Yumei sat in Yan Lu's car, looking at everything strangely. Riding in a private car is a completely different experience from taking a bus, she is like a curious baby with ADHD, looking around and curious about everything.

While Yan Lu was driving, he observed Yumei's every move from the corner of his eye, only to see that Yumei was generous and did not hide her ignorance at all, and Yan Lu's favor towards her instantly increased by two degrees.

Yumei's gaze fell on Yan Lu's slender hands holding the steering wheel, and she only felt indescribably handsome. Usually take a minibus from the town to the city, and the drivers who drive are no different from holding the steering wheel, but she has never felt handsome. Is it because the car you drive is different, or is the person driving the car different?

Yan Lu smiled and asked Yumei, "Have you taken the driver's license?"

"Oh, oh! Yumei was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and said: "My family can't afford a car for the time being, so I'll go to school when I buy a car." ”

Yan Luwan'er, this girl is too realistic, so she suggested: "You can take the driver's license first, and then you can drive it directly when you buy a car at home?"

Yumei frowned and thought about it, and laughed: "What you said makes so sense, I have nothing to say." ”

Yan Lu smiled again, his impression of Yumei was not bad. When we met for the first time, the little girl was nervously selling toys to passers-by, obviously very weak-hearted, but she wanted to pretend to be confident, happy and frustrated, she behaved bluntly and strongly.

Yan Lu was still thinking at the time, if she didn't push the door and ask, would she plan to sell all the toys directly in front of his store?

It's only been a few months, and the little girl has completely changed. Her long braids were cut into shoulder-length broken hair, and her bangs were sparse and sparse just enough to cover her eyebrows, making her whole person look two points less eccentric and three points more gentle. She was wearing a loose thin sweater with loose corduroy trousers, and a pair of handmade platform shoes on her feet, which was retro and fashionable, which made people shine.

Yan Lu asked Yumei, "Did you write the plan yourself?"

Yumei didn't deny it, "We brothers and sisters wrote it together." She was a little shy when it came to this, the plan book was Yulan's masterpiece from beginning to end, she had only read it a few times after it was completed, and she only remembered it roughly, so she was not afraid of Yan Lu asking now.

"We don't have much experience, and we may not have thought it out perfectly, so what suggestions do you have for us? ”

Yan Lu laughed, what did he say about this? If you can't say it, will the little girl feel that it hurts her self-esteem, and if she says yes, he feels that she is sorry, so she simply said bluntly: "Your idea is very good, but the operation may be a little problematic." Are you going to open a factory or a store first? If you choose to open a factory, how many production lines are you going to set up? What is the budget? Prepare to open a store, so where are you going to open a store? Do you want to open a store one by one, or do you want to open it all at once? You haven't considered these questions. ”

Yumei is embarrassed, okay, Yan Lu is an old bird in the shopping mall, and these rookies are not enough in the eyes of others.

Along the way, Yumei and Yan Lu were two people, one was willing to learn, and the other was willing to teach, and before they knew it, this part of the road had reached the end.

Yumei is reluctant to give up, what she learned from Yan Lu in this short period of more than forty minutes overturned her long-standing concept and opened the door to a new world for her. After getting out of the car, she hesitated for a moment to ask something, and finally said something that became: "Thank you, see you next time." ”

Yan Lu sat in the car for a long time without moving, and after a long time, he shook his head and smiled, I don't know why he suddenly talked so much today, but after saying so much, the depression accumulated in his heart has almost disappeared.

He stepped on the gas pedal hard and drove away from the station quickly, and there was still a tough battle ahead.

......

He Shikai took Chen Dong'er to wander around this small bamboo forest for a long time, and saw that some bamboo shoots had just emerged with sharp horns, some had grown half a person tall, and some had begun to shed their bamboo shoot skin and pull out new shoots.

Chen Dong'er wondered very much, there were bamboo shoots everywhere, why didn't my brother dig any of them, but kept looking for them on the ground? Seeing He Shikai's serious appearance, she felt very bored, so she left him and went to find something fun. She saw that on the tall bamboo shoots, some of the bamboo shoots were half-peeled off and had not fallen off, so she pulled them off easily.

He Shikai turned around a few times, carefully observed the surrounding environment, lowered his head and thought for a while, he regained his spirits, bent down and searched the potholed ground little by little.

