Chapter 170 - Selection of red beans (1)
Fan Heng slowly looked at everyone in the Bai family.
Bai Zhenggan’s hair is already gray, but she has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she is upright; Tang Liren is also old, but her facial features are beautiful, but she is very thin.
Bai Dongsheng has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and has the momentum of a superior; Tan Fenghui has a gentle and virtuous temperament, and has a beautiful appearance, but she is thin and sickly.
Bai Taotao is too beautiful to look straight at, and Song Zhi’s aura is also very strong, but because his attention has been on Bai Taotao and his children, he will not release the pressure to others.
Let’s look at Bai Xingxing, Song Sui, soybeans, mung beans, and potatoes… They are all handsome men and pretty women, and everyone’s temperament is very positive.
Fan Heng has heard Hongdou talk about her family’s situation more than once.
So he knew that everyone in the Bai family worked hard.
When it comes to the three generations of Hongdou, it is the same. Everyone has their own dreams: Hongdou wants to be a writer, Huangdou wants to be admitted to Beijing Film as an actor, and Mungdou wants to join the army. Potato is still young, and for the time being he doesn’t know what he wants to do when he grows up, so he was very anxious and even cried.
Hongdou once took this as a joke and told it to Fan Heng.
What did Fan Heng say at that time?
Oh, yes, he told Hongdou that his dream is to have a beautiful house, it is better to bring a yard, he lives with his beloved girl, the yard is planted with angry flowers and plants, and the sheets are washed. The quilt covers, the sun gently envelopes their yard, and the fragrance of soap is mixed with the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard…
When Hongdou heard it, she was intoxicated, and said yearningly: “Your dream is really beautiful, it’s still a dream with color and aroma!”
But it wasn’t until now that Fan Heng understood that, in fact, his dreams, everything he wanted, and what he was preparing to work hard for all his life to get…
Red beans already have it.
Fan Heng looked at Hongdou.
He was resigned.
However, Hongdou looked at him with a smile, his eyes full of encouragement, “Fan Heng, my fourth aunt said that it is only your past, not your present and future!”
“The past has passed, and what we value is the present and the future!” She said, and winked at him.
Fan Heng: …
Tao Tao also smiled and asked Fan Heng, “Xiao Fan, do you have any plans in the future?”
As soon as these words came out, the Bai family sat upright, and everyone stared at Fan Heng with a serious look.
Fan Heng glanced at Hongdou again.
Red Bean gave him a very encouraging look.
Fan Heng opened his mouth.
Just straight up the dream he once told Hongdou…
Say it again to her family?
Just… a house, a yard, two people living together?
Will the Bai family look down on him?
Thinking from another perspective – if Xiuxiu finds someone poorer than him, then he doesn’t want his sister to marry and suffer!
Fan Heng’s mouth closed.
After a long time, he could not utter a word.
Red Bean also kept looking at him.
Seeing that he didn’t answer for a long time, she hurriedly said to Taotao: “Four aunts, maybe Fan Heng is too nervous, let me tell you… We don’t have too many ambitions, we just want to have a home and a beautiful house, a yard full of flowers and plants…”
Fan Heng’s face turned pale.
He could almost predict that the Bai family would definitely ridicule him!
did not expect–
Tao Tao smiled, “Okay! Should I buy a yard like your uncle’s and me’s, small, or a big one like your second uncle’s yard?”
Hongdou’s expression was shy and yearning, “It’s small! It’s good to be small, and it’s not so tiring to clean up! We have also discussed that when the time comes, Xiuxiu will be brought over to live with!”
Fan Heng carefully observed the expressions of everyone in the Bai family.
No one showed contempt. On the contrary, the expressions of the elders have softened?
Fan Heng was inexplicably relieved.
At this time, Tan Fenghui said, “You guys want a small courtyard, that’s great! It’s a down-to-earth dream. But I want to ask you, have you ever thought about how to buy a house with a small house? The courtyard house?”
