This morning, Zhang Yunfeng was almost crazy.

Zhang Yunqi secretly ran into the city to sell cigarettes, this is no longer a problem of thousands of pieces of flue-cured tobacco, Zhang Yunfeng's mind is full of the safety of his younger brother, he is a sixteen-year-old child, he has never driven a car, and he is not familiar with the place, he risked being arrested and went to Jiangchuan City to sell cigarettes, what can he do if something happens?

The calamitous old Zhang family can't afford to have an accident!

It wasn't until Zhang Yunqi came back safely that Zhang Yunfeng's heart fell to the ground after hanging all morning, but he still counted Zhang Yunqi fiercely.

Zhang Yunqi didn't say anything, he knew that his eldest brother was worried about him, and when his eldest brother's anger was almost exhausted, he took out a large amount of money from his pocket and said: "Brother, this is the money I went to Jiangchuan City to sell cigarettes, three hundred catties of flue-cured tobacco, sold for 1113." ”

"Much, how much?"

Zhang Yunfeng was stunned.

“1113。 ”

This time Zhang Yunfeng heard it clearly, but he couldn't believe it.

He knew that the quality of the second-level cigarettes in the middle of the country, if it was sold in Fengyang County, would cost 3 yuan a catty, which was 900 yuan, but his younger brother sold it for 1113. This means that there are 213 catties of second-class cigarettes in the middle of the city in Jiangchuan City, and they have earned an extra 213 in one fell swoop, which is almost a month's salary for workers in the city!

Zhang Yunqi looked at his eldest brother's face, obviously slightly shocked by the money he earned, he felt that the time was almost up, so he said the idea of being a tobacco dealer, went to the nearby countryside to buy flue-cured tobacco, and then sold it to the Jiangchuan City Tobacco Station, which would definitely make money.

Zhang Yunfeng came to his senses for a while, he "squeaked" and smoked the dry tobacco stick vigorously, and thought for a while before saying: "I know that being a tobacco dealer can make money, but have you ever wondered why few people in Fengyang County dare to sell flue-cured tobacco now?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "In the past, everyone said that they were speculative when they sold pins, but now there are sellers everywhere, but are they the ones who made the fortunes? ”

Zhang Yunfeng was speechless.

That night, he didn't sleep all night.

For a while, I thought about my brother Yunqi's words, and for a while, I thought about the messy situation at home.

Since beating his father Zhang Liushun and being caught by the police for theft for two years ago, he has become the pillar of the family. The meaning of the pillar is that you can't fall if anyone falls, and if you fall, the whole family will fall!

So every day and every night, he thinks about how to make the old Zhang family prosperous and get rid of the dilemma of breaking down, but in the past few years, the family's situation has deteriorated.

It is said that such a few people, he and his father work, and their lives should be able to be maintained, but for many years, they have suffered a lot from crops like them, but there are more and more apportionments, farming is becoming more and more uneconomical, seeds, fertilizers, and labor costs are getting higher and higher. Under such circumstances, what good situation can he have when he digs and plows the land all day long?

What Yunqi did today touched him a lot, he earned more than two hundred in one morning's hard work, he was very excited, and he also deeply felt that his younger brother had grown up and matured all of a sudden, and he could no longer claim to be the boss in front of him as he did in the past.

Zhang Yunfeng has already seen that his younger brother is a different person from him, after all, he has studied and has a lot of ideas, but it makes him feel strange, but he can't say that there is something wrong, the money has indeed been earned, and he has earned a lot. Originally, he should be happy for his younger brother's growth, but at this moment, there is a trace of indescribable sadness in his heart.

This night, Zhang Yunqi slept well.

He has done his best to be a cigarette dealer, and the eldest brother will see if his mind turns around or not. There is a saying that changing what you can change and accepting what you can't change is a great life.

The next day, Zhang Yunqi got up at nine o'clock and squatted at the gate of the courtyard to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth. Aside from eating and, this is one of the few free times he has.

"Yunqi, you just got up?"

Suddenly hearing the voice, Zhang Yunqi looked up and was stunned.

Diagonally opposite, there was a girl standing at the door of Zhang Xiaomei's house, with a delicate face and clear facial features, wearing a light blue shirt with navy blue jeans, at the moment she put her hands behind her back, smiling at him in the sun.

"Ji Ling?"

"What, you don't know me anymore?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled bitterly, he just met the deceased by chance, and he was a little surprised, so that he didn't react, in fact, he knew this girl as early as elementary school, even if nearly 30 years have passed, he still remembers the situation at that time.

In the summer vacation of that year, there was a big flood in Yunxi Village, he and a few boys were playing in the water at the door of their house, and a little girl came out of the neighbor's house and squatted at the door, with a pair of big black and white eyes sparkling, and the sunlight was projected on her delicate face through the treetops, which looked really exquisite.

Zhang Yunqi still remembers his reaction at that time, took a look, turned his head aside because he was embarrassed, and then secretly glanced at her again.

It's really beautiful!

