Step out of the secluded alley and you'll be able to meet people who are getting off work one after another.

Teacher Fan's family lives very close to here, and after walking for five or six minutes, they will arrive at the small street where their family lives.

Soon a neighbor saw Mrs. Fan, "The old lady is lost again, right?" Who is this little girl? Is it your granddaughter? The neighbor was obviously teasing the old lady, and smiled at Zhou Xiaoan very kindly.

Mrs. Fan patted Zhou Xiao'an on her arm and smiled lovingly, "It's the sixteenth daughter-in-law of our family!" What a good boy! It's so good-looking! People are also filial! Just right for our family sixteen! ”

The neighbor smiled and nodded, coaxing her, "Yes! Blessed are you! ”

Zhou Xiaoan was so embarrassed that she couldn't intervene at such a time, so she could only stand aside with a red face, she really looked like a little daughter-in-law.

Fortunately, Teacher Fan hurried over, and the weather in Layue was so anxious that he saw sweat on his face, "Mother! ”

Old Lady Fan was very happy to see him, and took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, "Black Niu, have you come back from ploughing the field?" Look at what tires you! ”

Mr. Fan honestly let the old lady wipe his sweat, he has long lost his usual majesty, and he is completely a good son who carefully coaxes his mother to be happy, and even the deep nasolabial folds have faded a lot.

Zhou Xiaoan was already weak-hearted, so he didn't dare to intervene at this time, and honestly stood aside and watched.

After wiping her sweat, the old lady patted Teacher Fan's shoulder, "Okay!" Let's go home! Black Bull, today I brought back my sixteenth daughter-in-law, let's have a good meal in the evening! ”

Teacher Fan noticed Zhou Xiaoan next to him and looked at her suspiciously.

Zhou Xiaoan's face turned even redder, "I, I, I met my wife on the road...... I heard that her family was here, so I sent her back......"

Teacher Fan let out a long sigh of relief, "Thank you, Zhou Xiaoan." Fortunately, you sent her back, she got lost last month, sat in the park for a day in the middle of winter, and fell seriously ill. It's dark today, but it scares me! ”

Zhou Xiaoan was so weak that he didn't dare to look at Teacher Fan, so he handed over his wife to Teacher Fan and was about to leave, "Then, then I'll go back!" Goodbye, Mr. Fan! "Turning around and running, she's about to do something, she really can't do it.

She didn't want to do that to her beloved teacher.

She will play some harmless little means to achieve her goals, but she can't do this to the people around her who treat her sincerely.

Her pride did not allow her to do so. If she had to rely on this to get into the steel mill, then she would rather not enter.

People must do something and not do anything in life, otherwise they will achieve their goal, and they will not live calmly when they are restless.

The grandmother grabbed her, "An An, go home with the grandmother, and the grandmother will make you a meatloaf to eat." ”

Zhou Xiaoan didn't dare to struggle, and looked at Teacher Fan for help.

Teacher Fan rarely smiled, "Let's go back with my wife, she is rarely interested in making meatloaf, and I haven't eaten it for a long time." ”

The wife patted Zhou Xiaoan's hand and smiled, "Make a delicious meal for An An!" Sixteen don't like meat, An An loves meat! ”

Teacher Fan nodded at Zhou Xiaoan, "If you don't have anything urgent, just go back with us, I'll send you back later, don't worry." ”

Zhou Xiaoan looked at the interested wife, so he had to nod, "Wife, I love meat." ”

The three of them went back to Teacher Fan's house together.

Walking through half of the side street, there is a two-story red brick building in the middle of a large area of densely packed bungalows, which is used as an office at first glance, built in a simple and atmospheric manner, without any decoration, and can hardly see the age.

