At the beginning of August, Wu Dao called Meng Yihong and asked which day he would report to Fangzhou College. Meng Yihong told Wu Dao that the student would start school on September 3, and he could report on September 1.

Wu Dao looked forward to the arrival of September 1, he tore off a calendar every day and counted down the days. Finally, the date on the calendar became September 1st.

The family knew that Wu Dao was not good at handling interpersonal relationships, so before going out, he repeatedly told him to have a good relationship with his leaders and colleagues after he arrived at the unit. Wu Dao didn't want to defend anything, so he listened silently. Of course, in addition to work, the elders in the family are more concerned about his marriage, and they have been looking forward to his marriage for many years. Wu Yang said to Wu Dao:

"When other people's children graduate from junior high school and high school, they take their girlfriends home, and in high school, you are busy studying to take the college entrance examination, and it is reasonable to say that you don't have a girlfriend, four years of college, three years of graduate school, and a year of class in the middle, it's been eight years, and you haven't brought back this girlfriend, it's really stupid to study."

"Seeing that I will be thirty years old in two years, and I will not get married again, which makes the villagers laugh. After work, you have to find a girlfriend quickly, you can't just think about reading, and there is no daughter-in-law in the book. Finding a girlfriend to get married as soon as possible is the right thing, everything else can be delayed, this matter can't be delayed any longer. Li Mei said.

"I heard that Zai Xing got a girlfriend in college. Xiaodao is time to find a girlfriend, but you can't find someone with too bad conditions, our children don't look bad, the job is good, and the education is so high, we must find a person who is right, we must have a formal job, not a graduate student, at least a college student, and the appearance cannot be bad. Marry a daughter-in-law with the best conditions in our village and come back, have a big fat grandson, and let them blush. Wu He said.

"Strive to get my girlfriend back at the end of the year." Wu Yang said.

Several elders were talking energetically, but Wu Dao didn't listen to it at all, what he thought was the agreement between him and Si Baifang, now Si Baifang is twenty-five years old, and there are fifteen years before the forty-year-old agreement, and I thought that in the eyes of the ancients, forty years old is indeed "old", thirty-eight-year-old Su Shi called himself an old man, but now it is not ancient times, Ba Jin got married at the age of forty, Lu Xun was with Xu Guangping at the age of forty-six, Sartre and Beauvoir never got married in their lives, Jin Yuelin also waited for Lin Huiyin for a lifetime, and he was only twenty-seven years old, In fifteen years, he will only be forty-two years old, so what is there to worry about? But these words can't be said to the family, otherwise they will definitely think that he is enchanted, and will tell him that Si Baifang must have something wrong with his brain, and there are many good girls in the world, so a fool will believe that kind of marriage at the age of forty, if he is really forty years old, the child will not be born, and what kind of marriage will he marry? Even if it's a celestial, you can't ask for it. No matter what his family said, Wu Dao could only listen and act like he would do it, so as not to cause more trouble.

"Wait a while, your uncle will come, and you will take his car to Fangzhou." Wu Yang said to Wu Dao again.

At this time, Wu Yang was already fifty-two years old, and his health was not as good as before, so he no longer did heavy physical work, but went to work as a doorman in a small factory nearby, and he and another person worked two shifts, taking turns on the day shift and the night shift. On the day Wu Dao left home, Wu Yang was on the night shift, and he was at home during the day, so he had time to send his son to the bus station. Wu Yang originally planned to ride a tricycle to take Wu Dao to the bus station, but Yang Chengzhi called the night before and asked Wu Dao not to go to the bus station to take the bus, and he wanted to drive Wu Dao to Fangzhou College by himself.

Wu Dao is naturally reluctant to take Yang Chengzhi's ride, not only because his outlook on life and values are too different from Yang Chengzhi's, but also because no matter what happens, he doesn't want to trouble others, but his grandfather and parents are very happy, so he can't shirk anymore.

The reason why Wu Dao was asked to take Yang Chengzhi's car was that Wu Yang and Li Mei wanted to save money. Taking Yang Chengzhi's car can save the cost of traveling from Qicheng to Fangzhou, not to mention the money from Wu Dao to Fangzhou Bus Station and then going to Fangzhou College. Besides, Wu Dao has a lot of luggage, not only clothes and shoes, but also laptops and a set of bedding, so many things, it is not convenient to carry, and it is much more convenient to have a car that can be delivered to the place.

