Although he heard Zhenghao mention the experience of taking his father to set up a stall as a teenager, the first time he saw this little pine and cypress appear in the crowd of middle-aged uncles and aunts to sell, Jiang Xuanzong was still a little stunned.

The 13-year-old child developed late, and during this time he was just seriously ill, and the whole person was so thin that it seemed to be blown away by the wind, and when his slender arm picked up the scale rod, the white and thin wrist seemed to be easily broken, Jiang Xuanzong frowned inexplicably.

There is some disapproval of the Xin family's husband and wife's behavior of letting a child out to do business.

Looking at the cousin who is clamoring to sell lobsters instead of the teenager, he is tall and long, with powerful limbs, and bulging flesh on both cheeks, that is, the one-year age difference, but there is a world of difference in body size.

"Just let me play for a while, why can't I be fat, Dongzi, you're still not my brother?"

"Dahe just helps me sell and collect money, if you want to do his work, I will let you play, but you have to ask for the rod scale in my hand, you can't use the rod scale, you can't weigh the guests, I still have to do business, not your house." ”

Tong Zhenghao's nonsense made Xin Andong angry, especially when he asked Jiang Xuanzong for help for so long, this person turned a blind eye, and the anger in his heart was even greater.

When Xin Andong said this, he unconsciously glanced at Jiang Xuanzong, and there was a hint of resentment in his clear pupils.

Is he angry? Jiang Xuanzong laughed in his heart. As an elder, he naturally can't deal with a child, and he is Tong Zhenghao's cousin, so he does have the obligation to discipline his cousin.

Jiang Xuanzong glanced at Tong Zhenghao, who was full of unhappiness, and said, "Grandpa is still waiting for us at home for lunch, next time when you learn to use a pole scale can help An Dong do business, now, go back with me." ”

"It's only time now, and it's not time for lunch, cousin, if you go back in a hurry, I'm going to help Dongzi with business." Tong Zhenghao was quite interested in that scale, so he was naturally reluctant to go.

Jiang Dahe was very annoyed that Tong Zhenghao robbed him of his job, and with Jiang Xuanzong's support, he was not afraid of Tong Zhenghao's retaliation, and said boldly, "I can help Dongzi, I don't need you." ”

"You try it again, believe it or not, I'll pump you when I go back to school?"

The majesty was provoked, Tong Zhenghao squinted his eyes and waved at Jiang Dahe with a football, and Jiang Dahe, who had just gained a little courage, immediately hung his head to his chest and stopped talking.

Jiang Xuanzong looked down on him for bullying people, and said coldly, "Tong Zhenghao, what about your upbringing?"

Tong Zhenghao was extremely impatient, "Oh, I know, cousin, you just let me play for a while, besides, you are in such a hurry to go back just to see Sister Xiaoyou, I have heard my grandfather say, you go back on a blind date, I don't have to go on a blind date, you are in a hurry for you to go back." ”

After being stunned for a moment, he finally heard the meaning of his words, Jiang Xuanzong's face was a little dark, "Tong Zhenghao, what are you talking nonsense?"

Tong Zhenghao dribbled the football twice on the ground and looked up disdainfully, "Cut! I heard her phone call to my grandfather yesterday to visit her, and you still want to hide it from me, and I won't stop you from finding my cousin and sister-in-law, and hide something." ”

Thinking of the teasing eyes that his grandfather used to look at him yesterday, Jiang Xuanzong stopped talking, and his eyebrows twisted into a pimple.

If it weren't for Zhenghao's leakage, he might still be kept in the dark by now. Jiang Xuanzong and He Xiaoyou are actually not familiar with each other, but he accidentally saved He Xiaoyou, who was targeted by a few gangsters, when he was in college, he didn't take this matter to heart, but He Xiaoyou didn't think so, and since then he has been chasing after him to repay his kindness.

The relationship between them is actually not as ambiguous as outsiders think, He Xiaoyou is probably because she saved her, and she sometimes shows great affection to Jiang Xuanzong, she came to Qingshui County to serve just by chance, but she didn't expect to be misunderstood by her grandfather.

Tong Zhenghao was finally taken away by Jiang Xuanzong, and Jiang Dahe pushed Xin Andong, who was a little stunned, "Dongzi, what are you doing? Do you hear that people want three catties of crayfish? It's like losing your soul." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry," Xin Andong came back to his senses, his face was a little bad, and he smiled to deal with the customer in front of him, "Three catties is a spicy crayfish, right, okay, here you go, three yuan, come again next time." ”

Putting down the scale, he rubbed his somewhat sore back, rubbed and rubbed, and his mind wandered again. The conversation between him and Tong Zhenghao just now was listened to by Xin Andong word for word, and the sour taste was like unbrewed wine, and the rich vinegar smell almost smoked Xin Andong himself. Of course he likes Jiang Xuanzong, that person's appearance and bearing do not poke at his heart. To put it mildly, if he could have been born ten years earlier, even in this era, even if he chased after him, Xin Andong would have to take down Jiang Xuanzong.

