Doing It Over Again - Chapter 34

It took seven or eight hours to drive from Furong City to Peng County, but because of the expressway between Furong City and Guoshi in the past two years, the road from Guoshi to Peng County, the county under its jurisdiction, has also changed from a mud road to an asphalt road. The road conditions have improved a lot, so the travel time has been shortened by more than two hours.

When they arrived in Peng County, it was still dark. Shen Shao took Gu Ningzhao and others to the restaurant for dinner, and stayed at the best hotel in Peng County. However, for Chen Zhang and others, this three-star hotel is still a bit crude, but fortunately, it is clean and hygienic, and the second young master has no opinion. Those of them who work for the second young master don’t need to talk any more.

After putting the suitcase in the hotel, Shen Shao kept the important documents with him, and then took Gu Ningzhao to the streets of the county town. In just a few short years, the county seat has changed a lot. Many dilapidated houses have been demolished and built into stylish and beautiful buildings. As Shen Shao walked, he introduced the characteristics of these places to Gu Ningzhao.

“I didn’t expect this noodle shop to still exist after a few years,” Shen Shao said with a smile as he passed a noodle shop, “The noodles in this shop are strong and affordable. When they were in junior high school, many classmates loved this shop. Come and eat. Especially that one-handed knife-cut noodles, many people love to come here to eat a bowl.”

Passing by the most prosperous square area, he pointed to a very prosperous hot pot city on the second floor, and said in Gu Ningzhao’s ear: “This place is not bad, the facade is actually mine, and there are several other facades nearby. , are all prosperous areas, and the rent I collect every year can’t be spent. In this way, I can be regarded as a small surplus.”

Gu Ningzhao glanced at Shen Shao in surprise. He didn’t expect Shen Shao to have such an industry in Peng County, nor did he expect Shen Shao to tell him such private things. Does this mean that for Shen Shao, he is already a What about someone close?

“I still have a house of more than 90 square meters here, but I haven’t had time to decorate it,” Shen Shao pointed to a beautiful building next to him, “It’s here, I’ve been thinking about the price for two years. After a large price increase, I sold it, and I don’t usually live, so I don’t bother to decorate it.”

It is an established fact for the next ten years that house prices will increase substantially. The Gu family has also bought a lot of land in recent years to invest in real estate. As an employee of the Gu family, Chen Zhang knows it very well, but he did not expect Shen Shao. This ordinary person actually knew so much about the market, so he couldn’t help but look at Shen Shao a little more.

“This is the most lively area in the county,” Shen Shao said with a smile as he looked at the people who came and went for a walk. “It’s also a must for couples to walk.”

When Gu Ningzhao heard the words, he raised his head and looked around. The streets were wide and the street lights were bright. Even the trees on both sides of the street were hung with flashing colored lights. Some shops also had brightly colored national flags in them to promote promotional activities in the name of National Day.

Although the county town is small, it is very dynamic and full of life. It is completely different from the dilapidated county town in memory. Gu Ningzhao looked at the flashing lights on the tree, nodded his head and said seriously: “It’s very beautiful.”

Many people feel sincerely happy when their friends praise their hometown, and Shen Shao is no exception. After hearing Gu Ningzhao’s words, a big smile suddenly appeared on his face, “We call this a sparrow that is small and has all the internal organs. .”

Seeing the proud expression on Shen Shao’s face, Gu Ningzhao’s expression softened, so when someone sent him a flyer, he also took it with a good temper.

“Shen Shao, there’s a girl in front of you who’s been staring at you, is that someone you know?” As an assistant to ensure Gu Ningzhao’s safety, Chen Zhang is best at observing words and expressions, so when he found that someone was looking at Shen Shao’s eyes with the same Ordinary people reminded aloud when they were different.

Shen Shao followed Chen Zhang’s line of sight and saw a young couple holding hands across the street. The boy had dyed yellow hair, wore a black tee and flared trousers, and had a large skull pattern printed on his tee. Substandard dress. The girl was also dressed in a non-mainstream dress, and her eyes were falling on Shen Shao.

After careful identification for a while, Shen Shao determined that the girl was the uncle’s second daughter, Shen Hong. In his eyes, although Shen Hong was a bit self-willed, she was not a bad boy. Now such a non-mainstream dress is What’s the matter?

Probably found that Shen Shao was looking at her, Shen Hong pulled her little boyfriend and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd and quickly disappeared.

Shen Shao frowned, and then said: “She is the daughter of my uncle’s family. I haven’t seen her for several years, and I almost can’t recognize her.”

