Zhao Fugui's family was almost ruined during the land reform before, and the phone had already stopped, and if you wanted to make a call, you had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town, or to the neighboring village of Dayao Village, if it was a family member from other places who called back, the name would be recorded in a small book.

After Xiao Wu went home in the evening, she looked into the house with anxiety, Zhang Xiumei came out of the hall, saw Xiao Wu a little lost, and said: "What are you doing at the door, wash your hands and make dumplings with me." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Wu answered, parked the car in the yard, washed his hands, and was busy making dumplings with Zhang Xiumei.

"Do you want to be fluffy?" Zhang Xiumei said with a smile.

Xiao Wu was embarrassed, and didn't dare to look up at Zhang Xiumei, Zhang Xiumei said: "I said that your daughter-in-law can still run away, and when this girl comes home, I have to scold her a few words, and she has run away without a shadow for a few days, and she won't even send a letter home for so long." ”

That night, Xiao Wu tossed and turned, staying up until the early hours of the morning before going to sleep, he saw Jiang Rong in a dream wearing a goose-yellow velvet jacket back, so beautiful that his heart beat wildly, and he woke up excitedly.

After waking up, Xiao Wu couldn't sleep anymore, and finally stayed up until the next morning, Xiao Wu got up and went to Dayao Village before he ate, and when he arrived at Dayao Village, Xiao Wu knocked on the door of Master Gao's house, and it was Xiao Nizi who opened the door.

This little girl is twenty-eight years old, it is the age of marriage, because the landlord at home has a bad disaster before, Master Gao is afraid of death, so he let one of his sons die for himself, and he hid in Guangzhou for two years, and now he has come back, and the family road is not as rich as before.

Master Gao still has prestige in Dayao Village, his family opened a shop and a bathhouse, he had a disaster to Hu Xiaomeng back then, and now the world is relatively peaceful, and the craftsmanship of the pear orchard line has also been recognized by everyone, Hu Xiaomeng has become a famous character, and will no longer be trapped by money.

Although Master Gao has never forgotten Hu Xiaomeng since that night, he is also a good-looking person, after returning from Guangzhou, he went to Liyuanzi to hold Hu Xiaomeng twice, and he also saw Hu Xiaomeng in private, just drinking tea and chatting.

The situation is turbulent, the country is initially decided, maybe no one will see anyone one day, Hu Xiaomeng is not the kind of person who will report flaws, and he has not said what Master Gao is.

Xiao Nizi is the daughter of Master Gao, she is delicate, and there is no girl in the nearby ten miles and eight villages who does not admire Xiao Wu, seeing that Xiao Wuyi came to ask for a phone call early in the morning, her cheeks were red with shame, and she ran to the store with a phone notebook in high spirits.

Xiao Wu saw that there was no record of Jiang Rong calling above, and he was disappointed, he raised his eyes and saw that the sun had gradually risen, and estimated that the supply and marketing cooperatives in the town were almost open, so he said goodbye to Xiao Nizi.

Xiao Nizi deliberately grabbed Xiao Wu's big hand when she took the phone from Xiao Wu's hand, Xiao Wu noticed a trace of abnormality, saw Xiao Nizi's smile, and also gave Xiao Nizi a look generously, so happy that Xiao Nizi's heart blossomed, and she raised her voice and said, "I will help you keep an eye on the phone." ”

After Xiao Wu arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, he didn't see Jiang Rong's call record, he felt a sense of loss in his heart, bought some medicine on the street, and bought some meat to go home.

Until a week later, on Chinese New Year's Eve, people from Tangkou in the town suddenly visited and told Zhang Xiumei that Jiang Rong called Qin Sanye in Tangkou and asked him to inform the family that she would not go home this year and spend the New Year with her classmates at school.

Xiao Wu asked the young man Jiang Rong at the entrance of the hall what else he said, and the young man shook his head and said, "Qin Sanye didn't say what Miss Jiang Rong said, so he said that he won't go home this year, so don't worry about it." ”

Zhang Xiumei was not angry, she said: "When did Rong Rong get in touch with the surname Qin, wait for her to come back and see how I clean her up." ”

"Mother, it's just a phone call, don't you say anything." Xiao Wu said.

Zhang Xiumei said: "That surnamed Qin almost killed you, Jiang Rong shouldn't have anything to do with him at this point, I have to write a letter to save her from becoming a white-eyed wolf outside, it's really not worrying at all!" ”

Xiao Wu was even more disappointed, but because Zhang Xiumei was angry, he didn't show half a point, and he couldn't have imagined that Jiang Rong wouldn't even go home for the New Year.

In the past half a year, Xiao Wu has been thinking about Jiang Rong all the time, if it weren't for Zhang Xiumei's illness, he would have wanted to go to Shanghai to see Jiang Rong, and instantly see what kind of place Jiang Rong lives, in short, everything about Jiang Rong Xiao Wu wants to participate.

