Li Wansheng looked at Wu Siying across the table, laughing breathlessly, Chu Li pursed his lips and smiled. Several other old engineers on the table, who were close to fifty years old, also covered their mouths and smiled. Only Wu Siying was confused, and she actually had the urge to scold.

"Young people nowadays are terrifying." Li Wansheng shook his head. "This is called the back wave of the Yangtze River pushing the front wave. Old talk, old Gu, how many years do you say we have been mixed up, why do you stand still? I see, sooner or later, we will die on the beach. ”

"It's a pity that we're here, we haven't read enough." Lao Tan was Li Wansheng's most senior engineer, and it is said that he could make a perfect sphere out of a rotten piece of wood with a lathe by hand. And Lao Gu is a laid-off worker in the arsenal.

"No, no, no, it's not just about reading, it's about talent. Talent, brother. ”

Lao Tan and Lao Gu were hearty and generous, and they were not stimulated by Li Wansheng's words at all.

"Is it surnamed Wu?" Li Wansheng asked Chu Li, his eyes moving back and forth between Wu Siying and Chu Li.

"Yes, Wu Siying."

"Xiao Wu, you are really a talent."

Wu Siying pursed her mouth, "Don't dare, don't dare!" Boss Li, this is not spicy at all, is it really a Hunan restaurant? You should go to Changsha to see, the intestine restaurant, pig's feet ......"

provoked a few people to laugh out loud again, and Wu Siying was so surprised that she stopped looking at everyone in surprise. Chu Li was accustomed to Wu Siying's arrogant style and never intervened.

"Chu Li, the Belgian company has a new contract, and this time I have to ask you to study more. This time, I won't invite the three, and you will directly help me make drawings and proofs. ”

Chu Li nodded, "As long as our plan is satisfactory to Mr. Li." “

"I don't care, as long as the foreign devil pays."

Before saying goodbye, Li Wansheng pulled Chu Li aside, "Can you hurry up and make a picture?" This time it is an upgrade, and the manufacturer said that as long as it is a small change, but I can give more money. “

"To ensure quality, Mr. Li."

"I'm afraid someone will get ahead."

"You have to believe her." Chu Li pointed at Wu Siying, who was bending over and looking at the tiger skin grouper raised in the big fish tank at the entrance of the store.

"How did you find such a treasure? Yours is the real thing. Don't let her run. ”

"Mr. Li, I really have to send her away as soon as possible, otherwise I will be even more sorry for her if my thing delays her."

"What kind of mercy do you pretend? In these years, people do not destroy the heavens and the earth for their own sake. If you want to let her go, tell me in advance, I don't think she dislikes me. “

"Okay!"

"One more thing, you didn't want the BMW last time, it's a pity."

"I can't afford it."

"Fuck off!" Li Wansheng said hatefully, "Now it's cheaper than the surname Liang." “

Chu Li saw a fierce glint in Li Wansheng's eyes, "Which surname is Liang?" ”

"Liang Kuo! Mali is a bastard, and the BMW car was given to him. ”

"Why do you want to give it? He threatens you? ”

"This old boy refused to leave when he saw it, and said that I would sell it to him for 50,000 yuan. Isn't that disgusting to me? I can sell it casually, and I can sell it for 150,000 yuan. But don't let it go in vain, so I promised him, but the car didn't let him drive away, after all, he didn't pay. But two days later, he told me that the cutting fixture was going to be delayed, saying that there was a quality problem. I immediately called Sun Ning, he said it was fine, no problem, and called the manager of the quality inspection, what is it called? Li Wansheng stuck in the shell, pointed at Chu Li, and waited.

"Yuan Xiaowei?"