Chen Zhang didn’t know how Shen Shao was related to these relatives, so he didn’t say much, but said: “The thinking of young people is becoming more and more trendy now.”

Shen Shao smiled, noncommittal, there is a three-year age difference between him and Shen Hong, and the other party has never liked him very much, so he should not bother about these annoying things.

After several people returned to the hotel and rested for a night, after having breakfast in the hotel the next morning, Shen Shao took out the gifts he had bought before, and took Gu Ningzhao to visit the uncle and the second uncle’s family.

The house that my uncle lives in is a fund-raised house built by the unit. The staff and their families live in it. The downstairs of the residents is a fairly spacious place for activities. The stone table is used by retired faculty and staff to play big cards or chess. Children also like to play under the tree, so this place is very lively every day.

When the Mercedes-Benz car they were sitting in drove into the yard, it attracted the attention of many people. Although ordinary people don’t know much about cars, they still know the Mercedes-Benz logo standing on the front of the car. In many TV shows, rich people have such a sign on the front of their car.

Chen Zhang in a suit got off the bus first. He and the driver got off the bus and walked to the back, opened the door for Gu Ningzhao and Shen Shao, and said, “Young Master Gu, Second Young Master, please get off.”

Shao Shiwen accompanied her mother to buy food and went home. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw many children watching around a car, so she glanced at it curiously. She saw Shen Shao who was getting out of the car, and she was immediately happy. He tugged at his mother’s sleeve: “Mom, it’s cousin!”

Before Yang Biqing could react, she saw her daughter happily running towards the car parked in the yard. After seeing Shen Shao’s figure, she was surprised and delighted to speed up and follow.

As soon as Shen Shao got out of the car, he heard Shao Shiwen’s voice behind him. Before he could turn around, someone grabbed his right arm.

“Cousin, when did you come back?” Shao Shiwen smiled and looked at Shen Shao with crooked eyes. I haven’t seen him for a year, and my cousin has grown a lot more handsome, “I want to kill you.”

“Shiwen,” Shen Shao relied on his height advantage of 1.79 meters and touched the top of Shao Shiwen’s head easily, “I just came back, and I also miss you and my aunt and uncle. Let me introduce you to my friend.”

Only then did Shao Shiwen realize that there were other people beside Shen Shao, so she hurriedly took back Shen Shao’s hand and smiled politely at the others.

“This is my college roommate Gu Ningzhao, this is Chen Zhang, you can call him Brother Chen,” Shen Shao said to Gu Ningzhao and Chen Zhang after finishing speaking, “She is my cousin Shao Shiwen.”

“Hello brother Chen, hello brother Ning Zhao,” Shao Shiwen greeted people obediently, and then looked at the two of them curiously. This cousin’s roommate is also very handsome. Since he is his cousin’s roommate, it means that he is also Hua University students?

As a high school student, Shao Shiwen has a natural yearning for Huada, so even though Gu Ningzhao hasn’t said anything yet, she has already put a big tick on Gu Ningzhao’s head. The cognition of “boutique”, it is easy for her to have a good impression of these friends of Shen Shao.

“Auntie.” Shen Shao saw Yang Biqing walking towards this side, smiled and took the dish that Yang Biqing was carrying, and then introduced the two parties.

After Yang Biqing listened to the introduction, she warmly greeted everyone to sit at home, and after a busy chat, they finally sat down.

“Xiao Gu is from the capital?” Yang Biqing was worried that Gu Ningzhao and others could not understand the local dialect, so he deliberately slowed down his speech rate. After Gu Ningzhao nodded, he smiled and said, “The capital is good, the capital is good.” Although she has never seen the world , But anyway, I still know what car is parked downstairs, and I can see that these two adult men in suits have a lot of respect for Gu Ningzhao, I’m afraid that Xiao Shao’s roommate’s identity is not simple.

After Shao Qingwen came back, Yang Biqing went to the kitchen to cook. Shao Shiwen was worried that she would be too busy by herself, so she also went to the kitchen to help. Shen Shao also wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yang Biqing.

“Xiao Shao, your friend is still here, go and accompany your friend so that he doesn’t feel embarrassed.” Yang Biqing slapped the door and shut Shen Shao out of the kitchen.

Shen Shao was helpless, so he had to go back to Gu Ningzhao and sit down, and then began to peel the oranges on the table. After peeling them, he gave half to Gu Ningzhao before eating them.

“Don’t eat too much, or you won’t be able to eat lunch,” Gu Ningzhao told him, then broke off a piece of orange and put it in his mouth. The orange was very sweet, and it was sweet to his heart.

