Chapter 1 Before and after returning home
"Get out of the car, get off the car. Zhou Xi is here!" As the ticket seller's chubby mouth trembled, Zhu Yiming opened his hazy sleepy eyes. Last night, because he was about to part, and with his best friend Zhang Yang, Li Changle gathered at Xiaowu Restaurant in front of the west gate of Huaida. The three of them drank three bottles of 52-degree wheat flowers. In the middle, if the bald boss had not come in and toasted three glasses of wine and drank nearly three taels, the two would probably not be able to return to the dormitory. Although Zhu Yiming had a lot of alcohol, he was in a bad mood and was drowsy. After drinking the wine, he would have a splitting headache. Even Zhang Yang and Li Changle did not tell the news of his breakup with Li Qin. Even Zhang Yang and Li Changle had no telling him about his breakup with Li Qin.
Yes, how to say it, it’s not that Li Qin thought that her family was poor and had no background, so she kicked herself. Li Qin’s parents begged her grandfather to sue her grandmother, and finally let Li Qin enter the Yingtian Agricultural Bank City North Branch. The night before yesterday, Zhu Yiming tactfully heard the meaning of breaking up from Li Qin’s words, and immediately agreed readily. Most of the love in college died in the light, so let’s divide it. Climbing to the small single bed that had been with him for four years, Zhu Yiming quickly fell asleep. In his sleep, he was still muttering in a low voice: “It’s going to rain, mom wants to marry, let her go!”
When he woke up in the morning, it was already eight o'clock. Zhu Yiming dragged two big bags in advance and rushed to Yingtian Bus Terminal. You should know that there was only one bus from Yingtian to Zhouxi in the morning, and the bus left at 9 o'clock. Hurry up, Zhu Yiming finally got on the dilapidated bus and fell asleep as the bus bumped.
Zhu Yiming picked up two large blue and green bags, got out of the car, and stepped on the land of Zhouxi, feeling particularly friendly. After four years of college life, Zhu Yiming only returned home once, which was the summer vacation of sophomore year. While sighing that time passed like water, Zhu Yiming raised his foot and walked with a step, "Ouch!" said, "What's wrong with you? You don't have eyes when you walk?" Zhu Yiming quickly withdrew his feet and said sorry. When he looked closely, he saw a long-haired woman in a light green dress squatting on the ground, covering her heels with both hands.
"You...you... are you okay?" Zhu Yiming forced himself to hold back his hands that were about to reach out to support the girl. After all, he was a young girl and it was a big summer. If he helped her, he really didn't know where to fall his hands.
"You have to watch your way! Really!" The woman straightened up and stomped her feet hard. Zhu Yiming then had the chance to see the woman's true face. Her pretty melon-shaped face was shining with big eyes, and a half-crescent-shaped platinum necklace on her neck, which was inlaid with shiny diamonds. I don't know if it was because of anger or pain, or because of her innate capital, but her chest was undulating violently, Zhu Yiming suddenly felt a wave of turbulent waves in front of her.
Just as he was having a lot of fun, Zhu Yiming suddenly found the girl's fire-breathing eyes, quickly retracted her gaze that was about to explore in depth, cleared her throat, and apologized solemnly: "Miss, I'm so sorry, I was thinking about things just now, but I didn't pay attention to someone behind me."
"You...you..." The girl blushed and tears appeared in her eyes.
"Lu Yao, what's wrong?" Looking through the sound, I saw a girl wearing a light purple dress walking over.
"He...he..." The girl named Luyao pointed at Zhu Yiming, and wanted to speak but stopped.
"Sorry, I accidentally stepped on her just now, but I have already said to him that I was too humble." Zhu Yiming quickly explained, seeing that she looked like she was suffering a lot of grievances, the person who didn't know thought he had done something to her.
"Zhu Yiming!"
"Ah! How do you know that my name is Zhu Yiming?"
"I am Qin Haili, you don't know each other anymore?" the girl said excitedly.
Zhu Yiming then looked at the girl in front of him carefully. Yes, isn’t this Qin Haili? The tallest girl in the class at that time, but she was more beautiful than when she was in middle school. “Aren’t you going to school in Guangdong? Why are you back?”
"Haha, just like you. After graduation, where did you come back?" Qin Haili pointed to Zhu Yiming's backpack and said.
"Have you returned to Zhouxi? Where are the divisions?"
"Yes, it's divided into the Health Bureau. What about you?"
"I was assigned to Hengyang and in the county party committee office."
"Oh, it's not bad, have you been a leader?" Qin Haili joked.
"Hmph! What's so great about it? A little clerk." The girl named Lu Yao said. Although her voice was small, it clearly reached the ears of the two people.
