Zhang Fan looked at the familiar environment outside the car window, with mixed feelings, lingering melancholy, the ease and joy of returning to his hometown, and the timidity of his hometown.

He remembered that he hadn't been back to his hometown for almost two years, right?

Zhang Fan is an orphan, and his parents are very vague in his memory. From an early age, he was fostered at his uncle's house. His uncle and aunt treated him as if he were his own, ripped him up, and gritted his teeth for him to go to college.

Therefore, he has worked hard since he was a child, and his grades are among the best, and he has always been the pride of his uncle and aunt.

The year he was admitted to college, Uncle was as happy as two hundred and five. The cost of college is high, the family itself is poor, and the aunt even wiped her face and went back to her parents' house to borrow money, and the village also supported some of them, and finally sent Zhang Fan out of the mountain.

The major he studied was actually relatively unpopular, majoring in biological management, so even if he had good grades and performed like a top student in college, he could only do some handyman work in the urban greening institute after graduation.

In today's society, especially in the government sector, there are no connections, and it is quite difficult to climb up from the grassroots level on your own. Anyway, Zhang Fan has a deep understanding.

Zhang Fan knew that it was not easy for his uncle to do it for him all these years. In addition, his uncle's daughter, that is, his cousin Zhang Xin, also went to high school, and college is imminent, and the family's expenses have suddenly increased, and the uncle is probably also worried.

He is also sensible, and after graduating and working, he still sends back most of his money every month, despite his low salary.

After almost two years, he now only gets a dead salary of about 4,000 a month. Living in this big city, such a small amount of money will be relatively tight.

Because of this, he didn't dare to fall in love, and he is still a single dog.

Every time my aunt called and asked him about his recent situation, when he would go home, etc., he was stiff-mouthed, saying that he was fine, but he was busy and had no time to go back, so he asked his aunt and uncle not to worry.

In fact, he was not happy at work, and the various rules in the system made him suffer, and he was criticized by the leaders almost every month.

He wasn't busy at work, but he was really depressed. Just two days ago, he was inexplicably expelled, and there was no reason for him.

was unhappy left and right, Zhang Fan didn't argue with anyone, took the final salary, packed up his things and left, and found a way again. Having lost his job, Zhang Fan even felt a sense of relief.

Thinking that he hadn't returned to his hometown for too long, he took advantage of this gap to go back and see his uncle. Now, he still has six or seven thousand yuan left on his body, all of which are worth his fortune.

His hometown is Yellowstone Town, a small town located in the cloudy mountains. Here, a radius of dozens of kilometers is full of high mountains, clouds and mist, and the traffic is inconvenient. As a result, the whole town was in a state of poverty.

"Hey, get off the bus in Yellowstone, bring your stuff!" shouted the driver's uncle, who stopped on the side of the street.

As soon as the minibus stopped, almost one-fifth of the people on the bus were vomiting. This road is really crooked, going around in circles, and motion sickness is also a normal situation.

When I got out of the car, I was greeted by a mottled ancient street, and the ground was still paved with ancient bluestone slabs, which was not very flat.

Today is the day of the polder, there are a lot of people who go to the town to take advantage of the polder, the streets are crowded, and the stalls on both sides seem to be doing well.

Only in this remote town can you still see the scene of taking advantage of the polder.

In fact, Zhanwei is what everyone calls "rushing to market", which is the name of "catching up with the market" in most towns and villages in southern China. On "polder days", people go to the bazaar to sell, buy, or entertain, or make friends, which is an important part of the life of the people in the southern towns and villages.

Although Zhang Fan is very harsh on himself, he is never stingy with his family, and he doesn't have much money in hand, so he still buys some things for his uncle, aunt, and cousin.

Uncle is a pair of leather shoes, and he has always kept in mind how big the uncle wears. I bought a hair dryer for my aunt to blow her hair, and the rural people don't take much care of their hair, so after washing their hair, wipe it with a dry towel and let it dry naturally.

These things are not very expensive, but they are all more practical.

For my cousin, it was a mobile phone, and I asked for a card by the way. My cousin is now going out to the county to study in high school, and she can only come back once every two weeks, or even once a month, and she usually calls home with an IC card.

Zhang Fan couldn't help but think of the phone booths in the school, and every weekend, students queued up to call home.

However, I heard that schools now allow students to bring mobile phones. Therefore, Zhang Fan picked a girl's music mobile phone for the girl, more than 2,000.

I have to say that every brother is very generous to his sister and spoils him endlessly.

Then, I went to the vegetable market and cut half a roast duck. In his village, not to mention cooked foods such as roast duck, even fatty pork, you have to get up early to buy and eat, anyway, life is very inconvenient.

Finally, I bought a few apples, some candy biscuits, etc., snacks for the little ones.

Do these well, his phone rings, it's uncle's.

When the uncle learned that Zhang Fan was back, he threw aside the farm work and rode his scrapped motorcycle to the town to pick up people, and it seemed that he had arrived.

"Uncle, I'm next to the stone lion at the entrance of the town government. ”

Soon, Zhang Fan saw his uncle, who was only in his early forties, and at this moment he also had white hair on his temples, which made Zhang Fan a little sad.

