In the evening, Zhou Xuecheng and his wife returned home, and when they saw the renovated house and the clean environment, Chen Xiuhua said with a smile: "There is no money in vain, you see, this is much more pleasing to the eye than before." ”

"Then it goes without saying, spending money in vain, isn't that a fool?" Zhou Xuecheng was not interested in this.

Just when they were appreciating this initiative, Zhou Jianping carried his brother Zhou Jianwen into the courtyard, and Chen Xiuhua hurriedly ran over, "Jianping, what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, Jianwen is a little drunk." Zhou Jianping replied.

"How old is Jianwen? You make him drink so much. Zhou Xuecheng shouted.

"Can I get him to drink? It was Jianliang's second brother who insisted on letting Jianwen try, but he got drunk. ”

"It's that kid again! I never think this guy Jianliang is a good thing, how many times have I said that you should stay away from him, but you just don't listen, what can you learn from him? Zhou Xuecheng reprimanded angrily.

"What's wrong with them? What's wrong with me? Isn't it just a drink after work? Look at how bad you belittle us like bad people who are harmful to society, and you won't be like this if you have prejudices! Zhou Jianping had a lot of opinions about his father's words.

"You are good people, drunk Jianwen like this, good people do this?"

"I said, no one poured him, Jianliang just asked him to try, who knew it would be like this."

Chen Xiuhua took the second child Zhou Jianwen, carried him into the house to rest, and after the arrangements were made, she returned to the yard and angrily scolded her husband Zhou Xuecheng, "What are you arguing about for such a thing?" A few of them are tired for two or three days, what is the problem with you going out to drink? It didn't cost you any money. Jianwen is no longer a child, it is a matter of time before he gets drunk at the wine table, you rely on Jianping and Jianliang, do you have such a father? ”

Zhou Xuecheng has no other skills except for farm work, and Chen Xiuhua is in charge of all the big and small affairs outside the family, and he stopped talking when he was reprimanded by his wife, but moved a small stool to the side and sulked.

"Jianping, it looks much smoother this time, how much did it cost?" Chen Xiuhua asked.

"Mom, you don't have to worry about how much money it is."

"If you have to pay for it yourself, we won't care. Now you can invite the woman to come to the house as a guest. ”

"Yes, before inviting Yuling and her parents, I want Yuling to come to our house first."

"Yes, you two have been together for more than two years, and since you are not at home, this girl has never been to our house. Before meeting her parents, she should have come to the house to have a look. ”

Zhou Jianping had time this time, so he ran to Chang Yuling's house at two ends in three days, and the next day after cleaning up the house, he ran to Chang Yuling's house again.

"I'm tired of helping your parents with farm work at home these days, right?" Yuling asked.

"It's really tiring, but I didn't help them."

"What are you tired of when you don't work? It's not easy to work, and it's too tiring to stay? Chang Yuling gave him a blank look.

"Just because you don't help them with farm work doesn't mean you don't work! In the past two days, I have found two buddies and cleaned up the house at home, do you think this job can be easy? Zhou Jianping's expression was like a warrior who had won a battle from the front and returned triumphantly.

"What are you doing when you're okay and tidying up the house? Is your house broken? ”

"It's not broken, but it hasn't been cleaned up for many years, the walls are cracked and falling off, and the eaves and roofs are blown over by the wind."

"If you don't clean up early or late, why do you have to clean up the house on this hot day?"

"To welcome you!"

Chang Yuling looked at Zhou Jianping inexplicably, "Welcome me----? What do you mean? ”

"I want to invite you to my house as a guest, but you haven't been to my house for more than two years."

"Hey! I thought something was going on, it scared me. When I go to your house as a guest, I don't need to clean up the house! Yuling didn't mean to be moved at all.

"You don't know, my house hasn't been repaired for many years, and it's a little uncomfortable to look at."

"What do you mean?"

"Whoever he wants, clean up, it looks much better. My mom asked me to ask when you were going to my house? ”

"Someday ......? I'll have to discuss it with my mother, but I think it's okay to do it any day, and I don't have time to do this work in the countryside until it's done, but I still have to ask my mother. Yuling said.

"How about we go to the streets of the village today?" Zhou Jianping proposed.

"It's good to go to the countryside to play ......, but maybe I have to go to your house one day, and I have to delay time, and if I delay it today, I will do so much work in the ground, and I will push it all to my mother, I'm afraid she will be exhausted to death."

Although he didn't agree to go to the countryside to play with him, which made Zhou Jianping a little disappointed, he thought that Yuling was really a sensible girl who knew how to share labor for her mother.

"If I don't go to the countryside to play, I'll go home." Zhou Jianping said.

"You go home----," Yuling hesitated for a moment, "It's okay, let's go out together, you wait for me on the avenue, I'll ask my mother." ”

Seeing Yuling coming over, Wu Guixiang raised her head and asked, "Jianping is gone?" ”

"Gone, he's home."

"What, you're angry?"

