In the courtyard of a house planted with two pomegranate trees, from time to time bursts of mouth-watering aromas waft out.

Aunt Zhang is busy in the kitchen. She lifted the lid of the pot, pricked the mutton that had been stewed in the pot for a long time with chopsticks, and tasted it.

Aunt Zhang's mood was very happy, a kind of happiness from her heart overflowed on her face, and she couldn't close her mouth happily, because her daughter entrusted someone to carry a letter, and she could come back today to take a break.

The girl Cai'er is very competitive, and after graduating from school, she went to Abu Hotel to start working, and in just a few years, she started from the most basic work of serving tea and water, and now she has become the manager in charge of the hotel.

Although Aunt Zhang didn't know what kind of position this was, it didn't hinder her imagination.

According to his son Zhang Liang's last return, it is now time to train the newly recruited college. In front of the hotel, when facing many students, the girl spoke on it in an orderly manner, without stage fright, without anger and self-authority, I heard that the students below were a little afraid of her.

The girl is really promising now, it's not that our princess is boasting about herself, the girl is not only beautiful in dancing and dancing, but also handsome, even if she does work, she is not inferior to others, how many young descendants are not secretly thinking about our Cai'er.

The only fly in the ointment is that until now, the daughter's family affairs have not been decided, although many people have come to inquire, but the girl just does not let go, which is very bad Aunt Zhang.

What's going on, is it because the girl's vision is too high and she can't look down on these young men, or does the girl already have someone she likes? This is almost an old girl, why aren't you in a hurry to find your mother-in-law's house?

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhang was a little angry again, and the young people in the valley who were even younger than their daughters, whether they were young or young people, or the girls' families, most of them had babies when they got married.

Every time she talked about it with her daughter, she smiled and said that she was not in a hurry, and then wait and see; After saying too much, she got up and walked away in silence. Since the last time there was that incident, Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang didn't dare to ask too much.

Alas! How old is this, and you say wait, who are you waiting for? Lu Gang is a good young man, he looks energetic and has a sweet mouth. Li Yuanzhe's child is also very good, but his skin is a little dark, will the baby follow his father in the future? When the girl came back this time, she could just probe the wind and beat the side drum by the way.

When Aunt Zhang was thinking nonsense, she suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed open outside, and at the same time someone shouted "mother", the girl is back!

She hurriedly wiped her hands and walked out quickly, and sure enough, she saw Zhang Caier in light green clothes, standing in the courtyard with a smile.

With the sentence "Good girl, I want to die as a mother", Aunt Zhang hugged Zhang Caier in her arms, touched it here, pinched it there, and asked for warmth after a meal, and the itchy Zhang Caier giggled.

After washing, Zhang Caier rested in the yard, and a lot of food she liked to eat had been put on the table next to her, and she was talking to Aunt Zhang while eating.

The two pomegranate trees were already very tall, and among the green leaves, there were already some pointed heads, which were newly hung pomegranates.

It's been more than three years, Zhang Caier thought silently in her heart, these two pomegranate trees were planted by her when Mr. Abu and Mr. Yun Niangnu got married, when she heard the news that her husband was going to get married, she didn't know how many tears she secretly shed, and the ghost found two pomegranate saplings and planted them.

Is this secretly wishing Mr. more children and more blessings, or begging for himself to have a full house of children and grandchildren in the future? She couldn't even say it herself.

In the evening, Uncle Zhang and Zhang Liang came back one after another, and the family of four sat around the dining table lively, talking about their hearts while eating, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was warm.

Zhang Liang occasionally raised his glass and toasted to his father, Zhang Caier was talking about some interesting things in the hotel next to him, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang couldn't help but be proud and satisfied on their faces, the wrinkles were stretched, and the sons and daughters were all talented!

Zhang Cai'er was talking about an incident that happened at the auction a few days ago: two children of powerful people pinched each other's upcoming villain book "The Call of the Wild" and raised the price of each other, only to be auctioned away by another mysterious figure for as much as 15 gold.

At that time, the scene was extremely enthusiastic, and it was about to get out of control, and everyone present was vying to know who this mysterious rich man was, but the other party was very low-key, and no one inquired in the end.