Zhu Yiming suddenly felt depressed and thought: Didn’t he accidentally step on me? As for targeting me everywhere, at worst, you can ask you to step on me back. Of course, he wouldn’t say this.
Qin Haili smiled at Zhu Yiming, "By the way, I forgot to introduce it. This is my classmate, Zheng Luyao, a beautiful girl. Luyao, this is my high school classmate, Zhu Yiming, an absolutely handsome guy, and a talented man in our class at that time!"
It is not an exaggeration to say that Zhu Yiming is a handsome guy. He is nearly 1.8 meters tall, with short hair and a heroic look between his eyebrows. It is said that he is the crush of many schoolgirls in Huaida.
"Hello, classmate." Zhu Yiming quickly stretched out his right hand. After a long time, he didn't see Qianqian's little hand making any moves. He had to retreat embarrassedly, wondering in his heart: It's really hard to raise a woman or a villain. If anyone marrying such a woman, it would be a bad life.
"What's wrong?" Qin Haili asked.
"It's nothing. When I was walking just now, I accidentally stepped on this lady..." Zhu Yiming quickly explained.
"You still say, what's the lady?" The long-haired girl snatched the white hair, and her little face, which had just recovered from calm, turned red again.
"Hahaha..." Qin Haili bent down with a smile. The long-haired girl's face turned redder and she quickly reached out to scratch her itch. The two girls had a long time to let go before letting go. Zhu Yiming stood aside awkwardly, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
After Qin Haili's explanation, Zhu Yiming realized that his name was a little problem just now. The word "Miss" has become a proper noun in Guangdong, specifically referring to women in romantic places. Zhu Yiming was so depressed that he knew that in Huaijiang Province in 1993, even in Yingtian, the provincial capital, this was a respectful title for young women.
After another solemn apology, Zheng Luyao finally stretched out her hand and gently held Zhu Yiming. Through Qin Haili's introduction, Zhu Yiming realized that Zheng Luyao was Qin Haili's classmate, and her home was in Anwan Province. Taking advantage of her time to take advantage of her graduation and she came to Huaijiang Province for a while to have fun.
Before parting, the three of them left each other's mailing addresses. Qin Haili left a pager number. Zheng Luyao actually took out a brick that was not very big. Zhu Yiming knew that this was Motorola, a flip phone launched just this year, which costs more than 20,000 yuan. "It seems that this family named Zheng Luyao is either rich or noble, no wonder it is so unreasonable." Zhu Yiming muttered in his heart.
Zhu Yiming had no communication tools yet, so he left the phone number of his neighbor Yuan Tianpei's family. He felt so sweaty. He secretly decided that after getting his salary, the first thing he did was to buy a pager for himself. This was not only a matter of face, but without that thing, it was really inconvenient to connect.
Zhu Yiming got on the minibus to Chenxing Township. Thinking about the lady having that meaning, she suddenly laughed evilly. It seemed that when she was talking in the future, there was a door in her mouth. After half an hour of bumpyness, the minibus stopped. Before getting off the bus, Zhu Yiming saw his parents standing in front of his house, staring at the car steadily. His mother was not tall and thin, but she looked quite capable. His father was only two or three centimeters shorter than Zhu Yiming. Because of his years of driving a tractor, his bronze skin looked particularly energetic. When he saw Zhu Yiming pulling two big blue and green bags out of the car, the two quickly met the car and took the bag left and right.
"It's not until noon, why don't you come back?" the mother nagged in a low voice.
"You think you can't take a car for more than three hours when you come back from Zhou Xi." The father patted Zhu Yiming on the shoulder and said kindly.
Looking at the row of familiar blue brick and tiled houses, Zhu Yiming's eyes felt wet. His parents worked day and night for himself, his brother and younger sister, but they offered two college students one by one, which really made them proud. Now that his brother is in the Chenxing Local Management Office, he is about to work, which can greatly reduce their burden.
"Yiming, I'm back, come in quickly!" The eldest brother Zhu Yifei came up and grabbed Zhu Yiming's hand. "Second brother!" The younger sister Zhu Ting shouted timidly. When he was a child, Zhu Yiming took care of his sister the most. Now he is old, and the little girl is shy even when she sees her brother.
"Hello, sister-in-law!" Zhu Yiming saw Wu Yuhua who came in with vegetables and hurriedly greeted him. "Yiming is back!" Wu Yuhua is the eldest brother's girlfriend. Although she is not married, the Zhu family has already regarded her as a member of the family. The two families are discussing the marriage of the two, but Wu Yuhua's father, who opened a small sports goods factory, did not agree much. He thought the Zhu family was poor, but Wu Yuhua's attitude was relatively firm and he had no choice.
"Yiming, come and wash your face and have a meal." My mother's greeting always makes people feel warm.
"Yiming, it's full." The eldest brother said while pouring wine.
