In the evening, the old Pan family squatted on the two-story stone steps at the door as usual to eat, it was hot in summer, even if he was tired in the production team for a day, he had no appetite, and Pan Yang had not eaten well for several days.

Pan Yang is a farmer now, how can he do it without eating, Zhang Xuelan sees it in his eyes, but it hurts her, the old Pan family now has to rely on her man and eldest son to earn money, how can she eat well!

In order to let her man eat more, Zhang Xuelan can be regarded as a painstaking effort, she is not afraid of trouble, mixed cornmeal and fine noodles together, and a large piece of dough, take a rolling pin and roll it out evenly, cut it into noodles pieces, blanch them in boiling water, and then put them in a basin, bring them to the wellhead, press out the cold well water, and use them to make cold noodles after the noodles are cold.

Pan Yang picked green peppers and eggplants from the vegetable garden on the mountain and brought them back, Zhang Xuelan chopped them into eggplant marinade, poured them on hand-rolled noodles, and the men who love to eat garlic cloves also have them, mashed garlic cloves and condiments, and poured them on the noodles one piece, which is refreshing and delicious, Pan Yang opened his appetite and ate two large bowls in a row.

Now that the family is in a better situation, there is no need to worry about the lack of food, and Zhang Xuelan, who has a lot of money, is not as slamming the door as before, and every meal is burned enough, striving to make the family full of food for all ages, she will even ask Pan Hengchun now, "Ada, there is still more rice in the pot, another bowl?" ”

Every time he was like this, Pan Hengchun said happily, "Leave it for the children to eat, and I will eat seven or eight minutes full." ”

But I still can't resist the persuasion of my son and daughter-in-law, and I can have another big bowl after eating half hungry.

After eating, Pan Shiyun went to wash the dishes and chopsticks, Pan Yang, Pan Hengchun and Zhang Xuelan all sat on the big stone at the door of the house to enjoy the shade, gossiping about homely. Although Pan Hengchun didn't work in the mountains today, he still heard about the conflict between his sons from other people's mouths, so he asked, "Zhaoke, I heard that Zhaofang lost his temper today and fought with Wang Youtian and his brother?" ”

In the end, Pan Hengchun still didn't directly ask Pan Zhaofang about the quarrel with Pan Yang, but hoped to draw it out from others and let Pan Yang say it himself.

In fact, Pan Yang didn't put this matter at ease, after all, she is not her grandfather Pan Zhaoke, Pan Zhaofang is not her brother of the same mother, in Pan Yang's eyes, Pan Zhaofang is just an elder of her clan, if he is worthy of respect, she respects him as a second grandfather, if he is not self-respecting, Pan Yang no longer needs to treat him as an adult.

It's just in front of Pan Hengchun, of course Pan Yang won't say that he can't talk about this kind of thing to worry Pan Hengchun, but said with a smile, "It's okay, there are so many people in our production team, and it is inevitable that there will be a quarrel and friction when working together, it's not a big deal, just wait for the anger in Zhaofang's heart to pass." ”

Although Pan Yang said so, could Pan Hengchun still not understand his own son? If you are jealous, you will be jealous, and you can't see that Pan Zhaoke and Pan Zhaofeng are better than him, even if you eat half a bun more than him, Pan Zhaofang will make trouble in front of him for a long time.

Pan Hengchun knocked on the pole of the cigarette pouch, sighed, and said to Pan Yang, "Zhaoke, Zhaofang, he is your brother after all, let him order it." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xuelan couldn't help but sneer, "Old. Both have a family and a good family, and Adada still treats him as a child? Tell us Zhaoke to let him, then who will let us Zhaoke. ”

Zhang Xuelan's voice just fell, there was a sound of footsteps in the alley, and when the person approached, Zhang Xuelan saw the person clearly, it was Cao Cao Cao who arrived, was it Pan Zhaofang who came?

There was also his woman who came over with Pan Zhaofang, Zhang Xuelan has always spoken loudly, and Pan Zhaofang and his family definitely heard Zhang Xuelan's words, and their faces were sneering.

Zhu Xiuzhi greeted them and said, "Big brother and sister-in-law, have you eaten dinner?" ”

Zhang Xuelan was on fire in her heart, raised her eyelids to look at Zhu Xiuzhi, got up and entered the house, and didn't pay attention to the two people in the second room at all.