Seeing that the ground was slightly raised, and there were fine net-like cracks around him, the corners of He Shikai's lips rose, and he said in his heart, I found you! Gently waving a small hoe along the cracks to pick up the soil, sure enough, the bamboo shoots under the soil were exposed in front of him without any cover.

Chen Dong'er cheered, ran over and asked excitedly: "Brother, why don't you dig up the ones that grow out of the ground and find those buried in the ground?"

He Shikai gently dug up the soil around the bamboo shoots, and answered Chen Dong'er's 100,000 why, "The ones that grow out of the ground are too old to be delicious, and the ones under the ground are more tender and suitable for eating." ”

"Then how do you know that there are bamboo shoots underground?"

"Some are growing out and there will be cracks in the ground. ”

"If there are cracks in the ground, there must be bamboo shoots underneath?"

"Not necessarily, dig it up and see. ”

......

When Yulan came over, He Shikai had already dug a small pile of bamboo shoots with yellow mud at his feet.

Yo, I didn't see it, He Meiren looked like she didn't know the fireworks in the world, and she was also handy when she did farm work. Yulan gave He Shikai a thumbs up without hesitation, "You are amazing!"

He Shikai's chin was slightly raised, and he glanced at Yulan, very arrogant.

Chen Dong'er shouted on the side, she just went to break the bamboo shoot leaves with her bare hands, and her body was full of fine fluff, and now her body is itching terribly.

Yulan only had time to say to He Shikai: "You can do it yourself, I'll take her to the bath." Pull Chen Dong'er and run.

He Shikai looked at the pile of bamboo shoots, sighed resignedly, and went back to get the dustpan and put it back. It's obviously a very vulgar thing, but it's pleasing to the eye when he does it, and it makes people forget about it.

When Yulan returned home, she asked Li Aihua to help her move the wooden bathtub and put it in the bathroom, and she held the plastic basin to fill the water.

The clay stove at home has two large and one small pot, the pot on the left holds water, the pot in the middle is used for stir-frying, and the smaller pot on the right is used for steaming rice. Li Aihua has already started cooking, and the water in the pot is already hot, so it can be used directly, saving the time of boiling water and making Chen Dong'er suffer a little less.

The bathtub was filled with water for Chen Dong'er to soak herself, and Yulan went to get the newly made shorts that she had not worn, as well as the clothes and pants she wore outside, for Chen Dong'er.

After mixing a whole pot of hot water with cold water, Chen Dong'er finally stopped itching.

Yulan walked outside the door with Chen Dong'er, who was dressed, and saw He Shikai standing under a tall camphor tree looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

The young man put his hands in the pockets of his trousers, the sun shone on his white face, the young man's eyes narrowed slightly, and his body was filled with a peaceful atmosphere.

"The world is so noisy, and you are alone in the middle of the crowd".

Yulan didn't know why she suddenly remembered such a sentence, but when she came back to her senses, she felt funny. Although He Shikai looks unworldly, he has his own fireworks in the world, and he has nothing to do with the independence of the world. Despite this, many years later, Magnolia will still think of this scene, remembering this day, the sky as clear as sapphire, the green camphor tree, and the boy watching the scenery under the tree.

When Yumei came home, she saw that there was a little girl carved in pink and jade and a beautiful boy who came out of the comics. Seeing Yulan and the little girl standing together, Yumei guessed that the little girl was He Xiaoshuang's baby daughter, as for the young man, Yumei looked at him again and asked Yulan, "Guest?"

Yulan nodded and introduced, "Dong'er's cousin, come here to play on vacation." ”

Yumei greeted the two little guests and asked Yulan: "I didn't make it clear on the phone yesterday, but someone at home came to install the phone today, so I came back for a trip, and I just had something to tell you." ”

Yumei did not avoid He Shikai and Chen Dong'er when she spoke, Chen Dong'er didn't react when she heard it, but He Shikai was a good person, and she was suspicious in her heart. Looking at the tone of the sisters' speech, it seems that they have become accustomed to nature, and the sister has no consciousness of treating her sister as a child at all. He glanced at the fat girl, not knowing what to think.

Yulan was so stunned by his glance that her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly stopped Sister A from continuing to speak. She asked He Shikai: "It's a little time before eating, do you want to read or do you want to play?" If you want to read, there are a lot of books in my brother's room, and if you want to play, you can go climbing, and you can pick bracken and wild bamboo shoots on the mountain this season. ”

Chen Dong'er's head shook like a rattle, she had suffered a lot by breaking the bamboo shoot shell just now, and she would say nothing and not go out, He Shikai had always been silent in front of strangers, and when he said a word, he was silent.

