Yiling City Five Star Department Store, 5th floor Xinjiang Hotel entrance.

Cao Zhen was pushing his daughter, Pamir, back and forth at the door with a wheelbarrow.

Reaching out and wiping it on his eyes, he put the phone away, and the expression on Cao Zhen's face was particularly complicated.

If you look closely, you will find that Cao Zhen's eyes are red.

At the entrance of the Xinjiang Hotel next to it, there are still people waiting in line to call a number.

That's it, there are still a lot of latecomers, and they are also waiting in line to call the number.

All this means that the business of Xinjiang Hotel is very hot, and the daily flow of water is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Cao Zhen and his wife Patigul were discussing in private, their biggest regret was that the area of the shop was limited and could not be expanded, otherwise even if it was hundreds of thousands more rent, they were now willing to continue to lease the place and expand the scale.

When they first started, they were hesitant, but now they are sure that the money will be earned.

The busier the more time, even if it only takes more than an hour to drive back to his hometown from Yiling City, but since the hotel opened on the eve of the Qingming Festival in April last year, until now, Cao Zhen has not returned to Caojiazhuang.

It's his own business, and he puts in 120% effort and responsibility than when he was in the factory.

Thinking of what Cao Shujie said in the group just now, a gloomy look flashed in Cao Zhen's eyes.

Comparatively speaking, he has indeed been busy making money this year, except for Cao Fei, who is close at hand, Cao Zhen rarely gets together with Cao Tiemin, Cao Shuyang, Cao Shulun, Cao Shujie and a few others.

Even Cao Fei usually doesn't come to his side to eat, basically when Cao Shujie comes over, the three of them can get together.

Looking back, in the past 8 months, Cao Zhen looked a little dazed, he made money, but he seemed to have missed a lot of things.

Patigul called out to him at the door of the hotel.

Cao Zhen was distracted, and he didn't hear the shout, Patiguli came over and patted him: "Cao Zhen, what are you doing?" ”

"What's wrong?" Cao Zhen was startled, and when he saw his wife, his eyes were a little dazed.

"Are the Pamirs hungry? I'll take her to the back to have some milk, and you can go to the store for a while. Patigul said.

Cao Zhen looked down at his daughter Pamir, and found that this little guy didn't know when he had begun to gnaw his fingers, and he was a little ashamed: "You can take her quickly." ”

"Cao Zhen, is there something wrong with you?" Patigul asked him.

Cao Zhen shook his head: "You go to feed first, I'll go to the store to watch first, and I'll tell you later." ”

"That's fine." With doubts, Patigul went to the back room to nurse.

When Patigul returned to the counter after feeding Pamir, she saw that her husband was still distracted, so she asked him what was wrong.

As Cao Zhen said what he had just chatted in the group, Patigul said directly: "What's this, let's close the door to rest from Chinese New Year's Eve to the third night of the new year." ”

"It's been a busy year, you can't kill people, and when the time comes, go home for the holidays, and you can always find a night to get together."

This surprise came too quickly, Cao Zhen hesitated for a while and said: "But there will be a lot of people at that time, and we are still thinking about buying a house." ”

"When is it a head to make money, and besides, you don't have to buy a house this year, and you can buy it again next year and the year after that." Patigul said.

"It's really not possible to make a down payment first, and then slowly repay the loan."

Then he also said: "You see that Shujie still takes time out to take his family out to travel every year, are we just staring here for the rest of our lives and not doing anything else?" ”

"I can figure this out, why don't you understand it." Patigul looks carefree.

……

Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie and his daughter Mengmeng are pasting Spring Festival couplets with freshly beaten paste.

Just finished sticking to the door, Cao Shujie took Mengmeng to other places.

Meng Meng had a lot of fun, and from time to time she put her fingers into the paste, and then took it out to observe the paste stuck to her fingers.

"Dad, is this delicious?" Meng Meng was also curious and wanted to reach into her mouth and taste it.

Cao Shujie saw his daughter like this, and told her very indifferently: "You can eat it, you will have diarrhea after eating, and you will have an injection, don't be afraid of pain." ”

Speaking of injections, Mengmeng had palpitations, she shook her head: "Then forget it, I'll eat meatballs in a while." ”

Grandma, mom and sister-in-law fried meatballs at home, and there were so many delicious things today.

The couplet hasn't been pasted yet, and Meng Meng has already smelled the smell of meat.

She threw the couplet in her hand directly on the ground, ran in and shouted loudly: "Grandma, is there anything to eat?" ”

"Little glutton, are you hungry?" Wang Yuelan brought out a plate of freshly fried apples and sweet potatoes and put them on the coffee table in the living room for her granddaughter to eat.

Meng Meng was about to grab it, but Wang Yuelan saw that her granddaughter's hands were full of paste and black soil, so she directly reached out and grabbed her granddaughter's wrist: "Your hands are too dirty, go wash your hands first and eat them, otherwise the insects will let you eat them in your stomach." ”

"No, I'm fine." Meng Meng said.

But it was useless, Wang Yuelan directly pulled Mengmeng to wash her hands.

Outside, Cao Shujie was busy with the rest of the work.

He didn't expect Mengmeng to help him with much work at all, so it would be good if he didn't make trouble.

