Fang Ping's hometown is in a slightly remote town below Guozhou City, Xichuan Province, because there is no direct train, so when Fang Ping arrived at the train station, he bought two sleeper tickets to Rongcheng, the capital city of Xichuan Province.

Wait until you arrive in Rongcheng, and then transfer to the passenger car to go home.

Not long after buying the tickets, Fang Ping and Wang Lan got on the train home.

Along the way, in order to keep his distance, Fang Ping rarely communicated with Wang Lan, and even when he couldn't avoid the communication, his tone didn't have any emotion.

And Wang Lan may have been silent because of Fang Ping's words at school, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The two seem to be on the same path, but they are like strangers.

In this era, the train from the Demon Capital to Rongcheng was far from being as fast as in later generations, and Fang Ping and the others sat for forty hours, and they were two hours late before they arrived at Rongcheng Railway Station.

When he arrived in Rongcheng, it was already past two o'clock in the morning, and there was no shuttle bus back to his hometown, so Fang Ping opened two rooms near the train station and stayed with Wang Lan for one night.

The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning, Fang Ping and the others left the room and took a taxi to the bus station to catch a trip to their hometown at half past eight in the morning.

After a five-hour car ride, I had lunch in the county seat, and then I took a car ride for more than an hour before I arrived at Shimen Town, where my hometown is located.

At this time, the time was already half past three in the afternoon.

Fortunately, the home is not far from the town, only about ten minutes away.

Fang Ping and Wang Lan walked out of the humble station in town, each dragging their suitcases and walking towards home.

Because the town is very small and the home is not far from the town, I met a lot of acquaintances along the way, and almost every few steps I will meet acquaintances, either he greets people, or others greet him.

From time to time, when he meets acquaintances who know the relationship between him and Wang Lan, he will also attract a few words of ridicule.

In this regard, Fang Ping opened the topic in a few words, and then separated from those acquaintances on the grounds of going home.

Soon, Fang Ping walked out of the streets of the town, crossed a stone bridge over the river, and walked up a little more road, bypassing a paddy field overgrown with rice, to a vegetable garden in front of an earthen wall and tile house.

As soon as I saw a middle-aged woman with a little dark skin, and a fairer-skinned girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, she was weeding in the vegetable garden with her head down.

Fang Ping recognized at a glance that the two were his mother Liu Cuifen and his sister Fang Yuan, who was three years younger than him and was in her first year of high school, and said busily: "Mom, little sister..."

"Brother, you're back!"

Fang Yuan reacted the fastest, and when she looked up and saw Fang Ping, she happily put down her work, her mud-stained hands wiped her dirty clothes indiscriminately, and jumped up to meet her.

Fang Ping saw Fang Yuan's movements, and reached out a little doting to comb the sweat-stained hair on Fang Yuan's forehead, before reproaching: "It's a big girl, you have to pay attention to your image." How can anyone wipe a dirty hand on a garment! ”

"I hate it, I just came back and said that I ignored you!"

Fang Yuan pouted unhappily, looked at Wang Lan beside Fang Ping again, and suddenly stepped forward enthusiastically, complaining: "Sister-in-law, you don't care about my brother!" ”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Wang Lan's arm.

The corners of Fang Ping's mouth twitched, and he quietly pulled Fang Yuan aside, and said angrily: "Wang Lan just came back, and she is tired!" Don't bother people! ”

Wang Lan originally saw Fang Yuan so enthusiastic, swept away the gloom in her heart, and became happy for no reason. But hearing Fang Ping's words, even Fang Yuan and himself were prevented from getting close, his heart was sour, and the tears of grievance were about to fall.

Qiang said with his spirits: "You brothers and sisters talk, I'll go home and put my luggage first!" ”

As he spoke, he shouted at Aunt Liu who had just come over, and walked towards a house that was also a mud-walled tile house next to Fang Ping's house.

"Brother, I see that you made your sister-in-law cry angrily..."

Fang Yuan's eyes were sharp, seeing the tears in Wang Lan's eyes, and pouted.

Fang Ping said lightly: "That's not your sister-in-law, I've already broken up with her!" ”

"What, you've already..."

"Dead girl, what are you doing? Your brother has just come back, can't you let your brother go home and drink saliva first? ”

Fang Yuan was stunned, and as soon as she said something, Liu Cuifen, who walked in, hurriedly slapped Fang Yuan on the back and reprimanded.

Fang Ping and Wang Lan broke up, she knew about it after Fang Ping's father came home.

It's just that Wang Lan's house is so close to hers, and when she looks up, she doesn't look down, so she doesn't make a sound. At this time, Fang Yuan said a few words, which made people hear, and it was not good for the two families.

The most important thing is that she knows very well that things like Fang Ping and Wang Lan's breakup, once it comes out, will definitely become gossip news in the village, and there will be anything to say.

She didn't want Fang Ping and Wang Lan's matter to become a topic of conversation in the village.

Fang Yuan pouted: "I'll just ask!" Didn't do anything! ”

"You..."

