City S is a small mountain city in northwest Hubei. It is not too far from City W, about 700 kilometers, and it takes seven or eight hours to take the train.

Because decades ago, when the Z State was first founded, the surrounding powers were eyeing each other and the shadow of war was always shrouded, so the heavy industry of Z State tended to develop towards mountainous areas. It is said that it can effectively prevent air strikes.

S City caught up with this opportunity because of the many mountains. The second automobile manufacturer, abbreviated as Second Automobile Factory, is located in this small mountain city. People who have never been to S City think it is a large factory when they hear that Second Automobile Factory is. In fact, otherwise, the entire Second Automobile is actually composed of dozens of small factories, such as shock absorber factories, body factories, instrument factories, etc., and these small factories are distributed in every corner of S City.

Each factory is only responsible for producing its own parts, then transporting them all to the assembly plant for assembly, and finally producing a finished car.

Chen Chufan's parents were employees of the tire manufacturing factory under Erqi. In the 190s, the factory had good benefits and employees' treatment was also good. However, with the introduction of national policies and policies, the national economic planned economy changed to a market economy, and the various disadvantages of state-owned enterprises began to be exposed during this period, and the benefits gradually declined. The tire factories were not spared, so they were laid off and wage arrears became the norm.

Because it was indeed too much energy to accompany Han Xiaoxi to play around for three consecutive days. As soon as Chen Chufan got in the car, he fell asleep in the seat. When he woke up, the car almost arrived in S City.

The tire factory is located in the northeast of S City. The cycle interval of the No. 4 bus is from the train station to the tire factory, which takes a straight line and runs through the entire city. Therefore, travel is also quite convenient.

The tire factory said it was big or small, and it wasn't small. The factory has more than 8,000 formal employees. With the family, there were about 30,000 people. Because everyone has been making a living in such a large area all year round, they can be said to know each other. Even if they say the name seems strange, but when they talk about it, it is someone's son and someone's husband, they will nod in a clear understanding, oh! It turns out that it is him. Or the state-owned factories all over the country are like this. If there is any trouble in a family, they will know it in just two days.

So Chen Chufan got along the bus and was acquaintance all the way, and his uncles and aunts kept calling each other, in return for the other party's surprise response. "Oh, isn't this Fanfan? How long hasn't seen him? Why have you grown so tall? By the way, I heard from your father that your school has arranged for you to study abroad for public expenses. When will you go?"

"The school food is good. I play basketball every day, and then I grow up. I have to wait for September and October when I go abroad!"

Almost every adult who meets Chen Chufan will ask these questions. So Chen Chufan basically explained this along the way. After the explanation, the adult opposite will praise him, with different words and roughly the same meaning. In short, it means that he has a bright future. Old Chen gave birth to a good son.

Chen Chufan's home is halfway up the mountain. In the 1990s, the factory paid to level a mountain and built a family area, building more than 20 houses. One-third of the employees in the factory lived on the mountain. Although they had to climb a long staircase every day, the environment of the community was indescribable. Leisure squares, green spaces, and big trees were everywhere. When they entered the community, the air was much fresher than the foot of the mountain.

Climbing up to the fifth floor, knocking on the door, my mother's familiar and kind voice came from inside the room, "Who?"

"Mom, it's me! Open the door!"

You could hear footsteps in the room through the door, "Fanfan, you don't call in advance if you come back! So that mom can prepare some delicious food for you!"

"Hehe, Mom, do you still treat me as a guest? You can eat whatever you have at home!" Chen Chufan said with a foolish smile.

"You, this is called asking for trouble. There is really nothing you like at home! Hey? Fanfan, you have grown again? Why do you feel that you have not seen so much taller in half a year?" The mother who walked closer to help her son get things suddenly found that she only reached the child's shoulder and asked in surprise.

"Mom, it's not good for me to grow taller! I play basketball every day, eat and sleep, how can I not grow up!" Chen Chufan said casually. This topic has been asked countless times, and the answers were extremely easy. It was not that he deliberately kept it from the mutation of his mother's own body. It's just that his family is not as easy to fool as his classmates. In addition, he is afraid that his mother will worry, so he plans to fool him at will.

"Of course it's good to grow taller, well, you just need to exercise more. You have to rest for a while, and your dad will be off work. I'm cooking, and I'm eating an apple first when I'm hungry! Mom is going to fry you an egg." Mom instructed.

"Okay, mom, you can do it first. I just have to call my classmates!"

When his mother returned to the kitchen, Chen Chufan picked it up and drove it to Han Xiaoxi's house.

After the phone call, Chen Chufan couldn't wait to say, "Hey, Xiaoxi, I'm home!"

As a result, Xiaoxi's mother's voice came from the phone: "Oh, it's Xiao Chen, right? Wait, I'll ask Xiaoxi to answer the phone."

