Pan Yang settled the accounts for Uncle Cheng's father and son, removed the exchanged eggs, vegetables and game, and added up to a total of seven yuan and six cents, and after the money and goods were cleared, Pan Yang picked up the burden and left Uncle Cheng's house.

There are still some vegetables left in the burden that have not been sold, Pan Yang visited a few old customers according to the address, it is also Pan Yang's creation, she has a good attitude, the vegetables are fresh, and they are sold cheaply, the old customers eat well and naturally introduce her to the neighborhood, customers bring customers, she now only needs to carry the burden to the city, only need to supply to customers according to the address, and there is no need to go to the morning market to set up a stall.

After selling all the things he brought, Pan Yang thought of her grandfather, and she didn't know how her grandfather was selling.

Pan Yang went to Yaqian Street, and as soon as he arrived at the street, he met Yao Baozhong head-on, and unlike when he came, Yao Baozhong's original bulging sack was empty.

Pan Yang pretended not to know anything, greeted him and smiled, "Big brother is so coincidental." ”

Yao Baozhong touched his pocket, and after selling the vegetables, he had money on him, so he took out a dime from the pocket of his padded jacket and handed it to Pan Yang, saying, "Big brother, this is owed to you in the morning, you take it." ”

Pan Yang glanced at the empty sack in Yao Baozhong's hand, and said with a smile, "What, big brother has money in his hand now?" ”

Being teased by Pan Yang like this, Yao Baozhong's face turned red, and he lowered his voice and said to Pan Yang, "Big brother, don't tell anyone when you go back." ”

When I went back to tell others, the two tacitly agreed, Pan Yang said, "Don't worry, if I have the heart to tell others, I won't give you directions." ”

Yao Baozhong's hanging heart was put back in his stomach and smiled at Pan Yang.

Seeing that it was noon, Pan Yang had the intention to have a good relationship with Yao Baozhong, after all, she and Yao Baozhong would be in-laws in the future, Pan Yang smiled and said, "Big brother, I'll take you to have a meal together." ”

Yao Baozhong's rough hand unconsciously put it in his pocket, touched the money inside, and said against his will, "I'm not hungry, big brother, go eat." ”

How can you not be hungry, a big man in the prime of life has not eaten since the morning, and he is almost not hungry.

Although Yao Baozhong has never been to the county seat, he has also heard from his neighbors who have come to the county seat that the prices in the city are higher than those in the countryside, especially in the state-run restaurants, not to mention the expensive food they sell, and they also need food stamps to eat.

Pan Yang saw his concerns, so he simply pulled Yao Baozhong's sleeve and led him forward, saying as he walked, "Don't worry, big brother, I'll take you to a place to eat for safekeeping cheap and affordable." ”

Yao Baozhong said hesitantly, "Really? ”

Pan Yang said with a smile, "Big brother will know if I go with me, I won't hide it from my big brother, I have been to the city many times, and I am more familiar with this place than you." ”

Pan Yang also accidentally knew that one of her customers opened a small restaurant at home, and in recent years, not only have they been secretly selling vegetables in the small vegetable garden in the countryside, but also people in the city have secretly done business, such as the one that Pan Yang led Yao Baozhong to.

The hostess of this family is surnamed Sun, and she is a few years younger than Pan Yang, although she is younger than Pan Yang, but Pan Yang still calls her Sister Sun in order to show respect.

Sister Sun's man used to drive a tractor in a lumber mill, which was originally a very good profession, not to mention the high salary and work intensity, but because of an accident, Sister Sun's man injured his waist, resulting in high paraplegia, and now he is paralyzed in bed and can't take care of himself.

The backbone of the family has no job, and Sister Sun has to take on the burden of supporting the family, but she was originally a rural woman, she can't read a few words, she married a man in the city with a little bit of grace when she was young, got a city hukou, and gave birth to two boys in a row.

Fortunately, although Sister Sun is not very literate, she has quick hands and feet, and her brain is smart, and she secretly set up a small restaurant in her yard, but anyone who comes to her house for dinner, although she asks for food stamps like state-run hotels, but the money charged is much less than that of state-run hotels.

