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About 20 minutes later, Cao Shujie led Mengmeng and came out of the house with Cao Shulun.

Mengmeng was wrapped like a rice dumpling, with only her eyes exposed. She shook off Cao Shujie's hand and ran around behind her father.

"Dad, look." Mengmeng half-hunched her body forward, thrusting her hands diagonally toward the sky, like the wings of an airplane, stepping on the ground and gliding forward.

After running a few meters away, she looked back at her father and found that Cao Shujie was not looking at her. Mengmeng was unhappy and stood there and shouted: "Dad, look quickly."

Cao Shujie and Cao Shulun, who were behind, couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene.

Cao Shulun said: "My son is like this sometimes. I really don't know what they think."

"Who knows, maybe they wanted to be pilots when they were young," Cao Shujie said.

He shouted to his daughter who ran out in front: "Mengmeng, please slow down, don't fall."

"Dad, it's okay, I'm fine." Mengmeng said every word.

After saying that, Mengmeng bent down again and spread her hands diagonally like a fighter jet, as if she could fly if given a force.

There were a few people walking north together in the south. They were a bit far away, and Cao Shujie didn't see clearly who was coming.

When the other party came closer, someone suddenly shouted: "Brother Jie, come out for a walk."

"Oh, it's Shu Ming, are you out for a walk too?" Cao Shujie saw the other person clearly now. He is Cao Jianhua's son. He is still in college, with only half a year left to graduate.

"Well, I went out for a walk and was thinking of paying my Grandpa Tiger a New Year greeting." Cao Shuming said.

At this moment, Cao Shuming still remembered what his father and mother said.

You must be polite when you see Cao Shujie, and when you go out to pay New Year greetings at night, you must go to the two-story building at the north end of Caojiazhuang to wish Cao Zhenghu a happy New Year.

Cao Shuming was not ignorant of what happened at home.

He knew that his father's pig raising was not going well, and he consulted Cao Shujie many times. In addition, the scene of Cao Shujie's fierce attack on the dog thief on the Yellow River dam also spread in the village. Cao Shuming felt that Cao Shujie was simply his idol.

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In addition, Cao Shujie himself is very powerful. He invested millions in contracting mountainous areas to grow fruits and engage in breeding, which became very prosperous. He spent more than 300,000 to build a two-story villa in the countryside.

Who doesn’t envy Caojiazhuang?

His courage is what young men like Cao Shuming and others admire the most.

"You want to go to my house, go over there, my grandpa is at home." Cao Shujie said with a smile.

"Okay, Brother Jie, you go shopping first. When you are free, I will treat you to dinner." Cao Shuming said.

The two groups of people passed by each other, and Cao Shuming and several others continued walking north.

Cao Shujie greeted his daughter Mengmeng, and continued walking south with Cao Shulun, planning to find Cao Zhen, Cao Shuyang, and Cao Fei first to pay New Year's greetings to several elders of the Cao family.

More and more people are coming out at this time.

After meeting each other on the way, everyone would stop, say a few words with a smile, and send a few New Year blessings.

Many of them would shake hands with Cao Shujie when they saw him, wanting to hear him tell the story of what happened that day.

There are also people playing with Mengmeng. The little guy doesn't cry at this time and behaves very likeable.

After seeing off another group of people, Cao Shulun looked at Cao Shujie and said, "Shujie, do you have any idea of ​​becoming the village chief?"

"Or you can find someone to introduce you to the party. It won't be a big problem for you." Cao Shulun gave him an idea: "When the time comes, when Uncle Jiangang retires, you can go up directly. With your current prestige, it will be a good idea to win this secretary.

A safe thing."

"When the time comes, you can run Caojiazhuang well. Even if we brothers can't get along outside, we will have a place to breathe when we come back."

Hearing what Cao Shulun said, Cao Shujie rolled his eyes at him and wanted to ask him: "Is there something wrong with his head?"

"With my laid-back temperament, I can't do that kind of work at all. You'd better stop thinking about such good things and work hard outside." Cao Shujie said seriously.

This was not the first time he heard such words. Regardless of whether the person who said these words meant it or not, he was indeed not interested in the village chief or village party secretary.

In his opinion, if he has that free time, he might as well spend more time with his wife, children, parents, and grandfather.

Based on his understanding of Cao Shujie, Cao Shulun knew that Cao Shujie was not joking, and secretly thought it was a pity.

Mengmeng didn't feel it was a pity. After running to the front, she stood there and shouted.

Three of them, an older one and a younger one, went to the homes of Cao Zhen, Cao Shuyang and Cao Fei, forming a team of six people. They started from the middle and walked all the way south, visiting the few remaining elderly people in the Cao family from house to house.

When I meet some uncles on the road, I will stand and chat for a while, give cigarettes to the elders, and talk about work.

At this time, Cao Shujie discovered that the most popular person was his daughter Mengmeng.

