After sending my father away, my mother and I really longed for it for a long time. My mother gradually felt that it was a good choice to go to work with my father. I used to be one of the obstacles that hindered their joint development as a couple, but now my focus has been replaced by my mother's passion for grocery shopping.

I still have to finish my distant student days, Uncle Quan Bao has to grow vegetables, and he can't take care of the big business of selling vegetables in the vegetable market. This means that when my mother is gone, the business of selling vegetables will not be able to continue. In this way, Uncle Quan Bao and some people in the village will have to find another way. Of course, they can continue to grow vegetables, but they have to contact other vegetable collectors or set up their own stalls. Seeing the vegetable selling business that had just revealed its embryonic form, my mother was still unwilling.

However, this fear was soon shattered by the two people who visited. These two people are Sister Xiao Li and Teacher Xiao Zhang.

After my father left, my mother started her career as a vegetable seller again. I still don't want to come out in the atmosphere of the New Year, but my mother is determined not to let me continue to enjoy it. It was about the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the day after we resumed selling vegetables. My mother and I were tired of pushing the bicycles of vegetables, some of which were not very good-looking, and some of which were discarded by other merchants.

Mom is very careful, and she has never seen her throw anything. She couldn't wear clothes anymore, so she changed them to cushions, rags, or something. I am always reluctant to throw away my own vegetables, so I can give them to chickens and ducks to eat, or to feed livestock. Although she hasn't kept these for a long time, she still takes the trouble to clean them up. Every time I go to the village to collect vegetables, I will bring them back with the car. Uncle Quan Bao always praised his mother for her ability to live.

For a while, I had the idea of letting my mother and Uncle Quan Bao be together, but I gave up when I saw that my mother didn't mean anything to others. Thinking that my dad is still here, I just think so, it's a bit too much.

I felt sorry for my mother and insisted on pushing the bicycle by myself. Although he wore thick cotton gloves on his hands, his fingertips were still numb from the cold. My mother followed me, put her hands in her trouser pockets, and walked forward with her head down. As soon as we arrived at the door, we were shocked by a New Year's greeting.

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" Li Hongyan gave my mother a New Year's greeting

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" A timid male voice came from behind Li Hongyan.

This girl is Li Hongyan, and I don't know the boy. But I probably guessed that this person was Li Hongyan's Chinese teacher---- Zhang Changzhi.

"It's a cold day, come in quickly. Come inside and warm up. Mom said to the two young men.

In the winter in the Northeast, it gets dark very early, and it gets dark at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and when I feel like it's six o'clock in the afternoon, it will be completely dark.

It wasn't until we entered the house and turned on the light that my mother and I saw Li Hongyan and the two of them were so cold that their noses were red. Fortunately, there was heating in the house, and at this time, everyone saw that Zhang Changzhi's eyes were covered with a thick layer of frost. Teacher Xiao Zhang trembled his hands, nervously took off his eyes, and scratched on the lenses with his hands. When my mother saw this, she quickly took a clean towel and handed it to him.

"What's that, Mr. Zhang, wipe it with a towel, wipe it clean with a towel, this is a towel to wipe your face, it's clean." My mother saw that Zhang Changzhi was still a little cramped, so she quickly explained to him.

"Sister Hongyan, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't you say anything where you went on vacation?" When I entered the house, I saw that Li Hongyan and Zhang Changzhi were a little unnatural, so I hurriedly ran out of words.

"I, I went this year, to the prison in the provincial capital. I went to see my parents. Stayed with them for a few days. Li Hongyan squeaked, a little embarrassed, but she didn't want to hide something.

"Then Mr. Zhang, can he come back?" I was mindless enough to continue with what I thought was a mood-regulating topic.

"I, I can't get out of prison until May this year, I heard Hongyan tell me, saying that you can find someone to communicate with me so quickly. I have done a good job in it, and I have also become a Yiwu teacher in it. Me, I've changed a lot. Zhang Changzhi took over the conversation directly, but we sounded a little awkward. The atmosphere was also awkward for a while.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back. Let's eat here today, I'll get it right away. Seeing this, my mother took the initiative to break the silence.

"No need Auntie, we are here just to give you a New Year's greeting, thank you and Mu Dun'er for helping us. We didn't buy anything, that is, we just gave Mu Dun'er some money for the New Year. It's not much, just a thousand. As he spoke, Li Hongyan began to take money out of the pocket of the cotton clothes close to his body.

I don't know if it's because of nervousness, or because I've been outside for a long time, and my hands are shaking badly when I see her. Her face was even more red, and her voice trembled as she spoke.

"I don't want this, our friends won't have to do it after you give me money." I saw this situation and quickly rejected her.