After Daddy Zhang tilted his neck and drank a glass of wine, he sighed: "It's too easy for these people to make money, and they don't use money as money." In the past, if we had fifteen gold and saved money, we could last half a lifetime. ”

Aunt Zhang continued: "I have never seen so much gold in my life. ”

Cai'er grabbed a chopstick dish for Aunt Zhang next to her and said, "I will work more overtime in the future and strive to earn more gold for my mother and mother as soon as possible." ”

Aunt Zhang's face bloomed with joy, and she said with a smile: "You just take care of yourself, now you have food and drink, what do you want money for?" Then he praised Caier's filial piety, and said to his son Zhang Liang, "See, this is my daughter!" ”

Zhang Liang is depressed, what the hell is said in my heart, am I not my own son! He raised his glass to his father and said, "That car should be inspected for the last time today, and it will be presented to the palace soon, this is designed by Mr. Abu, and I participated in the whole process." ”

This is a demonstration to my mother: I'm not good for nothing, okay! I was also involved in the construction of the tribute to the palace, although Mr. Abu was responsible for the design of the tribute beforehand.

When Zhang Caier heard Abu's name, her eyes lit up, and she asked her brother what was going on.

Zhang Liang introduced it to Zhang Caier and said: "Mr. Liu Yuanlu has newly developed an element, which seems to be called manganese. Mr. Abu was very happy when he heard about it, so he went to see it, and he said that he could try to add manganese to molten steel, which can greatly improve the flexibility and ductility of steel. ”

Sure enough, the quality of the steel produced was quite good, but the disadvantage was that the production was too small, and Mr. Abu said that he would try to make springs first.

Later, Uncle Li made a mold and made it into a curved spiral, and then successively made steel rings, steel balls, and steel bars.

Later, everyone learned that he was going to make a new type of carriage, and after the carriage was formed, he wrapped a silk weaving, asphalt-soaked rope around the wheel, and Mr. said that the main thing was that there was no rubber, so he made do with it first.

He turned his head and said to Zhang Caier: "My sister has been in an ox cart, and when she encounters potholes on the road, her head can be turned on the roof of the carriage, and her butt can even be cut in half."

But if you sit in this new type of car, you will hardly feel the bumps even if the road is uneven, which Mr. Abu says is mainly due to the cushioning by the springs. ”

Finally, Mr. Abu lamented that there is too little manganese, and if there were more, more could be done.

When Mr. Liu Yuanlu asked him where he could get more manganese, Mr. Abu thought about it and said that it should be found near Hengzhou, Jiangnan West Province.

Later, he thought about it for a long time and said to Liu Yuanlu, let's take the time to go to Hengzhou and try to get as much manganese as possible.

"Hengzhou? It's so far! Zhang Caier thought silently.

When the meal was almost eaten, Aunt Zhang saw that Zhang Caier was in a good mood, so she asked: "Girl, you are not a big boss, do you have anything to say to your mother, don't be shy, let's go to the back room and talk slowly." ”

Zhang Caier's smile did not decrease, but it was obvious that her interest was a little low: "Mother, don't worry about it, I know it in my heart." ”

"How can I not care? If you are married, your children will run off the ground. Your brother is engaged anyway; But you don't have a word of it, I'm anxious for my mother. ”

The smile on Zhang Caier's face also froze, and her expression was a little stiff: "Grandpa, mother, I'm full." ”

With that, he got up, walked to his room, plugged in the door, and locked himself inside.

Outside, Uncle Zhang began to yell at his wife: "What are you doing with all this, have a good meal, and let your mother-in-law stir it up." ”

Aunt Zhang was also angry and shouted at her wife: "You don't say a word all day, I care about what's wrong with my daughter, shouldn't you?" You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry! ”

Zhang Liang was busy persuading each other beside him.

Zhang Caier was thinking about her own thoughts inside.

She studied hard and worked hard, just to take the opportunity to forget the person in her heart.

But I didn't expect that I was like a silkworm bound by a cocoon, day by day, a little bit of longing was like a silkworm spit out with burning life, wrapping itself tighter and tighter, sinking deeper and deeper. The more I want to forget, the clearer the memory, and the more deep the longing becomes.

She knows that her best friends and colleagues around her have married and had children one after another, and she also knows that her age is growing day by day, and she has heard that someone calls her an old girl, but so what?

Other men, no matter how good they are, no matter how rich and powerful they are, they just can't look down on them, what can they do?

And as soon as she thought and heard the name of that person, she would feel a kind of excitement and pleasure from the depths of her soul, is this the so-called providence?

The pain of unrequited love, she has already tasted it all!

This predicament that no one knows about is like this closed house, and you can't get out of it on your own.

She was asking herself: What should I do? Can anyone help me?

She prayed a little weakly!