A young educated youth who repays his gratitude

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Bai Lele rubbed his face stiff with laughter, and let out a weak breath while lying on the kang, "I'm so tired!"

"Then you lie down for a while." Huo Changqing looked at his half-dead appearance, shook his head and said, "I'll soak your feet with water after I clean up."

"Don't worry about me." Bai Lele waved his hand, he was really tired, "Take care of Baowa first, let him sleep first."

People who came to give New Year's gifts came one after another, as if they had made an appointment.

Bai Lele and Huo Changqing kept receiving them, and they didn't eat until it was dark. As soon as he put down his rice bowl, he collapsed on the kang.

Unexpectedly, welcoming and sending off would be so tiring. Later, he became numb, so he simply sorted out the delivered things and sent them to Westinghouse for storage.

Huo Changqing was left alone to receive him.

Bai Lele turned her face to look at the two mahogany boxes in the room, on which there were still some sorted things, and sighed helplessly.

Huo Changqing, who was clearing away the dishes on the table, said a little anxiously, "When will I finish eating so many things!"

"I'm still worried when I have something to eat." Huo Changqing couldn't help laughing, "Save it and eat slowly. This time is not bad."

"That's right." Bai Lele nodded, and suddenly said, "There are so many people here today, so there should be none tomorrow, right?"

"There are still some." Huo Changqing said indifferently, "You can come or not."

Bai Lele nodded and understood, after all, the relatives and close friends of Yang Cailian's family should not come.

But this is too much.

"Why are there so many people here?" Bai Lele counted and received dozens of gifts today, "I remember that there were not so many people here during the Chinese New Year at your house that year?"

"I used to be poor and powerless." Huo Changqing said: "If the family is separated, several families will get together, and it can be regarded as their family to salute together."

That is, the whole family gets together, and the brothers and sisters all take something, and give a new year gift that doesn't look so shabby.

"The more you give, the more you return." Bai Lele sighed, "Those cloth heads cost a lot of money, right?"

"It didn't cost much." Huo Changqing said indifferently, "It's just a little thought."

After he finished talking, he remembered that Westinghouse still had a large bag of cloth he had prepared, "I hope that there will be fewer people coming tomorrow, and you don't have to follow back and forth to work."

"It's okay." Bai Lele sat up, winked and said, "The more people come, the better. Doesn't it prove that you are popular in the brigade, and everyone recognizes you."

Huo Changqing: "..."

He really wanted to say: I don't need the approval of so many people.

But seeing Bai Lele happy, Huo Changqing closed his mouth and kept the words on his lips.

After all, after breaking off a relationship today, these people rushed over to give New Year gifts, which also showed their attitude.

Huo Changqing couldn't say anything chilling.

In the next few days, people came over to give New Year's gifts one after another, and Bai Lele helped to receive and tidy up.

Huo Changqing occasionally went out to give a few annual gifts.

But not many, he is a senior, and there are not many who are called elders by Huo Changqing.

On the morning of the 28th, someone came and told Huo Changqing to go to the town police station to take notes.

Although the team leader was in charge of this matter, it was related to Huo Changqing, so he had to go there himself.

If no one came to notify, Bai Lele would have almost forgotten about the old lady who came to make trouble.

"Detained?" Bai Lele asked the visitor, "How many days?"

"Half a month." It was a young man who came, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a mouthful of white teeth, "They don't have to pass this year."

"Hi!" Bai Lele clenched her fist happily, and looked at Huo Changqing with bright eyes, "They should be taught a lesson."

"Yeah." Huo Changqing was expressionless, as if he had no expectation of the result, "I'm going to the town now, and you will follow."

"Okay." Bai Lele didn't mind taking a trip in the cold weather, but Huo Changqing's next words caught him off guard, "You go to the school to report."

Bai Lele: "..."

He reported that it will be in the next year, so why go now?

Before he could ask, Huo Changqing explained: "Today is 28. The school distributes benefits every year on this day. If you report in advance, you will be guaranteed to apply for a dormitory."

Even if he didn't go to the police station, Huo Changqing was going to remind Bai Lele, but he was really busy these two days.

He ignored it for a moment.

"Dormitory?" Bai Lele was surprised: "Didn't you solve the housing problem by yourself?"

"The city may be short of dormitories." Huo Changqing said, "But in order to expand enrollment, the town middle school has built new classrooms and student dormitories this year, and has enough funds to build dormitories for faculty and staff."

After thinking about it, he brought up Bai Lele's work assignment again.

Most of the primary and secondary schools assigned to the villages and towns are graduates of secondary normal schools, and there are almost no undergraduates like Bai Lele.

As for whether there were exceptions, Huo Changqing didn't want to delve into it, but just told Bai Lele that his assignment might be to make room for others.

As for Bai Lele, who is a foreigner, he is suitable for operation, and he himself has no objection, so he came to work in the town naturally.

"But..." Bai Lele couldn't believe it, "That Director Zhang is a nice person..."

He couldn't go on.

Huo Changqing would not lie to him, and Bai Lele had already firmly believed that he hadn't told him about the dormitory.

