After chatting with the village chief for a while, Xin Ran was ready to go to Li Gui's house.

The village chief can say that whose house is the strangest, which one is Li Gui's family. It didn't take long for her to find it. Why is this house strange? It turns out that except for one of the houses in this house, which is a brick house, the other houses are the same as the houses in the village, and they look weird together. It's like an ox cart, people use one ox to carry it, you have to use two horses, and as a result, there are not enough horses, so you have to use one horse and one ox to pull it. The car didn't run faster, but the speed of the two animals was different, and the car shook even more.

knocked on the door, it was his daughter who opened the door, Li Gui's family was rubbing hemp rope, Li Gui was not at home today, Xin Ran had to say that he would come back in the evening. Li Gui's family sent her to the door, and couldn't help muttering in her heart, this girl is a little more powerful, she has made money to build a house in this time, where will she find her in-laws in the future, just look at the hawthorn she received some time ago, and she must have made a lot of money. You have money to build a house, don't get too complacent. I sold the hawthorn to make more than one or two silver, and now the hawthorn on the mountain is getting less and less, and it is very difficult to find, no, I will look for it again in the afternoon, but I can't let people earn more than their own.

Lunch at noon, it is vegetarian incense burned, the taste is better than that of Xin Da Niang, the taste is heavy, the salt is enough to taste, it is quite suitable for the taste of Xin dyeing, the taste of Xin Da Niang is light, and it is not good to eat.

"Sister Su Xiang, this is the fabric that Xiao Ran bought for me before, I made one, there are so many left, how many clothes can be made, you can make a few pieces, change them." Su Xiang took the fabric, the color of the cloth is plain, the dark fabric, there is no pattern, it is suitable for their age to wear, and touched the fabric, it is cotton "I just wear your old clothes, where can I make clothes, you can make a few pieces yourself." Suka returned the fabric to her.

Aunt Xin put the cloth heavily on her hand before saying, "Sister Suxiang, you will take it if you give it to you, what are you polite to me, you will give me a fake?" Am I that kind of person? Xin Ran watched from the side and didn't speak.

In the evening, after dinner, Xin Ran went to Li Gui's house, Li Gui's family also ate well, and when they saw Xin Ran coming, they invited people in, "Xiao Ran, what kind of house do you want to build?" What materials are used to build it? Xin Ran said what he thought in his heart, "Uncle, just build a two-entry yard, just leave two more points of land in the backyard, just like the house built by ordinary people, that is, the yard is two very large, and build a bathroom, cover it with bricks, tomorrow the bricks will arrive, and the time will come."

Li Gui thought about it, this is not a big problem, the yard is bigger, just move the wall back a little.

After discussing it, the result was roughly finalized, and the work started the day after tomorrow. Worker Li Gui went to find it, there were many people who followed him to do small jobs, the sooner the house was better, it should be completed within a month, Xin Ran considered that there were too many people and it was too inconvenient to cook, so he decided not to pack the meal, let them go home to eat, but subsidize an extra ten cents a day. The salary is sixty wen a day. And Li Gui, as the leader, is eighty wen a day.

"Okay, I know, we'll start work early the day after tomorrow, have you marked the ground?" Xin Ran nodded, the land had already been marked, and the specific things had to be decided by the person who built the house.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xin Ran got up early, first went to Li's house to deliver moon cakes, and then went to Zhao's mother's house.

Xia Wanru is standing in the courtyard looking up at the sky, Mid-Autumn Festival, relatives don't know where they are, and their son doesn't know where they are? Why not send her a letter? The family is really worried about him.

The knock on the door woke her up, and she couldn't guess who would come now. opened the door, and there was a slim girl standing at the door, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, "Auntie, I will give you some gifts, and I wish you a happy holiday." ”

In a few words, Xia Wan said that tears were about to fall, "Okay, Xiao Ran is also happy." Pulled Xin Ran into the house and poured her a glass of water, "The eldest lady has no tea, don't dislike it." "Auntie, no, boiling water quenches your thirst." Xin Ran took it with a smile and took a sip.

"Oh, by the way, auntie, come to my house for dinner in the evening, there are many people." "No, no, no, how can I trouble you." Xia Wanru hurriedly shook her head, "Auntie is fine, there are more people to be lively." You must come, or I'll be sad. ”

Seeing Xin Ran's appearance of being a scoundrel, Xia Wanru was happy in her heart, this girl must have said this deliberately because she was alone.

After Xin Ran left, Xia Wanru cleaned up the house, washed what should be washed, and sunburned what should be sunned, and was busy picking hawthorns during this time, and he didn't clean it carefully. Walking into my son's room, the contents were neatly arranged, and there was no dust on the table. The tables and chairs are still used back then, and they are a little old after so many years, and the son insisted on joining the army as a soldier, vowing to make a career before coming back, and he couldn't stop it. In the first few years, he sent back occasional letters, but since five years ago he has not been heard from and is missing.

I wonder where he is now? How are you doing? Is it still alive? Every time I think of this, Xia Wanru's heart is like a knife, this is Brother Zhao's only son, my mother's treasure, I don't know where it is now, I regret that I didn't stop him ruthlessly back then, if he has something, how can I be right Brother Zhao. and the younger brother, of course, when the accident happened, he obviously brought a letter to him, but the mother and son waited for a year and didn't wait for him, and they still don't know where to go.

It's been eight years in a blink of an eye, and my son is now twenty-four, and the children of men as old as him in the village can go to school. Although the people in the village are very good and get along very well, no one remembers her for such a reunion festival, and she has spent so many years alone. It's no problem to support yourself alone, it's just too lonely, there is no one to talk to, and everyone is busy making money during the day, how can there be so much leisure to chat? It's night, who still hangs out?

If you don't want to, her son will definitely come back, and she will wait until this day......

Xia Wanru thought about bringing something to the past, but she couldn't be empty-handed, she didn't have anything at home, even if she bought it now, it would be too late. It's good to bring something, but I still have a few dollars on me, but there is no shop in the village, so I can't buy anything. I can only bring the pickled bamboo shoots and pickles some time ago, although it is not worth much, the taste is OK, how is it also a mind, and the next time I see something good in the market, I will buy some and send it over.

The sun was in the west, and before the sun set, Xia Wanru carried a basket, closed the courtyard door, and set off, the two families were separated by two hundred meters, and they arrived after a while.