Meeting the right person at the wrong time is a kind of helplessness.

Although this sentence is hypocritical, it has to be said that it is very appropriate. The time is wrong, everything is unexpected. The harshness of the times and the age gap gave Xin Andong a sense of powerlessness. He wanted to fight for it, but he was powerless. Just like he watched Jiang Xuanzong leave just now, maybe he was about to find his other half and get married and have children soon, but he could only watch helplessly.

Can't just stop him and tell him that I like you, don't you look for someone else? As soon as he said this, he would probably not only be regarded as a madman by Jiang Xuanzong, but also regarded as an alien by his family. But if he wants to give up directly, he is obviously reluctant to be touched.

Just thinking about it makes his brain hurt, it's like an unsolvable problem, when he was still a little bean ding, before he led his family to make a fortune, this kind of spiritual pursuit can only be a sigh of hope for him.

The crayfish of the Xin family did not worry about selling, under the envious and jealous eyes of the stall owners, Xin Andong carried the bare-bottomed buckets and basins onto the ox cart of Second Uncle Jiang, gave him the commission promised to Dahe before, and said hello to Second Uncle Jiang, asking him to help put things in his house, and his grandmother took them, so he walked in the direction of the county hospital.

Passing by the pork shop, Xin Andong bought two pig's feet, and made some pork belly, thinking that his parents didn't know if they had had lunch at this time, he turned his foot into a restaurant and bought two dishes, fried pork slices with garlic sprouts and crucian carp tofu soup, crucian carp soup for grandpa to replenish his body, and then asked for five bowls of rice to take away.

When I arrived at the ward, I met my mother who was going to the hospital cafeteria to eat. Since he was carrying two hard dishes in his hand, Xin Wenfang was reluctant to spend any more money, and helped up his grandfather, who had woken up and looked bad, and the family of five was ready to eat.

Xin Andong stopped his mother and asked her to rest, and he took the initiative to feed his grandfather.

The family was a little hungry, and there was only the sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding when eating, at this time, Grandpa Xin swallowed the food in his mouth, was silent for a while, and said: "How is your mother at home, since the doctor said that my body is fine, let's go home after eating, and save that unjust money." ”

Xin Andong disagreed, "Grandpa, your body has not recovered yet, you must be hospitalized during this time, I will go home to accompany grandma later, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”

Grandpa was still talking about it, Xin Wenfang softened his voice and dissuaded: "Dad, you just listen to your eldest grandson, we don't want you to worry about money, if you don't worry about Mom, I'll bring her to see you in the afternoon, Mom will definitely not let you out of the hospital." ”

When a person is sick, he becomes particularly fragile, and his idle brain can't help but think about it, and Old Man Xin looks back on most of his life, and only feels that he can't blame anyone for this situation. On the contrary, he relied on his identity as a father and grandfather to do too much unfairness to his daughters and granddaughters.

The second room he guarded, no one came to visit since he was sick, even the little nephew who hurt his heart, he really wanted to forget about him, he didn't say to come to visit, even if he said a good word, he didn't call to bring greetings.

In the end, it is still his own daughter, and his own grandchildren guard his old bones. Wen Fang didn't say a word and let him stay in the hospital to see a doctor, his parents were not there, and the eldest grandson set up a stall alone to earn money, and his granddaughter, who used to feel cold-hearted, took proper care of him, feeding him with water when he was thirsty and feeding him when he was hungry.

This is his species, he can change his clothes and pour the urinal, and he can provide for him after a hundred years, and he has lived for most of his life before he finally sees the reality.

"The daughter-in-law of the Wenjun family ......"

As soon as the old man spoke, the atmosphere that was still a little warm before was like a layer of ice in an instant, Xin Wenfang's face was not good, he put down the dishes and chopsticks heavily and did not speak, Xin Anqiu lowered his head so that people could not see his expression clearly.

Only Xin Andong saw the undisguised guilt in his grandfather's eyes, and sure enough, the old man didn't seem to feel the stiffness of the atmosphere, and continued, "Let's listen to the public, since the public family has convicted her, then she is guilty, don't worry about me in the future, I will die once, some things have already been figured out." ”

"Dad......" How many years have I finally heard this sentence, Xin Wenfang covered her mouth and couldn't help but redden.

