"Shouzhi, is your wife here? If you're there, let her come over for dinner together in the evening. Cao Shujie said to his cousin.

Wang Shouzhi nodded and responded: "I'll call her and ask her to come over after work." ”

"My brother and sister went to work? Didn't I say that if she wants to go to work, she can come to our company? Cao Shujie brought up the old story again.

Wang Shouzhi waved his hand: "Brother, she can't do logistics, and it's useless to run business, so she has to go to the supermarket to be a cashier, saying that the job is simple, don't worry about it, at most it counts." ”

Cao Shujie kept staring at his cousin, making Wang Shouzhi embarrassed, and finally said: "Your office is such a large office area, don't you need a full-time person to clean it?" I don't believe it's harder than cashiering. ”

Hearing his cousin say this, Wang Shouzhi was very moved, he understood that his cousin was actually for his good, but Wang Shouzhi had his considerations.

Seeing that his cousin was still staring at him, Wang Shouzhi hurriedly said: "Brother, that's what I said, but our company has more than one office, other places are watching, you are my cousin, I can't start this." ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Shouzhi saw that his cousin wanted to speak again, so he rushed forward and said: "Brother, when I don't take charge of the work of the office, I will go back to my hometown in Qingshi Town, and then I will let Hongxia go to the factory to find a job." ”

"Brother, you can't refuse when the time comes."

Cao Shujie looked at his dodgy cousin, he could feel that his words were true, and he also felt that his cousin was now more mature and considered the problem more comprehensively, and felt a little stubborn from his cousin's eyes, Cao Shujie raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, it's no problem." ”

Cao Shujie wanted to go to the office to see his wife and children, but he just turned around and walked two steps, then turned his head and said to Wang Shouzhi: "Brother, remember one sentence, I am your brother, as long as you don't do anything that violates the principles, don't have any psychological burden." ”

"Hey, hey!" Wang Shouzhi cheered.

The six people in the office area were whispering, they were not blind, and they could see that the relationship between Wang Shouzhi and Cao Shujie was not just the relationship between subordinates and bosses.

Thinking of Wang Shouzhi's natural call for the proprietress 'sister-in-law' just now, some people thought in their hearts, could it be that people really have a relationship? .

If that's the case, then their relationship with this office is really hard enough.

The place to eat is in a hotel near the office that specializes in local cuisine, called Shunjing Hongyuan.

Wang Shouzhi booked a large room, enough to accommodate 20 people sitting at the same time.

Cao Shujie and their sister and brother Meng Meng and Rui Rui, there are only 14 people in total, and this room is more than enough.

When Long Hongxia came over, when she saw Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin, she called her brother and sister-in-law affectionately, and that kind of enthusiasm was not pretended at all.

Cheng Xiaolin also held her hand and kept talking.

Including Xiong Aihua, these employees in the office saw that their manager's wife was so familiar with the boss and the boss's wife, and they didn't understand that they were really related.

The consumption of this place is not low, and they are usually reluctant to come.

But today, the boss had a treat, and he was more generous when ordering, and when he saw a table full of delicacies, they couldn't resist the temptation of food.

Cao Shujie didn't let them wait, and after the big guy drank the first sip of wine together, he ate it.

At this time, Cao Shujie will also find topics to chat with these people, pulling the familiarity between each other, plus there is wine to accompany him, and the atmosphere on the table is quite good.

The big guys feel that their boss is very easy-going, and he is very down-to-earth in his speech, not the kind of person who talks and paints pies indiscriminately.

"You work in the company, is there a lot of pressure in all aspects?" Cao Shujie asked them.

It's a difficult question to answer.

They wonder what the boss is asking about the pressure of life?

Or work stress?

If it is work pressure, if they want to say that the pressure is not high, it means that the work arrangement is not in place.

But if you want to talk about stress, will the boss think that they have an opinion about the company and therefore have an idea about them?

It's a dilemma.

Cao Shujie took the initiative to talk about the fact that he was still working in the capital 6 years ago: "At that time, I didn't work overtime in vain and black, and often didn't rest for a month to do research, I estimated that if I worked like that for a few more years, I might die suddenly, and then I quit in order to save my life, and went back to my hometown to start a business, which is why I have Xuemeng Food Factory." ”

No one expected that the boss would have such an experience, and according to Cao Shujie's meaning, he had also worked in the capital before, Cao Shujie generously told them this experience, and everyone's feelings in their hearts were different, but there was no doubt that they were full of good feelings towards the boss.