Fan Heng and Hongdou looked at each other.
Tang Liren also said: “It’s not easy to buy a house with a yard! Look, your fourth aunt and fourth uncle can afford it, but your fifth aunt can’t afford it!”
Taotao held back her smile.
Xing Xing couldn’t take it anymore, “Mom! Don’t you leave the pot unopened and raise the pot?”
Song Sui whispered, “…We can afford it too.”
“What’s the matter with you!” Xing Xing yelled at him.
Tang Liren rolled her eyes at Xing Xing and continued to ask Hongdou, “When we bought your second uncle’s yard, the yard was quite dilapidated at the time, and the price was fair, but we were still having a hard time, borrowing from everywhere. The important point is that we were able to afford that yard with our whole family…”
“…You two want to buy a yard to live, of course it’s a good thing. But how are you going to make money? How much do you make in a month? How much in a year? When can you buy a yard?” Tang Liren sent out several A soul asks.
Fan Heng and Hongdou opened their mouths in surprise.
Tao Tao smiled and said: “Don’t worry, you two are still young, think about this problem slowly, let’s solve it slowly.”
Fan Heng finally said, “I can work as a carpenter, and I can also work as a mason… I can do some work, and I can do some business in my spare time. My sister Xiuxiu can make dumplings and wontons, and we can still do the whole thing. Scooters sell these…”
Tao Tao nodded, “Come on, let’s settle the account… At the beginning, my small yard cost 950 yuan, so let’s set the target at 1,000 yuan! When do you want to live here? courtyard?”
Fan Heng and Hongdou looked at each other.
Hongdou blushed and said hesitantly, “…when you got married?”
– Where will you live after you get married?
Tao Tao said: “Okay, Xiao Fan is nineteen this year, Hongdou is sixteen… Now the state advocates late marriage and better childbearing, so let’s respond to the call, limited to Hongdou’s age, and the female will get married at twenty-three, so you still have seven years left. years.”
“You two need to save 1,000 yuan in seven years, and you have to prevent the house price from going up… Potato, come, give Si Gu a mental calculation, if you need to save 1,000 yuan in seven years, then How much do you save in a year?” Taotao asked again.
Tudou carried the nine-nine formulas on his back, and quickly gave the answer, “Sigu, then my sister will earn 142 yuan, 8 cents, 5 cents a year!”
Taotao said: “That’s 150 yuan a year! How about the 150 yuan evenly spread to each month?”
Potato, “You have to save 12 yuan a month!”
Tao Tao nodded with satisfaction and said to Fan Heng, “That doesn’t seem like much.”
Anko lowered her head with a red face.
Fan Heng’s mouth was full of bitterness.
12 yuan a month to save 5? In seven full years, he can save 1,000 yuan and buy a small yard?
Well said.
He can’t even earn 12 yuan a month now!
Hongdou noticed Fan Heng’s loss, raised his head and looked at him with concern, and whispered, “I will fight with you.”
Tao Tao asked Red Bean, “Are you going to work too?”
Red Bean hesitated.
Taotao said to Hongdou: “I should be the one with the lowest salary in the whole family, with a fixed allowance of 15 yuan a month, plus 20 catties of flour, and a higher allowance for lecturers, 200 yuan a year, evenly spread… not counting flour If so, I can get 31 RMB 5 per month…”
Taotao pointed to Song Zhi again and said to Hongdou, “Your fourth uncle is a sweet tooth. He is knowledgeable, understands technology, has invented many things, and overcome many technical difficulties. I don’t know his specific salary. I mentioned it, anyway, the base is 300 yuan, and I go up… I also received a monthly salary of 500 yuan.”
Tao Tao looked at Xing Xing.
Xing Xing immediately said: “I have no income now, and I am admitted to university. But when I was a temporary worker in the canteen before, the competition was fierce. I had to make inventory accounts and draw promotional posters every month… me too. I can only work there on the basis of my ability. From the beginning of the salary of 20 yuan a month, I have increased to 28 yuan a month last year!”