"What are you angry about! He asked me to go to the countryside with him, I want to help you with the work, and he will go home if he is fine. ”

"I think you're still angry. The two of you used to see each other too little, but now that he has kung fu, you can go with him, it doesn't matter if you do it sooner or later. Wu Guixiang was a little worried.

"We're not angry, you don't have to worry about this. Mom, Jianping asked me to go to his house one day, how do you reply to him? ”

"Did she say it, or did his parents mean it?"

"Of course he meant it, and that's what her mother told him."

"Oh----, then you tell him that it can be any day."

After sending Zhou Jianping away, Yuling returned to the ground, and she told her mother that she had made an agreement with Zhou Jianping to go to his house as a guest the next day.

"Yuling, it's the first time you go to his house, it's the first time you come to the door, it's best not to be empty-handed." Wu Guixiang said.

"Mom, the first time Jianping came to our house, didn't he come empty-handed?"

"He's him, we're us, don't compare."

"I don't understand, what do you say?"

Wu Guixiang stopped what he was doing, "Ouch, what you have at home is the tea and sugar that your father took home, and there are nothing else that you can handle, but is this tea and sugar suitable?" Why don't you ride your bicycle on a bicycle in the afternoon and go to the streets of the village to see if you can buy something a little better? ”

Yuling didn't know how to exchange etiquette at all, "I went to the street to see the reverse line, but the problem is that I don't know what to buy, what can I buy!" ”

"Yes, no, let's go together, you ride with me."

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuling rode a bicycle and took her mother to walk around the streets of Dongshan Township.

Yuling suddenly stopped, "Mom, why are we so ourselves?" Isn't it just going to Zhou Jianping's house to recognize the door? I don't think there's any need to bother choosing any gifts, the tea and sugar sent by my dad's unit at our house are very good, have you seen it? Both of these things are available by ticket at the store, and you can't buy them without a supply ticket. ”

"Well, I really don't know what to buy, and the ready-made tea and sugar at home are also good."

Chang Yuling knew the general location of Yuanba Village of Zhou Jianping's house, and it took more than an hour to walk, and it was impossible to ride a bicycle for half an hour. At less than nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, a plainly dressed, neat and generous girl appeared at the entrance of Yuanba Village on a bicycle.

San's appearance did not attract the attention of the villagers who passed by, but the brand-new 26-type permanent bicycle she was holding in her hand attracted a lot of attention. Compared with Chang Yuling's village, Yuanba Village is much more remote, and not many people in the village have ever seen a bicycle.

Within five minutes, Zhou Jianping came to the village to pick up Chang Yuling, and the villagers who had good things asked: "Jianping, this is a girlfriend, right?" ”

Zhou Jianping nodded and agreed, noncommittal.

From the entrance of the village to Zhou Jianping's house, it takes seven or eight minutes to walk, "I didn't expect you to come by bicycle." Looking at the brand-new bicycle, Zhou Jianping also liked it.

"It takes more than two hours to walk back and forth, and I don't ride the bicycle at home, so why waste time on the road?" Yuling said nonchalantly.

This bicycle was bought by Chang Yuling's father in the back door of the unit, taking into account that the family is in the countryside when buying the car, in order to facilitate camel things, that is, practicality, Lao Chang originally wanted to buy a 28 model, and the friend who did his errand knew that his boss was a girl, so he told Lao Chang that a girl riding such a big car is neither beautiful nor safe.

Lao Chang bought this 26 model permanent brand bicycle and took it home from his unit more than 400 kilometers away during his vacation, even in Yuling's village, the car was very trendy at that time.

"Yes, riding a bike saves time, but I've been to your house several times, and I haven't seen you ride this bike! It can't be a new purchase yesterday afternoon, right? Zhou Jianping looked like a hippie smile.

"Newly bought? Where to buy? You've seen a lot of things out there, so you can buy one with me and try it. Don't look at Chang Yuling, she has only been to the streets of the village as far as she goes, but she knows from her father that this kind of car is not available to ordinary people in the market.

"I've seen it in shopping malls in Huaxing City and Guangzhou, but it's clearly marked on it: buy with a ticket."

"That's it."

"This is what my uncle bought at work, right?"

"He also asked someone to queue up to buy it. Working at home, how can I ride it! ”

A few minutes away, while talking, he arrived at the gate of the courtyard of Zhou Jianping's house. Chang Yuling's eyes were sharp, she saw Zhou Jianping's mother first, she met Chen Xiuhua on a blind date, although more than two years have passed, but she still has an impression, and shouted at Chen Xiuhua from afar: "Hello Auntie!" ”

"Ouch! Yuling is here, a rare guest. With that, Chen Xiuhua took a few steps forward.

Yuling supported the car, took off the things hanging on the handlebars and handed them to Chen Xiuhua, "Auntie, this is what my mother brought to you, please accept it." ”

"This ......, how embarrassing it is, you can come to the door, and bring these things, let us ......," Zhou Jianping and his mother were a little embarrassed.