On a day in May, the normal temperature during the day is above 30 degrees, and there is also a 25 or 6 degrees at night.

The air-conditioning unit hanging on the wall of some people's homes is already humming, and it is not bad for the electricity bill.

The LED street lamps are always on, and there are old people holding pu fans on Caojiazhuang Street under the light, moving a Maza, and three or five people gather together to chat.

At night, there are fewer cars, and when the temperature drops, there are children running back and forth around their adults.

Or a few friends playing together.

When an old man saw Cao Zhenghu coming, he shouted loudly, and he had never heard shouts like 'Brother Tiger' and 'Uncle Tiger'.

When they saw Cao Shujie, these elders also smiled and called him 'Director Cao', obviously joking, but in fact, they also put Cao Shujie in a very high position in their hearts, removing the factor of seniority, Cao Shujie is a person they respect.

"Grandpa Zhenglin, if you shout like this again, I won't have the face to see people."

"Grandpa Zhenggang, I've been very busy recently, these house-building jobs in our village, please thank you, Wishing you prosperity."

As they were talking, they walked to the side where Cao Shujie's parents lived.

Father Cao Jianguo, mother Wang Yuelan, and uncle Cao Jianlin are also enjoying the shade on the roadside.

Cao Shuchao, who is not on the night shift today, and his wife Ma Wenqian are also chatting here.

Cao Shuchao has been exercising in the orchard in the past few years, and he has earned money in his hands, and his speech and work have become more and more open, and he is no longer as stuffy as before.

Seeing his son supporting his old father and bringing his granddaughter over, Cao Jianguo first let his old father sit on his Maza.

He himself went home and took out the maza: "Mengmeng, come and sit on grandpa's side." ”

"Grandpa, grandma, grandpa."

Meng Meng screamed sweetly, and went to call Cao Shuchao and Cao Zhenggang again.

Cao Zhenggang has always praised her for being a sensible child.

Cao Zhenghu and Cao Jianguo's laughter has never stopped.

Cao Shujie glanced at the opposite side of their house, the uncle built the house is basically finished, the roof is flat, the courtyard wall is covered with tiles, and the wall is being maintained over and over again at this stage, and it can be renovated and moved in in a few months.

At that time, the exterior walls will also be painted uniformly.

Cao Jianlin also told Cao Shujie that his eldest brother Cao Shubin and second brother Cao Shuxin would come back after a while to see the house and discuss the decoration.

The shape of the house is built in accordance with the design drawings made by Pingyuan County Construction Co., Ltd., but the decoration of the home can show their skills, and there is no hard requirement.

"Jianlin, don't you still have a house in the city?" Cao Zhenggang heard this and asked more.

He can't do the decoration, so he won't do this job.

Cao Jianlin said with a smile: "It's been hung out, and I will sell it after a while, and I will go to Anyi in the future, and I will live in the eldest and second children's house." ”

"I usually live in Caojiazhuang."

Speaking of this, Cao Jianlin remembered something, he smiled and said: "Uncle Gang, don't say it, I do some work at home, and I feel that my legs and feet are getting lighter and lighter." ”

He is 66 years old this year, and when he lived in Anyi City, he really had no other way to move than his normal legs and go to the park for half a day.

After working a lot, he was really tired at first, and his whole body ached when he was tired, but after a while, his body became more and more comfortable.

To sum up, Cao Jianlin felt that he still lacked exercise.

Cao Shujie didn't think much about it, and when he heard the uncle say that the two cousins were coming over, Cao Shujie thought it was okay: "After a while, the strawberry fruit wine will almost ferment, and when my eldest brother and second brother come back, they will taste the new wine." ”

"Shujie, what do you think?" Cao Zhenggang said him.

"I heard that you use thousands of catties of strawberries to make wine, such expensive strawberries, you sell them for money, how much wine can you buy."

3,000 catties of strawberries, according to the picking price in the orchard this year, these strawberries can earn more than 110,000 yuan when sold.

But this money can't buy so much fruit wine.

"Grandpa, this money can't be earned, but there is no second store to sell this wine, and I can't buy it with the money." Cao Shujie said.

"Haha, that's right, you've made so much money." Cao Zhenggang suddenly realized that Cao Shujie was different from them.

Most people in Caojiazhuang are still thinking about how much the kiwifruit in the orchard can sell for when the harvest is harvested the next year.

When I thought that this year's cattle could be sold for a few cents more, I didn't know that Cao Shujie's investment was tens of millions.

The gap is too big, and it's a bit out of place for them to look at it in their own way.

Meng Meng stayed by her grandfather and grandmother's side, with a grimace from time to time, provoking Cao Jianguo and Wang Yuelan and them to smile.

"Mengmeng, on such a hot day, why don't you cool off at home?" Wang Yuelan asked her.

Meng Meng couldn't say why.

Wang Yuelan understood at a glance that her granddaughter must have provoked her daughter-in-law at home.

She said, "Mengmeng, why don't you sleep with grandma tonight, and I'll send you to kindergarten early tomorrow morning." ”

"I can't." Meng Meng immediately shook her head: "I want to sleep in my own room." ”

"yes, Meng Meng has grown up, and he's a big child." Wang Yuelan touched her granddaughter's little head, her eyes full of doting light.

Several old people were chatting, and Cao Shujie and Cao Shuchao were also chatting.

Inadvertently saw Cao Shuchao's mother Zheng Huajuan coming out of the house, Cao Shujie hurriedly called out to his aunt.

