When Yu Cailan wanted to talk to the old man, she saw him looking into the distance. Because the courtyard wall was demolished due to the construction of the house, the vast Fuhu Mountain and the quaint old buildings were faintly visible.

It's about a revisit to the old place, which evokes some nostalgia.

At this time, the cauldron was already boiling, and the heat kept coming out of the edge of the pot, Xia Jie told Yu Yaguang: "Xiaoguang, this fire doesn't need to be burned anymore, just cover the pot with a lid, there is almost no soy sauce at home, you go make a pot and buy four more waxes." ”

The old man came back to his senses and heard Yu Yaguang talking to his mother: "Mom, wait a while, my baked potatoes are almost ripe, wait until I finish eating, if you go now, when I come back, they will be mushy." ”

Xia Jie agreed, and went back into the house to get busy, she was going to glue the layers of old cloth with rice milk, and then hang it on the wall to dry when it had a certain thickness, which could be used to make shoe soles.

She also had to remove the old cotton clothes and cotton pants of several members of the family before the winter, wash the cloth on the outside, and sew it with cotton when it was dried. Yu Yaguang has grown a little taller, and his cotton clothes and pants have to be connected to a section before he can wear them. So she's busy day by day.

Yu Yaguang estimated that the time was almost up, so he took the stove hook and hooked out a potato, tried the softness and hardness, and it seemed to be cooked. So he pulled out all the others.

"Second sister, don't you eat?" The little pot friend still knows how to respect the "old" and love the young. Yu Cailan didn't answer immediately, but asked the old man, "Uncle, do you want to eat some?"

Yu Yaguang felt that the old man would not want it, usually children roasted and eaten like this, they roasted everything, baked potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, roasted peanuts, roasted sparrows......

It's a pity that Yu Yaguang was wrong, this old man actually didn't take the usual path, Yu Cailan asked, and he nodded and agreed. His son shook his head next to him, this old man doesn't like to eat at home, it seems that he came to the right place with him.

Yu Cailan took one, because it was hot, his hands were peeling back and forth while peeling, peeling out half and then handing it to him, the old man smiled and took a bite, it was this feeling, this taste, those people and things in memory, as if it was just yesterday.

For this old man, except for knowing that his surname is Xu, Yu Cailan knows nothing. Although she could see that this old man might not be an ordinary person, she had no intention of making friends. If he didn't say anything, she didn't inquire, just to do the friendship of the landlord.

Regarding connections, Yu Cailan has his own opinions.

If it's because of hobbies and makes some friends by the way, that's good.

However, if you dig out the effort to maintain some connections, it will be very tiring, and the gains may outweigh the losses. If your strength doesn't match, you can't talk to others, and people may not like to take care of it.

Bothering to please others, making oneself a flattering virtue, may be able to ask for some benefits when others are happy, but after all, it will not last long.

If something really happens, you will find that the connections that you usually maintain with your heart are of little use.

Networking is essentially an equivalent exchange, you can't provide the same amount of value yourself, why should others take care of you all the time?

When your ability is improved, you will naturally have all kinds of opportunities and "connections" to come to your door.

Therefore, Yu Cailan has no restraint in front of the old man, because she has no demand, and people are self-exalted without asking for it.

She can't guarantee that she won't have to ask for help for the rest of her life, but when she needs it, she will try her best to exchange her ability for help from others.

The old man had just finished eating the half-burnt potatoes when the car that picked him up came, and a very energetic young man got out of the car, trotted all the way, and came to say hello to him.

The old man patted the ash on his hand, stood up, smiled at Yu Cailan and said, "I'm very happy today, thank you for the hospitality, I have to go." ”

Yu Cailan stopped him, then turned back into the house, took another large old enamel jar, opened the lid of the pot, used a spoon to fill some peanuts and green beans from the bottom of the pot, filled most of the jar in the enamel jar, and then scooped a little soup to the bottom of the jar, covered the lid, and told him to eat when it was convenient and not to eat cold......

The driver was a little confused, he had never seen someone give Xu Lao such a thing. And I don't know how many years the enamel jar has been used, and the pattern on the surface is still that kind of bright red flower, which doesn't match the elegance of Xu's family anyway.

The driver was a little hesitant and didn't know what to do. After hearing this, Xu Lao smiled and said: "I have less than a heart, thank you, we can eat these and will not waste them." The driver reacted and hurriedly reached out to pick it up. If he doesn't take it, do you want Xu Lao to take it? After all, the surface of the enamel jar is quite hot.

The car went away, Yu Cailan and the people who sent them off entered the house, Xiang Hui took advantage of the rest, smoked a few puffs of cigarettes, and asked Aunt Yang: "Who are these two people?"

"I don't know, it was a relative who asked me to bring it to see the house, and I heard that it was a business, and the business seems to be doing quite well. The crowd talked a few words, but they had no clue, so they stopped mentioning it.

At this time, Yu Yaguang, who was sent by Xia Jie to the village supply and marketing cooperatives to buy soy sauce and candles, came back, but he was not as lively as usual, a little wilted, and the soy sauce pot that Xia Jie asked him to bring was empty, and there were no candles in his hand.

Aunt Yang saw that there was nothing to do, and she was about to go home, and she also had a mess to do. Seeing Yu Yaguang's rare state, Aunt Yang stopped and asked him, "Xiaoguang, what's wrong with you?

Yu Cailan and Yu Caiwei were originally in the house to help Xia Jie, when they heard the voice, they came out to see it, and they also felt strange, although Yu Yaguang was naughty and couldn't even walk well for a day, but he was quite stable, why didn't he buy anything he bought?

Because of the lack of electricity, the village often has power outages at night, a few years ago when there was no electricity, every family used oil lamps, and now there are candles, Yu Caiwei sisters and brothers do not like to use oil lamps anymore.

Yu Yaguang raised her head, lifted her eyelids, and lowered her head again: "She said that it was out of stock today and would not be sold." But I saw a bundle of wax, and there was soy sauce in the jar, and there was more than half of the jar left. ”

Yu Cailan and they all understood as soon as they heard that the news that the third uncle's family was going to open a grocery store had spread, and it touched the interests of others, so it was normal to use some means, not unusual.

When Aunt Yang heard this, she was not happy, and said, "Why is this person like this? No, go, go with my aunt, I will take you to find her, and if she is not sold, she will be reversed." Okay, I'm blocking her door to catch one by one, didn't she say she wouldn't sell it?"

Yu Caiwei was also angry, but Yu Cailan stopped Aunt Yang, after all, the other party's business will be affected in the future, and it is understandable that there is a little reaction.

But no one can stop the changes of the times, and if people don't follow the changes, they will be eliminated. Even if the third uncle's house doesn't open, there will be other stores in the future, sooner or later.

Yu Cailan just hopes that the third uncle's family will take the lead and earn some living expenses, no matter how difficult it is, the third uncle and three aunts are afraid that they will not be able to do it.

"You don't have to go first, if there is a power outage at night, you can use the oil lamp first. Tomorrow, let's go to the market to buy more, and after a while, our store will open, so we don't have to go to her to buy things again. Auntie, are you going with us?"

Aunt Yang saw that Yu Cailan had an idea, she was an outsider in this matter after all, so she didn't have to interfere too much, so she shook her head: "I have to remove the cotton jacket and cotton pants tomorrow." I won't go, you guys can go. ”