Maybe for Xiao Wu, this is love, simple and sincere, without a trace of redundancy.

During the Chinese New Year, Ma Sancai and Ouyang Ni brought some New Year's goods to Xiao Wu's house, and also brought a wild ginseng and wild pear to replenish qi and moisten the lungs, which helped Zhang Xiumei's lung disease.

During the Chinese New Year, he is going to the grave, Xiao Wu is the only male of the Jiang family and the Ma family, he naturally wants to kowtow to the graves of Niu Aihua, Ma Aiguo, Jiang Zhengyang and Lao Jiang and others, and put some torn dumplings and croissant honey on the grave, sprinkle a glass of wine, which is the simplest custom of going to the grave in the countryside.

After Xiao Wu returned home, he suddenly remembered that before Jiang Sheng joined the army and left, he had mentioned a person to him, a former brother of Jiang Sheng, named Leather Monkey.

Jiang Sheng said back then that if he couldn't come back, he wanted Xiao Wu to take care of Jiang Rong, and if he had time, he would go to the grave of the leather monkey during the New Year, even if he went to the grave to talk.

Jiang Sheng said that the leather monkey is a person who is afraid of loneliness.

Jiang Sheng is always so understanding.

Xiao Wu brought some tribute, rode through Qiantang Town and Liyuan Town, crossed the overpass, and found the grave buried in the grass in the barren wilderness.

Next to the grave was a half-bottle of wine, and next to it was a pile of meat buns wrapped in oiled paper, one of which had only taken a bite.

"Jiang Sheng?" Xiao Wu frowned, he remembered that when he was a child, Jiang Sheng would take a bite of the steamed bun when he ate it with Jiang Sheng, and then give the rest to Jiang Rong or eat it himself, maybe it would seem intimate, maybe it was a move to the people who loved him, in short, Xiao Wu suddenly felt that Jiang Sheng seemed to have appeared, although he knew that this bun was very likely to be placed here when the senior brother of Liyuan went to the grave.

"Jiang Sheng, I'm Xiao Wu! Where are you! Little Five shouted loudly, and the sound echoed among the reeds and the wild grass, and floated across the great river, hidden in the north wind.

Soon after the year, Xiao Wu continued to work at the Changqu Wharf, and Ma San saw that Xiao Wu was in a bad mood, and often pulled Xiao Wu to drink, and sometimes the workers at the dock also liked to take Xiao Wu to drink.

The generous personality of the little five is very pleasing, and sometimes the dock workers also call Xiao Wu to go when they have a happy event, and put some food in Xiao Wu's wardrobe.

Xiao Wu once drank late at night, Ouyang Ni was not at ease, and she had to ask Ma San to send Xiao Wu home before she stopped.

After going back and forth, Xiao Wu gradually became familiar with everyone, and Ma Sancai's brother and sister also became good friends, Ma Sancai did not tell Ouyang Ni about Xiao Wu's fiancée, Ouyang Ni made a lot of dishes for Xiao Wu to learn, and did not let Xiao Wu eat in the cafeteria at noon.

Xiao Wu was afraid of delaying Ouyang Ni, so he found Ma Sancai and asked Ma Sancai to tell Ouyang Ni that she already had a fiancée, Ma Sancai said: "Isn't this not married yet, besides, Nizi just treats you as a brother, what's wrong with stir-frying a few dishes for you to eat, you are my savior and naturally Nizi's savior." ”

Xiao Wu didn't want to say anything, after all, Ouyang Ni's own brother said so.

Once Xiao Wu was too drunk, he was taken home by Ma Sancai when he was half drunk and half awake, and he had a headache when he woke up, so he got up and ran home, for fear that Zhang Xiumei would worry.

Xiao Wu unknowingly worked at the dock for half a year, and in this half a year, Ma Sancai also fully understood Xiao Wu, and he knew what kind of person Xiao Wu was, so he couldn't let it go.

Finally, when he was drinking, Ma Sancai said: "Little Wu, it's not that the third brother said you, my sister is not as educated as Jiang Rong, she is not as good as Jiang Rong, based on my experience over the years, that Jiang Rong is most likely someone outside." ”

With a snap, Xiao Wu slammed the wine cup in his hand to the ground and shattered it.

Xiao Wu said angrily: "Third brother, I always thought you were a reasonable person, but I didn't expect you and Jiang Rong to say such things before they met, do you know how important a girl's reputation is?" I'm so disappointed in you! ”

Xiao Wu got up and left after speaking, Ma Sancai didn't turn around, he also took a sip of wine and said: "Obviously people are not dead, but they don't even reply to phone calls and letters, the meaning is very obvious, either you are ashamed of your heart and let you retreat, or you are not in your heart, if you don't believe it, go to Shanghai to see it yourself, I will give you the ticket, and your salary will not be deducted." ”

"Okay." Xiao Wu said fiercely. "I'll just go to Shanghai and have a look."