Chapter 84 Chapter 84 Wide and Narrow Alleys
A visit requires a gift.
But the gifts that Wang Lai Di prepared for her elder sister were still in the space, and she had no time to take them out in a hurry, so Ye Yu first went to the state-owned store in the county town to buy some things, and then used the basket behind him as a cover to make a simple exchange with the gifts in the space.
Then he entered a residential alley.
It is indeed easy to get lost in alleys of all sizes. If a stranger enters by mistake, he may not even know where the exit is. Fortunately, Ye Yu has a natural map brain. After quickly circling around twice, he has marked the coordinates of this place.
Then, following the directions of people passing by, he turned left, right, straight, and left, and finally found Wang Yidi's home.
At this time, everyone except those on night shift has gone home, and every household is gathered together.
The same thing happened at Wang Yidi's house. At the door, a young girl was using a rattle and a cloth tiger in her hands to amuse a young child who was difficult to distinguish between boys and girls.
Seeing Ye Yu stop in front of her house, the girl stopped shaking the rattle and looked puzzled.
Are you lost?
Facing Ye Yu, who seemed a little disconnected from the surroundings, the girl felt a little awkward and nervous. She asked softly, "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Cousin Qiao Xi? I'm Ye Yu, here to visit my aunt Wang Yidi."
Wang Lai Di told Ye Yu about the situation of Wang Lu Di's family during the Chinese New Year. The girl in front of her should be Wang Lu Di's youngest daughter, about the same age as her. The child in her arms is Qiao Xi's nephew or niece, and also her cousin.
"Hey, hey, hey? Ye Yu? Cousin?" Qiao Xi's expression was still confused.
At that time, it was not that some relatives were not close enough, but it was really difficult to communicate with each other because of the distance between provinces and cities. After marriage, the Wang sisters basically relied on letters to keep in touch.
Therefore, it took Qiao Xi a while to realize that Ye Yu was the daughter of her third aunt.
But isn’t Ye Yu her cousin who is two months younger than her?
But when she compared her cousin's height with her own, who was more than two heads shorter than her, Qiao Xi secretly swallowed her words and thought, "Cousin is just cousin."
It can be seen that she is a person who is not good at speaking and has an introverted personality.
Ye Yu followed Qiao Xi into the house.
Wang Yidi's house is not small. It has no yard, but it has seven or eight rooms in front and back, and many people live here. Her three sons all live here after getting married, as well as her daughters-in-law, the next generation and the next generation, and a young daughter who just came of age this year.
It's quite noisy.
A whole family lives together, but they didn't grow up together. Everyone has their own personality, so it's inevitable that there will be some noise. If there's no chaos, it's considered a good relationship.
As soon as she entered the room, Ye Yu heard the two sisters-in-law arguing about some trivial matters, while their husbands pretended not to hear and stood on the other side.
Qiao Xi blushed and called out "sister-in-law" and "sister-in-law" twice, and then gave Ye Yu a brief introduction.
Seeing that there were guests from outside, the sisters-in-law stopped quarreling immediately. They were more capable than Ye Qian. They served tea, carried stools, and exchanged pleasantries.
Wang Yidi also came out of the house and looked at Ye Yu for a while. Her eyes reddened as she said, "It's San Ya. She's grown up now. She looks exactly like your mother."
In fact, among the three sisters, Ye Yu is the most different from Wang Lai Di when she was young.
It can only be called a time filter.
Ye Yu called out "Auntie".
Wang Xiudi was very enthusiastic, or rather, she transferred all her feelings for her sister to her daughter, Ye Yuzi. She gave Ye Yu a big red envelope when they met.
She had been preparing this red envelope since she knew Ye Yu was going to the countryside. It must have contained a lot of money, which made at least two of the three sisters-in-law next door keep looking at the red envelope.
Wang Yidi knew that Ye Yu had gone to the countryside, and asked him in detail about his experience there.
Even though Ye Yu said that she was living a good life and she did look good, with a tender and beautiful face, especially her hands, which were as white and slender as green onions, she still felt distressed because going to the countryside was not an easy task.
When I learned that she came to the county to do things for the production team, I couldn't help but feel proud.
The three sisters-in-law also knew Wangjiagou and kept praising it, but it was okay if they said one or two words, but if they talked too much, the atmosphere would become a bit awkward.
It seems like there's something else behind his words.
Ye Yu's eyes moved around and landed on Qiao Xi, who lowered her head and pursed her lips. He probably knew what was going on. Just like their family last year, Qiao Xi was also about to be sent to the countryside.
Qiao Xi seems to be a good person at the moment. If she really goes to the countryside, she will have to do her best.
But Wang Xiudi had her own plans. Perhaps because she was the eldest daughter in the family, she always had her own ideas and a strong personality. She didn't care what her daughter-in-law thought and had decided to give her job in the glass factory to her youngest daughter.
In her eyes, even though one of her sons and two daughters-in-law are still temporary workers, they are married and no longer young, and do not have to face the hardships of going to the countryside.
With a mother like this who is always busy taking care of her, Qiao Xi is undoubtedly happy. But perhaps because of this happiness, she is protected too well and listens to her mother in all matters big and small. Her own temperament is as slow as her father.
Wang Yidi continued to chat with Ye Yu, telling her many stories about her mother's childhood.
Some are funny, some are silly.
For example, when he was nine years old, he secretly drank too much sugar water and wet the bed, and he would pretend to be sick and be lazy during the Double Grain Festival.
