The gap between such a long-term reunion and the expectation is not small, Guan Yu has been tired all the way, and he has the cheekiness to ask the school, so he can catch up with a school celebration party that he doesn't know what the theme is, and he talked nonsense at the meeting, talking about the eight honors and eight shames of the motherland from the African big lion to the eight honors and eight shames of the motherland, which was enough for those three minutes.

Naturally, he didn't work so hard to say a polite "long time no see", but the reality is that even if the two of them sit side by side and try their best to behave generously and decently, they really seem to have nothing to say except for these four words.

The thank-you meeting ended very early, and a group of seniors couldn't make a fuss, but they drank a little too much. Guan Yu originally came by car, but he couldn't walk at this time, so he could only find someone to help.

Hongmao sat in the cab, glanced outside, and waited for the people at the door of the hotel to disperse before turning his head and looking at the man frowning behind him: "You came back for him this time?" ”

Guan Yu pinched the cigarette in one hand and didn't say a word, and waited until the man got into the car before turning his face.

"Have you talked?" The red hair also turned his gaze back, and said curiously: "No, if we talk, you two will have to say goodbye at this time." ”

"Don't worry about it," Guan Yu twisted his eyebrows impatiently, and said, "I'm looking for you to come over and drive a car, you force so much." ”

"It's not that I'm forcing you, it's that you're not too unproductive," Hongmao turned the steering wheel into the traffic, lowered the window again, and said in disgust: "Did Brother Chen pour you ecstasy soup back then, you still think about it for a few years...... Hey, I lowered the window and ran away, you're not cold, are you? ”

The red-haired baby son was born not long ago, and now his grandmother is watching. The old lady is a teacher, not only looking after the children, but also asking the young parents to lead by example and quit all bad habits. Hongmao, an old smoker raised from junior high school, actually said that he would change it, and he usually didn't even dare to smell second-hand smoke.

Guan Yu stretched out his hand and snuffed out the remaining half of the cigarette and did not speak again.

After a while, I heard the red hair say in front of me, "How long will you stay back this time?" Anyway, I happened to tell you something, the last time we had an activity in our school, didn't you say a word about the children in the mountainous areas? A few days ago, several teachers in the school jointly applied and said that they would go to a school in the mountainous area of Gansu to teach. ”

"Volunteering?" Guan Yu asked, "How long?" ”

"It's a week," Hongmao said, "It's the week of the school holiday, and these people all said that they would not delay the start of classes, and according to our school's fee standard, they paid for books and workbooks to bring to the students over there." ”

"School books?" Guan Yu glanced out the window, but said, "The students over there can't even recognize all the Chinese characters, how many of them used to teach foreign languages?" Do you expect your child to use the German and Spanish they learned this week to take exams and go on to higher education in the future? The training school he and Hongmao run specializes in teaching small languages, and half of the training teachers are college students, and half are teachers in serious schools. The teachers have a family and a mouth, and they are usually busy spinning the top for three buckets of rice, and they definitely don't have this kind of thought, so it can only be those students who have just graduated.

Hongmao listened to him speak more kindly than before, and understood in his heart that those students had made a mistake.

Sure enough, I heard Guan Yu say again: "Tell them that if they are sincere in teaching, they will stay in the local school for at least half a year." How the course is arranged by the local teacher, the food and accommodation should also be with the local teacher, stay here to give them double the salary, and come back to cover the cover and leave. ”

"Why are you doing this," the redfur advised, "they are just on a whim. ”

"Is it really a whim, a week of teaching? What do you think? The children over there don't need to have any vision and knowledge, and they don't want these college students with a sense of superiority to talk about how wonderful the outside world is. They can only rely on An An to study and try their best to get high scores before they can leave the mountain. These people said that they were teaching, but in fact, they were just going to make a mess, and they couldn't do it. When they came back after they had had enough, they shared the chicken soup with emotion, and over there, the teacher's prestige was all destroyed by a few of them. After he finished speaking, he slowed down again, and said after a while: "Let's look back, the recruitment brochure will be issued again, and it is okay to find a headhunting company." She's ...... Severance pay to more points. ”

This is not the first time this has happened. The reason is just that when he was driving to find the red hair, he almost hit a girl. He also thought that the other party was a student in the school, but when he saw the other party at the meeting, he realized that he was an excellent teacher this year. The young and romantic girl fell in love with him at first sight, and every word Guan Yu said since then has been taken as a holy decree by her.

