Before Pan Shiting touched the big meat bun, Pan Shixun and Pan Shisong took one and took the bun to their hands first.

Pan Shisong said angrily, "I want to eat home and let your mother bag, we haven't eaten yet." ”

After speaking, he took a big bite of the meat bun in his hand, and Pan Shixun also took a big bite, and then the two brothers put the bun in their hands and looked at Pan Shiting defiantly.

Pan Shiting pursed his mouth and turned his head to look at his mother.

Zhu Xiuzhi secretly bit the socket of her back teeth, eager to stare at Pan Shixun and Pan Shisong, but said with a smile on her face, "Forget it, brother, they are not full, how can it be your turn to eat." ”

Pan Hengchun put the chopsticks on the table, not light or heavy, but it would definitely make Zhu Xiuzhi sense his dissatisfaction, the old man coughed and said, "Shiting wants to eat, you go home and pack it for him, what is it to eat here." ”

The smile on Zhu Xiuzhi's face froze, and then began to pour bitter water on Pan Hengchun, "I want to make big meat buns, if you want to blame your son, he can't eat enough, how can he have money to buy meat!" ”

Alas, in the final analysis, it's all about bending the waist for five buckets of rice

Forget it, no matter how good Zhu Xiuzhi is, he can't implicate the child, he hasn't eaten anything good for too long, after all, this child is also Pan Hengchun's grandson.

Thinking so, Pan Yang broke half of the fritters in her hand and handed them to Pan Shiting, and said to him, "Eat some fritters if you are not full." ”

There are no meat buns, and the big fritters are not bad, Pan Shiting took it and gobbled it up, and it was solved in three or two bites, he came back after eating at home at noon, and now he has eaten so many meals, his stomach is bulging, his mouth is full of oil, Pan Shiting burped loudly, and he was finally satisfied.

Originally, Zhang Xuelan said that she would give snacks to the radish heads after lunch, but now she took a broom and picked her teeth, and sat on the second-story stone steps at the door and was reluctant to move the stall.

Without waiting for Zhu Xiuzhi to lead her son away, Zhang Xuelan would not send snacks, otherwise it would only be cheaper for Zhu Xiuzhi's mother.

A few turnip heads have not yet been distributed, and none of them are willing to go to school, wandering back and forth in the courtyard of the hall, but they are in a hurry. From time to time, she stared at Zhu Xiuzhi, and muttered in her heart that the rice was all for her son, why didn't she take her son to his house.

Of course Zhu Xiuzhi didn't want to go, she was very curious about what kind of good things Pan Yangbu was in her pocket, thanks to her good brain, she caught up with their family meal and let her son eat a big meal with her, otherwise they had some good things in the big room and ate them secretly, and they couldn't even touch the shadow in the second room.

Pan Yang didn't want to see Zhu Xiuzhi as a moth anymore, so when he was full, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and went out to Jing Mountain for a walk.

The vegetables in the vegetable garden on the mountain are already ripe, the green vegetable seedlings are falling with green peppers and eggplants, the two rows of garlic cloves are also growing well, and garlic seedlings have emerged in the middle, many of them have been cut off from the middle, and it is estimated that Pan Shiyao took them to the county seat to sell.

Pan Yang took out a plastic bucket from the space, placed it under the high slope not far from the vegetable garden to receive spring water, and then brought it back to water the vegetable garden when it was full. After watering, she wandered up the hill for a while, throwing a clamp at the head of the field under the roots of the trees and halfway up the mountain, and only then did she go down the mountain when the sun went down.

Pan Shiyao also came back from the county seat, he stayed in the county for two days, originally he sold all the vegetables yesterday morning, even if there was no car back to the hometown in the afternoon, he could catch this morning's car if he found a random place to stay overnight. It's time to get home by noon at the latest, and you won't wait until it's dark to enter the house.

If you want to say that his experience of going to the county seat is also novel, you have to start from yesterday, he closed the stall from the morning market, and originally thought that he would have to walk home after lunch, saving another six cents to take the car. Just as he collected his things and was about to go to Sister Sun's place for dinner, before he walked out of Yaqian Street, he met an old lady in her seventies who slipped and fell on the ground. Recite.

If it was in Pan Yang's time, no one would dare to help this old lady, but now Pan Shiyao would think too much and be busy helping the old lady up.

