Zheng's mother pulled the cart early in the morning and prepared to go out to sell popsicles, and it was one point to earn one more point by going out of the stall early.

As soon as I went out, I met a neighbor who had just moved in.

"Ouch, Auntie is out of the stall so early."

"yes, sell out early and go home early."

Mother Zheng, who is kind and kind, smiled, although she was dressed a little shabbyly, she could give people a very easy-going feeling.

After saying hello, he was about to leave, but he was stopped again.

"Auntie, can I trouble you?"

"What's the matter, son, tell me."

Mother Zheng didn't feel impatient, but stopped and looked at each other seriously.

"Auntie, my brother and I are new to move here, that is, neither of our brothers is very good at cooking, can we trouble you to cook a meal for us, don't let you work in vain, we will pay for it, we should hire you to cook two meals, what do you think?"

"Hire me?" Zheng Mu was stunned for a moment: "Child, cooking is nothing, but if you do it every day..."

Zheng's mother hesitated, what she was worried about was not that she was tired of cooking, but that she was afraid of delaying her selling popsicles.

The conditions at home are not good, a total of three people eat, the daughter is too beautiful to be afraid of going out to recruit bad people, and the son is a blind man, so he points to the money from selling popsicles to make a living.

The other party seemed to see Zheng's mother's difficulties, so he asked out loud: "Auntie, this way, how much money can you make selling popsicles a day, I will double the number of hires for you." ”

"Huh? No, no, it's not good. ”

"It's okay aunt, it's so decided, we will pay for the rice, flour, grain and oil, and you will be responsible for doing it."

After speaking, he stuffed more than 20 yuan into Zheng's mother and said, "Auntie, you can buy vegetables with this money, and come back early after selling popsicles." ”

didn't give Zheng's mother a chance to regret it, and left directly.

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Ye Haoran had just finished sending the telegram, took two puffs of a cigarette on his mouth, and snuffed out the cigarette butt.

Erdan entered the house and laughed: "Brother Ye, the cooking is done." ”

"What is it done, you learned to cook in one night?"

"What could I do, I hired someone to cook for us."

Ye Haoran frowned and asked, "You brought people back?" ”

Erdan hurriedly waved his hand: "No, it's our neighbor's aunt, I'll bring it back when she's done, and don't let her come over." ”

Ye Haoran thought about it, nodded and didn't say anything again.

On the other side, Zheng's mother was holding the money in her hand, feeling a little hot.

Although she is poor, although she has lived a hard life, Zheng's mother has never complained about anything, nor has she done anything out of the ordinary, and she still treats her two children as her own.

But in the face of this windfall, Zheng's mother was a little panicked.

Instead of going to the door of the cinema to sell popsicles as usual, he went straight back to his home.

Zheng Juan, who was washing clothes, saw Zheng's mother coming back, and quickly got up and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?" ”

Zheng Juan also followed when she went out in the past, but she didn't go today because there were a lot of clothes to be washed, so she stayed at home.

After asking, she helped Zheng's mother back to the house, and Zheng's mother spoke: "The newly moved neighbor wants me to help cook and give me money." ”

Zheng Juan subconsciously said when she heard this: "There are still people who can't cook?" It can't be a bad guy, right? ”

Mother Zheng shook her head: "It doesn't look bad, and I gave the money first." ”

Zheng Juan saw the money in Zheng's mother's hand, and she was not surprised, and also showed the same expression as Zheng's mother.

As the saying goes, motherhood is the best family style.

If there is an emotionally stable and kind Zheng's mother, she will teach the same children.

"Mom, or... Do it for two days to see? ”

"Okay, I'll sell popsicles, you stay at home and cook."

The mother and son went their separate ways, one went to sell popsicles as usual, and the other went grocery shopping.

In the process of buying vegetables, Zheng Juan is still very happy, if it is true that the money for cooking is true, the family will have a better life than the income.

Busy for half a day.

When Zheng's mother went home from the stall, Zheng Juan had already washed the dishes and was ready to put them in the pot.

She didn't say anything to eat, so she just bought some home-cooked food.

As soon as the pot was put down, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Auntie! Is the meal ready, hungry! ”

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Mother Zheng pursed her lips and smiled and pushed open the door, and Erdan walked in.

"Auntie, I forgot to tell you, let's pick up the food after cooking, you don't need to send it over, my brother is a scholar, and I'm most afraid of disturbing it."

Mother Zheng was a little embarrassed when she heard that she didn't need to send it, but after hearing Erdan's excuse, she could only nod her head in agreement.

As soon as the second egg at the door looked up, he was amazed when he saw Zheng Juan, but he only froze for a moment and immediately returned to normal.

didn't bother Zheng Juan, who was stir-frying, but chatted with Zheng's mother.

