After having lunch with Ni Shang, Jiang Zhihan was not happy and seemed to be in a worse mood. He thought to himself that if he looked at Jiang Jing and could relieve all the little troubles around him, someone would definitely cover up the river with a piece of cloth and charge for it.

Jiang Zhihan took a bus to No. 7 Middle School (the campus has been closed these days), and wanted to see if anyone was playing basketball. If they were sweating from their origins, they might feel better.

When he arrived at the basketball court, he didn't see anyone. He was sighing in his heart, but he saw Lou Zhengyong sitting alone on the sidelines, holding a cigarette in his hand. In Jiang Zhihan's impression, Lou Zhengyong did not smoke. Is there any big difficulty? Since Lou Zhengyong joined the company, Jiang Zhihan has valued him very much from the beginning, so he went to Shanghai and Ningxia to execute stock trading and assigned him. Three weeks ago, he and Sister Du were transferred back for his other purpose.

Walking down the stairs, Jiang Zhihan walked to Lou Zhengyong, sat down, and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

Lou Zhengyong was immersed in his own thoughts and lost his usual sensitive reaction. It was not until Jiang Zhihan spoke that he was surprised, turned his head and looked over, and said oh.

Jiang Zhihan asked with concern: "What's going on at home?"

Lou Zhengyong sniffed a cigarette and said, "Yes." Among the two groups of veterans recruited by Xiao Hanjun, Jiang Zhihan and Lou Zhengyong were closest. They often played ball together and occasionally competed with martial arts. Although Lou Zhengyong was not a martial arts practitioner like Jiang Zhihan, the moves polished in the army were very practical and had no flower heads. He also gave some tips on Jiang Zhihan's close-fitting grappling techniques.

Jiang Zhihan said: "If you have something to do at home, why do you come to work overtime during the Spring Festival?" During the Spring Festival, there was actually not much work in the cafeteria, just one or two people were left on duty.

Lou Zhengyong smiled bitterly and said, "I don't hide it from you. This is a good policy for paying twice the salary during the Spring Festival. I want to earn more money."

Jiang Zhihan said oh, patted his shoulder, "Why don't you say anything about financial difficulties? In your eyes, I am really the one who gets into the money?"

Lou Zhengyong said sincerely: "Your money is also earned with hard work, and you have to take it out everywhere and reinvest. The salary I received and the travel subsidy I received when I was in Shanghai and Ningxia are already very high, so how can I speak casually?"

Jiang Zhihan said: "If you can say it, what's going on?"

Lou Zhengyong sighed and said, "My father's kidney function is not good, and he needs dialysis treatment. He went there twice a while ago. It was too expensive and he was reluctant to go there. With regular dialysis treatment, our current financial conditions really cannot afford it. I advised him that my income is getting higher and higher, and I will do it first. If the money is not enough, I can always pay it back in the future. He didn't listen, saying that it would be better to keep it for my grandchildren to go to school than to have money. When I went back to the Spring Festival, I started arguing with him about this, but I couldn't convince him, so I had to come back to make money and let my sister and brother-in-law talk to him slowly there."

Jiang Zhihan said: "You are really, life is a matter of life. I have never mentioned it to me. You don't treat me as a friend or brother, right?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "I actually borrowed several thousand yuan from Boss Xiao, and it's not a big problem for the time being. But my dad is a stubborn person like a cow, so..."

After taking another breath of cigarette, Lou Zhengyong said: "So, I received a call at noon, saying that my condition had worsened. I was dragged to the hospital for treatment before I had time to call me. I was going to go home and have a look."

Jiang Zhihan said: "Then why don't you leave quickly?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "I live in that place, the transportation is inconvenient, so I can only take a long-distance bus. There is only one flight a day, which is in the morning. I just thought about taking it tomorrow morning. Anyway, I called and said that there is no problem for the time being. The person has already returned home. He is reluctant to stay in the hospital for too long and spent money."

