On the third day, it was time to return to Ning, and early in the morning, Zhang Ye brought the gifts he had prepared before, said hello to the Gui family, and took Man Qing back to the Gao family. I met many folks along the way, and everyone greeted them warmly. There were still a few people who wanted to pull Zhang Ye's posture of talking for a long time, but Zhang Ye was all haha, saying that he had something to do when he went home, and walked away after saying a few words.

"They all wanted to ask if they could come to the river to do things later. A lot of people have asked me, and I've asked more than once or twice. Seeing that there were not many people, Zhang Ye simply took Man Qing's hand, "They are all in a hurry to make money!"

"What's going to happen in the future, is that really it?"

"Well, I won't toss later. I sold all the houses I have now, and then I got the balance back from the sale. In the future, I'll fiddle with my tung grove and oil mill, and then don't you want to open a restaurant, I'll be the second little shop for you. ”

Speaking of this, Manqing was full of smiles, their restaurant was almost ready, and it would open in ten days.

This is still for the sake of her marrying Zhang Ye, which has been delayed until now, or it would have been opened long ago. Gui Fu planted a lot of vegetables last winter, but then the restaurant was not open and could not be used, so he simply bought a piece of wasteland on the ground, then built a row of pigs, and built a shed, and usually almost slept next to it.

By now, the first batch of pigs is almost ready to be slaughtered, and it is just in time to open the restaurant.

Zhang Ye encouraged them to raise pigs, because the wharf will be almost built in June, and the yamen also said that they will come over to hold a simple celebration.

But he only told a few people in the Gui family about this, and he didn't show any tone on the side. So those who have no work on the docks, especially those who still want to buy houses and land, are suddenly in a hurry. But so what, he was innocently imprisoned last year, and those people hid far away one by one, for fear of getting into something......

The best thing about that incident was that it made him understand a lot of things: cooking oil with fire is never a good thing, and people don't necessarily really admire him when they gather firewood. Let go of a lot of things, alienate some people, and look down on some feelings, so that people can be much easier.

"You can do whatever you want, and I'll always have your back. ”

"Hmm. ”

Back at Gao's house, Gao Lao was already standing at the door, although he still didn't know what to say, he just rubbed his hands and said, "You're back", but Man Qing was already very happy, but he still had no expression on his face and said "um".

The father and daughter are both virtuous, and they are not very good at expressing themselves.

"Dad, the sun is big, let's go in!" Zhang Ye didn't know what it meant to be reserved, so he very generously shook Gao Lao's hand and walked in to meet him, "We brought a lot of food, let Man Qing make something delicious at noon!"

Man Qing thought about it and opened her mouth, but the "Dad" still didn't come out.

How many years have she not called him "Daddy", and she doesn't remember.

This day is not a rest day, it is Gao Lao who came back from a day off for his daughter and son-in-law to return to Ningning. My daughter has only been married for three days, but I feel that the family is greatly quiet. In front of and behind the house, spacious and silent, as if the past few decades had been taken away by the sound of suona gongs and drums three days ago......

Gao Lao has looked at this somewhat unfamiliar courtyard more than once in the past few days, and feels that the first half of his life is like a dream.

It wasn't until Manqing and her son-in-law came back that he felt awakened from his dream.

At noon, it is naturally Manqing who cooks. The three of them sat at the familiar table, Zhang Ye greeted him warmly, as if he was the master of this family, Gao Lao was a little stunned, and he was in a daze from time to time, Man Qing didn't have anything to say to Gao Lao, and buried his head in eating himself.

After eating, there was nothing to do as usual, Gao Lao glanced at Man Qing secretly, and finally didn't say anything, went back to his main room, and rested.

He wanted to ask his daughter if she was doing, but it seemed that he was not qualified to ask this, and he wanted to ask her son-in-law if she was good to her daughter, but when he looked at the son-in-law who was more like his master than him, he couldn't ask even more.

