Xu Xiaorou and I dealt with her father's affairs together, including docking with the kiln owner, including finding a claim with the local village committee, including cremation, including the time of coming and going, which took a whole week.

I fought for Xu Xiaorou's compensation of 120,000 yuan, which is worthy of Xu Xiaorou's father's spirit in the sky.

Although 120,000 yuan could not alleviate Xu Xiaorou's pain of losing her father, it completely alleviated her financial difficulties. At the very least, Xu Xiaorou's college expenses were solved.

In fact, the cost of the university is less than a quarter of the compensation fee. Therefore, when Xu Xiaorou was holding her father's ashes in tears sadly, I was thinking about how to manage Xu Xiaorou's finances.

It is obviously not cost-effective to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank. Money lost in the bank will only be less, not more.

What I thought of was to buy a house in Yangjiang for Xu Xiaorou. It was the best and safest way to manage your money at the time. It's a sure thing that house prices will continue to rise. For example, the price of the house I bought in Splendid Future has doubled in five years.

I remember when I bought a house with a bright future with a mortgage, many people were waiting and watching. 450 yuan per square meter, which is staggering. Many people who can't see the form clearly expect house prices to fall.

According to the salary, 450 yuan per square meter is indeed a sky-high price, and a month's salary is enough to buy a square meter except for food and drink. A 120-square-meter house will take ten years to calculate.

But I didn't hesitate. This way they see things is completely static. The society is developing, the country's economy is growing, and it is impossible to stop moving.

In the past five years, the house in the South Gate New District has basically risen to 800 yuan per square meter, and those who are on the sidelines still have to pay to buy a house with stomach pain. If they don't buy it, it will hurt more in the stomach.

But this idea, I know, is absolutely impossible in Xu Xiaorou's family.

It is a fantasy for a countryman to go to the county seat to buy a house. So I can only think of some strategies.

The strategy I'm thinking of is – deception. The kiln owner's original intention was to pay 60,000 yuan, so he used this data to prevaricate Xu Xiaorou's family. Another 60,000 yuan is more than enough to buy a two-bedroom and two-hall house of more than 80 square meters.

Xu Xiaorou followed my advice.

……

Back in Yangjiang, we were still on the long-distance bus, and we received a call from Cheng Wei, who wanted to pick up the wind and wash the dust for me.

"Pull it down, my brother doesn't want to admit it, and you still have to pick up the wind and wash the dust for me? You don't poison your food, do you? "I ridiculed Cheng Wei.

"Whatever you think," Cheng Wei was not angry at all, "At six o'clock in the evening, the delicious food will be gone." Remember to bring Hao Junqi with you. ”

"Hao Junqi is better for you to call in person, which also shows your affection and sincerity." I felt a little uncomfortable.

Presumably, he didn't have a chance to contact Hao Junqi for seven days, and as soon as I came back, he found an excuse.

"Hahahaha," Cheng Wei laughed insolently on the phone, "what a fucking little belly chicken intestine." You don't think I want to get close to Sister Hao through you, do you? There are many ways for me to approach Sister Hao. I'm telling you, I'm quitting. ”

"Exit?"

"Let's talk about it when we meet. I still have something on my hands right now. Cheng Wei hung up the phone.

I'm confused. It's too dramatic to tell me to quit when I was still in love a week ago.

Could it be that something happened between Cheng Wei and Hao Junqi? Or did Hao Junqi give Cheng Wei an "ultimatum"?

All the speculations were in vain, so I had to think of nothing.

When the car arrived at the station, I took the snakeskin bag in Xu Xiaorou's hand. Xu Xiaorou's father's ashes were in a snakeskin bag. Everyone who drives a car has a taboo of carrying ashes, and those who sit in the car will feel uncomfortable knowing that there are ashes of dead people in the car, so we also stuffed snakeskin bags with clothes, so that people can't tell that there are ashes inside.

There's no way around it.

Descending to the ground, Xu Xiaorou shed tears before speaking.

"Be strong," I choked up, "and it's up to you to go back." There is no resurrection from the dead. Come back early after the funeral, and take the college entrance examination in a few weeks. Getting into a good university is the best reward for your father. ”

Xu Xiaorou nodded, "I know." Thank you, uncle. ”

"I have to wait for you to come back to buy a house with the compensation money. Many of the formalities will have to be signed by you. I'll help you put this money in the bank first. "Because we had negotiated in advance, we had already completed the deposit business at the two banks where the accident occurred when we got the compensation.

"Okay."

"Do you want to go back to 'Splendid Future' to get anything?"

"I'll just take the shuttle bus back."

"Okay."

We walked towards the station ticket office. It was nearly dusk, and the square in front of the station was empty. In the morning, all the stalls set up here were removed. We were greeted by someone who was driving a black car soliciting customers.

At this time, I heard Wang Hao's voice calling me.

Wang Hao parked the motorcycle and trotted to us.

"In a hurry, I finally didn't miss it." Wang Hao gasped.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

Xu Xiaorou looked at Wang Hao sadly.

"You don't know? The road to Xiaorou's house was washed away by the flood, and the shuttle bus stopped running for a week. I came to send Xiaorou back. Wang Hao said.