"Auntie, I love meat, don't be afraid to spend money, put more meat, you tell me if the money is not enough."

"Oh, it's expensive now."

"It's okay, there's money!"

Zheng Juan focused on stir-frying, and didn't look up at Erdan from beginning to end.

After more than 20 minutes of busy work, a pot of rice was served after the dish came out of the pot, and a white cloth was intimately covered with a white cloth to block dust.

"You keep some for yourself, we just have enough to eat, and if you have more, it's waste."

Although it is money, you can use firewood and pots, as well as seasonings and other things, and you should keep some after you do it.

"That's all, Auntie is back, I'll send you back after eating."

"Okay, don't be busy, just take it back and we'll brush it."

After Erdan left, Zheng Juan took out the remaining vegetables in the pot, and there were still a lot left, enough for a few of them to eat.

When the food was brought home, Ye Haoran and Jianjun both sat down and prepared to eat.

The excited second egg smiled as soon as he put down the meal: "Brother, haven't you seen it, there is a big girl in our neighbor's house, who is handsome." ”

"What can you do with Junqiao, aren't you afraid that your daughter-in-law will know?"

Erdan got married after he was promoted, don't look at the fat one like a ball, he can't stand the good conditions, plus he is the loyal little brother of Section Chief Ye, and there are a lot of people who come to introduce them.

Erdan laughed embarrassedly: "Ahem, I'll just say that." ”

Ye Haoran didn't bother to take care of him, tasted it and nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay, it's quite appetizing." ”

"yes, the neighbor's aunt is a real person."

After eating, the rice pot and vegetable pot were sent back by Jianjun.

Ye Haoran and Erdan sat on the chair and smoked, and when Jianjun came back, Ye Haoran took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Erdan.

said: "This Director Zhong is the director of the grain depot who has just been transferred, let's see what is going on with him." ”

"Brother Ye, a little director, is it necessary?"

"Of course it's necessary, you also said that he is a small director, why would he send cigarettes and alcohol to the provincial secretary?"

Erdanzi was stunned: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Ye Haoran flicked the cigarette ash: "Well, the summary report just sent below yesterday, keep an eye on him, no small fish can't catch big fish." ”

Manpower is limited, and it is impossible for everyone to be in place, so it is necessary to find the target and touch it one by one.

The person who just came up didn't know how to do things was the easiest to start, so Ye Haoran chose this person.

Let's take a look at it for a few days, it's really not okay to change the target.

After chatting for a while, Erdan rode the bicycle he had just bought to arrange work.

After Ye Haoran told Jianjun to look after the house, he also went out of the house.

Passing through a few small alleys to Zhou's house, Zhou Rong was brushing the bowl, passed by her after entering the house, and slapped her with a 'snap'.

Zhou Rong, who was frightened, was excited, and hurriedly looked into the house.

"Death to you!"

"What are you afraid of, my wife is not a hooligan, what about Bingkun'er?"

Zhou Rong put the dishes and chopsticks back in the bowl shelf, wiped his hands and said, "I played with a few of his friends, and I will come back later." ”

"It won't be with Qiao Chunyan!"

"Who knows."

Zhou Rong pulled Ye Haoran to say hello to Li Suhua, and then went to Zhou Rong's hut.

Zhou Rong went shopping today and bought two shirts for Ye Haoran, and it happened that Ye Haoran came over to try it.

The two of them didn't bring too much luggage when they came back, and they had to lick some clothes and the like.

Ye Haoran put his shirt on his body, and Zhou Rong helped tie it one button after another, like a virtuous little daughter-in-law.

"Be honest and don't move."

"Hey, what do you say Bingkun'er is going on, Qiao Chunyan likes him, why is he indifferent."

It is said that women chase men in the compartment yarn, but this is not the case.

The timing of the appearance is very important, there are two tragedies in love, one is to meet too early, to meet each other in the era when they don't know how to cherish, and only after missing it do they begin to regret it.

One is that they met too late, and there is already another person around the other party or themselves, and they don't even have a chance to say this love.

Qiao Chunyan and Zhou Bingkun are neighbors and small, so they met too early.

And Qiao Chunyan's way of expressing it is also problematic.

Although she is very free and easy, her way of expressing her feelings will give Zhou Bingkun an illusion, and he will think that Qiao Chunyan is joking.

Because he was too familiar, Zhou Bingkun didn't even treat Qiao Chunyan as a girl at all.

Zhou Rong tidied up Ye Haoran's collar, looked up and down and felt very satisfied, and then replied to Ye Haoran's words.

"What, you're going to help them both?"

"It's not impossible, Bingkun'er is not young anymore, it's good to start a family early, serve our mother when you are not there, otherwise our mother will be bored alone."

