Everyone just joined together for a while, and it didn't take long for them to disperse.

The news of buying a car was that Xu Fuqiang and Uncle had a phone call last night, and he had no intention of mentioning it. It just so happened that Ah Gong was also there, so he knew the news of buying a car, and he stayed there today, and set off firecrackers when he saw the new car.

Whoever buys a new car in the village is the same, driving home for the first time, setting off firecrackers to celebrate, and then sealing a red envelope to imply good luck.

There have been jokes in the past, where someone drove back and set off firecrackers, but it turned out to be just a passing car.

At that moment, Xu Fuqiang didn't forget the business of coming back, put away the chairs, and read: "I have to pick the vegetables quickly, and send them out today, so that others can receive the vegetables tomorrow." ”

Xu Qingzhi divided the remaining snacks on the plate into bags.

Xu Dongru asked her quietly on the side: "Are you really not going back to Zhou City?" ”

"Well, don't go back, how good our Taoshui Village is, the mountains are good, the water is good, the air is good, I will grow vegetables and raise some chickens and ducks at home, which is enough to live." Xu Qingzhi said.

Xu Dongru was like an old child, and whispered in disgust: "It's been so long since I've been back, and I haven't seen you go to Grandpa's house to sit down." ”

"Did my grandfather buy me snacks, there are no snacks at home, I won't go. It's two or three miles away, and it's hot and panicked. Xu Qingzhi deliberately said this to amuse him.

The old man's face swayed, and he snorted, "Do you like to go, I don't welcome you yet." Ah Gongke received a lot of canned biscuits from others. If you don't go, all the rats will eat it. ”

"That's not good, when we finish picking the vegetables and let Dad send you back, I'll stop by and eat all the food you eat."

The old man's face was smiling, and the granddaughter in his eyes seemed to be a little girl forever, "You go to my place, and it's like bandits entering the village when you go back, good guy, if your grandma is still here, I won't have to say a few words about you to look like a girl." ”

"Grandma won't talk about me, it's you who say it back."

"Yes, it's your grandma who is most accustomed to you. Our old Xu family, at that time, you and your brother were the youngest studying, and your grandmother and I didn't hide all the good things for you and your brother. The old man chattered, "It would be nice if your grandma was still here, a few days ago I dreamed that your grandma asked me if Junjun was admitted to a good university, and I said that there is still a year to take the exam." ”

In the face of life and death grief, words of comfort are the palest.

Therefore, Xu Qingzhi said softly: "As far as my brother is stupid, it is not certain that he will not pass the test." ”

"You, you......" the old man laughed angrily.

Xu Fuqiang had already changed his clothes and walked out, and he drove home for the first time today, and he deliberately wore new clothes, but it was inconvenient for him to work. He beckoned, "Dad, you sit down for a while, and Qingzhi and I will pick vegetables." ”

"My old bones can still be done, I'll help you pick them together."

"Grandpa, you sit, my dad and I can pick it up." Xu Qingzhi did not let it.

The old man is the most taboo about wrestling, when her grandmother went to the field to pick cucumbers, fell down, punctured the blood vessels on her hand, and injured her ribs. After a year in bed, he never got up again, and died of bone marrow cancer.

"I can pick it, don't worry, I go to the temple on the mountain to worship the Bodhisattva on the fifteenth day of the new year, and I can walk up and down dozens of steps." The old man is really tough, just from the fact that he refuses to live with his sons, he has to live alone, and he doesn't listen to anyone's advice.

Xu Qingzhi couldn't stop him, knowing that his body bones could, so he could only respond, "Okay, then you look at the road and be careful yourself." ”

Three people pick vegetables, and the speed is significantly faster than two people.

Xu Dongru farms at home all the year round, don't look at his seventies, his body is still straight and tough. He is a character who can't sit still, likes to walk around, pick up vegetables, and move more neatly than Xu Fuqiang.

In a short time, the three of them picked dozens of catties of vegetables.

Cucumbers and tomatoes are hanging on the branches, which are already very clean, and Xu Qingzhi separates them according to the weight required by each family.

Xu Fuqiang cleaned the yellow mud on the tail of the green vegetables there, after all, two hundred yuan a catty, it is not good for people to get dirty vegetables.

The vegetables are all ten catties, but the vegetables will lose water, so Xu Qingzhi will put more when he loads, and the actual arrival will be a few taels more than ten catties.

The most taboo thing about selling vegetables is to drop the scales, and it's okay if it's expensive, but if you weigh it less, the person who buys the vegetables will have a sense of being deceived, and they will definitely not buy it again next time.

Xu Fuqiang looked at the few plastic bags at home, and frowned, "I know, I always think that if we sell it to those people, is it better packaged, in case more and more people buy it later, I am afraid that this plastic bag will be complained about." ”

"Okay, I'll buy a batch of hard-shell cartons online." Xu Qingzhi agreed quickly, purely because he felt that every time he looked for a plastic bag, it was as difficult as looking for a treasure at home, and it was too troublesome. And after all, it is an express delivery, the packaging is better, and the loss on the road is a little smaller.

The three of them made the dishes, divided them, and put them all in the trunk of the car.

The trunk of this car is very large, and it is not a problem to put dozens of catties of vegetables at all.

Xu Fuqiang went to drive, Xu Qingzhi opened the right car door, "Grandpa, you sit here, I'll go there." ”

"I don't sit, it's only a few miles away, I'll walk back in a while, this car may not be as fast as my feet." Xu Dongru turned around to leave.

Xu Qingzhi persuaded him, "You may not be a hot wheel under your two feet, get in the car soon, otherwise I will be angry and ignore you." ”

Xu Dongru was struggling at this time, and got into the car crampedly.

Xu Qingzhi went up from the left, closed the door, and the car drove all the way to the front.

The old man sat down and muttered, "I just picked vegetables, and my feet are dirty, don't break the new car." ”

"My dad and I also picked vegetables, where it's dirty, you don't have thorns on your body, you won't break the car."

"I'm an old man, unlike you."

"It's all people, it's different."

"You, I said I wouldn't listen to you."

In the first round, Ah Gong was defeated.

Xu Fuqiang laughed out loud, his father is a tough thing, and he has to be treated lightly.

The car drove for a while, drove uphill, turned again, and arrived at Ah Gong's house.

Xu Qingzhi got out of the car first and pushed open the wooden door of the courtyard, and a sense of familiarity came to his face. What catches your eye is two bluestone slab paths, two old brick houses with only one floor next to each other, on the left is Ah Gong's house, and on the right is the old house of Xu Qingzhi's family, which is now uninhabited.

There is a large and luxuriant old persimmon tree next to the yard, full of pale yellow flowers.

The persimmon tree outside her house was grafted from this old persimmon tree.

Xu Dongru walked over, saw Xu Qingzhi looking at the persimmon tree, gestured with his hand in mid-air, and said: "When you planted this persimmon tree, you were so tall, the time is really fast, and in a blink of an eye, you are already taller than Ah Gongdu." ”