The red hair also felt that this matter could not be delayed, he thought about it and said: I'll talk to her first, after all, this girl has a good job, and there is nothing wrong with it except that she is worried about you. If it really doesn't work, I'll change people. ”

Guan Yu has always only contributed money and not contributed to the training school, and he did not object to hearing him say this, so he hummed lightly.

The red hair couldn't help but tease: "You are a black face and trouble...... I only come to school a few times a year, and when I come back, people think about it. You said that if you have white spots, it's just that, like an African native, how can those little girls tell your nose and eyes? ”

When he said this, he suddenly remembered Chen Lou just now, standing at the door of the hotel with a long jade body, wearing only a white shirt, the cuffs were pulled all the way to the position of the forearm, and the exposed arm was whiter than the face of the hotel brother on the side. Guan Yu can attract bees and butterflies, so wouldn't Chen Lou have to be flooded?

It's just that as soon as he said this, he had to poke Guan Yu's lung tube, and the red-haired bento didn't know, so after thinking about it, he only mentioned one other thing: "Chen Lou's grandmother is gone." ”

Guan Yu's face condensed slightly, and asked, "When is it?" ”

"It's been two or three years, and I only learned from Lu Zhecheng this year. The people over there are also really good, and they have eaten empty salaries for two or three years, and they don't leak a drop of water. I stopped the money last month and transferred it to the 'Spring Rain' fund......" Just as the mobile phone rang, Hongmao glanced at the screen, and said: "As soon as the old lady leaves, no one will know about it, don't you plan to tell Chen Lou?" ”

Guan Yu was silent.

The red hair persuaded: "What is it to be this kind of behind-the-scenes hero, you can only know if you tell him." Besides, if you want to pursue people, you have to take some practical action, why don't you know how to use these plus points. ”

"No," Guan Yu suddenly remembered Chen Lou's gentle appearance just now, and he couldn't see the pain of bereavement, nor the joy of graduating successfully. He leaned back in his chair and watched the lights outside the window slide backwards like a stream, and only said after a long time: "I don't want him to think that I am leashing him with these things." ”

After a while, he arrived at the downstairs of his apartment, a deserted hotel-style residence, and there was no smoke at all.

The red hair parked the car, looked at his phone again before leaving, and prompted: "But since you are back this time, don't forget about the Foundation, I have made an appointment with you several times." As for Chen Lou's side, you shouldn't be in a hurry. ”

Seeing Guan Yu's surprised face, he raised his mobile phone and said, "Letter from my daughter-in-law, Mr. Gao has been admitted to the hospital, and I want to ask for leave to go with him tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

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Old man Gao's stomach problems have long been there, his original eating habits are not good, he often forgets to eat lunch when he is busy, and he is afraid of waste when he is at home, and the leftovers can sometimes be eaten for a day. This examination was still requested by one of his former students, who knew that a big problem was found in the first examination: stomach cancer, according to the location of the tumor, it is estimated that half of the stomach will be removed.

However, fortunately, the situation is relatively optimistic, and the tumor has not metastasized. The student arranged for him to be hospitalized and operated on, and the money was paid. When Chen Lou received the call, he was going to the airport to see off his mentor and his wife, and as soon as the news came out, although he knew that the situation was not very dangerous, the three of them rushed back in a hurry.

Old man Gao was lying on the hospital bed and asked Chen Lou to go back, and he had a few words of back and forth with his old classmates, but his spirit was very good.

Chen Lou didn't dare to ask more, so he went to the doctor first.

Fortunately, the old man Gao's doctor in charge of the bed was on duty, and told him the basic situation and the surgical arrangement, and when he saw Chen Lou magically take out a notebook and write them down one by one, he couldn't help but smile: "Teacher Gao is really blessed, one or two are so careful." ”

Chen Lou shook the pen in his hand, carefully wrote down the information just now, and asked without raising his head: "Who else?" ”

"It's the one who paid the bill, and he's also a handsome guy," the doctor in charge of the bed smiled, looked up stunned, and then became happy: "Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." ”

Chen Lou had just finished writing, and while folding the paper, he turned around and looked behind him.

The person in the back was wearing the same shirt and trousers as him, the neckline was slightly open, his gestures were gentle and noble, his eyes were clear and soft, he was really a handsome guy. The words of the doctor in charge of the bed reminded Chen Lou, and he hurriedly smiled at the people and introduced himself: "Hello, I am a student of Teacher Gao, and my name is Chen Lou." ”

The person on the other side raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Hello, my name is Jiang You." ”

Jiang You was also worried about Teacher Gao, so he came back after finishing his work. Chen Lou sighed slightly in his heart, and said gratefully: "Thanks to Mr. Jiang's presence......" He saw that the other party raised his eyebrows again, paused and said directly: "That's the case, Mr. Gao and I are like father and son, and I plan to pay for his hospitalization and surgery this time ......."