“Now, as soon as I graduate from university, the state will arrange a job for me. No matter which unit I go to as a college student, I will have a guarantee of 35 yuan a month!” Xing Xing said.
Song Sui said, “My salary is 36 yuan a month.”
He was very smart and didn’t tell Fan Heng that he earned extra money outside, and he said that he would earn two or three hundred yuan a month.
Tan Fenghui said, “I have worked in a bank for three years. I have been appraised as a deputy section-level cadre, and my salary is 42 yuan a month.”
Bai Dongsheng, “I receive a salary of 56 yuan a month…”
Tang Liren, “I can get a salary of 67 yuan and 70 cents a month.”
Bai Zhenggan, “I am one hundred and one.”
Taotao said to Hongdou: “Our family is also a farmer. Your grandparents stayed in Ruyi Village until they were 50 years old before they made it out… It’s because they have strong roots, they are down-to-earth, and they have knowledge. Culture. Otherwise, with so many people in Ruyi Village, why did our family move to the city?”
Tan Fenghui said with a crying voice, “…Hongdou, your fourth aunt is right, I don’t want to talk about the big truth, but I must study hard and have an iron rice bowl, right? Ah! Yes, you can be masons, carpenters, and you can also push a trolley to the black market to sell dumplings and wontons… But after all, that is not allowed by the state, what if it is confiscated?”
Fan Heng and Hongdou were silent.
This time, even the red beans hesitated.
After all, she is only sixteen years old, and she has been arguing with her family for the past two years… I really didn’t expect it too far.
Fan Heng was even more cold and sweaty.
Tan Fenghui looked at her daughter and continued: “Hongdou, let me ask you one more question – if all goes well, you bought a house with a yard by your own efforts when you were 23 years old, and you also married him. ……Then what?”
Hongdou was completely stunned, “…then?”
What else then?
Tan Fenghui stared at her daughter for a long time, determined that her daughter really had no idea, and her face was full of disappointment, “Can you just have a house? Your father, your grandfather, including your uncle, your aunt and your uncle… … Their ideals are so lofty, and their goals are so unattainable, to put it in a bad way, even if they work hard all their lives, they may not be able to enjoy any results!”
“But they still choose to fight for it! For what? To change the fate of the next generation! Not just to lift our own family out of poverty, but also to drive more people… to live as well as us. Good day!” Tan Fenghui said.
Red Bean bit his lower lip.
Tan Fenghui’s emotions suddenly became agitated, “Hongdou, you really disappointed me…”
Hongdou’s face was pale, and she said softly, “I’m not a person with lofty ideals. Maybe I’m not worthy of being your daughter at all!”
Tan Fenghui held her heart and showed pain on her face.
Bai Dongsheng supported his wife.
Tang Liren said anxiously, “What’s the matter? Hui’er, go easy on yourself, didn’t you agree… Let’s solve the problem well today, and no one is allowed to be angry?”
Tan Fenghui’s tears rolled down, and she said angrily: “I don’t blame her for not making progress, if she really doesn’t want to do anything, she’s still my little girl… But I can’t watch her follow her. Go poor boy!”
Bai Zhenggan frowned, “Hui’er, you can’t say that, we were poor before.”
Tan Fenghui sobbed, “It’s because our family was poor… I know too much how hard it is to be a hostess in a poor family! That’s why I don’t want her to suffer like this! Dad, Mom, the child is ignorant, but you are I know how powerful this is, and why do I force these children to study hard?”
“The reason is… Now is a good time, as long as you are willing to study, you can get enough food and wear decent clothes when you go to university… I am a mother who loves her daughter, what’s wrong with me!”