"No problem, but you can't miss it!" Zhu Yiming said happily.
"It must be, you graduate today, and the whole family is happy for you!" Zhu Yifei said as he glanced at Wu Yuhua. Seeing that there was no reaction, he immediately turned the bottle upside down and the wine in the bottle rushed down.
"Yifei, pour some for me." My father, who usually doesn't drink wine, even spoke.
"You can't drink, why are you joining in the fun?" The mother quickly stopped her.
"Yiming is back, aren't you happy?"
"Take a few sips, it's like Mr. Guan." The mother nagged dissatisfiedly.
"Dad, mom, I'll respect you!" Zhu Yiming picked up the wine glass and said respectfully.
"Drink, drink." My father picked up the wine glass and snatched it. My mother also picked up Sprite and tasted it.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I respect you too!" Zhu Yiming said to Zhu Yifei and Wu Yuhua.
"Okay, Yiming, but it's a little effective. How about Yiming?" Zhu Yifei pinched the cup with his index finger. "Okay, I'll do it first." Zhu Yiming raised his neck and gulped hard.
"Second brother, I'll give you a cup too. Our math teachers often mention you. You have to teach me if you have time." Zhu Ting's words were full of admiration. You should know that during the college entrance examination, Zhu Yiming was the top scorer in the single subject of mathematics in Zhouxi County.
"We Tingting is not bad either. We are the first in the grade this semester!" Zhu Yiming said, pointing to the certificate on the wall.
The wall of the Zhu family is really a wall of honor, covered with certificates of three brothers and sisters, and is often used by the adults in the village to educate their children: "When can you get back a corner of Zhu Guoliang's family, I will say you can!"
"Yiming, how did you arrange your work?" Zhu Guoliang asked at his son. After hearing this, the whole family's eyes focused on Zhu Yiming's body, and the air seemed to have solidified.
"This year, I was assigned priority to taking care of student cadres and student party members. After the school's recommendation, I was assigned to the Hengyang County Party Committee Office." Zhu Yiming said carefully.
Oh, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief. In the Chinese state's official mindset, being an official is of course the best way out. Of course, working in the county party committee office does not mean becoming an official, but who will pay attention to these things?
Only my mother was still muttering in a low voice, "Why didn't I get assigned to the Zhouxi County Party Committee Office?"
Zhu Yiming smiled slightly, but no answer.
"When will you report?" Zhu Yifei asked.
"On July 12, I will report to Hengyang Organization Department."
"You remember it, don't forget it then." Zhu Guoliang said worriedly.
"Dad, don't worry, even if mom forgets your birthday, she will never forget the day Yiming reported." Zhu Yifei said jokingly.
"Dad, brother, come and have a drink!" Zhu Yiming raised his glass high.
The whole family finished the meal happily, and the bottle of wine was already coming to the sky. Zhu Guoliang's face was flushed and he was squinting his eyes and listening to the Minju Opera. I don't know if he was asleep. Zhu Yiming and Zhu Yifei brothers were talking and laughing like nothing happened.
After the prospective mother-in-law and daughter-in-law washed the pots and dishes, Zhu Yifei went to take Wu Yuhua back. Zhu Yiming lay on the bed carefully tidied up by his mother, very comfortable. In a blink of an eye, he fell asleep.
The next day, Zhu Yiming woke up and it was already midday. His father went out to pick up goods, his mother went to the field, his brother went to work, and his younger sister also went to school to take a tutoring. The shirtless Zhu Yiming lowered his head and looked at the proud six-pack abdomen on his abdomen. This made his best friend stand out. Li Changle envied him. A carp jumped up. He opened the pot and saw that it was porridge and stewed eggs as usual. In a trance, Zhu Yiming seemed to have returned to the busy but unforgettable middle school era. Two eggs every day were the best gift this family could give. Whenever he saw the saliva overflowing from his lips, Zhu Yiming always took advantage of his parents' carelessness to pick up an egg and put it in his sister's bowl, buried it at the bottom of the bowl, and then quickly signaled his younger sister to go out to eat. This is also a little secret between the brother and sister over the years.
After breakfast, I turned on the black and white TV that once made the Zhu family proud. I remember that there were only two TVs in the entire production team at that time. The village chief Yuan Tianpei had a 21-inch color TV. It was an amazing high-end product at that time, but because the marquis’ door was as deep as the sea, few people visited it. So, the 17-inch black and white TV of the Zhu family became a rare thing. Every day when the day went dark, adults and children came to seize the territory early. On the side, my mother always kept nagging with the wife of the former Zhuang Wang or the mother of the Houzhuang, Li, about the scary electricity bills every month.
After dialing around, Zhu Yiming couldn't find a program that he could watch, so he had to turn off the old TV in disappointment.
Chapter completed!