Sister Sun's family lives at the mouth of Daqianmen Hutong, the residents in the alley pass by her door every day, she is hearty and enthusiastic, and the residents in the alley get along very well, everyone sees that she is a woman to support the family is not easy, simply turn a blind eye, no one has ever reported her not to say, but also from time to time to take care of her business, after all, there is a cheap to take advantage of, not to take advantage of nothing.

Pan Yang provided vegetables to Sister Sun twice, and he knew her.

Pan Yang led Yao Baozhong all the way to Sister Sun's house, knocked on the door and entered, Sister Sun's house has four large bungalows, the yard is quite large, and the cornice of the corridor next to the south wall was built by Sister Sun with a rain cloth, and a table of eight immortals and four long benches were placed in the greenhouse.

There is a low bungalow against the north wall, which is the kitchen of Sister Sun's house.

Sister Sun was rolling noodles in the kitchen, wearing an apron, and came out to greet Pan Yang and Yao Baozhong, and said with a smile, "Big brother is coming to the city again, didn't sell vegetables this time?" ”

Sister Sun is only in her early thirties, with a goose egg face and almond eyes, braided braids, her skin is many times whiter than that of rural women, and she has a small tiger tooth when she laughs, which is very attractive.

In the end, there is a difference between men and women, Yao Baozhong just glanced at Sister Sun, then looked away, and after greeting Sister Sun, he looked around at the courtyard of Sister Sun's house.

Yao Baozhong has concerns, Pan Yang didn't think about it so much, although she was wearing her grandfather's body, Pan Yang still regarded herself as a woman in her heart, and women communicate with women, what is there to be embarrassed about? What's more, it's still chatting with such a beautiful big sister!

Although in front of Yao Baozhong, Pan Yang did not hide it, and said to Sister Sun with a smile, "The vegetables have been sold, take my fellow villager brother to take care of the eldest sister's business." ”

Sister Sun hurriedly invited them into the shed to sit, gave them each a cup of boiling water, and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it first, next time the eldest brother comes to the city, bring me some food first." ”

Pan Yang smiled well.

Sister Sun said, "How about hand-rolling noodles at noon?" How about I bake you two more cakes with my own pickled cabbage? ”

Pan Yang took a sip of water and said, "It's all right, you call the shots." ”

Sister Sun let them take care of themselves and go to the kitchen to cook for them. Yao Baozhong was not good at words, and listened to their conversation throughout the whole process, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what was wrong for a while.

Sister Sun's hands and feet are nimble, Pan Yang and they just sat for a while, and the meal was brought to the table, beckoning Pan Yang and them to move chopsticks, Sister Sun said, "I'll go and send a bowl of noodles to my neighbor Uncle Zhang, you can eat as you like, there are still in the pot after eating." ”

Pan Yang knew that Eldest Sister Sun would cook meals from time to time and deliver them to neighbors in need, so he said, "Eldest sister, go ahead, I'll help you watch the house." ”

Sister Sun sighed, took off her apron, and walked out of the house like a breeze under her feet.

After a busy morning, the two big men were hungry, Yao Baozhong ate several large mouthfuls of noodles in a row, although the noodles are not made of thin noodles, but they are very strong, the soup is put with lard, blanched vegetables, the taste is particularly good.

Looking at the green vegetables in the noodle bowl, Yao Baozhong finally thought that something was wrong, he obviously saw that Pan Yang didn't bring anything in the morning, why did she say that she was here to sell vegetables?

Since it's a vegetable seller, where are the dishes put there?

Yao Baozhong was puzzled, but he didn't ask, he thought that maybe Pan Yang had anything inconvenient to say to him, he was not an eventful person, and Pan Yang wouldn't ask if he didn't say it.