“I’m working so hard now, is it for myself? I’m racking my brains to get out of the siege in the unit, let the leaders see my ability, and give me a level adjustment and a salary increase! I’m thinking of them…I Earning this salary, I can help them a little bit. In the future, Dongsheng and I will grow old, we will have a retirement salary, and we will not burden our children…”
“Hongdou, you used to be very considerate of your elders and loved your younger brothers. Why have you changed since you met him?” After speaking, Tan Fenghui was a little out of breath.
Tao Tao hurriedly went over to support her sister-in-law and gave her some spiritual energy.
Hongdou burst into tears, “Who among you…understood me?”
Bai Dongsheng asked, “Then what do you want us to understand about you?”
Hongdou burst into tears, “I don’t want to get ahead! I’m just an ordinary girl… I like an ordinary boy, living an ordinary life, even if he is poor, I don’t care! Besides! Now, doesn’t my grandma often talk about ‘women can hold up half the sky’?”
“So he is not the only one struggling! There is also me, I will always be with him! If we will suffer from poverty in the future, it is because the two of us are not capable, and we will live a poor life. If we have the ability to earn When the money comes, then we will live a rich life!”
“Dad, Mom! Grandparents, fourth aunt, fourth uncle, fifth aunt… I am the eldest child in our generation. I remember very clearly the days when we used to eat wild vegetables and bean rice in Ruyi Village! I don’t think those days are hard at all…because we are a family that loves each other, even if we endure hardship…I think it’s sweet!”
Speaking of which, Hongdou cried into tears.
Everyone stayed still.
Fan Heng suddenly stood up…
He looked at everyone in the Bai family in fear and walked towards the door.
Hongdou hurriedly called him, “Fan Heng!”
He had already reached the door, and when he heard Hongdou calling him, he was stunned for a while, then turned around and bowed to everyone.
“Sorry!”
Fan Heng left three words and wanted to leave.
Red Bean realized something, and his face was pale.
“Wait a minute!” Taotao called out to him, “Xiao Fan, are you here to solve the problem today?”
Fan Heng turned around, looked at Tao Tao, and said in a low voice, “I’m really sorry! In the past, I always thought… you guys were prejudiced against me. Until today, I don’t know… You are all very good. Very good family, the reason why you object to me being with Hongdou is not because you dislike me, but because you love her too much…”
Saying that, he looked at Hongdou, “Hongdou, I’m sorry…I can understand your family’s thoughts. For me, if Xiuxiu finds someone poorer than me, I won’t agree. So… “
“No!” Red Bean screamed, “That’s different!”
Fan Heng said in a low voice, “It’s actually a truth.”
He turned to look at Tao Tao, “…Si Gu, thank you. I-I’m leaving!”
Hongdou screamed, “Fan Heng! I’ll follow you wherever you go!”
Tan Fenghui was in a hurry, stepped forward and grabbed Hongdou, “Can you calm down a bit?”
Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, Tao Tao shouted, “Don’t be noisy!”
The place was silent.
Only Hongdou still struggled desperately, trying to break free from her mother’s restraint.
Tao Tao winked at Xing Xing.
Xing Xing understood and stepped forward to help Tan Fenghui aside.
As soon as Hongdou was free, he ran to Fan Heng’s side and hugged his arm.
Tan Fenghui was so sad that she couldn’t stand, but fortunately Dongsheng passed by and let her lean on her. Her tears streamed down her face like broken beads.
Hongdou turned her face away, unwilling to look at Tan Fenghui.
Bai Dongsheng glared at Hongdou, the veins on his forehead burst out!
Peach forehead.
She made a decision quickly.
“Brother and sister-in-law, when the child is older, she will always have her own thoughts. Now it is the worst situation. Let me handle this matter, okay?” Tao Tao asked.
Tan Fenghui didn’t want to look at Hongdou anymore, and said in a low voice, “Tao Tao, you call the shots, I’ll take it… without her daughter!”
Hongdou’s tears streamed down, biting her lip and refusing to look up at her parents.