The old lady sat on the ground and didn't dare to move, and said to Pan Shiyao, "Young man, I seem to have broken a bone." ”

It turns out that summer is coming, vegetable melons, small melons can already be picked and sold, if it is rotten, the farmer who carries the burden directly picks it out and throws it on the ground, the old lady does not pay attention, stepped on the melon skin, slipped to a fall.

The farmer who threw the rotten melon had long since disappeared, and he would not admit that he threw the melon skin.

In any case, the most important thing at the moment is to send the old lady to the county hospital.

Don't look at Pan Shiyao is only seventeen years old, tall and thin, and his body looks very thin, but he has been a farmer for several years, he has suffered all kinds of hardships, and no matter how tired he is, it is still not a problem to carry the old lady to the county hospital.

The county hospital is on Qingfeng Road, some distance from Yaqian Street, Pan Shiyao carried the old lady to the county hospital with a run, until she was sent to the orthopedic clinic to put down, then he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat that kept rolling down his face.

The old lady took out a blue plaid handkerchief from her pocket, handed it to Pan Shiyao, and said distressedly, "Good guy, you're tired, wipe your sweat with a hand towel." ”

Pan Shiyao saw that the old lady was dressed properly, and the handkerchief was neatly folded into small squares, he had been busy all morning, and his face must be dirty, so he was embarrassed to use the old lady's handkerchief, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, my face is dirty, just wipe it with a small coat and towel." ”

The old lady squinted and smiled, and stuffed it into Pan Shiyao's hand, "Wipe it quickly, I'll wash it when it's dirty." ”

Pan Shiyao took it and thanked him repeatedly.

In this era, X-ray has not yet been introduced into China, and it doesn't matter if you can't see through, the orthopedic surgeon just needs to have a good hand at feeling the bones.

The orthopedic surgeon touched the old lady's ankle up and down where she couldn't move, and said to Pan Shiyao, "The old lady has a broken ankle and needs to be splinted, are you her grandson?" I'll pay for the materials and medicine, and I'll put a splint on her when I get it back. ”

After speaking, the orthopedic surgeon danced on the prescription paper and handed it to Pan Shiyao to ask him to pay for the medicine.

Pan Shiyao was busy and went to get materials and medicine. It cost more than fifteen yuan in total, but fortunately, he had money on him before, plus the money from selling vegetables this morning, which was enough to pay the old lady's medical expenses.

After a busy work, the old lady finally put on the splint, and at this time she couldn't contact the old lady's family, Pan Shiyao only had a good person to do it to the end, let the old lady show the way, and carried the old lady home from the hospital.

The old lady lived with her son and daughter-in-law, and when Pan Shiyao sent the old lady into the house, the old lady and daughter-in-law were frustrating their clothes at home, and when they saw the old lady having a splint on her feet, she called a young student to carry her back, and was startled, and hurriedly helped Pan Shiyao carry the old lady into the hall, and said hurriedly, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" How did you get out and about? ”

The old lady was placed in the rattan chair in the hall, sighed and said, "Don't mention it, I was unlucky enough to fall today, thanks to the young man's busy work and sending me to the hospital and carrying me home, Xiufen, quickly pour a glass of water for the young man, and Jianguo's apple that came back from outside yesterday, quickly wash it and give it to the young man to eat." ”

Xiufen sighed, hurriedly made tea, and washed two big apples, one of which was stuffed into Pan Shiyao's hand to beckon him to eat, and the other was placed on the coffee table in front of Pan Shiyao.

Xiufen smiled, "This apple is sweet, eat it quickly, there are still after eating." ”

Pan Shiyao grew so big, there were very few opportunities to eat fruits, only every summer when the watermelons in the team were ripe, their family could get a share, and only at that time could he eat a few fruits, other apples, pears, and even rarer bananas and strawberries, not to mention eating, he had only seen what they looked like in books.

The old lady asked him to eat one by one, Pan Shiyao smiled embarrassedly, and finally lowered his head and took a big bite, which was sweet and crispy, and had enough moisture!

Pan Shiyao ate the apples, and the old lady asked her daughter-in-law to make a fire to cook rice, and asked her daughter-in-law to cook something good at noon, and she wanted to thank the young man.

