Right! Labor! Erxi's words once again made Tian Guo understand that this is a special era, sandwiched between the turbulent years and the rapid economic development, after such a long and painful ten years of catastrophe, people are full of fear and timidity, confused and helpless about the future, many things want to do, there is a lot of strength, but the regulations are stuck there, and there is nowhere to do it. The economic transformation is from the coastal areas to the inland little by little, and the countryside is the hardest hit area of conservative thinking, even if there are good ideas, but no one dares to be the first person to eat crabs, after all, those ten years are too terrifying, everyone is afraid that if they do not take the right step, they will bring disaster to themselves and their families.

Tian Guo sighed, raised her head and poured a big mouthful of water, the water had just come up from the well, the temperature was low, and her two rows of small teeth were sore, and her heart was like eating a basket of unripe tomatoes, sour and sour. It seems that the path of wholesale vegetables will not work either, so what should she do? Under the bright sunshine, Tian Guo had a sad face. Aunt Wu and Erxi beside her didn't see anything wrong with her, after all, Erxi was going to be a bride in ten days, and the mother and daughter's thoughts were all on how to prepare for the wedding banquet and dowry.

Organizing a wedding is a complicated matter, it belongs to taking one step at a time, Aunt Wu just calculates it first, and the things used at the wedding banquet are bought in batches, and then go to the town or city to purchase them when the time comes. Aunt Wu said, if you don't run seven or eight times, it's not called a wedding banquet, is it easy to marry a girl, scatter money and cut meat, if Lisheng doesn't like it in the future, she, the mother-in-law, is the first to pick up a stick and discount her son-in-law's dog legs!

It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon after roughly counting the first batch of things that needed to be purchased.

"Sister, don't go back at night, just live in my house, I'll make chicken stew mushrooms to eat, use a casserole to cook, the chicken has a lot of oil and water, the meat is tender and not stuffed with teeth, stewed with mushrooms, it's delicious!" Erxi was reluctant to let Tian Guo go, always felt that he had endless words to talk to her, and he was about to be a bride, although he understood Lisheng, but Erxi was still apprehensive in his heart, and always wanted to find a person who was about the same age and was not conservative in his thinking to chat. Tian Guo is the most suitable person.

For this, Tian Guo naturally understands that which woman is not nervous before getting married? I can't wait to hold my girlfriend day and night and talk about homely things. In the song "I'm going to marry you tomorrow", I don't also sing: My eyes flickered and flickered so empty, and my heart throbbed.

Marriage, after all, is a major event that changes the trajectory of life, especially the candle night in the cave room, in the eighties, most people were conservative and introverted, and the pre-marriage xing behavior was regarded as a big rebellion and hooliganism, and only the unserious wild mandarin ducks were doing things behind their backs. If it is known, it will be used by the neighbors to make jokes after tea and dinner for a lifetime, and it is easy to be caught if it is not done well, which is a very strict crime.

Tian Guo thought, probably Erxi wanted to talk to himself about "that kind of thing".

But there is still a grandmother at home, Tian Guo is not at ease and let the old man stay at home alone, come to Zaozhuang to work for half a month, this time when he goes home Tian Guo finds that his grandmother has lost weight, no matter how good the neighbors are, it is not as good as his granddaughter to take care of him personally, Tian Guo understands this reason. After considering the wording, he truthfully informed Erxi of the difficulties.

"Oh, that's the case, then you better hurry home, if you don't go back before dark, grandma must be in a hurry!" Although he was reluctant to leave Tianguo, Erxi knew the danger of the old man being alone at home, not to mention that the communication in the village was not developed, and it was difficult to make a phone call.

Before leaving, Erxi packed a big bag of cornmeal and handed it to Tian Guo, "Sister, you take this, the road is too far, so I won't give you eggs, and Lisheng will come over after a while, and he will drive a tractor to send you to the station." ”

I haven't finished eating the cornmeal I took last time, so why am I embarrassed to take it again this time? There are few men in the Erxi family, and it is not easy to farm to earn some money. Tian Guo didn't take it, Erxi forced it into her schoolbag, the two were "tearing" in the courtyard, and Niu Huanran joked at the door: "Yo, the two sisters are fighting?" ”

Seeing that it was him, Er Xi smiled, and greeted him as if he had met a savior: "Brother Huanran, you came just in time, Sister Tian Guo said that she didn't want my cornmeal, help me persuade her." ”

Persuade her? Huan Ran glanced at Tian Guo lightly, and thought that the word "persuasion" did not exist in a woman's life dictionary at all. Striding over to Meteor, Huan Ran used Erxi's power to stuff the cornmeal into Tian Guo's schoolbag, and then turned to Erxi and smiled: "See, the most useful way to deal with her is that you have to be stronger than her." ”

Tian Guo thought to herself, where is this, and wanted to take out the cornmeal again, Huanran's hand gently stroked the back of her hand, and said in a low voice: "Come on, Erxi's little heart, take it quickly, if you delay it any longer, there will be no car back to the city." ”

Tian Guo sighed, feeling that it was really boring to keep talking here, and after raising his hand to thank Aunt Wu and Erxi, he turned around and followed Niu Huanran to Lisheng's tractor.