Taotao took a deep breath, “Let’s do it! Xiaofan, Hongdou…I will give you two a test question, if you two can successfully complete it, then we will…not only stop asking you about your business, but even when you buy a house. , give you some help, okay?”
After all, Hongdou still didn’t want to give up, so he whispered, “What test questions?”
Tao Tao said, “Didn’t you two keep saying that you want to go out and wander?”
Hongdou summoned the courage to correct: “It’s not a wandering… I just want to go out and see what this world is like. What if other places are more suitable for us to work hard?”
Tao Tao smiled and said, “You guys have such an idea, it’s great!”
Hongdou and Fan Heng looked at each other.
“Four aunts, just say it directly!” said Hongdou.
Tao Tao said: “The test I gave you is to go out for a long journey, but you must walk separately, one person walking in one direction. The destination is determined by me, and I will also circle a few cities, you must go… When you arrive, send me a postcard back. It must be mailed at the local post office and stamped with the post office stamp. I will approve it! This is the first test…”
“There is one more test question, that is, I will give you two hundred yuan each as start-up capital. You have to plan how to spend this money… How much does it cost to take a car, how much to live in a hotel, and how much to eat? How much does the stomach cost… Then, when you come back, you must bring back one hundred yuan! The deadline is three months, understand?” Tao Tao said with a smile.
Her bright and beautiful smile and relaxed tone slowly calmed the emotions of the whole family.
Bai Zhenggan, Tang Liren, Bai Dongsheng, and Tan Fenghui, you look at me, I look at you, and some of them understand – Tao Tao’s meaning is to make these two children suffer a little? But over the years, the family’s economic conditions have improved, red beans have been grown into flowers in the greenhouse, and a 16-year-old flowering girl has been allowed to go out alone? It’s too dangerous, isn’t it?
Tao Tao started announcing the rules:
“First, you can choose not to go out, just stay in Songshi for three months, and then pay me 100 yuan. This is considered that you have completed the task!”
——If they do this, it will prove that they are both honest and responsible children, not too adventurous, but they are better at being obedient and stable. In this case, under the protection of the Bai family, there is nothing wrong with the two of them living a normal life.
“Second, you can still choose not to go out, and then use the hundred yuan as the cost to start a small business. If two people have two hundred yuan, maybe they can earn a yard in three months. money!”
——If they really do this, of course they can make money. Even if you can’t make money, red beans can also experience the hard work of making money. The most important thing is that Taotao wants to know how Fan Heng will behave when he has money in his hand.
After all, money has been the touchstone for measuring human nature since ancient times!
“Third, you go out with this hundred dollars. If you don’t earn one hundred dollars, it doesn’t matter. Just explain to me what’s going on. As long as you can come back safely, it’s fine. You have completed the test! However, you must not do anything illegal when you are on the road, you know?”
– This is actually the most risky point. But Tao Tao thinks that it is actually beneficial for boys to travel far away alone. Not only exercise resilience, but also broaden horizons.
At least Red Bean, Tao Tao certainly can’t let a young girl go out… She has other ways.
Tan Fenghui couldn’t help but say, “That’s not possible!” Her daughter was born like a flower like jade, how can she teach her how to let her go out alone?
Red Bean immediately turned his head to the side.
Bai Dongsheng hugged his wife’s waist tightly, signaling her to stop talking.
Tan Fenghui trembled and closed her eyes.
Tao Tao said, “Hongdou, Xiao Fan, I don’t need you to answer me right away. You can discuss it first, and then answer after you’ve made up your mind. I’ll give you three days to think about it.”
“Now, it’s not too early, Hongdou, you can take Xiaofan downstairs… You can take him to the door of the family compound, but don’t go out, it’s too late! Also, it’s 8 o’clock in the evening , you have to be back before 9 o’clock, you know?”
Hongdou looked at Tan Fenghui subconsciously.
Tan Fenghui turned her head away, not wanting to look at her.
