In fact, Zhang Xuelan didn't want her man to send Pan Lao Wu and his family to the provincial capital, although Pan Lao Wu and his daughter said that she would pay for the round-trip expenses, but Zhang Xuelan couldn't be more clear about her man's temperament, he must not charge a penny, and he also gave Pan Lao Wu and his family the ticket cost upside down.

A waste of money and a waste of time, how could Zhang Xuelan want her man to go!

Zhang Xuelan muttered unhappily, Pan Yang couldn't help but say, "You forgot that we renovated the house, the fifth uncle didn't earn any money, and came to help every day, and I fell off the roof, the fifth uncle rushed to work not to mention, and sent so many things with the fifth aunt afterwards, now that people have something, I have to reach out to help." ”

Also, putting aside Pan Lao Wu's help, after Pan Yang fell and was injured, Pan Lao Wu and his family sent large bags of things to Pan Yang to replenish his body, large pieces of meat, large fish, and the supplements that their daughter bought for them from the provincial capital, they were not willing to eat them, and they gave them all to Pan Yang.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, and comparing hearts to hearts, Zhang Xuelan also thought about it.

Yes, I have to send the old couple over because of reason and reason.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xuelan didn't care anymore, and took the initiative to pack Pan Yang's luggage, change clothes, dry food to eat on the road, and money that must be used, and then there are bills.

Although Zhang Xuelan has never studied, she has also heard that you need to use national food stamps to go to places outside the provincial capital, and you can directly use local food stamps in places within the provincial capital. Local food stamps are easy to get, take the food at home, and go directly to the township grain station to exchange for food stamps.

Looking at the fine noodles that were not much at home, Zhang Xuelan gritted her teeth, and prepared to exchange Pan Yang for ten catties of fine noodles and twenty catties of coarse noodles food stamps. Zhang Xuelan packed all the grain and asked Pan Yang to take it to the township grain station to exchange tickets.

Unexpectedly, Pan Yang stopped her and said, "You don't need to change it, I still have enough food stamps." ”

Zhang Xuelan said suspiciously, "Where did you get the food stamps?" ”

In fact, Pan Yang has no food stamps on her body at all, even if the tickets she sold for food last year are not used up, she can't use them again this year, but the last thing she lacks is food, she doesn't want to use the food at home to exchange for food stamps, the food at home is just that little food, and she is going to use the food in her space to exchange it directly.

Seeing Zhang Xuelan questioning her, Pan Yang said nonsense, "I always go to the county seat to sell things, and I exchanged some food stamps with others, and it is not of great use to hand it over to you when I think about it, and you don't go far away, so you have always stayed with me." ”

Zhang Xuelan believed Pan Yang's nonsense, and didn't think much about it, so she said, "That's done, I'm going to leave tomorrow, and I took the time to go to Wang Youtian to open the letter of introduction." ”

In this era, in addition to luggage and money to prepare, a letter of introduction is indispensable, otherwise not only can you not buy a train ticket, but even lodging is difficult, she is going to a provincial capital, but it is not a small county town with a big palm on their side.

After eating at noon, Pan Yang did not look for Wang Youtian directly, but went straight to the grain station in the township. Pan Yang gained experience, and all the things stored in the space with a packaging production date were given her a makeover, and all the food piled up in her space was changed to hemp bags.

After Pan Yang exchanged 20 catties of fine flour grain stamps and 10 catties of coarse grain stamps at the grain station, he went back to the brigade to find Wang Youtian to open a letter of introduction.

Of all the members of the Panxi Village Brigade, only the two children of Pan Laowu's family are the most promising, both of whom work in the provincial capital, the daughter is a nurse in the provincial hospital, and the son is an editor in the newspaper.

For the old farmers who have lived in the countryside for generations, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, these two jobs are well-known!

Therefore, as soon as Wang Youtian heard the purpose of Pan Yang's letter of introduction, he hurriedly opened it for him and stamped it with the official seal, and told Pan Yangdao, "Send the fifth uncle and five aunts to the city, remember to say hello to their children on my behalf!" ”

Pan Yang responded with a smile. Wang Youtian and his lover happened to be at home, and when he heard Pan Yang say that he was going to the provincial capital, he said busily, "Big brother, I heard that there are many good things in the provincial capital, and the clothes of the women in the city are especially good-looking. I've heard that it's popular to wear cultural shirts in the city, I like red, pale red, pink, pink, close to red, as for the style, it's pretty much the same, you just look good. ”

Wang Youtian couldn't stop talking when his lover opened the topic, she wanted to bring some back, "Bring me two more shoulder changes, I want black ones, Youtian has two clothes with broken shoulders, I'll change them for him, and nylon socks, bring me a few pairs back, and"

Wang Youtian couldn't help but interrupt his woman's words, frowned, and said, "Okay, you say so much at once, can Zhaoke remember it." ”

Pan Yang said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, what things do you want to bring tonight, write them down on paper, and I'll pick them up from the supply and marketing cooperatives tomorrow." ”

