Chapter 7: The Uncle's Family
"Your father, I went to your Uncle Liu's house, and I will be back in a while. Eat it, it'll be cold in a while. Jia Xiaoqi urged the child to eat, but he was very hesitant in his heart, the money to buy a tractor was not enough, Tang Liang went to his neighbor Liu Youcai's house to borrow money, and he didn't know if he could borrow it. This neighborhood relationship is easy to talk about on weekdays, and it's okay to help each other a little or something, but this issue involving money is a little difficult to say.
"Mom, you don't treat me as a family member, it's too undemocratic, let's talk, did my dad go out and borrow money?" Tang Zuo put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at Jia Xiaoqi's face and asked with a smile.
"This kid, why can't I hide anything from you, your father inquired, now a big four-wheeled one costs more than 18,000, our family only has more than 15,000 yuan now, and there is still more than 3,000 yuan left, go to Lao Liu's house to see if you can borrow it."
"What's this, if you sell it, you will pay them back, as for making you worry about this?" Yuzo looked at his mother and comforted.
"Hehe, you're still young, and there are some things you don't understand about adults, it's not a question of whether you can pay it back." Jia Xiaoqi turned her head as she spoke, glanced out the small window, and said, "Your dad is back." ”
Tang Zuoxin said that his parents deserved to be husband and wife, and they were like a soul, but he didn't hear a sound at all.
Tang Liang walked into the house expressionlessly, without waiting for his wife and children to ask, took out a dozen money from his pocket and still put it on the kang, and said a little angrily: "The money is lent to us, but it is a penny of interest." ”
Jia Xiaoqi was not happy when she heard it, and frowned: "What's wrong with this old Liu family's money?" Usually do a lot of help to his family, if you didn't help guide him every year, he would have been eaten up by insects a long time ago, which can be seen to be used by them once, and a penny of interest, I'm really embarrassed to bring it up. ”
Tang Zuo smiled, originally he felt that he owed the old Liu family a favor, but now it seems that this worry is saved. When your own business develops in the future, then this favor will be valuable. I don't want their family to be short-sighted, three thousand yuan, a penny of interest, if you pay it back within a month, it's only thirty yuan, what is thirty yuan enough for? It is also the value of more than a dozen catties of rice.
Tang Zuo smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, don't be angry, isn't it better!" Seeing that his parents were looking at him suspiciously, Tang Zuo said softly: "Someone said that the problems that can be solved with money are small problems, and the most difficult thing in the world to repay is the debt of human affection." Since they are so utilitarian, that's good, when the time comes, pay back the money and interest, and no one owes anyone, how good is that. They went around talking about how to help our family. ”
Tang Liang and Jia Xiaoqi actually understood this truth, but they were a little angry for a while, Jia Xiaoqi said: "It's still our son who is sensible, that's right, but our family still owes people affection, whether or not to have interest is one thing, at least people reach out to help us at this time." ”
Tang Liang nodded approvingly on the side.
Tang Zuo pouted, his parents suffered a lifetime of suffering because they were too kind. There's nothing wrong with that, but you're not a scorer. Mom and Dad are so kind to everyone, and they can be summed up in just two words - good people.
The next morning, the father and son got up early, and Tang Zuo made breakfast and did not wake up his mother, but heated it into the pot after eating with his father. After catching two big roosters, Tang Liang and his son each had a bicycle, all the way downhill, and quickly arrived in the village.
At this time, there are not many cars every day, and they do not pass through the village, waiting for the car needs to walk about a kilometer of road, when Tang Liang arrived at the village, he looked at the watch on his wrist, there was a car at 4:40, 5:10, and it was still in time.
At this time, the cars leading from the countryside to the counties and cities are still the kind of big Yellow Sea, very long and very big passenger cars, which can seat more than 40 people, and there are a lot of smokers in the cars, and many people smoke dry tobacco, that is, home-grown tobacco, and then roll it out with white paper, and it is very choking to smoke. The conductor didn't care, leaning on the pillar by the door and closing his eyes.