Although it was through the phone, Chen Chufan's face turned red involuntarily. "You can't be so anxious when you call next time!" The young man warned himself in his heart.

"Hey, I heard someone treat my mother as me?" When Han Xiaoxi's voice came from the other end of the phone, Chen Chufan had already adjusted his mindset.

"Yes, yes! Who told someone that I was not guarding by the phone even though I knew I was home at this time?" Chen Chufan complained.

"Bah! Who do you think you are? Let me keep your phone number! I'll give you face if I'm willing to answer." The girl's pretended disdain came, and Chen Chufan even had Xiaoxi's flying expression in his mind.

It was just a safe call, but the two of them fought on the phone for a long time until there was a voice on the other end of the phone and asked Xiaoxi to go for dinner. They hung up the phone reluctantly.

Not long after hanging up the phone, Chen Chufan's father also came home from get off work.

Chen Chufan's father is Chen Zhenquan, and he is an honest man. His hometown is from the provincial capital. According to his own drinking, his study scores were quite good when he was young. He was in the top two in the grade in every exam. However, he later responded to the call of national intellectuals to go to the countryside to S City. After being assigned to this tire factory, he worked for more than 20 years.

After my father came back, he had another homely greeting. However, fathers were much more rigorous than mothers. When he saw his son suddenly grew much taller, he was happy, so he found a tape measure and measured his son's current height.

"It's 1.86 meters! This is a trend of developing to 1.9 meters! Haha!" After measuring his height, Chen Zhenquan said happily.

"Okay, you old nerve, come and have a meal quickly." The mother was dissatisfied, afraid that her son would be hungry.

"Come on, go, your mother is anxious, hurry up and have a meal, little brat!"

The family of three sat at the dining table, and Chen Chufan was a little uneasy.

"Dad, mom, do you usually eat these at home?" There were only three dishes on the table, one fried cabbage, one fried egg with sauerkraut and one fried egg with onion. Chen Chufan couldn't help but feel a little sore. You know, when he was at home, there was a lot of meat at home, especially when he still remembered the fried egg with onion, but because his mother fryed it specially, he couldn't help but feel even more sad.

"So too! My son is back and I don't know how to buy some meat! None of Fanfan likes to eat. Come to Fanfan to eat eggs, and I will ask your mother to make two good dishes for you." Chen Zhenquan complained to his wife.

"Dad, that's not what I mean! It doesn't matter what I eat, but you can't just eat these every day!" Chen Chufan said hurriedly.

"What do you know? It's hot now, and we both are old again. We want to eat light dishes every day!" Dad said seriously: "You think you still have to eat meat if you want to grow up!"

"That's right! Come to Fanfan to eat an egg and cook!" As he was speaking, he was a mother and put a large piece of the egg on the plate into Chen Chufan's bowl.

Chen Chufan was not talking, but felt particularly uncomfortable. In the past, he always called the phone first when he got home, and then had a sumptuous dinner when he got home. This made Chen Chufan never think about how the two old men lived when he was not at home. Today, when he saw the food on the table, Chen Chufan realized that his family really paid a lot for studying.

At least his father used to be a master who was not happy.

Only then did Chen Chufan deeply realize how painful it is to have no money. "If I had known it, I would have worked in the club for a while!"

After finishing the meal silently, when the family sat together, Chen Chufan took out 1,500 yuan and handed it to his mother. "Mom's money is earned by me on part-time jobs, so you can use it first."

The money is 2,200 yuan from the club, and the remaining money was given to him by the police station. I spent a little more than a month of living expenses. I didn’t go out to play with Xiaoxi for 3 days, and it was also a lot of money. I only had more than 1,600 yuan left. I left 100 yuan and took out all the rest, preparing to subsidize my mother for the family expenses.

"You can keep it yourself, your family still has money. Aren't you going abroad soon? You will definitely use it when the time comes!" The mother did not reach out to pick up the money handed over by her son.

"That's right, your dad can still support this family. Keep the money you earn by yourself first. If you go out, you don't need money!" Chen Zhenquan also helped.

"I have to use US dollars when I go abroad, and there are people who sponsor living expenses and tuition fees in full. I don't have to worry about these things myself. I ask you to take them and just take them as my living expenses at home!" Chen Chufan forced the money into his mother's hands. Although the money was not much, it could at least improve the lives of the two elderly people.

"Okay, okay, let's keep it for you. Alas, Fanfan has grown up." The father's tone was very pleased.

Seeing that his mother put away the money, Chen Chufan felt a little better, and the family of three began to chat. The focus was on Chen Chufan's going abroad. When Chen Chufan explained everything clearly, it was late at night.

"Fanfan is tired after taking the train for a day, so go and rest!"
Chapter completed!