After finishing talking about the car, Yang Chengzhi said to Wu Dao again:

"Your sister Zhaodi is also doing very well in the clothing business now, with retail and wholesale, and she also sells it online. Selling things online, I don't understand this, you young people should understand, have you ever bought something online? ”

"I have bought it, and now it is very popular to buy things online, and there are many people across the country who make a living by opening online stores, and it is said that many of them have made a lot of money." Wu Dao said.

"That's right. Zhao Di talked about a person, who is a national cadre and works in the finance bureau of our county. To put it on the back burner, this is our high climbing, now it is different, people who have the ability to do business by themselves, and only those who have no ability are cadres. Zhao Di can earn tens of thousands of dollars in more than a month, and cadres are good at sounding, how much money can they earn in a year! You say, don't you? Yang Chengzhi said.

Wu Dao knows that times have indeed changed, and there is only one criterion for evaluating a person's success, that is, how much money he earns. Thinking that he had worked in the government and would become a university teacher in the future, in the final analysis, he was still in the system, and there was no essential difference between him and government cadres, Wu Dao's heart had an indescribable sourness. He thought again that his uncle Yang Chengzhi was the secretary of the village branch and a first-level cadre, and he wanted to ask, "Uncle, do you treat cadres as a business?" But he couldn't say that, all he could say was to answer, "Yes."

"The target of Zhaodi has already bought a house in the county, and the two of them plan to get married next year." Wu Yue said.

"It's good to get married." Wu Dao said.

"Your cousin is doing a good job now. Speaking of which, thanks to the time when you filled in the volunteer, you asked him to fill in the English major of Fangzhou University. This professional tutoring class is the most popular. During the summer vacation last year, Zai Xing did not come back, and stayed in Fangzhou City to teach children in a training school. After working for two months, I figured out all the doorways inside, and it was better to do it myself than to do it for others. If you work for others, you can't earn 1,000 yuan a month, but you can earn 10,000 yuan in two months by running your own class. After thinking about it, after graduation, I will not take any civil servants and teachers, so I will stay in Fangzhou City to run training courses, and the money I earn a year will catch up with civil servants for several years. Yang Chengzhi said.

"Speaking of which, it's really good to be in the business." Wu Dao said. Although he was always skeptical of what Yang was doing, even if it was only half true, it touched him a lot. He remembered that when he was in college, he listened to the outside of the window, sat in the library every day and read books, and hurried home during the summer and winter vacations. When he graduated, his parents did not approve of him going to the west to teach, nor did they agree with him to stay in the city to find a job, so he returned to his hometown Qicheng and became a national cadre, and his parents were satisfied with this. If I had stayed in the city to work, or if I had gone to the west, what would I be like now?

"It's that girlfriend, what's Wang Wen's, I'm not very satisfied, my family is rural, my parents don't have much money, they don't have any ability, they don't have a pension, it's a big burden when they're old, let's talk about it first, and if I have a better one in the future, I'll change it." Yang Chengzhi said again.

"Is Yang Zaixing thinking the same way?" Wu Dao said.

"I told him about it, and he hasn't figured it out yet. If there is a better one, he will naturally figure it out. After the trip, you have to work outside by yourself, it is best to find a civil servant, teacher or something, have a stable job, be able to take care of the family, preferably in the city, and the parents have a pension and no worries. If you can really find one like this, the fool won't change it, don't you say? Yang Chengzhi said.

"Your uncle is right. Xiaodao, you are not too young, and you have to find a partner in the future according to this standard, you can't settle, otherwise you won't have a good life after marriage. Besides, you have such a high degree and you are a teacher in a university, so the standard for finding a girlfriend should be raised a little more. Wu Yue also said to Wu Dao.

Wu Dao was silent. He was not surprised to hear the two elders say such things, but he felt sorry for Yang Zaixing's current girlfriend.

Yang Chengzhi's car drove very fast, and it took less than two hours to arrive in Fangzhou. Next to an old residential building, Yang Chengzhi stopped the car, turned to look at Wu Dao and said:

"The tutoring class in the bank is on this floor, do you see, there is a billboard on the window on the third floor, it says 'summer tutoring', it is that room."

Wu Dao looked up, and there were really four big words "summer tutoring" on the window on the third floor. He didn't understand why Yang Zaixing would hold a tutorial class in such a dilapidated residential building.

Yang Chengzhi said to Wu Dao: "Don't look at this building is very dilapidated, but there are several schools nearby, and it is very good to recruit students for tutoring classes." The rent of this old building is also cheap, 300 yuan a month is enough. He said to Wu Yue again, "You call and tell me to come down, let's go to dinner together, he should get off work at this point." ”

Wu Yue called Yang Zaixing, and two minutes later, Yang Zaixing and his girlfriend Wang Wen walked down from the upper floor. Wu Dao hadn't seen Yang Zaixing in college for two years. During the two Spring Festivals, when Wu Dao went to Yang's house, Yang Zaixing was not there, and he did not come to Wu's house to visit relatives. Seeing Yang Zaixing again, Wu Dao found that he was no longer the middle school student who didn't pay attention to his appearance and didn't talk much in his memory, but became a real adult. Yang Zaixing wore a neat white shirt, black pants, black leather shoes, and glasses. His girlfriend is middle-class in figure and appearance, and she wears a white dress.