"Yes, Yuan Xiaowei. I was afraid that Sun Ning didn't know the details, so I confronted him, and he also said that there was no problem. Said that the acceptance has been completed. Later, I looked for Liang Kuo again and asked him what the problem was, and he dared to say! He said that he didn't pay for the BMW first, and he didn't want it, and he didn't have the money to buy it. Then he was reluctant to mention the problem of cutting fixtures. Lao Tzu didn't come out to mix on the first day, gritted his teeth, and said to him in a good voice, "Mr. Liang, you take the BMW to drive first, when it is convenient and when to pay." 'And guess what? The next day, the finance told me that the money had arrived. ”

"The car hasn't been transferred, and it's not his!"

"I said brother, you don't understand, does he dare to transfer the house? This is the most suitable for him, the car is in my name, the violation ticket is all mine, although it is his after the transfer, but the bribery handle is pulled down, Liang Kuo has always eaten meat and does not spit out bones, so he will not give you a tongue. ”

Chu Li was not surprised at all, Liang Kuo is a person like him, lustful and greedy for money, and narrow-minded.

"He's Sun Ning's boss, and he's your former boss, right?"

"Hmm." Chu Li didn't want to say anything behind his back, so he patted Li Wansheng's shoulder, "You can earn it back, Mr. Li." “

"I can't swallow this breath! A used BMW, I don't care, but ride me on my face and and treat me like a kaizi? Last time, I told you that you didn't want it, hey, it's better to give it to you for nothing than to give it to him. Li Wansheng seems to be really on fire, and then he can feel murderous for several months.

Wu Siying sat in the passenger seat of Pajero and sang a song in strong Hunan Mandarin that did not match her temperament.

The viaduct has passed, there are many intersections, this road is not tortuous, it will be there in a blink of an eye, take the car you drive, listen to the songs you listen to, we are so happy, the first street lights are on, what are you thinking, the song is so happy......

"Uncle, don't take me to that kind of banquet or anything in the future, although this girl is beautiful and has a good temperament, but I still think I'm not suitable for eating with these uncles, it's boring! The dish is unpalatable! ”

"Boss Li, do you know which one it is?"

"You know, that chubby one, with a haircut, looks like a big brother in the underworld. He ordered that fixture last time, and he handed you the certificate, right? “

"Yes, he admires my chief designer very much, so he keeps telling me that he wants me to bring it over to show him, people are our food and clothing parents, we can't refuse, right?"

The chief designer's sycophant slapped loudly on the little mare's buttocks, Wu Siying grinned, stretched her feet straight, and touched the roof on her head with both hands, "Now that they see each other, don't see each other in the future, right?" A new project is coming, my aunt is going to retreat and practice in the ancient tomb. ”

"Has your Yang Guo been found?"

"I don't know where I am, but when the spring flowers bloom, I will definitely come to find me."

"Idiot!" Chu Li smiled. "When are you going back for the New Year? It's not been a few days. “

"I'm not going back."

"Not going back? We all have a holiday for the New Year. “

"What's wrong? I can't work overtime, huh? “

"But there's no one to help you make proofs. Otherwise, all your drawings will be out well, and if you have to rework, your hard work will be in vain. “

"That's no way, I just want to work overtime to make pictures."

Chu Li knew that working overtime was just an excuse, she just had nowhere to go. She is now busy studying all day and night, the teacher is serious, and she is busy helping Chu Li draw some drawings on the weekends, so she must have no time to care about her parents.

"Is your teacher kind to you?"

"It's okay, I've just been promoted to an undergraduate now, and many big classes are very boring, but fortunately, the previous junior college teacher has a good relationship with the current professional course teacher, and he has let me learn some professional courses from now on. Don't you know, those unified examination candidates know that skipping classes, falling in love, living together, don't cherish it at all. Uncle, did you do that before? “

"You can too."

"People ask you."

"You're going to do me a favor."

"Uncle, it's really boring to chat with you."

"You have to see if there are any excellent classmates who can help you draw pictures together, and find one more. Chunlai will introduce a designer circuit. ”

"Is my picture bad? You're going to fire me? “

"The chief designer can't do it alone, right? You'll have to bring two people. “

"Okay, let's help you find a beautiful girl."

