Chapter 7: Mobilization Before Departure
Du Xia doesn't talk much, he looks five big and three thick, just looking at his appearance will make people mistakenly think that he is a reckless man like Zhang Fei.
But Guan Haiyang knows that Du Xia is not only not a reckless man, but also thoughtful and steady, and is by no means as straightforward as he seems on the surface.
After 2000, he became a bigwig, monopolizing a small half of the express delivery business in the south, and the business of Guan Haiyang Company also had close contacts with Du Xia's express delivery company.
When the express delivery business was just starting out, the battle for the top of the mountain was staged all over the country, and the express company at this time was like the warlords of the Republic of China, occupying the top of the mountain and being the king.
Being able to forge a bloody path and achieve hegemony in this fierce fight is definitely not something that a reckless man can do.
"You went to the bus station, what are you doing there?" Du Xia's voice was deep, and his mouth was like thunder, which was one of the reasons why he didn't usually talk much.
Lu Yushan's eyes glanced over, although she didn't speak, but those eyes had already poured what she wanted to say in her heart on Guan Haiyang's body.
"Auntie, don't worry, I said that I was going to do business today, and I didn't lie to anyone." Guan Haiyang knew she was worried.
The long-distance bus station is a gathering place for street runners and small ruffians.
Guan Haiyang also followed a group of boys to fool around, but they can only be regarded as a group of playmates at most, and they will not do anything illegal and undisciplined when they mix together.
But the young people at the bus station are different, stealing chickens and dogs, fraud and extortion are all common in their eyes.
Lu Yushan was afraid that Guan Haiyang would be stimulated and not study well, so she ran to mix with those real social hooligans.
After thinking about it, Guan Haiyang felt that he still had to tell his intentions, and if he left secretly, Lu Yushan was afraid that he would have to worry about death.
"I went over there at noon, mainly to ask for information about the bus to Mazhen." Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Guan Haiyang explained.
Lu Yushan was a little strange: "What are you doing in Mazhen?" We've been moving out of there for years. ”
Guan Haiyang's hometown is in Mazhen, when he was a teenager, because the river was diverted, the old house was flooded, his grandfather Guan Junzhang hesitated for a few days, and then simply moved his family to Jiangcheng.
"Auntie, we are being kicked out now, although we can temporarily live with Grandma Du, but we don't need money to eat, drink, or anything. The tuition and living expenses after the start of the next semester have not yet been settled, right? Guan Haiyang had already thought of his rhetoric.
Lu Yushan's face also showed sadness.
Although she can earn money by working part-time, the money is only enough for living expenses, even if Guan Haiyang continues to pick up bottles and sell them, she can earn a few bucks.
High school is not a compulsory education stage, and the tuition fee cannot be saved, and it costs more than 200 yuan per semester.
And after the beginning of spring, she has to go to school to live in school, and no matter how much she saves her living expenses, she will have to pay one or two hundred yuan for half a year.
They can't earn back this money in just one month of winter vacation.
A penny is hard to beat a hero, let alone a delicate girl like her.
Grandma Du heard their conversation on the side, but did not talk.
Gritting her teeth, Lu Yushan said: "I'll go to the school and tell the teacher to see if I can transfer to the middle school of the cotton mill here, so that I can do odd jobs at night." ”
Guan Haiyang hurriedly said: "Don't, you are studying in a provincial key high school now, how many people can't pass the exam if they want to, you are good, and you want to transfer out." Let's take a long-term view, and when you study well and get admitted to a good university, life will naturally get better. ”
This is true, the college students in 91 are really thousands of troops crowded into a single-plank bridge, and students like Lu Yushan, who are excellent in character and learning, even in provincial key high schools, belong to the outstanding wave of people.
If nothing else, her future will be very bright.
In her previous life, her college entrance examination results were quite good, but unfortunately she was cut off from studying by her aunt in the end.
Afraid that Lu Yushan really had this thought, she ran to find the teacher, Guan Haiyang continued: "You don't know what the middle school is like, we have never done anything serious in class except for sleeping, reading comic books, and dealing with objects."
If you go here, your future will be ruined, and it's not worth it. Besides, it's only half a year, as long as you stick to the last half year, you can jump into the dragon gate, and you can't do what you say about this matter. ”
Hearing him say this, Lu Yushan's pale cheeks, which were originally lacking blood, became red.
It's caused by a hurry.
Left doesn't work, right doesn't work, how can she not be in a hurry.
Grabbing Lu Yushan's somewhat cold hand, Guan Haiyang comforted: "Auntie, listen to me, when I was in my hometown before, my grandfather once told me that he hid some old objects in the backyard. At the time, I didn't take it seriously, but now that I think about it, I can sell it, and we don't have to worry about tuition and living expenses. ”
Lu Yushan said dumbfoundedly: "But the old house has been flooded!" How can you dig it out? ”
Guan Haiyang smiled: "You don't know, I have already inquired, and the river was diverted the year before last." Half a mile to the south, the land of our old house was exposed again. In the past two years, the silt has also been dried up, and crops have been planted on nearby flat land. It may take a bit of effort, but it's definitely worth it. ”
Lu Yushan still shook her head: "Growing so big, you haven't gone far alone!" What should I do if I get lost? ”
Guan Haiyang pretended to be angry when he heard this, and rolled up his sleeves to show off his biceps.
But as soon as he raised his arm, he found that this hemp rod-like figure had any muscles.
He almost forgot that his current self was not the golden king who practiced in the gym in the gym, but a malnourished middle school boy.
"I'm so old, who can kidnap me!"
Guan Haiyang showed a failed figure, but his mouth was tough.
Lu Yushan was about to say something, but was interrupted by Grandma Du: "I listened to the two of you for a long time, and you are treating me, an old woman, and your brother Du as outsiders!" ”
There was anger in his words: "Your grandmother saved my life back then, and I have my current life." Now Du Xia is at work and earns a salary. In addition to buying me some medicine, there is no place to spend the money I earned, and I can't support your siblings to finish school? ”
Du Xia also said in a deep voice: "The money I earn is enough for you two to eat and drink when you go to school." ”
Grandma Du was a homeless person back then, and she took her son to Mazhen. It was Guan Haiyang's grandmother Xiong Ling who kindly took her in and found her a job, so that their mother and son survived.
Later, when Guan Junzhang decided to move his family to Jiangcheng, he did not leave Grandma Du's family.
Guan Haiyang and Lu Yushan glanced at each other, and the two knew in their hearts that when Grandma Du asked Du Xia to take the two over, she thought of these beginnings and ends, but she still didn't hesitate at all, which shows that what she said now is not polite.
But it is precisely because the other party treats the two of them so well that they can't eat and drink for nothing. The kindness of the older generation belongs to the older generation, they have hands and feet, but they can't gnaw the old.
"Grandma Du, we just didn't treat you and Brother Du as outsiders, so we didn't shy away from talking about these things in front of you." Guan Haiyang hurriedly said.