Bai Aimin persuaded the old man: "Don't reason with this hob meat, she likes to buckle the big hat and let her buckle it, we won't help their family, I want to see if her husband and wife will die." ”

Yao Cuihua's face turned blue with anger.

The old man no longer looked at her, and said to Shi Lei kindly: "You have to go to your grandmother's house and hurry up, don't delay your work, you will have to take a car back to the city later." ”

Shi Lei then got on his bicycle and arrived at his grandparents' house more than a quarter of an hour later.

Tian Laohan's family was greedy for work, and they didn't go home until half past twelve, and when Shi Lei pushed his bicycle to his yard, the family of four was sitting in the hall to eat.

Although many old rules in the countryside have been slowly abolished, such as women not being allowed to eat at the table, the old rule that the elders of the family sit on the table during the meal has been retained.

Tian Laohan sat on the upper seat for lunch, his face facing the door of the open hall, so he was the first to see Shi Lei coming.

He was so happy that he immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks to greet him, and asked in surprise: "Leizi!" Why are you here? Your business is so busy! ”

Shi Lei said with a smile while supporting his bicycle: "No matter how busy you are, you have to go back to school to get your report card, so I came to see my grandparents by the way." ”

Tian Laohan hurriedly asked: "The results have come out?" How did you do in the exam? ”

Shi Lei said humbly: "It's okay, the first in the whole grade, it is estimated that there is no problem with the first three books." ”

Everyone was overjoyed.

Mrs. Tian wiped her tears and said: "You kid is really angry, I don't forget that your mother pulled you up with hard work, and your father is relieved underground." ”

What she said made everyone a little sad.

Tian Laohan lost his temper: "It's rare for a child to come here, what are you talking about?" ”

Mrs. Tian wiped away her tears and said with a smile: "I'm really a lot of old talkers. ”

Then complained to Shi Lei: "You kid is really, you want to come to your grandparents' house, and you don't tell your uncle in advance, we can cook two good dishes to entertain you." ”

Shi Lei helped Mrs. Tian to walk into the hall: "Grandma, I came here for lunch at my grandparents. ”

Everyone entered the hall, and Shi Lei handed over the gift prepared by Tian Chunfang to his grandparents.

Tian Laohan and the old man were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and their aunt made a bowl of poached eggs, and Shi Lei had to eat them.

After eating the poached eggs, Shi Lei was about to leave, and he had to rush back to the city and go out to sell food stalls with his family at night.

Mrs. Tian took out a large bottle of sauce and gave it to Shi Lei: "This is a bottle of shrimp paste, your sister and your mother both love to eat it, take it back and give it to them." ”

took out a large jar of pickled vegetables and radishes: "I heard your uncle say that your family needs to use a lot of sauerkraut in your business early."

You can take this jar of pickled vegetables and radishes back to use in business early, so you can save money to buy them.

In the future, I will pick up more vegetables when you have time, and the taste is better than buying outside. ”

Shi Lei returned to his grandparents' house with the things given by his grandmother.

The old lady was holding an empty basket in her right hand and was about to go out, and when she saw Shi Lei coming back, she was a little surprised: "You came back so soon?" ”

Shi Lei snorted and took down all the pickle jars and shrimp paste on the bicycle: "I still have to go back in a hurry, so I didn't stay at my grandparents for long." ”

Then he asked, "Grandma, where are you going?" ”

The old lady said, "We still have some peaches on our peach tree, and I want to pick a basket and bring them back to Fluttershy." ”

"I'll go." Shi Lei took the empty basket from the old lady's hand and left.

Although the old lady's hand injury has healed a lot, it is not completely healed, and it is quite laborious for her to go to pick peaches.

When they went out and met the villagers, everyone greeted Shi Lei warmly, and Shi Lei responded to them without surprise.

He knew in his heart that these villagers were not so enthusiastic about him before, and it was not because they saw that he was expected to go to university and might have a better future, so his attitude was different.

Shi Lei doesn't despise those villagers at all, people are so realistic.

So if you want people to look up to you, you have to be excellent.

When I arrived at the vegetable field, I met a few aunts who were taking care of their vegetable fields.

The aunts saw Shi Lei smiling like a flower and asked him if he was here to pick vegetables.

Shi Lei said no with a light smile, then climbed onto a peach tree in his house, picked all the remaining dozens of peaches on it, and went home.

The old lady hesitated and asked, "You have been admitted to college, don't you go to your father's grave to report the good news?" ”

Shi Lei lowered his head and said: "No, there is not enough time, I will come back when I get the notice in the future, and grandpa will come back when the wedding wine is served." ”

The old lady nodded and said, "It's fine." "Take out a few catties of chili peppers and let him bring them, saying that they were given by a clansman surnamed Bai in the village.