"No, just find someone who is down-to-earth and interested in this area, like you."

"Am I not a beauty?"

"Yes!"

"That's fine. Help you find a beautiful girl! ”

"I've already figured out where we're going from here. You have to have a subordinate to help you produce the drawings, you just need to set the direction and analyze the architecture clearly. You'll have to spare yourself to help me with other things. ”

"Okay."

"Be careful not to interfere with learning."

"Okay."

"Don't affect you to fall in love with Yang Guo."

"Cut~"

Xiao Ye came again before the festival, she saw the light in Wu Siying's room on at a glance, and she looked at the accounts with Chu Li and planned to leave. was stopped by Chu Li, and he called Wu Siying to his room and introduced the two to each other. Wu Siying was very arrogant, wearing pajamas and looking like a vegetable, Xiao Ye was dressed exquisitely, she had the upper hand, and her face looked much better. Chu Li left Xiao Ye to have dinner, and the "chief designer" just had a good meal during the banquet, although he was open-mouthed and reckless, Xiao Ye quickly fell in love with Wu Siying.

Chu Li began to work on the matter of returning to Wuhan, and now that he has a car, he doesn't have to go to great lengths to grab train tickets, study the route, and then set off. The workers also began to evacuate, Chunlai will go back this year to celebrate the completion of the new house, Lao Wu will go back with half a year's salary to go back to pay the errand, the two workers Li Shunchi and Qian Yingqing have already bought train tickets, and even Song Xiaozhou's home is in Zhaoqing, and he also made an appointment with his fellow villagers to carpool back early. In the end, only a few new craftsmen remained. What made me change my plans suddenly was a fortuitous lion dance performance.

Before the Chinese New Year, some villages in Dongguan have some folk programs. If you can't feel it in a prosperous place like Houjie in Nancheng, but Chu Rong can still experience the rare flavor of the New Year near some villages. As the New Year approaches, different families will have different celebrations, and the Ye family is a big surname, and this year there was a lion dance. Young people have been accustomed to holding smartphones to swipe WeChat, read Weibo, but still have not lost interest in the old-fashioned lion dance, each family will select representatives to perform in turn, the weak crown of the year to the old man to do what he can, the emphasis is on asking for a lottery, the young adults of the family shoulder the responsibility of inheriting the craft, the good skills will do the finale performance, the parents have retreated to the background, for the rising star to beat the gong and drum, the daughter-in-law girl wears fashionable fur, but also for their own head shouting and cheering. It was a family fun, but it also attracted a lot of strangers in the neighborhood. When the gongs and drums were noisy that day, Chu Li couldn't find Wu Siying in the three warehouses, and when she made a call, she saw that the phone was left in her room. He looked around, and finally saw her standing on tiptoe in the crowd and stretching her neck to watch the lion dance, and he stood behind her for a long time, watching her clap to the beat of the drums and the cheers of the people, occasionally swaying her shoulders and clapping, her head swaying from side to side to follow the line of sight, and when she was obscured, he quietly moved her steps and hurried to find another crevice to watch. He suddenly realized that she was not introverted and didn't like to be lively, but in her world, most of the happiness had nothing to do with her.

After making up his mind, Chu Li set off on the night of the winter solstice. Perfectly staggered the congestion caused by the free highway on the way, and on the way he witnessed thousands of motorcycles riding in the cold wind, with their families, buckets and cans, accompanied by police cars. After experiencing temperature changes across the four seasons, it took only 12 hours to reach the dawn and sunset.

