Of course, it is not that Chen Xin looks down on the old village of the Zhang family, but in her impression, this side has really not started to be developed yet, and it is the logo of original ecological agriculture in the regional section.

In addition, from the conversation between my brother-in-law and my sister in my memory, we can know that this village is very closed, and the people are simple, but the problem is that simplicity can't be eaten, and life has to cost money, which is necessary regardless of whether you are self-sufficient or not, unless you don't need anything from the outside world at all, all the things are made by yourself, and all the spices are produced by yourself. But this is obviously impossible.

In Chen Xin's mind, poverty must be accompanied by sadness and despair, but the people here are different, they have no money, and as far as the eye can see, the highest two-story small buildings around the house are built of green bricks from their own earthen kilns, and there are no smooth tiles on the outside of the building, let alone any beautiful European-style Romanesque buildings. The simple brick houses and the wooden pillars that support the balconies on the second floor show the difficulty of the conditions.

Lei Bang got out of the car and happened to face the village chief who came over. He didn't know the other person, but the other person seemed to know him.

"Comrade Lei, why are you here?

"Oh, this is Zhang Degang's sister-in-law and son in your village, I sent their aunt and nephew over for the New Year, and I will come to pick them up on the seventh day of the new year. ”

After Lei Bang introduced Chen Xin to the village chief, he drove the car outside Chen Xin's brother-in-law's house under the leadership of the village chief.

The old man was still busy in the house, and Zhang Debing, the eldest brother of Chen Xin's brother-in-law, was chopping firewood in the yard.

After seeing Chen Xin and the chubby Zhang Zhang, the old man couldn't help but cry like rain, hugging the little fat man and crying uncontrollably.

"Auntie, auntie, it's a happy event that the child is back, don't cry. The daughter-in-law next door hugged the old man and slowly coaxed her, while the village chief wiped tears from her eyes when she watched this scene.

Chen Xin stood aside and felt a little embarrassed, looking left and right and not knowing what she should do.

In the final analysis, she was just reborn by borrowing the shell of someone's daughter-in-law and sister, and when she only took Zhang Zhang, she didn't feel that she was really with these relatives, and the feeling of being out of place was particularly obvious.

Fortunately, there were also young people in the village who came back from working outside, and after helping to persuade her for a while, the young girls pulled Chen Xin to talk to her, which also alleviated the sad atmosphere of the Zhang family.

Lei Bang wanted to go back in a hurry, so he found someone to get the New Year's goods off the car, put them in the courtyard of the Zhang family, and drove away without even taking care of eating.

Chen Xin went to her brother-in-law's hometown for the first time, and she didn't know what to buy, but she basically bought a copy of the explosive products on the market, and then she bought a lot of special products from all over the world. In addition, chickens, ducks, and fish are not bought much, and it is impossible that there are no pigs and sheep slaughtered in the horizontal and vertical villages, and it is better to buy fresh ones directly when the time comes.

Seeing that the old man had stabilized his emotions, and the little bun Zhang Zhang was also a little irritable and wanted her to hug him, Chen Xin went over to take the little bun and patted him on the back, took out a bottle of Wahaha from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Auntie, my brother-in-law used to tell my sister that he wanted to bring us back to see you, but I was busy with work and didn't have time, and now I found a chance to come back, I'm sorry. ”

"No, it's okay, my aunt knows that you are a good girl, if it weren't for you, Zhang Zhang would, and ......"

You can live, but you can't live like this little golden boy now. At the beginning, they didn't regret it, it was Zhang Zhang's grandfather who finally made the decision to leave the child and all the money to Chen Xin, just hoping that Chen Xin could raise the child and not be too harsh on him. Now it seems that Chen Xin not only did not treat the child harshly, but raised it very well, even if it was her own.

Seeing that it was noon, the pig killing banquet was also set up, and there were not many people in this village, so except for the main table in the center, which was sitting with the respected old people in the village and a group of people from the village committee, the other tables were all freely combined, and there was no rule that women could not serve the table.

Chen Xin hugged Zhang Zhang and followed Zhang Zhang's grandmother to the dam, and after sitting down, she found that there were women on the left and right, and it was probably to deliberately choose the position so as not to make her feel uncomfortable.

Chen Xin loves food and is more picky about what she eats, but although this kind of rural banquet is not as exquisite as what she used to eat, in terms of sweetness, it is over the nine bowls of the countryside in later generations.

After eating, the women in the village were responsible for cleaning up, and Chen Xin followed the old man back to his house.

The things in the yard have been received into the house, and half a bed has been piled up.

"I didn't know what was missing at home, so I bought some. I bought these two sets of clothes for my aunt and uncle, and this bottle of wine and cigarettes was for my eldest brother. I don't know if my sister will come back, so I didn't dare to buy anything else, so I bought a scarf and a pair of gloves. ”

Chen Xin picked out the things she had specially bought from the pile and put them on the table in the hall.

"Some of the things in it are condolences from the military region, which were originally going to be sent to my home, but I want to bring Zhang Zhang back, so the military region converted the things into money for me to bring back. Then when he was in the county seat, Brother Lei said that they would also visit the families of the martyrs this year, so he directly dragged our family's share back. ”

Condolences are condolences, and every year the armed forces department in the county has to come down to condole, but with so many people, it is impossible for every family to go to them, so in a remote place like the Zhang family, it is basically the staff in the town who received something and sent it over a year ago, and the people of the armed forces department really can't take care of so much.

With the help of Zhang Debing, he took out the condolences of the armed forces department separately and put them aside, and there were at least two-thirds of the New Year's goods left.

"I also asked the uncle to help divide the things in the village and send a copy to several elders in the village and the village chief's branch secretary. When my brother-in-law went out, everyone in the village helped, and my brother-in-law kept saying that he couldn't be ungrateful, and now our family doesn't have so much money to repay everyone, so this time I brought 10,000 yuan over, and I wanted to ask the village chief and village secretary to be the master, divide the money, and see which ones are really difficult at home, so I will add some help. ”

Listening to Chen Xin's words, the old couple of the Zhang family couldn't stop nodding. Zhang Debing also sat at the door and listened, feeling a little unspeakably sour in his heart. If the younger brother was still alive, their life might be better, but it's a pity that good people don't live long.

"Soldier, you accompany Xiaoxin to find the village chief......"

"No, no, no, uncle, it's time for you to go. Chen Xinwan refused, "This money is part of the income after the investment of the pension left by my brother-in-law back then, and in the final analysis, it is also the money left by my brother-in-law, so your family should make this arrangement." ”

Old man Zhang thought for a while, knocked his pipe on the sole of his shoe, and nodded: "That's okay, soldier, you just go and ask the village chief and your third grandfather to come over." ”

Turning his head and explaining to Chen Xin, this third grandfather is an old man with a higher rank in the village, and he is also an accountant of the village committee, and the other seniors are either too old to be dizzy, or they can't read a single big word, so the third grandfather's status in the village is not lower than that of the village.

It didn't take long for the village chief and the branch secretary to accompany the third grandfather to Zhang's house, and the youngest son and eldest niece of the village chief's family came with them.