Shi Lei asked suspiciously: "Why did that Aunt Bai send a few catties of chili peppers to grandma?" ”

The old lady said: "It was the last time Ziqian and Xiaodie went back to the county to get the report card together and came to visit us by the way, Ziqian asked your Aunt Bai for a few catties of chili peppers to cook, and I later bought a pound of fruit candy to repay your Aunt Bai's favor."

Your Aunt Bai saw you coming back today, so she picked these chili peppers and asked me to bring them to you, probably embarrassed to accept a pound of fruit candy from me, let's see the opportunity to return the favor. ”

Shi Lei found a big back basket, put everything in the back basket and left.

The old lady and the snow leopard stood at the gate of their yard and watched him go away, and then entered the yard.

It was already past four o'clock when Shi Lei rushed back to the city, but fortunately, Bai Aiguo and the three of them had already prepared all the preparations for setting up the food stalls, even if he came back late, it didn't matter.

As soon as the whole family saw him, they couldn't wait to ask him about his college entrance examination results, and Shi Lei smiled and reported his college entrance examination score, 447 points.

Tian Chunfang didn't know whether this grade was good or bad, so she focused on the key point and asked: "Can I go to college with this grade?" What is the ranking in the whole grade? ”

Shi Lei was obviously very excited, but he had to pretend to be calm and said: "The teacher said that I can read three books with this grade."

My performance in this college entrance examination is relatively stable, and as usual, I am still the first in the whole grade. ”

In that era, I applied for the exam in advance, unlike Bai Mengdie's later life, which waited for the scores to come out before applying for the school.

Bai Aiguo asked: "Which Sanben university did you apply for?" ”

Shi Lei said: "It's the Huaxia University of Technology at the entrance of the street." ”

Bai Aiguo nodded: "That university is okay." ”

Bai Mengdie took a few peaches and washed them, and everyone gave one: "Brother, this score is not bad, it's a pity if you just read three books like this." ”

The whole family looked at her at the same time.

Bai Aiguo asked: "Do you want Ziqian to help you get your brother to go to Erben University?" ”

He immediately shook his head: "I think it's better to forget it, we can't owe Ziqian any more favors." ”

Bai Mengdie took a bite of the delicious and juicy peach: "I didn't want to ask Ziqian to help, I want my brother to repeat his studies for a year, and then take the university entrance examination, and he will definitely be able to get into the second book." ”

Shi Lei immediately shook his head like a rattle: "I don't want to repeat my studies, I was already late for school, and I will repeat my studies for another year, so how can I be embarrassed to sit in a classroom with my classmates who are a few years younger than me?" ”

Bai Mengdie glanced at him: "Is face important or is your future important?" ”

Shi Lei couldn't answer, so he ate peaches silently.

Tian Chunfang frowned and said, "If you repeat your studies for a year, your brother still can't pass the second exam, so what can you do?" ”

"Then go to three copies." Bai Mengdie's tone was relaxed, "Even if you take three books, you will only lose a year of time and some tuition, but if you are admitted to two books, it will be called a double profit, so why not repeat it." ”

Bai Mengdie's words were very encouraging, and Shi Lei and the others were all a little moved.

After all, Shi Lei's college entrance examination this time is not far from the score line of the two books, and it is only about 20 points away, which can be achieved with a lot of effort.

But for the sake of prudence, Bai Aiguo decided to think about it for a few days.

Bai Mengdie didn't force him, took out the bottle of shrimp paste and opened it, and a strange fragrance came to his nose.

Bai Mengdie searched the memory of the original owner and knew that it was shrimp paste.

She used chopsticks to pick out a little shrimp paste and put it in her mouth to taste, it was extremely delicious.

If you add shrimp paste to Wu Dalang's baked cakes, it will definitely have a unique flavor.

It's a pity that I don't have time now, and I'm going to go out to set up a food stall after dinner, otherwise I can try to make it delicious now.

When the whole family was having dinner together, Bai Aiguo asked Shi Lei about the physical condition of the old man and his wife.

Shi Lei said that the old man and his family are in good health, but the old man has lost a lot of weight by farming alone.

also said that many of his family's crops were going to be harvested in the summer, but the old man was too busy alone, so he had to wait for Bai Aimin's family to finish the summer harvest before helping him.

Shi Lei said: "Dad, we can't point to the second uncle's family to help our family harvest in the summer."

We can't push all the fields to my grandfather to plant alone, and we should go back to the countryside to help in the summer and autumn. ”

Bai Aiguo nodded: "I have discussed this matter with your mother, since many of our crops are going to be harvested in the summer, then I will go back to the countryside in two days and hire a few people for the summer harvest, and your grandfather will be on the side to command."

