Zekuan hurriedly played a round and said, "Okay, don't talk about this for the New Year." ”

Wu Yi poured red wine for everyone, picked up the wine glass, and said in a sincere tone: "I don't want to say something unhappy during the New Year, but if you say something unhappy when you should be happy, it may make everyone remember it more clearly." It is not easy for us to have today, we should work hard to do things well, we are not like working part-time before, working for a month and waiting for a salary, doing business is not so simple, we have to be more attentive and united than when we work, you say, isn't it. ”

Zekuan picked up the cup, patted Zhao Wencheng, and said: "Wu Yi is right, we must unite and work hard in order to do better and bigger." ”

Zhao Wencheng also picked up the cup and said, "You two guys can say so much, why don't you pick up girls, isn't that a waste?" ”

Wu Yi smiled and said, "Let's soak a little less, and leave it for you to soak more." ”

Zhao Wencheng said: "Thank you, I'll return it to you when I'm tired of soaking." ”

"you!"

The three of them clinked glasses and drank freely.

After the Chinese New Year, Internet cafes have entered a number of high-configuration computers and opened a special game area.

Wu Yi is mainly responsible for the usual accounts and purchases, and only he has the ability and experience in this area.

Zekuan is mainly technical, he can solve general computer problems, others are also very diligent and don't care, he does a lot of cleaning in Internet cafes, and he does most of the errand work like going out to eat.

Zhao Wencheng basically wandered around the Internet café and talked to a beautiful girl when he saw it.

Wu Yi sometimes couldn't see it, so he asked Zhao Wencheng to go to eat, or snatched the broom in Zekuan's hand and stuffed it to Zhao Wencheng to sweep the floor.

On May 12, 2008, there was a Wenchuan earthquake that shocked China and foreign countries, seeing the suffering of compatriots, empathy, the street office organized donations for the disaster area, Wu Yi discussed donating 3,000 yuan in the name of the Internet café, Zekuan agreed.

Zhao Wencheng said with some reluctance: "We are not the big bosses of big enterprises, don't we just mean it?" ”

Wu Yi pointed at him: "If you are Chinese, don't object." ”

Zhao Wencheng hurriedly said, "Okay, I agree." ”

Seeing the grief of the victims on TV for the unfortunate death and missing relatives, Zekuan also missed his mother and grandfather more than ever, and even his father, as if he suddenly felt less resentment.

He decided to go home.

Whether it is in the city or in the town, it has changed a lot in recent years, and it has become more and more beautiful, but I haven't come back for a year, and I have felt a lot of changes, and there are many buildings with more than 10 floors on both sides of the town, and there are also big supermarkets.

Back in the village, everything seemed to be the same, although there were one or two new houses, but the gambling stall under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village was still there, but his father was not seen.

He didn't understand where these people who gambled all year round came from their money.

His mother was very happy to see him come back, and said, "I was going to go to the town with your father to do muddy work, but I won't go when you come back today, and your father and they will have to water the ceiling tonight, and they have to work all night." ”

Zekuan sighed, his father was not at home, and he felt more comfortable.

Seeing his dilapidated mud-brick house, he felt even more desperate that it was time to build a new house for his family.

He bought a box of health supplements for his grandfather.

Grandpa's ears were more deaf than before, and he shouted several times before he heard it, and he looked a little older than last year, which made him look a little painful.

Seeing him come back, Grandpa's smile was very excited.

At dinner, Zekuan told his mother that the Internet café was understaffed and that he would have to go back to Guangzhou early tomorrow morning.

His mother was a little disappointed, but she was also very considerate of him.

Then he said that he planned to tear down the old house and rebuild it.

"My previous savings plus the dividends of the Internet café in the first half of the year, I now have more than 30,000 yuan, and there will be dividends at the end of the year, I will go to the bank with you tomorrow to open an account and apply for a card, I will transfer the money to your account, the Internet café can't leave, I can't come back to help."

The mother nodded and said, "You are busy with your own business, so leave the house to us!" She understood what he meant, and he was relieved to give her the money.

When I woke up the next day, my father's snoring could be heard in the room, and a set of dirty clothes covered with cement stains was on the chair.

After breakfast, he took his luggage and the souvenirs that his mother had prepared for him, and rode his mother to town on his bicycle.

