Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 81 This cookie is not tiring!
It was not even ten o'clock yet, but Cao Yukun had already returned home.

Yesterday, Du Xuehong drove Huang Jiaying, Huang Jiapeng, Li Xuegen and Hu Chengqun to their homes one by one, and then drove to Cao Yukun's house, unloaded the things Cao Yukun bought from the Magic City from the trunk, and was invited by Cao Weiguo to have dinner before driving back to his own home. He got up early the next morning and drove to Xizhou City again. At around eight o'clock, he picked up Cao Yukun and took him home.

Today is Saturday, and the motorcycle is not at home. Apparently, my father has gone to work. My mother did not go to the fields, but seemed to be waiting for her son at home. When she heard the sound of a car outside, she quickly ran out of the house. When the car drove into the yard, she was guarding the car door with a bright smile on her face.

When Cao Yukun got off the car, she couldn't help but raise her hand to touch her son's face and said, "You've lost weight!"

There is no way I have lost weight. In fact, I have gained a little weight.

But in his mother's opinion, her son had been away for two months, and he must have lost weight when he came back!

There were guests at home, some aunts and uncles from the same village.

Needless to say, I bought a lot of things for my uncle and aunt, so how could my own family not think of it?
Food, clothing, and daily necessities, as long as they could be bought in Magic, Cao Yukun could think of them, and he estimated that what could be stuffed in the trunk of the large van, so he bought as much as he could, and really filled up half of the trunk - in particular, he specially brought back an electric refrigerator, and when he entered the main room, he saw that it was already powered and in use.

Nowadays, many families in cities have electric refrigerators. At least, Cao Yukun had seen one at Huang Jiapeng's house when he went to have dinner there in 90. It's even more rare in big cities, but in the rural areas of Fuping, it's still a very rare item.

My mom obviously loves it.

Several aunts and uncles also seemed envious.

Cao Yukun sat with them for a while. He didn't need to say anything. Just listening to them praising themselves and envying their mother, he felt that the smile on his mother's face almost never stopped - she was already very happy.

Although my son had a bad reputation in the past, he has grown up now. He has been out for a few months, doing business, and making money. The first thing he thought about was buying things for the family, and he even brought back a big refrigerator...

After sending off several neighbors, the mother came back, held her son's hand, and said, "Your dad is so happy! He smoked a lot last night! Just... Son, how much money did you make?"

Cao Yukun didn't say anything. "Hey, why are you asking this? Didn't I tell you before that it's enough for you to spend your whole life!"

So my mother was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

After chatting with her for a while, Cao Yukun got up again and went to his grandparents' house. The old man was sitting in front of the house smoking. He saw his eldest grandson come in from afar and called out to his grandmother, "Zi Zi is here." So the grandmother also came out from the main room and looked at her eldest grandson with a smile.

They went into the main room and sat down to talk. The old man and the old woman didn't know how their grandson had made a fortune, and they had always been like this, not interfering in matters of a different generation. They never interfered in their grandson's education or what he did. At this time, they just asked where his grandson had been before.

On the table were the foreign biscuits that Cao Yukun had bought from Shanghai. They had already been opened. Cao Yukun took two pieces and chewed them. After he finished eating, he clapped his hands and said to the old lady, "Grandma, although these biscuits are delicious and we can afford them, we can't eat too much. They are too sweet!"

The old lady smiled and said, "It's better to be sweet. This cookie is good. It's crispy when you bite it, and it won't tire your teeth!"

Foreigners add a lot of butter to their food, and it becomes crispy...

Considering that the old lady could not eat too much, Cao Yukun stopped persuading her. Let her eat as she wanted and just take her to the hospital for a physical check-up once a year. She had been poor for most of her life and always saved the good things for her children and grandchildren. She was reluctant to eat them herself. Now she was almost seventy years old, so let her eat whatever she wanted. She could also enjoy the blessing of having a grandson.

After sitting for a while, Cao Yukun got up and went to the inner room. He saw a pile of sealed bags on the big board. He knew that his grandfather had not sold this year's new tea. The last time he came back, the tea picking was in progress and he could not go up the mountain to help. Instead, he told the old man not to sell the tea made this year and he wanted to keep it to give away.

The old man was really obedient. Looking at the huge pile, there were at least dozens of kilograms, and I guess he didn't sell even a kilogram.

Well, it won’t sell for much money.

I sat back down and looked up at the roof frame of my grandparents' house. I told my grandfather that I had gone to my second uncle's house yesterday and that my second uncle asked me to rebuild the house for them. The old man waved his hands and said, "No! What's the point of rebuilding it? It's enough for the two of us to live in for our lifetime. You can rebuild it after we both die!"

