Early the next morning, Chu Jiaqiang went to the station to buy a ticket back to Gaoxin City. The eight o'clock bus takes five or six hours to walk. Then, he had to take a shuttle bus for about two hours to get to Heqian Town, and finally take another hour's motorcycle ride to return to Chujiazhai.

Gaoxin City is a city close to the coast in the south, and its economic development is sluggish but not hot, and in the south, it belongs to the middle and lower cities, which is much better than the cities in the central and western regions.

Chu Jiaqiang's hometown, Heqian Town, is on the northern edge of Gaoxin City, which belongs to a mountainous area, and behind it is the famous Yunkai Mountain Range in the south. This is a poor mountainous area of Gaoxin City, with backward transportation, mainly based on traditional agriculture, and most people are in a state of solving the problem of food and clothing.

Back in Gaoxin City, Chu Jiaqiang did not stay for long, and immediately took the car back to Heqian Town. On the way back, the shuttle bus walked up the mountain road around the mountain, and Chu Jiaqiang obviously felt the drop in temperature, which is a phenomenon of vertical distribution of temperature. In general, the temperature in the hometown will be about five to six degrees lower than that in the city, even in June, Chujiazhai still has to cover the quilt at night, and the temperature difference between day and night in the mountainous area is very large.

I got out of the car and looked at the table below, it was almost four o'clock. Chu Jiaqiang didn't rush back, he went to the street twice first, and he still had to buy something. The streets of Heqian Town fall on both sides of the Qingshui River, and the left bank is the old street, which has a history of several decades, and the buildings are still houses in the Republic of China. On the right bank is the New Street, which has only developed in recent years.

First bought a wedding gift for Chu Jiaxiong, which was a 50-inch LCD flat-screen TV with a large screen, which cost more than 4,000 yuan. This gift is also considered heavy in this backward place.

Subsequently, he bought another set of clothes for his second uncle. He knows that the second uncle is a person, he is frugal, and he is reluctant to add a piece of clothing to himself during the New Year's holidays.

I got a beater for my second aunt, and I always listened to my second aunt nagging with my second uncle last year, and there was a lack of a beater at home, so it was easier to eat tofu.

Finally, I bought an mp3 for my cousin Chu Jiawan, which put dozens of songs and some English listening. Chu Jiawan is the daughter of the second uncle, and she is a sophomore in high school this year, and this girl has been greedy for mp3 for a long time.

Walking on the street, seeing bananas, apples and other fruits set up in the stall, Chu Jiaqiang asked for more than ten catties by the way, and caught more than ten catties of bulk candy and biscuits. Seeing that it was almost over, he went to the street to find a tricycle, loaded all his things into the car, and then set out on the way back to his hometown with satisfaction.

"Little brother, pay attention to your TV in a moment. The first half of the road was fine, and the cement road was paved for the first two years. But the second half of the road is not easy to walk, not to mention the slope, but also potholes. In addition, it has rained in the past two days, and the road conditions have become more serious. Otherwise, I wouldn't have charged you twenty-five dollars. The uncle who drove reminded him.

"I know, uncle, don't worry." Chu Jiaqiang nodded. Then he asked, "Uncle, do you often take this road?" ”

Chu Jiaqiang also knew that the so-called village-to-village communication was successful at that time, but the money allocated from above was not enough, and the broad masses of the people needed to make up some of it. Xiangzhu Village is a large village with a population several times that of Chujiazhai. Because of the mineral resources, the people here are relatively wealthy, basically hundreds of thousands of households, more than one million households and more than a dozen households, it is one of the two rich villages in Heqian Town. The cement road was only built to Xiangzhu Village, and the Chujia Village inside, as well as several small villages next door, were not popularized.

"After walking a few times, Chujiazhai is quite biased. Little brother, are you coming back from study, or are you coming back from work? The old man drove the car steadily, and he could see that he was an experienced old coachman.

"Working in Florida City, a buddy gets married, and he has to come back for a few drinks." Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile, looking at the familiar environment, the negative emotions of the breakup were alleviated a lot.

After blowing nonsense with the driving uncle for more than an hour, the tricycle finally drove into Chujiazhai. Chu Jiaqiang asked the uncle who drove the car to park the car on a large grass flat in the village, where many people were drying rice, but at this time, the sun was almost down, and some people were already preparing to harvest the grain. Seeing that it was a college student coming back, they all helped unload things. Paid and sent the tricycle away.

"Oops! Jiaqiang seems to have really made a fortune outside, this TV set I have seen in the town, it is the best one, it costs nearly 5,000, right? When the big uncle saw the flat-screen TV, his eyes were full of envy.

