The cherries on the mountain are later than the ripening time under the mountain, but by the end of May they have begun to go on the market one after another, this year God appreciates the face, the weather is not bad, plus the orchard is well cared for, Chen Anxiu's current five acres of cherry orchard, the output should be about 20,000 catties, most of them go wholesale, and part of the east is for the guests of the farmhouse to pick, this stubble down, 300,000 gross income should be there.

"Zhuangzhuang, you see that the cherries are also red, and the apricots should come down after a while, isn't it time to find a few people to watch the garden?" Everywhere there are people who have bad intentions and can't see the good things of others.

Chen Anxiu picked a red cherry from the tree and wiped it a little and threw it into his mouth and said, "Don't worry about this, I've arranged it, during the day, Brother Sun and they often come here to put chickens and eat insects, and at night there are people on duty at the chicken farm and pig farm, not far from here, just come over in two, and say that the salary is calculated separately, they are all willing." ”

"That's fine. Although they are all for us, don't think that help is what you should do, and don't give it to others. ”

"Don't worry, Dad, I'm saving money from myself. "It's not a big skill to pick a little bit from the hands of the people below.

After breakfast, this time is the coolest time, the father and son do not waste much time, after saying these few words, they will be busy separately, strawberries are big, it is easier to make up the number, but you need to bend over all the time, it is not easy to say, Chen Anxiu pushed Chen's father to pick cherries, after a while he finished picking strawberries, and went over to help, the garden is big enough, they specially picked the best ones, the cherries that were put into the box after the most Lu, one by one the colors are full and bright, and the size is good, in addition to the most common red, a small box of yellow crystal cherries was picked separately。

After doing this, it was almost nine o'clock, Chen's father took the extra cherries and strawberries back to the building materials store first, and Chen Anxiu went home to take a shower and change clothes. When he arrived, it was a little after half past nine, Li Wencai and Liu Xue were already sitting in the store, and it was rare to see them so active in their memory.

Chen Anxiu entered the door to say hello to Li Wencai, and when his eyes fell on Liu Xue, he also said, "Come here." ”

His attitude was really not enthusiastic, but this time Liu Xue did not have any uncomfortable reaction for the first time, and rarely showed a smile, "It didn't take long to sit down, are you going out soon?" She looked at Chen Anxiu's dress, not like she was going to work in the field. To tell the truth, Chen Anxiu and Chen Tianyu, the two brothers, she doesn't want to see any of them, but she has to admit that these brothers are still very good at putting on a façade, otherwise Chen Anxiu would not have provoked a man to worry, and Chen Tianyu would not have hooked up with a big lady like Xu Tongtong.

"If you have something to do in Beijing, you will leave later. ”

What he said was normal, but Liu Xue heard the meaning of urging from it, thought of the purpose of coming today, endured it, and responded, "Oh, it's quite busy." ”

Li Wencai listened to Chen's mother say such a thing on the phone, but she didn't know that the time was so urgent, so she skipped the polite words and went straight to the point and said, "An Xiu, come and sit here, we want to ask you about something this time." ”

Chen Anshula sat down on a stool opposite them, "Is it for Ruizhe to go to school, I heard my mother say a few words, do you want to send Ruizhe to Xihe Kindergarten?"

"Your eldest brother and sister-in-law inquired, it is said that the family is very good, there are foreign teachers in the kindergarten to teach English, and after learning well, you can go directly to primary and secondary schools there, and if you go abroad to study in the future, it is also more convenient than other schools. It's just that I heard that there are very few students recruited, and only one hundred and eighty students are recruited a year?"

Chen Anxiu followed her words, "It seems to be, I don't know this very well, I know that Ludao is a good school, at that time, Ton Ton was admitted by himself, and we didn't bother much, but there are really not many people in the Ton Ton class, there are twenty people in a class." Otherwise, when he comes back from school, ask him again? He is in school every day, and he may know a little more. ”

Li Wencai's focus is obviously not on this, "The one in front of me is not the most important, I mainly want to ask, when you sent tons to school at that time, did it have anything to do with finding someone to go around?"

Chen Anxiu poured himself a glass of water and smiled and said, "Auntie, this is really not, what I told Ton Ton at the time was that if he couldn't pass the test, he would go straight to District No. 1 Middle School, he had good grades since he was a child, and I didn't worry about where he was." He was not stingy in praising his son in front of others.