Pan Yang didn't bother to speak.

But Pan Hengchun, in a dilemma, really had no choice, took over Zhu Xiuzhi's words, resolved the embarrassment of the two of them, and said, "I just eat, have you eaten?" What are you doing when you don't rest at home in the dark? ”

Zhu Xiuzhi gave Pan Zhaofang a look, but it was too dark, Pan Zhaofang couldn't see it at all, Zhu Xiuzhi had to take his elbow to Pan Zhaofang, and said with a smile, "It's not that Zhaofang made a mistake today, and quarreled with the eldest brother, I will say that he is a family member when I go back, what is there to quarrel about, don't take it to heart eldest brother." ”

Now that he was named, Pan Yang couldn't stop talking, so he sighed and said, "It's okay, it's all family." ”

After speaking, she got up, didn't want to talk to the two in the second room anymore, and went into the house, ready to wash her face and wash her feet, it's time to rest, and she has to work tomorrow.

As soon as Zhu Xiuzhi entered the door, she put her eyes on the bicycle parked under the eaves, and couldn't help but touch the bicycle in the past, and said with a smile, "Big brother, your bicycle is beautiful!" ”

Pan Yang snorted twice, but didn't squeak.

Seeing that the two of them were reluctant to deal with them, and Pan Zhaofang and his family were also very embarrassed, Zhu Xiuzhi kept taking his elbow to Pan Zhaofang, Pan Zhaofang hesitated for a while, and then said to Pan Yang, "Big brother, I am ignorant in the mountains, I quarrel with you regardless of the occasion, and let outsiders see jokes, I have a straight temper, big brother, don't take it to heart." ”

Now that everyone has apologized, Pan Yang is not a cautious person, so it's not good to be hypocritical, she said, "Forget about the matter in the past, let's not mention it, next time we don't lose the face of outsiders." ”

Pan Zhaoke sighed busily, and like Pan Yang, he also squatted down and sat down on the second-story stone steps, he rolled a cigarette and handed it to Pan Yang, "Big brother, get one?" ”

Pan Yang waved his hand, "I don't smoke, you smoke." ”

Pan Zhaofang didn't force it, he touched the pocket of his coat, and then he forgot that he brought a foreign fire, he regarded this as his own home, without saying a word to Pan Yang, he got up and went to the kitchen to turn over a box of foreign fire, lit a cigarette, and casually stuffed the foreign fire box into the pocket of the small coat, as if he was used to doing this, and he didn't realize that this box of foreign fire was someone else's thing.

Pan Zhaofang frowned, and took a few puffs of cigarettes, as if he was thinking about how to tell his eldest brother.

Pan Yang had already seen Pan Zhaoke's constipated face, and knew that he had something to say to her, but Pan Yang didn't speak, so he could wait for Pan Zhaofang to speak.

Sure enough, after smoking nearly a cigarette, Pan Zhaofang lowered his voice and said to Pan Yang, "Big brother, you opened the small vegetable garden on the top of the mountain, right?" ”

As soon as Pan Zhaofang's words fell, Pan Yang's heart jumped, he glanced at Pan Zhaofang, and saw that the other party also looked at her again, looking determined.

Pan Yang's face did not change and said, "I don't know what you're talking about, what kind of small vegetable garden." ”

Pan Zhaofang said twice, and said to Pan Yang, "Big brother is still bluffing me, I saw you watering the vegetable garden on the mountain today, if you didn't open that piece of land, can you go and water it?" Can you pick the vegetables and eat them at home? ”

Now that he was arrested, Pan Yang was bored to hold on any longer, so he nodded and said, "I opened it, there are many people in the family, can you think of a way to let them have enough to eat." ”

Pan Zhaofang obviously didn't believe that it was that simple, and pointed to the bicycle path parked under the eaves, "If you just grow some food and keep it for your own family to eat, then where did the bicycle come from?" ”

Pan Zhaofang's question is a bit aggressive, buying a bicycle is someone else's business, as for breaking the casserole like this, is it the end? !

