After a few cars went away, the moving young workers bought the cold watermelon taken out of the freezer from the non-staple food store, cut it into large pieces with a melon killing knife, and ate it in a big gulp.

Under the scorching sun, Wang Qiao felt that his body was cold, and there was always some yin wind blowing from the dark corners.

The voices of men and women talking sounded again in the direction of the White Building, and there was Wu Chongbin's voice inside. At this moment, Wang Qiao didn't want to see anyone, rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and said secretly: "The heart has arrived, why should the eldest husband have no wife." He took a step forward, braved the scorching sun and walked out of the Hongqi factory, never looking back.

I met Yan Lin in a hurry this time, and I didn't have time to say what I thought, but it was enough for Wang Qiao, and I had no regrets.

Let go of all the burdens, and he will be reborn in pain.

On August 12, the family area of the Red Star Factory.

Wang Yongde set up two tables at home according to the old habit of his hometown.

According to the habits of the hometown, where there is a wedding, a new house is completed, a birthday is full of ten, a gathering of friends, an ancestral hall and temple fair, etc., a sumptuous banquet must be placed, and each table on the banquet is generally nine bowls of dishes, and the "nine big bowls" have become the highest specifications of the royal family's banquet guests.

Wang Yongde's craftsmanship of making nine bowls is quite famous in Hongxing Factory, with a total of nine steamed dishes of "steamed head bowl, roasted white, steamed shoulders, pickled and salted cowpea chicken nuggets, sweet and sour fish, glutinous rice, salted radish line duck pieces, crispy red potato pieces, crispy meat soup". Wang's Nine Big Bowls are made of pork and fresh fish from Xiaohe as the main ingredients, and are based on local dishes such as taro and lotus root.

It's just that the economy was tight a few years ago, and in recent years, everyone is used to going to restaurants when there are big and happy events, so few people make trouble at home. The last time the Nine Bowls were held to congratulate the eldest daughter Wang Xiao on being admitted to a university in Beijing, this time the prodigal son Wang Qiao, who let his family worry thoroughly, was admitted to Shannan University.

When discussing the attendees, Du Zongfen had a rare argument with her husband. Du Zongfen gritted his teeth rarely when he recalled the scene in the provincial capital, and said: "Yang Yan originally begged our family to work in the eldest sister's company. She took revenge, took advantage of the accident in Xiangling and her eldest sister to conceive a child, and robbed her eldest sister's business alive. Do you remember the story of the farmer and the snake, Yang Yan is the poisonous snake. She paused slightly, and added: "Yang Yan, a little girl knows something, it must be Yang San who has a bad idea behind her back, don't invite him to dinner, I want to take a few bites when I see him." ”

Du Zongfen is a kind and timid woman, if she herself is bullied, there is a chance that she will endure it. The only thing she can't stand is that her children are bullied, so she holds a grudge against the Yang family.

Wang Yongde persuaded bitterly: "The seniors don't care about the juniors, Yang San is Yang San, Yang Yan is Yang Yan, don't mix them up." Our Wang family treats guests at home, and does not invite door-to-door neighbors, what do other people think of Yang San. ”

Du Zongfen wiped his tears and said, "I want to find Yang San to reason, but you are not allowed." Tell your relatives and friends about Yang Yan in a dragon gate formation, but you are not allowed. Now that my family has a treat, what sin can I have if I don't invite him. ”

After persuasion, Wang Yongde became angry and said: "Women's hair is long and short, and they are all chickens with a handful of rice. How many times has Yang San helped us before, and you have forgotten all of them? Be a man with a conscience, be generous, everyone is a close neighbor, don't look up and don't look down, don't hurt your face. ”

Du Zongfen saw that her husband was angry, so she didn't insist on her opinion.

In the morning, relatives and friends came to the house one after another, drinking tea and eating melon seeds in the living room, and passing the admission notice stamped with the bright red seal of "Shannan University". There are even more capable people who pretend to count the eight characters, and finally announce: "The Wang family wants to produce five officials." ”

After chatting about the new college students, these workers soon began to tell meat and fishy jokes. Wang Qiao sat in the corner, occasionally interjecting a sentence, and kept scattering cigarettes for everyone.

After the nine big bowls were placed, Yang San, a door-to-door neighbor, walked into the courtyard, greeted Wang Qiao, and sat at the table. He chewed the fat burnt white and steamed shoulders, stared at the people at the table and drank, one cup after another, the people at the same table were all good at fighting alcohol, seeing that Yang San took the initiative to help the master's family jump out, everyone had the same mind and began to beat Yang San. Yang San drank quite bravely, and when he got up, he simply took off his shirt and punched with his table bare-chested.

In all the wine battles, the challenger's ending was drunk, Yang San drank to the middle of the game, was already drunk, was carried to Wang Qiao's bed, and vomited on the bed.

