The next day, Pan Yang got up early and hurried, and according to her childhood memories, she groped all the way to the township. She woke up early, the road to the village was empty, she was walking briskly with her head down, and the bicycle bell sounded behind her.

Pan Yang turned his head and saw that the man on the bicycle had a rough face, dark skin, an inky blue tunic, trousers of the same color underneath, and liberation shoes on his feet. Although the clothes on his and Pan Yang's bodies are similar in style, the other party's is obviously much newer than hers, which is like her clothes with several patches of various sizes.

In such a poor era, a man can actually ride a bicycle, which shows how good this man's family conditions are.

Pan Yang has lived here for 18 years, including three years in high school outside, and she does not recognize many people in the household, including the middle-aged man in front of her, whose name she cannot name.

Pan Yang was waiting for the man to speak first.

"Zhaoke, where are you going?" The middle-aged man got off the bicycle and pushed the bicycle with one hand, parallel to Pan Zhaoke.

Pan Yang said, "Prepare to go to the county seat." ”

The middle-aged man smiled, "Coincidentally, I'm also going to the county seat, let's go together." ”

"A piece?" Pan Yang repeated.

The middle-aged man patted the back seat of the car, "It's a piece, you sit behind me, I'll ride you, let's two together, save you money to take the car." ”

Pan Yang didn't expect to meet a noble person when she went out, she was overjoyed, nodded busily, straddled her long legs, and got into the back seat of the man's car, although she couldn't call the man's name, but she was sure that this honest-looking man must be very familiar with her grandfather, otherwise he wouldn't take the initiative to take her.

Pan Yang still remembers that in the past, she went to high school in the county seat, and every time she took a car from her home, it took about 40 minutes, but now they go by bicycle, the road is full of potholes, or dirt roads, and it is estimated that it will take more than two hours to reach the county seat.

The man asked Pan Yang, "What are you doing in the county seat?" ”

Pan Yang didn't tell him that he wanted to go out and have a look, but said, "I've been idle recently, and I want to go to the city to find some work to do to see if there are any temporary workers, and I'll go to work." ”

The man sighed, "Life is really difficult, your family is that kind of ingredient Alas, if it weren't for the bad composition, with your grades in our class at the beginning, how could you be admitted to high school, and now you may have a stable job like me." ”

The amount of information revealed by the man's words was a bit large. First, her grandfather and he were old classmates; second, the man currently has a stable job; Third, men may not only have a stable job, but also a good income.

Pan Yang groaned, like gossiping, and asked casually, "How are you now?" The work is quite smooth. ”

The man smiled, "I'm okay, although the students are a little difficult to manage, fortunately, they don't have to worry about food and drink, and the monthly salary plus my lover's can still have some savings." No, this time the salary was paid, so I came back to give Ah Da and A-Niang a little, they didn't have a good time with their little brother. ”

Pan Yang's eyes suddenly lit up, so the man's house is in the county seat?

Along the way, Pan Yang chatted with him all over the world, and when he arrived at the county seat, he basically touched the man clearly. The man's name is Pan Guangchen, the same ancestor as her, he often played together when he was a child, including later going to school, but the man was admitted to high school, and later became a junior high school teacher in the county, married a wife in the city, and settled down in the city, his wife taught in the same middle school as him, he taught mathematics, and her wife taught Chinese.

"Zhaoke, you just came to the county seat and couldn't find a job for a while, so settle down in my house first." As soon as he arrived in the county seat, Pan Guangchen enthusiastically invited Pan Yang to his house.

Pan Yang was grateful, excused himself twice, and followed Pan Guangchen to his house half-pushed.

When Pan Yang went, he learned that Pan Guangchen was tantamount to becoming a son-in-law and living with his father-in-law and mother-in-law. His house has four bungalows with a small courtyard, and from the outside, it is many times better than Panyang's house.

Pan Guangchen's family has two children, the eldest is a daughter, who is in the third year of junior high school, and the younger is a son, who is still in elementary school.

Seeing that Pan Guangchen came back from the countryside this time, he also brought a man dressed shabby, and at a glance, he knew that he was an old peasant in the countryside like Pan Guangchen.

Pan Guangchen's lover Wu Xiujuan was stunned for a moment, and after reflecting, she smiled and beckoned Pan Yang to sit, maintaining her politeness on the surface.

Pan Yang sat down on the old-fashioned sofa in the small living room, looking at the furnishings in the room, the furniture in the room seemed outdated to Pan Yang, but Pan Yang knew that these inconspicuous things must be the most fashionable in this era.