Wang Youtian and his lover sighed happily, thinking that the marriage of the boss of the Panyang family had collapsed, he asked with a lot of mouths, "Big brother, does your family Shiyao have a matchmaker to tell him again?" ”

Pan Yang shook his head and said, "Not yet, since the last blow, I haven't met the next one yet, but I have to ask my sister-in-law to remember it for me, and there is a suitable matchmaker to tell my eldest brother." ”

Wang Youtian smiled at his lover, "Don't say it, I really have a suitable one, my mother's Dayang production team, the girl's house is not far from my home, I have seen that girl, tall and tall, big figure, good looks, but there are only two sisters in the family, no brothers, I don't know if the big brother minds?" If you don't mind, I'll help you ask if they want to. ”

At that time, if there was only a family with a daughter and no son, it was not even easy to say who the girl was when she was older, because many rural people minded this, why did they mind so much? Because they are afraid that their children will have to support his father-in-law and mother-in-law in the future.

Most people have the mentality that marrying a daughter-in-law and coming back is to pass on the lineage and work as cattle and horses, if you marry a daughter-in-law and come back, and bring two oil bottles, who can be happy?

Wang Youtian and his lover were also concerned about this, so they didn't mention it for a long time.

How did Pan Yang say to her, "Cheng, sister-in-law just introduces, we don't care if the girl has a brother to help, life is our own, as long as the girl can have the same heart as my boss, nothing else is a problem." ”

The reason why Pan Yang agreed so neatly was because she guessed that this girl was her eldest mother, although she didn't know where her eldest mother's maiden home was, but she could be sure that the eldest mother was a member of the Dayang Production Brigade, and it should be what Wang Youtian and his lover said.

After verbally agreeing with Wang Youtian and his lover, Pan Yang took a letter of introduction and went to Pan Laowu's house again.

Pan Lao Wu and his family are packing their luggage, the big cotton cloth is spread on the table of the Eight Immortals, and all the things that need to be brought are put on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Pan Lao Wu saw Pan Yang coming, and hurriedly beckoned Pan Yang to come in, and all the luggage in the hall was the luggage that he would take to the provincial capital tomorrow.

Pan Yang said, "Fifth uncle, I have opened the letter of introduction, and the food stamps have been exchanged, you don't have to worry about it, in addition, I also went to the township to inquire with the bus conductor in the city, she said that a train to the provincial capital tomorrow will be at ten o'clock at night, and we will rush to the city slowly during the day, and the train at ten o'clock at night will arrive in the provincial capital early the next morning." ”

Pan Lao Wule didn't know what to say, sighed and said, "Oh, I and your fifth aunt are not around, so I worry about you, I went to change the food stamps yesterday, Zhaoke, don't bring money, I and your fifth aunt will spend everything back and forth, we have money, we can't spend it." ”

Pan Yang was not ready to argue too much with the old couple on this matter, and now he responded with a smile.

Because of the large luggage, Pan Yang asked Pan Shiyao to drive the donkey cart of the production team to send them to the township the next morning, and wait for them to get on the bus in the city.

On the way, Pan Yang told Pan Shiyao to take care of her younger brothers and sisters when she was not at home, and Pan Shiyao responded one by one.

In fact, Pan Yang originally wanted to mention to him that Wang Youtian and his lover were going to tell him about the object, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again, because she saw that Pan Shiyao's mood was not very good.

This big boy whose first love ended in failure was hurt by love after all.

Forget it, it's never too late to wait and see.

Pan Shiyao drove the donkey cart to put them at the township station, and thoughtfully placed the big bags and small bags of Pan Lao Wu and his family in the trunk, until the car to the city drove away, he drove the donkey cart back slowly.

Passing through the Zhangwan Production Brigade, Pan Shiyao met Zhang Aihua, the girl who had made him lose for a while. She was setting up a bean rack on her own ground, wearing a straw hat on her head, her face was flushed, she also saw Pan Shiyao, stunned in place, and looked a little helpless.

Pan Shiyao just glanced at her, and then raised the donkey whip and drove forward, but Zhang Aihua, jumped on the road stalk with three steps and two steps from his own place, shouted Pan Shiyao, and saw that he stopped the donkey cart, she trotted over, glanced at Pan Shiyao, and muttered, "Don't blame me, it's all my mother's will, you can't persuade you to ask him to borrow some money and we will pay it back?" ”

Pan Shiyao looked at the girl in front of him for a while, until she urged her head, Pan Shiyao said, "The fact that my family is poor can't be changed, I'll ask you if you want to follow me without listening to your mother." ”

Zhang Aihua twisted her small gown and scarf with both hands, she didn't know what to say, after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind, raised her head and said to Pan Shiyao, "Actually, it's not my mother who insists on these bride price, it's what I mean, the team is about the same age as me to marry well, everyone has bicycles, watches and sewing machines when they get married, I am not willing to be left behind, if your family can't even afford these three turns, let me put my face where to go, I will be laughed at by my sisters." You, your family can't borrow some money"

Pan Shiyao interrupted her, no longer looked at her, just looked at the front and said, "Forget it, you go find someone who can afford what you ask for, there's nothing to say, I'm leaving." ”

After speaking, Pan Shiyao shook the donkey whip and left Zhang Aihua on the side of the road, ignoring her red eyes. At this time, Pan Shiyao somewhat understood what he said to him, he Pan Shiyao is just a poor boy now, there is nothing wrong with the reality of women, what he wants to do is to make himself stronger, so that he will not encounter this kind of problem in the future to hinder his marriage.