The roads in the countryside are all loess roads, and they are very bumpy, so that when Tang Zuo arrived at the county seat, he actually got a little motion sickness, walking on the country road, this song is very good, but what is the country road, I believe only those who have really walked through it know.
Tang Zuo got out of the car and gasped for a long time before he recovered, and smiled bitterly at Tang Liang: "Dad, I won't go out if it's okay in the future, it's too offended." When will the concrete road be built? ”
"Heh, cement road? Dream about it, such a long distance, all cement roads are built, how much does it cost! ”
Obviously, ten years later, the convenience of transportation is unimaginable to Tang Liang at this time, and Tang Zuo does not argue with his father. At this time, there are not many pedestrians on the road in Hou County, and they generally get up early and exercise in the morning. Most people's clothing was quite fashionable in this era, at least much better than that of rural people.
Tang Liang looked at it with great interest, but in Tang Zuo's eyes, the current county seat was still too dilapidated, and there was not even a decent building, let alone the bicycles running all over the street and the three-wheeled ones carrying passengers.
"Dad, let's take the train in a while, and then take the bus for another hour, I guess I have to spit out the car." Tang Zuo thought about all kinds of strange smells in the bus with palpitations, and he felt sick to his stomach again.
"Okay, let's take the train." Tang Liang found that his son was not as excited as he used to go out, thinking that it was because of motion sickness, and the two walked towards the train station.
The train was still very slow, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning when it arrived in Jiangcheng, but finally there was no more motion sickness, and Tang Zuo was a little lucky.
Walking out of the train station, there were immediately many tricycles coming up to solicit customers, and the enthusiasm of the vendors on the side was also very high. Jiangcheng is a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province, and although this is the early 90s, it still shows its heritage as a big city, and although the high-rise buildings are not brightly colored, there are quite a few of them. Compared with the dilapidated county town in Tang Zuo's eyes, Jiangcheng is indeed qualified to be called a big city.
At this time, people from the countryside can come to the city for a trip, and when they go back, they can boast about how the city has been in the city for a few days.
One of Tang Liang's cousins' house was in Jiangcheng, so he decided to go and live there. Because there is no telephone in the countryside, there is no way to notify. So I had to go directly to someone's house with my father.
Although this uncle and Tang Liang are not brothers, they are very temperamental, they are nearly thirty years older than Tang Liang, and their sons are the same age as Tang Liang.
Tang Zuo still remembers his eldest brother who was the same age as his father, and it seemed that he didn't start calling his father uncle until he was in his forties after 2000. I guess I was calm at that time, what is it called, it's just a title.
brought a total of two roosters, Tang Zuo found that he had miscalculated, there were twenty or thirty roosters at home, and he knew that he would live here with his uncle, so he would bring two more, so he could only take one chicken out to fool people.
Uncle Tang Guozhong is the director of a public security bureau in Jiangcheng City, he has a little power in his hands, and there is no shortage of cigarettes and alcohol, seeing his father coming, he was very happy, and took out good cigarettes to entertain, and when he saw Tang Zuo, he patted Tang Zuo's shoulder very kindly and said: "Little Zuozuo is so tall, is he about to grow into a big boy." ”
The eldest lady is also a very good person, she took out a lot of fruits and sugar for Tang Zuo, and then praised: "Hehe, the children of the little old five families are handsome, like the Tang family!" ”
After Dad explained his intentions, Tang Guozhong said happily: "Old Five, you have finally opened your mind, did I tell you a long time ago, relying on you to guard that little fruit tree at home, are you making wedding dresses for others, and the money has been earned by others." It's good to buy a car, it's a serious matter, is there enough money? It's not enough for the eldest brother to get some for you, if there are too many, it's still not a problem. ”
"Big brother, I have enough money." Although Dad rarely goes out, he is very polite outside, and said with a simple smile: "Buying a car was actually instigated by Xiao Zuozuo, otherwise I wouldn't have made up my mind." ”
"Huh? Can little Sazo have this insight? Tang Guozhong glanced at Tang Zuo a few times in surprise, "The current child is amazing, haha." ”
"No, this kid knows how to toss in a day. A while ago, I made a bet with the teacher, and I directly answered all the questions from elementary school to junior high school. This stinky boy dares to argue with the teacher, and I want to beat him up when I'm angry! Tang Liang said that he was beaten, but there was no angry expression on his face, he smiled and blossomed, and he couldn't tell how proud he was.
