The mother and son did not speak all the way.

Both of them were in a very low mood, and they didn't know how to face the upcoming admission letter.

When Dongmei and Taotao returned home, they found Wei Guo sitting upright on the sofa in the living room.

When Dongmei saw Wei Guo, she was stunned at first, and then said, "Didn't you go on vacation, and then went up the mountain to the cementing area, why did you come back again?"

Wei Guo's face was tired, obviously he had a night shift last night, and then in the morning, he came back with the earliest bus.

He yawned and said, "Yesterday, I called home, and I heard Nana say that you went to the provincial capital to run the provincial petroleum institute for Taotao, so I hurriedly went to Team Li to ask for leave, and rushed back early in the morning." ”

After Dongmei entered the house, she changed into slippers and said, "You know Taotao's college entrance examination results and admission schools?"

Wei Guo nodded, looked at Taotao and said, "Yesterday, Nana told me. ”

After Tao Tao entered the house, he didn't dare to look at his father's eyes, because he knew that it was because of his willfulness that he played a good deck of cards.

Compared with Tao Tao's timidity, Wei Guo did not blame Tao Tao, but comforted Tao Tao and said: "Tao Tao, although you didn't fill in the volunteer, Dad still congratulates you, you are now the first person in our family to be admitted to the undergraduate program, and you are a child." ”

In the face of his father's praise, Taotao couldn't be happy at all.

He bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Dad." ”

Wei Guo saw Dongmei change into slippers and enter the house, so he hurriedly followed.

He asked Dongmei, "How is it, has Brother Zhiqiang promised to do things for us?"

Dongmei ran for two days in a row, she was so tired that she fell on the bed and said, "Hey, Brother Zhiqiang said that he couldn't do this." ”

Hearing this, the luck psychology that Wei Guo was holding just now collapsed in an instant.

He said in a depressed mood: "The school didn't work, and Brother Zhiqiang can't help there, so what should I do?"

Dongmei lay on the bed and said motionlessly, "I don't know either." ”

Wei Guo was in a depressed mood and sat on the edge of the bed.

He patted Dongmei on the shoulder, and then said, "I know that you have been running for two days for Taotao's affairs, it is really hard for you, you have a good rest, I will go to the kitchen to cook for us." ”

Although Dongmei was lying on his stomach, he waved his hand to Wei Guo and said, "Forget it, I'm not hungry, you can cook some food for the children." ”

Wei Guo knew that Dongmei was in a bad mood, so he comforted Dongmei and said: "Forget it, don't be sad, there is no endless road, maybe Taotao will pay more attention to him after he goes to Yucai University with such a high score." ”

Dongmei rolled over and lay flat on the bed.

She closed her eyes and said: "The child has such a high score in the exam, and I am unwilling to go to a Yucai university so aggrieved." ”

Hearing this, Wei Guo also lowered his head.

He said: "It's a good school, he doesn't fill in, he has to fill in a border university, this is good, I slipped the gear, and I was admitted to Yucai University, I really ......"

Halfway through his words, Wei Guo suddenly stopped.

Dongmei suddenly opened her eyes, looked at Wei Guo and said, "Wei Guo, do you have any acquaintances over there, can you help change Taotao's school?"

Wei Guo thought for a while and said: "I failed the college entrance examination that year, it was my uncle who brought me to Linxing Province to take the college entrance examination, and in the first year, I was admitted to Changqing Petroleum School with the sixteenth place in the county......

Dongmei interrupted Wei Guo's words and said: "That's not good, let your uncle take Taotao to Linprovince to take the college entrance examination, maybe he can still get a good score like you, and then be admitted to a good university, after all, the college entrance examination score in Linprovince is lower than that of our province." ”

Wei Guo shook his head and said: "I don't know how many years it has been since my uncle died, where can I take Taotao to Linprovince to take the college entrance examination." ”

Dongmei thought of something again, she said: "Since you graduated from Changqing Petroleum School back then, then now, let Taotao also go to Changqing Petroleum School, maybe after he comes out, he can also become a technician like you, then an engineer, and finally the technical leader......"

Wei Guo shook his head and said: "Hey, the times are different, in the late seventies and early eighties, all the students who graduated from Changqing Petroleum School were elites, and once they entered the oil field, all of them were cadres, but now, only children with poor academic performance or failed in the college entrance examination will go to Changqing Petroleum School, and when the children graduate from school and enter the unit, don't say that they are cadres, not even formal workers, and the unit will sign a temporary employment contract with you at most, and there is no future at all." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei said in surprise: "Time has passed, and the Changqing Petroleum School has fallen to this point?"