"I said that she is Sister Hongyan, I only gave Dunzi 200 yuan after the holiday with Dunzi's father, how old a child he is, you can't give him so much money." Seeing Li Hongyan's situation, my mother did not directly refuse.

"We, we just want to express our hearts, we don't have much money, don't refuse this! We didn't buy anything for my aunt and uncle, which was a bit of a thought. Li Hongyan was obviously a little anxious.

"Then this money is too much, we can't collect it, otherwise, I'll take two hundred, one hundred to the dunzi, one hundred I'll take it, so it's decided! The two of you must have dinner at home today! Otherwise, I'd be. The mother not only took care of Li Hongyan and Zhang Changzhi's face, but also calmed the excitement of the two of them.

After my mother finished speaking, she took out two hundred yuan from the money and returned the rest of the money to Li Hongyan. Li Hongyan refused a little at first, but later she could only accept it.

Under the leadership of my mother, my mother and I quickly set up a large table of dishes. At first, Li Hongyan still wanted to come to help, but her mother saw that Zhang Changzhi was a little lonely in the house alone, so she resolutely let Li Hongyan go into the back room to accompany him.

When the meal was served, my mother also deliberately took out a bottle of liquor. This wine is not in bulk, it is bottled. Of course I like to drink some wine, Li Hongyan's amount of alcohol is okay, my mother can also drink some, and Zhang Changzhi can't drink among the four people. Originally, due to nervousness when he entered the door, Zhang Changzhi's face was a little red, and after drinking, he was really blushing and his neck was thick.

"Come on, let's take another sip, if you don't come to my house, my mother won't let me drink." I drank with some excitement and raised my glass.

"Teacher Zhang, if you can't drink it, don't drink it. Dunzi is a wine Mengzi, and his father can't drink him. Seeing Zhang Changzhi's embarrassment, my mother hurriedly came out to relieve the siege.

"Come, Dunzi, sister will drink with you, let's get drunk today." Li Hongyan didn't want to disturb my interest, so she took the initiative to ask me for a drink.

"Don't get along. Dunzi, you can also pull it down after drinking it. "My mother knew that these two people were psychologically troublesome, and she resolutely couldn't let them use wine to drown their sorrows.

"Well, I don't drink anymore, I don't drink anymore." Seeing my mother say this, I also obediently put down the wine glass.

"Teacher Zhang, what are your plans after you come out? Do you still want to be a teacher? Seeing this situation, my mother quickly changed the subject.

"I, I want to be a teacher. My parents have been training me for so many years, but the school has expelled me. I'm afraid people like me won't be able to be teachers in the future. Although Zhang Changzhi's face was red, his thinking was quite clear.

"It's nothing if you're not a teacher, but I think you have to have your own way out, isn't your hukou still in the county? In the future, do you and Hongyan think about how to live? "Mom seems to talk a lot, and I can't guess what she means for a while.

"I haven't graduated yet, and when I graduate, I want to find something to do. When I am old enough, I will marry Mr. Zhang. Li Hongyan spoke very neatly, not like Zhang Changzhi's mother-in-law.

"I, I'm afraid of treating her badly, but I don't have any other skills than teaching. This time, I can't teach the book, and I can't be a teacher. I don't know what to suffer with her. Zhang Changzhi heard Li Hongyan say this, and he couldn't help but say psychological words.

"I see, before you find a suitable job, you have to do Auntie a favor first!" Mom saw that the time was almost up, and began her planning.

"Okay, Auntie, as long as we can do it, you can say it." It was Li Hongyan who was the first to pervert, and Zhang Changzhi also quickly nodded in agreement.

"You see, the child's father, that is, Dunzi's father, now has a new job in the south, and he is going to quit his job here in half a year. He told me what company he was going to open there. As for me, I have no culture, and I can't stop him from doing whatever he wants. I just want to go to the south with him, mainly to take care of Dunzid's life. ”

"It's alright, Auntie. I can take care of you here, so you can just go to your uncle and accompany your uncle. Before my mother said yes, she was interrupted by Li Hongyan.

"I don't need you to take care of me, just don't involve me in the future and fight with others." My inopportune interjection seemed to have pulled me into my relationship with Li Hongyan even more. After all, are they people who have fought together!

"After I'm gone, Dunzi really wants you to watch it for me. Don't say Hongyan, you really can't control my house alone. This really has to be done by you and Mr. Zhang. Mom said while looking at Zhang Changzhi.

"I'll do my best, Auntie, don't worry, I can tutor him." Zhang Changzhi saw this situation. also quickly expressed his attitude.

"Well, I'm relieved, but I still have something to help me with." After listening to Zhang Changzhi's answer, my mother continued her next step.