The mother said, "I heard that the bus will be able to go to town next year." ”

"That's great, I don't have to take a motorcycle when I come back in the future, and you don't have to ride a bicycle when you go to the market."

"Yes, it will get better and better in the future."

The mother paused and said, "Your father won't beat and scold me now, and he won't drink and gamble much." ”

"Hmm"

Zekuan didn't say anything.

"Son, you are in your twenties, and now you are the boss again, when the family builds a house, it is time to find a daughter-in-law, not to mention that I 、、、 your grandfather is old, and I also want to see you get married."

Zekuan said: "Let's talk about building a house." ”

I went to the bank in the town to help my mother open a card, transferred money to her, taught her how to withdraw money, and asked the bank staff if she didn't understand.

Then, he left for Guangzhou, and his mother still held the bicycle station and watched him on the side of the road.

On August 8, 2008, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Ze Kuan, Wu Yi and Zhao Wencheng watched live TV while drinking beer and eating peanut snacks in the dormitory.

When the song of "Singing the Motherland" sounded; When Li Ning appeared in mid-air with a torch; When Yao Ming led the Chinese athletes into the Olympic stadium with the national flag, Zekuan and Wu Yi's eyes were moist again and again.

Zekuan said generously: "Our country is getting stronger and stronger. ”

Wu Yi said: "Yes, so we should also work harder, but we can't hold the country back." ”

Zhao Wencheng said of him: "You have it, I really think that I am qualified to drag the country back." ”

Wu Yi threw a peanut shell at him: "I'm not qualified, do you have it?" ”

Zhao Wencheng said: "I am self-aware, the country's hind legs are too big, I don't hug or drag, I only hold yours and drag yours." ”

At the end of 2008, there was also a global financial crisis, which closed many factories in Guangdong and left many migrant workers unemployed.

In Wu Yi's words, although many people have lost their jobs and returned to their hometowns, those who have not returned have more time to spend in Internet cafes.

Zekuan can't figure out that these people who are addicted to the Internet seem to have only the Internet in their lives.

Although he has worked in Internet cafes for so long and is now one of the owners of Internet cafes, he is accustomed to seeing those who spend all day forgetting to sleep and eat in Internet cafes, and he is deeply touched by the harm of Internet addiction. So he doesn't use the Internet much, and he never plays games, and since Wu Yi moved the TV to the dormitory, he prefers to watch TV.

He only occasionally goes on QQ, but he doesn't like online dating, and he hardly has any contact with his former classmates or co-workers, but he keeps in touch with Jiang Chao, who he met at the "Nanchao" magazine fraternity from time to time.

On this day, Jiang Chao came from Panyu to play, and came to see him by the way, I haven't seen him for a few years, and he looks a little darker and more mature than before.

looked around and said enviously: "No wonder you don't write anymore, you are working hard to make money, and you are all the boss." ”

Zekuan said: "It's not a boss, it's a partnership of friends, I can't afford to hire workers, I have to do everything by myself, and it's harder than before." ”

Jiang Chao said: "What is hard work, it's good to earn money." ”

Zekuan said: "It's almost like a part-time job, but it's stressful, so I don't have the heart and time to write, and you've been submitting, right?" ”

Jiang Chao said a little lonely: "Yes, there is an investment, but a few tofu cubes have been published in a few years, and now the magazines have changed their taste, and the articles are either pseudo-documentary or violent and pornographic, and many of them can't be done, and "Nanchao" will also be suspended next month. ”

"Really?" Zekuan was a little surprised, after all, it was his favorite part-time job magazine back then, but in the past few years, he has bought a lot of it, and there are fewer newspaper bookstores.

"Yes, there are so many ways to entertain now, TV networks are much more attractive than magazines, and now many people are reading books and writings, don't you know that you are in the Internet café every day?"

Zekuan smiled and said: "I am in the Internet café every day, but I don't have much time to surf the Internet, and I don't like to surf the Internet very much, and I rarely open a computer in the dormitory." ”

"It's too strange that people spend money to go online, and you don't need money and don't use it."

"No way, I'll just go, go upstairs to the dormitory."

Ze went to the dormitory with him, turned on the computer for him to play, and chatted with him.

"I always thought you would be with Wu Xinyun, you already looked like a couple at that time."

Zekuan shook his head and said, "We hit it off at first sight, but we have no fate. ”

Jiang Chao said: "It's a pity, do you still have contact?" ”