Red Bean was a little disappointed, but nodded anyway.
Taotao added: “Xiao Fan, you can come over to look for Hongdou in the daytime, and if you feel uncomfortable at home, Hongdou can also go downstairs… But you two can only move around in the family compound, you know? “
Hongdou was very happy, “Really?”
Tao Tao, “Of course it’s true! Well, also! If you two feel that you don’t want to stay at home here, and you don’t want to stay in the family compound… then you can also go to my small yard. During the day, you should We’re all staying here!”
Red Bean nodded happily.
Tao Tao smiled, “Then you take Xiao Fan downstairs, remember, take the things I packed back to him!”
Hongdou hesitated for a moment, then whispered, “Sigu, can I give Xiuxiu a melon to eat?”
“Of course!” Tao Tao said, “Go get it! There are so many things, you should prepare more for Xiuxiu…Xiao Fan, if Xiuxiu is willing to come and play, you can also bring her to play, you know. ?”
Fan Heng looked at Taotao and was very grateful, “Thank you Sigu, I, I’ll go back and ask Xiuxiu…”
Hongdou went to pack up, Taotao was afraid that Fan Heng would be uncomfortable, so he asked where he lived now, does Xiuxiu have food at home by herself, and so on.
After Hongdou had packed his things, he accompanied Fan Heng downstairs.
Soybean couldn’t hold his breath. Not long after his sister left, he said, “Mom, Dad, grandparents, let’s go downstairs for a walk!”
In fact, everyone understands that it is false that he wants to take a walk. In fact, he wants to follow, because he is afraid that Hongdou will follow Fan Heng again!
Taotao smiled and said, “You take Feifei and Momo with you… Be careful, don’t let Hongdou see you! By the way, Song zhi, you can give them some pocket money and buy some snacks. of.”
Song Zhi took out a big unity from his pocket and handed it over.
Tan Fenghui said angrily, “How can you give so much money to a child?”
Song Zhi thought for a while, “I haven’t seen each other for two years, doesn’t it seem to be much?”
Huangdou was delighted, took the money handed over by Song Zhi, shouted “Thank you Fourth Uncle” loudly, and went out with his younger brothers.
Tan Fenghui had to talk again about taking good care of his younger brothers, especially Feifei and Momo…
Soybean hugged Momo, and Mungdou held Feifei, and ran downstairs with a coquettish laugh.
Only the adults were left at home.
Tang Liren was even more nervous than Tan Fenghui, and asked Taotao, “It’s okay to let that little fan go far away, just treat it as an exercise! Why do you let Hongdou go out too? A beautiful girl, how dare you let it go? Is she going away?”
“Don’t dare!” Tao Tao said honestly.
Tang Liren: …
Tao Tao continued: “So didn’t I give them a three-day deadline? I’ll go to the post and telecommunications office tomorrow morning. I’ll call my second brother and ask him to come back! Let him disguise and protect the red beans all the way!”
Parents, siblings looked at each other.
Bai Dongsheng frowned and said, “It’s not a big deal, he’s also busy with work, why do you…”
Taotao said seriously: “It’s not a big deal, so what’s a big deal? If we don’t even tell the second brother about such a big deal, the second brother will feel very uncomfortable!”
Everyone was silent.
Tang Liren was inexplicably sad, “I haven’t seen my second child for several years, and I don’t know what he looks like now!”
“Mom, it’s okay, I’ll call him back tomorrow.” Tao Tao said.
Then the family was discussing the way to start Taotao.
Bai Zhenggan, “Peach’s method is okay!”
Bai Dongsheng, “When we can’t break the game, set up a game for them to break… This move is really good!”
Tang Liren frowned, “I’m worried about Hongdou! It would be fine if she didn’t go out, but what if she was too bold and insisted on going out?”
Tan Fenghui, “Why don’t I take a leave of absence and I’ll go with her!”
