When I came out of the office, it was already 12 o'clock.

Although the sun is shining brightly in the sky, the wind is not small, which makes people feel cold, especially when they come out of the air-conditioned room, they subconsciously shiver.

Sha Zhengyang simply put on the hat behind the cotton jacket to cover most of his head, while Ji Meifu put up the collar of the tweed coat and wrapped it in a bright red scarf outside, and the two walked out of the county government gate side by side.

Turn left from the gate of the county government, and less than 100 meters will turn into a secluded path - Yanyuan Lane.

The alley is secluded and winding, not much closer than walking on the outer street, and the only good thing is that there are fewer people.

Usually Ji Meifu doesn't walk this road much, especially at night.

The entire alley is covered with towering red brick walls, with the old dormitory of the county government on one side and the teacher's dormitory building of Zhenyang No. 1 Middle School on the other.

It is said that before the crackdown in the 80s, there was a female teacher who was raped in this alley at night, and then the public security organs cracked the case and arrested two criminals, one of whom was the son of a county leader, and both were sentenced to death and shot after they were caught.

And Zhenyang No. 1 Middle School also felt that this alley was too deep and secluded and not very safe, so it simply sealed a door that was originally opened in this alley and changed it to Longmen Road on the other side.

Walking into this deep long alley, Sha Zhengyang felt as if Ji Meifu had relaxed a lot all of a sudden, there were almost no people in the alley, the winding alley stretched forward, and there was no end in sight, and occasionally one or two pedestrians were in a hurry, passing by in a flash.

Previously, Ji Meifu even wrapped her entire face in a scarf, but now she ripped off the scarf and exposed half of her face.

Sha Zhengyang thought it was quite interesting.

This woman seems to be three or four years older than herself, thirty-one or twelve years old, but at this time, it seems that her mental age is only in her early twenties.

"Meifu, do you usually cook your own food at home?" Sha Zhengyang had nothing to say, "I guess the craftsmanship is not bad, right?"

"I have a distant cousin who comes to help take care of my mom and my brother, and I am fortunate to have her to help. Ji Meifu sighed, a little more sad between her eyebrows, "I also have to let the family rest for a few days during the Spring Festival, and there are only three of us left in the family, my mother's illness is also good and bad, and I don't have much time to go out to buy vegetables." If you want to eat something delicious, don't expect too much, that is, home-style sausage bacon, and takeaway dumplings. ”

Sha Zhengyang didn't expect that his casual words could hook the other party with such sorrows, and he was a little embarrassed, but he didn't know how to crack this kind of topic, so he could only smile wryly: "Meifu, there is a road before the car reaches the mountain, you don't have to worry too much, I believe that your mother's illness should be cured, and then your pressure will not be so great." ”

Sha Zhengyang also heard Xu Hongling's introduction that although there are relatives to take care of them, they also have to pay wages, which is nothing more than that people are more conscientious, but for Xu Hongling's family, this extra expense is still a little pressure.

Xu Hongling's mother is a retired employee of the county supply and marketing cooperative, and now the situation of the county supply and marketing cooperatives can also be imagined.

Because of this, maybe Ji Meifu didn't think too much about going to the province or even Yanjing for treatment, because the conditions didn't allow it.

Sha Zhengyang's relief made Ji Meifu feel a lot better.

She also knew a lot about Sha Zhengyang from Xu Hongling, maybe others would not believe it when they went to Yanjing Jishuitan or Xiehe to arrange diagnosis and treatment in a top hospital, but Sha Zhengyang's ability is not comparable to ordinary people, just because he can walk to this position before the age of thirty, he knows that he must be extraordinary.

She didn't know how Sha Zhengyang could get involved with Yanjing, but she believed that Sha Zhengyang would not lie to herself on these issues.

"Well, I hope so, thank you very much. ”

Ji Meifu lowered her head, raised her head again, and glanced at Sha Zhengyang, Sha Zhengyang's eyes were clear, looking straight ahead, and his steps became more and more vigorous.

Ten minutes later, Sha Zhengyang was already sitting in the old dormitory building of the supply and marketing cooperative.

This is an old-fashioned residential building, at first glance, you can see that it is the Soviet-style style of the late seventies, red brick building, the structure of the house is very unscientific, and it does not conform to the current trend, but this is not important, there is no independent bathroom, so that many people can not accept it, especially women.

"Meieh, are you back?" asked a slightly older voice, "a guest coming?"

Sha Zhengyang looked at the somewhat thin old man in front of him with some surprise, he couldn't see the age of less than sixty years old at all, more like an old woman who was nearly seventy years old, sitting in a wheelchair, and he could see from the other party's eyes that the other party's eyesight was almost gone, and he was a little surprised.

