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After half past two o'clock in the afternoon, the square in the living area of the general department was quiet, the people who went to work and the people who went to school also left, and the young nannies with children and the elderly grandmothers and grandmothers did not want to receive the enthusiasm of the sun, and still enjoyed the leisure at home as they wanted.

Tan Sen returned home from work during this period of time, in addition to washing clothes and doing hygiene, he also had to cook and chat with Yin Ling, the time was tight, the task was heavy, although the work could not be said to be very glorious, but it was very arduous, and he was tired and had a sore back and legs every day.

He and Xiaohong's careful care and kind words and persuasion could not enrich Yin Ling's empty heart. In the days when Yin Ling was seriously ill, she longed for a peaceful and comfortable life, and when she was able to live a peaceful and comfortable life, she began to miss those stormy days again. Thinking that she is going to say goodbye to her beloved career forever and be a housewife who needs the care and care of others, she feels lost, melancholy, and even has a feeling that a phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken.

Yin Ling is not used to staying at home alone all day, whether it is morning or afternoon, as long as the weather is good, she has to go downstairs, walk and sit casually in the yard, or find a quiet place to sit down, and relieve the depression in her heart alone.

Towering poplar trees are planted around the central plaza of the living quarters, and the tall canopy of the trees cuts the bright sunlight into large and small golden pieces that are scattered on the pavement seats and floor tiles. Yin Ling sat down on a chair in the shade, spread out the book in her hand, and casually turned a few pages, but she didn't know what was in the book, not so much that she was reading a book, but that the book was reading her.

A breeze passed through the gap in the tree trunk, caressing Yin Ling's pale cheeks and soothing her tired heart. The breeze was warm, as if it was the breath of my mother's mouth that she felt when she was a child, and she was a little intoxicated and drowsy, as if she had returned to the courtyard in the narrow alley where she was born and raised.

"Comrade, your stuff has dropped!"

Yin Ling hit a spirit, woke up, an old man pointed to the bookmark on the ground and was talking to herself, the old man was already standing in front of her at close range, she didn't hear his footsteps. Yin Ling said "thank you", picked up the bookmark from the ground, and then began to look at the old man.

The old man looked like he was seventy or eighty years old, not tall, his body was thin, and several deep wrinkles on his face stretched out like steel wires on his face, and his dark face should be a badge that God had rewarded for long-term manual laborers in the field.

"Uncle, it's still a little hot, why don't you take a nap?"

Seeing the old man's charitable face, Yin Ling had the urge to chat with him, she pointed to a chair next to her, and motioned for him to sit down too.

"I don't have the habit of napping in the middle of the day." The old man sat down on the chair and answered Yin Ling's question, "It is the season of Jiaomai fried beans, and I lie at home at noon to sleep, which is a second-rate child in the countryside." ”

Yin Ling closed the book and laughed happily, she asked the old man, "You came to the city from the countryside to find work, right?" ”

"At this age, who will use you to work, I am here to live in my son's house."

"Not used to living in the city?"

"I'm not used to it, and I'm not used to it."

"The city has air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter, how can you not be used to living in the city? Many people in the countryside go to the city to work and yearn for the lifestyle in the city, why are you not used to seeing the city? Yin Ling felt strange.

"Mustard mixed with cold vegetables, everyone has a favorite. People in the city think the city is good, but in the city, the air conditioner blows too much in the summer, and the joint pain is blown by the air conditioner in the summer, and the throat is dry after the heating for a long time in the winter. Rural people have the way of life of rural people, and they also have the fun of rural people. People eat cereals, sometimes spring, summer, autumn and winter, the wind blows cool in summer, and stomps to keep warm in winter, when it should be hot, when it should be cold, it should be cold, that is called happiness.

Yin Ling listened to the old man's words and laughed happily. "You're talking so interestingly!"

She said happily to the old man.

"Besides, there are some things in the city that people are not used to." The old man continued, "The people in the city also say that food is important, but all good land is planted with grass, and they often use a faucet like a child to pee, which is more attentive than serving the crops; The people in the city have money to burn in a panic, some people spend money to dye their white hair into black hair, and some people spend money to dye black hair into red hair and yellow hair, like the ears of corn in the autumn field, which are ugly to death; For example, in my son's house, as long as a singing person comes out of the TV, my grandson knows what their name is, but he has lived across the door from his neighbor for several years, and he can't tell who their name is; Also, children in the city are not allowed to eat human milk after birth, and are only fed milk, but what is done on TV is only 'human milk' commercials. ”

"What is a human milk advertisement?" Yin Ling asked the old man puzzled.

"That's it, it's ------" The old man didn't know how to explain, and his two hands were gesturing wildly on his chest.

Yin Ling suddenly thought of the breast enlargement advertisements she often saw on TV, understood what the old man meant, covered her mouth with a book, and couldn't help laughing.

