Pan Yang couldn't see the appearance of the man in front of him clearly, but looking at his body shape, he was probably about the same as himself, he was both thin and tall, and as for his age, it was not clear whether he was older or younger than himself.

Pan Yang took the initiative to speak, "Dude, also go to the county seat?" ”

The man turned his head to look at Pan Yang, looking like he didn't want to speak, but he still sighed, "Go to the county seat." ”

Pan Yang was purely speechless, and asked again, "Which village is the buddy from?" I'm from Pansy Village, how about you? ”

The man looked at Pan Yang again, with a little defensiveness, this time he didn't pay attention to Pan Yang, but bent down and picked up the sack and moved the place, three meters away from Pan Yang, looking like you don't talk to me again, even if you talk to me, I won't pay attention to you.

Pan Yang touched her nose, a little embarrassed, she didn't mean anything, she just wanted to find someone to chat with to pass the time

Next, Pan Yang no longer was bored with himself, but returned to sit under the eaves of the supply and marketing cooperative, concentrating on carefully searching in his own space, trying in a vain attempt to find something in an inconspicuous corner, but unfortunately he didn't find a good thing after searching for a long time.

Pan Yang took out the watch her father gave her, looked at the time, it was only half past five, Pan Yang let out a long breath, looked up at the black sky, and couldn't help but sigh, her space is really a chicken rib, the food is tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it, except for being able to store something, nothing else can be done.

At six o'clock, the bus drove over on time, and there were only seven or eight people on the bus at this time, sitting in the seats sparsely, and Pan Yang found a seat by the window and sat down.

The sky outside was hazy and bright, and Pan Yang also saw the appearance of the man before, the man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and thick lips, and a scruffy beard.

The driver got angry and started the car, and the conductor began to collect the ticket money one by one, and loudly announced, "The price of the ticket has increased, six cents a ticket." ”

As soon as the conductor's voice fell, someone in the car was dissatisfied, "Why is the price increasing again?" I remember that last year, the price increase was also after the New Year, and it rose every year, didn't this force us to walk to the county seat in the future. ”

The conductor raised his eyelids, and said angrily, "Whether the ticket goes up or not is also stipulated by the above, it's useless for you to complain to me, and I won't deduct a penny from you, and those who can't afford to buy a ticket will get off the bus before the car has gone far." ”

In these years, as long as you eat public meals, it seems that you can't drag it out.

The conductor collected the money and received it from the man in front of Pan Yang, who took out a crumpled five-cent from his pocket and handed it to the conductor.

The conductor held out his hand to him again, "It's a dime short." ”

The man was a little embarrassed, and took it out of his pocket several times, and finally said in a muffled voice, "I only have five cents on me, can I wait for me to come back and give it to you?" ”

Hearing this, the conductor sneered, shouted to the driver to stop, and said to the man, "You think I am a three-year-old child?" Big men go to the county seat and bring five cents? And said you want to come back and give me another dime? Who knows if you can come back after you go out! ”

The man's face was flushed, obviously not good at words, and after being robbed by the conductor for a while, he stumbled and explained, "I have something to go to the county seat, I really don't know that the price of the ticket has increased, I promise to come back tomorrow and give you the dime I owe." ”

The conductor didn't eat his set, and pointed to the doorway, "Come on, I won't talk nonsense with you, get off the bus, don't delay the other passengers on the bus." ”

The man was sweating profusely, his rough hands clutching the sack next to him, not knowing what to do.

"Give it to you, I'll pay for him." Pan Yang handed a dollar to the conductor, not talking nonsense to the conductor, "Tear up the ticket and find money." ”

The man looked back at Pan Yang, as if he didn't expect Pan Yang to help him pay for it, with surprise and gratitude in his eyes.

Since someone paid, the conductor didn't care so much, so he gave Pan Yang three cents, tore off two more car tickets, handed one to Pan Yang, and the other to the man.

The man took the ticket and smiled at Pan Yang, this time he didn't have the cold appearance of the morning, and said to Pan Yang, "Thank you, big brother, I'll pay you back when I go back." ”

Pan Yang always feels that he is familiar with men, as if he has seen them somewhere, although men don't like to deal with people very much, but Pan Yang just has an indescribable sense of intimacy for no reason, Pan Yang asked with a smile, "What do you call the eldest brother?" ”

Only then did the man say, "My name is Yao Baozhong, what about you, big brother?" ”

"Yao Baozhong?" Pan Yang's eyes widened, and he repeated again, "Yao Baozhong? I heard you right. ”

Seeing Pan Yang making such a fuss, the man didn't know why, so he asked rhetorically, "It's Yao Baozhong, is there anything wrong with the eldest brother?" ”

Pan Yang waved his hand again and again, simply changed his seat, and sat side by side with Yao Baozhong across the narrow aisle, staring at Yao Baozhong as if he were looking at a treasure, his eyes shining.

Pan Yang's behavior was tantamount to a neurotic in Yao Baozhong's eyes, and Yao Baozhong, who was whole of him, had goosebumps for no reason, and endured the strange feeling in his heart, Yao Baozhong asked again, "What do you call the big brother." ”

Pan Yang smiled, "My name is Pan Zhaoke, from Panxi Village." By the way, the eldest brother is from Yaojia Village, right? ”

Yao Baozhong nodded and said, "Yes, Yaojia Village." ”

Pan Yang was a surprise again, this must not be wrong, at this time Pan Yang looked at Yao Baozhong again, the more she looked at it, the more she had a feeling of sudden realization, she said that Yao Baozhong looked like where she had seen it, Yao Baozhong's face was clearly her uncle's appearance in middle age!

