Chapter 26 A fulfilling vacation
He has a rather eccentric personality. If he didn't have a boss to supervise him, he would probably end up becoming like those gangsters.
He Shu wasn't much better off. After he stopped, he was soaked all over, as if he had been drenched by rain. He was so scared...
"Then do you understand the game?" He Shu asked seriously. Xiao Dong was shocked: "Why are you still criticizing me? If I understand the game, I'm a master, not an apprentice."
He Shu had no choice but to fasten his seat belt and nervously put his hands on the steering wheel.
Whenever a car came from a distance or pedestrians were seen, He Shu would quickly step on the brakes, causing them to nod their heads from time to time.
He also secretly told He Shu that his wish was to open a shop and become a boss in the future...
"Drive, this car is mine, it doesn't matter if it crashes."
As a result, Zhao Qishui pulled him over and said, "It's good that you haven't eaten yet. Let's eat together so that we don't have to cook again when we go back."
I carried the cake downstairs and went to the car wash.
He came back last year, looking very depressed, saying that he had lost money in business and still owed tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
They have been together for quite a while, and He Shu has learned some things about the families of these uncles and aunts through casual chats during lunch every day.
Aunt Liu felt sorry for him and brought fruits to He Shu every day, sometimes a peach, sometimes a small bunch of grapes, and sometimes a plum.
The weather is very hot now and he doesn't have a refrigerator at home. If it is left overnight, it will probably go bad.
Zhao Qishui drank two bottles of beer, drove out a car that looked very old, let He Shu sit in the driver's seat, and sat in the passenger seat himself.
Just like that, He Shu joined the boss and the others, and the cake was opened and cut, with each person getting a large piece and some left over.
When He Shu arrived, Zhao Qishui, Xiao Dong and a mechanic were eating.
He would occasionally buy some fruit for her, but every time Aunt Liu got angry and wouldn't let him spend money.
For example, Aunt Liu has two sons. The eldest son is almost 30 years old, has polio, and has not yet married.
He Shu shook his head, remembering that when his mother was still alive, he would never make do with his birthday. Even though the family was not well off, they would always order a decent birthday cake.
"Where did it come from?" Xiao Dong came over to take a look, without even taking a single bite.
Zhao Qishui laughed, asked Xiao Dong to watch the store, and then started to teach him step by step, starting from how to light a fire.
Only then did He Shu realize that Xiao Dong was still an apprentice.
Half of the summer vacation passed quickly. He Shu washed the car outside every day and soon got tanned, looking like a boy.
Xiao Dong's family is from a nearby rural area, which is said to be very close to the boss' hometown. He also dropped out of school and was sent by his family to learn car repair from the boss.
It was the first time that someone had used the word "good brother" to him, which made He Shu feel inexplicably happy.
It wasn't because the car was going too fast, but because it was shaken by dozens of sudden brakes along the way.
After stumbling and bumping along, they finally arrived downstairs of He Shu's house. Zhao Qishui, who has been dealing with cars for years, was even a little carsick from driving.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Dong immediately snatched it away when he heard it: "You can't finish it, hey, I'll help you eat it."
He Shu said he would leave it for him to eat. Xiao Dong was happy and patted He Shu hard with his hands that were always dirty, saying that he was a good brother.
Seeing that He Shu was a little timid, Zhao Qishui said again: "You work here, you should at least know how to drive. Do you always ask others to help you drive the car to the door?"
Now that he was behind the wheel, He Shu no longer worried about what would happen if he was caught as a minor without a driver's license pulling a drunk driver. (You can't drive after drinking, and you can't drive without a driver's license, my dears.)
Xiao Dong brought He Shu new disposable bowls and chopsticks, and then started eating the cake: "I love this the most. In the past, on my birthday, my mother would spend one dollar to buy me a box of cream in the city. It was the kind of red plastic box that was about this big. Hey, He Shu, have you ever eaten it?"
Looking at the speed at which his boss drove away after getting in the car, He Shu felt a little envious, wondering when he would be able to drive as skillfully.
After thinking about it, He Shu pulled out the candles, picked up the cake box and packed the cake.
I learned a skill to repair small appliances and can support myself.
They were all surprised to see He Shu coming with a big cake box.
Zhao Qishui fastened his seat belt himself, but He Shu still didn't dare: "But, but I don't have a driver's license..."
What's more, he now lives a fulfilling life every day and doesn't feel that life is difficult.
Xiao Dong came over and smiled: "My master has modified this car many times. Don't be fooled by its appearance. If you understand this car, you will have no problem touching any car in the future."
"Tsk, why are you so fussy? Hurry up."
After his aunt left, he was left alone at home again, but this was the kind of life He Shu was used to.
Zhao Qishui shook his head: "No, you should go to bed early."
After He Shu finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy. Would people think that they were given the food because they couldn’t finish it?
"Boss, I can't drive."
Xiao Dong really loves eating cake and talking. With him around, He Shu doesn't feel so reserved anymore.
Uncle Zhang, on the other hand, works hard to clean the car every day with a pain-relieving plaster on his waist in order to save money for his son to buy a wedding house. Because he has no house, several of his girlfriends have fallen out of love.
Hearing this, Zhao Qishui didn't ask any more questions and continued talking to another master and drinking beer.
In the days that followed, He Shu spent his time quickly washing the car, practicing driving, and finishing his homework at night.
He has no friends, and even if he wants to share, he can't find anyone. The only place he can go is here.
"Boss, do you want to go up and sit for a while?"
"You can learn if you don't know. Young people learn things quickly."
He Shu really didn't know why the boss was so careless? He was a novice who couldn't be any newer to drive the car, so the boss really wasn't afraid of losing himself?
Along the way, he was fully focused and drove at a snail's pace, which attracted a lot of dissatisfied honking from the vehicles behind him.
He Shu originally had no habit of eating fruit, but Aunt Liu made him greedy this summer.
"Is it your birthday today?" 
Zhao Qishui picked up a piece of pork head and gave it to He Shu.
Fortunately, although this stimulation made He Shu a little excited, he did not really speed up. He still drove slowly forward on the street at a speed of no more than 30.
The original intention was to have a younger son so that he could take care of his older brother when he grew up. However, the younger son was a bit rebellious and ran away from home before finishing junior high school to work in another place.
Their car washers get off work at around 5 o'clock, and the car repairmen sometimes work a little later. Some difficult cars may even require them to work overtime at night.
The advantage of Xiao Dong is that although he is often scolded by his boss, he forgets about it immediately and is happy every day without any worries.
But after his mother passed away, he never celebrated his birthday again.
After he said that, He Shu felt a lot more relaxed.
There was also a cake with three layers, which He Shu couldn't finish.
"A relative bought it for me, but I couldn't finish it..."
Zhao Qishui laughed loudly, swearing from time to time, and then regardless of anything, he let He Shu step on the accelerator to speed up.
Zhao Qishui asked He Shu if he had eaten dinner, and He Shu subconsciously shook his head as if to say that he didn't want to eat here.
After dinner, He Shu helped clean up. There was still a large half of the cake left, and Xiao Dong asked him if he wanted to take it home.
He Shu shook his head: "No."
Because the lunch prepared in the morning will taste a little different by noon.