After packing up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Ye also took Man Qing to her room, "Let's also take a rest, now that the sun is shining, we'll go back later." ”

Manqing whispered yes.

Back in this home, she also felt like a dream. Then when I woke up, there was a man around me who knew the cold, knew the heat, was considerate and warm, and life was really wonderful.

But it didn't take long to rest, and several women in the village took Aunt Gao Liu's to visit the door together. Needless to say, I also wanted to inquire about working by the river.

This Manqing is now experienced, and he doesn't know it, and it will be up to the court to decide in the future. Seeing that they couldn't inquire about anything, the women also stopped thinking and went back in a huff.

As soon as they left, after a while, Aunt Gao Liuliu turned back again. "I said I didn't want to come, but they said they wanted to come! What a bunch of grass on the wall! Am I stupid? As soon as Boss Zhang had an accident last year, they hid when they saw me one by one, for fear that they would be involved in them...... Now I know that I am coming to you! Tell you, they don't dare to look for you directly, so they come to me, they can't push it off—— they still want to come to eat lunch, I told you!"

Man Qing was amused and poured her a glass of water, "We all understand, you drink saliva first!"

Aunt Gao took the water and poured it down in a big gulp, "This weather, you won't be able to go out during the day! Qing girl, is it Aunt Liu's, those people used to like to come to my house to gossip, and I don't want to drive them away, I also want to simply come to your house and let you come, so that they will know that it is not me who will not help!

"Where, where, Aunt Liu, what are you talking about, because of our business, you are implicated!"

"What can we be implicated in, if it weren't for Boss Zhang's help, we would have been able to build a small yard by the river?

"Mm-hmm, we'll still be neighbors then!"

Aunt Gao asked again when the restaurant would open, when Gui Fu would get married, and so on, and then looked around, lowered her voice and asked Man Qing, "Gao Lao picked this matter, what do you plan to do in the future?"

At this moment, the two of them were sitting in the small restaurant, Zhang Ye was resting in the backyard, and Gao Lao was not in his main room. Man Qing knew what Aunt Gao meant, so she also frowned slightly, "I don't know now - first of all, now that he has a livelihood and can support himself, what plans I have depends on what he says." ”

When discussing the matter of Guining the day before, Zhang Ye advocated giving Gao Lao a little money, if he wanted, he could take it to the river to live together, but Man Qing denied it, "He doesn't know how to spend the money if he gives him, it's better to buy him more food, and let Aunt Zhou come back every few days to help with sanitation and housework." Even if he comes to live by the river, I guess he doesn't want to - let's talk about it when he is too old to move!"

Aunt Gao Sixth leaned closer, raised her eyebrows, and her voice became more and more embarrassed, "Tell you something, someone asked the people in our village about Gao Lao, saying that he wanted to be a matchmaker for him!"

"Ah?!" Manqing's eyes widened, "Really, fake?

Aunt Gao Liu slapped Man Qing, "Nonsense! That was before! Look at Gao Lao Li, he is not very old, he is a talented man, he is still teaching in the village, his family has fields, land and houses, and he is still married to a daughter like you—he is also married to a capable boss Zhang who is the head of this ten miles and eight villages, this family, isn't it a good family?"

Man Qing's brain made up for the appearance of the old man in a sloppy robe being pulled on a blind date, and he was tired in his heart......

Yes, Gao Lao Li is actually less than forty, no, he got married at the age of eighteen, and he had her at the age of twenty, she is fifteen years old this year, and Gao Lao Li is only thirty-five years old......

That poor, mean, uncommon man, blindly high and unresponsible man is only thirty-five years old?! Man Qing narrowed his eyes, feeling that he seemed a little unimaginable.

“…… Haven't you seen it, now Gao Lao is much better than before! Walking in the village, he also looks at people with his eyes, and when others greet him, he nods and knows that he agrees, and he tries his best to teach the children to read...... Those families in the village who have babies to study are now eager to pay tribute to Gao Lao!"