Walking to the end of this street, Bai Mingxuan saw a shop from a distance, the shop was only three or four meters long, and a small wooden sign at the door was engraved with a few words. Two people were coming out of it one after the other.

When she got closer, Bai Mingxuan found that the words engraved on the sign were "Zhang's Grocery Store", the wooden sign was mottled, and the black paint had been half off.

"Auntie, let's go, come back next time!" As soon as the young woman with the hairpin in her hair sent the customer out of the door, she saw her mother's family coming, and hurriedly greeted her, and said happily:

"Oh, mother, why are you here, don't give a message, I'll let Jia Liang pick you up! Auntie, big brother, come into the house and sit. ”

"Isn't it almost the New Year, I was thinking about coming to Taoxi to sell the vegetables in the field, and I want to buy some New Year's goods, and I will come to see you by the way." The white lady smiled.

"Hey, A-Niang is here, and the eldest brother, sit inside." The door curtain was lifted, and a man in a navy blue robe walked out, and when he saw Bai Lao Niang, he was surprised, "Ayu, go and pour tea for Brother A-Niang." ”

Bai Xiaogu answered, welcomed the group in, and said happily, "Minglan and you are all here!" I haven't seen it for so long, and it's really getting more and more watery. ”

Old Lady Bai happily, "This is your sister-in-law and sister-in-law." ”

"Hello sister-in-law, good auntie." Bai Mingxuan and the others raised their heads and shouted.

"Okay, okay." The two smiled and nodded.

Bai Mingxuan looked at the two of them, her sister-in-law was of medium stature, and she looked less than thirty, with a smile on her fair face, and she was kind.

The white sister-in-law's hair is tied up with a wooden hairpin, and there are pairs of silver cloves hanging from her ears, looking like her father, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Speak neatly, smile on a round face, look delicate, and have a style of its own. She thought to herself, no wonder she was able to marry into the town.

Zhang's shop is not big or small, it is about 20 square meters, the shop is long and narrow, it is full of things, and the aisle barely allows two people to pass by. There is a yard behind the shop, and the Zhang family lives in this yard.

Bai Mingxuan's eyes swept over the grocery store and roughly saw the things on the shelves, that is, some needles and threads, ordinary rice noodles, and the others were all in the cabinet and could not be seen.

Lift the curtain and enter the courtyard. The courtyard was so small that you could see it at a glance, and there were only three rooms in total, with a pile of firewood piled up under the eaves, a water tank, and a shelf in the corner of the wall to grow some food.

A few people entered the house, and Bai Xiaogu turned out a few stools.

"A-Niang, big brother, Minglan you all sit and rest for a while," and shouted into the house, "Big Tiger, Erniu, come out quickly!" Your grandmother and uncle are here. ”

After a while, two children, a man and a woman, walked out of the house hand in hand.

The two of them are similar in age, the boy looks older, wears a gray jacket, and looks like a tiger. The girl is smaller, her hair is tied into two pigtails by red rope, she wears a blue jacket, and her face is red, which is very pleasant.

Bai Mingxuan's eyes lit up, and finally saw the cute children here, looking at their round and blood-colored cheeks, neat and unpatched robes, and bright and generous eyes, he knew that he was raised by people who were not worried about eating and drinking.

Aunt Bai took out a bowl and poured tea, and said, "This is your grandmother, uncle, and your cousin and cousin. ”

The two opened their big curious eyes and shouted in turn.

Bai Dale responded and touched their heads.

"Yo, big tiger, second girl, you've grown so big! Remember grandma? Bai Lao Niang pulled one in one hand, pulled the two of them in front of her, and asked with a smile.

"Remember, you are the grandmother of Peach Blossom Village, the grandmother of A-Niang!" The big tiger said angrily.

"Yo, that's capable! It's been almost a year and remember. The white lady smiled even more happily when she heard this. Then he asked another: "Erniu, how old are you this year?" ”

The little girl stretched out her hand, wrenched four fingers, and said proudly: "The second girl is four years old this year!" ”

"Hahahaha, four years old! Our second girl is a big girl! ”

Bai Mingxuan lowered her head and tasted the tea, but was disappointed, this bowl was just ordinary tea, no different from the Bai family's tea.