So eager to help her get a ride, but didn't even mention such an important matter as applying for a dormitory, Bai Lele still didn't understand.

He is just simple-minded, not stupid, so stupid that he doesn't understand the twists and turns.

"In such a situation..." Huo Changqing glanced at him, and comforted him: "Even if you don't agree, you may not be able to stay in the city. You should find a chance to return to the city later."

Bai Lele: "..."

He rubbed his face and waved his fists to cheer himself up, "It works the same everywhere, so there's no need to care about it."

Bai Lele thought about it, and the haze in her heart was swept away, and she smiled openly at Huo Changqing: "I'm still very lucky, I can freely choose to be closer to you, I want to be content."

"Yeah." Huo Changqing frowned to cover the smile in his eyes, he liked Bai Lele's optimistic and open-minded temperament, "Let's go."

There was a carriage waiting outside, the young man was driving the carriage, Huo Changqing carried Bao Wa'er and brought Bai Lele into the carriage.

There were small snowflakes in the sky, and the north wind howled and blew on my face, which was very painful.

Bai Lele pulled up her scarf, covered most of her face, and said in a muffled voice, "It's going to snow."

"Yeah." Huo Changqing leaned down to help him block the wind blowing in front, and told the young man in front, "Hurry up and drive."

"Crack." With the sound of a whip, the horse's hooves ran very fast, and arrived in the town in more than half an hour.

Bai Lele rejoiced secretly: Fortunately, it didn't fall too much, and the small snowflakes would melt in a blink of an eye, otherwise, she would have to report in the snow all over her body.

"Hey." Bai Lele went to the town to have a look, good guy, the whole street was crowded with people, and their carriage couldn't get through at all.

"So many people!" Bai Lele sighed, "The New Year's atmosphere is so strong!"

"These days are the busiest time." Huo Changqing jumped out of the car, but pushed Bai Lele to sit down, "Go around and take you to school."

After he finished telling the young man driving the car, he turned around and left with Bao Wa in his arms, leaving a sentence for Bai Lele: "Meet here later."

"Shall we go now?" The young man turned around and asked Bai Lele.

"Go." Bai Lele nodded, "I heard Huo Changqing call you Zhiyong?"

"My name is Huo Zhiyong." The young man smiled and said, "Huo Changqing is my uncle."

"Oh." Bai Lele was speechless about her seniority, she was so cold that she didn't want to talk, she just hoped to get to school soon.

Huo Zhiyong took a detour and sent Bai Lele to the school, "I'll wait for you at the gate."

Bai Lele nodded and jumped off the carriage.

The town middle school is no longer as dilapidated as it used to be. The iron gates and walls have been painted, giving people a new look.

It's just that Bai Lele didn't want to appreciate it, so she went to the guard and asked the location of the office before she went in.

He came to the office on the second floor and went directly to the personnel department without looking for the leader.

Several people inside were talking and laughing together.

Now is the holiday period, and they just come to receive benefits as usual, which is not part of working time.

When Bai Lele said that he came to report, he received several surprised looks, "Didn't it be reported after the next year? Why did you come earlier?"

Bai Lele pulled down the scarf that covered her face, and smiled sheepishly, "I'm a college student assigned from another place. Because I don't have a place to live, I came here to report in advance and want to apply for a dormitory."

"This..." One of the young men looked at the others, "I need to ask the section chief about this matter."

"It's troublesome." Bai Lele smiled, and stood still, "I don't know who is the section chief, please help me."

Just as he was talking, a middle-aged man walked in. He looked at Bai Lele curiously, and asked, "What's going on?"

The young man who chatted with Bai Lele hurriedly stepped forward and said, "A college student who came to report earlier."

He talked about Bai Lele's situation, "Section Chief, what do you think about this?"

"Now is not the time for reporting." Section Chief Wang looked at Bai Lele and said, "You can come back next year. The problem of the dormitory can't be solved now. It can only be arranged after going to work next year and having a meeting to discuss according to the situation."

Bai Lele looked embarrassed, "I'm renting at the Linjiang Brigade now, and I don't want to bother those who celebrate the Chinese New Year too much. Section Chief, see if you can..."

"Anyway, it's okay to have a place to live."

Section Chief Wang didn't speak, looked him up and down for a long time before saying: "Your situation meets the requirements for applying for a dormitory, but it's not working time now."

"It's fine after the next year." Bai Lele said shyly, "I just want to know if I can apply, and I'll have an explanation with my friends when I go back."

He tried his best to look embarrassed, and hoped that the chief of the section would understand that those who celebrate the Chinese New Year live in someone else's house.

It's not very difficult, most people can't do this.

It's just that he didn't seem to have this awareness in his heart, and he didn't feel that there was any problem living in Huo Changqing's house at all.

I just rejoiced secretly: Fortunately, Huo Changqing let him come to report in advance, otherwise, judging by the appearance of the section chief, it seems that it would be difficult to apply for a dormitory.

"Section Chief." Bai Lele blinked her big innocent eyes, and said sincerely, "The Linjiang Brigade is far away from here, can you tell me the conditions for applying for a dormitory..."