Jiang Zhihan thought for a while and asked, "Where are you still living in this way?"

Lou Zhengyong nodded and said yes.

Jiang Zhihan asked: "When will you get a car tomorrow? When will you buy a ticket?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "That car is not crowded, and there are not many people going to that direction. I bought tickets before getting on the car."

Jiang Zhihan asked: "When is the time to leave?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "It's before 7:30."

Jiang Zhihan said: "Okay, I will come to you around seven o'clock tomorrow and bring you something."

Lou Zhengyong said: "No need to worry."

Jiang Zhihan stood up and said, "I have to go and prepare. See you tomorrow morning, I've agreed."

Lou Zhengyong opened the door and saw Jiang Zhihan standing outside the door with a huge travel bag on his back. He was stunned, "What is this?"

Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "I suddenly changed my mind last night and wanted to go home with you to have a look. I don't know if I'm welcome?"

Lou Zhengyong was stunned and said, "Why is it not welcome? But our place is very remote, the accommodation conditions are not good, and someone at home is sick, I am afraid of poor hospitality."

Jiang Zhihan said: "What mother-in-law and mother say is not like you said!"

Lou Zhengyong said: "But this is the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Isn't it good for you to go out with your home?"

Jiang Zhihan said: "It only takes two or three days. Let me be honest. I have been depressed in recent days and want to find somewhere to stay. Maybe it will be better."

Lou Zhengyong knew that the boss had always been a bit wild, so he said, "You have to be mentally prepared. The conditions in our place are really not very good."

Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "If you don't object, I will follow you with silly. Then let's go out?"

After riding on the long-distance bus for more than six hours, Lou Zhengyong and Jiang Zhihan got off the bus.

Lou Zhengyong said: "Walking down further, there will be no buses. You can only find some small cars, motorized tricycles or tractors, and take a ride. How about finding a place to eat?"

Jiang Zhihan took out two bread and water from his backpack and said, "Why not just solve it and continue on the road?"

Lou Zhengyong took it, and the two of them found a place, patted the gray, and sat down to eat.

Lou Zhengyong sighed: "The Liangchuan area is now developing very quickly, but this part is still the same."

Jiang Zhihan asked: "Why?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "Now the country is focusing on supporting the areas radiating from Zhongzhou and Yancheng. My hometown happens to be in another direction. There are steep mountains and populations. In general, the first one is that the transportation is too poor. In fact, we have been a military key since ancient times, and now there is a field force stationed nearby."

The two of them spent five minutes to finish the lunch and looked for free rides everywhere. Finally, they found a three-wheeled motorized car to transport vegetables and walked back together. The road was muddy and bumpy. With Jiang Zhihan's current physique, he was also very uncomfortable in his stomach.

The one who drove the three-wheeled round was an enthusiastic person. Not only did he not charge them money, he also comforted Jiang Zhihan all the way. He said: "It has been raining for a week recently, so the road is so bad. If it is normal, it will be a little better."

Finally arrived at the end, Jiang Zhihan, the town where Lou Zhengyong used to work, couldn't wait to jump out of the car and took two deep breaths, glad that he finally ended such torture.

Jiang Zhihan took out his wallet and asked to pay the driver's fare.

The driver shook his hand and said no.

Jiang Zhihan said: "How can that work? You always have to pay for gas."

The driver pointed at Lou Zhengyong and said, "I know this elder brother. Where can I beg you to collect what money?"

Seeing that he insisted on not wanting it, Jiang Zhihan thought about it, took out a bag of hardcover chocolate from his backpack and said, "It's okay to take this home for the child to eat, right?"

The man took it over and looked over and over for a long time, and couldn't let it go, "My kid loves this, but I can't afford it. Tsk tsk, this is a high-end product, with foreign characters on it. The little brother is so happy, so I accepted it. When I went back, I couldn't find the car, so I came to see me at No. 5, Zheng Street, and I must remember it."

Lou Zhengyong asked with concern: "Is that okay?"

