Walking out of the courtyard gate and walking to the river, not to the front of the river embankment is a new line of shops pù, clusters of new walls, neat doors, is the street in order to accommodate the educated youth and unemployed youth who have returned to the city, just set up a collective commissary, snack bar, bicycle repair stall, etc., the business is not too good, no need to queue.

There are a complete variety in the snack bar, there are small wontons, Yangchun noodles, as well as rare shredded meat noodles, three fresh noodles, in addition to steamed buns, there are also big meat buns, vegetable buns, bean paste buns, and even pancakes and fruits, there are many varieties of colors, and unlike Hongqi breakfast shop, in addition to baked cakes, fritters, Yangchun noodles are nothing else, and meat buns are more difficult to see.

Xiaoyu bought a steaming pancake fruit at a snack bar, and Liu Lulu bought a large meat bun, both of which were eaten in their hands and walked.

"I find out I'm just hungry right now." Liu Lulu said, "If you eat a bowl of porridge in the morning, you will be hungry after a while." ”

"Me too." Xiaoyu gulped down the pancake fruit and expressed her sympathy.

"Then let's come here every day to eat, anyway, don't line up." Liu Lulu counted the change left over from her grocery shopping, "I won't eat steamed buns tomorrow, eat a bowl of small wontons, a dime and seven cents." Cheaper than Hongqi snack bar. ”

"Yes, I'm going to try the ravioli tomorrow."

"I haven't been to these shops very often. My grandmother always went to the Hongqi breakfast shop to buy breakfast. Liu Lulu licked the meat marinade from the meat buns on her fingers and said, "The meat buns in this house taste really good." The meat bun at the Hongqi breakfast shop, I didn't bite the meat in the first bite, but I took the second bite. The meat filling is no bigger than a plum. ”

"Yes. I also think that the fritters here are much better than those of Hongqi Restaurant, at least they don't smell like old clams. Xiaoyu agreed.

"That's weird. Why is there a queue over there every day at the red flag, but there is no business here? Liu Lulu asked.

"Maybe you haven't eaten much yet." Xiaoyu said.

Xiaoyu remembered the inspiration that flashed through her mind that day when she was in the vegetable market.

Business opportunities, business opportunities, are fleeting opportunities.

She had to find a way to get to the ground now.

On the slow lane by the river, there were people in dark blue overalls hurrying by on bicycles, Liu Lulu looked at the backs of those people, and suddenly asked, "Hey, isn't this the son of Aunt Gu's family who went to cut in line?" He also returned to the city. ”

Xiaoyu stood on tiptoe and glanced at it, she didn't know the Gu family's son, but she recognized that the overalls belonged to the garment factory in front.

"It seems that not only is he back in the city, but he is also working." She said, frowning slightly.

No wonder Aunt Gu was particularly enthusiastic about helping Xu Li's mother speak that day, there are reasons behind this.

"Hey, these educated youths have all returned to the city, why hasn't your Chen Wenguang come back yet?" Liu Lulu asked.

The two of them had already walked to the river, and rows of smoke and willows were shrouded in both sides of the embankment, and in the shade of the willows there were birds chirping and chirping, and cicadas were singing.

"Well, I don't know." Xiaoyu shook her head, she had finished eating the pancake fruit in her hand and licked the grease stains on her fingers.

"Our eldest cousin and cousin have all returned from the countryside, and my uncle is coming back soon." Liu Lulu leaned against the trunk of a tree by the river, reached out to hook the branches of the willow tree, and played with it in her hand.

"I heard that I was going to give gifts to someone from the commune or the production team, and gave cigarettes and old wine, and my father specially bought souvenirs from the back door of their restaurant and brought them with them. But after being busy for a while, I heard my mother say yesterday that my uncle should be back soon. ”

Liu Lulu's house is small, and three generations are crowded into two rooms separated by furniture, which are not soundproof at all, and discuss something, the whole family knows that these things about giving gifts and leaving the back door can't avoid Liu Lulu.

Liu Lulu does not shy away from Xiaoyu, anyway, in this era, "going through the back door" is already a social phenomenon, it doesn't matter whether it is good or bad, when encountering things, everyone will find a way to go to the back, as big as returning to the city, looking for a job, as small as buying a sought-after product, they will go through the back door, if you don't go through the back door, others will feel strange, especially for a big thing like returning to the city, it is almost impossible to go through the back door without using relationships.

As she said this, Xiaoyu's heart moved slightly.

Xiaoyu didn't squeak, silently paced to the river, lying on the stone railing to look at the scenery by the river, it is the season when the river rises, the water is mighty, the blue waves ripple, printed with the reflection of the sky and the shade of the trees, the clear light is like a tree, a refreshing and charming appearance.

"By the way, you are still learning calligraphy from Grandpa Deng?"

Seeing that Xiaoyu was silently distracted, Liu Lulu found another topic to chat, she is a chatterbox, except for sleeping and eating, it is uncomfortable to speak without speaking.

That day, she followed Chen Xiaoyu to listen to Deng Hongmei's matter, Liu Lulu didn't feel at ease, and then one day her grandmother came back from the vegetable market to ask her about the matter, she remembered that Chen Xiaoyu had told her not to mention it to others, so she dealt with it vaguely, and then listened to her grandmother and mother muttering for a long time, she hid aside and listened for a while, as if Xiaoyu had a big quarrel with Xu Li's mother and Aunt Gu for this matter.

Since they all quarreled over Deng Hongmei's affairs, they will definitely not have contact with the Deng family again.

"Practice." Xiaoyu looked up at her, "What's wrong?" ”

"I heard that your grandmother doesn't let your family play with the Deng family, right?"

"Play?" Xiaoyu was slightly stunned when she heard this word, and then smiled, "Listen to who said, it's not like that." She casually wiped the fine beads of sweat on her face with a handkerchief, still thinking about Chen Wenguang in her heart.

Grandma mentioned the matter of Grandpa Chen and Wenguang returning to the city, and Grandpa would just shirk and say, "Don't worry, the government will arrange it." Since the country has a policy, he will come back, and he just needs to show himself well in the countryside. Grandma sighed when she heard this, seeing that the children of other people's families who had gone to the countryside had returned to the city one by one and found jobs, and her own children had not yet believed in it.

Chen Wenguang would complain in the letter every time he wrote back, either that there were no more people left behind in the Zhiqing Point, or that whoever had left had returned to the city through the back door.

Grandma sighed for several days when she read the letter, but grandpa didn't worry about his son at all like a nobody, and still went to school every day, read books, write articles, and walk.

Recently, during the summer vacation, he went to a seminar with the department and went on vacation to the beach.

Grandpa will not come forward to help Chen Wenguang, grandma is just a housewife, Chen Wenhui himself is still a half-old child, the only one who can come forward to help Chen Wenguang is his father Chen Wenbin.

And to be able to get dad to come forward to do things, only grandma spoke.

Chen Xiaoyu analyzed the possibility of this matter again in her heart, and gradually felt a little eyebrows.

Liu Lulu pushed Xiaoyu's arm, "What do you want?" ”

Xiaoyu shook her head.

The sun had fully risen, shining on the waters of the river, which was mighty and sparkling, and countless rays of light were dancing and shining between the waves.