In the early morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Koizumi got up early, hurriedly washed and cleaned up, and after simply filling his stomach, he packed all the bags of fiery and festive pastries that he had packed last night into his backpack, and then took his bicycle out of the Taoyuan space and rushed to the village.

By the time Koizumi returned to the village, smoke was rising from almost every household in the village.

Koizumi first went to the village chief's house. From ancient times to the present, the head of a village is respected by the local people, and he is dedicated to the village and the villagers. My grandmother's surname is Ye, and the village where she is located is Yejia Village, and almost every household has the surname Ye. When he was a child, Lin Xiaoquan was puzzled by his surname.

"Ye Lao, Happy New Year!" Koizumi pushed open the door and greeted the people in the hall loudly.

"Hey—isn't this Koizumi's kid? Are our college students back? It was Village Chief Ye's wife, Aunt Ye, who spoke.

"Aunt Ye - Happy New Year!" Koizumi responded to Aunt Ye politely and politely.

Although almost everyone in Yejia Village has the surname Ye, the local custom is formed at some point, and generally only the village chief and his wife can be called "Ye Lao" and "Aunt Ye".

"What about the two uncles and aunts? And what about younger siblings? Koizumi asked about the village chief's two sons and their families, and said hello.

"I accompanied my daughter-in-law back to her parents' house for one night, and I haven't come back yet." Ye Lao happily replied, "Why did Xiaoquan come back now?" ”

"I was with my classmates at school before, and I returned to the county seat yesterday, and I thought about coming back early this morning to see everyone." Koizumi explained half-truths. "Ye Lao, this is the snack I brought to you, be careful."

"This kid, just come here, what are you spending that money for?" Before Koizumi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Aunt Ye, who blamed Koizumi for being too out-of-sight and had to bring gifts to the door.

"It's not the Chinese New Year. This is just a very common New Year's snack. Koizumi explained.

"The way of the world... It's not common anymore. Ye Lao let out a sigh slowly, "The sky is in chaos, and the world is about to be chaotic." ”

Ye Lao deserves to be Ye Lao, see him hit the nail on the head, and summed up this time with a pun. Lin Xiaoquan sincerely admired it in his heart.

"How was it at school during this time?" Ye Lao asked Koizumi with concern.

Koizumi gave a detailed introduction to the provincial capital, including his own school, the policy of limiting the amount of electricity to be supplied to a limited time, and then mentioned that he had heard (in fact, he had encountered) that many factories had stopped working, and the price of daily necessities had risen.

"Ye Lao, you should also pay attention to stocking up on some essential daily necessities!" Koizumi finally said sincerely.

"Don't worry! Child... We used to come here like this, a long time ago, when I was little, there was no electricity in the village, and everyone lived like this at sunrise and sunset. Ye Lao comforted Xiaoquan.

"No, you see, the soap and basins we use on a daily basis must also be saved."

"This-" Ye Lao hesitated.

"Koizumi, I understand you! Old man, how many people do so much manual work like we did back then. If we take another 10,000 steps back, we can bathe with pig pancreas, and our sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren are unacceptable to these young people. Aunt Ye persuaded Ye Lao on the side.

Lin Xiaoquan watched Aunt Ye say a few words and go straight to the point, and persuaded Ye Lao at once, and couldn't help but have little stars in her eyes: Aunt Ye is still so neat.

After staying in Ye's hometown for a while, Xiaoquan ran all the acquaintances in the village and gave gifts, and the time was not early, so he planned to return to Ye's hometown and leave.

"Xiaoquan, no one has lived in the old house for a long time and no one has cleaned it up, so let's live in Aunt Ye's house, now it's on vacation, and there is nothing to do with school, just stay in the village for a few more days. It's rare to come back. "Aunt Ye did everything she could to keep it.