Chapter 19: Homework at the Director's Home ()

Xia Xiang had a very good impression of Cao Yongguo's family, not only because Cao Yongguo's help changed his destiny, but also because their family did not contempt or neglect him, and really treated him as a younger generation of friends. Whether it was because Cao Yongguo valued the face of his brothers or because he had always been like this, Xia Xiang had no reason to disrespect him.

Cao Yongguo was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. He was a typical northerner, tall, with a national face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Seeing Xia wanting to come in, he looked up and nodded, saying, "Sit as you like."

Since he has lived again, can he do something for Cao Yongguo in this life? After all, he is only 50 years old. If he is a 50-year-old department-level cadre, if he does a little work, it will not be too much to get a deputy provincial treatment when he retires.

Furthermore, if he entered the officialdom with Li Dingshan, Cao Yongguo had been an official for many years. Although he had been working in a high position, he was a department-level cadre after all, and he also had his own network of relationships and connections. He could also share resources with Li Dingshan and communicate with him. After all, everyone will be comrades on the same front in the future. In the confrontation with the provincial party secretary, there were many friends and multiple ways.

After Cao Yongguo said only one sentence, he stopped looking up and looked at the newspaper with all his attention, and ignored Xia Xiang. Xia Xiang sat in a corner of the sofa, sat quietly for a while, with a calm face. He noticed that Cao Yongguo only looked at him a few times from the left of his eyes. He pretended not to know, straightened his waist and looked at him without squinting.

Cao Shuqiu was wearing slippers on his feet and ran out of the kitchen. He held a fruit tray in his hand, with washed apples and plows on it. He put it in front of Xia Xiang, revealing his beautiful and neat teeth, and said, "Xia Xiang, don't be polite, eat fruit."

Xia Xiang said "Thank you", but did not take action. Cao Shuyan enthusiastically reached out to grab an apple, picked up the fruit knife and peeled it. Xia Xiang would not let her do it, so he reached out to take the apple and the fruit knife and said, "Let me do it, carefully cut the hand."

Cao Shuyan smiled mischievously: "Looking at people, am I that stupid?"

"You are not only stupid, but also frivolous!" Cao Yongguo put down the newspaper and looked at Xia Xiangshi again. He looked at Cao Shuyan with his hand, "Look at you, you are all big girls, and you don't know how to be steady at all. Do you know that in ancient times, a woman of your age should not smile and walk with her feet high."

"It's here again, here again, Dad, you are a state cadre after all. You have to grasp the pulse of society, do you know? Why is your brain as stubborn as old antiques? It's not that your daughter is boasting about it. Just my dignified image is already a first-class lady in our school. You can't see my goodness at all!"

After being snatched by his daughter, Cao Yongguo smiled and said to Xia Xiang: "Xia Xiang, you judge, and Gui'er also said that she is a lady. What is the current college student as bad as she says?"

Xia Xiangxin thought, more than ten years later, many female college students cried and asked for support. Compared with the future, the current female college students have at least the purity and shyness of a girl. He had to tell the truth: "In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with being more lively in a special temperament. Girls are only likable if they are lively and cute."

"That's right, our school likes me so many boys. People write love letters to me every day..." Cao Shuyan held his face with a raised face, feeling pride and excited indescribable.

Cao Yongguo's face darkened: "I have said it many times. No relationship is allowed during college. This matter cannot be discussed."

Cao Yongguo has been an official for many years. Once the attack occurs, the momentum of those who have been in the upper position for a long time is emitted, which makes people feel inexplicably depressed. Xia Xiang sat three meters away from him, and also felt stuffy in his chest and almost couldn't breathe.

Cao Shuyan's face changed, and he leaned against Xia Xiang, as if he wanted to find someone to rely on, and his eyes showed an uneasy look. It can be seen that Cao Yong's national education was very strict, and Cao Shuyan was afraid that Cao Yong's country would show his power.

Xia Xiang gently pulled Cao Shuyan and let her sit on the sofa. Then he stretched out his hand and shook it. A long apple peeled off the apple completely without a broken head. Then he pinched the ends of the apple with two fingers on his left hand, and stroked one side of the apple with a fruit knife with his right hand. Without waiting for half of the fruit to fall, his wrist flipped, half of the apple had been picked on the tip of the knife. The whole movement was done in one go, both clean and neat and pleasing to the eye. The most important thing is that the hands did not touch the flesh, which was clean and hygienic.

Xia Xiang pushed the apple in front of Cao Shukin and made a "please" posture. Cao Shukin's eyes were straight, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was wide open, and his expression on his face was extremely exaggerated.

"You are so awesome, Xia Xiang, how did you do it? It's so amazing." If Cao Yongguo hadn't been by the side, she would probably have yelled long ago.

