Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 82 Suddenly I felt a sense of accomplishment
Du Xuehong refused to drive away, so Cao Yukun simply drove him to the village at the foot of the mountain. He happened to meet a passing bus and watched him get on and leave before returning.

It was not until the evening that Dad Cao Weiguo came back on a motorcycle.

The father and son did not have much conversation. After staring at his son from head to toe for a few times, he began to tidy up the firewood that was drying in the sun, saying that he was afraid it would rain in the next two days because his hamstrings were starting to hurt.

It was not until after dinner, when the family was sitting around, that he slowly asked, "Did you pay back the money you paid to your second uncle?"

Cao Yukun answered him: "Yes."

Then he asked, "Did your uncle have anything for you to bring back?"

Cao Yukun talked about the house building, "He said he would not care about it anymore."

Dad nodded and said nothing more. Seeing that it was getting dark, he suddenly stood up and said, "Now is the perfect time. We are all at home. Take the money and let's go to your aunt and your uncle Zhou's house together."

Cao Yukun was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay!"

It seemed that he knew his son had prepared cash without asking.

Cao Yukun did prepare the money.

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Although there were only two families, it took until midnight to pay the money back.

The eldest aunt had always been fond of her nephews, and especially liked Cao Yukun. When she heard that Cao Yukun had gone out to do business and not only got his capital back but also made some money, she was extremely happy and repeatedly asked the father and son to sit down and talk, "That's great! Our son has grown up and can do business on his own!"

Then he started to mutter, "A few days ago, I heard from some elders that Song Hongxing had found a son-in-law and gave him his big beverage factory as a dowry. But after taking over the factory, the son-in-law cheated a loan and ran away... When I heard about it, I wanted to quarrel with him! Although my eldest nephew is the son-in-law of the Song family, it was my eldest nephew who bought the factory!... Now that he has started to make money, he can get his wife back. He has really grown up!"

Later, we went to Uncle Zhou's house again. He even asked me to drink with him. When we couldn't get him to drink, we still sat there and chatted for an hour or so - his engineering team had a hard time recently, and they couldn't get the money back after finishing the work!
However, just like his aunt, he didn't ask what the borrowed money was done with.

I guess it was because Cao Yukun was there - Dad was sitting alone with them, so he must have asked a lot of questions.

In short, he didn't get home until half past eleven. Cao Yukun's feelings might not be so obvious, but he could clearly feel that his father really breathed a sigh of relief - Cao Yukun just looked at him and smiled.

Suddenly I felt a greater sense of accomplishment.

Of course, the bulk of his debt is not this.

But among all these, the entire reputation of the father and son is staked, which makes it more important.

After returning home and washing their faces, the father and son stood under the eaves for a few minutes in tacit understanding.

"You made a lot of money?"

"Quite a lot. Enough to last a lifetime."

“Isn’t that illegal?”

"It's not illegal."

"What kind of business is this?"

"stock."

He fell silent, probably because he really didn't understand anything about stocks.

But after a moment he spoke again, "You still owe a lot of money to the beverage factory. Now you have been through a lot, so I won't say anything more. You just need to deal with all the things that need to be dealt with." "Okay!"

"Go to sleep!"

"Abba..."

"Ok?"

"Don't you want to ask how much I earn?"

He was silent for a moment, then said, "Your second uncle called me at the police station this morning. Over 10 million... it's really a fortune!" At this point, he suddenly turned around and looked at his son deeply for more than ten seconds before retracting his gaze, "Your second uncle is right, don't spend it recklessly!... Go to sleep!"

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I could vaguely hear the chirping of insects and birds, but it only lasted for a moment before I fell asleep again.

Suddenly, at some point, Cao Yukun woke up, subconsciously grabbed his electronic watch and took a look, and was shocked - it was almost nine o'clock!
Although he went to bed late last night, he has basically adapted to waking up at six in the morning during the past six months of time travel. He has never once slept in a daze until nine in the morning.

I turned my head and looked out the window. The sky was gloomy and it looked like it was going to rain.

However, when he turned over and woke up, he realized how soundly he had slept - it seemed that all the fatigue caused by anxiety, worry, fear, excitement, etc. in the past few months was gone with just this one sleep!

The whole person is in high spirits.

Both parents were not at home, but today was Sunday, so it was time for the day off. He went to the kitchen and saw that his mother had already warmed up the rice in the pot. He quickly took a bite of the rice, got in the car, and headed straight for Fuping.

Today is another big week, and it is time for a date with Song Yuqian - he has calculated that this time, there will be another time in May, and maybe one more time in June, and then she will take the college entrance examination, so, each date means one less time.

By the time we arrived at Sifang Teahouse, we were already late. My brother-in-law Song Yuhuai and Song Yuqian were standing at the front of the car chatting about something. They both looked very happy.

Seeing Cao Yukun's big bread coming over, Song Yuhuai smiled and put his hands behind his back.

After turning off the engine and getting out of the car, Cao Yukun apologized first, "I'm sorry, I just got back and I was confused last night!"

However, neither of them cared.

Song Yuqian looked at Cao Yukun with a curious look, while the elder brother-in-law pointed at the big bread and said, "Why don't you change the car?"

Cao Yukun smiled and offered a cigarette. After both of them lit up, he replied with a smile: "This car is great, with four-wheel drive, it can run on any rough road!"

Song Yuhuai didn't comment, but quickly moved on to the next question, "Are you going to the beverage factory tomorrow? Let's find some time to talk?"

If it were back in Shanghai, Cao Yukun would get a headache whenever he called and said he wanted to talk.

My eldest brother-in-law seems to be obsessed with persuading me to start a beverage factory recently - it is said that he originally planned to go to Shanghai to trade stocks, but after accidentally meeting me, he suddenly turned his attention to persuading me to start a beverage factory, and has expressed more than once that he is willing to help me.

He had only one goal, which was to revive the factory he founded with his own hands!
Even now the factory actually has nothing to do with him.

They had met three times in Shanghai, and Cao Yukun had been avoiding him since then. But today, something was different. Cao Yukun thought about it and asked instead of answering, "Is Uncle Song at home today?"

Seeing that the brother and sister were a little surprised, he explained with a smile, "In fact, I should have gone to Uncle Song's house to say thank you a long time ago! I just always felt embarrassed in the past. Today is a good day. Can I go and have a meal at noon?"

Song Yuhuai quickly came back to his senses and clapped his hands excitedly, "Here! Here! That's great! Yuhua also came back yesterday, so we'll be the most present at noon today! It's settled then!"

(End of this chapter)