Zhang Xuelan said unhappily, "We Shiyao bought it!" ”

Pan Zhaofang laughed twice, "Is it interesting for my sister-in-law to fool me, how long has Shiyao been working, Guangchen is a teacher anyway, and his salary is only thirty yuan a month, can Shiyao's salary be compared with Guangchen?" This bicycle costs about 100 yuan, can Shiyao's salary afford it? ”

Pan Yang listened to his analysis, obviously guessing what Pan Yang was doing, Pan Yang said directly, "Okay Zhaofang, don't beat around the bush, let's get straight to the point, tell me this, what do you want to do." ”

Pan Zhaofang said, "I want the eldest brother not to forget your brother, the eldest brother can eat meat, don't let your brother still eat bran and wild vegetables." ”

Pan Yang was speechless for a while, did the second room of the emotional family catch her handle and come to blackmail her?

also let her earn money Don't forget Brother Jì, Pan Yang couldn't help but slander in his heart, if he is a man, he will go on his own, what is it if he has no ability to follow other people's butts, even if she is wrong, Pan Zhaofang is wrong, it's not that a family doesn't enter a door, Zhu Xiuzhi is like this, what kind of good bird can her second grandfather be!

Pan Zhaofang said again, "Big brother, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi also followed, "Big brother, you see that we also have four children, we have to go to school and eat, and we are still clamoring to wear new clothes, we are also under a lot of pressure in Zhaofang, big brother, since you have a way, take us together." ”

Zhang Xuelan took over the conversation and said, "Xiuzhi, you didn't say that, what kind of ability can Zhaoke have, it's good that he can feed our family, what do you want to do with him, and Zhaofeng them?" What will Mega and Hiromi think when they find out? ”

Zhu Xiuzhi reacted quickly, and said casually, "Then follow the eldest brother together, the eldest brother has the ability, and we can eat." ”

Pan Yang couldn't help but sneer, he really didn't have a backache when he stood and spoke!

Holding back the turmoil in his heart, Pan Yang wiped his face and said to Pan Zhaofang, "It's not that I'm a bear, but my ability is limited, and I can't take you to do it together, if you really want to do something, I can show you the way, but that's limited to that, no matter how much I can't help you, you have a family and a mouth, and I also have the old and the young, you want"

Pan Yang was talking, Pan Zhaofang suddenly interrupted her words, and said in a stiff voice, "Don't help pull it down, don't say so many high-sounding words, Xiuzhi goes, let's go back!" ”

After speaking, he pulled the old donkey's face and walked out of the gate of Lao Pan's house with Zhu Xiuzhi.

Pan Hengchun has been sitting at the gate smoking the cigarette pouch pole, and he didn't go home, both of them are his sons, although he is more partial to Pan Zhaoke in his heart, but the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and he is also embarrassed.

Seeing Pan Zhaofang walking out angrily, Pan Hengchun didn't want to say a word to him, so he heard Pan Zhaofang say, "Big brother is good now, Ah Da, you follow the big brother, I have seen it much better than all of us, we won't pay this grain in the future, and I think the big brother won't treat you badly!" ”

After speaking, Pan Zhaofang raised his head and walked towards his house like a rooster fighting at any time, leaving this old man who was more than half a hundred years old in the dark, his heart was cold, and he couldn't move for a long time.

The ancients were right, three years old sees old.

Alas, what a good son he raised! The heart has been gnawed away by the wolf dog!

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Pan Shiyao has been so busy recently that he can't take a break, since he went back to Pan Yang to the county seat and asked him when he could go back, Pan Shiyao has been looking for an opportunity to ask for leave, but he always couldn't find an opportunity, but instead ran a few short trips in the province with Fang Jianguo one after another.

When he came back from the provincial capital on the last trip, Fang Jianguo, the captain of the automobile team, finally remembered that he didn't seem to have arranged a rest for his little apprentice.

Fang Jianguo didn't look away, this little apprentice has endured hardship, and his work is very fast, he is old, sometimes he climbs up and down in the car to tie a tarpaulin or something, it is always a little difficult, since Pan Shiyao is with him, he doesn't have to worry about these chores, because Pan Shiyao can help him sort it out.

Fang Jianguo had the intention to test Pan Shiyao, and after a few trips, he began to teach Pan Shiyao to drive, Pan Shiyao's brain is also flexible, he can get started quickly, and he can drive for a while on a good road section, but his body is too thin, and it is a little difficult to hold the steering wheel.

