Back to 1993: The family splits up at the start, and the ingrates regret it so much they cry.

Wang Peng gave Li Mengjiao a grateful look.

This sister usually has an icy expression and speaks coldly, but every word she says is helpful.

She is a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

Li Longfei went home for dinner, preparing to take Wang Peng and Chen Qingshu back to the provincial capital later.

At this moment, Li Mengjiao opened her schoolbag and took out a bag of Oreo cookies. "Take this and eat it with your homeroom teacher on the way."

"No need," Wang Peng said. "This stuff is quite expensive. You can keep it for yourself."

Li Mengjiao walked to the trash can and lifted the lid.

"What are you doing?" Wang Peng hurriedly stopped her. "Why would you throw away something so good?"

"After the third period in the morning, Xiao Jing and I went to the toilet, and then we found cookies and a note in the desk."

“The note says he likes me.” Li Mengjiao sneered. “What a coward for not leaving his name on a confession note.”

Wang Peng laughed, "Okay, I like eating things of unknown origin. From now on, if you receive more love letters, I'll help you deal with their snacks."

"Pah, you should collect more love letters yourself." Li Mengjiao turned and walked away, disappearing into the courtyard in a few steps.

Wang Peng chuckled, tore open the bag, and sure enough, it contained chocolate-filled cookies.

This bag of cookies must cost at least three yuan. Three yuan can buy three bowls of fried rice with eggs.

Wang Peng ate cookies as he walked home.

……

The house was being demolished, and the furniture was placed in the yard, consisting of two broken beds and two broken tables.

The house has been demolished, and workers are cleaning up the bricks and rafters.

"Second Uncle, Sister Fang, have some cookies." Wang Peng handed the bag of cookies to Li Fang.

"Oreos? They're quite expensive." Li Fang took a bite and laughed, "Dad, you should try them, they're delicious."

Li Guixi ate two pieces and said, "We can tear down the house today, lay the foundation tomorrow, and start construction the day after tomorrow."

"Second Uncle," Wang Peng said, "You don't need to tell me about the house. I trust you."

Li Guixi smiled and nodded. Since her nephew trusted her so much, she had to do her best to build the house well.

"Second Uncle, I plan to go to the provincial capital to wholesale ballpoint pens and start a stationery business at the school."

"It's quite a coincidence that my homeroom teacher's friend runs a stationery factory. He's coming to see me later, and I'm going to the provincial capital with him."

"Sister Fang is coming with me, so I'll have to trouble you to continue looking after the house for me."

The fence around the house doesn't keep out thieves; the rafters and bricks that are dismantled are often stolen. These days, my second uncle has been keeping watch at night.

“You guys go ahead, I’ll stay here,” Li Guixi said. “The wheat at home is all planted, and there’s no work to do in the fields.”

"Second Uncle, thank you." Wang Peng felt a warmth in his heart.

"Don't mention it," Li Guixi patted his shoulder. "Your mother doesn't care about you, but as your uncle, I can't just ignore you."

For a moment, both father and son were filled with emotion.

Half an hour later, Chen Qingshu arrived on his bicycle, with a large backpack strapped to the back seat.

Wang Peng took him to Li Mengjiao's house.

When he learned that Li Longfei was going to drive him to the provincial capital, he hurriedly waved his hand and refused.

“Mengjiao’s dad, there’s no need to go through all that trouble. Taking the train is very cheap,” he said.

“It’s no trouble at all. I’m going to the provincial capital to inspect video arcades, and I’ll give you a ride along,” Li Longfei said.

Now, Chen Qingshu had no excuse to refuse.

He put his luggage in the trunk and sat in the back with Li Fang. Wang Peng sat in the passenger seat, and Li Longfei drove.

Ping'an County is only one or two hundred kilometers away from the provincial capital, and it only takes two or three hours to get there.

"Teacher Chen, have a cookie." Li Fang mustered up her courage and gave him an Oreo.