"How do you know this? Also, how do you know we're here? ”

"Didn't you tell me to be a caring person?" Wang Hao looked very proud.

Xu Xiaorou looked at me.

"I told you to be a good person in medicine." I say.

"I'm calling it inferences."

"Not bad."

Since the shuttle bus is stopped, the car naturally can't pass, and the best means of transportation is the motorcycle. Thirty kilometers is enough, and forty minutes by motorbike is enough.

Wang Hao is hearty enough.

Xu Xiaorou sat on the back seat of the motorcycle and put her father's ashes between Wang Hao and her.

Wang Hao kicked the accelerator, the motorcycle butt smoked, Xu Xiaorou didn't have time to wave to me, and the person was fifty meters away.

I know that Wang Hao's joy in his heart is indescribable.

It seems that Wang Hao is still worth teaching. Very savvy. As the saying goes, in adversity, you see the truth. Xu Xiaorou needed help the most at this time, and he Wang Hao appeared in time, which was the most impressive.

You know, the sooner the ashes arrive home, the better. Not to mention that the people of Xu Xiaorou's family are looking forward to it, she herself also wants her father to settle down as soon as possible.

If it is delayed for a few days because the shuttle bus is not available, Xu Xiaorou will feel a lot of guilt in her heart.

Therefore, Wang Hao said to send her back on a motorcycle, and Xu Xiaorou sat on it without saying a word.

When the figure of Wang Hao's motorcycle completely disappeared from my sight, I stopped a tricycle.

Sitting on the tricycle, I called Hao Junqi. I haven't seen each other for seven days, I haven't said goodnight to each other's faces, and I have the illusion that Hao Junqi will disappear from me again.

"Has my brother arrived in Yangjiang?" Hao Junqi's voice rang in her phone.

"I'm already sitting on a tricycle back to Yangjiang. Are you at home? "I can't say how warm this greeting is.

"Yes."

"I don't have to cook at night." I remembered Cheng Wei's entrustment, "Brother Cheng said to pick up the wind for me and invite us to dinner at the 'Gourmet Guest'." ”

"Uh-I don't want to go." Hao Junqi is hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

"Not really. It's because of the important guests in the house. ”

"What's the important guest here?"

"You'll find out when you get back." Hao Junqi hung up the phone.

I put my phone away sullenly. I always feel that Hao Junqi has something to say. Also, who will be the important guests? Is it Junqi's guest, or mine, or is it a guest in common? None of this is known.

It's hard to call again, but fortunately, the mystery will be revealed in a few minutes.

That's how I opened the door.

In the living room, father and mother sat impressively!

The important guests Hao Junqi said turned out to be my father and mother!

It was too much of a surprise to me.

Hao Jia heard me open the door and ran out of her bedroom, "Uncle is back, uncle is back." ”

I picked up Hao Jia and walked to the living room. Hao Jia kissed me on the face. When I got to the living room, I greeted my parents.

Hao Junqi took Hao Jia from my hand and put Hao Jia on the ground.

I took out the "Mother Tells Stories to Babies" series of phonetic books that I bought especially for Hao Jia in my bag, and Hao Jia took the books and jumped into her bedroom.

"Is that little girl's father's business taken care of?" Father spoke. His face was slightly pale.

"It's been dealt with." I say.

"Where's Xiaorou?" Hao Junqi asked.

"I went back to my hometown. Come back after the funeral. By the way, Dad, Mom, when did you come to Yangjiang? ”

"I arrived this morning." Mother said. I haven't seen her for more than a month, and my mother's gray hair has increased a lot.

And my father's hair was almost completely white. My father couldn't tell how haggard he was.

"Is something going on at home? You look ...... Mom, your hair ...... "I can't say anything in my heart.

"It's not your dad yet," the mother stroked her bangs, "there hasn't been a day of peace since the last time I came to Yangjiang." ”

My father coughed dryly.

"Lao Zheng, don't be afraid of me," the mother ignored her father's prompt, "Heart disease still needs heart medicine." I specially asked for leave to accompany you to Yangjiang, just to make you peaceful. Your heart can't afford to toss like that. ”

"What toss and doesn't toss." Father said.

"I said, the older you get, the more you die, and you want to save face. Why didn't you lose face more than ten years ago? ”

"You—" Father choked.

What his mother refers to more than ten years ago is, of course, the messy thing about his cheating.

"I don't mean to be angry with you," said the mother, "and it's true. You've been hesitating, don't tell me why you're upset, I've guessed it a long time ago, are you worried about setting sail and combining with Junqi, right? ”

Hao Junqi and I glanced at each other, then at my father.

"You dead old woman, you, do you want to be angry with me?" The father was furious.

"I'm for your own good, Lao Zheng. I'm mad at you, what's in it for me? It's your body that can't afford to toss anymore. set sail and came back, Junqi was also by your side, talk about your concerns, and break the matter, wouldn't there be nothing? Besides, if Qihang and Junqi really intend to combine, isn't this a great thing? Mother chattered.

"You're ——, your—" The father shoved his mother, and what he wanted to say was stopped by angina.

I hurriedly sat down and dragged my father's body to fall. My father's lips were purple. Teeth are clenched.