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Another lively day passed, and the next day was the 28th of the new year. I had to go to the last market before the new year with the old man early in the morning to buy new year’s goods. The old lady had to cook meat at home and couldn’t leave. There is a large menu on the side of the table, and there are a bunch of things to buy for the New Year. Except for snacks, almost every vegetable and fruit that can be seen in the market is written.After finishing writing, hand it to Cheng Lang to let him see if there is anything missing.

As a result, before Cheng Yan could even look at it, the old man took the menu away and looked at it amusedly, "You old lady, are you going to feed the two children into pigs in the new year?"

The old lady closed the pen cap and squinted at him: "What do you know, the little star finally came here, of course he has to eat all of it... Oh, take it here and I'll write some more."

"You understand? Today's young people are cute and beautiful, you have to control your figure!" said the old man.

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Cheng Hong took the lead and grabbed the menu back and stuffed it into Jiang Xuan's jacket pocket, "Okay, okay, we will listen to the little star when we buy groceries, we will buy whatever he says, Okay ma'am?"

The closer thirty is, the busier Cheng Hong's family will be. No, although the old lady got up early today, she has been busy preparing Chinese New Year dishes in the kitchen, and she didn't even have time to make breakfast.At this moment, I suddenly remembered that I was about to go to prepare in a hurry, but was pulled by Cheng Yan, supported the two of them by the shoulders, and said with a smile: "Don't be so busy, you two can eat whatever you want, I will take the little star to the street to eat."

Then he turned his head and asked Jiang Xuan who was looking at him: "Have you eaten breakfast on the street?"

Jiang Xuan nodded, "Although I don't like to go out, I have been to this kind of roadside stall while eating breakfast and smelling the exhaust many times."

"That's different." Cheng Hong let go of the old lady and turned around. "You can't smell the exhaust gas here, and you can't even drive in. When you are eating by the side of the road, you can easily be rubbed against by a passing tricycle. Take a sip of tofu nao, and then you will die." Hit you on the back, take another sip of tofu nao, and hit you on the butt."

Jiang Xuan was stunned for two seconds, "I really haven't experienced that before."

Cheng Lang looked at him and smiled: "Our village is like this."

He was quite proud to hear his tone.

The country area is very large. Apart from Cheng Hong’s village, there are three other villages around. Usually there are very few people. You can see old people or children on the street. When the towel factory was still in operation more than 20 years ago, I wish I could have four Every household in the village has people working there. Later, due to pollution problems, it closed down, and a lot of labor force was freed up, and many young people went to the city to work.Only when the Chinese New Year comes every year, the village has been deserted for a year, and the children who have gone out to work have returned to their hometowns, carrying big and small bags back home, and every family is full of children and grandchildren.

Jiang Tong has never been to other villages, and he doesn't know what they are like. Looking at Cheng Hong's village alone, although it is not big, there are a lot of households. There must be at least fifty or sixty households, counting the other villages, at least two or three hundred households.Cheng Lang's village is already quite big, and there is a market in the village, which is the largest market in their village. There are also several other villages, but they are scattered and not large-scale.Over time, the market in Cheng Hong's village became a public market.

According to the old man, this market follows the lunar calendar and opens at a fixed time period. The township specially approved a piece of land from outside the village, and built many tall stone platforms with cement as stalls.

Cheng Yan first took Jiang Xuan to the street to eat breakfast, and then came back to go to the market with the old man after breakfast.

Shopped in the village early, came out of the house, and walked to the entrance of the alley. Jiang Xuan looked back at Cayenne parked behind him, and was a little worried: "The alley is so narrow, won't it be scratched?"

Such a good car, there must be many children around, and those riding bicycles on three wheels, the good car was scratched, Jiang Xuan felt distressed when he thought about that scene.

"It's okay." Unexpectedly, Cheng Lang didn't panic at all, "This car has been bombed by artillery fire, and it seems to have gone to the battlefield every year when I come back. There are soot, colored strips and mud everywhere, just cut it. "

You can't stop outside the village, it's more reassuring than being surrounded by children at the door of your house.

Jiang Xuan opened his mouth, and originally wanted to ask why he didn't come back by another means of transportation, such as taking a taxi or taking a long-distance bus, but then he thought about the degree of occlusion here. He has been out for three days, but he has never seen anyone except Cayenne. The car outside, had to shut up.

