On the ten-minute road from his home to Lao Wanjia, Wang Defa didn't meet a few people, some recognized him at a glance, and some looked at him as if he was looking at a person from another village, and basically didn't talk much. It doesn't seem to give him a headache as Wang Defa thought, probably because there are not many people he meets in the morning.

That's right, many things, the person who really cares about may only be themselves, whether it's right or wrong, in the eyes of others, there is never a need to keep it fresh and hot, and even as an after-dinner conversation, it's just a period of freshness.

The road is the road where Wang Defa used to go to Lao Wan every day, and then go to the back mountain, and the people living around it are also those who used to live. The only difference is that the alleys connecting the houses are getting narrower and narrower than they were five years ago, and the houses are almost all new.

This makes Wang Defa very puzzling, why is the road narrow? The homesteads of each yard are all good, the earliest planning was a bit chaotic, and the alleys were twisted and crooked, but it was not like now, and in some places it was difficult to even pull a frame car over.

Probably at the door of Lao Wan's house, Wang Defa looked up and was a little unsure. The head of the gate is newly repaired, tall and large, and on the top of the gate is a corn cob of unknown year, covered with plastic sheeting. The rooms in the yard are also neatly repaired, which makes people feel comfortable to look at. Wang Defa put his face in the crack of the door and looked in, there was no one in the yard, according to his memory, this is Lao Wanjia Yes, he turned around and looked around, feeling sure. With the help of the iron rings in the mouths of the two lion heads on the gate, Wang Defa knocked on the door of the old family.

knocked three times first, but no one answered, and Wang Defa knocked hard a few times. Now the newly renovated house, the structure is better than before, all are double-layer doors, and the sound insulation effect is too good, so if you don't knock a few times, the people inside can't hear it at all.

When Wang Defa was about to knock a few more times and prepare to go back, the door opened.

"Who?"

"It's me, it's me!"

"Who?"

The people inside asked, walking towards the gate.

It was Lao Wan's brother who opened the door, and the two stared at each other for a while, and for a few seconds there was a blank period, and no one spoke, stunned.

"It's me, Wang Defa, Brother Wan."

"Oh, oh, you're back? Come on, come in. ”

Both of them were quite embarrassed, and Wang Defa followed Lao Wan into the courtyard. Tea was boiling in the house, and Brother Wan looked like he was packing up and going out.

"Are you alright?" Wang Defa put the eggs he was carrying in the room, and his nervous speech was a little unpleasant.

"It's okay, it's good that the old accountant is back, you can come, what else do you bring?"

"Yes, yes, I came back yesterday afternoon, when it was dark, I went to the back mountain, looked at Lao Wan, and now I came to say sorry to you, when I left five years ago, I didn't even have a chance to say sorry. I really can't live with Lao Wan, I'm sorry for your family. ”

"Old accountant, let the past go, what's the use of saying this, people are gone, from my brother's point of view, you really shouldn't be forgiven, but from the public's point of view, you have also been punished as you deserve, and you won't investigate it in the future, don't mention it."

"I hesitated for a long time outside, I wasn't sure if it was your house, this house was repaired, and it was spacious when it came in, when will it be repaired."

"It's been almost three years, there's no way, every household around is repairing, and if you don't repair, you feel that you can't raise your head in the team, I don't know if you noticed, you look at the current alleys, which family repairs the house, and they are trying their best to give their homes more ground, the foundation, the wall roots are secretly expanded a little outside, a few feet wider, every family is expanding, and now it is difficult to walk. You haven't seen winter, all of them have swept out of their own homes to the door of the snow pile, the weather is less warm, the snow melts, out of an alley is the same as crossing the river, all call this road riverside road. ”

"I just said that this alley wasn't so narrow before, so no one in the team took care of it?"

"What's the matter, those who don't have the guts to expand the yard, just a few households, who cares about them, if they expand the yard privately, of course they won't sue themselves."

"Oh, well, hey, haven't you expanded the foundation of this yard outward?" Wang Defa asked curiously.

"Old accountant, look at what you said, I don't have this yard in my house, when I was repairing the house, my cousin who ate public meals also came to the same thing, and told me that I must not occupy the land in the team without permission, otherwise if I check, his job will be lost, and I will go to see it later, my yard is about a foot longer than the neighbor's next door."

"I'm just kidding, I was waiting outside for you to open the door, I saw it, and I thought what the problem was, and I understood when you said that. Why didn't you see your father? ”

"When people are old, they have a hard time moving, and they are on the kang inside."

"I'll go in and have a look."

"Okay, look, I can't say anything, I guess I can't even recognize who you are."

Wang Defa followed Brother Wan into the room in the suite, the room was simple, a kang, there was a small table on the kang, Lao Wan's father was lying on the kang, and the person was almost like a changed person.

"Dad, the old accountant from before came to see you." Brother Wan almost shouted at his father.

The old man's reaction was as if a mosquito had bitten him, he moved his body and couldn't get up. Wang Defa approached, sat on the edge of the kang and held the old man's hand, the old man felt that someone was calling him, turned his face to look at Wang Defa, and seemed to be saying something in his mouth, but he couldn't hear it clearly. Wang Defa looked at the squirming of his lips and guessed that he was probably asking, "Who?" ”

"Old man, it's me, I'm Wang Defa!" Wang Defa put his mouth close to Lao Wan's ear and shouted loudly.