Hiring people for the summer harvest and giving us a salary of 30 yuan a day, I am afraid that there are many people who want to come to work, and the crops in the fields can be taken care of, and there is no need to delay our business. ”

Bai Mengdie asked, "Then how many people do you want to hire for the summer harvest?" ”

Bai Aiguo thought for a moment and said, "Three or four strong laborers are about the same." ”

Bai Mengdie nodded: "At most, it is more than 100 yuan a day, and our family will not only earn this amount of money if we stall early in the morning, but it is cost-effective to hire someone to harvest it in the summer." ”

Tian Chunfang said to Bai Aiguo: "Our family has also made a lot of money in the past month.

Since you're going back to the countryside in two days, pay back the money you borrowed from your parents and the second room. ”

Bai Aiguo replied, "Okay." ”

I don't know whose TV is so loud, Bai Mengdie's family can clearly hear the content broadcast on the TV, saying that Jiangcheng has entered the flood season, and the flood control pressure is huge.

Moreover, there may be continuous heavy rainfall in the near future, requiring all departments to do a good job in flood prevention and waterlogging prevention.

Bai Mengdie was indifferent when she heard this, she had been living in Jiangcheng in her previous life, and it had become the norm to fight floods every summer.

Bai Aiguo sighed: "This rainy season is coming soon, I will simply go back to the countryside tomorrow, arrange the summer harvest, and take back the crops as soon as possible." ”

The weather is changing, the sun is shining brightly on the first day, and the next morning the sky is gloomy.

Bai Aiguo came back from the goods, it was already seven o'clock, and he was very anxious to see the dark clouds on his head.

I am afraid that before the summer harvest comes, the crops in the field will not be finished.

As soon as the bank opened at eight o'clock, he hurried to withdraw the money, and hurried back to the country.

Tian Chunping followed Bai Sheng to deliver crayfish, but he didn't see Bai Aiguo and asked Shi Lei.

Shi Lei told him that Bai Aiguo went back to the countryside to arrange for the summer harvest.

Tian Chunping took the money from Tian Chunfang to sell crayfish and said, "Your grandfather has long considered that your family is doing business in the city, and there is no time to go back to the countryside for the summer harvest."

So our family rushed to harvest all the crops in the summer a few days ago, and today we will help your family harvest the summer, and your father returned to the countryside. ”

Although his family also has a lot of fields, all of his family are laborers, and they are all busy with farming, summer and autumn harvests every year.

In the past, the autumn harvest and summer harvest in the busy farming season did not go to help the Bai family, it was because the Bai family did not have a clear division, and it was unnecessary for them to help.

Besides, Tian Laohan also knew that his son-in-law and daughter-in-law were raising the entire Bai family in the Bai family, and they had already suffered a big loss, so he was somewhat unhappy.

And the other two in-laws of the Bai family did not help the Bai family during the busy farming season, and the Tian family would not go.

But now that the Bai family is completely separated, and his son-in-law and daughter can't take care of it, of course the Tian family has to help.

Shi Lei said: "Your family has just finished harvesting in the summer, and they are all tired, so don't help my family harvest in the autumn, my father can't spend a few dollars to hire a few helpers." ”

Bai Aiguo rushed back to the countryside all the way, but he didn't expect that the countryside was actually sunny and the weather was better than in the city, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The old lady was surprised to see him and asked him why he had come back suddenly.

Bai Aiguo entered the hall with the old lady, first asked her how she was recovering from her hand injury, and then took out two sums of money and handed them to the old lady.

Tell her which one is to borrow money from the old lady and the old man, and which one is the money owed to the second room, and then explain the meaning in a few words.

The old lady was stunned for a moment and said, "Your father-in-law, mother-in-law, and their whole family all came early in the morning to help my family harvest the summer, do you still want to invite someone?" ”

Bai Aiguo was a little surprised: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are here." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "I still have to ask someone, the weather forecast says that the sky will change soon, and it will continue to rainfall heavily."

We have to harvest all the crops before the rain, and we have to dry them and sell them. ”

The old lady nodded: "Nacheng, I'll put the money back in the room and find someone for you."

There are many families in our village who have almost finished the summer harvest, and it is easy to find a few laborers. ”

After that, he sent the money to the house and locked it, and went out to find labor.

They all live in the same village, everyone knows each other, and the old lady knows which people are loyal and willing to work, and go directly to such people's homes.

With a salary of thirty yuan a day, he soon invited four strong laborers to meet with Bai Aiguo.

Bai Aiguo exchanged a few words with them, then took them to the field and handed them over to the old man, and by the way, he said hello to his father-in-law and mother-in-law and others, and said some words of thanks.

Before leaving, Bai Aiguo left 700 yuan for the old lady and asked her to transfer it to the old man to help pay the salary.

A lot of money was left to entertain his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family.

The old lady wanted to return him 200 yuan: "Why do you want to get so much money, you can save more money to pay off the debt." ”

Bai Aiguo doesn't: "Mom, you can take the extra money by yourself, and you and Dad will buy what you want to eat."

Now that our whole family has gone to the city to do a small business, we don't have time to go back to the countryside to see you and my father. ”