Ruan Lin was looking for a small hoe among the debris behind the house.

After finding it, she told Xu Xu: "Xiao Xu, you will go to the front mountain later. You must pay attention to safety. You must come back before dark, do you understand?"

Although there is no need to question Xu Xu's abilities, Ruan Lin still has to give instructions every time.

Xu Xu nodded and saw several sweet potatoes in a corner of the main room. They were of different sizes, big ones, small ones, and most of them were broken. Only one was of the right size and still intact.

Thinking that Ruan Jiaojiao likes to eat it, it should be baked just right when they go back in the evening.

He walked over and picked up the good sweet potato and put it next to the charcoal basin. He used tongs to pull out a small hole over the charcoal, stuffed the medium-sized sweet potato into it, buried it and covered it with charcoal.

As a result, as soon as he got up after doing this, he saw Mr. Shu staring at his movements with an indescribable emotion in his eyes.

"..." He paused, couldn't hold it back, and said, "This is for Jiaojiao."

"!!! Mr. Shu immediately put away the nostalgia in his eyes and raised his head to glare at this damn boy. What did he mean? Did he think he would steal it while he was away?

He just remembered that during the most difficult years outside, he also simmered sweet potatoes and ate them like this, so he felt nostalgic.

Seeing that Mr. Shu didn't speak, Xu Xu also remained silent for a few seconds. Finally, he turned around and picked up the irregular and broken sweet potatoes and said, "If you want to eat these, simmer them yourself." After saying this, Regardless of his reaction, he turned around and went to the backyard and towards the front mountain.

Mr. Shu was so angry that he almost threw the cat in his hand!

Not long after Xu Xu left, there was a whistling sound outside. Mr. Shu was strolling in the main room. Ruan Jianguo and Ruan Lin went to the back mountain to dig winter bamboo shoots. When he heard the sound, he thought it was Rourou who had returned. , walked over and opened the ajar door.

As soon as I opened the door, I met a man who was so thin that his back was a little lumpy. It was winter now. Although there was some sunshine today, the temperature was not high. It was barely four or five degrees during the day, and it was close to freezing at night. .

On such a cold day, Mr. Shu saw the man standing in front of him. He was still wearing a pair of holey rubber shoes with no socks. His pants were autumn and he wore a pair of thick woolen pants. He must have not washed them for a long time. , there is a layer of black scabs on it, which makes people feel sick just looking at it. The cotton-padded clothes on the upper body must have been worn for more than ten years. Wearing a thick belt.

"Who are you?" Mr. Shu looked the other person up and down and finally asked with a frown.

It was already the 1990s, and the most difficult years had long passed. Mr. Shu couldn't understand how a grown man could live like this. As long as he worked hard, he could earn a living.

Xu Jianlin came back because Liu Mei had just heard Rourou's wolf howl and guessed that someone from the Ruan family was back, so she ordered Xu Jianlin to run over and ask the Ruan family to borrow money.

Xu Jianlin has owed the Ruan family a lot of money over the years. He has not even counted the loans he has borrowed, and has never repaid them once.

Liu Mei was still afraid at first, fearing that others would ask for it, but after so many years and seeing that they had never asked for it, she simply became shameless and kept instigating Xu Jianlin to borrow it.