Jiang Xuan and Cheng Hong walked side by side on the street, and turned to a road that was much wider than in the alley. The ground was paved with cement. On both sides of the road were houses of various shapes and sizes. A few elderly people who had already finished their walks and walked home, some of them were actually riding tricycles, with Maza benches in the back of the cart, Jiang Xuan looked all the way over, and was surprised to find that there was a man in the back of the cart. There is a porcelain teapot, surrounded by several tea cups.

So he asked Cheng Lang: "Where did they all go for a walk? Why did they still bring..."

Cheng Lang also noticed, "Strolling along the mountain road, old men and women like to go there, there is an observation deck halfway up the mountain, where you can see the whole picture of all the villages, chat and drink tea, and specially get cards from home Go to the top of the cow, I will take you to see it when I have time."

Jiang Xuan: "I found that the people in your villages are not too afraid of the cold?"

Eating in front of the air outlet, washing with cold water, and the shower area in the boiler room of Cheng Hong's house, the windows are a bit leaky.

"It's okay, anyway, I'm afraid of the cold." Cheng Lang thought for a while and said.

While speaking, the main road has been opened up a lot, but it is still on the same street, but there are many more workshops on both sides of the road, and there are signs hanging at the door or directly above, and all food, clothing, housing and transportation are available.

Passing by a car repairman who was working with his hands stained with oil stained by the bicycle chain, Cheng Hong stopped in front of the breakfast shop.Jiang Xuan could smell the aroma of steamed buns from four or five meters away, and when he looked up and saw a "Xinxin Hotel", he raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Eat here?"

The signboard of Xinxin Hotel is very big. It is hung directly above the signboards of the car repairer next to it and the tailor shop on the other side. The red background and yellow characters are so big that even the old lady with poor eyesight can see clearly. , compared to the low-key signs on both sides, it looks particularly bullying.Moreover, Jiang Xuan tilted his head and looked in through the not-so-clean window of the big hotel, reckoning that the space in the lobby was not as big as the two dormitories.

I have to say that Xinxin Hotel looks very wealthy and arrogant at first glance.

On the other side, Cheng Hong stepped forward with long legs, walked towards the Xinxin Hotel first, and answered Jiang Xuan with practical actions.

The screen of the mobile phone showed that it was one time now, and Jiang Xuan thought it might be true that people in the village were not afraid of the cold.Because the road is narrow, in order not to affect people's traffic, there are only five wooden tables in front of the Xinxin Hotel, which are tightly packed together. Let alone turning around, you can bump into the next door even with a shiver. Table Grandpa.

Cheng Lang first went to the counter in the room to order food, then turned to look at him, "Is it cold? How about eating inside?"

Jiang Xuan is not afraid of the cold, what he wants to ask more is whether you are cold.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Cheng Lang suddenly smiled and pulled his scarf, revealing his thin and clean chin, "I'm not cold, why don't you eat outside, it will be lively outside in a while."

Jiang Thrush had no choice but to agree.

Although Xinxin Hotel looks pompous and the environment is just that way, the serving speed is really fast.

It may also be because the breakfasts are ready-made and warmed in the pot. After the customers in front order, the breakfasts are already placed on the tray in the back.

Cheng Lang didn't ask Jiang Xuan what he wanted to eat, but according to his temperament, he estimated that he would eat as much as he wanted.So a bowl of wontons and a bowl of tofu nao were placed on the table. The rest of the staple food was very rich.

Jiang Xuan brought fresh shrimp wontons to him very consciously. The small dish was already filled with vinegar. He pulled out the disposable chopsticks from the packaging bag, rubbed the two chopsticks in the palm of his hand, thought for a while and looked at Cheng Lang asked, "Do you always eat here?"

Cheng Lang raised his eyebrows, "You know again?"

Jiang Xuan didn't speak, just kept laughing, and then lowered his head to eat after a while.

Cheng Lang looked at him, and for some reason remembered Jiang Xuan's appearance when he first met him. Obviously, he was not like him now.

He was a cool guy back then.

Now... now sometimes yes, but most of the time it's annoying.

Or you can change his name, ruffian.

At that time, the expression he saw Jiang Xuan most was - no expression.She looks at you coldly with a special style, you are very awkward, not easy to mess with.He keeps looking at you like this, and if you want to find a topic to say something, you can hold back in the end.