"Oh no, it's not much." Jiang You smiled, and when he saw that Chen Lou was insisting, he coughed a little embarrassedly and said, "Moreover, I am him...... Pro-son. ”

Chen Lou: "!! ”

Chen Lou would come to visit Old Man Gao's house almost every year, and even spent the annual leave in Gao's house before going abroad. At that time, the old man Gao was as happy as a child, watching him climb up and down to clean, and followed him downstairs to the yard to grow vegetables. That piece of land was originally an idle piece of land in the community, overgrown with weeds. Chen Lou cleaned the weeds, went to the suburbs to buy some chili eggplant seeds, and helped to spread them in the same way, which was a piece of the old child's heart.

At that time, Chen Lou thought that Mr. Gao probably had no children. He started from the next clinic, and the things he saw were mostly related to birth, old age, sickness and old age, and at that time, it happened that the old lady was gone, and he was completely alone, so he silently had a plan to give Mr. Gao a pension and send him to the end. That Spring Festival, he quietly bought a new bed, a new sofa and a new TV for the other party, replaced the range hood, and found someone to repair the doors and windows, and did not forget to buy a new sewing machine for his wife.

That's all a son or grandson can do. But what Chen Lou said he didn't expect that a real son suddenly appeared today.

Of course, he was happy for Old Man Gao, and he was also relieved in his heart.

Jiang You explained with a smile: "Teacher Gao sent me abroad early in the morning, I just came back two years ago, and I often hear him mention you. After a pause, he said, "I'm my mother's surname." ”

Chen Lou nodded.

Jiang You blinked his beautiful eyes again and said: "It just so happens that the hospital is scheduled for Tuesday surgery, and after the operation, I will be hospitalized for observation, I don't know how to care for it at that time, can you teach me?" ”

After the gastric resection, a gastric tube and a drainage tube are inserted, and the wound will be painful to heal afterwards, and the gas process should also be noted. Chen Lou originally wanted to say that I should stay and take care of it, but then I thought that the other party was Old Man Gao's own son, and if I learned these things carefully, Old Man Gao would be better when he was discharged from the hospital in the future.

He deliberately explained the rules and regulations in detail, Jiang You listened and wrote attentively, and the two of them discussed it for a long time before going back.

Chen Lou is still living in a hotel, and he doesn't plan to stay in City C, so he hasn't even seen the house here. Fortunately, he saved all the money at the beginning, otherwise Mr. Gao would not have been able to make up for it if the later expenses were not enough. He thought again that Jiang You seemed to be a year younger than him tonight, but he was mature and steady, and he looked good, and he could even notice a hint of something strange when the two of them touched their eyes.

Since separating from Guan Yu, he has deliberately ignored this aspect of things, and he is usually turned away by both men and women. Fortunately, it is often dark when I start experiments, and the idea of being busy in this area has faded a lot, and the occasional need to watch a film by myself is solved.

He couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, tonight a female president asked him about the marital status of Guan Yu, Guan Yu replied first, saying that he didn't have a girlfriend, but after finishing speaking, he glanced at him, and seemed to add another sentence. Chen Lou's heart jumped at that time, and he shifted the topic to himself before he could speak.

At that time, he intuitively felt that the second half of Guan Yu's sentence was "I don't have a boyfriend", but I realized afterwards that the other party is now successful in his career, and he may not still be that reckless and straightforward character, and the half of the sentence that he blocked may also be others, such as "I don't have a girlfriend and a wife", "I don't have a girlfriend and a partner" and so on. It's just a moment of electric flint light at that time, and no one has time to think about it so much.

This day was busy and dizzy, Chen Lou told the tutor again, fortunately, it was still early for him to go through the entry procedures, so he simply asked for a leave from the school, planning to report in a few months. My own school teachers and leaders are familiar with it, and this thing is also very simple. He thought about the arrangements for the next few days again, and when he was about to sleep, he saw his phone light up.

Above is an unfamiliar number, and the content is cookie-cutter "...... I changed the number, the new number is XXX, please Save. Chen Lou was slightly stunned, and for a while he didn't remember when he had told this person with the number he was using now. He stared at the numbers for a long time, and finally raised his finger and deleted the information.

