"Sorry, Zheng, I'm Bruno, California on the west coast. Bob forgot to send you an invitation. We're too busy -"
With a familiar voice, Zheng Jianguo sighed silently: "well, you are program apes, I forgive you. How did you move there?"
Bruno said without hesitation: "close to other companies here can reduce the company's operating costs. We're ready to do a big job."
"Tell me how you do it?"
Zheng Jianguo grabbed the phone and sat down on the sofa. The faces of Blanco, Bruce and Bruno flashed in his mind. When he thought he didn't know it was the three brothers of the cloth family, Bruno's voice came from the microphone: "we're going to recruit five more people --"
"Yes."
Zheng Jianguo nodded and pricked up his ears. In his feeling, this move must not be like a program ape, so he was ready to listen to him go on. Only one second passed, two seconds passed, and five seconds passed. He looked at the silent microphone and wondered if it was broken, so he tried to say, "Bruno?"
"Yes, Zheng, how do you feel?"
When Bruno's voice came, Zheng Jianguo suddenly felt that his teeth seemed to ache: "I feel that you did a good job - you did a good job."
"Thank you for your support. Bye!"
After a crisp thanks and hanging up the phone, Zheng Jianguo felt that these people were also real people. He subconsciously put the phone away. Unexpectedly, the bell rang again, so he had to grab the phone again. There came the familiar Shanxian Putonghua: "Jianguo?"
"Hello, brother gang, it's me."
Luo Gang's smiling face flashed in his mind. Zheng Jianguo quickly sat up and answered. Luo Gang's voice came again: "uncle wants to see you. I asked him to tell you -"
"Uncle?"
A big question mark appeared in his mind. When Zheng Jianguo remembered that his uncle Luo Gang seemed to be Luo Shuqiang, he didn't expect that his father Zheng Fugui's voice came from the microphone: "why?"
"Dad, it's me. Are you okay?"
Zheng Jianguo looked stunned and asked. Since he left his contact information at home, Nian took the time to call at home for the first time. He felt his heart hanging up: "something's wrong at home?"
"No, it's not at home -"
Zheng Fugui's voice hesitated. It was the first time he heard his father's tone. Zheng Jianguo guessed that it was because Luo Gang next to him put down his hanging heart and said with a smile: "is the work of the county hospital busier than that of the clinic?"
"I'm not busy. I can also give people medical treatment, needle injection and medicine in the clinic. Now it's much easier to go to the county hospital -"
Zheng Fugui's voice implied noise. Zheng Jianguo thought about it and knew that it might be when his father ran to the post office to make a phone call. His voice couldn't help raising a few points: "now who's going to the kicking room?"
"Uncle, it's CT room -"
With Zheng Fugui's voice, Luo Gang's voice sounded. When Zheng Jianguo came here, he understood what his father was talking about, so he said, "Dad, your CT room is the second in our country, and there are only two in the whole Republic --"
"I know, now people from other provinces come to Shanxian County to see a doctor with CT -"
Zheng Fugui quickly interrupted Zheng Jianguo's words. He specially ran to the post office to make international calls. He was not free: "but I heard them say you bought this CT?"
"Dad, have you seen Serena?"
Zheng Jianguo did not expect that his father would ask this question. He quickly started thinking about the purpose of the old man's call. When he knew whether he had bought CT distressed money or had other ideas, he was not idle: "it's Yang Na, she's my girlfriend -"
"Oh? That -- is Yang Na your girlfriend? "
Zheng Fugui's attention was skewed by this topic, and his tone raised regardless of the previous CT: "but I don't think she's like a pure Chinese -"
"Dad, what are you talking about? What is purebred? "
Zheng Jianguo spoke quickly, and Zheng Fugui seemed to hear his dissatisfaction from his voice. He quickly changed his mouth and said, "yes, I don't think her eyes are black -"
"Yang Na's mother is French and her eyes are blue, but Serena's eyes are not obvious if she doesn't look carefully. Don't talk nonsense in the future."