After posting the couplet, when he returned to the house, Cheng Xiaolin said to him: "Shujie, my eldest brother sent you a WeChat chat video just now, and we were all busy not answering, you can reply." ”

"Big brother?" Cao Shujie put down his things, found the charging phone, and when he opened WeChat, he saw the video invitation that his eldest brother Cao Shubin did not connect.

He dialed back, and it didn't take long for the phone to be connected, and the face of the eldest brother Cao Shubin appeared on the screen: "Brother, what are you busy with?" ”

"Brother, I just went out to post couplets, my phone is out of battery, and I am charging it in the house, how are you? Are you done with it? Cao Shujie asked.

Before he finished speaking, the second brother Cao Shuxin also appeared in the camera: "Shujie, let's go back on the first day of the new year after the New Year." ”

Hearing what the second brother said, Cao Shujie was very happy.

Cao Zhenghu, who was sitting next to him and watching TV, was also very happy: "Shujie, you show me your phone." ”

Seeing the two grandsons appear on the mobile phone screen, Cao Zhenghu was quite curious.

"Shubin, are you coming back for the New Year?" Cao Zhenghu asked his eldest grandson.

Then I saw the eldest grandson nodding in the video: "Grandpa, let's go back, and when the time comes, we will also decide about my dad building a house in his hometown." ”

Cao Shujie heard his lobby brother talking about this matter next to him, and thought to himself: "Is this decided?" ”

During the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, his uncle came back and mentioned the matter of building a house, although the land was about to come back, and there has been no movement on building a house since then.

Cao Shujie thought that his uncle had given up the idea of building a house in his hometown, and he hadn't given up yet.

It seems that this matter has been discussed for several months, and now it has finally come to an agreement.

Uncle chose to come back to build a house at this time, does he plan to come back to live permanently in the future, or just build a house at home, and come back for the New Year's holidays in the future, so that he can have a place to live?

Cao Shujie didn't understand, but he didn't ask.

Grandpa Cao Zhenghu said to the mobile phone screen: "Come back, I heard your brother say that there are a lot of houses to be built in our village after the New Year, and the next step in the village is to unify the style of the house, and if you want to build it, it will be exactly one." ”

This is something that Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin and their brothers don't know, and they are thinking about asking their cousin Cao Shujie in the video, but they think that they will go back in two days, so there is no need to ask in a hurry at this time.

After the video hung up, Cao Zhenghu also asked his grandson Cao Shujie about building a house in the village.

"Grandpa, this is an idea now, after the year, I will find someone who wants to build a house to have a meeting together, and I will also ask an architect to design a good-looking template, and all those who build a new house or renovate a house in the future must follow this template, otherwise they will not be approved." Cao Shujie said.

This is what they discussed, but there are still some details that have not been done, and the meeting of the two village committees will continue to be held after the year, and the villagers' meeting of the whole village will be held.

As for the matter of building new houses in the village, the policies above are different now, and they are all specific problems to deal with in each locality.

Let's be honest, next year's policy is likely to be different from this year's.

Cao Zhenghu didn't ask again.

……

When the crackling firecrackers sound, it was a new year.

All parts of the country are immersed in the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival at this time.

After Cao Shujie's family finished the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, they did not watch the Spring Festival Gala at home.

bought so many fireworks, and didn't let go of a wave of ruthlessness, not to mention that Meng Meng didn't let them be too quiet, even Cao Shujie felt sorry for himself.

But Cao Shujie hasn't started fireworks yet, and the village committee compound has let go first.

With the sound of banging explosions, all kinds of colorful fireworks instantly burst into the sky, lighting up the night.

At this time, after many people came out of their homes, they did not go to pay New Year's greetings first as in previous years, but rushed directly to the compound of the village committee.

Mengmeng originally wanted to go to the fireworks with her father, but seeing that the south side had already been released, she was not in a hurry.

"Dad, let's go see the fireworks first."

"Aren't we going to order it too? Don't you watch it? Cao Shujie wondered.

"Let's see them go first, and then order ours, so we can watch it twice, hehe." Meng Meng stretched out two fingers and smiled proudly.

The eyes also reveal a shrewdness that children of the same age do not have.

Cao Shujie subconsciously looked at his wife, but saw that his wife also turned her head to look at him: "You taught her?" ”

Cao Shujie asked.

Cheng Xiaolin pouted: "I thought you taught it." ”

"Where did this little broken boy get so many hearts." Cheng Xiaolin was also convinced.

Cao Shujie wanted to say a few more words, but Mengmeng had already spread his hand and ran to the south.

When Cheng Xiaolin saw this, she was not in a hurry to light their fireworks, and ran south behind her daughter.

Cao Shujie also wanted to call out to the two of them, but who knew that his mother and sister also ran south.

My father walked slowly behind my grandfather.

Cao Shujie looked at the fireworks brought out, and thought in his heart that he would simply not go to other places, and go directly to the village committee compound to set off fireworks.

He went home again and rode out on an electric tricycle, took the fireworks with him, and drove towards the village committee compound to the south.

Unexpectedly, there were people in the village who had the same idea as him, and they all gathered the fireworks they bought at home to the compound of the Caojiazhuang Village Committee.

That night, the night sky over Caojiazhuang lit up for more than three hours before it fell silent.

During this period, the big guys form a fireworks relay.

This is something that has never happened in previous years, and it also seems to indicate that Caojiazhuang has really become different from the past since this year.

(End of chapter)