Seeing that Sister Li had discovered her intentions, Zhang Daguan smiled and said, "I said Sister Li, since you have come to your door, why do you have to find an uncle and aunt to have a meal?" Hee-hee! ”

Li Yanhong said with some worry: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" If I had known about your plans, would I have prepared them at home? You should know that my family is very poor, where is there anything good to entertain you, a rich man."

"Rice, noodles, and oil are ready-made, and I have prepared all kinds of canned food, so there should be chickens and ducks in the countryside, right? Your village is only a few dozen meters away from the reservoir, so it shouldn't be difficult to buy a fish, right? Chickens, ducks, and fish are all here, aren't they all alive? Zhang Zheng said.

"Anyway, Brother Zhang, you have a problem for your sister." Li Yanhong said.

"I said Sister Li, don't be upset. We are now a real family, you know the heart of my brother, I am just in a hurry to clarify this matter with my family. If I had explained the purpose of my visit to you in advance, you would never have agreed, so I came here and cooked the raw rice into cooked rice. Zhang Zheng explained.

"I understand my brother's good intentions, in fact, my brother is thinking about me, I am only moved and even excited now, where can I be unhappy? I'm just afraid that when you come to the house for the first time, the family will not take good care of you, treat you slowly, and make you feel wronged. Li Yanhong explained.

"Don't worry, Sister Li, how big my mind is, you have experienced it, how can I be wronged? Besides, don't they all say, 'Mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the happier she becomes'? The old man and the mother-in-law must be very happy when they see the dignified son-in-law, how can they let me be wronged? Zhang Zheng said with a smile.

"Hah! Brother Zhang also said that my life's major event has indeed become a piece of their heart, and it is too late to be happy when they see their future son-in-law, so there is still time to pick and choose and give you grievances. Li Yanhong said with a smile.

While talking, the car drove along the northern foot of the reservoir for less than ten minutes, and arrived at the village where Sister Li's family lived.

At the head of the village, there is a huge brick sign with five big characters written on it, and the surrounding house walls are painted with slogans such as "Socialism is good" and "Long live ideology", and the traces of the Cultural Revolution are still preserved in these remote mountain villages.

The village is not large, dozens of families, most of them live in adobe thatched houses, and the kitchen is mostly made of adobe to build pots and stoves, and a hole is dug in the roof, and the chimney passes through the roof and points to the sky.

It was almost noon, and every household began to cook lunch, and the smoke wafted out of thousands of households, drifting to the sky and drifting into the wilderness, forming a beautiful rural painting.

This scene reminded Zhang Zheng of his childhood, he liked cooking smoke, because there were delicious food in the cooking smoke, and he liked cooking smoke, because there was the fragrance of food in the cooking smoke.

The road in the village is very narrow, just enough to pass a small car, Zhang Zheng drove attentively, and asked, "Sister Li, it's only past eleven o'clock, why did you start cooking." ”

"Straw and branches are used to make fires here, and the heat is not as good as coal or natural gas, so it takes a long time to cook, starting at 11 o'clock and starting at about 12 o'clock, which is a habit that farmers in the village have developed for thousands of years." Li Yanhong introduced.

"Oh, I see."

Li Yanhong's home is located in the middle of the village, with no courtyard walls, three adobe main houses facing north and south, a simple kitchen facing west and east, and toilets covered by a few asbestos tiles.

Although the house is a little dilapidated, the small yard is still clean and tidy. There are many fruit trees in the yard, and the yellow and clear fruits of several persimmon trees are very attractive.

When the car came to the door, Zhang Zheng saw a rickety old man who was cleaning up in the yard.

Zhang Zheng gently pressed the horn, the old man immediately stopped what he was doing, turned to look at the car parked at the door, a face of frost, a face of kindness, when he saw his daughter who got out of the car, the old man's weather-beaten face showed a bright smile.

"Girl, you're back."

With the old man's cheerful shout, the people who were busy in the room came out one after another to greet the hero of the family.

A beautiful little girl of seven or eight years old with pigtails threw herself into Li Yanhong's arms and said, "Auntie, Lingling misses you so much." ”

This girl is her brother's daughter, Xiaoling, who has been frail and sick since she was a child, and was cured by Li Yanhong's funding, so the little girl has had the best relationship with her aunt since she was a child.

"Xiaoling, don't pester your aunt, your aunt just came back, don't be tired of your aunt." A young man said to Xiaoling.

A middle-aged woman supported an old lady, slowly approached Li Yanhong, stretched out her old hand to caress her little red face, and said with a smile: "My Honghong hasn't been back for a long time, do you miss your mother?" ”

"Mom!"

After shouting "Mom", Li Yanhong hugged the old lady tightly.