"That being said, but if there is a good school, you still have to go to a better school, the teachers teach differently, and the children learn differently. She disagreed with Chen Anxiu's opinion, but she believed his words in her heart. Rui Zhe is also a little nephew, Chen Anxiu is an uncle, if it is really related, there is no need to hide it in this matter. But if that's the case, it's really hard to talk about the next words. She gave Liu Xue a look.

Chen's mother also pretended not to see it, holding the fat in her arms, and concentrated on picking some cherry meat and feeding it to him. At this time, Chen Anxiu's phone rang, and it was Ji Junyi who called, saying that there was a small meeting that could not leave, and he had asked the driver to come to pick them up, and they would meet near the city government when the time came.

He went to the yard to answer the phone, and as soon as he entered the door, Chen's mother asked him, "Are you leaving?"

"Well, the car is already on its way. ”

Chen's mother took out the things that she had prepared yesterday and put them at the door with cherries and strawberries, just waiting for the car to come, and then she would move it and leave. Li Wencai said that she wanted to help, but there were only two packs of things that were bubbling up, and there was nothing she needed to help with, so Chen's mother didn't let her, "You guys drink some water in the house first, and it will be fine soon." ”

After sitting down, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about it again and didn't lean on the business, Chen's mother was a little impatient, now is the time to be busy, there are a lot of things in the store, a lot of things in the garden on the mountain, which one has time to stay here and scratch her teeth, and the upcoming Cheng Linhui will exacerbate her anxiety even more, "Sister-in-law, you came this time, is there anything else?"

Li Wencai saw that she took the initiative to ask, knowing that she had missed this opportunity, and she didn't know how to open her mouth later, so she said, "That's the case, for the sake of Ruizhe going to school, we have found all the relationships we can find, and you also know that Lu Dao, your eldest brother has retired for all these years, and there are not many relationships before, and Tianqi's temper is not a ...... who can pull relationships."

Chen's mother was patient and listened to what she had to say.

"Ruizhe's mother asked a friend outside, and I heard that Xu Tongtong has a second grandfather who is the vice principal of the primary school in Xihe, do you want Xu Tongtong to do a favor and pull the strings?

Mother Chen said in her heart, what is this? Before the matter of Wangwang and Xu Tongtong was skimmed, they began to rush to climb relatives, which made the Xu family look at their family, "I can't talk to Xiao Xu about this, and when Wangwang comes back, I will ask him." However, the matter between him and Xiao Xu has not yet been decided, and he and the Xu family do not have any serious relationship, and now the admission places in good schools are very tight, and the Xu family may not sell him this face. ”

She didn't say no, but she certainly didn't just agree. Li Wencai and Liu Xue's faces were not very good-looking, especially Liu Xue, a few cherries in her hand were thrown into the fruit bowl, and several of them popped out and landed on the table, and Chen's mother glanced at her.

Chen Anxiu came in from the outer room, "Mom, Brother Cheng called, and the car is coming." ”

Chen's mother patted her clothes and got up, "Okay, I know what to do, I'm going to go out." ”

*

After crossing the bridge in front, the building materials store is less than a hundred meters in front, the newly built road in the town is spacious and tidy, Cheng Linhui is not the first time to come, but he feels that the next road for the first time does not know how to go, an hour ago, Mayor Ji said to let him come to Qiuli Town to pick up a relative, he didn't think much about it, but when Mayor Ji said the name, his brain buzzed, Chen Anxiu may have the same name, but there is a building materials store in the town, and the name is Chen Anxiu, how do you think it seems to be such a family. When did Chen Anxiu become a relative of the mayor? It is said that the mayor is not small, although he does not know the details of the road.

No matter what he thought in his head, time still didn't dare to delay, Cheng Linhui drove the car to the door of the building materials store as usual, and almost as soon as he stopped, Chen Anxiu came out of the house, "Brother Cheng is here, get out of the car first and come in to drink some water, I'll move the things up, let's go." ”

Chen Anxiu's attitude did not change, which calmed down his complicated mood a little. However, this time he definitely couldn't let Chen Anxiu do it alone, and after opening the trunk, he came over to help move a few boxes to the back.

Li Wencai and Liu Xue heard Cheng Linhui's voice in the house and came out.

Cheng Linhui saw that Li Wencai was also there, so he shouted, "Auntie, are you here too?"

"It's something to do here, what are you doing here?"

