"Brother Chao, then why are you here?" Cao Huifang was still very puzzled.

Then I heard Cao Shuchao say: "I'll work for your brother and work to earn money." ”

He accepted this fact from the beginning and did not feel embarrassed.

"I can't get along outside, but fortunately, your brother doesn't dislike taking me in."

Cao Huifang was very surprised when she heard Cao Shuchao say this, it turned out that someone had already worked at his brother to earn money and support his family.

This was a big surprise to her.

Walking slowly in the orchard, Cao Huifang came to the place where they planted kiwifruit fruit trees, and looked at the kiwi fruit trees with a small plastic sign hanging on them, and when they were planted, it was a small May Day holiday, and remembered that it still had a lot of leaves hanging at that time.

In the blink of an eye, seven months have passed, and all the leaves on these kiwi trees have been lost, leaving only bare branches.

She raised her hand and stroked the branches, the bark of the fruit tree was very rough, and it was not beautiful at all when she scraped her hands.

Cao Huifang sighed in her heart: "Time flies so fast. ”

She is already a junior in the second half of this year, and if she doesn't consider the postgraduate entrance examination, she can still be carefree in school, and there are less than two years left, at this time, Cao Huifang's heart is full of urgency.

Bidding farewell to Cao Shuchao, Cao Huifang came down from the orchard on the mountain, and walked towards the Yellow River Barrage Dam in the east with light steps.

The wind on the dam was very strong, and the cold wind blew on the body, which was as uncomfortable as a knife cut.

Cao Huifang put her two hands in her coat pockets and hid them, revealing a little bit that made her shiver from the cold.

Standing on the top of the dam, Cao Huifang looked out over the Yellow River, where she could see the ice on the surface of the river glistening in the sun.

Cao Huifang wanted to run over and tell him that this behavior was dangerous, but the next moment he saw a person walking slowly from the other side of the river with a cow, so he gave up the idea of preaching.

At home, Cheng Xiaolin is accompanying her mother-in-law to try on clothes and shoes.

Wang Yuelan said that it was a waste to buy her clothes, but after putting on the new clothes and shoes, the smile on her face seemed to be telling another thing.

"Linlin, is it good-looking?" Wang Yuelan asked.

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Mom, you look so good in this dress." ”

"If you don't believe me, ask my dad." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Wang Yuelan subconsciously looked at her wife Cao Jianguo, and saw that he hesitated for a while, but nodded embarrassedly and said, "It's really much more pleasing to the eye." ”

"Phew, what do you mean by pleasing to the eye." Wang Yuelan said so, but she was still happy in her heart.

It didn't take long for her to change her clothes, and Cheng Xiaolin asked her why she didn't wear them for a while.

Wang Yuelan said: "It's not the Chinese New Year yet, and the new clothes have to be washed and worn again, and there are a lot of dirty things on them." ”

This is true, Cheng Xiaolin does not argue with her mother-in-law.

In the last few days of December, Cao Shujie spent more time with his grandfather to visit Caojiazhuang.

But this comfortable life ended when the temperature became colder and colder, and Cao Zhenghu stopped coming out.

Cao Shujie also has more time to go to the orchard on the mountain.

At this time, it is like a special period when everything is dormant, waiting for the spring flowers to bloom and regain vitality and vitality.

"Shujie, come over here." Cao Shuchao called him.

Cao Shujie was puzzled, walked over and asked, "Brother Chao, what's wrong?" ”

"Shujie, these 50 cows are eating more and more, Uncle Jianguo and I are okay now, if we buy cattle again after the year, we will be too busy, you have to find another person." Cao Shuchao said.

Hearing him say this, Cao Shujie nodded: "Brother Chao, don't worry about this, if there is such a suitable person as Brother Chao, I will definitely recruit him as soon as possible." ”

This is a nice thing to say, but Cao Shuchao didn't know whether it was true or not, he asked: "Shujie, are we recruiting outsiders here?" ”

"Brother Chao has an introduction?" Cao Shujie seemed to understand a little bit and asked him.

