zhu didn't know what Dong Mei wanted to do, but nodded unreservedly. Cheng Bang was uneven and said with a smile: "I haven't received the certificate yet, and the financial power has been taken up." ”

Dong Mei glared at Cheng Bang and said unhurriedly: "With the money I have saved in the past few years, I should have 180,000 yuan." Save it in your name, show it to my dad and take it back. Wenzhu, you will buy a house at the beginning of the year, seventy or eighty square meters, and the decoration is slightly better. ”

The hot pot on the table is boiling, and Wenzhu's heart is also boiling. He looked at Dong Mei gratefully, and Dong Mei responded with a smile, everything was silent.

"Buying a house to find Mr. Yu, it's cheap!Wen Zhu - didn't he promise it - it doesn't have to do with it, isn't it Handa!" Cheng Bang shouted.

"Mr. Yu's favor will be kept for later use. When we have a better life, it is not too late to ask him to improve our housing. ”

Dong Mei's meticulous mind and clear thinking, Wen Hui's eyes were full of admiration. Wen Zhu was also surprised, what Dong Mei said was exactly what she had calculated, it was really "not a family, not a family". It's a pity that I don't have any money, I just think about it, I just look forward to it, and I just work towards that goal.

I never thought of using Dong Mei's money, I just hoped that the house price would rise more slowly, slower, and move forward like a turtle. Using a woman's money damages a man's dignity, and is even suspected of eating soft rice, but Dong Mei is so open-minded and defends her rights everywhere, if she rejects her sweetheart's advice for that little bit of self-esteem, isn't that pushing herself to a dead end?

Wen Zhu's thoughts can't stop the boiling of the hot pot, nor can they stop the snowflakes falling outside the window, everything in the world has its own trajectory.

"Sister-in-law, with a house, we are real city people!" Wen Hui exclaimed excitedly: "Can you take my father over?"

"That's his home, too, and he can live as long as he wants. ”

"What about your shop?" Tingting asked softly. The town government is not far from the "Qianlimei Garment Store", Ye Tingting goes to sit when she has time, and she has become a best friend who talks about everything in the past two years.

"Assignment before marriage. ”

"Transfer?" Wen Zhu and Cheng Bang said in unison, "To whom?"

"Da Mei is willing to accept. Dong Mei said lightly. As if it were a trivial matter, like dusting off one's body, there was no need to make a fuss.

"You can't get both. Give up your career for love, go to the city to fly with Wenzhu, a beautiful love, not to move the world. Wenzhu, are you a little dizzy with happiness?" Cheng Bang stretched out his thumb and praised.

Wen Zhu pretended to faint, and his heart was mixed, Dong Mei made such a sacrifice for herself, so that she was embarrassed, and felt that she was carrying a heavy cross.

"I'm not as great as you say. The business of the garment store is okay, but it is not as popular as before. Now the garment factory is fierce, with new styles, many patterns, fast renovation, and cheap prices, which have robbed many young people of business. The circle of taking the high-end route in the countryside is too small, this is not Shanghai, let alone Paris, there is no problem with self-preservation, Da Mei is willing to give it to her.

"The point is that I don't want to live apart from the two places, the man is the towering green mountain, the woman is the gurgling stream, and if you leave the landscape, you will have no aura; I am a woman, I just want to protect love, protect my family, teach my husband and children, and have fun. Dong Mei gave up all her recent thoughts and asked for Wenzhu's opinion with her eyes.

Wenzhu sat like the towering green mountain, listening to Dong Mei like a gurgling stream, listening and listening, the cross was no longer heavy, as if it was made of white clouds, and he floated into the air, looking back, it turned out to be an angel who held it up, and then looked at it, the angel smiled flawlessly, it was none other than Dong Mei.

"Wow! Dong Mei, what you said sounds simple and plain, but it contains a big truth. Now leaving the garment industry shows that you have far-sightedness, accept it when you see it, and dare to do it. The latter words are even more poetic, whether it is influenced by Wenzhu, or whether Wenzhu was influenced by you before, or like the two mud bodhisattvas who broke the two new Bodhisattvas that were remixed and made, it became that you have him, and he has you. Cheng Bang praised sincerely.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for the compliment. Dong Mei grimaced, and everyone laughed.

"After going to the city, what will happen to your work?" asked Tingting, who was reluctant to let Dong Mei go.

"With my skills, it's okay to get a job. Wenzhu, right?"

"Absolutely. If you're a gun, the job is bullets, and bullets are ready to load whenever you need them. For Dong Mei's self-confidence, Wen Zhu hurriedly flattered, which could be regarded as a little verbal compensation for her huge sacrifice just now.

Dong Mei's self-confidence and Wen Zhu's flattery paid off not long after the marriage. At a job fair, Dong Mei met Jin Shufen, the female boss of a garment factory, thirty-five or six, shrewd and capable, the two of them were very close to each other, after an interview and assessment, a week later, they were hired as a clothing design and quality director. More than a month later, Dong Mei was pregnant with Tianyu again, and she was overjoyed, which made the Wen and Dong families very happy.