The corners of Lao Wan's mouth were drooling, as if he was crying excitedly, but in fact, his mouth was full of teeth, and he couldn't hold his saliva. Brother Wan picked up the towel on the table and wiped his father's saliva.

What else can you say, it's useless to say anything, just take a look at his father for Lao Wan. Five years ago, this old man learned that his stupid son was buried alive, and in the dark, he staggered to the back mountain, and five years later, let alone go to the back mountain, now like this, it is difficult to turn over.

Who has been spared over the years, whether it is to keep to oneself or to do many evils, after all, what can be brought to this world is that cry, what can be taken away from this world, nothing.

After staying for a while, Wang Defa was ready to get up and prepare to leave. Brother Wan is not easy to urge, but he is busy cleaning up the things on the ground, and the implication is also very clear.

"You're busy, I'm leaving, take good care of your father, you'll be an honest man all your life! I'm really sorry for your family, I'm leaving. ”

"People are like this when they are old, old accountants, the past is over, when you have time, you often come to sit and sit, if you need help, although you tell me, I have no ability, I don't have much money, but I still have the strength."

"Okay, then thank you, don't send it, you can pack up and get to work. I'm leaving. ”

Coming out of Lao Wanjia, Wang Defa didn't know where to go, but he knew a lot of things when he came out and walked around. He looked at the renovated yards of this house, and felt a little sad in his heart, what did this person think, Wang Defa couldn't understand. If there is a little more place, he can't be rich and expensive, so why bother, if he is still this accountant, will this happen? As soon as he thought of the accounting, Wang Defa thought of the second child of the old Yin Yang family, and he didn't know if he would be at home, since he had already come out, he was not in a hurry to go back, by the way, he wanted to go to the old Yin Yang to ask, this is the auspicious day of the zodiac to repair the house and break ground.

Wang Defa relied on the location of the second family in his memory and walked towards his house. Lao Wan's brother is right, all the houses that have built new houses have indeed expanded the courtyard walls. Wang Defa thought that everyone must be thinking like this, it may be the first person to build a new house, and he used his crooked brain to expand the foundation and courtyard wall outward, and there was nothing to do, no one cared about it, and it gradually spread, not everyone will do the loss-making business, but who will not take advantage of this thing? If others can occupy it, why can't you take it yourself? If someone else occupies it, it is no big deal, but if you take it yourself, what can you do? It's really terrible, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, who said this, it must have seen people thoroughly.

Wang Defa stopped in front of a beautiful small second-floor yard, if it weren't for the two acacia trees in front of the second child's house, he wouldn't dare to imagine that this was his home. These two trees have been many years, it is said that the grandfather of the second child planted, his grandfather also understands yin and yang feng shui, when the yard team was assigned to them, there was nothing in front of the door, his grandfather looked at it, he wanted to repair a wall as a screen, at that time it was good to be able to repair two broken houses and live in people, and it was a luxury to repair a wall. Later, these two acacia trees were planted. Today, these two tall acacia trees are not only two trees, but also testimonies of the past and facts. In the past, the surrounding yard was very far away from this tree, and now, Wang Defa will not be able to tell who is whose house for a while, but the courtyard wall around these two trees is getting closer and closer to the tree.

Looking at it this way, the courtyard on the second floor of this small second floor must be the second family.

"Yes, this kid is having a good time." Wang Defa sighed in his heart.

When Wang Defa was about to raise his hand and knock on the door, someone came out inside, and the two of them almost nodded and met.

"Dick?"

"Old accountant?"

The two of them called each other in surprise almost at the same time.

"Old accountant, come, come, come in, enter the house, enter the house."

Wang Defa was let into the courtyard by the second child. This is much more pompous than the old Wanjia.

"Brother, sit, sit, I heard yesterday that you are back, and I am going to see you."

"I came back in the afternoon, went out for a walk, and came back late. I just went to Lao Wanjia, I feel close to you, I want to come and see, it's really a coincidence. ”

"That's right, if you don't come, I'll still look for you. Brother, you have been wronged in the past few years, so it's good to come back. Come, have some tea. ”

"Isn't it a big change in the team? In today's society, it's very fast, and if you're not careful, you'll live behind people. ”

"I see that you are in this situation, you must be living in front of people, this small second floor is well repaired. How much did it cost? ”

"This house is only 60,000 or 70,000 yuan after repair, and it looks like a small second floor, but it's not that big, and the back half of the courtyard is empty."

"You have the right way to get this money, don't follow your brother and me."

"Isn't that right, look at what you said, brother, it's absolutely right, and some of the money saved by my old man to show people feng shui."

"That's good, I mean, the accounting job is now easy, right?" Wang Defa is in front of the second child, and the reason why he is somewhat confident is nothing more than that he regards himself as a Bole, and he is kind to the second child, so he speaks a little harder.

The two of them chatted about what had happened in the past few years, and Wang Defa also had an understanding of what had happened in the five-year team.