Then I saw Cao Shuchao nodding: "A co-worker who used to work with me also resigned from the outside, and after coming back, I have been looking for some suitable work to do, but we really don't have many suitable jobs here." ”

"I'm lucky, I met Shujie you, but my worker's luck is not good, he came back and found a few places, none of them are particularly suitable, some time ago he knew that I was working here after I asked you to ask, do we add people here?"

Hearing Cao Shuchao say this, Cao Shujie did not blindly ask him how his character was.

He pondered for a while, and when Cao Shuchao was also a little restless in his heart, Cao Shujie asked him: "Brother Chao, which village is your worker from, and what is his name?" ”

Cao Shujie is not the same nature here, and if he can, he just wants to recruit some people who know the roots.

Cao Shuchao didn't think about this, but after hearing what Cao Shujie said, he still told the truth about his co-worker's situation.

To put it simply, his co-worker is from Taodong Village next door, and being able to play with Cao Shuchao also shows that his personality is similar to Cao Shuchao, and he is very honest.

"Okay, we won't recruit people a year ago, let's let him come over again after a year." Cao Shujie said.

After all, it is not long before the festival, and there is not much work in the orchard now, and they can still do it.

In private, Cao Shujie asked someone about this person named 'Zhu Shengliang', and after inquiring, he learned that Zhu Shengliang's temperament was similar to Cao Shuchao, and Cao Shujie also understood why he asked Cao Shuchao about work, and the two of them were the same kind of people.

For the rest, Cao Shujie didn't ask any more, thinking about recruiting him after the year.

On the last day of December, Cao Shujie settled Cao Shuchao's salary for the month.

Throughout December, Cao Shuchao did not rest for another day, his net salary was 1,705 yuan, and Cao Shujie gave him an additional bonus of 115 yuan, adding up to 1,820 yuan.

When he got the money, Cao Shuchao had a lot of smiles on his face.

This is the same as his original idea, before the Chinese New Year, he received two months' salary.

With these two sums of money, he dared to buy more New Year's goods and prepare more delicious food for the Chinese New Year this year.

Now there are three weeks left before the Chinese New Year, Cao Shuchao is not in a hurry to go to the market to buy things, after getting his salary, he still works as diligently as before, and does not dare to slack off.

And his wife Ma Wenqian was so happy that she didn't know what to say after receiving this salary of 1,820 yuan.

also asked Cao Shuchao vigorously: "Do you want to buy something for Cao Shujie at the end of the year and send it over." ”

"You are stupid, let's send something to Shujie, and you don't believe it when you say you are confused at the critical moment." Cao Shuchao is very confident today, he said: "Grandpa Zhenghu is back, let's buy something to see him during the New Year, can't we?" ”

"Oh, Shuchao, you're right, why am I so confused?" Ma Wenqian slapped her backhand on her forehead, and she said, "It's okay, I'm confused." ”

"You just need to know for yourself." Cao Shuchao said.

Ma Wenqian reacted at this time and glared at her husband: "Shuchao, you'd better remember what happened just now, I don't know you now, one day I'm in a bad mood, I'll clean you up together." ”

Cao Shuchao: "......"

He felt a little carried away.

But no matter what, today is a fool.

When the time entered 2012, Cao Shujie did not wait for the miraculous legend of the end of the world uploaded on the Internet, but felt unprecedented motivation in the new year, he was restless, looking forward to creating more achievements in this year.

Cheng Xiaolin started preparing things early in the morning, and when she was finally done, a layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Shujie, let's go, go early and come back early." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cheng Xiaolin wanted to take advantage of New Year's Day to go back to her parents' house, so that the years would not pass.

Cao Shujie did not object, after telling his parents, both his father Cao Jianguo and his mother Wang Yuelan were very supportive, and his mother also went to the supermarket to buy a few gift boxes and boxes for them to bring with them.