When Liu Cuifen was about to talk about Fang Yuan, Fang Ping hurriedly said, "Mom, Dad!" ”

"The cornmeal for feeding the pigs at home is gone, your father and your grandparents went to Wang Qicai's house in the village together to make cornmeal!"

Liu Cuifen said casually, and was about to step forward to take Fang Ping's luggage: "Before you come back, don't say a word, so that your father can pick you up in the county!" ”

"Mom, I'm not a child, so I don't need you to pick it up!" Fang Ping carried his luggage and avoided it.

"In Mom's eyes, no matter how big you are, you're a child!"

Liu Cuifen couldn't get Fang Ping's luggage, glared and said, "Okay, go home and rest first." You've been in the car for so long, and you're tired! ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Fang Ping and Fang Yuan to go home, not even the grass in the vegetable garden, went into the kitchen and washed his hands, and prepared to kill chickens and ducks.

Fang Ping returned to the bedroom and put down his luggage, while chatting with his sister Fang Yuan about interesting things at school, he walked out of the bedroom, came to the yard, and saw Liu Cuifen carrying an old hen's wings, and walked forward: "Mom, I'll help you!" ”

"No, you go and rest, I can do it myself!"

Liu Cuifen grabbed the hen's wings in one hand and the knife in the other, raised her head, reached out and wiped the sweat on her forehead with her arm, and said, "Besides, when have you ever killed a chicken since you were a child." Don't hurt yourself for a while! ”

"No, let me do it!"

Fang Ping shook his head, stepped forward to take the knife from his mother's hand, and the hen, skillfully cut off the hen's neck and put a bowl of blood, and then put the hen in the boiling hot water next to him and boiled, and began to pluck out the chicken feathers.

Everything is methodical and extremely skillful.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Cuifen was surprised: "When did you learn to kill chickens?" Is this still taught in college? ”

"No, I learned it when I went out to work part-time!" Fang Ping casually made up an excuse.

In fact, after he married Qin Qingyun in his previous life, Qin Qingyun didn't dare to kill chickens, killing fish and the like, all of them were killed by him.

Thus the exercise came out.

Thinking that Fang Ping had to go to school and have to work part-time, Liu Cuifen was a little sad, and blamed herself: "It's all because my parents have no ability, so let you..."

"Mom, what are you talking about! It's all over, and I'm a rich man now! Fang Ping hurriedly interrupted.

Fang Yuan, who was watching Fang Ping killing chickens, said suspiciously: "What rich man?" ”

"What's the matter with you, go and take out the kidney beans at home and soak them, and stew the chicken for a while!"

Liu Cuifen knew that Fang Ping was referring to the matter of giving three million to the family, so she looked left and right, afraid of being heard, so she was busy arranging things for Fang Yuan, and sent it away.

Then she lowered her voice and said: "Pingping, your wealth is not exposed, your father didn't say anything about the money you gave to the family." Don't mention it either. ”

"Keep this money for your daughter-in-law later, you know?"

"Mom, this money is given to you for you to spend. What are you saving? Fang Ping's busy hands paused, and he smiled bitterly.

He knew that giving money to his family would not solve his family's economic poverty.

You have to go out on your own!

Liu Cuifen shook her head: "Your father and I don't have to worry about food and clothing at home, and we don't have much to spend." And we have hands and feet, we can earn our own money, and we don't need to spend your money! ”

"Mom..."Fang Ping was about to speak.

Liu Cuifen waved her hand: "Okay, you kill the chicken first, and then I'll catch an old duck and kill it." You study hard, and I will make up for it at night! ”

The sound fell, and he turned and left.

Fang Ping opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak, he shook his head with a wry smile, and was ready to talk about his plans for the family when his family was there at night, so he lowered his head and got busy.

At seven o'clock in the evening, because Fang Ping had just come home, Liu Cuifen stewed chicken and duck soup again, and made a big table of sumptuous dinner.

"Eat fast, eat more. Look you've lost weight! ”

As soon as Fang Ping's family came to the table to eat, Fang Ping became the object of concern of his parents and grandparents, and kept putting vegetables into Fang Ping's bowl, a piece of meat, and a chicken leg, piling up the food in the bowl.

Fang Ping couldn't hold back his family's concern a little, and hurriedly said: "Parents, grandparents, you also eat, don't just serve me vegetables!" ”

It's a pity that Fang Ping's parents and grandparents still didn't care about giving Fang Ping food, and even Fang Yuan's unhappy opinions, saying that they were biased and didn't change their actions.

Fang Ping looked at it, what else could he say, he could only bury his head in eating and enjoy the love of his family.

The next day, early in the morning, Fang Ping habitually exercised, sweated well, and after breakfast, he found an excuse to go out.

He thought about it, and if he wanted to persuade his family to open the supermarket, he might not be able to do it if his mouth was worn out.

And it's a waste of time.

So he was going to cut it first, buy a house in the town first, open a supermarket, and make it clear to his family.

When the time comes, if they want to object, they will have to give up resisting because they are worried about money.

Although doing so will inevitably lead to a scolding, Fang Ping feels that it is worth it.