"Auntie, your body is getting tougher and tougher." Cao Shujie said, standing up and giving up his seat.

Zheng Huajuan said with a smile: "Shujie, this is still thanks to you, your super brother has earned money from working with you, and your sister-in-law will go to the county to show me three times." ”

Since the National Day of the 11th year, Cao Shuchao has followed Cao Shujie, and in the past three years, Cao Shuchao has worked on his side and earned some money, and his wife Ma Wenqian has followed to plant fruit trees and raise cattle to earn some money.

The hands are getting looser and looser, and the patients who should be seen are not delayed.

Hearing Zheng Huajuan say this, several old people sitting here also sighed.

They used to have minor illnesses and major illnesses that could not be treated, and to put it bluntly, it was all about money.

But now there is no such concern.

The village committee is now promoting the serious illness medical insurance to the village, which is said to be Cao Shujie's meaning.

Some people have bought serious illness medical insurance, but some people have not bought it, no one has urged this, it all depends on their own situation.

chatting here, before I knew it, it was almost 9 o'clock, and Meng Meng also began to feel sleepy, so Cao Shujie helped his grandfather and took Meng Meng home.

Cao Jianguo was still shouting in the back, asking Cao Shujie to ride an electric tricycle to take his grandfather and Mengmeng back, saying that it was faster.

"That'll do fine." Cao Shujie saw that his daughters had become kowtows, and he slept on the way when he didn't get home.

……

The night passed.

When the sun rises on the horizon and leaps above the horizon, people begin a new work.

When Cao Shujie was about to go to town, a phone call came and made him change his mind.

"Uncle, are you about to retire?" Cao Shujie was in a trance.

It was Lian Xuezhu who called him.

According to Lian Xuezhu's statement on the phone, he is going through the retirement procedures, and he will not go to the second line to exert his residual heat, and go home directly to retire.

At this time, Lian Xuezhu and a group of good people wanted to sit down for dinner together, so they called Cao Shujie to come over, and by the way, let him bring some fruit wine.

"When you reach the age, what are you doing if you don't retire from your seat, it will be the world of you young people in the future, and we old guys should also want to enjoy Qingfu." Lian Xuezhu said.

"Shujie, don't forget to come over at night, I'll introduce you to a few more people." Lian Xuezhu said so.

When he steps down, his influence will be very small.

But there are also some good ones, and he wants to introduce them to Cao Shujie at this time.

Favors can survive and relationships can be inherited, provided that there are people who can support these relationships.

Cao Shujie himself is not bad, he is also very hard-working, and the relationship between the city and the county is also very good.

After hanging up the phone, Cao Shujie pondered what kind of gift to prepare.

He still had some kiwi fruit wine there, and he was going to take it all with him this time.

You can also bring preserved fruits from the factory.

It's just a coincidence that the strawberry fruit wine has not yet been fermented, otherwise I would have brought some over to change the taste.

"Strawberry fruit wine will be delivered later." Cao Shujie muttered.

Unconsciously, driving back home, Cheng Xiaolin saw him come back, and was a little puzzled: "Did you drop something?" ”

"Bring some fruit wine, and I'll bring some gifts." Cao Shujie told his wife about Lian Xuezhu's retirement.

Cheng Xiaolin was surprised: "It's so fast, I remember that my uncle's body is quite tough." ”

"This has nothing to do with that, the age is almost in place, there are still people waiting to be promoted in the back, he has to make room."

As soon as Cao Shujie said this, Cheng Xiaolin understood.

"You drink less at night and take the driver over." Cheng Xiaolin told him.

Cao Shujie nodded: "I know." ”

There are 8 bottles of kiwi fruit wine, and Cao Shujie brought them all.

Pulling around the house, except for snacks and snacks, there was really nothing else, Cao Shujie drove up the mountain first, and asked Cao Shuchao to pick more strawberries for him.

Then I drove to the factory in the town, picked up Song Baoming, asked him to drive, and then went to the supermarket in the county to buy some nutritional products.

There was really nothing else to buy, so Cao Shujie went to Lian Xuezhu's house in the Mingshi Mingyuan Community.

What Cao Shujie didn't expect was that it was Lian Xuezhu's son Lian Qijian who opened the door for him.

When this kid saw Cao Shujie, he shouted: "Brother Jie." ”

"Brother, when did you come back?" Cao Shujie asked him.

Lian Qijian said with a smile: "Brother Jie, I just came back, I didn't want to come back, my dad said that if you don't come back, he will break one of my legs." ”

The two were talking, and Lian Xuezhu's voice came from the room: "Is it Shujie?" Hurry up and come in. ”

There are 7 points of closeness in the tone, and three points of politeness.

"Uncle, I'll come over in advance to have a meal." Cao Shujie said so.

"That's all you kid do, come in quickly." Lian Xuezhu listened to Cao Shujie say this, and he felt very comfortable in his heart.

Cao Shujie went in with wine, and the driver Song Baoming carried strawberries and nutritional products for him in the back.

When Lian Xuezhu saw it, his face was full of joy, but he still said, "What are you doing with so many things." ”

"Uncle, these are two different things."

Cao Shujie pointed at himself, and then pointed at Lian Xuezhu: "Am I calling you uncle?" ”

"Ah, this can be fake, I have been in a relationship with your dad for many years." Lian Xuezhu said.

He suddenly felt a little nostalgic for his youth.

Cao Shujie said: "Look, you have admitted it, if I, a nephew, come empty-handed, can I say the same?" ”

(End of chapter)