"Thank you." Chen Qingshu ate two pieces and continued reading the novel in his hand, the English version of Notre Dame de Paris.

The car drove smoothly on the highway, and in less than half an hour, Chen Qingshu began to feel sleepy.

snap,

The book fell to the ground, and he fell asleep in the chair.

Drowsiness is contagious. Before long, Li Fang also fell asleep, and Li Longfei, who was driving, kept yawning.

Wang Peng was terrified, fearing that he might doze off and drive the car into the ditch by the roadside.

"Uncle Li, take a rest and let me drive," Wang Peng said.

Li Longfei glanced at him sideways, "Give me a break, can you even tell the difference between the brake and the clutch? Can you turn the wheel left or right?"

This is looking down on people.

In his previous life, Wang Peng worked on construction sites with Du Lei, and more often than not, he worked as a part-time driver.

He has driven a Wuling minivan with a manual transmission, a Santana sedan with an automatic transmission, and a Tesla with a pure electric powertrain.

"Just let me try it out, okay? Consider it as you teaching me how to drive."

"Why don't you pull over, get out of the car, have a smoke, and rest for half an hour before you leave?"

"You're always yawning; driving while fatigued can easily lead to accidents."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Longfei let out another long yawn.

He rubbed his eyes, pulled the car over to the side of the road, and said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to drive."

"Thank you, Uncle Li." Wang Peng quickly opened the door and got out of the car. He had never driven a car at this time in his previous life.

He sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, pressed the clutch, shifted gears, and accelerated...

Before Li Longfei could even give any instructions, the car had already started smoothly, as steady as a rock.

Wang Peng was as steady as an old dog, like a veteran driver with decades of experience.

Li Longfei was a little confused. This skilled driving posture didn't seem like that of a novice driver at all.

He couldn't believe it. "You, how could you possibly drive? When did you learn?"

"Just now. I learned how to drive by watching you drive," Wang Peng said with a smile.

Ten minutes later, Li Longfei was completely speechless.

Wang Peng's driving skills are better than his; when switching between high and low gears, he can't feel the gear shifting process at all.

"Could he really be a genius?" Li Longfei wondered.

Half an hour later, a wave of drowsiness washed over him, and Li Longfei fell asleep as well, along with everyone else except Wang Peng.

There's no electronic navigation now, but Wang Peng knows the way to the provincial capital; he just keeps heading west.

back row.

Chen Qingshu and Li Fang originally slept by the window, but now they are sleeping shoulder to shoulder, with Li Fang's head resting on Chen Qingshu's shoulder.

An hour later, Li Fang woke up and hurriedly left Chen Qingshu's shoulder, her pretty face instantly turning red.

Wang Peng said, "Wake up Old Chen, we've already arrived in the provincial capital."

"Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen." Li Fang hurriedly shook Chen Qingshu's shoulder.

Suddenly, he noticed a long hair on Chen Qingshu's back and instinctively reached out to pinch it.

This is because my hair fell onto his shoulder when we were sleeping shoulder to shoulder.

Chen Qingshu suddenly woke up, groggily sitting up. "Dapeng, where are we?"

"We've arrived in the provincial capital. What's the next step?" Wang Peng asked.

"You can drive?" Chen Qingshu's eyes widened.

"I just learned it," Wang Peng said. "Old Chen, you'd better hurry up and give me directions."

Chen Qingshu turned to look out the window, then shook his head after a moment.

“The provincial capital is very big, and I’m not familiar with this area. My home is in the steel mill’s residential compound.”

Wang Peng nodded and could only walk along, asking for directions to the steel rolling mill.

“I’ll drive it. I know how to get to the steel rolling mill,” Li Longfei said.

He just woke up, but he's still feeling groggy.

Wang Peng immediately pulled over and sat back in the passenger seat.

After another forty minutes, we finally arrived at the outside of the steel rolling mill's residential compound.

Li Longfei said, "Teacher Chen, Xiaopeng, I'm going to stay at a friend's house. I'll come pick you up the day after tomorrow afternoon."