Chapter Ninety-Seven: Father and Son
"Xiaofang, have you had lunch?"
Su Yuanhua patted the door of the neighbor's yard next door and walked in. In rural areas, as long as there are people in the house, the door is open. It is common for neighbors to go from house to house, and they will lock the door unless there is no one in the house when they go out to work.
"You're eating, Brother Yuanhua, have you eaten, do you want to have a bowl of wine together?" A man in his early thirties walked out of the kitchen next to the courtyard, holding a pair of chopsticks in his hand, and greeted Su Yuanhua.
"I don't just drink wine, and you don't know that my family doesn't drink as much wine in a year as you drink in two days." Su Yuanhua waved his hand and refused.
"You can eat without drinking." Lian Xiaofang smiled and said politely, "I just caught a grass carp in the mountain pond, come and try it." ”
Su Yuanhua walked to Lian Xiaofang's kitchen and poked his head to look at it, "Oh, it's really good food, there are fish and meat." ”
At the kitchen table, Lian Xiaofang's daughter-in-law, who was brought back from working in other places, spoke a local dialect that was not very proficient, and also greeted again and again, "Brother Yuanhua, come and eat together." ”
"No, no, I've eaten at home." Su Yuanhua shook his head and refused, and hurriedly got out of the kitchen.
"Xiaofang, I'm looking for you something." Su Yuanhua took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and gave one to Lian Xiaofang.
"What's the matter?" Lian Xiaofang took the cigarette and put it in his ear.
"That...... Can I borrow your new motorcycle? Su Yuanhua rubbed his fingers, and his voice was a little lower.
"Brother Yuanhua, where's your car?" Lian Xiaofang didn't say that he wouldn't borrow, he had contracted several big fish ponds in the village in recent years, and they were selling well near this New Year's Festival, which was considered to have made some money. This is not just bought a new motorcycle. But what he remembered was that Su Yuanhua also had a motorcycle.
Su Yuanhua sighed, "Speaking of this, I'm angry, it cost me more than 800 yuan, and I haven't ridden for three months." It's either bad here or bad there, and I'll have to sell it tomorrow. ”
Lian Xiaofang laughed, "Brother Yuanhua, I told you before you bought it, don't be greedy to buy the second-hand one, you still have to go to the county seat to buy the first-hand one, you don't know how many hands people have opened in this second-hand one, you just say that the number of kilometers, it is not allowed, and people will change the car repair." ”
"Well, don't talk about that. You give me the car keys, and I'll go to the highway and I'll be back to you later. ”
"What are you doing at the end of the road, you can't go far to get a bicycle." Even Xiaofang shirked a sentence, he is also generous on weekdays, but he has not ridden the motorcycle he just bought a few times, so he has to borrow someone, so he can't say that he is happy.
And even Xiaofang's words are not wrong, from the township road of Yangping Village to the county road at the entrance of the highway is only two or three miles away, usually walk a few steps, pedal a bicycle is not a matter of a few minutes.
"Oh, pick it up. My son just called back and said that he had gotten in the car back to town, so I wouldn't go over and pick it up. Su Yuanhua said reluctantly, but his face was full of smiles.
"Hey, Brother Yuanhua, you too. Just a few steps, wouldn't it be nice to let Su Zu walk back by himself. It's not an athlete, it's only two or three miles away. Lian Xiaofang pouted and muttered, but went back to the house and took out the car keys and threw them to Su Yuanhua.
"I'll pay you back later." Su Yuanhua got the car keys and grinned and smiled, "You leave me a big-headed fish at night, Qingmei, she cooked a few more dishes, and you and your wife came over to drink together." ”
Counting the time, Su Yuanhua said a few more words to Lian Xiaofang, got on the motorcycle, went out directly along the road that was not very spacious, and went straight to the entrance of the highway that the two of them just said.
It is said that it is a highway entrance, in fact, this side is also a village settlement, because it is one of the main paths of the county road in Yangxin Town, which divides into several township roads to go to several nearby villages, and the three buses to and from the county seat will be suspended here every day. Even if it's not as lively as the town.
