“…… Father? ”

The voice came from above Meng Chuntao's head, with a little hesitation.

Meng Chuntao looked up and saw a middle-aged woman wearing gray patched clothes with a sallow complexion, standing in front of Meng Guoqiang.

Her whole person was so thin that only her skeleton remained, as if she could be blown down by the wind at any time.

His gaze only stayed on the woman for a moment, and Meng Chuntao withdrew his gaze.

It's Xia Yumei.

Meng Chuntao stuffed a wonton into his mouth expressionlessly, and the taste was difficult to distinguish.

Xia Yumei is the mother of the original owner, and she didn't say goodbye when the original owner was four years old.

At that time, my father died unexpectedly while building a dam on a large river.

At that time, she was not so thin.

Xia Yumei was depressed and widowed for a year, and said goodbye in the middle of the night without saying goodbye.

Meng Guoqiang took the original owner to Xia Yumei's mother's house to find her, but was scolded back, and the two families broke up completely.

Meng Guoqiang, who lost his beloved son, also fell ill because of this, and refused to fall in order to take care of his four-year-old granddaughter.

Xia Yumei has not appeared for many years, and the grandfather and grandson depend on each other, and no one has mentioned Xia Yumei's matter again.

Xia Yumei said timidly: "Dad...... How did you get here? Is there something looking for me? ”

The deep voice was a little cautious.

Meng Guoqiang frowned when he heard this, and said sarcastically: "Why can't you come here if you have nothing to do?" This land is yours, and I can't even come? ”

Xia Yumei was embarrassed by the training, her eyes swept around, and she hurriedly added: "Dad, I didn't mean that!" I'm just asking, if anything......"

Halfway through the explanation, Xia Yumei noticed Meng Chuntao, who had been bowing her head, mixed with complicated emotions in surprise, and muttered:

"Is this a little peach? …… It's all so big. ”

Meng Chuntao lowered her eyes and did not make any response.

At this moment, Meng Chuntao thought of herself in her previous life. They are also in the same city as their parents, but they rarely come to see them, and they are determined to have a son.

After having a son, she forgot about her existence and only fought for her son, while Meng Chuntao had to work and study to support herself in order to live.

Even though she later lived a good life with her own efforts, she still had nostalgia for what her parents did.

"From the moment you left Yanhe Village, we didn't have to do anything, and you didn't need to call me Dad." Meng Guoqiang said coldly, "Don't worry, no matter if I have something to do, I can't find your head." ”

Xia Yumei's face was embarrassed, her lips squirmed, and there was no trace of rebuttal.

After being silent for a while, Meng Guoqiang turned his head to look at Meng Chuntao: "This is your own mother Xia Yumei, do you remember?" ”

Meng Chuntao didn't speak, glanced at Xia Yumei, and saw her looking at herself, with anticipation on her face, clutching the vegetable basket.

"Xiao Tao, how are you doing all these years?"

Xia Yumei spoke cautiously.

"Oh, not bad! Grandpa, I'm done eating, let's go back! ”

For no reason, a sullen breath choked in my throat, I couldn't swallow it and couldn't spit it out, so I could only get stuck uncomfortably.

Meng Chun Taomu got up with a wooden face, walked to the cart, and pushed it away.

Meng Guoqiang raised his eyes and swept Xia Yumei, pouting slightly and leaving.

Seeing that the two of them were gone, Xia Yumei drooped her eyelids, her fingers unconsciously touched her pocket, she was slightly stunned, and then strode after her.

"Xiao Tao, I know I'm sorry for you all these years, you can take this money and buy something you like."

Xia Yumei ran to Meng Chuntao, took out a handful of gross tickets in her pocket and stuffed them into Meng Chuntao's pocket.

After stuffing it, I was afraid that she wouldn't want it, so I hurriedly ran away with the vegetable basket.

Meng Chuntao stopped the cart and took out a stack of crumpled tickets, which were almost two cents.

She glanced at Meng Guoqiang, and without saying a word, she turned her head to chase Xia Yumei.

Not to mention that she just earned dozens of yuan, even if she didn't make money, she couldn't ask for this money!

Although Xia Yumei ran away, her physical strength was no better than that of the teenage Meng Chuntao.

After a few steps, Meng Chuntao caught up with her and stuffed her money back: "I don't need your money!" ”

Xia Yumeila pulled and refused to ask for it, and looked at Meng Chuntao with red eyes: "You take it!" I know I've wronged you all these years, but I can't help it......"

Meng Chuntao refused to ask for it, and her voice was cold: "This is your business, I don't want to know too much, you just live your own life, don't worry about me!" ”

Dropping these words, Meng Chuntao walked away without looking back, and this time Xia Yumei did not catch up again.

Meng Chuntao breathed a sigh of relief and felt an inexplicable sense of loss, and then looked up to see Meng Guoqiang standing on the side of the road waiting for her with a smile on his face, with a cart next to him.

The breeze rose suddenly, but this ordinary scene made the tip of Meng Chuntao's nose sour.

Meng Chuntao strode towards Meng Guoqiang and couldn't help but reach out and hug him.

A stream of heat surged in his heart, Meng Chuntao unconsciously changed a smile on his face, and the sense of loss disappeared.

Meng Guoqiang's thin palm fell on Meng Chuntao's head, patted it gently, and said softly: "Silly boy." ”

With Meng Guoqiang's action of touching his head, Meng Chuntao's mood gradually stabilized, let go of his hand, and looked around awkwardly.

In the afternoon, there were no people on the streets, only a few street vendors standing still.

When selling fish, these vendors also knew her relationship with Meng Guoqiang, and they were not afraid of being misunderstood.

Meng Chuntao has not forgotten this era, which is the time when the crime of hooliganism is the most severe.

The wood-wheeled cart makes a dull creaking sound when it touches the ground.

Meng Chuntao walked in front of the cart, and Meng Guoqiang followed behind.

The two went on a trip to the meat factory.

The meat was sold out, and only some big bones were left that no one wanted.

Seeing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Meng Guoqiang's eyes, and seeing that Meng Chuntao was pestle and didn't move, he hurriedly spoke: "What's delicious about this bone, let's go back!" ”

Meng Chuntao naturally refused to be obedient, and directly asked the stall owner to weigh a big bone, which was two catties.

Don't ask for a ticket of 0.7 yuan a pound for bones, buy it back to make soup, just enough to make up for Meng Guoqiang.

Leaving the pork stall, Meng Chuntao went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other seasonings, as well as ten catties of white noodles and other daily necessities.

With the development of the economy in 83, the scene of buying with a ticket still exists, but you can buy it at a higher price without a ticket.

Meng Chuntao didn't have a ticket, so she could only add some money to buy it, and these things cost her a total of 5 yuan, 1 cent and 6 cents.

After buying the necessities, Meng Chuntao saw that there were sunflower melon seeds, and her mouth began to secrete various flavors of melon seeds that she had eaten in her previous life.

She couldn't help but buy some, and when she turned around, she could not only eat them herself, but also make them and sell them.

She had heard the story of the "fool melon seed" China's first trader, and since they could succeed, she could also learn from them.

The more Meng Chuntao thought about it, the happier she became, the ripe melon seeds don't need to be ticketed for four cents and five cents a catty, and the raw ones don't need to be ticketed for three cents and five cents a catty.

Meng Chuntao didn't dare to buy more, so he only bought five catties of raw melon seeds to test the water, and bought another catty of ripe melon seeds to eat by himself.

After paying for these things, Meng Chun's peach pocket will be 17 yuan, 3 cents and 5 cents.