Pan Shiyao didn't want to stay bothered, but the old lady said with a scowl face, "You helped me so much today, why do I have to thank you, I don't want to eat here because I think my family is cooking?" ”

Pan Shiyao said no, although this rural boy said that he got out of school early, he was still not very good at dealing with people and talking about the scene, so he persuaded the old lady in three or two clicks and stayed for lunch.

During the casual chat with the old lady, Pan Shiyao learned that the old lady was the retired deputy director of the county revolutionary committee, the old lady's son was the captain of the automobile team of the county trade management department, and often went out of the province to run around, and the daughter-in-law was an ordinary housewife, usually taking care of the children and the elderly at home.

Xiufen burned a table of home-cooked dishes at noon, braised fatty pork, fried eggplant strips with meat, stuffed green peppers, and a large bowl of kelp soup. She went out to buy a roast chicken again, and came back with half a catty of loose wine.

The old lady's son Fang Jianguo came back from work, and before he entered the hall, his woman Xiufen told him what happened in the morning. Fang Jianguo is a Red Army, he died during the war years, and it was all up to his mother to pull him up, and Fang Jianguo can imagine how filial piety he was to his mother.

At present, Pan Shiyao has helped the old lady, and Fang Jianguo's family regards him as a benefactor and treats him very politely.

At the dinner table, Fang Jianguo personally poured wine for Pan Shiyao, chatted with him, and asked him where his home was and how many people there were in the family

Pan Shiyao didn't know how to drink too much, so he accompanied Fang Jianguo for a drink, and Fang Jianguo asked him what he answered.

The old lady seemed to remember something, and the other party Jianguo said, "Jianguo, didn't you say last time that your car team lacked a driver?" What do you think of Shiyao? You recruit him to your team and let him learn a craft, this is a good offspring, it's a pity to farm at home. ”

The main task of Fang Jianguo's county trade manager department is to transport the people's food and clothing from all over the country according to the instructions of the above, and pull them to the county from other places, and then the county will distribute all kinds of materials according to the town, township, and village levels.

Although the work is harder, the salary is good, and you can learn a craft, and there are only a handful of people who can drive a car in this era.

Logically speaking, people with rural hukou are not eligible to participate in the recruitment process, but the rule is that the dead are alive, and it all depends on whether there is someone to help you, as long as there is someone who can speak, it is not a problem.

Not to mention that Fang Jianguo himself is the captain of the car team, Fang Jianguo and his wife are also retired cadres, and the residual heat is still there, so they can talk to some extent.

At present, the external conditions are sufficient, it depends on whether Pan Shiyao is willing to go up.

Fang Jianguo listened to his wife's words, looked at the upright junior in front of him, and felt that it was okay, so he groaned and asked Pan Shiyao, "Shiyao, what do you mean?" Are you willing to come to work in the county car team, the hard work is hard, it is always a craft, and you don't suffer if you learn it. ”

Pan Shiyao couldn't believe it, he just helped the old lady a favor, and never thought of asking the old lady's family to reciprocate, but obviously it was pie in the sky now, and it just hit him in the head, driving a car, he can't even ride a bicycle, can he learn to drive a car

Pan Shiyao knew that this was definitely a rare opportunity, and he would definitely regret it if he missed it, his eyes lit up with joy, and he was busy with the other party's Jianguo Road, "Uncle, can I really do it?" No matter how hard and tired I am, I'm not afraid, as long as I can learn the craft from you. ”

Fang Jianguo poured him another glass of wine, and laughed, "Good boy, I like people who are not afraid of hardship, but it's a pity that I only have a daughter, and I don't dare to exercise her if I am squeamish, otherwise alas." ”

Fang Jianguo's biggest regret in this life is that he has no boys, only daughters, his daughters are about the same age as Pan Shiyao, and they are about to take the college entrance examination, I am afraid that he will not be able to have any more children in his life.

Pan Shiyao settled in Fang Jianguo for a night, and the next day Fang Jianguo was going out, the car happened to pass by Pan Shiyao and their township, and in the afternoon he took Fang Jianguo's hitchhiker, and then rushed home.

Pan Shiyao told his family about his dream-like experience in the past two days, and said to Pan Yang, "Ada, I want to work in the county, do you think of it?" ”

Cheng, of course, not only Pan Yang did not object, but the whole family supported him to work in the county.