Fang Jianguo thought that he couldn't eat any good food in the canteen, as long as they came back from other places, Fang Jianguo would always call Pan Shiyao to go to his house to eat, Fang Jianguo was really to people, for him, Pan Shiyao was his apprentice, and he regarded Pan Shiyao as half a son. Pan Shiyao also respected Fang Jianguo very much, after all, Fang Jianguo had the grace of knowing him.

Coming back from this short trip, thinking that Pan Shiyao had not taken a day off for more than a month, Fang Jianguo arranged five days off for him, asking him to go home to see Lao Tzu Niang and buy something to honor them.

Just in time for them to pay his salary, Pan Shiyao was still in the apprenticeship stage, and his salary was lower than that of the rest of the unit, but he also had twenty yuan.

Pan Shiyao used the twenty yuan to buy a bottle of Jingzhi Baigan for Pan Hengchun, a bottle for a dime a piece, and bought a sweatshirt for Pan Yang and Zhang Xuelan respectively, which was just right to wear in summer, and the two sweatshirts cost six cents a piece. There are also the little radish heads at home, they are greedy, and Pan Shiyao bought them fruit candy and pastries.

In addition, he also specially bought some apples and pears from the store department, people in the city love to carry some fruits when they visit relatives and friends, saying that it is nutritious, Fang Jianguo often eats it, Pan Shiyao thought that the radish heads who are growing at home supplement some nutrition, Pan Shiyao asked for two catties of apples and pears each, apples are a dime a catty, pears are eight cents a catty, a total of three cents and six cents.

I bought a large bag of things in bits and pieces, tied them all in a cloth pocket, and threw them on my shoulders. Pan Shiyao caught the car back to his hometown early in the morning and arrived home before noon.

At this time, the farming was over, and most of the villagers were idle at home, squatting in the alley to gossip, and saw Pan Shiyao coming back from the county seat with a big bag on his back, and greeted him one after another.

"Yo, Shiyao came back from the county seat, what good things did you buy for Ada-Niang?"

"Shiyao, do you really know the county leaders? What do the county leaders look like, Yan sù no? ”

"Shi Yao heard that you often go out of the province, what is it like outside the provincial capital, poor or poor, is it better than us?"

"You see, living in the county is different, and you dress decently!"

Pan Shiyao had a smile on his face, chatted with them all the way, entered the house, the house was quiet, Pan Hengchun was weaving a basket with rattan, seeing that Pan Shiyao was back, he put down the rattan and hurriedly pulled Pan Shiyao to him, looked at it again, and said happily and distressedly, "Yes, I have grown taller and thinner, and I have worked too hard in the city." ”

Pan Shiyao shook his head, put the cloth pocket on his body on the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, untied the bag, took out Lao Baigan and handed it to Pan Hengchun, and said with a smile, "Grandpa, I bought you a bottle of wine, I drank it at Uncle Jianguo's house, but it is much better than the sweet potato Baigan that our supply and marketing cooperatives say, and it doesn't rush my head." ”

Pan Hengchun took it, squinted at the trademark, and was very happy in his heart, but said, "Oh, it's a waste of money again." ”

Pan Shiyao knew that his grandfather liked duplicity, and he smiled, so he took out a bag of dim sum from his cloth pocket and said to Pan Hengchun, "Grandpa, you keep this bag of dim sum to eat by yourself, the dim sum is soft, even if you have bad teeth, you can eat it, just don't show it to my mother, otherwise her mouth will definitely nag me." ”

Pan Hengchun was reluctant to ask for it, "Leave it to Shisong for them to eat, I don't like to eat this." ”

Pan Shiyao directly put this bag of dim sum in the wooden box under Pan Hengchun's bed, and said, "You haven't eaten it yet, how do you know that you don't like to eat, don't worry, I buy a lot, how can I let them eat it all!" ”

The grandfather and grandson said a few more words, thinking of him and his mother, Pan Shiyao asked, "Grandpa, what about Ada, why aren't they at home?" ”

Speaking of this, Pan Hengchun sighed and said, "Don't mention it, your Ada, and your mother were called by the school teacher early in the morning, saying that Shi Song had fought with their teacher, and smashed the teacher's head with a stone." ”