Jiang Tao and Zhang Zhiqiang bought tickets for the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.

Zhang Yan wrapped the prepared pickles and bacon in several layers in a plastic bag, and stuffed them into the bulging backpack, Jiang Tao felt a little heavy when he carried it, he was a little funny, it used to be his grandmother stuffed into it, and now his daughter-in-law stuffed it with his grandmother, for fear of starving him.

"Yan, how many things have you stuffed into it? The things at home are going to be moved by you, and if you can't finish eating them there, I'm afraid they will spoil. ”

Zhang Yan found a small bag again, and while filling it with food on the road, she said: "Not much, not much, you calculate, send some to the old village chief's house, the neighbors nearby have eaten so many vegetables from them, and we have to give them something meaningful, if Boss Fu doesn't dislike it, send him some, and the rest is not much left for you and Brother Zhiqiang." ”

Boss Fu is Fu Lifeng, the rich second generation who helped them fill in the pit before, his family does real estate, and the developer who plans to buy land to develop Yuanwa Village is his family, because Jiang Tao has been recycling waste materials from their construction site, and occasionally meets a few times and is familiar with him, Jiang Tao is the first batch of people who know to develop Yuanwa Village, or because Fu Lifeng suddenly thought of him and reminded him to buy the land at the acquisition station.

Thinking of this, Jiang Tao also nodded, "Indeed, you are still thoughtful, although we have already bought that piece of land, but Boss Fu doesn't know, he can think of us kindly give a reminder, we have to present this situation, and the old village chief, this time we are greedy to buy an acre of forest next to the recycling station, the old village chief has given a lot of convenience, and I will buy some other things when I wait for the place, and bring it over to thank him." ”

Grandma Jiang doesn't know much about the things in Nanjing, and what she is most concerned about at the moment is not this, and she is still persuading without giving up: "Taozi, why don't you let Yan go with you?" I can take care of myself at home, it sounds like I'm very busy over there, how about working with less people, let Yan go, as long as you hurry up and have a child, I will be happy to be alone at home." ”

"Grandma, don't talk about this, we have already decided that we don't have to change it!"

Jiang Tao hurriedly interrupted her, turned his head to look at Zhang Yan again, as soon as he entered the door to urge the birth of a child, he was already angry with others, he was indeed very old and needed to give birth early, but Zhang Yan had just turned twenty and was still young, how could the elders urge like this.

Who knew that Zhang Yan didn't care at all, squatting there with a smile to sort out his suitcase, Jiang Tao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and laughed along, feeling that it was best to marry his own wife!

Taking advantage of Zhang Yan's inattention, he called his grandmother outside and said that grandma should take care of her, but she can't be wronged just because her daughter-in-law has a good temperament.

When she came back, Grandma Jiang looked at Zhang Yan a little embarrassed again, and went to pull her up: "Good boy is tired, get up and rest, and the rest of the grandma will clean up." ”

"No need grandma, it's all right. Zhang Yan squeezed the things hard, then closed the zipper of the suitcase, glanced at the time, and said to Grandma Jiang: "Grandma, you sit at home, I'll send my brother back in a while." ”

"I'm going too, I'm going to be on the road. Grandma Jiang looked left and right, and she couldn't bear to be her eldest grandson, so she locked the door and went out with Zhang Yan to send it off.

The bus on the village entrance road runs every 20 minutes, there is no platform in the countryside, Jiang Tao, Zhang Yan and Grandma Jiang found a place to stand at random, and when they saw the bus coming from afar, the three of them raised their arms and waved, and the driver saw that the car stopped to the side.

"Grandma, go home, I'll send my brother to the county station. ”

Jiang Tao asked Zhang Yan to go back, Zhang Yan was unwilling, so he got on the bus together, there were a lot of people on the bus, the seats were full, not to mention that the place where they stood was very crowded, the two of them couldn't go in and stood at the door, Jiang Tao put the suitcase on the ground, pulled the handrail with one hand and hugged Zhang Yan with the other.

"Brother, you take good care of yourself over there, don't eat well when I'm not busy with you, now I've finally gained more than 120 pounds, and I can't be tired and thin anymore!"

Zhang Yan said with tears in her eyes, Jiang Tao felt distressed for a while, and said reluctantly: "I promise to eat well, you have to take good care of yourself at home, you can sell whatever you want to eat, if you miss me, take a car to Nanjing to see me, don't be reluctant to pay for the car." ”

Zhang Yan buried her head and said in a low voice, "I know." ”

When he arrived at the bus station in the county seat, Zhang Zhiqiang was already standing there waiting, he looked at Zhang Yan who was reluctant to follow Jiang Tao, and then thought about his mother-in-law who was still angry with him, he felt irritable for a while, and felt that the old saying was not right at all, where marrying is like gambling, marrying a wife is also gambling!

Zhang Zhiqiang said hello and handed the bought bus ticket to Jiang Tao.

There are a lot of people who go to the train station in the city, and the train will depart when it is full, basically every ten minutes, Jiang Tao didn't have time to continue talking to Zhang Yan, so he said goodbye and followed Zhang Zhiqiang to get on the bus, and found a seat by the window to sit down.

Zhang Yan stood next to him and watched him through the car glass, and waited until the car drove away before getting on the bus back to Jiangzhuang.