"Cheng Bang, shall we marry with them?" Ye Tingting discussed with Cheng Bang.

"Okay—no! On the same day, we had a happy event at our respective homes, and we couldn't all attend each other's weddings, which was absolutely not okay, and we had to be each other's best men and bridesmaids. By the way, if anyone gets married first or can't be the best man and bridesmaid of the other party! It doesn't seem appropriate to do it in the same hotel, because everyone is busy enough, how can they have the time to take care of each other? This is really embarrassing. ”

Cheng Bang seemed to be asking himself and answering, and as if he was asking someone else, he was so anxious that he frowned and scratched the back of his head.

"It's too old-fashioned, Chengbang. We traveled together to get married and spend our honeymoon, and everything that happened was solved. Although Tingting's voice was thin, the words were clear.

Cheng Bang patted his head and boasted: "It's still my wife who is smart, so I will implement this plan." It's just that...... Just ......"

"Just what?" asked Tingting with a shallow groan.

"How do you explain in front of the elders?"

Wen Zhu continued: "This is easy to do. After we spend our honeymoon, they want to make up the banquet and let them do it lively, we make a decoration over the hall, but also let them have a beautiful scenery, happy and happy, and by the way recover some favors. ”

"That's all right, it's perfect. ”

"Where are we going for our honeymoon?" Dong Mei's interest was also hooked.

"The Great Wall. Wenzhu and Chengbang replied in unison.

"When?"

"If you don't go to the Great Wall, you're not a hero! It's tentatively scheduled for August 8, 98, and everyone will send enough. The two replied in unison. The tacit understanding of the dead friends was vividly played at this time, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Can you take me, I think you always need a light bulb to light up the dark night. Wen Hui added a bit of humor to his plea.

"Haha, No problem! The best time of life needs to be frozen. You can take pictures of us, carry our bags, and organize our belongings. As for the lack of virtue in making a light bulb, it is better to do less, and have the ability to soak a Beijing MM back. ”

The proud Cheng Bang looked up and suddenly found that Tingting and Dong Mei's four eyes were blocked like sharp arrows, and the interest of Hu Yu hurriedly stopped, and the round field said: "Just kidding, just kidding - let's climb the Great Wall, go to Chengde Villa to escape the summer, take a bath in Beidaihe, and visit the Summer Palace, which has been ruined by the two villains of England and France, to see how much has been recovered."

"Go to Tsinghua University and Peking University to feel the atmosphere of the highest universities in the country, wave your hand on the tower of Tiananmen Square, and feel the atmosphere in the Forbidden City. I heard that a brick falling from the sky in the capital will also hit a big celebrity, and I really haven't seen a big celebrity with blisters. Hahaha......"

Everyone seemed to smell the breath of Beijing and indulged in Chengbang's rough laughter.

"The ancients cooked wine around the stove and tasted the world, and our generation enjoyed the snow in the shabu-shabu and talked about their own family. Think about the fact that some time ago, the Legislative Council of the Taiwan region came up with a draft bill, which was discussed and discussed, investigated and investigated, and amended.

"When the real results are out, a few years have passed, and the provisions in the draft have not kept up with the pace of reality, and they have been reversed, which is a pity that the people's deep hopes have been raised. It's better for us to discuss while eating, and make the final decision. Wen Zhu said as he took out a particularly bad potato slice from the hot pot.

"We cheer for the past 97 years, cheer for Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and grieve for the past 97 years, and grieve for the departure of the chief architect of reform. China's economy did not fall in the financial turmoil, and the lion in the East stood tall in the East - "Well said, Cheng Bang suddenly slapped himself in the mouth," - the little people should not discuss politics, empty talk misleads the country - far away, let's talk about our business. I'm here to give you a big finale of good news. ”

Hearing the good news of the blockbuster finale, everyone waited with bated breath for the following. Who knew that Chengbang sold Guanzi and slowly went to the hot pot to get food.

"Chengbang, don't sell it, say it quickly. Tingting urged, her appetite hung up on him.

Cheng Bang ignored it with a smile, continued to pour in the hot pot, and caught a loach. This kid is with a loach, and this thing is aphrodisiac.

"Chengbang, if you have something to say, if you have ......" to deal with Chengbang, Dong Mei still has experience.

Cheng Bang didn't wait for Dong Mei to continue, and stumbled and said: "I said, I said it's all right-" I saw the loach turn over on the chopsticks, and the free fall slid into the pot, splashing red water, fortunately it didn't burn people, Tingting listened while wiping it with a napkin. "-Wenzhu, I didn't give you 20,000 benefits last year, you confiscated it. There are 40,000 more this year, and you probably won't accept it, but there will be another one next year. ”

Wen Zhu first nodded, then opened his mouth wide, then widened his eyes and opened his mouth wide, and when he came back to his senses, he interrupted Cheng Bang's speech, and asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? Dude, there is really a pie in the sky! Do you have some earth-shattering secrets hiding from me?"