Just as Pan Yang was looking around, Wu Xiujuan dragged her man Pan Guangchen to the kitchen and complained to him softly, "What's the matter, you, just go back, why did you bring a flower child home, you see that he is dirty, it belongs to your village?" ”

Pan Guangchen rubbed his hands and smiled honestly, "No, Zhaoke has a small relationship with me, he wants to come to the city to find a temporary worker, I ran into it, I thought he couldn't find it for a while, so let him come to our house for a few days, and wait for him to find a job." ”

As soon as Wu Xiujuan heard that Huazi was calling outside not only to eat at her house today, but also to stay at her house for a few days, the anger was rising, and she put the boiled water she had just poured for Pan Yang in her hand to the stove, and said angrily, "Everyone will bring it to the house, how many days will it take?" Do you have a lot of rice and noodles at home, it's not easy for me to support the old and young with that little salary, you, how can you do stupid things! I don't care, I can't let him live at home, look at his bury like that! ”

Hearing Wu Xiujuan say this, Pan Guangchen, who had a dull mouth, was embarrassed, and said half-loudly, "I have already brought someone here, why don't you let him stay at home for one night, otherwise where can he live, is it difficult to let him sleep on the street?" ”

Wu Xiujuan stretched out her head to look outside, and saw that Pan Yang didn't look at them, so she snorted, "I'll give you this face, just let him sleep for one night, tomorrow you watch him out, if I still see him after work tomorrow, Pan Guangchen, I'll say ugly things in front first, don't blame me for destroying your prestige when the time comes." ”

After speaking, Wu Xiujuan took boiled water, put on a smiling face and went to the living room, and said to Pan Yang, "Big brother drinks water, rides all morning, tired and hungry, you see that our family Guangchen is really good, and he didn't tell me in advance, and there is nothing to eat at home, you see at noon, I will burn some casually?" ”

Everyone is in charge of the meal, Pan Yang has something else to say, he hurriedly stood up and thanked him repeatedly, "Just have a mouthful of food, hard sister-in-law." ”

Wu Xiujuan laughed, "It's not hard, it's not hard." ”

After speaking, she said to Pan Guangchen, "Guangchen, sit with your brother, I'll go and make a fire to cook." ”

Pan Guangchen sighed and sat down to chat with Pan Yang.

Wu Xiujuan turned around and went into the kitchen, opened the cabinet at home, there were half a bag of rice, half a bag of white flour, and coarse grains such as dry potatoes and cornmeal.

As for the staple food, Wu Xiujuan poured most of the cornmeal, mixed some white flour in it, and kneaded a piece of noodles to make a pot of steamed buns.

It was almost twelve o'clock, Pan Guangchen's son and daughter came back from school, and when they saw strangers coming to the house, the two children looked at Pan Guangchen together.

Pan Guangchen smiled and said, "Call uncle." ”

Hearing this, the two children called their uncles one after another, and ran back to the room with their schoolbags in their hands in the next second, slamming the door shut.

Pan Guangchen smiled helplessly, "Oh, the two children were spoiled by their mother, Zhaoke, don't mind." ”

Pan Yanggang wanted to say nothing.

Wu Xiujuan came out of the kitchen with the dishes, glared at Pan Guangchen, and said angrily, "What do you mean I'm spoiled, which teacher doesn't boast about the two children at school?" Can this be done without me? ”

Pan Yang immediately answered with a smile, "What my sister-in-law said is that Brother Guangchen is a big man, how can he know that women are tired of washing and cooking and taking care of children." ”

God knows that Pan Yang just said a fair word from a woman's point of view, but after speaking, he realized that he was a big man now, and it was a little strange for a big man to say these things.

Fortunately, Wu Xiujuan likes to listen to it, and she is immediately happy, "What the eldest brother said is that our family Guangchen is usually like a nerd, he knows how to teach, and he doesn't care about anything else, and I am taking care of all the children in the family." ”

Pan Yang's mouth used to be sweet, but now he has a soft mouth to eat people, so he chooses to be obedient and obedient to Wu Xiujuan, and makes Wu Xiujuan so happy that she can't close her mouth, and she secretly dislikes it in the kitchen just now, and now she keeps beckoning her to eat this and that.

In fact, there are only two dishes on the table, with cornmeal buns, Pan Yang already feels that this is the most delicious meal she has ever eaten in this era.

Wu Xiujuan's youngest son was unhappy and said, "Mom, why didn't you cook meat today, I said last night that I would make pork and cabbage dumplings for me to eat." ”

The atmosphere instantly stiffened.

After being cold for a long time, Wu Xiujuan stiffened her smile and disgusted her son, "What nonsense, how can I say that I made dumplings, if I don't rush to celebrate the New Year's Festival, how can I have that spare ticket to buy meat at home." ”