Cheng Linhui hesitated for a moment and said, "I have something to go to Beijing, and it just so happens that An Xiu is also going, so I will take him by the way." He remembered what Mayor Ji said before leaving: An Xiu mentioned Master Cheng in front of me, saying that Master Cheng is a calm and down-to-earth person who doesn't talk much, and I need such a person around me, and I will trouble Master Cheng in the next few years. The mayor's words are good, but at least three meanings were conveyed to him, first, I know the relationship between you and the Chen family, second, Chen Anxiu said good things to you in front of me, and third, what I need is a driver who doesn't talk much. With that said, you can take care of the rest. He knew very well at this time that maybe the relationship between Mayor Ji and the Chen family would not be an eternal secret, but this secret definitely did not leak out of his mouth.

Liu Xue glanced at the license plate and said, "This is the mayor's car, right? You are driving for the mayor, but the mayor didn't say that anyone can sit on it, is it appropriate for you to make your own decisions?"

Cheng Linhui's eyes flashed with anger, his job was originally based on Chen Tianli's relationship, but he has not treated his aunt's family badly over the years, he has not been pulled down once during the New Year's Festival, and he has not been empty-handed when he comes to the door, but this Liu Xue doesn't know where the prestige of the road comes from, if the Chen family does him a favor, he will not be able to press on his head for the rest of his life, and what does this help have to do with Liu Xue? If it is a man, he will go and give him a punch in the morning, and it is too bad to worry about a woman," I'm just on the way, and the car is not specially for Anxiu, so it's not your turn to call the shots. ”

Liu Xue didn't say this to Cheng Linhui, she wanted to take the opportunity to sprinkle the fire she had held before on Chen Anxiu in front of Chen's mother, but Cheng Linhui, who was good at talking before, suddenly lost face, "Who wants to care about you, isn't it just driving? ”

Cheng Linhui was too lazy to take care of her, a man and a woman quarreled on the street, and they didn't have much face, and they were still at the door of someone's house.

"Xue, how do you talk to your brother. Li Wencai shouted to stop Liu Xue.

Liu Xue threw down a sentence, "I have something to do in the afternoon, stay here, and no one will give me face, do you go with me, or will you take the bus by yourself later?"

Li Wencai also knew that it was for nothing today, "I'll go down with you." ”

Liu Xue's bag was still in the back room, she was going to get it, she turned around and didn't notice that there was a small carriage behind, she tripped over, she was wearing high heels, her body staggered, and she almost fell, she was angry twice today, her heart was angry, she didn't want to think about it, and kicked the carriage to the wall, "Put everything in the road, I want to fall to death." ”

The little carriage was dragged and played in the house just now, and when he saw this battle, he was so frightened that he ran into Chen's mother's arms, "Grandma." ”

Chen's mother picked him up and patted him and said, "It's okay, it's risky." Isn't Grandma here? No one dares to bully him. She saw Chen Anxiu looking this way, and said, "It's okay, let's put things away with your brother Cheng first." At this time, Chen's father took the guests to the yard to see the goods, and he was not in the house, so she lowered her voice and said, "The child is at fault, I will educate myself, where should you be, who is used to your temper, kicking and beating here? Your father-in-law and mother-in-law have not beaten things in my place, why is your face so big? If you don't want to come in the future, don't come, and your second uncle and aunt will not point to you to live." ”

Li Wencai was also angry that her daughter-in-law was reckless, but at this time she had to stand up and speak for her, "Zhuang Zhuang Mom, Zhuang Zhuang Mom, you dissipate your anger, you are an aunt, don't be like her, she is young and ignorant, and she is also tired and has a bad temper these days when she runs before and after for Ruizhe to go to school." ”

It's not the first time that Chen's mother has put up with her today, "If you have a bad temper, come to me to vent your anger if you have a bad temper?" You say that I am her aunt, do you know what she does? Have you ever seen a niece and daughter-in-law fall and beat her at an uncle and aunt's house? What do we owe to her, or do we owe her?"

Li Wencai pulled Liu Xue, "Xue, don't you compensate your second aunt." "It's not good to be with the third family, and if you fall out with the second family, there is really no place for them in this Chenjia Village.

Liu Xue already regretted a little at this time, she forgot that the second aunt was not the third aunt, this person was not a submissive and aggrieved person, but thinking about Chen's mother's ambiguous attitude before, as well as the current accusation, she just didn't apologize for holding her neck.