The children got to know each other quickly, and it didn't take long for the two children to play with Bai Mingwei and them.

The white lady asked, "Ayu, where is your grandmother?" ”

The Zhang family started by being a merchant in the early years, coming and going in the wind and rain, working hard for decades, and finally arrived at Zhang Dalang's generation, saved the family business, and opened a grocery store in the town, but Uncle Zhang was overworked in his early years, buried the root of the disease, and went the year before last. Only Mrs. Zhang lived in the town with her son and daughter-in-law, and the family's two acres of land were also rented out.

"Hey, Auntie, you also know, my grandma likes to be lively, and she likes to visit everywhere in the village, and she moved to Taoxi Town, and she can't be idle. I went out this morning and talked to other people's grandmothers. Aunt Bai moved a stool and sat down to drink tea, "It's almost noon, and it's time to come back." ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and only then did he say that Mrs. Zhang was coming back soon, and she heard her smiling voice outside.

"My mother-in-law didn't say anything when she came, I knew that I wouldn't go out today. If you have a mother-in-law, why do you have to go out to talk to someone! ”

As the voice got closer and closer, an old lady wearing a plain jacket and a pair of silver earrings looked very energetic.

Seeing that her grandmother was coming, Bai Xiaogu hurriedly got up and gave up her seat and prepared to pour tea.

"Ouch, no tea, sit down. I drank tea at Sister Wang's for a long time today, and I really don't want to drink it. Mrs. Zhang hurriedly waved her hand to stop it.

"Where have you been?"

"It's Sister Wang's house in the back, I told you ...... last time"

The two began to make small talk.

Seeing that there was nothing to do with him, Bai Da went out to look for work in the yard, looked left and right, and chopped the firewood under the eaves.

Bai Mingxuan and the others listened to the gossip and said a few words from time to time. Soon, it was time for lunch.

Unlike in the countryside, in recent years, the town of Peach Creek has sprung up eating three meals a day. As long as there is a little surplus food at home, it is to eat three meals a day, one meal in the morning, noon and one meal in the evening. That's how the Zhang family is.

Bai Xiaogu served the meal, the rice was multigrain rice, cooked with brown rice, millet beans and other miscellaneous grains, just out of the pot, it was steaming, and a mixed aroma emanated.

The dishes are several vegetarian dishes, a bowl of fried cabbage, a bowl of fried cucumbers, all brought by Bai Lao Niang today, and a bowl of egg soup.

The dishes of the Zhang family are not as reluctant to put oil as the Bai family, the fried vegetable oil is full of fragrance, and the taste of the vegetables is fully brought into play after the hot burning and stir-frying of the firewood.

As soon as the dishes were served, Bai Mingxuan's eyes were attracted, smelling the aroma of the food wafting in, and swallowing silently.

After Aunt Bai set up the dishes and chopsticks, Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth to beckon everyone to eat.

Bai Mingxuan and the others almost couldn't wait to eat.

Bai Xiaogu picked up the rice bowl, took some food, and went out to ask her husband to eat, and replaced her in the store.

After eating, Bai Lao Niang sat down for a while, and then took Bai Da to the shop to buy things.

Two children came out, and Bai Mingxuan and the three followed.

Zhangjia grocery store sells a lot of things, not only ordinary multigrain rice noodles, needles and threads, flour fat gouache, but also some ordinary paper and pencils, although the quality is average, but it is complete, so the business of this shop is not bad.

The white lady asked for two pieces of red paper, ready to write the Spring Festival couplet, and weighed half a catty of brown sugar, planning to eat it for the New Year. I bought some miscellaneous grains and prepared to boil laba porridge.

Bai Xiaogu sold it at a cheap price and packed it carefully. When they were about to leave, they refused again, and the Bai family finally embarked on the journey home.

Rushed to the agreed place, hurried and hurried, and caught up with the ox cart of Tao Da. When I arrived at Bai's house, it was already evening.