Going to work in the county means that Pan Shiyao can receive a salary in the future, can issue various bills, can wear decent clothes, and has a higher social status, even his daughter-in-law will be very good!

Zhang Xuelan seems to be able to see that the situation of their old Pan family will get better and better year by year, thanks to her having a capable man and son!

The news that Pan Shiyao was going to work in the county spread far and wide, but the Panxi Village Brigade exploded, and he was the only one who could go out for a future like Pan Shiyao.

The conversation after tea and dinner in the village all revolves around the big house of the old Pan family, saying that Pan Hengchun can be regarded as having boiled out, and he hit the ground back then. Lord, confiscate Pan Hengchun's house and fields, and pull him to approve. Dou, assigned him the dirtiest and most tiring work, and didn't even give him a share of work, but now it's good, the eldest grandson of the family is going to work in the county seat and drive a big car.

Big cars, old farmers who have lived in the countryside for generations can't even think of it.

There are heartfelt congratulations when I learned about this, and there are also those who can't help but sour a few sentences, and there are those who poke their backbones in the back, anyway, their mouths grow on others, and what do you say if you love it, it will not affect the old Pan family to eat, drink, and sleep.

The child has a future, and the happiest one is Zhang Xuelan, because of the ground. The main component is not good, I always feel inferior, even if the family situation is better than before, I don't dare to show it out. But this time it's different, her son helped the county leader by mistake, and the leader arranged a job for her son in order to thank her son, who would dare to let out a fart? Even Wang Youtian didn't dare to charge his family with any crime!

Zhang Xuelan's excitement lasted until the night, she was excited, and she grabbed Pan Yang and said, which family came to congratulate her today, which family said that she was complimented, and Pan Yang's ears were almost calloused, so annoying that she couldn't help but say to her, "Be a low-key person, do you understand low-key?" It's too showy, and it's not good to make people blush. ”

Zhang Xuelan snorted, "I don't care, since I came to your old Pan's house, I have never been so comfortable as today, my son is promising, and I am not allowed to be happy?" ”

Pan Yang said again and again, "Okay, okay, you can go to yourself, I'm tired, let me sleep, okay?" ”

Speaking of sleeping, Zhang Xuelan watched her man wrap her quilt tightly, as if she was afraid that she would squeeze in, and reminded her dissatisfiedly that the man said, "Pan Zhaoke, have you been bad again recently." ”

Pan Yang's originally closed eyes opened again, and he sighed helplessly, "I know that you still said that you have to remind me that you can't do it?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xuelan opened her mouth, and swallowed the words that came to her mouth, forget it, just stay up like this, she is about to be a mother-in-law and a grandmother, and it is not good to always think about that kind of thing.

Seeing that the winter wheat is ripe, Pan Shiyao can't help at home to earn work this year, because he has to report to Fang Jianguo after this Dragon Boat Festival.

Zhang Xuelan used the cloth that Pan Yang brought back from the provincial capital to make two short-sleeved jumpers for Pan Shiyao, and made two cloth pants for him, plus the white shirt that Pan Yang bought for him, and rubber-soled shoes, enough for him to wear this summer, and when the season changes, Pan Yang is ready to take the wool to the county seat for processing, and weave a sweater for Pan Shiyao.

The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, the brigade notified that you could go to the dam to play reed leaves and wrap zongzi, the captain Pan Shicong also drove the donkey cart in the team, and the people of the Panxi brigade went to beat the reed leaves together, and the donkey cart could not sit down, so they walked over, Zhang Xuelan was busy making clothes at home, so he didn't go, and the reed leaves of the old Pan family were led by Pan Yang to fight Pan Shisong.

Although life is difficult in this era, everyone still attaches more importance to it during the holidays, and if you can't afford to wrap japonica rice dumplings, you can wrap brown rice, and if you can't afford to buy sugar, you can eat dry.

Pan Yang asked Zhang Xuelan to soak japonica rice, as well as peanuts, and asked Zhang Xuelan to cut the air-dried bacon and soak it in soy sauce, she wanted to eat salty zongzi.

Pan Hengchun went up the mountain early in the morning to pluck herbs, Pan Yang took Pan Shisong, and the two of them took a donkey cart to the dam to hunt reed leaves.

