The old lady heard the helplessness in Li Ruoqing's words, and she said: "Speaking of fate, maybe you should change places." Before you, Grandma had a tenant here, and he came from the northwest, a distance longer than you. He didn't live here for long, and at first it was not easy to go out to find something to do, and he failed repeatedly. He's been everywhere you've been, and none of them have succeeded. Later, he found a good job in the old factory area where he came, and it didn't take long for him to move there. In the end, he came back to see me and told me that he had brought his family over and worked and lived there together. ”

Li Ruoqing listened to the old lady's account and sighed: "Maybe he is lucky!" ”

The old lady continued: "You are also lucky, you can come here to listen to me talk about him, it is also a kind of fate, maybe you are as lucky as him, why don't you also try?" ”

Li Ruoqing was helpless, he was a little weak, but he was talked about by the old lady, but he had the heart to try it himself.

He asked the old lady for the address and distance, thanked the old lady, and walked out of the hospital.

There was no need to think about other things on the way, the old lady's words had already pointed him in a direction. It is not only the direction to move forward in reality, but also a forward force in the heart. This is when he needs to move forward, and even when he is full of ambition, but he doesn't know what to do, it is really an injection of energy, like a shot in the arm.

After traveling for half a day, I finally came to the old factory area that the old man said. Unlike the places Li Ruoqing went to yesterday, this place is even older.

If you look closely, it looks like the architectural style of the eighties and nineties of the last century. The old is retro, tight, complex and orderly. Row by row, neat and neat; One by one, the rules are in order; The left row is neatly lined up a street; In the right row, the rules sit on one side. The color is also unified, and the gray and dark are connected, and the gray of the entire street makeup is not slipped.

There are no shops on either side, so there is nothing to do business. From time to time, a few people in work clothes flashed on the street, in a hurry, thinking that it was working hours, and there were few crowds.

From afar, there was a vendor selling goods on the side of the road. Li Ruoqing thought about inquiring, so she ran over, and when she looked closer, it turned out that the young man was selling drinks and cakes.

The young man had black skin, long, messy hair, a mustache, and a shabby black jacket with no zippers and a white apron.

Li Ruoqing bought a bottle of water from the young man, and the young man handed it to him with a smile. He took the water, unscrewed the cap, and asked, "Little brother, are you a local?" What is this place? ”

The young man who sold the bread glanced at him: "You look tired, why don't you taste a cake?" ”

Li Ruoqing asked, "What kind of cake is this, is it delicious?" ”

The young man said happily: "This cake is called 'Yiwei Cake', an old gold-lettered signboard, everyone in the neighborhood knows it, they all love to eat, and it is delicious!" ”

"Where does the name come from? What do you think of your own name? Why is it called: 'Bread'? He asked.

The young man said, "People who have eaten this cake call it that, just because they still want to eat it after eating it, no matter how many times, the taste will not change." ”

Li Ruoqing deliberately looked at the cake: it has the size of a bowl, the cake is round and bulging, beige, with a little sesame seeds attached, and there is a fragrance, so she asked: "This cake looks no different from other baked cakes, and has no other characteristics, is it really so delicious?" ”

The young man who sold the bread coughed dryly, "It does look the same, but it is really special." Its uniqueness is that if you want to make this cake, you need to use the best wheat from the rain and rain, the fresh wheat noodles milled back then, the spring water and noodles in the mountains, and put them in a special clay pot of leavened noodles. The clay pot should be placed on the hot kang, and the kang should be heated with crop straw, the temperature should be appropriate, the spark should continue to warm, the dough should be kneaded evenly, the appropriate amount of alkali should be used, and the eggs, brown sugar, and then roasted with a tweezer heated by coal fire. Soft and fluffy, licking delicious, delicious and fragrant. ”

Li Ruoqing took a sip of water, looked around, and said, "I want to taste it." But again, how many loaves can you sell in a day with these few people? ”

The young man said a little seriously: "You don't know, the name of this place is Chuange Town." Although it is a town, it is still a few years old, and it looks inconspicuous, but it has caught up with the wave of reform and kept up with the pace of the times. These are all small businesses and factories run by locals who live and start their own businesses, and their own families. ”

Seeing Li Ruoqing's puzzled expression, the young man further explained: "Don't believe it, although it is operated and produced by the locals, there are still a lot of outsiders, and they are mixed here. There are people in all directions, all over the world, so it is also a mixed area with complex personnel. In fact, you should be able to see that it is working time, and there are few people on the street, otherwise they would have gathered around. ”

Li Ruoqing took over and said: "At the beginning, looking at the scene on the street, I think there should not be many people gathered here, so in this way, there are a lot of people, and your business is very good?" ”

The young man lowered his head and was busy with his work, his attention was focused on the cake, and said casually: "That's, otherwise why would I have come all the way here?" ”

Li Ruoqing asked rhetorically: "You are not a local?" ”

The young man shook his head and said, "I'm from the northwest," and as he said, he glanced up at the sky, and the work in his hand did not stop, and continued: "I think I was only 17 years old then, and it has been many years now. It wasn't easy to get here that far. At first, I worked with my father and helped him, then I took turns doing the work, and in the end I did it myself. ”

"And what about your father?" Li Ruoqing looked at the young man's face and asked.

"The old man has been doing this for many years, starting in the nineties of the last century, and has been doing it for more than ten years. Since I started to take over, he slowly let go, and he is also old, and he has returned to his hometown early. ”

"In this way, what you are doing now is also inheriting your father's business, and it can be regarded as a kind of inheritance. Do you really like it? Are you happy with your current job? Li Ruoqing looked a little curious, and continued to ask as if asking the bottom of the matter.

The young man frowned, showed an inexplicable smile, as if he didn't care, and said: "I can't talk about likes and hobbies, but there is something to do, and there is no choice." Now that I'm married, it's even more of a responsibility to do so, and it's sometimes good to catch up with the deal, but what else? ”

The more Li Ruoqing heard him say this, the more curious she felt, and she couldn't help but ask, "Have you lived like this every day all these years?" Hasn't it changed? ”

"It's like this almost every day, isn't this life!" The young man said.

"Do you regret it?" He asked.

"What about regrets?" The young man asked.

"I regret living like this every day. You think, you came out at such a young age and started this business, every day, for so many years, and it hasn't changed. He added.

Without waiting for the young man to speak, he asked rhetorically: "Do you sometimes regret that you didn't do what you like, or that you worked hard for your hobby?" ”