Li Qianhui waited downstairs and found a parking space for her son that had been properly connected with the property in advance. Pajero was out of place in the old campus of the city because he was too young. Since he didn't go home last year, all his relatives have to go this year, his uncle Chu Laosi is said to have found a wife, and he wants to say hello to him before he goes abroad, as well as a few friends of his father, including Dong Rui's father Dong Wenwu, and the most important thing is naturally to visit the political commissar and his wife. Entering the house, as warm as in a dream, but the insects and water invaded, the damage of time still makes me sad, the mother's waist and legs are gradually aging, the spider silk in the corner of the ceiling is difficult to wipe off, the window edge is also a little worn, and the wind begins to enter, the old painting on the wall is a lotus flower, which was placed by the father before his death, it has been more than ten years, the surface has been wiped off due to repeated dust covering, the lotus leaf has been worn and white, and the lotus petals are still pink and bright. There was also a calendar hanging on the wall, but it was still the month of three years ago, and my mother's time seemed to be frozen in the past, no longer moving forward. In the attic, his room was spotless, and it was the focus of maintenance, the air was fresh, and it was determined that the mother was constantly ventilated and cleaned, and the cacti on the balcony were growing tenaciously after they were about to break through the huge pots. There is another plum, which has lost all its leaves, but the small golden buds have bloomed in the cold wind, and the dark fragrance is refreshing. On the reinforced concrete railing of the balcony, there were a few places of soot left, and it was expected that his mother had missed the cleaning, but Chu Li recognized at a glance that it was still left by Dong Rui two years ago. Overlooking the river in the distance, it has been blocked by high-rise buildings, only when the line of sight sweeps, only occasionally a few places such as the spring light of the Yujiang River leak out from the giant buildings for people to peek at. But the Hanyang ginkgo tree not far away is as dazzling as it was a few years ago, and the yellow leaves blow like butterflies and fall like a fan. Back in the room, Chu Li closed the small door leading to the balcony, it was warmer, sat down in silence and deep thought, and suddenly the mysterious and elegant aroma on Chen Si's body was filled. So I just wanted to flee immediately.

"Mom, we'll leave the day after tomorrow."

"Where are you going?"

"You go to Dongguan with me."

"Not at home for the New Year? Aren't you all here? “

"I want to show you where I work now."

"Okay, listen to you."

Chu Li divided all the fruits he bought from Guangdong into several portions, accompanied them with tea leaves and Baiyunbian, and gave them to relatives and friends according to his preferences. Leave the barbecued pork and lychee prepared by Xiaoye to the political commissar.

Cheng Zheng heard that Chu Li was coming, so he called Dong Rui and Sun Lei, but Sun Lei did not show up in the end. Chu Li called, Sun Lei was very noisy, it turned out that he had not returned to Wuhan.

"Ouch, Dong Rui, you're fat." My wife was straightforward and said what everyone wanted to say. In fact, not only is he fat, Dong Rui's hair has fallen out in half, even if he doesn't look seriously from a distance, his scalp can still be seen, his once childish face bulges like a balloon, and his huge belly is also bulging.

"Haven't you exercised in a long time?"

"There's no time, Commissar."

"If you don't lose weight, you won't find a girl."

Both the political commissar and Chu Li laughed. Dong Rui has rough skin and thick meat, and he doesn't see the shy appearance he always has when he mentioned the opposite sex.

"You're still laughing at me, aren't you also a bachelor?"

Chu Li raised his hand and made a surrender form.

"I heard that you have set up a small factory by yourself, how about it?"

"It's okay to have a mess with a bunch of kids. Everyone is very young and energetic. ”

The commissar nodded, but his gaze was eagle.

"Good job, you're actually fit for this." Dong Rui interjected.

"I think I'm better suited to be a police officer." Chu Li deliberately pretended to be serious.

"You have what it takes to be a police officer." The political commissar said affirmatively, but Chu Li could feel that he still hadn't said half a sentence.

My wife and Dong Rui cooked a few dishes, and the dishes were like a copy of the year, except for the special dishes made by Chen Si and Xiaoye. The political commissar didn't drink, but Dong Rui begged for a can of beer and shook off his cheeks to be gluttonous.

Chu Li said goodbye to the political commissar and Dong Rui, stayed for another day the next day, his mother packed some clothes, and drove back to Dongguan early in the morning of the third day.