The matter of the distribution center was temporarily deadlocked.
Li Dong had nothing else to do for the time being. At the beginning of November, Li Dong once again returned to East Peace.
The last time he persuaded his parents to move to Pingchuan, Cao Fang was already moved, but Li Chengyuan did not agree.
In the past few days, Li Dong was busy negotiating with the government and did not have time to care about his parents.
Now that the negotiations were temporarily suspended, Li Dong took the time to go back to Dongping.
When he returned home, Li Chengyuan and his parents were not at home.
Li Dong rested at home for a while and walked to the market.
Dongping County was still the same as when Li Dong was in high school. There was not much change, but in Li Dong's eyes, it was more strange.
Now he almost regarded Pingchuan as his second home. The number of times he returned to Dongping was less and less. Even when he came back, he rarely wandered outside. This was almost the first time he walked alone in the county in more than a year.
The market was not far from Li Dong's home. After more than ten minutes, the door of the market came into view.
Li Dong wanted to go in to find Li Chengyuan, but suddenly a person came and the two of them passed by.
But then both of them stopped.
Li Dong hurriedly turned his head and was surprised: "Wang Jie?"
Wang Jie obviously did not expect to meet Li Dong at this time in Dongping. He scratched his head and said: "Dongzi, you returned to Dongping."
"Well, I came back to see my parents. Why are you back?"
After saying that, Li Dong felt something was wrong. The current Wang Jie was very different from when he met him before the New Year.
He was obviously the same age as Li Dong, but his face was a lot more weathered. Although he was not old, compared to Li Dong, he did have a prematurely aging feeling.
Moreover, although the previous Wang Jie could not be said to be a clean freak, but his clothes were always clean.
But now, not only was his face dirty, he was also wearing an earthy yellow apron that had some black spots on it.
Li Dong frowned slightly and was about to ask. Wang Jie smiled and said: "You are here to see Uncle Li. You go to see your dad first. Let's make an appointment in the evening and have dinner together."
Li Dong nodded, the two agreed on the time and place, then Wang Jie left in a hurry.
Looking at Wang Jie who was not far away on his three-wheeled motorcycle, Li Dong's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter, what happened to this guy?
Thinking back to the beginning of the year, Wang Jie said that he broke up with Chen Yue. Was it because of this?
…
Li Dong didn't think much about Wang Jie's matter for the time being. If he wanted to know something, he could ask at night.
After entering the market, Li Dong heard Li Chengyuan shouting from afar, "General!"
There were five or six people in front of him. Of the two people playing chess, one was Li Chengyuan, and the other was Li Dong. He was a meat vendor with the surname Gao. Everyone called him Old Gao, but not many people knew his real name.
In the afternoon, there were few people in the market. These vendors liked to play chess when they had nothing to do.
Although Li Chengyuan's chess level was very bad, he liked it very much. He usually played a few games every day when he had nothing to do.
Li Dong leaned over to take a look. Li Chengyuan was smiling proudly: "General Double Cannon, you are dead this time. You want to fight with me? Old Gao, go back and practice for a few more years!"
Old Gao, the meat vendor opposite Li Chengyuan, snorted and said disdainfully: "Old Li, you have not made any progress at all!"
After that, he directly used the "carriage" next to Li Chengyuan's "cannon" and turned Li Chengyuan's "army" around.
Li Chengyuan was taken aback and hurriedly said: "How can it be? Why didn't I see your" carriage "here?"
Old Gao sneered: "Who told you to be blind? General, you have no way to go now, right?"
"Old Li, you can't do it. Let me do it!" The onlookers next to them jeered.
"That's right, Old Gao's" carriage "has been waiting for a long time. You are courting death yourself. This level is too bad!"
"Don't look at Old Li's chess level. He is good at bragging. He even said that he would give Old Gao a" horse "."
"Hahaha, among us, Old Li's hand is the worst!"
"…"
Everyone joked and made sarcastic remarks. Li Chengyuan was so angry that he scolded: "Do you understand that a true gentleman should not speak when watching chess? What are you all talking about? If you are not convinced, let's play a game! "
"Tsk! Old Li, if you lose, go down. Who is going to play with you? Hurry up, it's my turn. Don't try to go back on your word! "
Li Chengyuan was about to go back on his word when he heard someone shout behind him: "Dad, you lost again?"
Li Chengyuan turned his head and looked, and suddenly his old face turned red: "Who lost? I deliberately gave in to Old Gao!"
After saying that, he hurriedly pushed the chessboard and messed up the game.
Everyone laughed, but Old Gao did not care. He smiled at Li Dong and said: "Dongzi, I haven't seen you for a few days. When did you come back?"
"I just came back. Uncle Gao, give in to my dad. It's boring if you win every day. If you keep winning, my dad won't play with you anymore," Li Dong said with a smile.
Old Gao suddenly laughed and said: "That's true. Next time, I'll give in to your dad for a few games. University students are really good at talking."
"Who wants you to give in to me!"
Li Chengyuan snorted and said to another person next to him: "I'm not playing anymore. You play!"