When did the change start?

do not know.

After eating half of the breakfast, the sun rose and the streets became lively.

With his back facing the street, Jiang Xuan was caught off guard when he was suddenly pushed on the back of his waist. It exploded as if electrified, and his upper body rushed forward.

Cheng Lang was so frightened that he knocked the spoon on the edge of the bowl, before he could ask what was wrong, he heard a hearty laughter from a passing lady.

"Oh, I'm sorry, young man, does it hurt?"

Cheng Lang turned her head and saw that she was holding a bag of sugarcane in her hand, long and short, with one piece protruding from the bag.

"It's okay." Jiang Xuan said.

The aunt was not curious why Jiang Xuan still pointed the back of his head at him, and only said, "Okay, happy new year!"

Then go away.

Cheng Lang turned around and saw Jiang Xuan swallowed a small steamed bun in one gulp with his usual expression, then noticed his gaze and looked over, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Lang didn't hold back immediately, and laughed, "It's okay."

"..."

Jiang Thrush squinted at him, looked away speechlessly, and continued to focus on the buns in the cage.

Back home, the old man had cleaned the tricycle and put a trolley in it, which was a gift from the supermarket during a sale. He was sitting in the house playing with the birds.

The starling was already familiar with the oriole, and the old man named it Qianqian, because the bird looked very expensive.

He really couldn't put it down. The starling Doudou was so jealous these days that the whole bird was a little wilted. The eyes that looked at the old man were very sad, almost like looking at a heartless man.

Seeing Cheng Yu and Jiang Xuan entered the courtyard, the old man came out of the house and urged: "Oh, I'm back, if I don't come back, I will go to you, hurry up, I will ride a tricycle and you two will pull the cart." , go early and buy fresh vegetables!"

I went to the street again, left the village, passed the towel factory, and arrived at the market.

The old man had already brought the menu over, and now he was riding a three-wheeled car like a racing car, blending into the crowd in the blink of an eye.He went to buy vegetables by himself first, and let Cheng Hong and the others walk behind, buy whatever they want, and they can bring it to the table when the time comes.

The last bazaar a year ago was much more lively than usual. Many people rushed to buy new year’s goods on this day. Most of them came with the whole family, including the elderly and children. happy as well.

When I first heard that Jiang Xuan wanted to celebrate the New Year alone, my aunt was unwilling in every possible way. After the winter vacation, he called one after another, urging Jiang Xuan to go home to celebrate the New Year, for fear that he would feel uncomfortable staying alone.But then he found out that he and Cheng Hong had returned to the countryside, and the smile on his face couldn't be restrained.She didn't know what Jiang Xuan was like outside, and she had a vague feeling that it must be the same as in front of her.He doesn't like to make friends and doesn't like to go out to play. Now that he has a good relationship with the neighbor next door, he is almost overjoyed.

Doesn't Cheng Hong know that she has been a neighbor for more than three years, and she is really kind.Humble and polite, he is a classy gentleman.She will be thankful that Xiao Mantou has half his temper when he grows up.

At this time, Jiang Xuan and Cheng Yan were strolling in the market. The market planned by the village was very large, and the stalls were compact but not crowded. The tall man stood in the crowd, with long hands and feet, and an eye-catching look, which attracted a lot of attention along the way.Jiang Xuan felt uncomfortable being seen, and had no choice but to chat with Cheng Lang to distract himself when he was squeezed into the crowd.

Just as he was about to think about what to say, he looked up and saw a tricycle parked beside the pork stall in the distance, and when he concentrated again, he saw the old race car driver picking pork as expected.Each stall has a big umbrella to block the light. The umbrella in this stall is red, and the old man standing under the umbrella is also red.

Just when he turned his head sideways, the creases on his face were deep, and the two scars on his forehead were very clear.

So the words on the lips became: "What's the matter with the scar on Grandpa's head?"

Cheng Lang pulled the cart and followed him, and replied, "I was caught by a bird."

"...What kind of bird is so fierce?"

"The starling that was sent away."

"Oh..." Jiang Xuan suddenly realized, and then frowned again, "Didn't you say that bird has a good temper?"

"The rabbit bites when it's in a hurry."

"..."

Jiang Xuan was a little curious about what the old man had done to the starling.

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