Reborn for so long, Tian Guo is still the first time to come to Niu Huanran's house, I used to hear neighbors say how his family is a cow, like a fallen nobleman, although the status is gone, and everyone is the same low-level people, but the nobility in the blood is still there, and the food and clothing are more exquisite than others. Especially the head of the family, Niu Mingen, must be dressed up cleanly when he goes out, his hair is meticulously combed, and the cloth shoes are spotless, which is a bit of Shanghai Lao Gala.

Tian Guo didn't expect that it would be Niu Mingen who opened the door for him, so he was stunned for a moment and hurriedly greeted: "Hello grandpa." ”

"It's Xiaoguo'er, come in." Seeing that it was her, Old Man Niu was also quite surprised, and welcomed Tian Guo into the yard with a smile. He is a few years older than Tian Guo's grandmother, because of identity problems in the special era was sent to the countryside to work, although the government / government between his family at the beginning of the founding of the country, a little grace only in the suburbs of Sijiu City labor, but after all, the rural environment is not as good as the city, living in the shack in winter and hot in summer is still back to the tide, five years of labor down the knee has fallen to the root of the disease, as soon as it rains on a cloudy day, I feel distressed, although I have found a lot of doctors to see, but the effect is very little, saying that the dampness has entered the nerves, can only be controlled, and it is impossible to cure.

In this regard, Mr. Niu thought very openly, anyway, he doesn't need crutches to walk now, compared to the workers who went to work together at the beginning, some of them are now sleepy when walking, and they can still come and go freely in the house, which is considered a blessing. People should be damned than people, and goods should be thrown away, as long as they are not the worst.

Although the bricks and tiles of the courtyard of the Niu family have been worn out and faded, if you look carefully at the square pattern of the eaves and the courtyard, you can vaguely see the appearance of the original palace. According to the rules of the old Sijiu City, there must be living creatures in this courtyard to be alive. Now in early summer, the two Xifu begonias in the yard are in full bloom, and the white magnolia flower in the west is withered, and the green leaves have climbed all over the branches. It is said that the flower bud of this plant is called Xinyi, which is the best medicinal material for quality rhinitis.

There is also a wooden birdcage hanging on the branch of the magnolia tree, and the distance is a little far, and Tian Guo cannot see the wood material. Of course, with her clumsy energy, she doesn't recognize good things under her nose, but I only heard that the children of the Eight Banners carrying cage birds were the standard configuration for walking the streets and alleys to show their identity. This birdcage is also very exquisite, no money is made of bamboo or ordinary wood, and the exquisite nature is made of red sandalwood, mahogany, tortoiseshell, and even carved with pure ivory, which is staggeringly extravagant.

Seeing that Tian Guo had been looking at the birdcage, Niu Mingen smiled and said: "There is a thrush in there, I just came back from the bird market yesterday, and now I am still small, my voice is not as loud as the big one, and I can't speak yet, go over and take a look?" ”

Tian Guo knew that this bird was intelligent, could learn to speak, and its tongue was no worse than that of a parrot. I had the heart to go over and take a look, but when I thought that I would have to go home and cook a little earlier, I smiled and said, "No, grandpa, I'll come back when I have time." ”

Niu Mingen took Tian Guo into the house, the room was very bright, the furniture was dilapidated but spotless, Niu Lan was picking coriander while watching TV, and when he saw Tian Guo walk in, he was stunned at first, and then asked vigilantly: "Why did you come to our house?" ”

The tone was not good, Tian Guo didn't hear it, and smiled at her and said, "Hello Aunt Niu Lan, I'm here to say thank you, is Aunt Wu Zhen at home?" ”

"She's not here!" Niu Lan said angrily.

"There was a call from the Peking Opera Company just now, and your aunt has returned to the troupe." Niu Mingen doesn't like his daughter's attitude of speaking, although Tian Guo is a junior, but as a neighbor, he must also know how to be polite when speaking, which is called "rules". So he raised his finger and pointed at his daughter and said, "Xiaolan, don't pick vegetables yet, Xiaoguo'er finally came to visit, you go and pour her a glass of water, it's an elder." The last sentence was quite heavy and warned.

The old man loves face, and the old family rule is that he can't fall in front of people. Niu Lan was afraid of angering her father, so she threw the coriander on the table, Tian Guo saw it, although she was not afraid of Niu Lan in her heart, but she always felt that it was not worth it to see her face for a glass of water, so she hurriedly said: "Don't bother Auntie, I'm here to say thank you to Aunt Wu." Put the strawberries and apples on the table gently, and smiled at Niu Mingen: "Grandpa, this is a little fruit I just bought in the vegetable market, it's not expensive, you and your aunt and aunt keep it to eat, thank you for your help at noon today, I'll return it to her when the unit issues a sesame oil ticket, you are busy, I'll go first." ”

Tian Guo deliberately said goodbye to Niu Lan when she left, but Niu Lan ignored her, picking vegetables in her hands and staring at the TV.

The TV is playing "Looking for the World Back" starring Song Dandan and Xu Yajun.

When he walked out of the courtyard of the Niu family, Niu Mingen chased him out and said that he didn't want this fruit, Tian Guo didn't take it, and it took some lip work to finally make the old man withdraw his hand, "You girl, when did your mouth become so powerful, I'm almost dizzy!" Niu Mingen hugged the fruit with a smile and a smile, just now Tian Guo Balabala said for a long time, the central idea is "If you don't accept this fruit, you look down on me, I have poor self-esteem, you can't hit me like this." ”

The original Yoneda fruit has a rude temper but can't be good, so when he says it, he likes to pick up the guy and do it directly. In fact, Tian Guo is also very aggrieved now, when he saw Yadan's mother splashing in the yard at noon today, he also wanted to pick up the guy and do it directly with her, although Yadan's mother was strong, but Tian Guo was tall and evenly matched, but when I thought of my grandmother's instructions on weekdays: restrain your temper and be a low-key person, Tian Guo endured it again.