Wu He wanted to meet his uncle Yang Chengzhi. A year ago, Yang Chengzhi was promoted to a level and became the branch secretary of Yangjiazhuang Village. Yang Chengzhi has always felt that the three words of Yangjiazhuang are too rustic, and as soon as he took office, he changed the name of the village to "Xiangrong Village", which means thriving. Three months ago, he sold the van he was driving and bought a new car, which was still an enviable big Buick, and it was said that he spent more than 200,000 yuan. Now it is rumored that a community will be established in the future, and several villages will form a community, and Yang Chengzhi is a popular candidate for community secretary. The people in Xiaohuangzhuang said that the Wu family had found a good son-in-law, Wu He liked to chat with Yang Chengzhi very much, and he loved to listen to what Yang Chengzhi said. The good son-in-law drove to see off his proud grandson, and Wu He thought about it and felt that this matter was very beautiful and worth talking about with others.

At half past nine, Yang Chengzhi drove a brand-new Buick sedan to Wu's house, accompanied by Wu Dao's aunt Wu Yue. They bought a lot of gifts for Wu He, and Wu He was very happy and wanted to leave them at home after eating, Yang Chengzhi said:

"We're not going to eat here. He didn't come back during the summer vacation, he and his girlfriend held a tutoring class in Fangzhou City, and they could earn more than 10,000 yuan in a summer vacation. The two of them agreed with us that they would invite us to dinner after arriving in Fangzhou. ”

"They told you to go too." Wu Yue said to Wu He.

"It's more than 10,000 a month, and you can make so much money in the industry! He is also a capable child, he can earn so much money at such a young age, he has found a girlfriend, he can get married after graduating from college, and he will have a child in two years. I won't go to Fangzhou, the road is so far, I can't stand it just by car. Wu He said.

"Now I can make money by running tutorial classes. When the children in the city arrive at the summer vacation, no one is watching, so they all come to the tutorial class. Yang Chengzhi said.

"It's still easy to make money in the city!" Wu He said.

"Yes, I've been to Fangju several times, and now Fangju is better than Jeju." Yang Chengzhi said.

Regarding Yang Zaixing's tutoring class in Jeju, when the Wu and Yang families visited each other during the Spring Festival, the Wu family already knew, but only Wu He believed that it was true, Wu Yang and Li Mei both thought that it was Yang Chengzhi and Wu Yue bragging, because Yang Chengzhi liked to brag when he was young, and he didn't speak well, Yang Zaixing was not as good as he said, Wu Yue didn't brag originally, but after living with Yang Chengzhi for so many years, she couldn't fully believe her words. Now Yang Chengzhi said that Fangzhou is better than Jeju, Wu Yang and Li Mei feel that what Yang Chengzhi said is bragging, even if Fangzhou is good, can it still be compared to Jeju? Is this bullying that we haven't been to these two cities?

Wu Dao is very familiar with the two cities of Jeju and Fangzhou, and he knows very well that Fangzhou is far worse than Jeju in every aspect, but it is difficult for him to debunk this lie, after all, the person who speaks is his elder.

Looking at the new car that Yang Chengzhi bought, Wu Yang and Li Mei also felt very awkward, they have lived for most of their lives, and they have never thought about buying a car, but Yang Chengzhi has already bought a second car, he may really have made a fortune, a village branch secretary is so rich, no wonder everyone wants to be an official! Although Wu Yang and Li Mei were very envious of Yang Chengzhi, they were a little disgusted with him in their hearts, feeling that he was deliberately showing off. They are looking forward to Wu Dao being able to make a lot of money quickly and buy a better car to overpower Yang Chengzhi, and at that time, as Wu Dao's parents, they will naturally have face. But the most important thing at the moment is to ask Yang Chengzhi to send Wu Dao to Fangzhou, and Wu Yang said to Yang Chengzhi:

"It's good for you to go to Fangzhou early, after you arrive, you have to go to the line for lunch, Xiaodao has to report to Fangzhou College, and you have to arrange accommodation after registration, there are a lot of things."

"Let's go, remember to call back when you get to the place." Wu He said.

"I can't forget, I will definitely send our university professor to Fangzhou College safely." Yang Chengzhi said.

Wu Dao was not surprised at all when the words "university professor" came out of Yang Chengzhi's mouth, and he did not correct this erroneous statement.

