Ye Xiaoxiao: "Third brother, you were bought so quickly?"
Ye Changning took out an orange from the snack bag and said, "I didn't have any. I just said that the boy has good intentions."
Ye Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly and climbed onto the floor to rest.
"Is Fourth Brother's school closed for the holidays?"
"Sheng Ge'er is already on vacation, he should be here two days earlier than us, I'll let him wait for us at grandma's house and go back together."
"I wonder how Fourth Brother is doing in school."
But Ye Changsheng is so smart, he will definitely live a good life.
The time passed quickly in the car. After Ye Xiaoxiao finished the food prepared by Lu Han, she was almost ready to go home.
The train stopped at Baixian Station for five minutes. Ye Xiaoxiao and the others had changed into thick clothes in advance, but they were still stunned by the cold wind when they got off the train.
Ye Xiaoxiao: "How do we get back to grandma's house?"
This is not Beijing, it's harder to find a bus.
Ye Changning: "Let's get out of the station first. There must be a bus to Songlin Town outside."
There were indeed cars in front of the station, but they were ox carts, donkey carts, and mule carts lined up in a row.
Ye Xiaoxiao: "A donkey cart will also work."
But can it accommodate three of them with so much luggage?
Ye Changning went to negotiate the price.
Then he came back quickly and negotiated a bullock cart.
The cars here don't just pick up one passenger at a time. They look to see who's going their way, then pick up enough people to fill a car and take them away together.
This is carpooling in the 1980s.
Ye Changning gave a lot of money, so naturally there was no need to share a car.
The oxcart departed from the station and slowly moved towards the town.
It wasn't too cold because she was walking slowly. Ye Xiaoxiao wore a hat and a scarf, and her hands were hidden in her pockets without showing.
Even so, when Ye Xiaoxiao arrived at the door of Grandma Miao's house, she felt that her legs were numb.
She couldn't lift the things, but luckily Ye Changsheng and Grandma Miao came out of the house to help.
After not seeing him for a few months, Ye Changsheng had grown a lot taller, and he looked more scholarly, with a refined and elegant appearance.
"Third brother, so pretty!"
Ye Changsheng first hugged Ye Changning for a while, and then began to help take things out of the car.
Ye Changning paid the driver money and sent him away.
Several people returned to the house.
Miao Fengshan: "Take off your shoes and sit on the kang, it's warm."
Ye Xiaoxiao sat next to the stove and finally warmed up.
Ye Changning: "Let's go buy some New Year's goods tomorrow, and then go home together."
Miao Fengshan: "You don't need to buy anything. Everything has been prepared at home. If it weren't for waiting for you kids, I would have gone back to Baishi Village too."
Ye Changning yawned, "I have something to do tomorrow, and I have to go shopping before going home."
Grandma Miao had no choice but to let them handle the matter on their own.
He can't control these children.
Ye Changning and Ye Changsheng sat together and talked about recent events.
Occasionally ask Ye Xiaoxiao some questions.
Upon learning that Ye Xiaoxiao was learning how to do business, Ye Changning was very moved.
"Why does it seem so easy to do business?"
Ye Changsheng thought it was normal, "It's because of Mr. Song's help."
Ye Changning: "I want to find a master too."
Miao Fengshan: "Don't try to cut corners, brat. This kind of thing is all about chance. How do you know that having a master will give you a smooth journey?"
Ye Changning touched his nose and said, "I was just saying it casually."
Several people stayed at Grandma Miao's house for one night. On the second day, Ye Changning took Yu Gang and Ye Changsheng out to do some business.
Ye Xiaoxiao slept until around nine o'clock.
When she got up, everyone else in the family had already gone to do their own things.
Ye Changning went to find his friend who worked at the meat processing factory and bought a whole pork. He and Yu Gang each shared half.
On the way, Ye Changsheng finally asked, "Brother, are you going to the capital to see Yanyan?"
He never asked in front of Ye Xiaoxiao before.
When Ye Changsheng first learned that Ye Changning was going to the capital, he had already written a letter to tell him something.
Including Hao Yanyan who took the family money and left home.
Ye Changsheng shook his head, "I didn't see it, but I got some information.
The past is the past. Since leaving the Ye family was Yanyan's own choice, we can only respect it and hope that she will not regret it in the future."
Even if they regretted it, it would be difficult for the Ye family to accept each other again.
The Ye family kept those unspoken matters to themselves.
Ye Changsheng said no more.
His attitude has always been the same. Since he has left, there is no possibility of returning.
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After finishing her meal, Ye Xiaoxiao went to the supply and marketing cooperative to take a look. The goods here were not as many as those in Beijing, but there were also many things that she couldn't eat normally.
In a remote place like Songlin Town, there are very few fruits to buy. Apples are the most common fruit. When they are cheap, many people will buy some and store them for almost the entire winter.
Ye Xiaoxiao bought a bag of apples, two cans of maltose, two cans of milk powder, two bags of brown sugar, and four pounds of candy bars.
After buying these things, Ye Xiaoxiao left because she really couldn't take any more things.
All the things were placed in a sack, and you couldn't tell what was inside from the outside.
But people like Ye Xiaoxiao, who came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and still carried things on their backs, were easily targeted by the unemployed vagrants in the town.
At the end of the year, those who have no money will sneak around at best and rob at worst, in order to have a prosperous year.
Ye Xiaoxiao had just walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative and had not walked far when she felt someone following her.
She walked on the main roads and could see many people coming and going.
But to go back to my grandma's house, I have to go through a small alley.
Ye Xiaoxiao already felt that something was wrong, so she stood at the entrance of the alley, ready to wait and see if anyone would like to walk with her.
There were three people following her, all of them were very young.
They were all wearing the most popular leather hats at the time, with their hands in their pockets and their heads lowered, slowly approaching Ye Xiaoxiao.
Ye Xiaoxiao waited for half a day and only saw Aunt Shun who lived in this area.
Because Ye Xiaoxiao had been to her house to collect melon seeds before, she was quite familiar with her.
Aunt Shun passed by with her little granddaughter.
"Girl, why don't you go home? Is the stuff too heavy? Grandma will help you carry it." Aunt Shun said enthusiastically.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked at the three people and saw signs of them approaching.
These three people are young and strong, and even with Grandma Shun, they can't be defeated.
Ye Xiaoxiao followed her grandmother's instructions and spoke loudly on purpose: "I'm waiting for my brother to come back. They will be back soon."
But even so, it failed to scare those bad boys, and the three of them got closer and closer.
"How many of you live here? Have you paid the security fee?"
The man in the front said in a vulgar tone.
Grandma Shun protected the two little girls behind her and said, "Who are you? Get away and stop making trouble here."
The man walking in front winked at his two companions, clearly intending to snatch the thing away by force.
"What are you doing!?"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind the three people.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked over and saw that it was Uncle Li He.
Because of some things that happened in the past, Ye Xiaoxiao never saw Li Hexiao again, and it was very awkward to meet him now.
Li He was a strong man. When the three thugs saw that they could not succeed, they ran away immediately.