Tang Zuo was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that his father, who was not good at words, also knew that he was showing off, whether he was in his previous life and really made his father have nothing to say, so he had never heard such words.
"Hahaha, Xiao Lao Wu is still so interesting to speak, this guy is amazing, he has just been in school for six years, and he can actually score a full score on a question that is higher than a year, it's not simple. Come to school in the city and live at your uncle's house, okay? "Tang Guozhong has only one granddaughter, and he likes little boys very much in his heart, seeing that Tang Zuo is so smart, he really moved his mind to love talents, and said that the educational conditions in the countryside are not good, don't let the children delay in the countryside.
Tang Zuo showed a shy smile: "Thank you, uncle, it's fine if I'm in the countryside, otherwise my parents will miss me, as long as I'm serious, it's the same wherever I go to school." ”
The eldest lady on the side smiled: "This child can speak, and his small mouth is so sweet, which is really rare." ”
Looking at Tang Liang's proud and relieved expression, Tang Guozhong also knew that the fifth brother would not be willing to send the child so far to school, and said with a smile: "Cook and cook, don't go anywhere today, I'll have a good drink with the fifth brother." ”
Tang Zuo knew that his father was a very family-loving person, he thought that nothing was as good as home, and he never left his mother alone at home, especially now that his mother was still pregnant.
Sure enough, Tang Liang refused: "Big brother, let's go and see the car first, so let's buy it directly, Yunzi is pregnant, and I can go back today." ”
Tang Guozhong sighed: "You kid, it's like this every time, I have to go to your place to drink with me, it's okay, let's buy a car first, go to your place in winter for a while, and let's go to the mountains to hunt." ”
said that Tang Guozhong took Tang Zuo's father to see the car, Tang Zuo smiled and went out with a rooster, and the eldest mother thought that Tang Zuo's mother had other relatives in Jiangcheng, so she wasted Tang Zuo's tongue before letting Tang Zuo leave.
However, looking at Tang Zuo's back, he was still a little suspicious, the little guy said that he went out to find a market for chickens, could it be that the old five families were so difficult that a chicken had to be sold out? After a while, the fifth child will come back and ask him, can you take money from home, and carry a rooster all the way to let the child sell it, what is this called?
At this time in ninety-four years, there are not many large hotels in Jiangcheng, and if you want to find, you can only find the kind of resort hotel nature, and the largest and deepest background in Jiangcheng is the mysterious Roman Holiday Hotel.
This hotel has not been open for a long time, it should be opened in 93 years, when it first opened, there were some people who went to make trouble, but after two or three days, those troublesome underworld gangs were either completely defeated, or people disappeared, people are rumored that this hotel must have a government background, otherwise, who can make this group of underworld people admit defeat so quickly.
Tang Zuo chose this kind of place, and only people here will eat without looking at the price of the food, if anyone consumes in this kind of place to see the price, it is a very shameful thing.
It cost five cents, and Tang Zuo played three rounds, and arrived in ten minutes. Looking at this twelve-story building, it has already shown a temperament different from this era at this time, and the exterior of the building is extremely gorgeously decorated, giving people a shocking feeling.
As soon as Tang Zuo reached the door, he was stopped by the doorman.
I miss your fragrance, I miss your face, I miss your delicate fragrance.