Wei Guo said: "The times are developing, after all, Changqing Petroleum School is located in the remote Changqing Bridge, it is now at most a technical secondary school or technical school, there is no way to compare with the year, if you want to be the same as us back then, from the school as soon as you graduate, enter the oil field as a technician, you must be a petroleum university, petroleum engineering graduates of undergraduates, this is already the minimum requirement. ”

Hearing this, Dongmei shook her head and said: "Based on Taotao's results, I want to be admitted to the petroleum engineering major of the Provincial Petroleum Institute, but it is still almost impossible." ”

Wei Guo said: "Besides, he is still a liberal arts major, and the petroleum engineering students are all science majors, and he will not admit liberal arts students at all." ”

Dongmei said: "Then what should I do, do you watch Taotao go to that Yucai University?"

After finishing speaking, Dongmei looked at Wei Guo eagerly, looking forward to Wei Guo's answer.

Suddenly, Wei Guo thought of being alone.

He said: "I don't know Raoli's daughter Raodi, how high is she now?"

When it comes to Raoli, Dongmei knows that although he and Wei Guo are classmates, he is now the most educated person among all his classmates.

He now not only holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Petroleum, but also a master's degree and a doctorate degree from the University of Petroleum.

Dongmei said: "Rao Di is the same age as Nana, and now she is in her first year of high school. ”

Wei Guo said: "No, I'll ask Rao Li to see if he has anything to do with him, can he help us?"

Dongmei thought about it, and in the distant era when she drilled the second day, she said: "In the early nineties, we moved out of the second drill base, and since then, we have never been in contact with Raoli Zhang Li and his wife, and now I suddenly go to find someone, will they help us?"

Wei Guo said: "Rao Li and I are not only classmates, but we are also from the same township to study at the same time, even in the face of the fellow countryman, he should also help me." ”

With that, Wei Guo went to call and asked Raoli's phone number.

Dongmei Weiguo and his wife have not been in contact with Raoli Zhang Li and his wife for almost ten years.

In order to contact Raoli, Wei Guojin dialed the phone numbers of more than 20 classmates before asking for Raoli's phone number.

After getting Raoli's phone number, Wei Guo suddenly became nervous.

He knew that if Rao Li couldn't help him anymore, then there was really no way.

Because I have found all the people I can find, and I have thought of all the ways I can think of, but there is really no way to recruit it.

Just as Wei Guo was calling, Dongmei walked out of the bedroom.

She stayed next to Wei Guo's phone and listened carefully.

She knew that as long as Wei Guo was nervous, he would be prone to stuttering.

Moreover, Wei Guo spoke quickly, and it was difficult to explain the ins and outs of the matter.

So, Dongmei is ready, if Wei Guo can't say clearly, then she will pick it up and say it.

When Wei Guo dialed Rao Li's phone, Wei Guo was very nervous.

I saw that it was Rao Di who answered the phone.

Just listen, a very pleasant and nice voice, coming from the other side of the phone.

Wei Guo looked at Dongmei, not knowing who picked up the phone.

Dongmei listened to the voice and said: "This voice is exactly the same as the voice of Raoli's wife Zhang Li, it should be Zhang Li." ”

Hearing this, Wei Guo said: "Zhang Li, hello, I am Wei Guo." ”

The other end of the phone said, "Hello uncle, I'm Rao Di, my mother is not here, do you have something to do with her?"

Hearing that it was Rao Di, Wei Guo said: "Rao Di, I am your uncle Wei Guo, do you remember me, I am looking for your father Rao Li, is he there?"

Rao Di said, "My dad is here, you wait." ”

Obviously, Rao Di has forgotten about Cui Weiguo.

Rao Li picked up the phone and said, "Who?"

Wei Guo said: "Raoli, it's me, I'm Wei Guo." ”

Hearing that it was Wei Guo, Rao Li was surprised and happy and said: "Oh, I haven't been in touch for so many years, and I was a little excited to hear your voice suddenly." ”

Wei Guo was also very excited when he heard Raoli's voice.

He spoke Mandarin mixed with dialects, and said very quickly: "After all these years, you are okay." ”

Rao Li spoke standard Mandarin.

He said, "Okay, we have moved to the provincial capital, what about you, are you still living in the Ganquan base?"

Hearing that Raoli's family had moved to the provincial capital, Wei Guo said in surprise: "The provincial capital is good, after all, it is the provincial capital." ”

After speaking, Wei Guo added: "We have also moved from the Ganquan base to the Liquan base, and we are living very well now." ”

Rao Li said: "Our home is in the Changqing base of the provincial capital, do you know the fourth road of Fengcheng? If you come to the provincial capital, you must come to play at home." ”

Hearing that the home of Raoli and his wife was on Fengcheng 4th Road in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Dongmei, who was squatting on the ground and eavesdropping, couldn't help but say that he happened to take the wrong car that day, and directly took 50 Road, and arrived at Fengcheng 4th Road, which turned out to be the home of Raoli and his wife, which was there.

I knew that the Raoli couple's home was there, so I bought some fruit and went over to sit down.

To be honest, she still misses Raoli's daughter-in-law Zhang Li.

Back then, Zhang Li especially liked to chat with Dongmei, and she even told Dongmei about her own private love stories, and she didn't let Dongmei tell Weiguo, for fear that Raoli would hear it from Weiguo.