When Cheng Xiaolin wanted to refuse, Wang Yuelan said: "Linlin, this is what your father and I gave to your parents, you have to take it, and let your parents have to stay, and say hello on our behalf, otherwise we won't look good." ”

From the very beginning, Wang Yuelan was a particular person, no matter what she did, she was very considerate of her daughter-in-law, and this time it was the same.

Cheng Xiaolin can feel her mother-in-law's all-round support and care for her, and her mother-in-law's move is actually to tell her parents that she is doing well in her mother-in-law's house.

When they got in the car and were about to leave, Cheng Xiaolin asked her daughter to wave goodbye to her grandmother.

Meng Meng was very obedient, waving her hands and shouting: "Goodbye grandma, I will miss you." ”

These words made people who did not know hear it, and thought how long they were going to go.

Cheng Xiaolin was speechless to her daughter, and she corrected Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, let's come back in the afternoon." ”

"Oh!" Mengmeng shouted out of the car window again: "Grandma, I'll be back in the afternoon, you cook and wait for me." ”

"Okay, I can't forget what you ate." Wang Yuelan said with a smile.

Seeing that the car was far away, Wang Yuelan walked towards the house, she was on her son's side today, preparing to spend New Year's Day together in the evening.

Cao Huifang saw her mother come in and asked her, "Mom, when are we going to my uncle's house?" ”

"Wait for your brother to come back after being busy, on such a cold day, do you want to ride an electric car?" Wang Yuelan asked his daughter.

When Cao Huifang heard this, she quickly shook her head: "Mom, you see I'm stupid." ”

"Well, you don't look stupid, but you're really stupid." Wang Yuelan didn't want to talk about her.

Grandpa Cao Zhenghu was sitting in the living room, the radio was playing Peking Opera, he shook his head and hummed along, looking very engaged, and at this time, no one interrupted him.

……

Let's say that when Cao Shujie drove to Chengjiapo, Dayao Town, Anwu County, it was not yet 10 o'clock in the morning, and the time was quite early.

Father-in-law Cheng Rengui still listened to the advice of his son-in-law Cao Shujie in the end, and he was ready to raise cattle during the New Year.

When I met my son-in-law Cao Shujie, I asked him again to confirm the matter of breeding.

Cheng Rengui plans to raise 5 cows, and considering the money to buy these 5 calves and the subsequent feed costs, this is already the most money their family can come up with.

And this matter was also discussed with his son Cheng Yunping.

Cheng Yunping also felt that his sister and brother-in-law would not pit them, since his brother-in-law said that raising cattle had good prospects, and his father's job was not settled, it was really better to raise cattle at home, and wait until the end of the year to see how the overall income of cattle raising was.

If it works, Cheng Yunping pondered that he wouldn't go out next year, wouldn't it be better for the father and son to raise a few more cows at home than to go to work?

Cheng Yunping was not in a hurry, nor did he prepare to do it all as soon as he came up, he knew very well that he had never done these jobs before, and their family had not raised cattle, this job seemed simple, but there must be various problems to be solved in actual operation.

Maybe it's because his parents have come back from outside, and after the little nephew Cheng Tiandong saw them, he didn't hide like before and didn't dare to see anyone, or hide behind his grandmother Li Xiaojuan and didn't dare to show up.

He looked quite lively today, and when he saw Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin, he also took the initiative to shout: "Uncle, aunt." ”

This shout stunned Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin, and they subconsciously looked at their little nephew and felt that he didn't seem to be the same.

I'm sorry, today's update is still not enough, today's state is not good, I have been ringing in the ears, my head is swollen, my toothache is wrong, and I don't know if it's Eryang.

Actually, since the day before yesterday, my body has not been quite right, I thought it was a high temperature, and I didn't care, so let's make up for today and yesterday next year.

(End of chapter)