Xia Xiang lived at his grandfather's house when he was a child. When he grew up, he would go back to live for a while every summer vacation. His grandfather's house has a few acres of orchards. His favorite thing was to lie under the fruit tree, hold a knife in his hand, and slash which fruit he saw, then peeled and ate it. Over time, he developed the unique skill of peeling.

"I have a sister who loves to eat apples the most, so I peeled it for her every day, and slowly I practiced the technique of peeling fruits constantly. My sister is very cute and beautiful. I thought, if a boy dares to bully her and dares to have bad intentions against her, I must be good-looking. Because I love my sister very much and don't want her to be hurt. I love someone, sometimes I want to do everything for her, and I want to protect her tightly and not let her be deceived.

Don't let her be deceived by boys... Director Cao loves you like a pearl in his hand, so he naturally has to strictly demand you. He doesn't have to use rules and regulations to bind you, but wants to use his rich life experience to tell you a truth. Every stage of life is a prescribed task. For example, going to college is to focus on learning. Even if you meet a boy you like during college, you have to learn to restrain yourself. After all, college is just a transfer station for life. Once you graduate, you may be divided into different places..."

Cao Shuyan held the apple in his hand, and was sensational. He looked at Xia Xiang intently. Seeing sadness and longing in his eyes, his crystal eyes flashed with heart-warming sorrow, he couldn't help but feel sad for no reason in his heart. He turned his head to look at Cao Yongguo: "Dad, don't blame me, I just said that someone pursued me, and didn't say that I was in love. You are really, obviously good to me, and you have to be so fierce, and you can't speak tactfully, so that I can accept it, right?"

Cao Yongguo threw a grateful glance at Xia Xiang and laughed: "Ni'er, aren't Dad worried about you and afraid that you will be deceived? You are still young, how could you know whether those boys who show your kindness to you are good or bad?"

Cao Shuyan said in confusion: "Is it wrong for others to like me? Is it a good or bad to like me? By the way, Xia Xiang, you happen to be a boy. What is your psychology when you say boys like a girl?"

"This, people are different from others, so it's hard to explain clearly..." Xia Xiang couldn't help but feel embarrassed. In college, boys discuss girls, men can love and sex, while women are different. Love first and then sex. In front of Cao Yongguo, he dared not speak nonsense.

Cao Yongguo was a veteran. He knew that Cao Shugui’s question was difficult to answer. When he saw Xia Xiang making trouble, he guessed that he was difficult to answer, so he interrupted and said, "Xia Xiang is a guest, so pour tea for the guest."

Cao Shuyan reluctantly went to make tea. Xia Xiang cut off another piece of the apple in his hand, put it on a plate, pushed it in front of Cao Yongguo, and said respectfully: "Director Cao eats apples. Apples are known as intellectual fruits, which can increase wisdom and delay aging."

Cao Yongguo thoughtfully picked up the apple and ate it, saying, "It's really hard for children to manage now. Like when we were young, we obeyed our parents and never caused trouble. Times are changing. No matter what, some of the good qualities of old traditions and old people cannot be lost."

Xia Xiang recalled that Cao Yongguo refused to join Gao Chengsong in later generations, and was finally transferred to the surveying and mapping bureau by Gao Chengsong, and finally left the stage in disgrace. It seemed that he had vaguely heard that Cao Yongguo might be transferred to the Provincial Construction Committee as the director of the Construction Committee. He did not want to be unpredictable. Because of Gao Chengsong's interference, Cao Yongguo's dream of further enlightenment was shattered.

From this, it is speculated that Cao Yongguo is a straightforward person and refuses to compromise with Gao Chengsong. Xia Xiang could not persuade him to change his position and move closer to Gao Chengsong. According to Cao Yongguo's personality, others are slight, and if they say something, they may have the opposite effect and will leave a bad impression on him. Besides, even if they invest in Gao Chengsong, Gao Chengsong will fall in two years, maybe he will be even more implicated. However, after Gao Chengsong's fall, Cao Yongguo did not re-emphasize again, and I am afraid there is still some hidden information.

"Yes, the integrity and spirit of the older generation cannot be compared with our generation. However, growth takes time, from young to mature, and a process of slow growth..." Xia Xiang said down along Cao Yongguo's words.

Cao Yongguo looked at Xia with interest and thought a few times: "Xiaoxia, I think you are much more mature than before. It seems that it is different when you enter society. You are only three years older than Nie'er, as if you are ten years older than Nie. If Nie'er had half of your steadiness and insight, I wouldn't have so much heart to worry about."

"Xiao Xia, eat at home at noon, don't leave." Cao Yongguo's wife Wang Zhifen came out of the kitchen, her hands were covered with flour, and an apron was tied around her waist. She was dressed simply, looked like an ordinary housewife, and did not have the airs of the director's wife at all.

Others are polite, but he cannot treat himself as an outsider. Xia Xiang hurriedly stood up and said goodbye: "I won't disturb my aunt anymore, I should leave..." Xia Xiang never asked Wang Zhifen where he worked and what position he had to call him aunt.
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