Pan Yang and his party arrived in the city before noon, and after getting off the train, Pan Yang asked Pan Lao Wu and his family to stay where they were to look at their luggage, and she took the letter of introduction to the ticket window to buy train tickets.

The conductor asked her where she was going.

Pan Yang handed her the letter of introduction and said, "Go to the provincial capital." ”

The conductor said, "Go to the provincial capital for two hundred and twenty kilometers, one kilometer is a penny, you will have two dollars and two cents for a ticket, and you will have three tickets, a total of six yuan and six cents." ”

Pan Yang took out ten yuan and handed it to the conductor, the conductor retrieved three yuan and four cents, Pan Yang took the recovered money and three train tickets, and went back to find Pan Lao and his wife.

The train station in the city is simple and abnormal, this time is not the New Year's holiday, the train station is sparsely populated, not crowded at all, Pan Yang carried the luggage of Pan Lao Wu and his family on his shoulders, let them follow him, and quickly found the waiting shed, sat down and waited, the train will enter the station at ten o'clock in the evening, the time is still early, and the important thing now is to solve the lunch problem.

Before leaving, Aunt Pan poured all the remaining oil from the house into the pot, fried the steamed bread slices with oil, the steamed bread is fine noodles and came out, strong and fragrant, Aunt Pan Wu poured the dried radish pickled at home with oil, vinegar and salt and mixed it in the jar, and now took it all out and beckoned Pan Yang to eat.

Pan Yang also brought dry food, which was steamed pork and cabbage-stuffed buns by Zhang Xuelan, but the bun dough was not fine noodles, but mixed with sweet potato noodles, although so, the pork stuffed buns were luxurious enough!

Pan Yang was embarrassed to eat Aunt Pan's, she also took out her buns and handed them to Pan Lao Wu, Pan Lao Wu and his family politely excused themselves and took them, the three of them had lunch, and had nothing to do in the afternoon, Pan Yang simply turned around the place around the train station, until the train entered the station at ten o'clock at night, and the three of them squeezed into the train to the provincial capital.

The seat numbers of the three of them were next to each other, Pan Yang led the old couple to find the seats, placed the luggage under the seats, and let the motion sickness Aunt Pan sit by the window, and she sat at the aisle where people came and went.

Not long after they sat down, the sound of the whistle sounded, and the train moved slowly, and the sound of clanging lingered in their ears.

Coincidentally, Panyang High School is in the county seat, and the university is a college in the provincial capital, but in the past, she either took the high-speed rail or the passenger car back and forth, or the first time she took this kind of green car to swing over.

The time of the ride is particularly difficult, at this time the night is deep again, the expression on everyone's face is particularly tired and numb, no one has the idea of speaking, Pan Lao Wu and his family usually go to bed early, this time they are sleepy, they lean on the seat and sleep, Pan Yangdong looked around, and simply closed her eyes and fell asleep, but she sat at the aisle and slept unsteadily, woke up and slept all the way, and finally stayed up until the train entered the station.

Just after dawn outside, Pan Yang led Pan Lao Wu and his family to get off the bus, and out of the station, Pan Lao Wu said, "Shuxia said that she came to pick us up, and there are so many people who can't find where she is." ”

In the end, it is the provincial capital railway station, the flow of people is much larger than that in the city, it is the time to get off the train, the bustle is crowded with people, Pan Yang does not recognize Pan Lao Wu and his daughter, he looks around, and comforts Pan Lao Wudao, who is a little anxious, "Fifth uncle, don't worry, let's find a place with few people to sit first, and when this group of people disperses, it will be easy to find Shuxia." ”

Pan Lao Wuyi heard this truth, and followed Pan Yang to find a wooden chair in the small square in front of the train station and sat down.

After settling Pan Lao Wu and his family, Pan Yang pinched his waist with both hands and looked around blankly, trying to find a woman who looked similar to Pan Lao Wu or Aunt Pan Wu.

Coldly, she was slapped on the back.

Pan Yang turned his head, and there was a woman in her early thirties standing in front of her, with short hair that reached her ears, a round face and big eyes, a cocked nose and a small mouth, and a few small freckles on her fair skin, and the woman smiled heartily, "Big brother, I didn't hear you a few times, I saw you from afar!" ”