And in the apartment at the back of this hotel, Guan Yu was draped in a bathrobe, watching his wet hair fall out of circles and circles on his phone. When no one answered, he looked up at his watch again and made sure that he had been sending it out for more than an hour, then he threw away his phone and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

In the middle of the night, the lights outside the window are sporadic and the surroundings are quiet. He never felt sleepy, and leaned back in his cigarette. He was stunned for a moment when the text message sounded, and then he saw himself in the mirror jumping up like a frog with a knee-jerk reflex.

The person who wrote the text message was not Chen Lou. It's another person: "There is something at home, and the matter of the Foundation will be discussed another day." ”

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Guan Yu set up a "Spring Rain" foundation two years ago, and at first he didn't understand anything, only knew that he took out part of his savings and put it to spread money everywhere to do good deeds, but the original funds were almost squandered. Later, he finally realized that charity could not be played like this, so he hired a capable person with a high salary under the recommendation of Guan Yu.

This can endure a bit of elegant temperament, but he is quite resolute in his work. He first created the foundation's brand projects: charity for students and medical assistance for poor children, and then refined the details of project management, and the flow of money was also very clear. Guan Yu also admired him a little, but every time he returned to China, the time was very tight, and the two of them didn't see him after making an appointment a few times.

In the past, he had something to do, and he came and went in a hurry and had no time. This time, the red-haired man emptied all the arrangements behind him, but the other party had something.

Guan Yu couldn't help but think that this person was young, he seemed to be younger than himself, and now he was doing well in this industry and could be personally recommended by Guan Feng, maybe some arrogant temperament is not necessarily. However, the other party delayed, and he didn't force it, and took advantage of the past few days to go home to see his parents, and brought a lot of toys to his little nephew who just could talk.

Guan Feng has had a very happy life in marrying a wife and having children in the past two years, and the original handsome and handsome flowers are now fat with a trouser belt, and his stomach can't hold it. When he saw Guan Yu arguing with the child, he still said in a cliché: "You still don't think about finding a partner?" ”

Over the years, he has seen Guan Yu leaning on himself to death as if he was going to ascend to immortality, and spending a lot of money on charity, just like he could cut off the red dust when he followed, and he was not distressed. Later, I married my daughter-in-law and gave birth to a child, and the family of three got together in a hot pot and a hot stove, and there was an extra layer of sympathy in this distress.

Guan Yu took out a toy from his little nephew's mouth, threw it to the side and said: "Throw this toy to him, the little guy dares to stuff anything into his mouth, this kind of small piece is not suitable for him." ”

Speaking of his son, Guan Feng immediately glanced at it nervously, and after recognizing what Guan Yu threw away, he said, "Throw it away at night, this is a small plane bought by his grandmother, saying that your sister-in-law loved this when she was a child." The old man has to come over tonight, and it is inevitable to think about it if he can't see it. I'll put it away when she's gone. He talked for a long time, and when he saw Guan Yu lowering his head and pulling something else, he paused before saying, "Don't change the topic with me, what are you going to do?" You can't be alone like this for the rest of your life, right? ”

"I have a number, you don't care about this." Guan Yu was silent for a moment before he said: "I'm like this, it's harmful to find a girl to marry, in fact, it's better to be single." I don't think I will leave when I come back this time, and when the things at hand are stable and stable, my parents will be in charge of me. You have paid a lot for your family over the years, and you can live a good life with your sister-in-law in the future. ”

Guan Feng was speechless for a while, and could only sigh lowly.

When he married his current wife, he was opposed by almost everyone around him. Guan Feng never thought that he would like a young lady sitting on the stage in a nightclub, clumsy and clumsy, and her appearance was quite average. Love is a wonderful thing, sometimes you set a lot of rules, and you already have a basic portrait of the other half in your heart, maybe the other person's hand raise, frown, will make these collapse.

His prodigal past years were said to be unruly, but his wife's short past was intolerable. For this reason, he almost broke with his family, and his business partners on weekdays are those who regret it, ridicule it, and insult it. During that time, he gritted his teeth and resisted, worrying about internal and external troubles. Guan Yu didn't know where to get the news, but he came back from Africa without saying a word, let him concentrate on the outside world, and he would solve the affairs at home.

In the end, he really made sense of his parents, chose a weekend, and let his sister-in-law enter the house solemnly. Although the atmosphere was tense and weird, it was a good face. The brothers drank each other in the middle of the night, Guan Feng cried and laughed excitedly, and vaguely heard his younger brother sigh: "This kind of thing is to hold on, no matter how difficult it is, you have to hold on...... Otherwise, if you shake, her sky will fall. ”

In the eyes of others, he is selfish, disregarding his family and parents, and insists on fighting for a breath of indifference, but in his own opinion, this is the protection and oath of those behind him, he does not compromise, and the people behind him only need to be at ease. It's just that this world is like a tide, and people are wrapped in it and bumpy up and down, and they may not all know it.

