Chapter 5 Yujiawan Village

Yu Fan felt a little wronged. He had lived with his third aunt since he was a child, and his relationship was also very good. He quickly explained, "Auntie, I came back the day before yesterday. As soon as I came back, I went to the township axe with my father. Yesterday, I went to report again. There is time to come here to see you. I haven't been to grandma's place yet. The third aunt laughed and hit him when she heard the words: "Is it reasonable if you don't come to see my aunt? By the way, help me bring something for your grandma. I don't have time to go up these days. After saying that, he entered the room and twisted two bags and gave them to Yu Fan. He smiled and said, "This is the honey and high liquor used for soaked medicinal wine that your grandparents wanted. Please take it with you."

When Yu Fan heard this, he quickly took it and put it on the back seat of the bicycle, and clamped it with a clip. The third uncle also went into the house and took a sip of water. He came out and said, "Okay, let's go quickly." It's a nice day today. If you go late, you will miss something. In fact, Yu Fan has always wondered what he wants to do in the countryside. Hearing the words, he quickly asked, "Three uncle, what are we doing in the village below?"

The third aunt beside him glanced at the third uncle and said, "What else can I do?" It's just not to let the people below pull out last year's grain and rapeseed to sell. It's all about offending people. The third uncle also stared at the third aunt: "Don't talk nonsense, you don't understand." Wang Fuchun, who was together, also laughed and said, "This is the task of the town. The reserve of the town's grain management office is not enough, and we need to increase some grain and rapeseed reserves."

Yu Fan is even more strange: "Then why don't you just buy it directly?" Li Changgui, who was beside him, continued, "The price of the grain management office is not high, and it is also a white strip. Who is willing to sell it to them now?" The third uncle waved his hand and said, "Well, this is not something we have to take care of. We just need to do our own things well. Let's go, let's go. It can't be delayed any longer." After saying that, he took a few people on the bicycle and rode to the road. The third aunt shouted behind him, "Xiao Fan, come home for dinner when you come back." Yu Fan also answered quickly while riding a bicycle.

There is a little distance in the town of Yujiawan Village, and there are two villages along the way. Along the way, Yu Fan also saw a lot of villagers squatting at various intersections, and the third uncle also greeted them with a smile.

Although it has been sunny these days, the dirt road in the countryside is still not easy to walk. Yu Fan often took this road when he was a child. Unexpectedly, after so many years, this road is still like this. It bumped all the way to the Yujiawan village committee, and the village head and village secretary had also arrived here a long time ago. As soon as he saw his third uncle, he smiled and said, "Correspondent Zou is here. What do you want to arrange at noon today?" The third uncle hurriedly parked his bicycle aside and said with a smile, "Secretary Yu is too polite. Just take care of the arrangements at noon. We mainly come to work.

Secretary Yu laughed and said, "Work is work, and this meal is also to be eaten. You are the son-in-law of our village. I think so. Make a chicken soup, cook a plate of eel, and then go to the lake contracted by Captain Wang to get a turtle. For the rest, just make a few rural home-cooked dishes. What do you think? I'll have two drinks with you at noon?" The third uncle also smiled and said, "Os, I'll have two glasses of wine with Secretary Yu at noon."

Secretary Yu laughed and said, "Well, that's it." He said to the village head beside him, "Yongqing, you just greet them in the village committee. I'll let the people below prepare. I'll have dinner at Captain Wang's house at noon today. You should also come." After saying that, he gave a look to the village head and smiled at several people and went out.

Village head Zhang Yongqing also said with a smile, "Come on, correspondent Zou, go to the village committee." The third uncle also said with a smile, "Don't be so polite, Mr. Zhang. Just call me Xiao Zou. What a correspondent runs errands in the countryside." He turned around and said to Wang Fuchun, "Fuchun, today is still like yesterday, go to the intersection of the village to squat. Take Yu Fan to see the place first, and then take him a two-hour vacation. He grew up in this village and is familiar with everywhere. Wang Fuchun and others also nodded and agreed with a smile.

Zhang Yongqing, the village head, also said strangely, "Is this also from our Yujiawan Village?" The third uncle smiled and said, "You don't know the village head of Zhang, do you? This is my nephew, the son of Yu Xianyi, the head of the village, who later moved to the town. Hey, it's the one who sells pork in the town's market now. Zhang Yongqing patted his forehead and suddenly said, "Oh, it's Xianyi's son. What's his name? It's Xiaofan, right? I said why does it look so familiar? Why do you go to work in the countryside now? Didn't you go to college in the province?

Although Yu Fan often comes back, he is really not familiar with the village head secretary in the village, but when he heard this, he also smiled cleverly and said, "Uncle Zhang, hello, I am Yu Fan. I just graduated from college this year, and my uncle Zhang arranged me to work in the countryside." Uncle Zhang, Zhang Yongqing looked at the third uncle beside him doubtfully, but the third uncle nodded slightly with a smile. Zhang Yongqing suddenly said, "Oh, it's Secretary Zhang. Okay, okay, Xiaofan is a college student. There is also a bright future for working in the township government. I didn't expect that there would be another talented person in our village. After saying that, he also looked at Yu Fan and smiled.