The big black dog that picked up still recognized her, wagged his tail and sent her out of the door, seeing her get in the car to leave, he ran up and licked the back of Tian Guo's hand, Tian Guo touched its round black head at once, "Big Black, Big Black" called, but also reluctant. But sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, Erxi beckoned Da Hei down, and instructed Lisheng: "The road is being built in Xinzhuang, the tractor is unstable, remember to drive slowly, and you must watch Sister Tian Guo get on the long-distance bus and come back, understand?" ”

"I understand." Li Sheng replied humbly, looking back at Niu Huanran, he was taking the bag in Tian Guo's arms to his side, the action was kind and natural in one go, Li Sheng smiled, others said he was stupid, but he felt that he should not be wrong about some things.

"Don't worry." He smiled at Erxi and said, "Isn't Brother Huan Ran going too, with him, nothing bad will happen!" ”

The journey was smooth, the sun was setting in the west, and the reddish sunlight of early summer reflected the endless fields, as well as the two young men on the tractor who were turned upside down like tumblers.

Tian Guo hugged his knees with both hands, his brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were scattered, as if he was in deep thought. Huan Ran looked at her, wondering what she was thinking, but he couldn't think of it, so he gently kicked her toes with her mud-stained green rubber shoes and asked, "What do you want?" ”

The tractor was too noisy, and after a long time, Tian Guo came over and Niu Huanran was talking to her, "Huh? What did you just say? ”

"I ask you what do you want?!" He roared, and Li Sheng in front of him smiled and looked back at the two of them.

"Didn't think about anything!" She shook her head and replied loudly.

Didn't think anything? Where do you believe it, do you want to go all the way from the city to the countryside by car just to see the second happiness who is about to get married? If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you think I'm stupid! But Huan Ran didn't make it clear, one is that it is beneficial to be born, and the other is that Tian Guo is not a child after all, and it is normal to have a purpose in doing things, since she doesn't say it, he doesn't ask, since he came out of the bureau in early February, Huan Ran always feels that Tian Guo is becoming more and more different, she has become more and more well-behaved, but it also makes him unpredictable. The change made him anxious - he meant he was starting to be curious about her.

Coughing lightly, Huan Ran looked elsewhere, but the words were said to Tian Guo: "No matter what you think, sit down first, Xinzhuang is building a road, potholes, be careful to fall off the car." ”

The long-distance bus waited for about 20 minutes before coming, and before getting on the bus, Li Sheng suddenly said: "Tian Guo, if you are not busy next month, I will marry Erxi, and you will come with Brother Huanran." ”

Tian Guo hurriedly glanced at Huan Ran: "You are coming?" ”

"Hmm." Huan Ran nodded slightly. At this time, the door opened, and there were not many people on the station, only Tian Guo and a woman with a child, and the conductor poked his head out of the window and shouted to them: "Those comrades, can't you get on the bus?" If not, we're gone! ”

"Get in the car!" Huan Ran shouted, and then said to Tian Guo: "Let's get in the car first, we will discuss the wedding after I return to the city." Stay safe on the road. By the way, you can take these wheat bran biscuits, and if the road back to the city is not easy, you can stay on the road and eat them. ”

Tian Guo saw that Niu Huanran took out a small paper bag made of kraft paper from his trouser pocket as if by magic, and it was bulging. He stuffed the biscuits into her bag and pushed her shoulder, "Don't be wasted, hurry up and get in the car, I'll go back on Tuesday and look for you then!" ”

For some reason, Tian Guo suddenly felt warm in his heart, just like the warm air of early summer, warming all the way from the surroundings to the bottom of his heart. As an actress before her rebirth, of course, she also received gifts from the opposite sex, what flowers, jewelry, car and house tickets, those things are very good, very expensive, and some are even unique, but in her hand, Tian Guo feels that it is not as heavy as these small cookies.

It seems to be pressed into a heart, affectionate and righteous, perhaps, and a little else

When the car traveled some distance, there happened to be three donkey carts pulling vegetables passing by at a fork in the road, so the driver stopped the car and let the donkey cart pass first.

Tian Guo sat by the window with her schoolbag in her arms, and her thoughts drifted a little, and next to her sat the rural woman with a child while waiting for the bus together. She looked at Tian Guo, looked back at the window, covered her mouth and smiled, tugged at Tian Guo's sleeve and said, "What do you want?" I can't bear you man. ”

Yes? Tian Guo didn't react.

The eldest sister thought she was deliberately pretending to be stupid, and raised her finger to point out the window: "Don't worry, how good your man is to you, and now he is still standing there looking at you." ”

Tian Guo turned back in the direction pointed by the eldest sister, not far away, Niu Huanran was still standing in place, the wind blew the poplar trees on both sides of the road, he used the straw hat as a fan, while fanning, he stretched his neck to look this way. As if to see her turn around, a smile appeared on his swarthy face, and he raised his hand and waved at her.

"Oh, you two just got married, look at this reluctant look!" The eldest sister teased Tian Guo in the tone of someone who came over, and one by one, "What's wrong with your man" are all nice words anyway, and it can be heard that the eldest sister is very envious of Tian Guo, and she said that she has a good life, and she has found a good man who looks handsome and knows that she feels sorry for her daughter-in-law. Tian Guo hummed, thinking that it would be good if he was really my man.

- If memory serves, this is the second time she's said that.