In addition, in addition to the different doors, the exterior surfaces of all the buildings in the community have also been renovated, and the colors on the walls look brighter than before.

Mengmeng stood up holding the back of the passenger seat, looked at the community in front of her, and asked her father: "Dad, is this where we used to live?"

"Well, Mengmeng, don't you have any impression at all? You used to like to sit on the swing inside the most." Cao Shujie said.

"Then let's go take a look?" Mengmeng said and wanted to get out of the car.

Cao Shujie had already opened the car door and got out, holding a box of cigarettes in his hand, ready to register with the guard.

"Master, you..."

Before he could finish saying the word 'good', he looked up and saw an acquaintance.

He subconsciously shouted: "Old Ding, you are still doing it."

The old security guard in the security room looked up and heard the other party calling him Lao Ding. The old man rubbed his eyes and looked at Cao Shujie seriously.

After a while, he pointed at Cao Shujie and said happily: "You, you, it's you. Are you that Xiao Cao?"

He wasn't sure whether what he said was correct or not. It took too long and his memory was a little confused.

Cao Shujie nodded repeatedly: "It's me, Cao Shujie. When I used to collect water, I often came to you to smoke. Didn't you forget?"

While talking, Cao Shujie handed over another pack of cigarettes: "Old Ding, here you go."

Cao Shujie didn't know what Lao Ding's full name was. When he lived here before, he often came here to get purified water. In addition, the two of them were old smokers. They talked together, lit a cigarette, and talked back and forth.

This old security guard is familiar.

So he kept calling him "Lao Ding Lao Ding". Cao Shujie really didn't expect that six years had passed and Lao Ding was still working as a security guard here.

"Xiao Cao, didn't you move away? I didn't even know when you left. I didn't come to see you for a long time, and I didn't know until I asked you that you had moved away." Lao Ding sighed a little.

Cao Shujie was embarrassed, so he told Lao Ding: "You were working the night shift when I left. I originally wanted to come over and give you two boxes of cigarettes, but I didn't see anyone."

"Oh, why are you back again? Are you planning to move back here? By the way, where are you making a fortune now?" Cao Shujie, who kept looking at him, looked particularly affectionate.

Cao Shujie said with a smile: "I'm coming here for a visit this time and I won't come back to live here."

He told Lao Ding: "It's too difficult to make money here in Beijing and the pressure of life is too great, so I moved back to my hometown to develop."

"Oh, that's right. Don't talk about you. Even an old guy like me with a retirement salary can't hold on." Lao Ding also complained.

While they were chatting, Mengmeng got out of the car and ran over. Cao Shujie saw her and asked her to come over: "Mengmeng, call me Grandpa Ding."

When Lao Ding saw Mengmeng, he beamed: "Oh, this is that little one, he's grown so big, he's so handsome."

Lao Ding turned around and went to grab some snacks from a carton at the back. He took out a few boxes of milk from it and said, "The pure milk my son bought has the best date. Drink it quickly."

"Thank you, Grandpa Ding!" Mengmeng thanked him with a smile after taking the pure milk.

"Xiao Cao, where is your wife? Are you still a teacher?" Lao Ding and Cao Shujie chatted for a while, and now they all remembered her.

Cao Shujie shook his head: "The consumption in our hometown is low and we don't need to earn so much money. She just takes care of the children at home. This time it is just in time for the summer vacation of the eldest elementary school. She wants to come to the capital to see the national flag raising. Let's come over and think about it.

Come see the old place.”

Hearing what Cao Shujie said, Lao Ding was filled with emotion. He told Cao Shujie: "In the past few years, people in the community have come and gone, and the changes have been huge."

He also told Cao Shujie: "Your neighbor across the street also sold his house and moved away."

Cao Shujie knew that in his previous life, his neighbor across the street also went back to his hometown to look for a job because the company he worked for was not accepting jobs.
Chapter completed!