Wang Yongde knew that Yang San was deliberately drunk to express the Yang family's apology to the Wang family. Wang Yongde is a benevolent person, and instructed Du Zongfen: "Yang San is very drunk, you go and cook some mung bean soup and old sour soup to sober him up." ”

Du Zongfen sighed, she has lived in the third-line factory for decades, and the neighbors broke their bones and connected the basket, and today Yang San can come to get drunk, and she can't blame the Yang family anymore.

Wang Qiao is the protagonist of today, and the uncles and aunts keep shouting, taking turns to toast at each table. Many uncles who were good at drinking pulled the new college students and drank excitedly, forgetting Du Zongfen's advice for a long time.

After the banquet dispersed, the house was in shambles, leaving a drunkard behind.

A few aunts stayed behind to help clean up the yard until three o'clock, and the house was back to its former neatness and cleanliness. Wang Yongde and Du Zongfen were tired enough to rest at home after taking a bath.

Yang San slept until five o'clock in the afternoon and woke up, drank mung bean soup, and staggered to go home. Wang Yongde was afraid that he would fall, so he took his arm and sent him to the opposite side. The two big men stood at the door and talked for a long time, and the previous estrangement was temporarily revealed.

Wang Qiaosheng was young, and after waking up at night, he drank mung bean soup, and there were no other physical obstacles except for headaches. He followed the habit he had developed since childhood, and swam in the small river outside the factory.

Walking to the river, there is Bayue Mountain in the distance.

The average altitude of Bayue Mountain is about 800 meters, and the mountain is continuous until the suburbs of Jingzhou City. Hidden among the mountains are three third-tier factories, and the Hongqi factory is located at the northern end of the Bayue Mountain Range. Looking north along the peak, Wang Qiao seemed to be able to see the tall and cheerful girl.

The love affair with Yan Lin has become a thing of the past, and from today on, he will throw away all his burdens, move forward lightly, and create a better tomorrow for himself.

"He who forsaken me shall not remain in the day of yesterday; Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. Reciting a verse familiar to the bones, Wang Qiao jumped into the river.

The river was clear, and when he opened his eyes, he could see strings of blisters rolling in the river, scattered aquatic plants floating at will, and he held his breath and went down the water until he couldn't hold his breath anymore, and then poked his head out of the water.

The bamboo forest by the river is dense, and there are some bamboo leaves floating on the water. Wang Qiao wiped the bamboo leaves off his head and continued down the river until three or four kilometers later he climbed ashore. The clear river water is like a mother's **, which makes the slightly irritable mood become calm. He walked up the embankment, returned to where he had dived, exhaled deeply, and plunged into the river again.

Jumping and drifting by the river, until countless white cooking smoke rises. He got up from the river and faced the sunset hanging on the top of the mountain, and a golden circle of light appeared on his body.

When I got home, my parents sat on the couch and watched TV.

Mr. Wang retired last year and left his job. His identity has changed, but it is difficult to change the inertia of his busy life formed for decades, so he opened up a new battlefield, opened a vegetable field on a barren slope, and tended to a small vegetable garden every day.

Chinese people have thousands of years of agricultural genes flowing in their bodies, and Wang Yongde has no obstacles from being an engineer to an amateur farmer, and he has planted a small vegetable garden. However, he is not closed, his daughter and son are his two eyes to observe the world, through these two eyes, he can truly feel that society is taking place in a remote corner of the profound changes that are difficult to detect immediately.

"You're back, what would you like to eat for the evening?" When Du Zongfen saw his son, he couldn't help but smile.

Wang Yongde said: "There are so many leftovers, you can eat them hot." ”

Du Zongfen said: "You can't just eat leftover tea, son, you go to the vegetable garden to pick a few tomatoes and cook fresh soup." ”

There is a patch of land with tomatoes in the vegetable patch, most of which are green, and only a few ripen a little earlier. Wang Qiao picked an early-ripening red tomato in the vegetable field, wiped it, and ate it in a few bites. Sweet and sour tomatoes have an earthy flavor, and the taste is far purer than that of fruit trafficked from abroad.

When he returned home and handed over the tomatoes to his mother, Wang Qiao returned to his bedroom.

Du Zongfen said to her husband: "The second baby is in a bad mood, it stands to reason that he should be very happy to get the admission letter, he often has a gloomy face, there must be something on his mind." ”

Wang Yongde said: "Young people's emotional problems are definitely a matter of men and women, I believe in the self-control of the second child, don't care about him, just don't find out." ”

"My son is so good, I don't know which girl can be blessed to marry the second baby."

"The second baby is already very proud, don't hold him again, lest his tail rise to the sky." Wang Yongde said again, "The banquet is done, I will go to Shannan with you to meet my grandson." ”

(Chapter 77)