Wei Guo turned into the phone, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, if we are free, we must go to the provincial capital to see your husband and wife, as well as your daughter Raodi." ”

Unknowingly, Wei Guo and Rao Li were on the phone and had been chatting for more than half an hour.

However, Wei Guo still did not get to the point.

Dongmei, who was squatting next to her, was already tired of squatting, he reminded Wei Guo, and whispered: "What are you waiting for, tell Rao Li about Taotao, see if he can help us?"

Wei Guo smiled at the phone, and when he heard Dongmei's words, he suddenly glanced at Dongmei with a serious expression, meaning not to let her interject, for fear that Raoli on the other side of the phone would have some misunderstanding when he heard Dongmei's words.

Dongmei was very helpless, she said in her heart, although you are good friends who haven't seen each other for many years, you can ask each other, Lala's parents, and ask about the long and short.

However, there is no need for you, just talk for more than half an hour, after all, you are men, not women, so you love to be homely.

In fact, Wei Guo also wanted to quickly shift the topic to Tao Tao, and wanted to ask Rao Li, who had obtained a doctorate, if he knew someone in the university and could help put Tao Tao into a public university?

But this kind of begging for someone to do things is simply more difficult for Wei Guo than ascending to the sky, he is sweating in a hurry, but he just can't say it.

In this way, Wei Guo made a long-distance phone call, and Rao Li chatted on the phone for more than an hour, but he still didn't turn the topic to Taotao.

Dongmei was beside her, and she really couldn't listen to it.

Because the two have talked about the topic from Xinjiang to Longdong, and from Longdong to the provincial capital, and now they have begun to talk about the topic from work, to school, and even to the things they used to talk about when they were in elementary school in the village......

Dongmei was beside her, listening to the two Tang monks talking nonsense, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she kicked Wei Guo, meaning to let him get back to business.

Wei Guo's ability to express himself is limited, he has more than enough, but he is not enough.

And Dongmei was also in a hurry next to her.

That's when the turning point came.

Rao Li said on the phone: "Weiguo, my wife Zhang Li is back, I'm going to open the door, you wait for me, let's have a good chat." ”

Hearing this, Wei Guo said: "Okay, then let's talk about it here today, and I'll call you another day." ”

Saying that, Wei Guo was about to hang up the phone.

Seeing that I was about to hang up the phone, Dongmei kicked Wei Guo angrily and said, "I haven't said anything yet, why don't you hang up the phone, you give me the phone quickly." ”

As she spoke, Dongmei snatched the phone from Wei Guo's hand.

She said to Rao Li on the other side of the phone: "Rao Li, I'm Dongmei, I haven't seen you for many years, I'll talk to your daughter-in-law." ”

Rao Li was very happy, and he said, "It just so happens that my daughter-in-law has come back, so you can talk to her." ”

As he spoke, Rao Li gave the phone to Zhang Li, who had just entered the door.

At this time, after Wei Guo handed over the phone to Dongmei again, he wiped the sweat from his forehead while Ge You sat on the sofa next to him.

Obviously, he was already anxious about the sweat on his forehead for the sake of Taotao's affairs.

Although Wei Guo was already in a cold sweat in a hurry, he just couldn't say what he was asking for.

And Dongmei is different, after she got the phone, after a few simple greetings with Zhang Li, she turned the conversation to Taotao.

Dongmei asked Zhang Li directly: "Zhang Li, does your husband Raoli have connections in college?"

Zhang Li thought for a while and said, "He knows a few people. ”

Dongmei went straight to the point, and told Zhang Li that Taotao had a good score in the college entrance examination, but she filled in the wrong volunteer, hoping that Zhang Li would ask Rao Li to help her.

Hearing this, Zhang Li decisively agreed to Dongmei's matter, and promised to give Dongmei an answer within a few days.

If Rao Li can help Dongmei with things, Rao Li will definitely do his best.

If Rao Li can't do it, he will also tell Dongmei the reason why he can't do it.

After getting a definite guarantee, Dong Meicai and Zhang Li hung up the phone.

Dongmei, who hung up the phone, looked at Wei Guo, glared at him, and said: "Such a simple matter, why is it so complicated to come to you, I talked for more than an hour, and I can't solve the problem, you have a lot of money, don't waste money on long-distance calls." “

Wei Guo's face was flushed, and his forehead was sweating.

Obviously, he still hasn't recovered from the tension and anxiety just now.

He said, "Hey, I'm in such a hurry, I'm nervous, I really don't know what to say?"

Dongmei said with an ugly face: "What's not good to say, what should it be, what is it, how to say it, just say it, you and Raoli are both old classmates, fellow countrymen, and you are afraid of offending people?"

After speaking, Dongmei walked into Taotao's bedroom and comforted Taotao not to worry, there is still the last ray of hope, maybe there will be a miracle.

And Wei Guo continued to sit on the sofa lying on Ge You, recalling the conversation he had with Rao Li just now.

However, as for what they said to each other, Wei Guo couldn't even remember.