The old man was a little embarrassed by Yin Ling's laughter, and said with a red face: "Don't laugh, I'm telling the truth." Most of the rural people come to the city to earn a few bucks, go back to improve their living conditions, and some want to live like the city people for a long time, but there are not many of them, and they are mainly young people. There are people who go out to work to make money, and those who work at home also make money; Some people who go out don't mix well, and some people who are at home have a very good time. The young man in his twenties found a rich woman in his forties as his wife, and the old terrier called his son and told him that other people's sons are married to a daughter-in-law, but you are looking for a godmother, and you are not allowed to enter my house with that old lady in the future. There is also the daughter-in-law of my big head Chrysanthemum, who went to Shanghai to work for a year, and then ran away with another man, the big head loves face, and refuses to admit it, saying that his daughter-in-law did not run with others, but is just living with other men. I think that people can do whatever they have the ability to do, and you have to learn the ability to do this kind of work first, don't mix with horse feed if you have a donkey face, and don't be wronged in the flock if you have the body of a camel. Three hundred and sixty lines, farming can be king. Who doesn't eat on which day? The farmer's duty is to do the farm work well, and now the rural areas have less arable land and more labor, and they like to call this machine and that machine, and they don't have to worry about doing their work. Some young people come out to see the world and find some work to do, and it is said that most people should still plant the land and raise pigs and sheep well. If the rural areas want to tie their hearts and retain people, the key is that the policies at the top must be right; if they face the loess with their backs to the sky, work hard for decades, and do not earn more money from working for a few years, of course people will have to run out. ”

Yin Ling felt that some of the old man's words were very reasonable, and encouraged him to continue with his eyes.

The old man continued, "To be content in life, what does it mean to have more money and what does it mean to have less money? Some people always say that their money is not enough, not that they earn less, but that they spend more; Some people feel that they have enough money, not because they earn more, but because they spend less. Comparatively speaking, the living conditions in the rural areas are poor, which is a fact, but the rural areas have the advantages of the rural areas, and the peasants at least do not have to worry about being laid off and do not have to be afraid of retirement; If you don't raise your salary, you don't need to give gifts, you don't need to transfer your position, you don't need to entrust people's activities; Walk with your head up, bend over to work, eat three meals a day, and want to fall down at night, without looking at anyone's eyes. As long as you are satisfied with coarse tea and light food, and do not dream of being promoted to become rich, you are a king with few subjects on your own one-third of an acre. ”

"You've said it so well!" Yin Ling said to the old man. She re-examined the old man in front of her, and saw that his gray hair was like a reed in a glacier, and his unkempt beard was like thatch under cold frost.

The old man was very happy to have someone to talk to today, and he went on to say to Yin Ling: "Now that the policy of the Communist Party is good, the life of the peasants is gradually getting better, and Wang Youcai of my village has earned 70,000 or 80,000 yuan a year after changing the contracted land from planting crops to growing fruits and greenhouse vegetables. I said in my heart, what's the big deal about you, next year I will let my eldest son in my hometown also grow greenhouse vegetables, and after making money, I will go out for a good visit, let's go to the south to 'Dalangdi', and to the north we will go to the 'real' Musi, and try to compete with Wang Youcai. ”

The old man's words made Yin Ling laugh again.

The old man didn't know why Yin Ling was laughing, hesitated for a moment, and then continued:

"I know that many people in the city are not having a good time now, they have to spend money to buy everything, and they have to find someone to do everything. For example, my son, who has been a soldier all his life, is in his fifties and is running to his sixties, and the house he lives in is still public, and now he has to buy a house by himself, and the money to buy the house is not enough, and he is still anxious. I always persuaded him that the width of the house is not as wide as the heart, the family has no disasters or diseases, no worries about food and clothing, and the thatched hut is the palace; Borrowing money and going into debt in order to buy a house is not happy every day, and living in a palace is not much more comfortable than sitting in a prison cell. ”

"Your ideas are different from what young people think today, and it is fashionable to use future money to improve the living conditions in front of you. By the way, old man, what did you just say, that your son also wants to buy affordable housing for the General Department? ”

"Not only will he buy a house in the future, but he will also be in charge of building a house now."

"Yes! What's your son's name? ”

"Wang Quan."

"It turns out that you are the father of Wang Quan Wang!"

"I don't know if Wang Quan is an officer, anyway, I'm his father."

Yin Ling said happily: "My lover and Director Wang are good friends, and now they are in charge of building a house together. ”

"No, I'm going back to my hometown in the countryside in a few days, and my son will send me back." The old man said, "I tell my son, anyway, you are also retired, take your daughter-in-law or go back to the countryside to live, in ancient times, the prime minister was such a big official, and in the end he had to sue the old man and return to his hometown, not to mention us mortals!" It costs millions of yuan to buy an ordinary house in the city, and a good brick house can be built in the countryside for 100,200,000 yuan, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, and is more comfortable than living in a building. I heard that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a car in the city, and it costs a few thousand yuan to buy a small 'hand support' in the countryside, which can plow the land and pull people, which is much better than those high-end cars that are "stupid to death", "stupid work", "full horses", "hungry horses", hundreds of thousands of yuan a piece, and millions of yuan a piece. ”

Yin Ling heard the old man say that he would go back to his hometown in a few days, and felt a little regretful in his heart, but still asked him with a smile: "Do Secretary Wang and sister-in-law agree to follow you back to your hometown to live?" ”。

"Don't agree, they mainly don't have to worry about the child, I told them, the children and grandchildren have their own children's blessings, do you need to worry about him for the rest of your life!"

The old man sat and chatted with Yin Ling for a while, then got up and left.

Yin Ling looked at his departing back and sighed in her heart.