When I got home, Grandma Jiang was sitting in her own room wiping her tears, her gray hair trembled with her body, Zhang Yan couldn't bear to see it, she always felt that Grandma Jiang was also a hard-working person, I don't know if she cried like this when her brother went out before, Zhang Yan walked over to persuade her, and it took a while to persuade her.

The New Year is the lightest time in the countryside, and there is nothing to do in the fields at home.

Zhang Yan and Grandma Jiang cook at home, feed the pigs, clean and clean, and then there is nothing else to do, there is a twenty-four-inch color TV at home, Jiang Tao bought it before getting married, Grandma Jiang eases up, sometimes watching the TV with relish, but Zhang Yan feels that there is nothing to look at, these TV series are all she has watched before, and she feels bored watching it again.

She has been busy, cold and idle but feel uncomfortable, trying to find something to do for herself, think about it, she discussed with Grandma Jiang to buy two piglets back, this year is 2004, Zhang Yan remembers that the price of pork will rise sharply this year.

Grandma Jiang wondered, "Didn't I already buy it, why did I still buy it?"

"One pig is fed, two pigs and three pigs are also fed, and when the gilts grow up to be matched, the two pigs are also sold out of the circle, which does not affect the piglets. ”

Grandma Jiang was a little confused except when she was anxious to hold her grandson, and when she saw that Zhang Yan wanted to buy it, she got up and took out the money that Jiang Tao left her and handed it to Zhang Yan.

"Grandma doesn't need to, I have it myself, since you agree, then I'll go see the little pig tomorrow!"

Grandma Jiang felt that buying piglets was a big deal, so she carefully put the money away, turned back to Zhang Yan and said, "You little doll can't look good if you don't have experience, I'll go with you tomorrow." ”

"What are you looking at tomorrow?"

Zhang Mei walked into the yard just to hear what they said, because she often came over, every time she was with Zhang Yan there was talk and laugh, Da Hei already recognized her, and when she came in, she didn't bark loudly, she lay on the ground and kept staring at her, Zhang Mei felt that this dog was human, and once deliberately tried it, she didn't go to the hall to find Zhang Yan when she entered the courtyard gate, but turned to the kitchen with one leg on her legs, and Da Hei immediately stood up and yelled vigilantly.

Zhang Yan and Grandma Jiang welcomed Zhang Mei into the house and replied to her, "To see the pigs, I want to buy two more heads and feed them, and I have nothing to do at home to find some work for myself, and I can earn a little bit." ”

"Why do you want to buy so much?" Zhang Mei was a little strange.

Zhang Yan persuaded her: "Why don't you go with Ermeng to take a look? If it's good, you can also catch two heads and come back to feed, let's go over and see tomorrow, grandma and my brother have two litters of piglets to sell before, the piglets are very strong, I'm afraid that I will be picked up and left behind if I go late." ”

Zhang Mei's mother's family has many sisters, she is the oldest, her personality is not independent at all, and she doesn't have much idea in her heart, because she is good with Zhang Yan, she has done a lot of things with her before, and she has never been out of the basket, she is a little blindly trusting Zhang Yan, she originally felt that raising pigs does not make money and has to worry about it at all, she didn't plan to feed it at all, and now she sees that Zhang Yan has bought one head and wants to buy it again, she is also moved.

There is no need for Zhang Yan to continue to persuade again, Zhang Mei opened her mouth and said: "Then I will also buy it, and when I go back, I will discuss with Er Meng, and let him clean up the pigsty well, my pigsty is just a decoration, and it has never been used." ”

Ermeng has been working outside a few years ago, but because he just married Zhang Mei a few years ago, he didn't go out this year, in their area, the young couple in the countryside generally get married after the woman is pregnant with a child, and the man goes to work again, basically the man earns money outside to support the family, and the woman takes the baby to do farm work at home.

Zhang Mei made a decision, and returned home in a hurry, Er Meng was sitting in the quilt watching TV, and asked very curiously: "Why did you come back so soon! Every time you go to Zhang Yan, don't you never come back if you don't stay for dinner?"

"What's wrong with Yan, I'm not happy anymore? Don't be in a hurry to count me, I'm on business!" Zhang Mei ran to him and continued: "Ermeng, tomorrow Zhang Yan is going to buy pigs, let's also go and buy two heads back, right? Go to our brother to borrow his motorcycle three-wheeler, Zhang Yan of the province is not easy to bring home." ”

"You're in charge! I'll go to my brother's to borrow a tricycle later." ”

"Really?" Zhang Mei smiled happily.

"Of course it's true, when did I lie to you? ”

Ermeng is two years older than Zhang Mei, when he was a child, his brother thought he was small and didn't take him to play, he was crying and chasing when he met Zhang Mei who came to his aunt's house as a guest, and played with her, the two little dolls got together and didn't fight, as long as Zhang Mei came over, whether it was a long stay or a short stay, Gao Hongxia called him over to play with him, and the relationship between the two of them got better and better after a long time, and when he was older to say kiss, he told his mother that he wanted to marry Zhang Mei, her mother pondered, felt that Ermeng was gentle, and he had no status to be bullied by his daughter-in-law in the future of such a soft province as Zhang Mei, plus he had a good relationship with Gao Hongxia and the two concubines, so he agreed, and the little couple got married and lived alone, which was indeed as adults thought, and live a harmonious life.