Everyone who saw her wanted to give her a handful of candies and peanuts. The pockets of her clothes were already full. Along the way, she also received 21 yuan in new year's money, which made Mengmeng so happy that she kept laughing.

As they were walking, they arrived at Cao Zhenghe's house at the south end of Caojiazhuang. As soon as they entered the door, they heard the sound of the puppy "woof, woof".

Cao Zhenghe is almost 80 years old this year, and is about the same age as Cao Shujie and his grandfather Cao Zhenghu.

After Cao Zhenghu came back from his eldest son's house, he specially asked his grandson Cao Shujie to take him to see Cao Zhenghe.

Seeing Cao Shujie, Cao Zhenghe happily waved to him: "Shujie, come and sit down."

"Where is your grandfather?" Cao Zhenghe asked him.

"Grandpa, my grandpa is at home. Waiting for you to come and sit at my house tomorrow." Cao Shujie invited him.

He even asked Mengmeng to come over and call him ‘Grandpa’.

"Hey, Mengmeng is so good!" Cao Zhenghe said with a smile.

He then nodded and said: "Tomorrow I will ask your brother Xu to send me there. During the Chinese New Year, I must have a drink with your grandpa."

"Grandpa, even if it's not the New Year, if you want to drink it, I'll arrange it at any time." Cao Shujie opened his mouth as if he had smeared it with honey.

Next to them, Cao Zhen, Cao Fei, and Cao Shulun all accused Cao Shujie of being shameless.

Cao Shuyang suddenly asked: "Grandpa, my brother Xu is back?"

"You're back. I just took a flight from Shencheng to our provincial capital last night and got back by car this morning," Cao Zhenghe said.

Look, people who came back by plane were in the countryside. There were only a few people who had flown before, and they immediately got on board.

Cao Shuyang said: "There is nothing we can do about it, who makes Brother Xu earn so much!"

"Hey, he earns a lot, spends a lot, and I don't see him saving any money." Although Cao Zhenghe said this, the pride on his face could not be concealed.

In the entire Caojiazhuang in the past, the one who earned the most among the younger generation was his grandson Cao Shuxu.

But now we have to add Cao Shujie.

He said: "Shujie, your Brother Xu said today that he wanted to have a drink with you. Why don't you guys leave and have some more drinks at my place tonight?"

As soon as Cao Zhenghe finished speaking, Cao Shujie and the others waved their hands, then stood up and prepared to go out: "Grandpa, there are still a few houses that haven't been transferred yet. It's only this time of the year. Let's take advantage of the Chinese New Year to take a walk. We won't be busy another day. Let's go together."

I’ll come over and see you.”

Seeing them leaving, Cao Zhenghe also stood up: "Oh, I just sat down and I didn't even drink a bowl of tea. Why are you so anxious?"

"Grandpa, you are almost done drinking water. You sit down first and we will go out for a walk." Cao Zhen said.

Cao Zhenghe wanted to say something more, but Mengmeng was the first to run out. Cao Shuyang, Cao Shulun and others also walked out, and they walked out politely.

Before I walked out of the door, I suddenly saw a young man coming in wearing a black down jacket, jeans, and sneakers. Judging from his clothes, he looked very fashionable.

He and Cao Shuyang have similar builds, both are tall and thin overall.

In comparison, he is taller than Cao Shuyang.

Seeing Cao Shuyang, Cao Zhen, Cao Shujie and the others, the visitor was stunned for a moment and shouted happily: "Isn't this Shuyang, Shujie, and Zhenzhen?"

"And you two are Shu Lun and Cao Fei. I went to your house just now. I asked you to come out and hang out." The visitor said happily when he saw them.

"Hey, who does that child belong to just now?"

"Brother Xu, mine." Cao Shujie hurriedly went out and called Mengmeng back.

Cao Zhenghe saw him and called him: "Xuxu, are you back so soon?"

"Grandpa, we have been planning to come back as soon as possible to watch the Spring Festival Gala. We are so excited." Cao Shuxu didn't feel embarrassed at all.

He is away from home all year round. When he comes back, he doesn't have many topics to talk to the elders at home. He just sits in the homes of a few elders and leaves.

Cao Zhen and others all shouted "Brother Xu".

In terms of age, Cao Shuxu is already thirty-three, which is older than several of them.

From Cao Shuxu, we can see obvious confidence and arrogance. This is the added value brought by his working in IT in a large factory, seeing a lot of things, knowing a lot of information, and earning a high income.

"Are you going to leave? Come inside and sit down for a while." Cao Shuxu also understood, and he wouldn't let them leave.

"I just came back, let's chat for a while."

"Brother Xu, we still have to visit the remaining stores." Cao Shuyang said with a smile.

But Cao Shuxu didn't accept this trick. He said: "We are a family. How can I not know? It will be the same if you go around tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Cao Shuxu took Cao Shuyang and Cao Zhen's arms and walked into the house, and said to Cao Shujie and the others: "Brothers, come in quickly, don't let me hold you back again."

Several people looked at each other, had no choice, and then returned to the house.
To be continued...