Let's say that Cheng Xiaolin and Long Hongxia were chatting together, and then they learned that Long Hongxia had found a job as a cashier in a supermarket near the community where they lived.

"How? Isn't it tiring? The cashier stood for a day, which was also quite hard. Cheng Xiaolin said.

Long Hongxia thought it was okay.

They are purely in charge of the cashier work, and they don't have to think about other things, that is, the salary is lower, only 4,000 yuan a month, and they buy insurance.

Long Hongxia belongs to the kind of person who is not willing to think more about work, she thinks that the simpler the work content, the better, there is no need to worry about it, and people are very happy.

Hearing Long Hongxia say this, Cheng Xiaolin also felt that she lived quite transparently, which was not a good thing.

After dinner, Cao Shujie asked his cousin Wang Shouzhi to arrange for these people to go home, and also told his cousin to make sure that these people had returned home, and then they went to a nearby hotel for temporary accommodation.

Wang Shouzhi originally wanted to be a guide for his cousin and take his cousin's family around tomorrow, but he didn't expect his cousin to say that he was familiar with this side.

"Didn't I tell you tonight that I had worked here before, just keep busy with yours, and we'll take a walk around tomorrow." Cao Shujie said to his cousin.

Wang Shouzhi only remembered this, he nodded, and was no longer polite, and finally told Cao Shujie that he could call him at any time if he had something.

……

"Why did my cousin and sister-in-law come over at this time?" Long Hongxia and Wang Shouzhi returned to the house they rented here, and Long Hongxia was a little curious.

Wang Shouzhi told her that his cousin and sister-in-law came to play: "Brother Jie, they seem to want to take Mengmeng to the community where they used to live, and then take Mengmeng to see the raising of the national flag." ”

"It's better to be cousins, you can go wherever you want." Long Hongxia said that she was not envious, it was false.

She heard from her parents-in-law that her cousin and sister-in-law took her aunt's family to Shencheng for the New Year, and she also went to Xinjiang some time ago.

It's only been a long time, and they have come to the capital again.

In fact, their pace of exploration has never stopped.

Wang Shouzhi laughed: "Don't worry, I will earn more money now, and when I save enough in the future, I will also take you and the child around." ”

Long Hongxia believes it is true.

After they got married, just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, her husband was appointed by the company to come to the capital to establish the East China Regional Office.

In the first two months, the income was indeed not as high as when he was a salesman, but it was just a buffer, in the last three months, her husband's income was higher and higher month by month, and last month's income has exceeded the average income of her husband when he was a salesman before, thinking that in a few months, after the business here is more mature, the income will definitely be more, which shows that her husband came out to be in charge of the sales office, this move is right.

According to her husband's current income, Long Hongxia even sees their hope of buying a house in the capital.

However, Long Hongxia didn't plan to live here for a long time, and in comparison, she still preferred to go back to Bluestone Town.

Although the income over there is less than here, the happiness index of life is higher than here.

In the supermarket where she works, Long Hongxia sees many colleagues who have low incomes and worry every day.

She didn't understand why those colleagues would rather get a salary of four or five thousand yuan than go back to their hometown to find a job for three or four thousand yuan.

In the capital, ordinary expenses such as renting a house and eating account for more than half of ordinary people's income, and the remaining money is simply not enough for them to buy their favorite things at will.

Long Hongxia also saw that some of her colleagues would deliberately buy fruits and vegetables that had been stored in the supermarket for too long and were not fresh and discounted, and boxed pure milk, and they rarely bought fresh products that were put on the shelves that day.

But Long Hongxia understood why they were like this.

In comparison, because her husband's income is very high, the 4,000 yuan she earns is purely her own pocket money, and she is very casual when she wants to buy something and eat something.

Hearing her husband's promise, Long Hongxia raised her hand and stroked his face: "No, I think it's good now, no need to compare." ”

Wang Shouzhi felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction in his heart.

……

On the other hand, Cao Shujie and the others drove to the capital in the morning, and they were actually very tired from taking the car all the way.

After dinner in the evening, I returned to the hotel to stay, including the usually very lively Mengmeng and Cao Yirui, and their sisters and brothers also fell asleep quickly.

Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin didn't exercise anymore and rested early.

They planned very well, and tomorrow they were going to take Meng Meng and Rui Rui and their sisters and brothers to the community where they used to live.

Six years have passed, and a lot has changed.

As for Song Baoming, he is only responsible for driving.