Cao Yukun smiled and didn't mention it anymore. He still had to talk to his father about this.

If my dad said he wanted to flip the lid, the old man probably wouldn't stop him.

It's not just my second uncle. In fact, in the past two years at home, my father has mentioned more than once that he wants to renovate my grandparents' old house, but the money is never enough - the previous money was used to renovate Cao Yukun's house. At that time, they considered that Cao Yukun would get married after school, and the old house could not accommodate a new daughter-in-law.

Including the motorcycle, it was actually bought for Cao Yukun to please his wife.

As they were talking, grandma came over and touched Cao Yukun's suit, and said happily: "Son, your clothes look good, you should wear them carefully and save them for the day when you get married!" "Yes, good!"

No matter what, just agree to it first.

Then he took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to the old man, "Grandpa, I made some money doing some small business this time. It's enough for the capital, and I don't need more. Here is 10,000 yuan. I'll drive you to the village later and deposit it in the credit union! It's a good deal!"

The old man took the envelope and asked, "Why are you giving me so much?" Then he handed the envelope back and said, "It's useless for us to keep the money. Take it! It was originally saved for you to find a wife!"

Cao Yukun laughed again and put the envelope on the table, "Don't keep it for me, I can afford a wife!" Then he took out his wallet and took out all the ten, five, two, and one yuan from it. There weren't many, about thirty or fifty yuan, and put them on the table, "These are the change, you use them to play cards!"

This time, Grandpa didn't refuse. After a while, he said, "You can't lose a dollar playing cards for a whole day!"

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After sitting at his grandparents' house for about an hour, when Cao Yukun came out and walked towards his home, he saw Du Xuehong squatting at the door of his house. When he saw Cao Yukun coming back, he stood up.

When Cao Yukun came over, he said, "Boss, I have something to discuss with you. I need to ask for leave."

"Ask for leave? No need. I just wanted to say this. After dinner at my house, you can go home. You haven't been home for a long time. There is a lot of work to do in the fields. Go back and stay for a few days. Come back in a few days!"

However, he quickly waved his hands, "No! No!"

Cao Yukun looked at him in surprise, and he said, "The work in the fields is not a problem, and I can take care of the house. I just want to go out for a while, but it will take three days to go back and forth!"

"Oh, sure, that's fine, just go ahead!"

He agreed and asked, "Where are we going?"

He said, "Let's go to Huai'an, where an old comrade of your father and I are."

Cao Yukun turned his head to look at him in surprise - this place name seemed familiar, as if it was in the original owner's memory.

When asked, he said, "You should know that he was in jail before."

Cao Yukun immediately remembered it - it was something that happened about two years ago. It was summer vacation and Cao Yukun was at home, so he roughly knew what happened.

One of their old comrades also retired from the army and returned to his hometown to farm. He wanted to make money, so he raised a flock of ducks. Their place is adjacent to Hongze Lake, and there are many people raising ducks. They mainly supply places like Jinling City and are quite famous. As a result, when thousands of ducks were about to be harvested, they were poisoned to death!
In short, an old veteran was stubborn and refused to give in. Some local people couldn't control him, so they used bad tricks on him. As a result, he was heartbroken and furious and beat people up.

He took on more than a dozen people by himself, and he managed to beat that bunch of so-called big thugs so hard that they couldn't even get up.

It was a shame. Those guys had guns, and when they fired they didn't hit him. Instead, he grabbed the gun and fired a shot - he didn't kill him, but he was still involved in a gun incident.

He was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay for the man’s medical expenses.

As for the accusation that his ducks were poisoned, it was left unresolved because there was no evidence.

His family was already poor, and now that he was in jail, a batch of ducks that could have been sold immediately all died, and he also owed a sum of money for medical treatment, making him even poorer. At that time, his father, as his old squad leader, contacted his old comrades after hearing the news and took the initiative to raise about 6,000 yuan, which he personally delivered to his family, helping his family pay off the debt.

Du Xuehong was ashamed when she talked about it. She said, "My family was really poor at that time. I only gave him 300 yuan to get some money together. I thought you gave me 10,000 yuan yesterday, so I am rich now. I have to go to his house to check on him. I am afraid that he has been in jail for the past two years and his family is having a hard time. I want to send some money to his family!"

Cao Yukun took a deep breath and took out his wallet. There was probably more than a thousand dollars in it. He emptied it all and handed it to him. "Go ahead, drive! But don't give too much. Don't let others owe you too much."

After a pause, he continued, "Leave a message to their family. When he comes out, come and find my dad. I need people here. You know I won't treat him unfairly! Go!"

(End of this chapter)