Passing through the Yaojia Village Brigade, I happened to meet Yao Baozhong's father and daughter, wearing straw hats, and Yao Qimei also carried a basket on her back, it seemed that she was also going to hunt reed leaves.

Pan Yang jumped down from the donkey cart and dragged Pan Shisong down with his hand, wanting to go with Yao Baozhong's father and daughter.

This move was dissatisfied with Pan Shisong, "Ada, I want to take a car, how tiring it is to walk." ”

Pan Yang patted Pan Shisong's head and said in a serious tone, "Children who walk more are easy to grow taller, do you know?" Look at Yao Qimei, who is as old as you, half a head taller than you. ”

Pan Shisong is a late-growing child, even if he is shorter than boys of the same age, he turned out to be half a head shorter than girls of the same age, and suddenly blushed, and walked awkwardly with Yao Qimei.

Pan Yang looked at her parents and her mother walking side by side with satisfaction, and occasionally exchanged words, this feeling was amazing.

Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong walked behind the two children, Yao Baozhong took a puff of dry tobacco and asked Pan Yangdao, "I heard that your eldest is going to the county seat to drive a car?" ”

Pan Yang was taken aback, is this a good thing that spreads thousands of miles? It's all passed to the Yaojia Village Brigade!

Speaking of this, Pan Yang also had a faint sense of pride, and said with a smile, "No, I will report to the county as soon as the Dragon Boat Festival is over." ”

Yao Baozhong said sincerely, "Then the big brother, you can be regarded as having survived, and the child has a future." ”

Pan Yang hurriedly said modestly, walked all the way and chatted to the dam, at a glance, the dam was full of people, Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong's father and daughter separated, each went to their own production brigade to fight reed leaves, this season is the time when the reeds grow well, the leaves are tender, wide and big, and a leaf can wrap a big zongzi.

After beating the reed leaves, I began to wrap them in the evening, wrapped them and boiled them, and ate them in the evening, and then ate the rest the next morning.

Tuopanyang stores a large amount of grain blessings, there is no shortage of rice at home now, Zhang Xuelan soaked a lot, wrapped most of the pot, there are peanuts and air-dried meat, in order to distinguish well, Zhang Xuelan wrapped the peanuts into three corners, and the air-dried meat into four corners, boiled in the pot and stuffy, hit it up and put it in the well water to cool.

Before dinner, Pan Yang went to Wang Youtian's house, first, she wanted to weigh some sugar and go back to dip zongzi to eat, and second, she wanted to find Wang Youtian to write a letter of introduction to Pan Shiyao and take it to the county seat to report.

Wang Youtian and his lover were also making zongzi, and when they saw Pan Yang coming, they said hello, and after knowing her intention, they called Wang Youtian to come out, and Wang Youtian said as soon as he saw Pan Yang, "Zhaoke came to open your letter of introduction to your boss, right?" ”

Pan Yang smiled, "No, I'll go to the city tomorrow, I'll prepare it for him today." ”

Wang Youtian went back to the house to get a pen and paper, opened a letter of introduction to Pan Shiyao outside by the light of dusk, handed it to Pan Yang and said, "Tell your boss to work hard, it will be better in the future, it is better than farming at home." ”

Pan Yang smiled and responded.

Wang Youtian and his lover wrapped the last zongzi, poured all the zongzi into the pot, added firewood and put it in the hearth to burn, she came out of the kitchen, called Pan Yang who was leaving, and said to her, "Big brother, didn't you ask you to ask you about my maiden girl some time ago?" The first two days I went back to my mother's house to ask, and everyone has no problem, saying when to meet depends on your time, you see that your boss is about to go to the county seat, when can you come back to meet with other girls? Or do you go back and discuss with Xuelan? ”

Pan Yang said with a smile, "I'll go back and discuss with Xuelan first, and then see when Shiyao can come back, and when I have the letter, I'll tell my sister-in-law no?" ”

After the two made up their minds, Pan Yang went back with sugar, and while everyone was there for dinner, Pan Yang told the family about Wang Youtian and his lover's introduction.

It's a good thing that someone introduced the object, but after hearing about the girl's family situation, Zhang Xuelan was a little dissatisfied, and hesitated, "The girl's family doesn't have a brother to help, isn't it suitable?" ”