When he walked home alone, Tian Guo remembered the Kunlun nine-inch black-and-white TV he had just seen in the Niu family's house, the late eighties to the early nineties was the golden period for many bigwigs to make a fortune and accumulate wealth, Tian Guo suddenly felt that he could no longer live so idlely.

How many times can she fight in life, she has to fight, otherwise why would she come here? Just to endure hardship?

Now that she has lived in this space for half a year, the adaptation period has passed, and she reads the newspaper every day and probably knows the national policy, although there are many restrictions on the development of self-employed people, but the coastal areas have begun to slowly lift the ban, and she must take action.

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As the saying goes: A cigarette after a meal is better than a living fairy. Now Niu Huanran also likes to smoke a cigarette when he eats, not because he wants to be a god, but because he has eaten food in this countryside for almost two weeks, his throat and stomach are really unbearable. Today is to eat wotou and vegetable porridge, as soon as I see this dish, Niu Huanran's two thick eyebrows are twisted into a black rope, his throat and eyes are like a stone, saliva is not secreted, and his mouth is dry, so he can only squat on the ground to drink vegetable porridge first, and then slowly smoke to find the feeling of secreting saliva.

As soon as he was halfway through a cigarette, Li Sheng stood at the door of the cafeteria and called him: "Brother Huanran, phone." ”

"Phone? Who came? Put the nest head and vegetable porridge on the table and ask the workers to help take a look, and Huan Ran came out and asked.

"A man from Beijing, what is the name of tadpoles?"

Huan Ran stepped on the dry and cracked soil all the way to the village in a hurry, and there was only one thing for the tadpole to call, which was specially instructed by Huan Ran before coming to the countryside, and now he was anxious because he didn't expect that something really happened.

When he walked into the office of the village party secretary, the party secretary pointed to the phone and said officially: "Hurry up and pick it up, the time can't be too long, five minutes at most." ”

"Okay." Huan Ran answered and then picked up the phone, "Hey, tadpoles, what's going on with Tian Guo's family?" ”

He asked anxiously, and the tadpole calmed him down for a while before he explained what was going on. Or the sesame oil ticket, he always felt strange, mainly because he felt that Tian Guo was innocent and it was not worth the black pot, although after a long time, Aunt Wu Zhen also gave the Ya Dan family a ticket, but the alley has begun to rumor that Tian Guo is a thief.

After listening to the tadpole, Huan Ran was very upset, his brows were twisted into big bumps, the vegetable porridge he had just drunk was blocked in his throat, he took off the straw hat as a fan and slapped it twice angrily, and Huan Ran had an idea: "Tadpole, do you still have a surplus sesame oil ticket at home?" ”

"My family is gone, but there seems to be one in the Yangtze River, and it was just sent on May Day a few days ago, but I don't know if it's useless."

Huan Ran said: "Then you go and ask, if you use it, find someone else, of course it's best if it's useless, you listen, borrow the sesame oil ticket and give it to Yadan." ”

"Ah, to her?" Tadpoles don't understand. "What do you mean, Brother Ran, my aunt has already given her a copy."

"I know." Huan Ran's voice was low, as if he was suppressing a wave of anger, "The two tickets have different functions, you listen carefully, after this sesame oil ticket is handed over to Yadan, you tell her that Niu Huanran is troublesome to her, and let her think of a way to make her mother believe that the original sesame oil ticket was not lost, understand?" ”

The tadpole's eyes rolled, "Oh-" and said in a clear long tone: "Understood, it's just stealing beams and changing pillars." ”

"Almost." Niu Huanran said with a smile, thinking that it was not easy for tadpole primary school culture to be able to say these four words, "Anyway, if her family wants a ticket, then give it to her, but it depends on your mouth." Be polite when you speak, if you really can't do it, invite Ya Dan to have a meal, and Brother Qian will reimburse you. ”

"Oops, no need!" The tadpole felt that Niu Huanran was scolding him, "Isn't it just a meal, I can afford it, what can you eat if the girl is thin?" Brother, don't worry, this matter is on me! By the way, when will you be back? I'll pick you up at the long-distance station with Xu Qiang and Changjiang. ”

"Next Tuesday." Rejuvenation said.

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"Zhang Yang?" When Tian Guo pushed open the door and walked in, he couldn't help but be stunned. In the room, Zhang Yang sat opposite his grandmother solemnly, his face flushed, like a primary school student who didn't answer a question. Seeing Tian Guo coming back was like meeting a savior, he quickly stood up and said, "Oh, you're back!" Pointing to the grandmother sitting on the kang, "You quickly tell the old man, I am really a man." ”

It turned out that since entering the house, grandma has been calling Zhang Yang, who has fine white and tender meat, "girl", no matter how Zhang Yang explains, grandma just didn't hear it, took out apples and melon seeds and spread them on the table, one bite at a time, "Big girl, eat quickly, you're welcome, just treat this as if this is your home, Tianguo will come back in a while." ”

"Girl, are you from the same unit as Tian Guo?"

"Girl, look at your head is taller than my Tianguo, one meter seven? Is it easy to find? If there is a good offspring with a high child, don't forget to introduce one to my family Tianguo. ”

"Girl, my Tianguo has a bad temper, you should take care of it when you work in the barbershop together on weekdays, don't be like her."

If Tian Guo came back one minute later, Zhang Yang would really run away, he never felt that he had been so motherly.