Ye Chen said to Liu Yiyi, and pointed to the old willow tree.

"Yiyi, you can also come forward and talk about it. ”

According to the tradition of Xiangliu Village, whether it is an outsider or a person from this village, you have to say hello when you see the old willow tree.

Of course, you can not say hello, no one will force you, but this thing is the same as feudal superstition, if you don't do it, in case something happens, you will always feel weird in your heart.

Of course, Liu Yiyi stood beside the willow tree very obediently and said hello, and the whole person was very religious.

"Willow Willow, I am a monkey, I hope you bless my daughter-in-law to live a long and healthy life, and I hope you bless my child to be smart and happy. The monkey stepped forward and closed his hands, as if he were worshipping a bodhisattva.

"Willow Willow, I'm Li Yao, I hope you can bless my husband to live a long and healthy life, and I hope you can bless my child to grow up healthily. Li Yao also bowed up in the same way.

Ye Chen thought to himself, it was really cruel and terrifying to stuff a handful of dog food into his mouth when he was caught off guard.

"Alright, alright, it's time to enter the village. Ye Chen couldn't stand it anymore, and in order to avoid eating dog food again, he decided to divert the attention of these two people who showed affection first.

"Second grandma. ”

"It's Xiao Chen. ”

"Third uncle. ”

"Oh, it's Ah Chen, why are you back?"

In the village, there are a lot of warm greetings, Ye Chen has not been back since the Chinese New Year, at least half a year, and the people in the village are not particularly enthusiastic when they see him.

"Grandma. Ye Chen stepped into the house and shouted loudly.

When he was in elementary school, he grew up with his grandmother, and the only elementary school in Xiangliu Village was his alma mater.

The wet nurse naturally became his dearest person.

"Oh, my eldest grandson, why did you come back, you didn't tell grandma. Grandma Ye was very happy to see Ye Chen coming back, and hugged Ye Chen.

"Grandma, I have something to do to go back to Yangcheng, so I came back to see you. ”

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back, where are your parents?" Grandma Ye glanced at the back, and there was no shadow of Ye's father and Ye's mother.

Ye Chen didn't dare to tell Grandma Ye the news of Ye's father's hospitalization, in fact, Grandma Ye had to hide it all along.

If you tell her, wouldn't it be crazy to go to Father Ye?

"I came back with my friends, not with my parents. ”

"Hello grandma. The monkey said hello to Li Yao.

"Hello grandma. Liu Yiyi approached Grandma Ye very politely and said hello respectfully.

Grandma Ye is a smart person, and when she looked at it, there was a monkey next to her, Li Yao. Hand in hand, it was obviously a pair, and Liu Yiyi here was very respectful to herself, but her eyes were always on Ye Chen.

Isn't that obvious enough?

"Okay, grandma, I'll cook for you. ”

When the eldest grandson came back, Grandma Ye was very happy, and she wanted to catch chickens all over the yard and kill them for Ye Chen to eat.

Ye Chen and the monkey directly contracted this task, they caught chickens together, these chickens are free-range, very energetic, it is actually difficult to catch such chickens.

Even when you're about to catch it. It will also take off in place, leaving you in vain.

Of course, Ye Chen used his strength to eat, just to catch the chickens that kept running in the yard and kept taunting Ye Chen.

Coo, coo, coo, an old hen was carried in Ye Chen's hand, and he actually dared to struggle, Ye Chen slapped its head fiercely.

"I'm going to eat it, but your glory, you have to be grateful, do you know?"

At this moment, if the old hen could speak, she would definitely scold, and be grateful, I want to thank your ancestors.

Ye Chen hugged the old hen and sent the old hen to the guillotine.

Put water in the pot, blanch the chicken feathers, remove the hair and open the belly, and cook the old hen cleanly.

And Liu Yiyi and Li Yao followed Grandma Ye to choose vegetables, and the vegetables picked from the field still needed to be cleaned.

After all, although this dish does not put any pesticides, there are rice fields on it, and if you eat it if you don't wash it, it's not so good for the stomach.

"Tatsuko, I've come to see you. As soon as Ye Chen looked up, it turned out to be the old brother from the house next door.

Everyone in this village is related to each other, so everyone has to be called brother and uncle is called uncle.

"Brother Liang, what's the matter, why are you carrying something here, in fact, we have everything. There is no shortage of them. "Ye Liang is the eldest brother of Ye Chen's family next door.

He was swarthy, but he was a good farmer.

This tendon meat is made from farm work.

"Just a little millet wine and a few pieces of bacon. ”

The small wine and bacon are simply a perfect match, and Ye Chen is the most proud of this.

"Brother Liang still understands me, so let's put it up directly. Ye Chen took out a large bowl and filled it directly.

In the countryside, eating and drinking are bold, eating meat and drinking wine, this is the rural people.

While eating, Ye Liang suddenly sighed.

"Alas, it is estimated that a few children have dropped out of school this year. ”

Hearing Ye Liang say this, Ye Chen's mind sank, what was going on?

"Brother Liang, you tell me about the situation, maybe I have a way. Ye Chen took a sip of wine.

"Alas, yes, more and more people are going out to work at home, and now there are almost only left-behind children and the elderly in the village. ”

"Uh-huh. Ye Chen nodded, he knew this kind of thing, after all, only big cities have the opportunity to develop, and only then can there be money to be made.

"But those people are so short-sighted that several parents are ready to tell their children not to go to high school, and to come to work on the construction site as soon as they graduate from junior high school. "Isn't this killing chickens and eggs?

Ye Chen can understand the mentality of these people, after all, children are also the labor force in the family, if you sell labor through children, they can get benefits, how can they care about education.

If it weren't for the compulsory education, they would have sent their children to the construction site long ago.

"Nonsense. Ye Chen was very angry and slapped the table with a slap.

"No way, they said. If you don't go, you will cut off the tuition with these children, and if the children don't have tuition, how can they start school. ”

No matter how discounted it is, it is impossible not to charge money at all.

"I've already supported the school fees of several children, but there are still five or six. Ye Liang lowered his head, he had just seen Ye Chen go home in a bright light, and the friends around him didn't look like they had no money, so he felt that Ye Chen might be able to help them.

"No problem, I have sponsored all these children, and I will send them all to college, until they don't want to study. ”

If you have money, make some contributions to the village, there is nothing wrong with this, Ye Chen is not a good person, he still has to sign a contract with these children, and use it to work in his unit to pay off debts in the future, not only to solve the problem of children going to school, but also to solve the problem of employment.

"Great. Ye Liang didn't see what problems Ye Chen had solved for the children.