Later, he learned the girl's name, Ji Ling, a native of Jiangchuan City, and the cousin of Zhang Xiaomei, a next-door neighbor, who came to Yunxi Village to play during the summer vacation.

At that time, I had a good time with Zhang Xiaomei, and naturally I became familiar with Ji Ling. And in those years, she often came during the winter and summer vacations, and she had more contact, and her relationship was very good, and she was tired of being together almost every day, picking fruits on trees, roasting corn and sweet potatoes on the ridges, and going down to the river to fish and catch crabs...... Throughout my childhood, in the green melon field, in the evening breeze with fireflies, in the depths of the night sky full of stars, in the blue sky and white clouds and the thick and vast land, they were all running figures and unbridled laughter.

Looking back now, it was probably the most memorable childhood time in my life, sweet like a peach just picked from the tree, fragrant, but many wonderful things, you think it is just the first warm-up of life, in fact, it is the swan song of life. If you repeat it, it's not that smell anymore, and you'll never get it back.

One year, when I was in junior high school, Ji Ling was going back to Jiangchuan City to study at the end of the summer vacation, she took a candy box and said: "I'm going home, I won't come for a long time, Yunqi, I'll write you a sentence, you also write me a sentence, let's find a place to bury it, and we'll come to see it when we grow up, okay?"

I didn't know what to think at the time, maybe I was shy, he wrote a sentence on the note, but he didn't have the courage to put it in the box, but hid the note in a Rubik's cube reel, and put it in the candy box.

Later, he carried a shovel, she held the box, and the two dug a square pit in a small bamboo forest behind the house, buried the box, and agreed to open the box together when they grew up to read the words written to each other.

To this day, he can still remember every detail at that time, every frame, and a certain smell emanating from Ji Ling, which was his eternal silence, the warmth of his heart, and the most affectionate confession.

Later, the two grew up.

Especially after he graduated from secondary school and entered the society, although the relationship with Ji Ling is still there, but the contact is slowly decreasing, of course, the most important thing is that he has low self-esteem, at that time he is no longer less and no more, knowing that Ji Ling's father is a big official of the Jiangchuan City Public Security Bureau, and his mother is a big boss who runs a company, and his family is very rich.

It wasn't until many years later that he and Ji Ling got married, and one day, he received a call from Ji Ling, who said that she opened the box, saw the Rubik's Cube, and found the small note inside...... But it was too late, the secret that belonged only to the two little ones had long since ceased to matter, and the box and the boy's childhood had rotted in the soil.

Light and shadow change, and the years disappear.

From rebirth to the present, Zhang Yunqi has never thought of Ji Ling, facing the mess at home every day, how can he still have the heart to think about these seven miles and eight miles, but time has passed, and now he meets Ji Ling again, he doesn't know what to say for a while, so he can only ask without words: "Have you had breakfast?"

"My aunt and uncle are not at home, my cousin went to school early, I woke up late, and I haven't eaten yet. Ji Ling sat down on the stool next to Zhang Yunqi, the wind was blowing, and a few strands of fine and soft bangs were swaying in front of her bright eyes, beautiful and terrifying.

Zhang Yunqi said: "Do you want to eat at my house?"

Ji Ling shook his head: "I want to cook noodles, but I can't make a fire in the earthen stove at my aunt's house." ”

"It's okay, I'll give you something to eat. Zhang Yunqi rinsed his mouth three times and twice, and then came to Zhang Xiaomei's house with Ji Ling to light a fire and wash the pot.

Ji Ling saw that he was skillful, so he took out the ingredients from the cabinet, two eggs, a hoop of loose alkaline noodles, and a tomato, the ingredients were enough, Zhang Yunqi made a simple bowl of tomato egg noodles. Ji Ling said: "You haven't eaten breakfast yet, why don't you cook two bowls?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "It's good to watch you eat." ”

"What do I have to see?"

"Lao Tie, a beautiful girl will easily lose friends if she says something like this. ”

"What do you mean by old iron?"

"It means that the relationship is very good. Zhang Yunqi sprinkled chopped green onions on the noodles, put them on the table and said, "Eat noodles, wait for the batter." ”

The taste of noodles is obviously not bad, Ji Ling tastes very delicious, but she eats very slowly, and she doesn't speak, the oblique light in the early morning shines in the small courtyard, her long eyelashes leave two shadows on her face, and when she is about to finish eating, she raises her head and says, "Lao Tie, how do I feel that you have changed." ”

Zhang Yunqi said: "What's changed?"

Ji Ling tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's ugly!"

Zhang Yunqi looked at Ji Ling, whose eyes were smiling like crescent moons, like a little witch who had succeeded in pranks. At that moment, a little bit of the feeling of childhood welled up in his heart.

It was not early, after separating from Ji Ling, Zhang Yunqi returned to his home, Zhang Yunfeng, who had a pair of panda eyes, was sitting on the threshold and nibbling sweet potatoes, and shouted when he saw him.

What did Zhang Yunqi ask?

Zhang Yunfeng said: "Wait for dinner, let's discuss how to sell cigarettes." ”