The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

"Lao Xu, Lao Xu, why did your classmate just leave like that? Why didn't he even say hello?"

The sound of the jeep gradually faded away from the military horse farm. Li Feng came and left in a hurry, and when he left, Guo Zi was caught off guard.

"Why are you still saying hello? We have to go back. It will be hard to go back after dark!"

Xu Lingjun forced a smile. This cheap classmate of his would definitely not sit down and chat with him. If they talked for too long, he would definitely be exposed.

He turned around and tidied up the house. Having hurriedly received guests today, Xu Lingjun realized that the house looked really messy. Even if he lived alone, he couldn't let it be so messy.

"No matter what, you have to treat them to a meal. They came all the way to see you. Even if you don't have anything, I have it~!"

Guozi touched his chin and sat down at the desk without any hesitation. He looked at the two boxes of cigarettes left by Li Feng on the table and took them up curiously. Not to mention the Huazi cigarettes that Li Feng had given him before, even the Mudan cigarettes that he had left were not affordable for ordinary people on the grassland.

"Look, they even remembered to leave cigarettes and a meal for you. You can't neglect them anyway~!"

Xu Lingjun's face turned red with embarrassment when he heard this. There was only one pot, one bowl, and a few handfuls of coarse grains in the house. It was not that he did not want to keep them, but he knew it would be too cheap to ask Li Feng to eat these.

Guo Zi also knew about Xu Lingjun's family situation and wanted to help him, but he felt that the young man was too stubborn and couldn't bring himself to do so.

"It's okay, Uncle Guo, you can take this cigarette and smoke it. Thank you for your help over the years. I can just smoke it forward~!"

Li Feng knew that he smoked, so he left two boxes of good cigarettes for him. Xu Lingjun was very touched. There was nothing suitable to give to the uncle at home, and the two boxes of cigarettes left by Li Feng were just right to give as a gift.

"49 cents is for high-ranking officials. I only have half a pack of Huazi, so I can't take yours. However, your classmate is not ordinary, as he carries such good cigarettes with him when he goes out. We need to have a good relationship with him. If you plan to return to Beijing in the future, you will have someone to rely on~!"

Guo Zi was not around during the conversation, so I had no idea what they talked about. It felt like there might be some secrets, so it was not easy to ask directly. I could only ask indirect questions to see if Lao Xu had to go back.

Such a good classmate would come here from afar in person. It is impossible that he has nothing to do but to see old classmates.

Holding the cigarette in both hands, Guozi looked at Lao Xu with sharp eyes. If this kid really left and returned to the capital, the military horse farm would lose a person who worked diligently and seriously.

However, Xu Lingjun just smiled. The two of them talked frankly and never mentioned returning to the capital. Even going to the commune to be a teacher was something they had to be extremely cautious about.

Come to think of it, there is no time to go back to the capital, at least not for a long time.

Maybe, just as Li Feng said, even if his father didn't come back, he could be a patriotic businessman in Hong Kong, transporting things that are lacking in the inland, and then he might be able to get rid of the shackles on his right hand.

Patriotic businessmen, can businessmen also be patriotic? Xu Lingjun cannot see that level yet. There are basically no businessmen in the inland. As for what the country lacks, it is even more unclear.

It is even more unclear when my father will send someone to look for me.

"No, Uncle Guo, don't worry. He didn't say anything about going back. He said he wanted to build a school in the commune, maybe a junior high school. He also advised me not to teach, and told me to stay here with you and be a horse herder, saying that my fate is here~!"

Li Feng's words seemed like a joke no matter how you looked at it, but Uncle Guo would definitely like to hear it. After taking care of him for so many years, Xu Lingjun would never do such a thing as just leaving like that.

"Hey, your classmate is also very smart. Even if you don't say anything, he sees it better than you. The horses we released are military horses. They belong to the army. Anything related to the army is a big deal. I don't know whether he can protect you in Beijing, but at the military horse farm, I can be sure to protect you~!" Hearing what Xu Lingjun said, Guo Zi slapped his thigh happily. Didn't he just want Old Xu to stay? Old Xu is a good person, very down-to-earth, but he is a little cowardly. It would be strange if such a person is not bullied when he returns.

"But isn't he a truck driver? How come he is willing to help us build a school? Truck drivers are really rich!"

Seeing that Lao Xu had finished bragging, he just smiled and said nothing. Guo Zi once again tried to find out about the young man's background.

"The task of building a school was entrusted to him by someone else. He had no children, but he still had money. Before he died, he wanted to do something good. Our grassland has accepted children from so many countries, so my classmate thought, why not build it here to make it convenient for the children~!"

Xu Lingjun scraped and shoveled the black dust on the adobe walls. He thought it was a good thing. Although he could not teach, the children on the grassland could have a clean classroom with bright windows, which was a good deed.

"Your classmate is a really nice person. I guess he chose our commune out of respect for you. No, I have to talk to Bater later. If someone comes down from above to arrest you, I can't just do it here. The commune must help cover it up~!"

Guozi sat cross-legged on the head of Lao Xu's kang. He was reluctant to smoke the Huazi cigarette that Li Fengfa gave him, so he smoked his own cheap cigarettes. Every puff would fill his mouth with cigarette butts.

Rubbing his eyes, Uncle Guo's words sounded like a joke, but Xu Lingjun was someone who had personal experience of this. He had been caught in too much rain along the way.

But there are people like Uncle Guo, Li Feng and Bater who make him feel sunny again.

"Uncle, you don't have to do this. I don't know how or what I can give you back~!"

As for Li Feng, he only needed to send someone to contact him and inform Li Feng, and that would be considered as repaying the favor. But Uncle Guo's side really made him hesitant. He owed him too much. If it weren't for Uncle Guo, the pots and pans in the house would not be able to be kept in place.

"What are you talking about? You educated people just like to be picky. When we first came to the grassland, how did we take root there? Didn't we help each other and gain a foothold?!"

"I'll find you a wife later. Then you can settle down in our military horse farm and put down roots there. You don't have to worry about those unnecessary things every day~!"

Smoking a cigarette happily, looking at Xu Lingjun's cowardly attitude, she knew that she would never be able to get married in this lifetime.

Standing beside the table and opening the drawer, Xu Lingjun did not avoid the topic of women as usual, but looked at the extra tickets in the drawer with a look of astonishment.

"What's the matter? You are old enough to get married. Although you are still relatively poor now, the poorer you are, the more glorious you are~!"

Seeing Xu Lingjun standing with his back to him without moving, Guo Zi walked up to him and patted Xu Lingjun on the shoulder. However, the moment he saw the drawer, he couldn't help but pop out his eyes.

"Ouch~!"

Guo Zi's exclamation made Xu Lingjun react. Suddenly, his face was burning. The national food coupons and money in the drawer were too much.

"This, this must have been stuffed in there by him~!"

"Shh, why are you so loud? Hurry up and hide somewhere. Hiss, your classmate is really good. He has already left. What are you still standing there for? Hide. You can't marry a wife if you don't have money~!"

Guo Zi knew whether Xu Lingjun's family had money or not. He knew without thinking that it must have been left by the young man just now. Seeing Xu Lingjun's helpless and cowardly look, he immediately slapped him on the back of the head. (End of this chapter)