"How long have you been waiting? This car caught fire in the middle of the road, and it was delayed for a while. Uncle smiled.

Rack up the car, then untie the rope and tie Zhang Fan's luggage bag to the back.

"No, it wasn't long before I got off the bus, and after walking around, the streets of our town haven't changed much. Zhang Fan said.

The uncle smiled: "What can change? In a poor place, I heard that on the other side of the river, the government is going to build a new street, and after discussing it for more than half a year, we still have no money to do it." ”

Zhang Fan was speechless for a moment, isn't it? In such a poor place, the government is also waiting for relief from the county every day, so how can there be extra money for economic development?

After Zhang Fan sat in the back, the uncle stepped on the fire hard, and stepped on it more than ten times in a row, but there was no fart. It is estimated that the uncle is also embarrassed, and I am afraid that he is cursing in his heart: Can you give some face?

Finally, the motorcycle sounded very lazily, looking weak, and Zhang Fan had to wonder if the car could still climb the slope.

"Alas, second-hand cars are trouble, there are so many problems!" the uncle said, trying to ease the embarrassment.

Fortunately, the next car that was about to be scrapped did not make its owner's face too ugly, and it trotted with two people all the way without stopping.

On the way, the uncle asked a lot of questions. In fact, he is not too interested in his nephew's successful career outside, and what he cares about most is whether Zhang Fan has a partner.

In their rural areas, passing on the family and inheriting the incense is the top priority.

The old Zhang family is not prosperous, and when it comes to Zhang Fan's generation, there is simply only one single seedling left. He has wanted to have another child all these years, but having a child is not what you want, he will come.

Therefore, in the future of the old Zhang family, it will have to rely on Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan dealt with it cautiously and fooled the past for the time being.

The road back to the village is still a yellow mud road, and if this kind of road is rainy, going out is simply a crime.

I have to say that Uncle's second-hand car can survive on this road for more than five years, which is really strong.

When I returned to the village, I met a lot of villagers on the way, and I felt very kind and greeted them one by one.

"Well, our college students are back. An uncle who was not close spoke openly.

The village is small and well-informed, and he has not returned home yet, and many villagers know that he has returned.

This weekend, the little ones who don't read come over. After getting out of the car, Zhang Fan took out snacks and distributed them to the greedy little guys.

The uncle smiled, he didn't stop it, they were all from the village, and they didn't see the outside.

"Xiaofan, when are you going out again?" asked a middle-aged man.

Zhang Fan used to call him Shui Bo, but he was not related by blood.

He shook his head and said, "I quit my job in the city and am going to stay in my hometown for a while." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the adults were taken aback. Of course, Uncle Zhang Liye's expression remained the same, and Zhang Fan explained the situation to him, although he felt a little pity, but he did not object.

"Oh, you throw away all the iron rice bowls, what do you think?"

"Yes, how difficult is it?"

"Anyway, I work in a big city government! ”

……

They were all surprised and regretful, and although they didn't know what department the greening institute was, they could be regarded as having a civil servant anyway! In ancient times, it was equivalent to having the status of an official. When others send money, they have to sit on their butts, and you walk down by yourself, what's the matter?

"There's a lot of things I can't do in there, and the income is not high, so I came out first and looked at other ways out. Zhang Fan explained.

However, this explanation does not make the villagers understand. The villagers didn't know that the unit where Zhang Fan worked before was actually insignificant.

The matter of his resignation slowly began to be discussed in the village.

When they entered the house, the aunt and her cousin came out of the kitchen with a happy face.

"Ouch, go back to your own house, what are you doing with so many things?" the aunt said a little reproachfully when she saw that Zhang Fan began to take out the things she bought in the town.

"It's rare to come back, and it's all bargains. Auntie, this is for you, it will be easier to blow your hair in the future. Uncle, I don't know if these leather shoes fit or not, give it a try. Xiaoxin, this is for you, but don't distract yourself from studying too much because of it. Zhang Fan said.

The first two pieces were okay, and the uncle and aunt accepted them happily. But the girl's mobile phone, at first glance, is it a high-end product?

"Thank you, brother, I'm sure I'll study hard. Zhang Xin was really crazy with joy.

Now many classmates in school also have mobile phones, and she still makes calls with a card, not to say how embarrassing it is, but at least she still has a little inferiority complex in her heart.

However, she was embarrassed to pester her parents to buy a mobile phone. Those old people who are still buttons are cheap, but she would rather not. Well, now it's still the eldest brother who knows what she needs.

"Don't spoil this girl too much, she doesn't need a mobile phone, and she doesn't use it often, she wants to contact her family, the school has a phone booth!"

In this way, Zhang Xin stopped doing it.

"Mom, don't you know, many phone booths in the school are broken down now! I have to wait for a phone call on the weekend, and it's miserable when it's cold. ”

Zhang Fan spoke for the girl: "It's more convenient to have a mobile phone by your side, just don't distract yourself from reading." ”

Uncle tried on the shoes, they fit well, listened to Zhang Fan's words, and said to his girl a little seriously: "Did you hear what your brother said? If the grades drop seriously, I will confiscate them first." ”

"Oh! Zhang Xin began to play with his phone.