Although it was noon, when Su Yuanhua arrived, there were still many people who set up stalls and opened grain and oil grocery stores on both sides of the highway. It's almost the New Year, and there are fireworks and firecrackers at the door to sell stickers and the like.
Su Yuanhua waited on the side of the road for more than 20 minutes, there were a lot of cars coming and going, and those who had been working and doing business outside for many years had already made a fortune, and in the past, only tractors and small four-wheeled trucks ran on the road, and from time to time there were one or two small cars passing by, but the minibus he was waiting for did not arrive.
After waiting for another ten minutes, a white shuttle bus with more than a dozen seats finally appeared in sight, and as soon as the car stopped, all kinds of people with large bags and small bags poured down on the car. There are men, women and children, those who go out to work, and those who go to the county to buy New Year's goods.
"Hey, where's my boy?" Su Yuanhua watched that the people were almost down, and the car doors were closed, but he didn't find anyone anywhere.
As soon as he was a little anxious, he saw a tall figure beckoning to him.
"Dad, why are you here?"
During the forty-minute journey, Su Zu was so crowded in the car that he couldn't move, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw Su Yuanhua standing across the road, carrying a duffel bag with some simple clothes, and walked in front of Su Yuanhua.
"You...... You're good, it's just that I'm a little afraid to admit it. Su Yuanhua was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses and smiled happily.
When Su Zu spent the Spring Festival at home last year, it was only more than one meter seven, and this year he saw it again and more than one meter eight, coupled with long-term training, before Su Zu came back, he bought a few more clothes, people look upright and spirited, if it is not a familiar person, at first glance it is really unrecognizable.
"Let's go, let's go home." Su Yuanhua turned out that the duffel bag in Su Zu's hand was tied to the iron frame behind the motorcycle, and beckoned Su Zu to get into the car.
"Hmm." Su Zu nodded heavily, the way home from the entrance of the highway is really not far, more than a kilometer, two or three miles away, when he was in junior high school, he didn't know how many times he walked home on the road, but he didn't expect his father to come to pick him up.
"Dad, did you buy a car?" Suzu stepped into the back seat of the motorcycle.
"This car belongs to your filial uncle, I, I bought it, but as a result, it broke down." Speaking of this, Su Yuanhua shook his head and sighed a little, seven or eight hundred yuan, which is not a small amount of money in the family at this time.
Sure enough, in Su Zu's memory, when he was a freshman in high school, his father once bought a second-hand motorcycle, but he bought it carelessly, it was an inferior product, and it didn't take long for it to break.
"Dad, why don't I buy you a car."
"What car to buy? Car, that's not going to work, your mom will get motion sickness. ”
"Car...... Belch...... Dad, it's going to be a few years away, I'm serious, didn't I tell you last time, I have a prize money for the race, I'll buy you a motorcycle. However, you have to make sure not to drive too fast, I remember that my uncle seemed to have fallen the year before. ”
"You only make a few bucks, that bonus will go back to your mother to save for you, and you don't go to school now, so if you don't become an athlete, you can have a little money and open a small shop and start a small business. I tell you, you have to pay attention to your spending, don't be extravagant, save more. ”
"I have a deposit. You and my mother won't have to worry about it in the future, you forget, I'm a member of the state now. I'll buy you a motorcycle first. ”
"Are you serious?"
"Really."
"Haha, my son of Su Yuanhua is capable!"
"After a few years, I will make money, and then I will buy you a big house in the city, if you are willing, go and get a driver's license, and I will buy you a car."
"Going to live in the city? That's not going to work, I don't even have a place to hang out. If you want to grow some food, there's no place. ”
"Then I'll buy you a big, detached villa with a big yard."
"With such a big house, your mother won't be tired when the time comes."
"You can hire someone. Find a seven or eight cleaner and keep it clean. ”
"Okay, okay, you are still talking more and more energetic, you have been out for a year, I don't know how well you have practiced the rest, this nonsense kung fu is at the level of my youth. At the beginning, I was still a soldier in the army, and our company commander loved to take me everywhere I went, I told you, once ......"
"Dad, I'm serious."
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