Magnolia took He Shikai to the jade book room to read. Chen Donger doesn't like to read, so she stays in the living room and watches TV with Xiao Yuzhu.

Li Aihua saw Yumei coming back, and said lukewarmly: "Are you back?" and stopped talking, Yulan sighed in her heart, A-Niang is sometimes like a child, I hope I won't quarrel with A-sister again later.

As it turned out, she really didn't think much about it.

Yumei was originally angry in her heart, but when she saw that the old lady looked like she was ignoring her, her anger increased by three points. Yulan hurriedly pulled Yumei and left, there are still guests at home, the quarrel makes people see jokes, and she still has something to tell Sister A, she doesn't want Sister Ah to lose her due judgment when she is angry.

Yulan said: "Sister, Aunt He asked you to have time to visit her, she wants to talk to you about investing in our garment factory." ”

Yumei nodded and said, "I also guessed, you were vague on the phone yesterday, and I think it's better to say some things in person, so I came back today." ”

Yulan smiled and said, "We have a heart." How's the factory going?"

Yumei stretched out her index finger and pointed at Yulan's eyebrows, and said angrily: "You, what are you doing so much at a young age, with me and my eldest brother." The factory is very good, and the process is also according to your previous set, and there is no problem for the time being. Now there are a lot of orders, and I think that if this trend continues, we will be able to pay off the money owed by the end of the year. ”

Yulan thought for a while and said, "Sister, you and my brother should discuss and bring back 10% of the funds from the profits to your father and mother every month, so that your father and mother can pay off those scattered arrears first." Let's clear the family as a family, don't wait until the end of the year to let people come to the door. ”

Yumei was embarrassed, "Every time the money comes in and changes hands to buy materials to pay wages, I don't dare to move the rest, I'm afraid that the turnover will be used." ”

Yulan smiled, "Just squeeze it, 10% won't affect anything." Our family has opened a factory now, and there are a lot of people who say sour things, all staring at our family. Although it is said that it will be repaid together at the end of the year, since it will be repaid sooner or later, it will be sooner rather than later. Our brothers and sisters in the province are not at home, and some people come to the door to persecute our parents. ”

Yumei agreed, and when she talked about Yan Lu's proposal, Yulan immediately frowned. She only considered He Xiaoshuang at that time, and didn't know that Sister A also gave the plan to others. At this time, when I heard Yumei talk about it, I suddenly felt that my head was big.

She asked Yumei, "Did he say that he agreed to cooperate with us, and in what form is he going to partner with us?"

Yumei shook her head, "We haven't talked about cooperation yet, I told him to make an appointment to talk about it when I go back." ”

Yulan was relieved and said, "I want to see this person first." Aunt He, as long as the request is not too much, she can agree. ”

Yulan faintly felt that He Xiaoshuang regarded herself as another daughter, and she had been teaching herself very carefully. If she was an ignorant child, it would be fine, but she has an adult soul living in her body, He Xiaoshuang taught her craftsmanship, taught her how to behave in the world, and taught her to distinguish between right and wrong, and she understood and benefited from them all. Yulan felt that no matter what her purpose was, her kindness to herself was worth remembering for the rest of her life.

As for the dispensability of the other partner, she must look at the character before deciding whether to accept it or not.

"Okay, I see. I made an appointment to come back a day early to pick you up. ”

During lunch, Yulan was also worried that He Shikai and Chen Dong'er would not be used to eating, after all, compared to Chen Dong'er's food, her own food was really much rougher. But seeing that the two of them ate with relish and did not look a little reluctant, Yulan suddenly felt that her words were redundant.

Not long after the meal, the person who installed the phone came. Yulan followed He Shikai and Chen Dong'er to watch the excitement outside, she was worried that Sister A and Ah Niang would quarrel, so she kept looking back in the direction of the inner room.

He Shikai didn't know when he was standing beside her, and when he saw her uncontrollable look, he whispered: "If you don't worry, go and take a look." Here I am. He stood very close to Magnolia, and Magnolia could clearly smell the familiar scent of soaphorn coming from his nose.

Yulan held her breath and replied for a while: "Thank you." He hurriedly ran back into the house.

The atmosphere between the mother and daughter in the back room was not friendly, although it was not tense, but it was not much better.