After listening to Ye Haoran's words, Zhou Rong really nodded, thought seriously for a while, and said, "How do you say to help?" ”

Ye Haoran pinched his chin and thought for a while: "Bingkun'er has nothing to help, he definitely won't take the initiative, why don't you come forward and talk to Chunyan?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

"I called you."

"Looks like you're very experienced!"

Zhou Rong rolled her eyes, but was hugged by Ye Haoran.

The two were just about to do something bad secretly, but Zhou Bingkun came back.

And at first glance, it looks like drinking.

Li Suhua glanced at him again and again, Zhou Bingkun just couldn't see it, and then plunged into the hut, just in time to see Ye Haoran and Zhou Rong hugging each other.

"Uh..."

'Bang'

Zhou Bingkun turned around a little anxiously and hit his head on the door frame.

It was too late to apologize, so I ran out with my head covered.

Zhou Rong bent down behind and laughed 'haha'.

The arrival of Ye Haoran and Zhou Rong made the Zhou family regain their vitality, Li Suhua no longer complained every day, and Zhou Bingkun did not have to go home every day to serve the elderly.

With his sister to share, Bingkun is a lot easier.

After rubbing his head outside for a long time, Zhou Bingkun returned to the house after it didn't hurt, and took out a letter from his arms.

"Sister, our brother and our father's letter."

As soon as he heard the letter, Li Suhua became excited.

"Rong, read it quickly, let's see what you say."

Zhou Rong opened one of them and said comfortingly: "Mom, don't worry, I'll read it.... My brother said that he saw Dongmei, and told you to take care of yourself at home, and let Bingkun'er do any heavy work. ”

Zhou Bingkun on the side pursed his lips, but did not interject.

Then Zhou Rong opened another letter.

"Yikes! My dad will be able to come back in two months, and the vacation has been approved. ”

"Really? Is your dad really coming back? ”

Zhou Rong and Bingkun were excited, and even Li Suhua secretly wiped her tears.

That night, the Zhou family was so happy that they almost didn't fall asleep.

Ye Haoran stayed with him until late before going home.

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It was quiet for a few days.

On this day, Erdan hurriedly returned to Taiping Hutong, closed the door and came to Ye Haoran's side and said, "Brother, that Director Zhong really has a problem, and he started to resell grain less than a month after taking office. ”

"Oh? Tell me more about it. ”

"Director Zhong was not transferred from the grain mouth, he used to be a person from the coal factory, and he was transferred to the grain depot only after the province pushed him, and now the number one is about to retire, and he doesn't care about things at all, it's all up to him."

Ye Haoran wrote Director Zhong's name on the paper, and then drew a circle.

Erdan continued: "The person who pushed him up has also been transferred, and he has hooked up with the one above, so it can be determined that one is the one who has the right way." ”

Under Erdan's narration, Ye Haoran drew a simple relationship diagram, probably clarifying the context.

Then he asked, "Where is the grain?" ”

"I approved the slip and gave it to a person called Artesian."

"Wait!"

Ye Haoran raised his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Why does this name sound familiar to me?"

Erdan shook his head: "It's a speculative second-class dealer, and there is no detailed information at present." ”

Ye Haoran didn't remember who it was, so he ordered: "Don't worry about this person, just find out where the grain is going, the main thing is to track it up." ”

"Understood, I'll go over there with Jianjun to have a look, and I won't be back today."

"Skip dinner and leave?"

"No, there are not enough manpower, I'll go over with Jianjun early."

There is no way to solve the problem of insufficient manpower, so these few people can only suffer a little.

After Erdan and Jianjun left, Ye Haoran was left alone at home.

Looking at the relationship diagram in front of him, Ye Haoran fell into deep thought.

After Zheng Juan made a rice bowl, she waited for a long time and no one came to pick it up, Zheng's mother may have not sold out today's goods and came back a little late.

Seeing that the food was about to be cold, Zheng Juan got up and shouted to her younger brother on the side: "Guangming, don't go anywhere at home, my sister will send the food to others." ”

"I know, sister, you go, I won't go anywhere."

Zheng Juan is more than ten years older than Guangming, and she knows that this younger brother was brought back, and he was blind and abandoned by his biological parents since he was a child.

Later, when he met the kind-hearted Zheng Mu, he picked up a life.

It was a tragedy in life, but fortunately, Guangming has been sensible since he was a child, and he never made trouble when he was a child, either quietly accompanying Zheng's mother to sell popsicles, or helping his sister paste paper boxes.

After telling Guangming, Zheng Juan walked to the neighbor's house with the food.

The door is open, maybe Erdan and Jianjun are in a bit of a hurry and haven't closed it well.

He knocked on the door and called softly, "Is there anyone at home?" ”

Ye Haoran in the room was interrupted from his thoughts, closed the book and took it back to the drawer, and then got up to open the door.

casually pushed open the door and looked at Zheng Juan who came to see each other.