The third uncle also said to several people at this time, "You take Yu Fan to the entrance of the village first. Yu Fan, get familiar with it before you come back. I'll go to your grandma's house with you. Yu Fan also answered and followed Wang Fuchun and others to push their bicycles to the entrance of the village.

There are only a few roads connected to Yujiawan Village and the outside world. The best thing to go is the day they came in at the entrance of the village. The other roads are potholed. It's okay to walk on a sunny day, but it's not good to walk by car. The road is too narrow. Only the road at the entrance of the village is still wide. Every year, the village also transports grain from here. As long as it doesn't rain continuously, this road is still easy to walk. This is the way that Yu Fan often comes back, which is still very clear.

A group of five people stopped at the road at the entrance of the village. They parked their bicycles on the roadside and squatted here. Yu Fan also looked at the environment of the village all the way, which was not much different from before. It was just that some people built new houses, most of which were red tile houses, and some of them were already very dilapidated.

Stopped at the intersection, Yu Fan also took out a cigarette and sprinkled it on the four people. He smiled and chatted with several people, and then pushed his bicycle back to the village committee of Yujiawan Village. In the village committee, the third uncle was chatting with village head Zhang. Seeing Yu Fan coming back, he quickly said to Zhang Yongqing, "Village Zhang, I'll go to see my mother-in-law with my nephew first, and I'll be back in a while. We must have two good drinks at noon. Zhang Yongqing hurriedly smiled and said, "For sure, for sure." He smiled and said to Yu Fan, "Xiao Fan, you must sit at Uncle Zhang's house when you have time. When your father was in the village, he and I were the best. You can't let your father say that I didn't take good care of you next time you come back.

Yu Fan hurriedly took out a cigarette with a smile and respectfully handed it over, saying, "Uncle Zhang is so polite. I'm going to work in the countryside now. I hope Uncle Zhang will take more care of the things in the village in the future." Zhang Yongqing took the cigarette and laughed when he heard the words. The third uncle also said goodbye to Zhang Yongqing with a smile, pushed his bicycle and walked to the village with Yu Fan.

Grandma Yu Fan's house is not connected to most people in the village, but in the southernmost part of the village. There are several separate families living there, and Ye Luo lived here when he was a child. Grandma's house is a red tile house made of earthen bricks, and only grandpa and grandma live here. Although most of the people in Yujiawan Village are surnamed Yu, there are no direct relatives of Yu Fan's generation living in Yujiawan Village. Only Yu Fan's second aunt still lives in the village. Grandma's family is also taken care of by the second aunt nearby.

The red tile house is surrounded by grandma's own vegetable garden. When she was a child, Yu Fan often played in it. When Yu Fan and his third uncle arrived, grandma was also picking vegetables in the garden. Looking at his grandmother's bowing back from afar, Yu Fan couldn't help sighing that he had grown up, but his grandmother looked much older and not as vigorous as he saw when he was a child.

Yu Fan parked his bicycle, took off the things behind him and shouted, "Grandma, Grandma." Grandma also raised her head and was also very happy to see that it was Yu Fan: "Ah, it's Xiao Fan. Oh, Xiao Zou is also coming." After saying that, he walked out of the vegetable garden happily. Yu Fan was also busy to help, but Grandma smiled and said, "No, I'm in good health."

The third uncle also smiled and said, "Mom, today is Xiaofan's first day to work in the countryside, and it happens to be squatting in the village. I'll show him to see you." Grandma also looked at Yu Fan kindly and said with a smile, "Well, I finally graduated from college, and it's good to work in the township. The public place is stable, Xiaofan is not small, and he will get married in two years. I work hard in the countryside. After two years, I will find a girlfriend to get married, and my grandma will feel at ease.

Yu Fan said awkwardly when he heard the words, "Grandma, I'm not in such a hurry when I was young." Grandma stared at Yu Fan and said, "What's the little? It's twenty-three years old. The young men in the village as big as you are all married, and even have children. Grandma is anxious to have a grandchild." The third uncle beside him also smiled and said, "Mom, you don't have to worry too much. Xiaofan has just come to work in the countryside and hasn't become a regular worker yet. When I become a regular in the future, with our Xiaofan's appearance and college students, I'm afraid that I can't find my daughter-in-law.

Grandma also smiled when she heard it. Just as she was about to say something, Yu Fan's grandfather also came out of the room. When he saw Yu Fan, he smiled and said, "Xiao Fan is back." Yu Fan hurriedly called Grandpa, and Grandpa also smiled and said, "Xiaofan hasn't eaten yet. Let's eat at home at noon." I'm going to kill a chicken. Grandma also suddenly said, "Yes, yes, I'm eating at home today."

The third uncle smiled and said, "Dad, mom, you two old people, don't be busy. The dinner has been arranged in the village. Xiaofan went to the countryside for the first time. He also had a good relationship with the head of the village. Even if he became a regular in the future, he would deal with them when he came down. Grandma was a little disappointed when she heard the words, but Grandpa smiled and said, "That's right. When you work in a public unit, you must have a good relationship. My family has a lot of opportunities after eating. Grandma laughed with relief when she heard it.