Zheng Jianguo continued to correct his father's thoughts. Zheng Fugui remembered that he had a daughter-in-law and forgot his mother. He remembered that the guy was now 18 years old and had found his girlfriend. Then he remembered Yang Na's appearance, but he had to admire the boy's ability to pick his girlfriend. He just looked around and saw Luo Gang, Then I heard a voice from the microphone: "what she bought is what I bought. In fact, I made some money after I came out. This CT is not expensive. I also asked her to buy an MRI for Qi provincial medical college. Just pay attention to protection in the CT room -"
"How much did you make?"
Zheng Fugui's eyes swept over Luo Gang, and his attention was distorted again by the voice. This was the first time that ye and I talked about money. Zheng Jianguo heard this and said, "if you want money, ask your fourth sister. I've said hello to her, and I bought several houses in the capital. When the summer comes, I'll ask her to take you and your mother around -"
"That's tens of thousands?"
Zheng Fugui asked quickly. When Zheng Jianguo heard that his father didn't ask about the house, he realized that it might be that the fourth sister had said it to him, so he said, "Dad, there is a saying that money doesn't show up. Tens of thousands of yuan is not enough for the change of CT machine. I won't say the specific figures. If you feel free, you can also learn English by yourself, When I've been busy for a few years, I'll pick you up and enjoy your mother. "
"Oh, OK, are you busy these years?"
Zheng Fugui said it subconsciously. Then he remembered that the goods didn't say a few days, nor a few months, but a few years. He heard Luo Gang's voice nearby: "uncle, Jianguo is busy with his studies. He is not only studying medicine, but also studying physics. Others can't reach his current depth for several lifetimes -"
"Oh, Ho Ho, Luo Gang is engaged to your third sister. You were not at home when your second sister was engaged, nor were you at home when your third sister was engaged. You -"
Hearing Luo Gang's voice, Zheng Fugui remembered that in the past year, most of the things at home were greeted by him. He felt that the boy was getting farther and farther away. In the past, he thought it was far enough to go to the provincial capital to go to school. But he didn't expect that now when he flew to the other side of the earth, he had the insight of this boy's white upbringing, But I know that I can't say this: "it's all right for me to find you. You and Luo Gang have a word."
"Well, uncle, just say --"
Luo Gang looked at the microphone and gulped his saliva. He saw Zheng Fugui directly put the microphone into his hand and walked away with his back hands: "let you say it."
"Oh ~"
Holding the phone and putting it in his ear, Luo Gang said, "Jianguo -"
"Brother gang, it is conservatively estimated that I have to stay abroad for five years, two years of medical school and three years of junior college. In these five years, my family will have to rely on you."
Seeing his brother become a regular as expected, Zheng Jianguo said his academic plan. He could also feel the dissatisfaction in Zheng Fugui's tone. After all, he also had the experience of children's grandchildren around his knees. He knew that goods were better than goods, and people were better than people.
Because comparison is the easiest behavior to tear apart family affection and feelings. If a child is not compared, it is impossible to draw a good or bad conclusion. However, among Zheng Fugui's five children, the most expected one is now a distance from home.
Then the four sisters in the family had to shoulder the responsibility of being children for him. Fortunately, Zheng Fugui and Du Xiaomei didn't say it in the same year. They were still in good spirits at happy events, which depressed the two old people's yearning during the new year's festival and the midnight dream.
Of course, Zheng Jianguo's words can be said to Luo Gang, but they can't let the two old people know: "just tell my parents about it. I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble."
"Well, take care of yourself when you study hard outside. Don't let your uncle and aunt worry too much. You can leave it to me at home."
In response to this request, Luo Gang remembered that the two met almost at this time last year. However, in these more than 300 days, the has completed the transformation from famous all over the country to famous all over the world. At this time, he said that he would study outside for five years, so he said, "I wish you success!"
"Still brother? It's time for my brother-in-law -- "
Zheng Jianguo then said, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he continued: "but according to the customs of Shanxian County, I'm still brother. Brother gang, are you still in Shanxian No. 1 middle school?"
