Chapter 15: Father and Son
In the afternoon, Xu Zhen did have something to go to the county seat, and his father called him and said that he would go to the county seat in the afternoon. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Xu Nian originally said that he would come back, but Xu Zhen insisted on picking it up.
Although it was almost the Chinese New Year, Xu Zhen knew that his father was coming back at this time, and he must have already planned to come back and start a business together, which made him feel happy and grateful.
The family can finally work together for tomorrow, instead of having to go all over the world.
Xu Nian arrived at the county seat at about three o'clock in the afternoon, and Xu Zhen had lunch early and arrived at the county seat after two o'clock.
He originally wanted to withdraw the money first, but considering that the station is a more complicated environment, he wanted to wait for his father first, and then go to withdraw the money together.
After a while at three o'clock, Xu Zhen saw his father carrying a big denim bag at the exit of the station, which in Xu Zhen's opinion was the weight of a family.
It is said that the money that my father earns every day is not small, but he is reluctant to buy a better trolley suitcase, and he still carries the kind of denim bag he carried when he first went out to work 20 years ago.
After not seeing him for a year, his father seems to be a little older, but the tall father figure is still reflected in Xu Zhen's mind. He hurriedly ran over and took the denim bag from his father's shoulder.
"Dad, have you had lunch?"
Xu Nian looked at his son, his eyes were full of warmth, his son had finally grown up, and he was completely like a man. What could be more satisfying than that.
He didn't refuse, and gave the backpack to his son with a smile.
"Ate with the people in the car on the way at noon! How are you doing? What is the current situation of the 100 acres of lemon land in the package? ”
Xu Zhen has been reading for so many years and rarely working, before the change, he would definitely be very heavy with his father's bag on his back, but now that he has been training at home for a month, he feels slightly better.
"I feel so much better! The lemon field grows relatively well, and I asked someone to plant a lot of radishes in addition to grass, and after a while, the radishes are ripe, and they should be able to sell for some money! The two of them said as they walked outside the station.
"Dad, let's go to the bank first!" Xu Zhen stood on the side of the road and put the bag down, still a little heavy!
Xu Nian saw that his son was really struggling to carry it, and pulled the denim bag again: "It's very heavy, right?" I'll carry it! You carry this bag. ”
Xu Nian handed a small satchel to Xu Zhen.
Xu Zhen didn't feel any shame in front of his father, so he had to laugh and laugh at himself: "Reading is a nerd!" During this time, he did a lot of farm work at home, and his physical strength and endurance have increased somewhat, otherwise he would only be more annoyed.
"Do you go to the bank to withdraw money?" Xu Nian asked when he saw that Xu Zhen was going to stop a taxi.
Xu Zhen nodded and waved his hand to stop a taxi.
"Don't go, dad has money!"
"Huh?" Before Xu Zhen could understand, a taxi stopped in front of them.
"How much cash you have, I'm going to take a lot!" Xu Zhen opened the rear door, let his father sit in, and went to sit in the co-pilot of the car himself.
Xu Nian sat in the car and glanced at the taxi master: "Master, please go to Dongmen Station!" ”
Xu Zhen glanced at his father puzzled and said, "Dad......"
"Anyway, let's go to Dongmen Station first!"
"Are you going to Dongmen Station?" The driver was a little impatient.
Although Xu Zhen was puzzled, he still asked the taxi to go to Dongmen Station according to his father's request.
Then the two of them drove straight back to town.
Xu Zhen helped his denim bag on his father's old motorcycle, and then took his father to the house.
"How much are you going to use?" Xu Nian only asked at this time.
"The rent of a hundred acres of land is about seventy or eighty thousand!" Xu Zhen said loudly that the motorcycle was loud and noisy.
"Ah, so much?" Xu Nian scratched his head: "I only have less than 60,000 yuan in cash!" ”
"What?" Xu Zhen felt a little strange, why did his father bring so much cash with him!
Soon back home.
When Lin Yue'e saw her husband, whom she hadn't seen for almost a year, a warmth flashed in her eyes.
"Mom! Yue'e! Xu Nian saw his mother and wife standing in the yard waiting for him, he suddenly felt that his eyes were a little moist, and there was no need to separate the three places in the future! In order to make money, for this family, he has paid too much, he has been away every year for 20 years, and the time to see his wife is so little, and he has to entrust his old mother to his wife to take care of it alone!
This family can finally be neatly together in the future, and they can only see each other during the Chinese New Year!
When he went to sit down at home, Xu Zhen hurriedly poured a cup of tea for his father.
"Mom, this is the dress I bought for you...... It's warm to wear in winter! Xu Nian unzipped his denim bag and took out a black down jacket.
"Second brother, did you buy me new clothes? I'm an old woman, why do you look so good? ”
"Mom! This is your son's filial piety to you! Just take it and wear it! Lin Yue'e smiled and stuffed the clothes into Li Guihua's hand, and Li Guihua happily took the clothes and looked at them.
"Yue, it's yours!"
Xu Nian took a dark red down jacket to Lin Yue, and Lin Yue'e held it in his hand.
"That's fifty-six thousand dollars! Do you see enough? If it's not enough, then you'll have to pick it up! Xu Nian took out a few newspaper packets from several shabby clothes, and then placed them in front of Xu Zhen.
Xu Zhen tore open the old newspaper very seriously, and stacks of money were placed on the table.
"Dad, what are you doing with so much cash in your car? How unsafe? Xu Zhen couldn't understand why his father brought cash!
Xu Nian rubbed his hands and said: "These are the wages that have just been settled this year, I said I won't do it anymore, go back to guard the house, and the contractor gave me the balance that was not yet available last year and this year!" If you send it back, you will have to pay a few hundred yuan for a handling fee. I can save some when I bring it back. Have you seen enough? ”
"Enough! But I shouldn't have used your money! Xu Zhen stroked the money and felt a sense of fatherly warmth in it.
"What do you do with this, what do you and I do! I'm just a son like you, I don't give you money to use for anyone, and besides, if you take it, it's not a mess! This can be regarded as your father's investment that I support your business! You also know that the year before last you built a house for your college education, and your family borrowed some money, and last year it was repayment, and this year it will be about the same! Your mother and I have enough money to give you 100,000 yuan! I can't take out more! ”
"Dad......" Xu Zhen shed a man's tears!
"By the way, didn't you give two years of rent for 100 acres of land? Why do you have to pay rent again? Xu Nian asked puzzled.
"I also contracted the lemon fields of the five shrines! Now we have almost 200 acres of land! Xu Zhen accepted the money, this was the greatest help his father gave him, how could he bear to refuse.
"Oh, 200 acres!" Xu Nian asked his wife about the price of lemons this year and last year, and knew that the market was relatively sluggish now, although he was worried, he did not show it in front of his son.
Now the county has formed a trend of contracting land to grow lemons, and it is not bad for their family, people are not afraid of contracting thousands of acres, what are they afraid of 200 acres?
He also learned that if the yield per mu is better, lemons can be sold for a dollar and a pound, and there is also a profit!
As for the price of lemons, he knew that he didn't count! But there is always hope! Since his son is determined to do such a cause, he can't hold back, let alone obstruct and talk coldly.