Grandpa can figure it out completely, as if injecting new life into this crumbling home. Xin Andong went back to school, handed in the manuscript of the essay competition that Teacher Lan had given before, and then asked for half a month off again under Teacher Lan's helpless and dissatisfied gaze.

He can't help it, the family is a mess, his mother has to take care of his grandfather in the hospital, and the lobster business is the only source of income, so he can only take the third sister and the stupid father out of the stall. The eldest sister is not doing well, when she went to visit her grandfather yesterday, Xin Andong inadvertently saw the bruised strangulation marks on her neck, and asked a few words, the eldest sister who has always been gentle as always reported good news and not bad news, Xin Andong currently wants to help the eldest sister is powerless, so she can only secretly give her ten yuan, and then ruthlessly set up a stall to make money.

The Xin family's lobster business has always been good, and the reason why the stall owners who also sell crayfish around can make money, to put it mildly, is because the amount of Xin's lobsters is not enough, and the supply exceeds the demand, so that they can make the money they missed. But since his parents were framed last time, his family's original stall was robbed, and all the stall owners have squeezed out the Xin family together, and Xin Andong's heart has been on fire.

Playing tricks, grabbing stalls, and splashing dirty water, these small conspiracies emerge in endlessly. He simply underestimated these uncles and aunts, Xin Andong was laughed at angrily, and watched coldly for two days, he asked the third sister to take her father out of the stall, he disguised himself and walked alone to several towns and towns in Qingshui County, focusing on the rural areas with many lakes and rivers to lobby those villagers to catch shrimp, and he bought them by the pound.

At the beginning, the simple farmers did not believe that there were many lakes and rivers in Qingshui County, and fish and shrimp were only caught with nets, so no one could spend money to buy them. In the end, Xin Andong took a lot of effort to convince a farmer that he was not discouraged, and he still had to worry about the first one?

After negotiating the price, Xin Andong deliberately took a pen and paper and wrote a written contract, and both parties agreed, and then signed. The other party promised to deliver the lobster to Xin's house on time the next morning, and Xin Andong sighed.

Xin Andong's face was smeared with black ash, several layers of straw were padded under the soles of his shoes, and he was wearing his father's more decent clothes, looking like a dark-skinned young man, but he was relatively short.

But he spoke very convincingly, especially when Xin Andong took out the contract from his arms, although Wang Qijun had never seen the world in the mud, but when he saw the piece of paper in front of him, he was inexplicably determined, and found his literate daughter to read the contract carefully a few times, and felt that the conditions were very fair, and agreed to sign a contract with Xin Andong ruthlessly.

He didn't know what the contract was, but in ancient times, the contract was always understood, and the villagers borrowed money to make an IOU and pressed their fingerprints, knowing that Xin Andong couldn't lie to him, as long as he sent lobsters on time in the future, the days of making money were still to come.

"Uncle Wang is the first partner of the Xin family restaurant, and I promise here that as long as the quality of Uncle Wang's lobster is guaranteed in the future, no matter how far the Xin family restaurant develops in the future, Uncle Wang's supply is definitely our first choice," Xin Andong said with a smile, "If there is still an uncle in the village who is willing to sell the lobster to me, please ask Uncle Wang to help pull the thread, and I will give Uncle Wang a certain introduction fee at that time." ”

Since Xin Andong said so, he is not afraid of being robbed of business in the future, although Wang Qijun is sleek, but he is not a greedy person, he is busy waving his hand, and said happily, "No, as long as we cooperate well, the people in the village will naturally look for you when they see that I have earned money, I say it's not a matter, how can I collect your money!"

This is the reason, but for the first person who is willing to follow his Xin family to eat crabs, Xin Andong always has a little heart to take care of. Moreover, spending money can win people's hearts, so that Wang Qijun believes that the old Xin family is a kind person and will not treat him badly, and future business transactions can be smoother.

"It should be Uncle Wang, I'm not less than Xin, Uncle Wang, don't shirk it," Xin Andong looked at the sky and said, "It's not early, I'll go back first, tomorrow when Uncle Wang sends the lobster to Xihe Village, just go to the east and west to find Lao Xin's family." ”

Wang Qijun agreed, and then warmly invited Xin Andong to stay for dinner, Wang Qijun's wife also strongly asked Xin Andong to stay, Xin Andong was wearing his father's clothes, and his feet were full of straw, and he was uncomfortable, so he naturally kept refusing.

After dealing with the overly enthusiastic Wang family, he wiped his sweat and was finally able to go home.