"Hello, sir. Excuse me, does the Yao family live here?"
The old man sitting in the sun at the doorstep raised his head and squinted at Chu Tian, "Are you looking for the Yao family?"
"Yao An!"
"Yao An kid? Oh, this is the first time someone has come to see him..."
"His house is right inside, see? It's the one with the flowers planted at the door. I don't know if he's here today."
"Hey, thank you, I'll go check it out myself..."
Chu Tian said goodbye to the old man and continued walking into the alley. He found the house number the old man mentioned. Chu Tian saw that there was no padlock on the door. He thought there must be someone inside, so he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Bang bang"
After a while, footsteps were heard from inside the door, and the door opened from the inside. Then a childish voice came from below.
"Uncle, who are you?"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then looked down and saw a chubby little girl with pigtails, looking at him with her head tilted.
"Uncle is looking for Yao An. Do you know Yao An?"
The little girl blinked, turned around and ran towards the kitchen, shouting, "Sister, someone is looking for my dad."
"Xiao Xing, who's looking for your dad?"
At this time, a young girl ran out of the kitchen with a half-cut gourd in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other.
Chu Tian was startled by her, "Well, I'm looking for Yao An."
The girl stopped and looked Chu Tian up and down, then asked in puzzlement in not-so-good Mandarin, "Who are you? Why are you looking for my uncle?"
Seeing that they were the only two people in the courtyard, Chu Tian did not go in. Instead, he stood outside and answered, "I am his sister Yao Yin, who asked me to come and see if he is there..."
The girl was stunned for a moment and quickly interrupted him, "You mean, you were sent by my uncle's sister?"
Chu Tian felt that the word "pai" was wrong, but he nodded anyway, "Yes, is he not here?"
The girl raised her wrist to check the time. "No, my uncle and aunt are both in class at this time..."
"Then I'll be later..."
Before he could finish his words, the girl interrupted him and said, "My uncle said this morning that they don't have classes in the afternoon and will be back after the morning classes. It's almost twelve o'clock now. How about you wait a while?"
Chu Tian thought about it and felt that it was okay. If he could solve the problem once and for all, he wouldn’t have to run around again later.
However, although he agreed to stay and wait for Yao An to come back, he refused to enter the yard. The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he had no relationship with her, so he should avoid her.
The girl did not force it, but moved a chair for Chu Tian, poured him a cup of Guangzhou's unique herbal tea, and went back to the kitchen to cook. The little girl stood not far away, looking at Chu Tian curiously.
It was hot in Guangzhou, and Chu Tian was indeed thirsty, so he picked up the bowl of dark herbal tea and took a sip without thinking. Just that one sip made Chu Tian look painful. Maybe because Chu Tian's expression was too funny, the little girl giggled beside him.
Chu Tian heard the noise and turned around to see the little girl covering her mouth and smiling at him with her eyes curved. He put down the bowl and waved at her.
"What's your name? How old are you?"
The little girl walked up to Chu Tian and said in a baby voice, "My name is Xiao Xing, and I'm three years old this year."
As he said this, he stretched out two fingers to show Chu Tian.
Chu Tian was happy and gestured to her with his hands, "Xiao Xing, this is two years old, and three years old has three fingers."
Seeing this, the little girl looked down at her own fingers and then at Chu Tian's fingers. Finding that they were indeed different, she stretched out another finger and repeated, "Xiao Xing is three years old."
With the little girl chatting and laughing with Chu Tian, time passed quickly. Not long after, Yao An came back from school with his wife.
"You, you mean, my sister is in Inner Mongolia now? And she's married and has children?"
Seeing Yao An's face full of disbelief, Chu Tian took out a photo from his pocket and handed it to him, saying, "Yes, she gave me the address and asked me to come and take a look. If you are there, I will give you the photo. If not, I will send it back."
Yao An looked at his sister, who had changed a lot in the photo, with tears in his eyes. "My sister must have suffered a lot in Inner Mongolia... If only we had switched places back then..."
Chu Tian was silent for a moment, then asked Yao An's wife for a pen and paper, quickly wrote down the address, and handed it to him. "Your sister just wanted me to tell you that she's doing well now. She has a son and a daughter, and her husband is obedient to her. She also got admitted to the Normal University in Inner Mongolia, so you don't have to worry about her."
"This is her current address. You can communicate with her later."
Yao An said gratefully, "Brother Chu, thank you."
Chu Tian waved his hand, "You're welcome, I just came to Guangzhou to take a look."
Yao An smiled and thought, if the relationship is not good, who would go out of their way to find someone in an unfamiliar place? In short, he remembered Chu Tian's kindness.
"Okay, I've brought you the words and photos, I'll be leaving now..."
But before he could finish, Yao An and his wife forced him to stay. After dinner, Yao An's wife's niece took the little girl to take a nap, while Yao An and his wife stayed to talk to Chu Tian.
"Brother Chu Tian, do you mean that you came to Guangzhou to purchase goods?"
Chu Tian nodded. "Yes, Xinjiang belongs to the frontier region. We have a lot of things that are available in the mainland, but we don't have them, but we have very few of them, such as ready-made clothing, shoes and socks... So..."
Yao An's wife frowned and asked tentatively, "Brother Chu, do you want all the goods?"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "It also depends on whether it is suitable for sale in Xinjiang."
When Yao An heard what his wife said, he suddenly thought of something. He looked at her in surprise and asked in his wife's dialect, "Are you planning to introduce my brother's factory to Brother Chu?"
"Well, is that okay? My brother's factory officially opened this year, and he's currently exploring new markets. He's already contacted several cities around here, and he's said he'll send samples to them in a few days. But the northwest part of the country is too far away..."
"But, what big brother's factory produces is..."
Listening to the two people speaking in an incomprehensible dialect, Chu Tian didn't hear a word clearly, frowned and interrupted them.
"Um, can you speak Mandarin?"
Yao An apologized, "I'm sorry, my wife just said that her eldest brother has a factory that produces the product. If you want it, she can make the connection and give you the lowest price."
Chu Tian was curious, "What are you producing?"
"Pants···"
"What pants?"
"this……"
Yao An was a little embarrassed when he heard this, because he felt that the pants made of that fabric were not very good...
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