My courtyard shelter

"Director Liu, you are interested."

"Everywhere, it's all Luo Fuyin's credit. Without his help to say hello, we wouldn't be able to get such a big pine tree and these flowers."

"The maintenance cost here is not low, right?"

Director Liu waved his hand: "Compared with your donation, Director Xu, it is nothing to mention."

"You can't say that. This matter is one code at a time. We cannot occupy the city's public resources."

After Xu Dong finished speaking, he took out his checkbook from his pocket.

The amount of five million was filled in on the spot.

Then he handed the check into the hands of Director Liu.

"Director Xu, what are you doing?"

"This is the maintenance cost of our family's cemetery. From now on, I will pay five million every year and ask our park to pay more." Xu Dong explained casually.

"It's impossible. Besides, five million is too much."

Xu Dong shook his head: "The extra money should be used to repair the park! A single flower is not spring, but a hundred flowers bloom and the garden is full of spring."

"Dr. Xu, no wonder you became the richest man. I, Old Liu, finally know the reason."

Director Liu immediately gave a thumbs up.

There are many cemeteries that have been renovated in the park, but no one has thought about the entire park. Everyone is just "sweeping the snow in front of their door."

Xu Bin has already laid out the offerings.

A plate of apples, a plate of pistachios, a plate of moon cakes, and a wine glass were placed in front of each of the three graves.

Xu Dong took the wine bottle from Secretary Zhou and carefully filled the wine glass. Wine was not allowed on the plane, so the two bottles of Ningcheng Laojiao given to him by Liao Fuyin came in handy.

As for the collection, no matter how big it is, it cannot be bigger than the ancestors.

After the worship, Director Liu quickly stepped forward to help pack up the offerings. Nowadays, it is different. Except for the wine in the cup, all other offerings must be collected and taken away.

Xu Dong picked up half of the offerings, along with the opened bottle of Ningcheng Laojiao, and stuffed them directly into Director Liu's arms.

"Dr. Xu, it's too valuable, I can't have it."

"Director Liu, we have delayed you for so long. These offerings should be regarded as our thank you gifts. Don't be polite to us and accept them as soon as possible!"

Xu Dong advised.

"No, no, I've already accepted your apples, that's enough. Besides, this is my job, so there's no need to thank you at all."

Director Liu waved his hands repeatedly.

Xu Bin immediately advised: "Director Liu, take it! We brothers can't come back often, so I'll leave our family cemetery to you. I'll help you burn paper or something during Qingming Festival every year."

After some persuasion, Director Liu finally accepted the offering with half-hearted reluctance.

For him, today is definitely a great harvest. If these things were put on the black market, he could at least get back a hundred kilograms of grain.

…

After returning from the cemetery, Xu Dong originally planned to visit his old place, but the plan did not change quickly. Anhui TV station suddenly came to visit him and wanted to interview him.

I can't shirk it, I can only accept it.

Including preparation time, the interview program took more than three hours to record before it ended. Just as he was about to leave, he was suddenly stopped.

"Aaron Kwok?"

"Who are you?"

Xu Dong suddenly turned around.

"Aaron Kwok" was his nickname in college. His roommate in the same dormitory helped him pick it out. He stopped using it after he went out into society because it was too embarrassing.

The visitor was very excited.

Xu Dong touched his nose awkwardly: "Uh, are you from Wanmao College too?"

"I am Zhang Chunhu. We are two majors. You were in Class 1 and I was in Class 2." Zhang Chunhu replied, "But it's normal that you don't recognize me. After all, it's been forty years. Everyone looks like The appearance has changed a long time ago.”

"I remembered, you are the monitor of the second class, right?" Xu Dong immediately recalled it.

"Yes, yes, you still remember!"

"College life is something I will never forget even if I want to."

Xu Dong sighed.

Everyone has nostalgia. The older they get, the more they like to recall the past, especially the time in college.

Zhang Chunhu seemed very excited and took advantage of the opportunity to invite:

"I work at a TV station. Do you want to come to my office and have a chat?"

Of course Xu Dong would not refuse: "Okay!"

"Director Xu, we are waiting for you in the lobby."

Secretary Zhou handed over the briefcase.

Xu Dong took the briefcase and followed his old classmate into the other party's office.

Zhang Chunhu started making tea as soon as he entered the door:

"I only have chrysanthemum tea here, don't mind."

"You're welcome, just boiled water will do."

Xu Dong smiled and waved his hand, then opened his briefcase and took out a large bag of nuts, which was the remaining offering from the morning.

"I have some snacks here, let's have a taste."

Zhang Chunhu's eyes lit up: "Oh, what a good thing. You can't even see this thing on the black market."

"I grew it at home. If you like it, wait until I get back to Sydney and send you more."

Xu Dong replied casually.

"No, just have a taste. There's no need to go to such trouble." Zhang Chunhu waved his hand quickly.

Xu Dong did not persuade again, but picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then asked impatiently:

"Zhang Chunhu, do you have any news about other people in our class?"

After the big flare broke out, almost all the data on WeChat was cleared. In addition, there were not many contacts between classmates, and they were completely disconnected after that.

"Our class has created a new class group later on. Can I invite you in?" Zhang Chunhu quickly took out his mobile phone.

"Are there many people in the group?"

Xu Dong asked casually.

"Not many, there are exactly thirty people including you."

Zhang Chunhu shook his head.

"Why so few?"

Xu Dong frowned.

Their class was a large class at that time, with Class 1 and Class 2 together, a total of more than 120 people.

Zhang Chunhu sighed: "Except for some who can't be contacted, according to the current statistics, 48 ​​classmates are no longer alive."

Xu Dong quickly checked several classmates who were close to him, and the results were not satisfactory. Two of them could not be contacted, and three had passed away, including his first love.

Only one person could be contacted.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about something happy? Tell me quickly, how did you become the richest man in the world?"

Zhang Chunhu saw the solemn atmosphere and quickly interrupted.

"There's not much to say, most of the things can be found online. It was a coincidence at the beginning. I made a small fortune unexpectedly, and then my family moved to Beijing.

Later, my father started a business, which was relatively successful. I took over, and with good luck, the company grew bigger and bigger, and unknowingly reached the scale it is today."

Xu Dong briefly concluded.

"You talk so easily, I don't know how much hardship you have endured and how much effort you have put in. These days, how can success be so easy?"

Zhang Chunhu couldn't help but show admiration.

Xu Dong touched his chin. It was definitely hard work, but it was not as exaggerated as the other party said.

"How did you get through these years?"

"I'm much worse than you. After graduation, I passed the civil service exam and then worked at the grassroots level. After the big solar flare, my boss immigrated directly. I was lucky and finally got promoted."

"What happened next?"

"It was miserable later. Life in Luyang was too hard. If I had known it would be like this, I would have quit my job and moved to the coast!

To be honest, if I hadn't collected a little bit of that, our family would have starved to death."

Zhang Chunhu said with a lingering feeling.

To be honest, he doesn't know how he survived those years now.

Xu Dong quickly comforted her, "It's all over. It's good to be alive."

"You're right. The situation finally eased, and I got the position of section chief. I thought everything would be fine.

I didn't expect that a super volcanic eruption and a nuclear war would happen one after another. It was so damn unlucky. I had to endure a dark and long life.

...

After the flood, the state wanted to restore the state TV station, and I was transferred here. I was mainly responsible for logistics work. Now I am a director."

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