Borrowing the car, Shao Pang did not hesitate, and very generously threw the key to him and said: "Drive back a year ago, don't delay me to go to the county to give gifts." ”

Xue Lang said with a smile: "Don't worry, you can't delay it." ”

Although he said it easily, his heart was extremely heavy. Don't dare to stay longer, drive straight to the national highway.

Xue Lang walked for more than half a month, and it was not until the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month that he returned to the grain depot.

Except for the occasional text message to Shao Pang to report his safety, no one else has been contacted, and even Cui Ying and Bai Xiaogui's text messages have not been replied to, and they seem to be very busy.

Missing for nearly 20 days, after receiving a call from Xue Lang coming back and in the 4S store, Shao Pang sighed in his heart, thinking that Ling Du, who could be regarded as a new car, had caused an accident, and hurriedly rode a motorcycle over.

Seeing Xue Lang with a dark face and full of wind and dust, Shao Pang asked while supporting the motorcycle, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, there's no shortage of parts."

Xue Lang said, throwing the key in his hand to Shao Fat. He pointed to the inside and said, "The car is inside, and it will be over soon." ”

Shao Pang took the key, didn't ask again, walked into the S store a few steps, and saw the freshly washed, brand-new and bright car at a glance.

It doesn't look like there's something going on......

Shao Fathu glanced at Xue Lang suspiciously, walked to the front of the car and glanced around, but found no traces of repair after the collision in any position, and even the retainer of the tire was shiny.

Xue Lang waited for Shao Pang to look around and said, "The tires have just been changed, and the old ones are there." ”

Shao Pang noticed that the tires didn't even have at least scratches, and as soon as the new tires were smooth, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You are a loser, you have money to burn, why do you change the tires." ”

A hint of apology drifted through Xue Lang's slightly melancholy eyes, and he smiled and said, "It's a bit far, the old tires can still be used, keep them as spare tires." ”

Ran a little far......

Shao Pang hadn't finished digesting this information, and Xue Lang continued: "The filter element, engine oil, and antifreeze have all been changed, and I will try the car later." ”

"Try a fart!"

Shao Pang was reluctant to hear it, "Isn't the car just driven, why spend money to change tires and maintain them, you are too much." ”

Xue Lang smiled and said: "It's time to maintain, if I don't do it, you will do it, don't be crooked, I'll ride the motorcycle back and throw it at the convoy first, and I'll rush home in a while." ”

Without waiting for Shao Pang to say anything, Xue Lang turned around and left the maintenance room, carrying a slightly worn hiking bag, the motor roared, and walked away.

Until he left, he didn't say thank you. He has heard too much of this word of thanks these days, which makes this word extremely important in his heart. As for favors, once they leave the grain depot, they can only be returned later.

Shao Fat, who chased him out, paused and didn't call him.

Today's Xue Lang gave him a bit of a strange feeling, especially the dust on his face made him see some vicissitudes, or maturity.

What the......

Muttered, and reflexively returned to the maintenance room.

He had just come back, just as the final waxing was finished, and the repairman saw Shao Pang coming back, wiped his hands and asked, "Master, are the tires in the trunk?" ”

Shao Pang looked at the replaced tires, shook his head and said, "I'll let the small dump bucket of the grain depot pull it in a while." ”

With that, he opened the door and got into the car.

As soon as I sat down, I looked at the workbench habitually, and suddenly my eyes widened.

His car was only more than 2,000 kilometers when he lent it to Xue Lang, and now it is 16,000 kilometers on the odometer.

"! Traveling around the world? ”

Only then did Shao Pang understand why he maintained it, why he changed his tires, and his feelings were seventeen or eighteen days, and the average was almost 1,000 kilometers a day.

In Shao Pang's confusion, Xue Lang arrived at the convoy, threw the key to Liu Zhong, did not respond to the mention of rubbing at night, chatted briefly, and hurried to the site.

On the big guest, Xue Lang was very quiet. But the vicissitudes of life on his handsome face that did not match his age, and the melancholy eyes looking out of the window, made several little girls in the car frequently cast their eyes.

In the shadow of the galloping tree, a trace of confusion and a trace of pain flashed in Xue Lang's melancholy eyes. But these are just a flash, and they regain the previous melancholy.

Longxi, more than 2,000 kilometers, he arrived in less than 30 hours, and according to the address, he found the widow of his comrade-in-arms, Lu Hanmei.

Looking at this strong ordinary woman, Xue Lang's heart ached. He forcibly suppressed the complicated feelings, used the identity of Lu Hanmei's husband's comrade-in-arms and younger brother, and used the information that he knew his husband very well to gain Lu Hanmei's trust, and followed him to the hospital.

After examination, Lu Hanmei was only malnourished, coupled with overwork and lack of central qi, and there was no serious illness. But the doctor told me that my body would be empty in the long run, and once I got sick, I was afraid it would be difficult to treat him.

Within a few hours, Xue Lang learned that in order to let her brother-in-law get married, she poured out the only decent house, left her hometown with her children, and lied to her family that she was going to the army to see her husband.

But she has no skills, and she has to take care of her children, she is an ordinary woman who can only scavenge waste to get by, and she has to save money to send her sick father-in-law back to buy medicine money.

With his eyes moist, Xue Lang quietly left 20,000 yuan, and left Longxi with a heavy heart.