The two wolfed down the meal, and Sister Sun just came back from the neighbor's house, Pan Yang got up and asked, "Sister, how much is this?" Let's settle the score. ”

Sister Sun smiled politely, "You don't have to pay, please eat." ”

Pan Yang hurriedly said, "My brother is still settling accounts, how can we eat and drink for nothing, eldest sister." ”

Sister Sun glanced at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, silently calculated them in her heart, and then said to Pan Yang, "Big brother just give me five cents, and I won't accept food stamps, I also came from the countryside, and I know that it is difficult for you to get a food stamp." ”

Yao Baozhong smacked his tongue secretly, it is indeed cheap! He was busy paying the bill, but Pan Yang was about to pay first, and in front of Sister Sun, Yao Baozhong couldn't argue with Pan Yang about who would pay, so he had to give up.

Coming out of Sister Sun's house, Yao Baozhong took out two cents and five cents from his pocket, handed it to Pan Yang, and said, "This is the meal money just now, I won't say that I will help you pay for it, let's pay for each other." ”

Pan Yang didn't accept the money, and said with a smile, "I invited this meal, big brother quickly take back the money." ”

Yao Baozhong insisted, "If you don't accept it, then I will have to turn it back to Sister Sun." ”

Pan Yang sighed in her heart, her grandfather's stubborn appearance, her mother really inherited seven or eight points. Pan Yang's mother is like this, whether it is making friends or relatives and neighbors, she is very clear about money, and she never wants to take advantage of others, but she will not let others take advantage of her.

Pan Yang had no choice but to accept Yao Baozhong's two cents and five cents.

Yao Baozhong smiled and sighed, "This meal is really cheap, we ate so much that we only charged five cents." ”

Who's to say it's not, this meal has to be left in a state-run restaurant, so it has to go out for nearly a dollar.

After eating and drinking, Pan Yang asked Yao Baozhong where to go next.

Yao Baozhong said, "Of course it's going home, what are you doing here if you don't go back?" ”

Pan Yang said, "The only bus back to the township is once a day in the morning. ”

Yao Baozhong nodded and said that he already knew, he said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have a car, I can walk back, do you want to come with me, big brother?" ”

Walking back together?

Pan Yang looked down at her feet, it would take about forty minutes to come by car, and she and Pan Guangchen would ride bicycles for about two hours, if they walked back, even if the foot was faster, it would take at least four hours, right?

Seeing that Pan Yang was still hesitating, Yao Baozhong dragged her and said, "Let's go, there's nothing to do here, let's go faster, we can get home after dark." ”

Pan Yang gritted his teeth and nodded, it's time to exercise!

Walking back this way can make Pan Yang tired, Yao Baozhong is an old farmer who has suffered hardships, the wind under his feet is far ahead, poor Pan Yang even rarely does heavy work, how can he walk past Yao Baozhong, halfway to the ground, he is crooked on the ground and is unwilling to go.

Yao Baozhong is a little funny, this big brother has a good temperament, he is outgoing and loves to talk, but he is a bit like a girl.

Like now, what big man can sit on the ground and hum like a big brother?

Yao Baozhong also sat down to rest with Pan Yang for a while, and when he went on the road again, Pan Yang dragged Yao Baozhong's sleeve and dragged it all the way, which can be regarded as tossing to the township.

Before leaving, Pan Yang said, "Big brother, can I go to your house one day to play?" ”

Pan Yang wanted to go to see her mother, but she didn't know if her mother was doing well, whether she had enough to eat, and whether she was warmly dressed.

Yao Baozhong was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Of course, you are welcome to come at any time." ”

The two said goodbye to each other in the township, one went back to Panxi Village, and the other went back to Yaojia Village. By the time Pan Yang returned home, it was already dark.

Zhang Xuelan didn't expect her to come back from the city on the same day, and said, "Why did you come back?" ”

Pan Yang sighed weakly, and handed over the ten yuan he earned today to Zhang Xuelan, "If you come back, you're starving, hurry up and cook me something." ”

Zhang Xuelan happily stuffed the money into her trouser pocket, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to give Pan Yang the rest of the night's meals, in addition, she also boiled a big bowl of soup for Pan Yang, and told Pan Yang to drink it.

Pan Yang stared at the black bowl of water in front of her, she picked it with chopsticks, and unexpectedly picked out an unknown object from the bowl.

Pan Yang exclaimed, "What is this?" ”

Zhang Xuelan smiled and said in a low voice, "Black ants." ”