Chen's mother was not uncommon with her apologies, and went straight out of the door.

Cheng Linhui noticed that the three people who came out before and after, their faces were not good-looking, the aunt pulled Aunt Chen and kept explaining something, and then looked at Liu Xue, he knew that it was Liu Xue's problem again, and he had heard about the matter with Uncle Chen before, Chen Tianqi was really blind, why did he marry such a troublemaker.

Chen Anxiu also came over and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Chen's mother and Li Wencai said, "Sister-in-law, don't say it, there are so many people on the street, it won't look good if they quarrel anymore, I can't afford to provoke Tianqi's daughter-in-law, if there is nothing to do, you can go back first, Zhuangzhuang is leaving, I still have a lot to do." ”

Li Wencai talked about it for a long time, and seeing that Chen's mother's attitude was not relaxed at all, she knew that she was angry now, and she couldn't listen to what she said too much, so she said, "Zhuang Zhuang Mom, don't forget to go to your heart, I'll let Tianqi compensate you another day." ”

Chen Anxiu saw them get into the car, and asked again, "Mom, what's going on?"

"It's nothing, just had a conversation with Liu Xue, she really won't come because of this, my ears are also clean, everything is put away, nothing is left, right?"

"It's all set. ”

Chen's mother glanced into the car and said, "Why are there still bubbling pillows and small quilts?"

"He dragged it over by himself just now, and he didn't let it go, and he wanted to drag his bed, so I stopped him. ”

Chen's mother patted her ass and laughed, "Oh, why don't you take our family with you?" What else do you want to bring, tell grandma." ”

He arched into her arms and said with a smile, "Grandma." ”

His words made Chen's mother flutter, and swept away the previous gloomy mood, "Grandma won't go with you this time, listen to the grandparents over there when you go to Beijing, don't be naughty." Grandma makes food at home and waits for you to come back. ”

Chen Anxiu saw that the time was almost up, went to the yard to say hello to his father, and came back to pick up Mao Mao from his mother's arms, "Mom, go back, when you get to Beijing, I'll call you." ”

*

On the way, he learned that Ji Junyi's meeting was not over, Cheng Linhui took people to the hotel west of the city government with familiar knowledge, and the concierge at the door had very good eyes, and the car did not stop steadily, so they greeted him.

Cheng Linhui said, "The license plate numbers of several main leaders in the city, they are more familiar than us, I just called Secretary Xiao Tang, Mayor Ji's meeting may take about half an hour, you and Mao Mao go down to eat something." ”

Many people here know Cheng Linhui, not only the concierge, they entered the door, and even the lobby manager who was on duty came over and personally led them to the café.

"Brother Cheng, you have a really big face now, and you are all wiped out. ”

In the past, Chen Anxiu said this, Cheng Linhui may have followed the stinky fart, but now that the Zhilu Dao family is a relative of the mayor, some things are not easy to say, "You just know that the Ludao is joking with me, what face can I have, if I don't drive for the mayor, who will take care of me when I enter the door?"

Chen Anxiu heard the estrangement in his words, "Brother Cheng, do you think I have something to hide from you and get angry?"

To say that it is not true that he doesn't mind at all, he doesn't mean that Chen Anxiu has to tell him in advance, how to say it, he and Chen Anxiu are far from the point where they have nothing to say, and people are not obliged to report everything to him, but thinking about his teasing in front of Chen Anxiu before, and looking at the current situation, how can he feel like being slapped in the face. When he was showing off, people probably listened to it as a joke, of course, he definitely didn't admit it, "No, don't think about it, am I that kind of person?"

"Brother Cheng, I want to say that I didn't know anything about Mayor Ji's coming to Green Island in advance, do you believe it or not?"

Now believe it or not, in fact, it doesn't mean much, "I was really taken aback by you today, if it weren't for my skills, I would have had some accidents on the road today, and my brain was wooden all the way." I was thinking, how can I have such a good brother, and quietly hang up with the mayor. ”

When Chen Anxiu heard this, he smiled and said, "Then before I hang up with relatives next time, I will first send an application report to Brother Cheng, if you agree, I will hang up, if you don't agree, I won't hang up." ”

Cheng Linhui laughed when he said it.

They didn't sit for a while, and a middle-aged woman with a small head and a slightly chubby figure came over, she was wearing a blue professional suit, her hair was meticulously combed, and the person behind her seemed to be a secretary, a little younger than her.