Yang walked to the car and said in Mandarin:

"Dad, Mom, brother, you guys are here, how can you walk on the road?"

Wang Wen also greeted the people in the car in Mandarin.

Listening to Yang Zaixing's words, Wu Dao felt very awkward, and said in his heart: "Yang Zaixing, you have only been out for a few years, and you can't speak your hometown?" It's understandable to talk to outsiders in Mandarin, but can you still speak Mandarin with your own family? What's more, Fangcheng District and Qicheng County both belong to Fangzhou City, although there are differences between the two local dialects, but they are not big, even if they speak to Fangzhou locals, in Qicheng dialect, the other party can fully understand. ”

Yang Chengzhi and Wu Yue didn't mean to blame Yang Zaixing at all. Yang Chengzhi said to Yang Zaixing:

"The road was very easy to walk, the journey was smooth, and I arrived early. You call your grandfather's house and tell them that we have all arrived in Fangzhou safely, you haven't been there for two years, and your grandfather misses you too. ”

Yang Zaixing called Wu Dao's home, still in Mandarin. The more Wu Dao listened, the more awkward he became, and when Yang Zaixing finished calling, he said to him:

"Yang Zaixing, you talk to your family, and you still use Mandarin, don't you know how to speak your hometown now?"

"I speak Mandarin every day when I interact with others, and now let me speak my hometown, I really can't speak it for a while." Yang Zaixing said.

"You forgot your roots, you know?" Wu Dao said.

"Your brother is right, when you talk to your family, you have to speak your hometown. In the future, I will also go home to see, and I can't just think about running tutorial classes to make money. Wu Yue also said to Yang Zaixing.

"Got it. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will buy a big house in Fangzhou City, buy a big Mercedes-Benz, take my parents over to live, and I will buy a big BMW car for my father. Yang Zaixing said.

"Ambitious, your mother and I are looking forward to that day. At that time, I won't drive a Buick, one of us will drive a Mercedes-Benz and the other will drive a BMW. Yang Chengzhi said.

"Let's not talk about that, it's noon now, and I'm in for a treat. Brother Wu Dao is not going to Fangzhou College to be a teacher, and he should celebrate. Yang Zaixing said.

"Yes, it's to celebrate. But we can't find a second university teacher in our whole river town, and your brother has set a precedent this time. Yang Chengzhi said.

"When I quit my job to go to graduate school, I made the right move." Wu Yue said.

"Who's to say it isn't. However, I still have to come to the tutorial class in the afternoon, and I can't drink at noon, so let's find a place nearby to eat. Yang Zaixing said.

"Just find a place to eat, I have to report to school in the afternoon, and I definitely can't drink." Wu Dao said.

"Your brother is right. In this way, in the future, your brother will report in the afternoon, and you can have a separate meal with your brother in the evening, and you can drink some wine when you have nothing to do in the evening. There are still a lot of things at home, your mother and I sent your brother here, and I also stopped by to see you, and I will go back in the afternoon, you just accompany your brother. Yang Chengzhi said to Yang Zaixing.

"After reporting in the afternoon, there must be a lot of things to do, so I'll have a drink later. Anyway, I'm also an older brother, and I'm working again, so next time I'll invite my uncle, aunt and Zaixing to dinner. Wu Dao said.

"It's fine. You two brothers will be in the same school in the future, and you will see each other every day, and there are so many opportunities that it will not be on this day. Wu Dao is a teacher, so he should take more care of himself in the future. Yang Chengzhi said.

"Definitely." Wu Dao said.

"Let's stop talking here, let's find a place to eat, I'll drive." Yang Zaixing said.

Yang drove and took everyone to a small but clean cafeteria.

At the dinner table, Yang Chengzhi and Yang Zaixing chatted endlessly, talking about topics such as how to make money and make good interpersonal relationships. Wu Dao felt very bored, and always felt that he was an outsider.

Yang Zaixing said to Wu Dao that many university teachers have side jobs, have part-time jobs in various social organizations, and earn a lot of money, so Wu Dao will also find a few such side jobs in the future. Wu Dao said "good", but what he thought in his heart was: "My name is Wu Dao, do you think I really have no way?" I am a backbone and bottom-line reader, since I have chosen to be a teacher, I just have to teach and educate people, what do those institutions that are only dedicated to making money have to do with me! ”

Facing Yang Chengzhi and Wu Yue, Wang Wen behaved a little restrained and rarely spoke. Wu Yue still took care of her and asked her to eat more vegetables, but Yang Chengzhi didn't say a word to her. Wu Dao remembered that Yang Chengzhi said that he was not satisfied with Wang Wen, and when he had a girl with better conditions, he would ask Yang Zaixing to replace her. When he didn't see Yang Zaixing, he didn't quite believe this sentence, but looking at the strange cousin in front of him, he felt that the current Yang Zaixing had completely done this kind of thing, and poor Wang Wen didn't know that he was just a spare tire that could be replaced at any time.

After the five of them finished lunch, they chatted for a while, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Zaixing drove back to the tutoring class. Yang Chengzhi, Wu Yue and Wu Dao sat in the tutorial class for a while, and then Yang Chengzhi drove Wu Dao to the central campus of Fangzhou University. Yang Chengzhi wanted to return to Qicheng directly from Fangzhou College, so Wu Yue also sat in the car.