In Ye Yu's eyes, Wang Lai Di seemed to be born to be a qualified mother, but it was from Wang Yi Di that Ye Yu saw her mother's childhood, youth and adulthood for the first time.
Dinner was naturally left for later.
The dishes were rich in variety. Due to Wang Ruidi's husband's work and the right timing, they bought a whole piece of pork and stir-fried some water chestnuts and shredded pork. The staple food was still white flour buns.
It was precisely because Wang Xidi was so enthusiastic that Ye Yu felt less comfortable than at Grandma Wang's house. He was rarely reserved and didn't really eat to his heart's content.
When leaving, Wang Yidi packed a lot of things for Ye Yu, including a hand-knitted scarf and some melon seeds and peanuts for her fellow educated youth.
Then let Qiao Xi send Ye Yu.
Unable to refuse, Ye Yu could only let Qiao Xi follow him silently all the way, and then return to send Qiao Xi back, which was equivalent to three trips back and forth by himself.
Ye Yu's thoughts were actually similar to Wang Yidi's. Although there were many people living in these alleys, they were filled with all kinds of people and were pitch black, so they were not very safe.
It’s not safe to be with strangers, and it’s not safe to be with acquaintances either. Qiao Xi’s pace of returning home has obviously quickened.
Perhaps because the situation was too tense, Ye Yu did not find any traces of the black market in these alleys, but he heard many big and small family conflicts.
Normally she doesn't interfere, really.
Unless he couldn't bear it any longer, it might also be because Ye Yu met too many fools after his rebirth and his heart softened.
A man who abused his wife and daughter was taught a lesson; he was probably crippled, or the woman could be beaten back if she showed any resistance in the future; there was also a GWH officer who bullied families from the "five black categories", and he paid double for his actions in the form of an accident, breaking both legs "accidentally".
When Ye Yu returned to the guesthouse, Hua Feifei and the other two were still awake and waiting for her.
Han Jing and Xu Fei were actually so sleepy that they could hardly open their eyes, but they insisted on waiting until Ye Yu came back before returning to their rooms.
The same goes for Hua Feifei.
She lived in the same room with Ye Yu, but they didn't have single beds. Instead, they slept on the same kang. After talking to Ye Yu for a while, she immediately went on a date with Zhou Gong.
The sleep quality is so good that it is enviable.
In the middle of the night, Hua Feifei woke up in a daze and was shocked to see Ye Yu sitting on the kang practicing martial arts.
The sleepiness disappeared in an instant.
Hua Feifei's eyes turned red again, and she apologized to Ye Yu like a little rabbit, saying that she had misunderstood her when they were assigned rooms when they first arrived in the countryside. It turned out that Ye Yu really couldn't sleep with someone else, and she had to stay up all night, and she didn't tell her in advance so that they could book an extra room.
Ye Yu:
“…”
That's not the reason.
I couldn't sleep because the environment of the guesthouse was too bad, the rooms were small, and the sound insulation was worse than that of residential buildings. Secondly, the service was not good in this era, and the room was filled with too many unfamiliar smells. For people with a sensitive sense of smell, it was like returning to the end of the world.
For people with special abilities, not sleeping for one night is really nothing. It is common for them to not sleep for a week when they are on a solo mission. In such an environment, it is better not to sleep.
Ye Yu knew that Hua Feifei had truly misunderstood this time, but he couldn't explain the reason, so he could only give up. He patted her head and sighed: "Go poop!"
"What do you mean?" Hua Feifei was apologizing one moment, but she was so angry the next moment. It seemed that the way they got along with each other could not be changed.
The next morning, after breakfast, the four took a bus back to Pingquan Town. After going to the commune to report the situation, they returned to Wangjiagou.
When the team leader learned that they had basically accomplished the task, he praised them for a good job.
A day later, Ye Yu and Han Jing set out for the county town again with letters of introduction.
Before leaving, Hua Feifei prepared dry food for them along the way. In addition to multi-grain cakes and multi-grain steamed buns, there were also kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles to go with rice, two cans of smoked fish, as well as dried meat, shredded meat, and bacon.
Ye Yu once mentioned a mouthful of meat floss, and Hua Feifei actually made it, but the process was time-consuming and laborious, especially tearing the meat into shreds, which was a test of patience and strength.
"It's quite a workout."
This is what Ye Yu commented.
But Han Jing, Xu Fei and Hua Feifei who were being trained all knew that Ye Yu was mainly greedy, but what could they do? For the sake of martial arts, Hua Feifei could only obey her.
"Really? Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple, Garlic Spare Ribs, Three Fresh Vegetables, Tiger Skin Chicken Feet..." Ye Yu took the opportunity to list a series of dish names.
"Let's go!" Hua Feifei wanted to fire a cannon to see Ye Yu and Han Jing off.
Han Jing, who was implicated: “?”
When they arrived at the blower factory in the county, Han Jing and Ye Yu saw the ride they were about to take, as well as the drivers, Master Zhao and Master Chen, who also worked as maintenance workers.
Drivers of this era basically have some simple car repair skills.
Han Jing also consistently demonstrated his enthusiasm and outgoingness, and quickly became familiar with the two masters.
The two masters were surprised to learn that Han Jing had a motor vehicle driver's license. You know, Master Chen had just been promoted from a temporary worker to a regular employee and had not yet received the license he applied for.
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