Wu Dao rarely rode in a car, and when he was in Jeju, he would either go out by bicycle or bus, and occasionally take a taxi, and only a few years ago when he was working at the Ha Cheng town government. Wu Dao didn't have much of a hobby for cars, but when he was in Jeju, he could see various brands and grades of cars every day, and he often listened to his classmates discuss this topic, so he naturally accumulated a little knowledge of automobiles. Just looking at the appearance of Yang Chengzhi's car, Wu Dao knew that this car was very good. After entering Yang Chengzhi's car, he found that this car was indeed more advanced and more comfortable than the sedan he had ridden before. Wu Dao suddenly understood why everyone wanted to buy a higher-grade car, because everyone wanted to live more comfortably and have face.

Wu He and Li Mei outside the car window were still talking about paying attention to safety on the road, the difference was that Wu He was talking to the three people in the car, and Li Mei was just saying it to Wu Dao.

Yang Chengzhi started the car, and Wu He, Wu Yang, and Li Mei's eyes followed the car, and they did not return home until the car turned from the intersection and disappeared from sight.

The car drove forward quickly, and Yang Chengzhi said to Wu Dao:

"Xiaodao, what do you think of my car?"

"I think it's good, how much did you buy this car?" Wu Dao said.

"The car money, plus the purchase tax and insurance, is about 200,000 yuan. I originally wanted to buy a BMW, but you wouldn't let me, saying it was too expensive. I thought about it later, I really can't buy a BMW, why, a cheaper BMW can be bought for two or three hundred thousand, but that brand is too eye-catching. A village party secretary drove a BMW, which was easy to cause trouble, and finally bought this Buick after a turn. Yang Chengzhi said.

"You just let the money burn, and if you want me to say, you shouldn't change the car. The van I used to drive was very good, the car was cheap, and there were more people pulling. Not to mention the amount of money spent on this car now, there are fewer people to pull. Wu Yue said.

Yang Chengzhi said to Wu Yue: "This is not about money. In the past, he was the director of the village committee, the second-in-command, and he drove a van, but now he is the secretary of the village branch, and he is the leader of a village. I represent the face of Xiangrong Village, the more than 1,000 people in the village. He said to Wu Dao again, "Xiaodao, you are a learned person, do you say that what I said is right?" ”

When Wu Dao first heard that Yang Chengzhi changed the name of Yangjiazhuang to Xiangrong Village, he felt a little ridiculous, the name of the village is the collective memory of the villagers, representing history and culture, how can it be said that it will be changed? Change the name, and the village can develop, and that's hell! Now that he heard Yang Chengzhi say that he represented the face of Xiangrong Village, he felt even more ridiculous, does the face of a village lie in what car the village branch secretary drives? Let the villagers become rich and be able to live with dignity, that is really face! However, Yang Chengzhi is Wu Dao's uncle after all, he is an elder, he can't say anything in his heart, he can only tell lies, he said to Wu Yue:

"Uncle is right."

"You're right, okay?" Wu Yue said to Yang Chengzhi.

"Now this society can't do without cars, Xiaodao, you should get a driver's license as soon as possible while you are young, and buy a car in the future, and then go home conveniently. Your brother is still in school, and he has already found time to get his driver's license. It's too hard to learn a driver's license when you're older. A few years ago, when I was learning for a driver's license, I was so tired that I simply gave the instructor 5,000 yuan when I saw that it was so difficult. The coach and the examiner wore a pair of pants, gave the coach money, and if you didn't take the exam, the examiner would let you pass, and I just got my driver's license. If I had taken the same test, I might not have gotten a driver's license by now. Driving itself is very easy, what is so difficult to do to get a driver's license, it is both a theory and a road test, and it is obvious that you want to collect money. Yang Chengzhi said to Wu Dao.

Wu Dao wanted to ask Yang Chengzhi where he got the money to buy the car, but he also knew that this question was too sharp, so he didn't ask, thinking of the 500 acres of land rented out to Xiangrong Village, he felt that he had an answer. Regarding buying a car, Wu Dao, like his parents, never thought about it, because they never thought that they would be able to afford a car one day. Wu Dao had heard of the matter of giving gifts for driver's licenses, and besides, when he was working in the Hecheng Town Government, he had also seen a lot of gifts from the relationship between them, and he was no stranger to this kind of thing. He thought that if he had to get a driver's license one day, would he also have to send money to the coach? If he really had to do this to get a driver's license, he would rather not get a driver's license for the rest of his life.