Shao Qingwen also knows that Gu Ningzhao’s identity is not simple, but seeing that he gets along naturally with his nephew and has a good relationship, so he should not know about it and only treat Gu Ningzhao as an ordinary junior. Anyway, in his eyes, Gu Ningzhao’s identity is more prominent, Just a friend of Xiao Shao.

After the second uncle’s family also came, Shen Shao distributed the prepared gifts to everyone, and then in the lively atmosphere, the family sat down around the dining table.

Gu Ningzhao was treated as a guest at Shao’s house. The enthusiasm of everyone made him a little overwhelmed, but he was a little happy in his heart, because he could feel that these relatives cared for Shen Shao from the heart.

When they left the uncle’s house, the two uncles also stuffed Shen Shao and Gu Ningzhao with two red envelopes, a bunch of special products, and a few sweaters woven for Shen Shao.

After watching the Mercedes-Benz drive out of the yard, Shao Qingwen and Shao Qingwu returned to the house. The two brothers looked at each other and saw the worry in each other’s eyes.

“These gifts Xiao Shao brought us cost a lot of money, right?” Shao Qingwu lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, “This child has always been sensible, and I don’t know how he is doing in the capital.”

Shao Qingwen sighed and then persuaded his younger brother: “Xiao Shao has a stable personality, and he is not a person who insists on his face and suffers. He must have developed well in the capital. I heard that students in famous universities are home professors, and it takes an hour They all have wages of dozens of yuan. People in the capital attach great importance to education, and they are not short of money. Xiao Shao can really save a lot of money by going to tutoring, not to mention scholarships and grants. Don’t think about it. “

Whether this is to comfort his younger brother or himself, at least in the depths of Shao Qingwen’s heart, he trusts Shen Shao very much.

Shen Shao and his party rested at the hotel for another night, and drove to Shenjia Village early the next morning. Although Shenjia Village has been connected to the road in the past two years, the road conditions are not good. No matter how powerful the luxury car is in front of the dilapidated road, it is a paper tiger. illusion.

The Mercedes-Benz car can attract onlookers in the faculty compound, and it is no exception when it arrives in the village. Soon after the car stopped at the entrance of the village, several children from the village gathered around.

In recent years, Shen Shao has not returned to his hometown many times. These children do not know him, but the villagers who work in the fields do. So when they recognize Shen Shao among the people who got out of the car, they are enthusiastic He said hello, and some people wanted to keep him for dinner at his house, but they were all rejected by Shen Shaowan.

“Shen Shao is really promising now.”

“That’s not true. I heard that many students in Huada come out to be important talents of the country, and there are also high officials.”

“Ouch, this boy is really good, my family can be half as capable as him, and I can wake up laughing when I fall asleep.”

Shen Shao didn’t know the high praise from the villagers. He didn’t go to any house first. Instead, he went to his mother’s grave with incense and candle offerings and firecrackers. Gu Ningzhao said, “I’ll take you to my house to have a look. No one lives there for a long time, and there may be no land left.”

Gu Ningzhao saw that his face was not very good, he hesitated for a while, and reached out and patted the back: “Don’t be sad.” He wanted to say, and I am with you, but he couldn’t say it.

“It’s okay,” Shen Shao smiled at Gu Ningzhao, and after taking him down a hill, he slowly opened his mouth and said, “If I could go home earlier that day, maybe my mother would not miss it…”

In those days, many herbal medicine dealers had to collect cicada sloughs, and they charged a high price of ten yuan per kilogram, so even though cicada sloughs were very unpretentious, he would pick up cicada sloughs while walking every day after school, so that he could exchange them for money. He did not expect that his mother would commit suicide by drinking medicine that day. If he had known earlier, he would not have picked up cicada sloughs, but would have guarded his mother.

“It’s not your fault,” Gu Ningzhao looked at this small mountain village with beautiful mountains and rivers, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, “Don’t…don’t be sad.”

“I’m not sad,” Shen Shao smiled at him, “I’m just… a little regretful.”

Gu Ningzhao looked at this smile, and his heart was sour and painful, like drinking a bottle of bitter vinegar, the indescribable taste.

He wanted to be nice to Shen Shao, wanted to be nice and nice to him.

It seems that as long as Shen Shao is in a good mood, he will be happier.

The author has something to say: Shen Shao: Happy cutting! (╯-╰)/

Gu Ershao: Xiao Shao, I’m good to you, don’t be unhappy, okay (^ω^)

Shen Shao: cut happy Y (>_<,) Y

Gu Ershao: I’ll buy you a house, a bag, and a hug, alright (￢з￢) (^ω^)