On the second day, I got up in the morning and returned the room, after they had breakfast in a small shop nearby, Cao Shujie entered the name of the previous community in the navigation, Xinghe Garden, Chaoyang District, and he didn't need him to show the way, Song Baoming drove his own car and followed the navigation to pass.

More than an hour later, Song Baoming drove to the gate of the Xingheyuan community.

Seeing the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar community gate, Cao Shujie and Chen Xiaolin felt different.

Cao Shujie knew that the current gate was changed later, and the automatic identification function was added.

In addition to the different gates, the exterior surfaces of all the buildings in the community have also been renovated, and the colors of the walls look brighter than before.

Mengmeng stood up with the back of the passenger seat, looked at the community in front of her, and asked her father: "Dad, is this where we used to live?" ”

"Well, don't you have any impression at all? You used to like to sit on the swing inside. Cao Shujie said.

"Shall we take a look, then?" Meng Meng wanted to get out of the car as she spoke.

Cao Shujie had already opened the car door and went down, holding a box of cigarettes in his hand, ready to register with the doorman.

"Master, you ......"

Before the word 'good' could be finished, I looked up and saw an acquaintance.

He subconsciously shouted: "Lao Ding, you are still doing it." ”

The old security guard in the security room looked up and heard the other party call him Lao Ding, the old man rubbed his eyes and looked at Cao Shujie very seriously.

After a long while, he pointed at Cao Shujie and said happily: "You, you, it's you, you're that little Cao, right?" ”

He wasn't quite sure if what he said was right or not, it was too long, and his memory was a little confused.

Cao Shujie nodded again and again: "It's me, Cao Shujie, when I used to pick up water, I often asked you to smoke, haven't you forgotten?" ”

As he spoke, Cao Shujie handed over a box of cigarettes again: "Lao Ding, give it to you." ”

Cao Shujie didn't know what Lao Ding's full name was, when he used to live here, he often came to pick up purified water, plus the two of them were old smokers, they talked together, lit a cigarette, and got familiar with this old security guard.

He kept calling him 'Lao Ding Lao Ding', Cao Shujie really didn't expect that 6 years had passed, and Lao Ding was still working as a security guard here.

"Xiao Cao, didn't you move away? I didn't know when you left, but I still came to see you for a long time, and I found out that you had moved away when I asked. Lao Ding was a little embarrassed.

Cao Shujie was not very embarrassed, he said to Lao Ding: "When I left, you worked the night shift, and I originally wanted to come over to bring you two boxes of cigarettes, but I didn't see anyone." ”

"Ouch, why are you back again? Are you ready to move back in? By the way, where are you making your fortune now? The old-fashioned Cao Shujie seemed particularly affectionate.

Cao Shujie said with a smile: "I came to see this time, and I won't come back to live." ”

He said to Lao Ding: "It's too difficult to make some money in the capital, and the pressure of life is too great, so I moved back to my hometown to develop." ”

"Oh, that's what I'm saying, don't talk about you, I'm an old guy with a retirement salary, and I can't hold it anymore." Lao Ding also complained.

Chatting with people, Mengmeng got out of the car and ran over, Cao Shujie saw her and asked her to come over: "Mengmeng, call Grandpa Ding." ”

Lao Ding saw Meng Meng and smiled: "Ouch, this is that little one, they have grown so big, they are strangely handsome." ”

Lao Ding turned around and went to a cardboard box behind him to pick up snacks, and really asked him to take out a few boxes of milk from inside: "The pure milk that my son bought for me is fresh, you can drink it quickly." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Ding!" After Meng Meng took the pure milk, she thanked him with a smile.

"Xiaocao, where is your wife? Still working as a teacher? Lao Ding and Cao Shujie chatted for a while, and they all remembered it at this time.

Cao Shujie shook his head: "Our hometown has low consumption, and we don't need to earn so much money, she is watching the children at home, this time it is just in time for the summer vacation of the old school and elementary school, she wants to come to the capital to see the raising of the national flag, we come over, thinking about taking a look at the old place by the way." ”

Hearing Cao Shujie say this, Lao Ding was full of emotion, and he told Cao Shujie: "In the past few years, people in the community have come and gone, and they have changed a lot. ”

He also said to Cao Shujie: "The neighbor who was opposite your original door also sold the house and moved away." ”

Cao Shujie knew that in his previous life, his neighbor who came to the door couldn't hold on because the company he worked for couldn't hold on, so he went back to his hometown to look for a job.

(End of chapter)