Lin Xiaoquan thought about his agreement with the owner of the daily haberdashery store in the town, so he rejected Aunt Ye's warm invitation: "I made an appointment with my classmates to come back together, and then go back to the provincial capital together, if I don't rush back to the town tonight, we won't be able to ride together tomorrow." It's not as convenient now as it used to be with a mobile phone. ”

When Aunt Ye heard Koizumi's reason, she felt reasonable, but in the end, she wanted Koizumi to stay and have a peasant lunch together.

Xiaoquan couldn't resist Aunt Ye's kindness, so he had to nod and agree.

"Aunt Ye, I'm so embarrassed! I'm still bothering you and Ye Lao, so I'll lick my face and have a full meal, I really miss your craftsmanship! Koizumi said sweetly to Aunt Lin.

"Look at how thin you've been—you'll have to eat more later!" Aunt Ye touched Koizumi's fair cheeks.

Lin Xiaoquan tried to help Aunt Ye make lunch three or four times, but was kicked out by Aunt Ye, and finally Xiaoquan was still told by Aunt Ye: "Xiaoquan, when the meal is good, you will go to accompany the old man, and then chatter with him and talk about what he has seen and heard in the provincial capital." ”

Xiaoquan happily agreed, chatting with Ye Lao, not because she told him about the provincial capital, but because she learned a lot of wisdom from Ye Lao.

Ye Lao and Xiao Quan chatted with each other, and suddenly Ye Lao talked about what Xiao Quan had just said about making an appointment with his classmates to return to the city together.

"Koizumi, I'm thinking about the next step in organizing the village to raise pigeons and train carrier pigeons." Ye Lao burst out a sentence.

"Huh?" Xiao Quan didn't understand it at first, but after a while, she was suddenly impressed by Ye Lao's wisdom again: "Ye Lao, you are too wise and far-sighted!" That's great! Yes, after the lack of power resources, the means of communication are no longer as convenient and fast as before, and the means of communication for civilian use are only human postmen in addition to carrier pigeons. Next, carrier pigeons should be very marketable! ”

"Yes, otherwise, when the factory really closes, some young adults in the village will have no proper jobs and no income, and they will not be able to do it." Ye Lao added an explanation leisurely.

"It's time to eat—" Aunt Yuan Ye shouted.

While eating the fragrant farmhouse dishes carefully prepared by Aunt Ye: steamed chicken in a copper basin, braised fish, salted egg yolk baked bitter gourd, stir-fried shredded lettuce, and a bowl of carrot corn bone broth, Xiaoquan and Ye Lao and Aunt Ye talked about their parents, and they were warm and harmonious.

After the meal, Koizumi squinted his eyes in contentment, and his two hands kept stroking his swollen stomach to help digestion.

Before leaving, by helping Aunt Ye clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Koizumi quietly left a small packet of candles wrapped in red paper at the stove.

At the time of the final parting, Xiaoquan really couldn't resist Aunt Ye, and finally took Aunt Ye's homemade dried sweet potatoes to say goodbye to Ye Lao and Aunt Ye, and left the land where he grew up again.

After riding for a long time on the mountain road back to town, the sky began to darken, Lin Xiaoquan lifted his gloves, glanced at the mechanical watch in the gloves, and found that it was about five o'clock in the evening.

Just like when he came, Koizumi used his mental power to "scout" the surroundings, and after confirming that the environment was safe, he got into the dense grass on the side of the road, and then under the cover of the grass, he and his bicycle entered the Taoyuan space.

Returning to the comfortable and pleasant climate, Koizumi's first thing was to take care of the materials he had planted.

In the process of tending to the crops she planted, Koizumi found that she was very focused, and she guessed that her mental strength might have helped, making her whole person like a high-speed machine, which was extraordinarily efficient.

After finishing the work in the field efficiently and quickly, and soaking in the hot spring comfortably, Koizumi packed up his belongings for the next day's trip in the house of Taoyuan Space, and counted the remaining cash in his hand.