Xu Hongling told him that Ji Meifu's mother had a leg disease and a little eye problem, so he thought it was a big problem with her legs, but as for the eyes?

Noticing Sha Zhengyang's surprised gaze, Ji Meifu smiled faintly, "My mother has a bad leg and eye problems, and it has been several years. ”

"Sister, are you back?huh, your friend?" another wheelchair slid out, and a tall boy who was obviously not good at walking looked at Sha Zhengyang with a critical and vigilant but mixed with a mixture of expectation.

From the appearance of the other party's wide-skinned and big face, it can be seen that he and Ji Meifu should be two sisters and brothers, but maybe because of long-term bed rest, the other party's face is a little pale, but there is still some heroism between his eyebrows.

"Aunt, little brother, hello, I'm Meifu's colleague Sha Zhengyang. Sha Zhengyang greeted generously, smiled and stretched out his hand to the big boy who was still a little alert.

Slightly coldly shook hands with Sha Zhengyang, Ji Yuanxing took a deep breath: "You are my sister's colleague?"

"Little brother, you are not allowed to be so rude, call Brother Sha. Ji Meifu hesitated slightly, but still felt that it was better to let the younger brother call Brother Sha, "This is my little brother, Ji Yuanxing." ”

She also didn't want to introduce Sha Zhengyang's identity to her mother and younger brother, so as not to attract unnecessary suspicion, she didn't have anything in herself, so why bother herself.

"It's okay, I'll tell you to travel far away, you can call me Brother Sha, or you can call me Brother Zhengyang, I guess I should be a few years older than you." Sha Zhengyang estimated that Ji Yuanxing should be three or four years younger than him, and seven or eight years younger than Ji Meifu.

I heard that it was my daughter's colleague, and the old woman was a little gloomy, probably because she felt that since she was a colleague, she was afraid that she had known her daughter for a long time, and she had not developed anything with her daughter for so many years.

"It's Meifu's friend, welcome to come, Meifu, greet the guests, go far, you go get the fruit." "The old woman was very welcoming.

"No, aunt, I'll do it myself. How could Sha Zhengyang let two people who were not good at walking to entertain him, and hurriedly picked up an apple and nibbled on it under Ji Meifu's gaze, "I'll come by myself." ”

Seeing that Sha Zhengyang didn't even wash it, and gnawed it without peeling the skin, Ji Meifu couldn't help but laugh a little, pursed her lips and laughed, "Mom, little brother, okay, don't be busy, I'm going to cook, this one can't find food for the New Year, come to our house to eat." ”

"Oh, Xiaosha is not our true Yang?" The old woman was very concerned about Sha Zhengyang's personal problems, and when she heard that she had no food, she felt more down-to-earth, which showed that the other party was single, and it was good to be single.

"Well, aunt, my hometown is from Handu. Sha Zhengyang replied: "Work here." ”

"Alright, Mom, we're going to cook, and he's going to help. Knowing that if Sha Zhengyang stayed outside, he would definitely be questioned by his mother, so he simply called Sha Zhengyang to help him.

Sha Zhengyang didn't care, but since Ji Meifu recruited him, he naturally followed.

The kitchen of this old-fashioned house is so narrow that it can almost accommodate two people, and they have to be sideways to cross each other, and even then they have to be close together.

Su Ri'an Sha Zhengyang has good cooking skills, but he also knows that this is not the time for him to show off, he just helps Ji Meifu clean the carrots in a proper manner, and it seems that he wants to make cold salad.

It can be seen that Ji Meifu should also cook often, and the sausages and bacon that have already been cooked quickly turned into neat and orderly stacks of dishes under her hands, put them on the plate, and then the cold salad and three threads quickly took shape in her hands, even Sha Zhengyang felt that this woman did look like she was a little good at entering the kitchen.

There is not much worth talking about at dinner, with Ji Meifu's mother and younger brother, the two of them didn't even say much about work, until Ji Meifu accompanied Sha Zhengyang out of the house and re-embarked on the road to the county government, this relaxed and happy atmosphere lingered between the two again.

"I think it is possible to treat my aunt's eyes, at least partially recoverable. Sha Zhengyang encouraged Ji Meifu in a very affirmative tone, "I feel that my aunt's eyes are a little like the epimacular membrane, a disease of an elder of mine, which can be treated with surgery or traditional Chinese medicine, and it should be able to achieve better results." ”

Ji Meifu's heart is warm, no matter what idea this man has, but to be able to observe and understand his mother's disease so seriously, this alone is enough to make people feel good, of course, this does not mean that he has any wrong thoughts, and the more this is the case, the more Ji Meifu reminds himself not to be delusional.