Tang Liren sighed, “You two were like cockfighting just now! You are still with her… What if you get caught outside again? Do you want the second child to accommodate you, or to accommodate her?”
Tan Fenghui: …
Xing Xing boldly guessed, “That little fan won’t do illegal things with the hundred yuan given by my sister in order to make quick money?”
Song Sui said in a low voice, “No, he’s not that stupid. He already has a criminal record. If he does anything illegal, let alone Hongdou, his life will be over…”
Xing Xing glared at him, “Did I ask you?”
Song Sui: …
Song Zhi, “Tao Tao, where do you want them to go? Do you have any specific ideas?”
Taotao nodded, “Didn’t I promise Jiang Hongzhi to help him organize a correspondence course at the Agricultural University? I will also call the teacher tomorrow and ask the teacher to help with this matter, and then I sent Xiao Fan to go to Kyoto to get the registration form and exam first. Teaching materials, let’s send them to Lingxi to Jiang Hongzhi…”
“I’ll give Xiao Fan a few more cities along the way, and give him the contact information of our contacts in those cities. If he encounters difficulties, don’t force it and ask for help. If everything goes well, then I just sent a postcard and I can come back… Parents, brother and sister-in-law, what do you think?”
Everyone listened and nodded.
——This is not to make things difficult, and even to be very caring.
Song Zhi asked Taotao again, “Where are you going to let the red beans go?”
Taotao pondered for a moment, “Then don’t blame me for being partial, Hongdou is my niece, and I’m always partial to her. Just let her go to Nanling Island!”
Nanling Island? ? ?
Everyone looked at each other.
Tao Tao said: “To get to Nanling Island from us, we need to take two trains, one to transfer trains in the provincial capital and the other to transfer trains in Zhaocheng in a neighboring province… The law and order in these places is relatively good. After arriving at Nanling Island, I will My university classmate, Sun Ximei, is from there. I heard that it has beautiful scenery, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is an island surrounded by sea…”
“Don’t Hongdou like to write some novels, stories or something? Let her stay at Sun Ximei’s place for a while, see the sea more, see more scenery that is different from usual, and see more about the customs of people in other places, It’s good to broaden your horizons a little bit.” Tao Tao said.
The crowd nodded.
Early the next morning, Hongdou took Fan Heng to Taotao’s house, saying that he came to Taotao’s house to play.
Tao Tao understood and left with Song Zhi with the children. She first asked Song Zhi to send the children to her parents’ house, and then went to the post office to find her; she first went to the post and telecommunications office to make a phone call.
The first call was made to Professor Fu, and he told Jiang Hongzhi that he wanted to study the correspondence course of Agricultural University, and then asked the teacher to help him find the book and get the registration form.
Professor Fu complied.
Then Taotao called Bai Nansheng again.
Of course, she left a message to the switchboard on the army first, saying that she would call at noon. Then she went shopping with Song Zhi, and at noon, she went to the post and telecommunications office to make a phone call to the company. This time, Taotao finally got on the phone with Bai Nansheng after the phone turned seven to eight.
Tao Tao went straight in, “Brother, something happened at home!”
Bai Nansheng was taken aback, “Why?”
Taotao talked about Hongdou and Fan Heng.
Bai Nansheng couldn’t come back to his senses for a long time, “What? Taozi, you mean… red beans, red beans? Is she talking to someone?”
“Brother! You don’t care about your family too much,” Taotao said angrily, “Hongdou is already sixteen years old!”
Bai Nansheng “hiss”, as if feeling that time flies, like a white horse passing by.
“Is that kid poor?” he asked.
Tao Tao, “It’s hard to say, can you walk away recently? If you can walk away, why don’t you come and see him yourself?”
Bai Nansheng, “Okay! I don’t have anything to do recently. I’ll report to my superiors later, and I’ll go to the train station in the evening! If Hongdou wants to go far, don’t worry, I will take good care of her! “
After a pause, he asked cautiously, “By the way, Taotao, will Feifei and Momo call uncle?”