Jiang Zhihan smiled bitterly and said, "It's a bit disgusting to be shaken, it's much better now."

Lou Zhengyong said: "It will be better to walk around. It's down there. There's not even this. We just need to rely on two feet. Should we take a rest first?"

Jiang Zhihan shook his head and said, "Come on, so as not to get dark later."

Lou Zhengyong asked: "Why do I come and carry the bag, it looks quite heavy."

Jiang Zhihan shook his head and said, "If you can't do it, I won't hold on. By the way, your troops will also have to carry a long-distance marching with heavy loads?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "For field troops, there are 20 kilograms of load-bearing and 10 kilometers and 20 kilometers of marching and training. Our scouts have higher requirements. In this regard, our troops are among the best in the world. For example, the US military is used to mechanization, and the standards for infantry hiking and training are usually set at a lower level."

The two of them were talking while trekking on the mountain road.

Lou Zhengyong talked about the situation at home. He also had an older sister who married a husband from the same village. Both husband and parents died, so his sister's family has been living in her parents' home to facilitate the care of the elderly. Lou Zhengyong's wife is from another place and is a girl from a small city, but she accompanied him back to the countryside without regrets and is now working as a farmer. Lou Zhengyong has a son who is only four years old, and his sister has two children in her family, but her eldest daughter is already in her third year of high school, as old as Jiang Zhihan.

Although the road is rugged and a little muddy, the surrounding scenery is good. The continuous mountains seem to extend to the end of the sky.

Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "The scenery is really green mountains and clear waters, no worse than the place I went out to travel last time."

Lou Zhengyong sighed: "In the eyes of many people, this place is not green mountains and clear water, but poor mountains and bad water."

After climbing over two small hills, the sunset has already set below the mountain, and the clouds in the sky are extremely gorgeous.

Lou Zhengyong pointed forward, "It's almost here. When you go down the mountain, it's our village. Look..."

Jiang Zhihan looked along his fingers and dozens of bungalows were already in sight. He sighed and joked: "The Long March has finally reached its end." Yesterday, he heard Lou Zhengyong say that the transportation in his hometown was inconvenient, but he never dreamed that it was such an inconvenient.

Jiang Zhihan asked: "Did you go back and forth every day when you worked in the town?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "It is impossible when I am busy with work. At that time, I would go back at least twice a week, sometimes three times."

Jiang Zhihan suddenly said, "When my grandfather passed away, it was cancer. At that time... my family's financial situation was not very good. When I was in the hospital, there was a foreign injection, and the doctors should be able to delay it for a little while. Of course, it was the late stage of cancer, but it was just a few days later. At that time, my grandfather said, why spend so much money to live a few more days? I have lived long enough, and I have to save money... Zhihan will still use it in college in the future."

Lou Zhengyong looked at Jiang Zhihan in surprise.

Jiang Zhihan stopped, sat down, and said, "Stay for five minutes."

Lou Zhengyong sat down as well.

Jiang Zhihan said: "My mother often talked to me about this later, encouraging me to study hard and get into college. But...every time I hear it, I feel very sad. I always think that if I had so much money at that time, it would be good to live even one day."

Jiang Zhihan looked at the mountains in the distance, and his expression seemed a little dazed. Lou Zhengyong gently patted his shoulder.

Jiang Zhihan turned his head and said, "So, life is the most important thing, especially the closest relatives. What is the use of money left there? Buy something to show off for people?"

Lou Zhengyong said: "I understand."

Jiang Zhihan said: "So, I want to help you with this matter, so don't refuse it. At most, I will just give it back to me slowly in the future."

Lou Zhengyong looked at Jiang Zhihan with a look of gratitude in his eyes. He lowered his head slightly, then raised it up, and said firmly: "Just listen to you. But... I'm still afraid that my dad will not accept it."

Jiang Zhihan patted the gray on the **, stood up, and said, "You are not as good as me when you lie, so you can just cooperate with me later."

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