He didn't know if the 20,000 yuan was enough to help his comrades-in-arms' families, and he had 140,000 yuan in his pocket from Li Shuwu's huge money, but he couldn't keep them all, he had to go and see the situation at the homes of other comrades-in-arms.

In half a month, he drove to five provinces and met the families of all his comrades-in-arms except Cui Guangyi's family.

watched the younger brothers and sisters of their comrades-in-arms wear shoes with leaky toes barefoot in the winter, and the clothes on their bodies are not even as good as the clothes of those professional beggars who beg for money; Some can't even see the original color, let alone go to school.

Seeing the parents of his comrades-in-arms suffering in poverty, most of them were already exhausted, and seeing the relatives of his comrades-in-arms who were poor and still optimistic, Xue Lang's heart throbbed.

Xue Lang left Shao Pang the money for maintaining the car and changing the tires, and the rest, except for the toll and fuel money, he left the more than 100,000 yuan. The reason is only that their son, their elder brother, entrusted the younger brother of his comrade-in-arms.

It's a beautiful lie, but Xue Lang doesn't know how long he can keep it. Because it takes money to maintain.

On the way back, he kept thinking about a safe way to help his comrades' families and help their younger siblings complete their studies.

The method is ready-made, but Xue Lang has not gone through business, and it is not a matter of making money in a handful. Until he returned home, Xue Lang still didn't come up with anything that could make money.

When he got home, he covered up well in the excitement, but unexpectedly his grandfather saw that he had something on his mind.

When the crowd dispersed, Grandpa took the wine bottle that had been used for many years and said, "Little wolf, come, Grandpa didn't drink well at night, so I'll drink some more with Grandpa." ”

"Okay grandpa."

Xue Lang agreed to bring out peanuts, sauced meat, and kimchi, and sat on the kang.

Grandpa took a sip of the wine that Xue Lang had just poured and asked, "Little wolf, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Nope."

Xue Lang covered up, took a sip of the wine in the glass, picked up the chopsticks, and before he could hold the peanuts, grandpa put down the wine glass and said, "Tell me, grandpa will help you come up with ideas." ”

Xue Lang saw that his grandfather decided that he had something in his heart, but how could he tell his grandfather that he wanted to leave the grain depot and go it alone? It was grandpa's whimsy job, and he really couldn't say it.

Grandpa picked up a peanut and chewed it slowly, and then said half-loudly: "Little wolf, grandpa has watched you grow from the time you were breastfeeding until now, you can't hide it from grandpa, let's talk about it, although grandpa is old, he is not confused." ”

Seeing that Grandpa insisted on getting to the bottom of it, Xue Lang poured wine and said with a smile: "Grandpa, I entered the team and drove a big car in the grain depot, and my work is good, but I feel that I still earn less, when can I buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law." ”

"Buying a house?"

Grandpa's yellow eyes suddenly burst out of essence, and in an instant, he regained his turbidity, took a sip of wine and said slowly: "If it is to support the family, the grain depot is stronger than the ordinary unit, the people take food as the sky, and the grain reserve is the top priority of the country, and it is not yellow; Especially the fleet, making a little money, is safer than trading, it is also accurate, and it is done steadily, for three or four years, buying a building is not a problem. ”

"Is it as mysterious as you say? Three or four years ......"

Xue Lang said, muttering in his heart, although the housing price is not high, it is more than 1,000 square meters, and any apartment type is 80,000 or 90,000, wouldn't it cost 30,000 or 40,000 yuan a year?

"You don't believe it, grandpa told you."

Grandpa took a sip of wine and continued: "The team is the one with more money in the unit, and the car repair needs to be developed. Tickets, replacement parts in addition to development. Tickets, but also to take the old back, refueling, you have a gas station, but also cash settlement and invoices, as long as it is an invoice, open more, spend less, change parts, in the repair shop to a scrap top, which month not to get a thousand? ”

Seeing that Xue Lang seemed to be interested, the grandfather continued: "It's one thing to run a long distance and repair the invoice for refueling. ”

"Grandpa, didn't you teach me to embezzle......"

Grandpa glanced at Xue Lang, and said slowly: "This is the way for the little people to rely on the mountains and eat the mountains, and live normally, it is not a matter of corruption, the yamen of all dynasties are like this, there is a good saying, what the unit has, there is nothing at home to take, and the things of the public are not a sin to be on the line." ”

All right......

Xue Lang was speechless for a while.

That's not the kind of education he received, soldiers, how can he instill this?

But he didn't expect that in the next day, the fifth grandfather and the eighth grandfather took advantage of teaching him a unique job, and instilled in him a lot of hospitality and gifts, and the trick of sharing money, which made Xue Lang marvel that the three grandfathers were so sleek and old, just like the old fritters who were mixed in the society, it also made his head big for a while, and the next morning he took the family's big yellow dog up the mountain to practice hard, and he didn't dare to show his face again.

However, he took what the grandfathers said to heart.

Doing business is the same as going to school, there is no process, and a very small number of people can learn without a teacher.

Therefore, he has made a decision to work in the team first, and slowly find a way to make money, so as to solve the follow-up living expenses and tuition fees of three high school students, two junior high school students, two elementary school students, and one younger brother and sister who has just been a freshman.

It's just that he didn't know that the income of the team was comparable to that of white-collar workers in big cities, or even higher. Otherwise, how can the driver of the team get married and buy a house smoothly, and the conditions at home may not be good.