“Yes!” Taotao said with a smile, “When we came back from Northwest China, whenever we saw someone in military uniform on the road, they would call him uncle! I don’t know how many cheap brothers they have recognized for me!”
Bai Nansheng laughed, “Then I’ll bring a military uniform back!”
Peach giggled.
The brothers and sisters chatted for a while and then closed the line.
Tao Tao was relieved, and returned to her parents’ house with Song zhi, reported to her parents, brother and sister-in-law about the phone call with her second brother, and then took the key to the upstairs of the canteen and cleaned with Xing Xing and Song zhi. went.
In the middle of the night the next day, Bai Nansheng came back in a hurry.
Hongdou’s thoughts were all on Fan Heng, and he was usually reluctant to stay at home, for fear that Tang Li and Tan Fenghui would harass her.
So after Hongdou and Fan Heng went to Taotao’s yard, Bai Nansheng came to the house secretly, and the family met.
Tang Liren hugged Nan Sheng and cried for a long time, almost out of breath.
What makes people feel amazing is that the family has been separated for several years, and other people have more or less stained with the wind and frost of the years in their faces, bodies, and temperament, but only Bai Nansheng is still the same.
With a shaved head, he is bright, his eyes are as sharp as electricity, his temperament is fierce, and he has a bit of bandit…
No, it should be carrying some murderous aura.
Tang Liren originally looked at her son and smiled, but she became uneasy when she looked at it. She pulled Nan Sheng and asked, “Son, you haven’t caused trouble in the army these years, have you?”
Bai Nansheng was stunned.
He took out his epaulette from his pocket and showed it to his mother, “Mom, look at this!”
Tang Liren took it and looked over and over, but couldn’t understand it at all, so she asked, “What is this?”
Bai Dongsheng recognized it at a glance, and said with a smile, “Mom! Congratulations! Your son has been promoted to battalion commander! He’s still a captain!”
Bai Nansheng looked proud.
“What kind of officer is the captain?” Tang Liren asked.
Bai Dongsheng thought for a while, “Should his subordinates be able to manage about 500 people?”
Bai Nansheng said proudly, “Mom, your son is in charge of a reinforcement camp with 2,000 people!”
Tang Liren was overjoyed, but looking at her son in plain clothes, he was dressed in military green pants and a snow-white white shirt. He was wearing shiny leather shoes, but his whole appearance… just made people feel Some inexperienced.
“It’s great! Mom is proud of you!” Tang Liren fully praised and affirmed her son, and then continued to ask, “However, you were in the company… did you cause trouble?”
Tao Tao’s words revealed her mother’s doubts, “Second brother, in fact, my mother thinks that you have murderous aura all over you…”
Bai Nansheng looked at his mother, a little helpless, “Murderous? If you don’t go to the battlefield and don’t get some enemy heads over, how will your son earn military merit? “
Tang Liren’s face changed suddenly, “You, you went to the battlefield?”
Tan Fenghui was also a little scared, “You are still fighting in these years?”
Bai Nansheng snorted, “The border is not peaceful, there are no major battles, and small battles continue… In order not to cause panic among the people, we have never reported it.”
Tang Liren’s eyes instantly turned red, “Son, why don’t you retire from the army? You see your family has earned you such a big house…”
“Mom, I won’t be discharged from the army!” Bai Nansheng said, “don’t talk about it again in the future. I will only come back unless I die and let the country put the national flag on me…”
Tang Liren sighed.
On the third day, Hongdou pulled Fan Heng to find Taotao.
“Four aunts, Fan Heng and I have already discussed it, we still decided to go out and meet the world.” Hongdou said.
Taotao smiled, “Yes! Then you two should pack your luggage! The first train ticket is sponsored by your fourth uncle, and it doesn’t count in the one hundred dollars! Besides, I have to spend some time for you. Write some notes