Teacher Fan helped the wife through the two rows of bungalows in front of the small building, followed a path to the back of the small building, and explained to Zhou Xiaoan as she walked, "This building used to be the warehouse and office of the trading house, but now it is inhabited by comrades workers and has become a residential building. ”

Zhou Xiaoan looked at the clothes and coal sheds drying in the courtyard in front of the building, it was messy and lively, almost no different from the miscellaneous courtyard where their family lived.

A few children ran out of the building with a flutter, and the housewife who was cooking on the coal stove at the door of the building shouted at them, and the people who got off work greeted each other, which was very lively.

Bypass the small building and follow a path to the back, this side is much quieter, as if the two worlds are isolated by the small building.

Behind the building is a forest, the trees are tall and tall, very old, there is a small open space next to the woods, and on the open space is a semi-red brick house, which is Mr. Pan's home.

"This is the house where the gardener who used to manage the garden lived. There used to be a large garden behind this small building, but it was later bulldozed and divided into the steel mill, leaving the forest, which is said to have been insisted on by an architect who came to build the steel mill in Beijing, saying that it cherished the ancient trees. ”

Mr. Pan talked a lot today, and he lost his usual depressed and silent appearance, as if he was stimulated by something like his wife.

Zhou Xiaoan observed it, only to find that behind the woods was a tall and long wall, which should be the steel mill wall mentioned by Mr. Fan. It turns out that this place is so close to the steel mill!

Teacher Fan's home is very neat and clean, and the house where the two old people live does not have a trace of twilight, which is unexpectedly warm.

There are not many things, and there are traces of careful arrangement everywhere, the table is covered with a plaid tablecloth, there is a simple tea set on the tea tray, and even two pots of daffodils that are about to bloom on the windowsill.

The grandmother pressed Zhou Xiaoan to the heating stove and sat down, "Wait, the grandmother will make you a meatloaf!" ”

Zhou Xiaoan looked at Teacher Fan, Teacher Fan signaled that she was not polite, she rolled up her sleeves and washed her hands to prepare to help, "You just wait to eat, my wife will make meatloaf quickly." ”

"Yes, yes, soon!" The woman kept smiling.

Zhou Xiaoan also hurriedly went to wash his hands, "Wife, I don't know how to make meatloaf, you teach me." ”

The wife was even happier, and took her to the kitchen, "Teach you, teach you to cook for Sixteen." ”

Who is Sixteen? Zhou Xiaoan didn't dare to ask.

Teacher Fan has no wife and no children, and it is said that he has been single and unmarried all his life. I heard that he also had an older brother who died a few years ago, but he had no children and nephews, and only depended on his old mother for his life.

The sixteenth that the wife has been talking about may be someone in this family who has died.

The wife took out a noodle bag, which turned out to be a small half pocket of flour, which was ten catties, and scooped it out with a bowl, which was fine and snow-white, which surprised Zhou Xiaoan very much.

Teacher Fan didn't explain to Zhou Xiao'an, and Zhou Xiao'an couldn't ask, so he only took a water bowl and obediently poured water into the flour for his wife, and listened to her teach her how to mix noodles.

Teacher Fan went to the small shed outside to get a piece of meat, two or three catties, put it on the board to thaw, and then went to the corner of the kitchen to take out a cabbage covered with a sack, "Let's make two kinds of stuffing today, one kind of meat and one dish." ”

The wife nodded happily, "Sixteen loves cabbage stuffing." ”

Zhou Xiaoan looked at the small half of the house that was used as a kitchen, and there was a small window on the east wall, which should have good daylight.

Things are neatly arranged, cooking utensils are clean, garlic and green onions are placed on wooden shelves on the walls, and cutlery is carefully placed in a small cabinet with glass doors, which is rarely seen in such a decent family kitchen in this era.

This home is incompatible with Mr. Fan's usual appearance, looking at his usual simple and restrained appearance, I can't imagine that his home will have such a breath of life, such a ...... It exudes abundance and warmth.

PS: The end of the 10,000 watch ~ See you tomorrow at 6 o'clock ~~ (To be continued.) )