When the aunts and uncles heard this, they all gasped. Their Chujiazhai is too poor, and the average family only has a deposit of 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, even the village chief has more than 100,000 yuan, and he is already a local tyrant in the village. They don't dare to buy such an expensive TV, and now there are still many families using Jiefang brand black and white TVs.

"Huh! Jiaxiong got married the day after tomorrow and was given to him. Chu Jiaqiang responded with a smile, looking at these familiar faces, he was in a good mood.

A group of people were even more dumbfounded, giving away? This is probably the most expensive gift ever given in the village, right?

"Tsk! Blessed is that boy. With such a big TV, I can move a stool to watch it when I have time, and I have a good time. A young man who was stronger than the Chu family said with envy in his eyes. This person's name is Chu Jiaqing, who is the same generation as Chu Jiaqiang, and he is also a family member. It is said that he went out to work a few years ago, but he is also a moonlight clan, and his family personally invited him back.

Chu Jiaqiang smiled faintly, scattered a circle of cigarettes for the men present, and distributed some fruits, candies and biscuits to those children, and everyone immediately got a lot closer.

Although the people in the village are poor, they have a good relationship, and they can greet each other when they meet, and everyone will try to help if there is something. This is the difference with the people in the city, who may not know their neighbors, and the fast pace of life gives people a sense of pressure, and there is less trust between people and more indifference.

"My second uncle doesn't dry the grain today?" Chu Jiaqiang asked.

"Your second uncle doesn't have much rice, and it has long been dried." The fifth uncle replied, as if he knew that Chu Jiaqiang needed manpower, and he shouted to the others, "Two or three of you help move things, right?" Here we help take care of it. ”

The fifth uncle's prestige in the village was only under the old village chief, and the two or three people who were named didn't say a word, picked up the TV, led the things and walked to Chu Jiaqiang's second uncle's house. There were a few tricksters behind him, and he hadn't eaten enough candy and biscuits just now.

"Uncle Min, Aunt Min! At home? Hadron is back, come out to greet him! Before Chu Jiaqing arrived home, he shouted loudly. Immediately, the big black dog of the second uncle's family barked wildly, and when he saw that it was Chu Jiaqiang, he immediately ran over wagging his tail, circled around Chu Jiaqiang, and rubbed Chu Jiaqiang's trouser leg with his head, very affectionate.

"Big black, go aside, I'm busy now!" Chu Jiaqiang used his feet to drive away Da Hei.

Chu Jiaqiang's second uncle, second aunt and cousin all heard the sound. Seeing Chu Jiaqiang's face suddenly full of joy, the second aunt said with some reproach: "Why don't you tell the second aunt in advance when you come back, so that your second uncle can pick you up in the town." ”

"Brother, you're back! I'll help you get your stuff. Chu Jiawan smiled and snatched the things in Chu Jiaqiang's hand.

"Why do you buy so many things when you go home? It's a TV, right? So big? You kid, how do you say hello? The second uncle also blamed him.

"Haha! Uncle Min, this TV set is a wedding gift prepared by Qiangzi to Nobita. It's not at home! Chu Jiaqing said with a smile.

Looking at these kind faces and listening to the words full of concern, Chu Jiaqiang's heart warmed.

"Isn't that too much stuff? Or it's convenient to hire a tricycle directly. I haven't been back for more than a year, and it's normal to buy something for my uncle and aunt, how is the girl's school performance now? Chu Jiaqiang entered the house and asked people to put things down. Take out fruits, candy and biscuits, and let everyone feel free. The others took something and did not disturb the reunion, and said goodbye one after another.

"This set of clothes is the second uncle, I don't know if it fits, second uncle, take a look. Second aunt, this is a beater, try it tonight, let's eat a leek stewed tofu! Girl, your mp3, remember, don't lose your mind! Chu Jiaqiang took out the things one by one.

"Thank you, brother, I know that you love me the most. Rest assured, I won't miss my homework. Chu Jiawan happily took the mp3 and immediately ran to the side to play with it.

The second uncle smiled bitterly, this kid is really too expensive, so he can't stand it. I just heard someone say that the TV set is so expensive for four or five thousand, and this set of clothes can also be seen to be of high quality, not one or two hundred, and the beater is also a thousand or hundreds of yuan, so he doesn't know the market for mp3, but it is estimated that it will not be cheap.

The second aunt was happy in her heart, knowing that her nephew had a heart, and she had been nagging about this beater for a long time.