The custom of Shanxian County is to change your mouth when you have children. The biggest intention is to avoid calling young people old. It belongs to the category of expressing goodwill. However, Luo Gang is not from Shanxian County. He came to live with his uncle Luo Shuqiang. At this moment, he laughed when he heard Zheng Jianguo's statement: "brother and brother-in-law are the same. I'm still in the logistics office of No. 1 middle school -"
"Then take the time to help me check my address at Chengguan middle school. It's my classmate Hao Yun."
Zheng Jianguo had a big bald head in his mind, which was Hao Yun's last impression in his memory: "he was assigned to Nanjiang farm as an educated youth when I graduated. I wrote last time that he could go home. Since then, I haven't received any information from him. You help me go to school to check his home address to see if he has gone back. I bought several houses in the capital and nobody looked at them, If you find him, just ask him to go to the fourth sister and say I've arranged it. "
Zheng Jianguo has few friends, which Luo Gang, who has known him for only one year, knows. To be exact, not only Luo Gang, but also the whole sanlibao brigade knows that the playmate of this product is only Li Tie, who is now the big boss of Hong Kong Island. Only then did he sign a cooperation agreement with state television to invest in TV dramas.
Until now, Luo just heard another friend from Zheng Jianguo and immediately promised: "OK, if I find him, I'll let him contact Donghua."
"If you can't find him, go and have a look in the new year."
Hao Yun in Zheng Jianguo's memory hasn't been out of the mountain province all his life, let alone experienced the death of his classmates and comrades in arms, so at this time, he can't look at Hao Yun with the understanding in his memory: "if he doesn't want to go, it's OK."
Zhao Nan's death was a great blow to Hao Yun. Zheng Jianguo didn't expect it anyway. Of course, he didn't expect that Zhao Nan would come to such an end. But considering the impermanence of the world, he opened his mouth and said, "when did you decide to get married with your third sister?"
"My parents died early. Now I have only my uncle. Now I'm busy near the new year. I'm going to spend the 18th day of the first lunar month."
Luo Gang's voice was filled with a faint sense of relief. Zheng Jianguo blinked, but he could measure the situation of his brother. The couple would like to have no father and no mother when they get married decades later. However, when they really have no father and no mother, they can realize how hard it will be for the couple to stumble: "there is no spare house in the unit now, Qiuhua and I are going to rent a house first -- "
"Then rent mine."
Zheng Jianguo quickly interrupted. Seeing that the time had entered 1980 and the second year had passed since the change, documents and other documents had been issued one after another as early as mid-1979. However, Rome was not built in a day. People who have experienced storms for more than ten years would rather respond to changes with constancy than respond to the above call, This is especially true for urban residents who will still live well.
This is also the reason why Zheng Jianguo still let the eldest sister's family, the second sister's family, and now the third sister's family continue to suffer. Giving money is a matter of hurting feelings. This is the old saying that it's dead. Shengmien fighting rice revenge has become the golden rule hundreds of years ago. It says that not only asking for accounts can turn relatives into enemies, but also giving money can turn relatives into enemies.
If you can't give money, you can't give a house. This is Zheng Jianguo's plan long ago. He was still young when his eldest sister and second sister came out. Now Baba's giving money can only scare people. Just as Zheng Fugui previously guessed, making tens of thousands of yuan in the old man's imagination will reach the top. If he directly gives 100000 and 200000 yuan, it's not a favor, That's pushing people to a dead end.
How cool was the first 10000 yuan household in the Republic? It's because we all know that we have money. Borrow some today and borrow some tomorrow. I can borrow it if others borrow it. If I don't borrow it, it doesn't mean I suffer a loss. I don't take the ready-made money. This is also the reason why Zheng Jianguo puts the money in Zheng Donghua's hand.
People say that he knows his son better than his father. However, in Zheng Jianguo's opinion, Zheng Fugui can't have money in his hand. In a sense, he thinks money is spent. Friends and colleagues will hurt their feelings when talking about money, so he hasn't asked for much back until now. As for Du Xiaomei's hand, he is afraid to scare the old woman,
Of course, such a large amount of money can't be spent in Shanxian County. The most expensive house is only five or six thousand yuan, which is drizzle for Zheng Jianguo: "I'll ask someone to give you the key at that time. Don't tell others."