The man in front of her is none other than her grandfather.

Pan Yang's grandfather died when she was four years old, Pan Yang didn't remember at that time, and later he only saw the photos of her grandfather when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, and at that time he only thought that her uncle looked very similar to her grandfather, I really didn't expect her to have the opportunity to meet her grandfather!

Pan Yang held back the excitement in his heart and talked to Yao Baozhong, "How many children are in the eldest brother's family? ”

Yao Baozhong said, "Three sons, two daughters. ”

Pan Yang was happy for a while, and one of the daughters was still her mother.

Pan Yang said, "Hello girl, how old is the little girl?" ”

Yao Baozhong didn't understand why Pan Yang only asked him about his little daughter, but he still said, "It's nine years old after this year." ”

Pan Yang laughed and said, "My third son will be nine years old after this year, but his birthday in October is not old." ”

Yao Baozhong said, "Then my little girl is older than your son, and she has a birthday in February." ”

The two gossiped all the way, of course, most of them were Pan Yang asking Yao Baozhong to answer, if Pan Yang didn't take the initiative to find a topic, according to Yao Baozhong's stuffy temperament, he wouldn't say a word for half a day.

When he got off the bus at the county seat, Pan Yang asked Yao Baozhong where he was going.

Yao Baozhong didn't speak.

In fact, this is the first time Yao Baozhong has come to the county seat, he can't figure out the terrain of the city at all, his sack is filled with vegetables that have just been cut from the vegetable garden, he is going to use them to sell them, facing the man he just met in front of him, Yao Baozhong hesitated, and still didn't say what he was here for.

Pan Yang's eyes were sharp, she had already noticed how precious Yao Baozhong was to the sack in his hand, for fear that others would untie his sack and peek, and there was mud on the sack, and there was a piece of wet at the bottom of the sack.

Pan Yang thought about it for a while, and almost understood, since her grandfather didn't want to say more, she was not reluctant, but said to Yao Baozhong, "If the eldest brother is fine, you can go to Yaqian Street to go around." ”

Yao Baozhong said, "Yaqian Street? ”

Pan Yang said with a smile, "There are a lot of people on Yaqian Street in the morning, if the eldest brother wants to bring something back for the children in the family, he might as well go there and have a look." ”

Pan Yang almost didn't say it directly, she could only help her grandfather get here.

The two said goodbye at the station, Pan Yang pointed Yao Baozhong in the direction of Yaqian Street, and she herself went to visit her regular customers door-to-door.

Pan Yang's most bold old customers are still Uncle Cheng's old couple, this time Pan Yang went to Uncle Cheng's house, just in time for Uncle Cheng's son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

When Uncle Cheng saw Pan Yang coming, he happily took Pan Yang into the yard, and said to his son, "Ling Kai, this is the little Pan I often mention, the hares and pheasants I brought to you a few years ago were all taken from Xiao Pan." ”

Uncle Cheng's son Cheng Lingkai is a skilled worker in the smelter, he was originally just a technician, he gave the leader a little gift a year ago, and now he has been successfully promoted to their workshop team leader.

Cheng Lingkai was very interested and asked, "Comrade, is there any wild meat this time?" ”

Pan Yang hurriedly said, "Yes, there are two hares and three pheasants, all of which were caught in the mountains a year ago. ”

Cheng Lingkai thought in his heart about which leaders needed to give gifts after the Lantern Festival and went to work, and said, "Yes, whether it's air-dried, these are all left to me, I want them all." ”

Pan Yang sighed happily, and simply took out all the things in the burden, and let Uncle Cheng's family choose, they are all old acquaintances, Pan Yang watched them pick what they needed.

Uncle Cheng didn't leave eggs this time, only picked two Chinese cabbages, two radishes and five lettuce.

Uncle Cheng's son Cheng Lingkai left two hares and three pheasants, as well as some vegetables.

To Pan Yang's surprise, the eggs she brought were left unsold.

Unexpectedly, Pan Yang asked, "Uncle, why didn't you ask for eggs this time?" Is my egg not good enough? ”

Uncle Cheng said with a smile, "Xiao Pan, you think about it too much, it's the uncle, I went to the morning market for the first two days, and I ran into a stall with a big rooster and an old hen, and there happened to be a stall selling eggs, I have bought more than 30 there, you don't want it this time, and I will stay some when I come back." ”

When Pan Yang heard Uncle Cheng say that he had met a rooster and hen seller, he hurriedly said, "Uncle, how about I discuss something with you?" How many eggs do you have left? I'll exchange the eggs I brought with you, what do you think? ”

Seeing Uncle Cheng's puzzled face, Pan Yang explained, "That's the case, the egg I brought is a Yunying egg, and it can't hatch chicks, I want to change it with Uncle You, give me your eggs, and I'll bring them back to let my family use them to hatch chicks." ”

Uncle Cheng smiled, "I see, no problem, I still have twenty-five left, you can change them all." ”

Pan Yang thanked him repeatedly, and gave the thirty Yunying eggs she brought to the uncle, in exchange for his twenty-five.