"Anyway, Xiaoxiao has gone abroad, and our brothers know the roots, so we don't pretend to go around in circles. Xiaoxiao has a private agreement with me that within three years, 20% of the net profit I earn from her father will go to you every year. I kept my promise to give you 20% of the year every year, but if you don't take it, I don't know what to do with it after a year. Forcing it on you will destroy our friendship, and if you don't give it to you, my conscience will be safe, and it will never be possible to go back. Now I suddenly got my head up and thought of a way. ”

Wen Zhu didn't expect Xiaoxiao to have such a hand, and he didn't expect Chengbang to be such a friend, and he didn't have an apartment for a year because of this matter. This money is not what he deserves, but if he doesn't accept it, he will live up to the kindness of the two people, this matter is really a bit tricky, since Chengbang has a way, see how he deals with it and then decide.

"At the end of next year or the beginning of the year after that, I want to set up a greening and landscaping engineering company, and I have thought of a name, called Tiancheng. Tingting and I account for 80% of the shares, and you and Dong Mei share 20% of the shares, sharing risks and interests. After the company is established, you resign and come back to help me, and our brothers fight side by side to open up a new life. ”

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Bang stared at Wen Zhu's lips, afraid that something N plus O would come out of it. In that case, great ideas will be lost, great plans will be broken, trusts will be broken, and strong friendships will be cracked.

If you don't accept the money, you can't keep it, and you can't keep it. If you want to donate it, you don't feel at ease with anyone, this is the first pot of gold you earn, the first pot of gold to start a career, and the first pot of gold to realize your dream of life wealth. In short, there are 10,000 unwillingness.

Wen Zhu lowered his head and pondered for a long time, feeling that this was the best way, and everyone would not hurt their anger. It stands to reason that the money is not their own, but their contract is their own, and if they refuse again, it is not affection that is rejected, but providence. I haven't paid a penny, I can't talk about the risk, the benefit sharing is real, Chengbang's ability is beyond doubt, one step a year, he is the most assured.

Life is a compromise, and according to the ideal, everyone is a man of the hour. As long as you don't mistake the country, you will be able to carry the great joy. Thinking of this, the confusion in my heart is like the foam in the hot pot is decanted out with a spoon for the service, which is much more refreshing.

"Tiancheng, the name is good! Is it taken from Lu You's 'The article is Tiancheng, and the clever hand gets it'-" Cheng Bang nodded, and his hanging heart returned to his place. "-You are all 'gentlemen and frank', and I am not 'a villain' anymore. After the establishment of the company, you are solely responsible for the operation, we will never participate, there is any major matter with us 'squeak' on the line.

"I, Dong Mei, and Xiaoxiao have 20% of the shares, so I will feel better. Finally, I would like to make a suggestion, after the company makes a profit, about 2% of the net profit will be used to fund poor students every year. ”

The crowd applauded. The registered company was single-handedly operated by Chengbang at the end of 98, with a total capital of 600,000 yuan, of which Chengbang accounted for 60 percent, and Wenzhu, Dong Mei, Xiaoxiao, and Tingting each accounted for 10 percent.

Cheng Bang is a businessman with a human touch, and he will not give up 10% of his shares in vain, in fact, he is small and big, and he has strategic considerations, because the remaining 10% of the shares held by Xiaoxiao will always know sooner or later. Mr. Yu praised him for getting a good company name, being righteous enough, and doing bigger business with him.

The name of the high-end residential community Tiancheng Huayuan is inspired from Chengbang, Wenzhu in 2003 to improve the housing, to find Yu total special approval, more than 130 square meters, according to the market price of 55% off the sale, but also give more than a dozen square garage. Wenzhu trades in the old for the new, almost no loss, but the decoration costs a lot of money, and the greening in the community is all done by Chengbang.

Lao Song later spit out and said that the mayor did not have this discount when he came to the door. Gifting is a different story.

The meat and vegetables on the table were all swept away, and maybe there was still some left at the bottom of the pot, which was also because they couldn't be fished up.

"Waiter, pay the bill!" Cheng Bang waved his hand, as if he had developed the habit of paying the bill.

"Hey, hey, buddy, crossed the line. Today is my treat. Wen Zhu patted Cheng Bang on the shoulder.

The snow outside the door continued to fall, much heavier than before, one after another, sprinkled with white flowers, as if entering a reed pond, confused people's sight, covered with a thin layer on the ground. Tomorrow's children should have fun, build snowmen, have snowball fights, catch sparrows, run crazy in the snow, leave messy footprints, hold a slippery ice coffin in their hands, and melt a beautiful childhood in a sigh of relief.