After returning to work that afternoon, Lao Du called Lao Ding's office. He didn't call from the store because, firstly, Lao Ding might not be at the police station at noon, and secondly, using his home phone would cost money.
"Hey, is Lao Ding here?"
As soon as the call was connected, Comrade Lao Du asked the person on the other end of the line.
"It's you again, Old Du. Tell me what's going on!"
As soon as Lao Ding heard it was Comrade Lao Du calling, he asked Lao Du directly what was the matter.
"Come to the store tonight. I have something to discuss with you! Don't worry, I'll call you my wife too!"
Comrade Lao Du has now figured out Lao Ding's tactics. As long as he takes Jia Xiaomin with him for meals, there will be no problem.
"Well, you've said it all for me, what else can I say?"
"By the way, we can't tell you on the phone. Do I have to go to your house?"
Old Ding was arrogant again, but it was not that he wanted to drink, but Comrade Old Du insisted that he go over.
"It's troublesome to say it, and besides, you don't want to drink? Then I'll talk to you slowly over the phone!"
Comrade Lao Du doesn't know Lao Ding? Can Lao Ding resist drinking? What a joke.
"Forget it, the phone bill is expensive, let's talk at your store tonight!"
"Don't worry, I'm using the company phone number, it's free, we can chat slowly!"
"That's even more wrong! Isn't this stealing public resources? Well, I have something else to do. Let's meet tonight to discuss it in detail!"
When Lao Ding heard what Lao Du said, he immediately found an excuse and hung up the phone.
On the other side, Comrade Lao Du listened to the busy tone on the phone, chuckled, and continued to work. He could guess with his toes that Lao Ding was just talking nonsense and would come as usual.
After school in the evening, it was usually Du Bin, Ding Miaomiao and Jia Xiaomin. Originally, when Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao were in the second grade of junior high school, they finished school earlier than in the third grade, so Jia Xiaoming always went home alone.
Now Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao are in the third year of junior high school. They have the same daily schedule, so they are together every day, but this makes life difficult for Du Bin.
In the past, Du Bin could occasionally have some fun after school, but now Ding Miaomiao watches him on the way to school every day, Ding Miaomiao and Jia Xiaomin, mother and daughter, watch him after school, and the cram school teacher and his mother watch him when he goes to cram school in the evening. He doesn't even have the thought of resisting anymore.
Several classmates who used to get along well with him, such as Chen Junfeng, no longer dared to go with him, for fear that they would become innocent victims.
"Xiao Jia, don't go home with Miao Miao. Let's have dinner together tonight! Lao Ding will be here soon!"
As soon as Du Chen's mother opened her mouth, Jia Xiaomin's heart skipped a beat. One reason was that she was worried that something might have gone wrong at the cram school again, and the other was that she was worried that Lao Ding wanted to drink again.
Jia Xiaomin thought about it. Since she met Comrade Lao Du, everything about Comrade Lao Du's family was good except that they always loved to invite people to dinner. There was nothing wrong with inviting people to dinner. At most, she could invite them back a few times. But the most important thing was her own Lao Ding.
Old Ding, this useless guy, can't walk when he sees alcohol. If someone he is not familiar with, or his subordinates, or someone who asks him to do something invites him to dinner or drinks, Old Ding will remember that he should be grateful to the person who invited him, and will firmly refuse and not go to the invitation.
But since they had become friends, and Lao Du hadn't asked anything from him, Jia Xiaomin would always go whenever Lao Du invited her out for dinner, but he'd always have to drink. The more often Lao Du invited her out for dinner, the more anxious Jia Xiaomin became.
The only thing that comforted Jia Xiaomin was that Sister Ren also opposed Lao Du drinking, so Lao Du and Lao Ding could not drink much each time.
"Sister Ren, what's going on this time? Isn't it a cram school?"
To be at ease, Jia Xiaomin asked the questions in her mind.
"Don't worry, the cram school is fine, it's something else!"
Du Chen's mother smiled and comforted Jia Xiaomin.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Ding and Lao Du walked in from the door at the same time.
"Old Ding, what's going on? We're going to let Sister Ren treat us to dinner today. How can you be so shameless?"
Jia Xiaomin pulled Lao Ding aside and expressed her dissatisfaction.
"Wife, I didn't ask to come here! I don't know what's going on, and Lao Du is so secretive and won't tell me. He insisted on meeting and talking. Everyone is busy during the day and has no time. We only have some time at dinner time!"
Old Ding looked aggrieved and explained to Jia Xiaoming.
"Come on, let's eat and talk!"
When Comrade Lao Du saw that dinner was ready, he immediately asked everyone to eat first.
"Lao Du, please tell me what you want us to come here for today? You didn't tell me when you called me during the day. I hate people like you who only finish their sentences. You've kept me curious all day!"
As soon as he sat down, Lao Ding asked Lao Du. In fact, he was not in a hurry at all. After all, he was already here, and Lao Du was here too. He would know sooner or later.
However, Lao Ding seemed anxious now in order to show his wife that it was really Comrade Lao Du who asked him to come over, and Lao Du had not said anything to him, so he was completely innocent.
Comrade Lao Du looked at Lao Ding pretending and smiled secretly in his heart.
"Old Ding, Miaomiao will take the high school entrance exam next year. Do you have any ideas?"
When Ding Miaomiao heard Comrade Lao Du mention her, she pricked up her ears and eavesdropped. She also glanced at Du Bin next to her, but Du Bin was so engrossed in his eating that he didn't even raise his head.
"It's the high school entrance exam. What can I think about it? Miaomiao doesn't need me to worry about her anyway. Isn't it a sure thing that she'll get into the No. 1 middle school in the city?"
Lao Ding answered Comrade Lao Du's questions proudly.
"I know Miaomiao can easily get into the city's No. 1 Middle School, but what about after that? Let Miaomiao live on campus? Or some other method?"
"Forehead……"
Old Ding turned to look at his wife. He had never thought about it before. He wanted to see if Jia Xiaomin had any arrangements.
Jia Xiaomin realized it as soon as she heard it, but she had really neglected this issue and had never thought about it.
"Old Du, Sister Ren, what are your thoughts? I think Du Bin's grades in recent times are fine for No. 1 Middle School. What are you going to do?"
Jia Xiaomin asked Lao Du and his wife directly, since Comrade Lao Du had already brought it up, he must have thought about what to do.
"It was my second son who brought it up yesterday. Your sister Ren and I discussed it and we're thinking of buying a house in the city. What do you think?"
Jia Xiaomin glanced at Lao Ding, and when she heard that Comrade Lao Du and others were buying a house, she was instantly moved!
"Old Ding, what do you think?"
However, Jia Xiaomin still asked the nominal head of the family first.
"Ah, I have no problem with that. I'm just worried about whether there is enough money at home?"
Jia Xiaomin hesitated for a moment when she heard this. Although her family had some savings, she really didn't know if it was enough to buy a house in the city.
When Ding Miaomiao heard about buying a house, she was also moved. To be honest, she didn't want to live in the school. First of all, it was too inconvenient. The food and drink were not good, and she couldn't arrange her study time by herself.
Ding Miaomiao has become accustomed to arranging her own time. Living on campus, she is forced to set the lights out and rest times. She can't stand the thought of it.
Another reason is that she was afraid of conflicts with her roommates and ruining their relationship, so she was very resistant to living on campus.
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