"It's Sun Yingxia. Cheng Linhui whispered to Chen Anxiu, then stood up and stretched out his hand and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Sun, so coincidental?"

Sun Yingxia shook hands with him, "It's really Master Cheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, I saw Mayor Ji's car below just now, and I wanted to come over to say hello, what's the matter, isn't Mayor Ji here?"

"Mayor Ji is in a meeting right now, and I'm here to wait for him for a while. ”

"So that's the case, who is this?" she saw Chen Anxiu with the child next to her.

"This is the brother of the family, named Chen Anxiu. ”

Sun Yingxia's face sank slightly, "Chen Anxiu, this name sounds familiar, is there a younger brother named Chen Tianyu?"

"Yes, Tianyu is my brother. ”

For Tianyu, Sun Yingxia seems to have something to say, but I don't know if Lu Dao is thinking that this is a public occasion, or if Cheng Linhui is present, she didn't say it after all, but only said to Cheng Linhui, "It's also fate to meet Master Cheng here, when will Master Cheng have a meal together?"

"Mr. Sun, you are too polite. I'm afraid I don't have this blessing recently, Mayor Ji is busy with work, and I, as a driver, must be on call at any time. ”

Sun Yingxia smiled and said, "This is as it should be, but Mayor Ji has been working non-stop as soon as he arrives, and he must also pay attention to his body, so many things in Ludao City are on his shoulders." ”

"I will bring Mr. Sun's concern. ”

If it weren't for the risk of flapping in his arms, Chen Anxiu was really afraid that he would fall asleep, some people can always talk about the scene as well as eating, effortlessly, but in ten minutes, it was like half a month had passed in his place, Ji Junyi's phone finally called, saying that the meeting was over and he could leave immediately.

Although Cheng Linhui was talking to Sun Yingxia, he also paid attention to Chen Anxiu's movements, and when he heard Chen Anxiu's words, he asked, "Mayor Ji's phone?"

"Well, he's done with the meeting, let us pass. When he said this, he felt Sun Yingxia's gaze stop on him.

*

The journey went smoothly, a little more than five o'clock in the afternoon, he arrived in Beijing, after arriving in Beijing, Ji Junyi first asked Cheng Linhui to find a hotel to live in, and then called Qu Jing to drive over to pick up people, obviously he did not mean to reveal his family background to Cheng Linhui.

Qu Jing drove the car that Zhang Shinian put at home, Cheng Linhui helped change things into the car, and when Ji Junyi got in the car again, Chen Anxiu noticed that his expression had changed, and he seemed to be a little more relaxed, so although it was the same outfit, there was still a bit of a leader in front of him, and now he was a simple family, he hugged Mao Mao on his lap and teased him, "Mao Mao, call my brother." He turned his head and said to Chen Anxiu, "My brother is older than your father, and he suffers too much." ”

But when he grew so big, that is, he enjoyed the treatment of his brother, how the rest of the people coaxed him to call his brother, he didn't call it, even the sugar balls that ran to their house most often, brought him a bunch of food and play every time, he didn't call it, Ji Junyi teased him more than once on the road, he called him uncle, and now his uncle's voice has been pronounced very accurately, which is also the case, "Uncle." ”

Ji Junyi smiled, "You call me uncle, then the next time I see my uncle, can I call my brother? Uncle will probably cut me, right?" He touched his neck, and he said the latter sentence to Chen Anxiu.

"You'll find out next time you try. ”

Ji Junyi raised his eyebrows, and seemed to glance at him with an interesting smile.

Chen Anxiu knew that people born in this kind of family would never have only a simple and kind side, but no matter what happened outside, they were willing to leave the gentle and defenseless side to their family, and this was enough.

After sitting in the car for six or seven hours in a row, Chen Anxiu felt tired, although he slept for a while in the afternoon, but he was so young, he might also feel bored, Ji Junyi played with him, he didn't want to move much, crawled back into his father's arms, and lay there with his stomach chubby. Chen Anxiu rubbed his legs and arms.

As soon as the car door opened when he got home, the old man saw his posture, took it out with both hands and hugged it in his arms and said, "Grandpa, look at it, is the little fat man tired on the road?"

That's it, and he nodded knowingly.

The old man is as rare as a baby, "The grandfather went back to the house to rest with Mao Mao." ”

The two transparent people behind him, who were ignored by Qi Qi, had to look at each other and silently follow with their things.

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