After saying that, he pulled Li Dong back to his stall. The others did not care, and another person continued to play.
Faintly, someone said: "Old Li has a good son. He's a top student of Jiangzhou University. He's waiting for a good life in the future."
"Your son is not bad either. He got into No.1 Middle School. In a few years, we will be envious of you."
"Hahaha, I wonder what the future will be like …"
…
After returning to the stall, Li Chengyuan found a stool for Li Dong to sit on. He said: "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? Coincidentally, a few wild old turtles came in this morning. How about braising one and stewing another?"
Li Dong did not have high requirements for food. Hearing that, he nodded and said: "Anything is fine."
Then he asked: "Can you manage the stall by yourself?"
"It's okay. If I can, I'll do more. If I can't, I'll do less. I don't count on this to make a living now," Li Chengyuan said with a smile.
Li Dong did not say anything more. He changed the topic and said: "Dad, you still don't want to leave this place?"
Li Chengyuan didn't say anything. He took out a cigarette and lit it up. Then, he handed another one to Li Dong and said, "I've been working here for more than 20 years. You've seen it too. Everyone is as close as a family. I don't feel good about suddenly moving away. "
Li Dong took the cigarette and lit it up. He took a deep breath and exhaled a mouthful of smoke. "But you can't stay here forever. People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. That's human nature."
"That's true, but what do you think I can do if I go to Pingchuan?"
"I'm not even 50 this year. Am I supposed to retire now? Raising dogs and playing with birds is not something I can do, "Li Chengyuan said gloomily.
Li Dong had a headache. He advised again: "But I can't rest assured if you stay in Dongping. If someone were to have evil intentions and something happened to them, do you think I would feel at ease? "
Li Chengyuan's face showed a hint of hesitation.
Of course, he understood this. Wealth should not be exposed. For money, it was not uncommon to do anything.
The human heart was unpredictable. Li Chengyuan had lived for so many years and had seen everything. This was also the reason why he never boasted about his son in front of outsiders.
No one in the market knew that he had a rich son. They only knew that Li Dong was admitted to Jiangzhou University and was a good student.
But there was no such thing as an impenetrable wall.
Cao Fang was now running a convenience store. Her brand was Far Away.
If someone really wanted to, they could find out the relationship between them and Li Dong with a little bit of investigation.
In addition, Li Dong had been arrogant in Dongping last time. Although there was no news recently, who knew if someone had already found out and was preparing to make a move on them.
Li Chengyuan hesitated for a while and finally sighed. "Then let's go to Pingchuan. But we have to wait until the beginning of next year. I'm not going to leave at the end of the year."
He did not want his son to be put in a difficult position. Let them move. At worst, he would come back more often.
Although Li Dong could not wait for his parents to move to Pingchuan immediately, he knew that he could not push them too hard.
It was not easy to get Li Chengyuan to agree. If he pushed him too hard and made him regret, it would not be worth it.
Next year it was. At worst, Wang Cheng and the others would stay in Dongping for a while.
Then the father and son chatted. As they chatted, Li Chengyuan talked about Wang Jie.
For Wang Jie, Li Chengyuan also knew him.
After all, he was his son's high school deskmate. Li Chengyuan had seen him several times.
When he heard Li Chengyuan say that Wang Jie returned to Dongping last month and was now selling poultry in the vegetable market, Li Dong was a little confused.
"Wang Jie doesn't go to school?"
"I don't know. I heard that he was expelled. His parents raised some money and took over Old Fang's stall. Now they are learning to do business. College students are college students. The young man is smart. Don't look at how his business is better than Old Fang's when he started a month ago. "
"I heard that he also made an online order, door-to-door delivery. He killed chickens and ducks to deliver to the restaurant. He made a lot of money during this time."
Li Chengyuan said with some envy. Obviously, he admired Wang Jie's means.
Although their generation knew about the computer network, they really did not understand what it was.
The vegetable market was the vegetable market. They never thought that selling things in the vegetable market could be related to the Internet. They did not think that people would order from the Internet.
Li Dong listened to his father and was a little surprised.
In 2005, online ordering in the vegetable market was not the first in the country, but Wang Jie was at least in the forefront of the times.
However, after all, the vegetable market was too limited and not very suitable for online shopping. Li Dong was not very optimistic about Wang Jie's future.
Of course, no one can say for sure in the future. Maybe Wang Jie will become big.
He didn't care too much about this. Li Dong was more concerned about Wang Jie being expelled.
The trajectory of history has changed again. Perhaps from the moment Wang Jie chose to go to the capital, his future changed.
In his previous life, Wang Jie went to Shanghai. Not only did he finish college, but he also went to graduate school.
When Li Dong was reborn, although he had not been in contact with Wang Jie for a long time, he also knew that this guy was doing well in a state-owned enterprise.
Unexpectedly, things have changed. Now Wang Jie was actually fired and returned to his hometown to start a business, selling poultry.
This difference was too big. Li Dong couldn't change his mind for a while.
The father and son chatted for a while. Li Dong helped his father clean up the stall and then went home together.
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