Guan Yu didn't stay long at Guan Feng's house and went back, and after another day, the person in charge of the foundation was finally free and asked him to meet at the company. The two exchanged a few simple greetings, but he could see that this person was afraid that there was really something at home.

The other party didn't hide it, smiled generously, pointed to the cyan under his eyes and said: "I'm light, and the other one is hardworking, and he has been staying in the hospital, which is more troublesome than my own son." ”

Guan Yu didn't want to ask about other people's affairs, and said politely: "Now that medical technology is developed, don't worry too much." ”

"Well, the operation went well, and now I can go to the ground." Jiang You smiled, pushed away the computer in his hand and introduced, "This is the current situation of the Foundation. ”

The management framework of the "Spring Rain" Foundation is now becoming more and more mature, and there is a project implementation team responsible for the implementation of the projects, of which more than 70% of the projects are led by members of the foundation, and the remaining 30% choose to cooperate with other non-profit organizations. Jiang You made an appointment with Guan Yu this time, first, Guan Yu is the main donor of the foundation, although he usually does not participate in the management, he has the right to know in this regard. Second, the Foundation has recently had a project to collaborate with others.

"We have a lot of projects that fill gaps in the government's basic guarantees, but compared to other foundations, we don't have a good relationship with government agencies. This collaboration helps to increase the social impact of our foundation. In addition, I think we can find a way to get the support of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to set up charity volunteer workstations across the country, which can also save the cost of project operation. ”

Guan Yu closed the document and said flatly: "How much was the management expense last year?" ”

"The total administrative expenses are 31, accounting for 2.7 percent of the total expenditure." Jiang You said: "Here you have always funded the management expenses alone, so there is no 'misuse of donations', but due to the limitations of manpower and material resources, under the same management costs, we directly operate and complete no more projects than with NGOs." ”

The problem that Jiang You said Guan Yu has also been thinking about, he thought about the establishment of the foundation too simply, but thanks to the help of Guan Feng and a few friends, it was established. Nowadays, many problems have to be considered, such as the single financing channel, and the fact that they have received too little government support so that the social rating has not yet reached 3A, and the preferential treatment of tax policies in all aspects cannot be enjoyed.

Jiang You's selected cooperation project this time is the "Western Medical Plan" project in Q City. Q City is located in southwest China, with 40 counties and districts under its jurisdiction, one-third of which are located in the hinterland of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The rural development over there is backward, and the construction of small towns is not of high grade, which is a huge gap with the consumption level of Q City, which is close to the first-tier cities. Especially in the medical situation, there is a shortage of medical care and medicine in the rural areas, and the health situation is indeed worrying.

This project was decided by a returned overseas Chinese, whose foundation has been established for many years, and there are as many as five medical poverty alleviation projects this time, and the total amount of funding is also tens of millions. The reason why Jiang You is thinking about this matter is because the leaders of Q City attach great importance to it, and the Q City Government, the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Health Bureau and other departments almost cooperate. If it weren't for Jiang Youzeng's relationship with this overseas Chinese, and one of the five projects this time happened to coincide with their "Spring Rain" Foundation's brand project - Poor Children's Disease Relief, I'm afraid they wouldn't have been able to get into it this time.

Guan Yu was a little relieved, and talked for a long time about the allocation of funds. When the general framework of the matter is finalized, I look at my phone and it is time for lunch.

Jiang You got up with a smile and said: "This matter is not urgent, I will go to the imperial capital in a few days, and I will ask the big boss for a leave of absence in these two days, and I have to concentrate on serving the old man for a few days." ”

Guan Yu took a sip of tea from the cup on the side, and a smile appeared on his face: "Go ahead, the weather has been changeable recently, and it is indeed easy to get sick." ”

He saw that the man cleaned up the computer and walked away easily, and sat down for a while before calling Hongmao and asking, "How is Mr. Gao?" Hongmao sighed and said, "It's great, I've never seen a symposium four days after the operation." ”

Guan Yu smiled unconsciously, and for a while he felt that what kind of teacher taught what students, Chen Lou was not very safe when he was hospitalized before.

When he thought of this, he felt that the aftertaste of the tea leaves in his mouth was still there, and he was willing to distinguish it. Just like him and Chen Lou, the innocent friendship that has been missed with time over the years, the friends who have gone away, and the elders who have gone away...... Each other became familiar and strange, missing and restrained.