Xiaodouzi, who was playing with Xiaojun and others in the main room, saw Lin Lan coming back and ran out happily: "Mom, why did you come back?"
He was worried that Teacher Zheng would come back and he would be absent from class.
Lin Lan smiled and rubbed his head: "Mom collected some mountain goods and was delayed for a day."
Wu Shufen came out of the kitchen, looked at Lin Lan's face that was red from the cold, and asked, "Are you hungry? Is it cold on the mountain? Have Xiang Yang and the others arrived?"
Lin Lan looked back at Li Xiangyang who had arrived at the door: "Here we are, my eldest cousin and a few brothers on his team are helping deliver the goods. Everyone is hungry. Please cook some sour soup noodles."
Wu Shufen nodded happily, said hello to Li Xiangyang who led the mule into the yard, and went to the kitchen with Lin Lan to get busy.
Lin Changyou and Lin Guodong, who came after hearing the news, helped unload the mountain goods from the pack rack.
Lin Guodong smiled and said: "Brother, you are so fast! You bought so many local products in that day."
Lin Guoliang said happily: "My uncle asked the team leader to convene a mobilization meeting for the members, and everyone came."
Lin Lan and Wu Shufen were in the kitchen and told her about the situation in Shishanling.
After hearing this, Wu Shufen said that the mountains had not changed in more than ten years. If there was a chance in the future, she would have to help the sister of the eldest sister find a family outside.
The mother and daughter, one kneading the dough and the other cutting the shredded meat and frying the sauerkraut, turned the fire to the strongest and quickly prepared a pot of sour soup noodle cubes.
Lin Lan scooped the dough into a pottery basin and carried it to the main room, while Wu Shufen followed behind holding a stack of bowls.
Lin Lan walked out of the kitchen and saw Xiaodouzi and Lin Jun. They gathered around Li Xiangyang who was squatting there washing his face and asked questions: "The noodles are cooked, go over and eat."
Li Xiangyang nodded and followed Lin Lan to the main room to sit down.
Lin Changyou invited Zhou Shitou and three men to the table. They looked at the white noodles in the bowls and swallowed involuntarily.
Wu Shufen put the bowl filled with sour soup noodles on the table, and greeted several people with a smile on her face: "Shitou, let's invite the fellow villagers to eat! You are all welcome, just hold it and eat it!"
"I know, Auntie." Zhou Shitou agreed with a smile, and called the three of them to pick up their bowls and start eating.
After dinner and arranging for the three of them to stay, Lin Lan and Lin Changyou talked for a while and planned to return to Dongshi tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, Zhou Shitou and three fellow villagers set out back to Shishanling. Brothers Lin Lan, Li Xiangyang, and Lin Guoliang pulled the ferry on the way.
When they arrived at the station, brothers Li Xiangyang and Lin Guoliang moved the mountain goods and bicycles to the shuttle bus's roof rack.
Lin Lan took Xiaodouzi to the car and sat down, took some fungus and peppercorns and gave them to Li Hongmei and Master Chen, asking them to help bring Old Pumpkin back to Dongshi in a few days, and the two happily agreed.
After the brothers Lin Guoliang helped load the mountain goods, they got out of the car and said to Lin Lan: "Let's go to help Shitou buy the salt, needles, thread and brains that the folks asked him to buy. Please be careful on the road."
Lin Lan nodded: "Brother, my cousin wants to buy something, please ask Sister Li to bring me a message."
"Okay." Lin Guoliang agreed and waved to Li Xiangyang and Xiaodouzi, "Xiangyang, let's go."
Xiaodouzi also waved: "Uncle, uncle, let's go."
Li Xiangyang said to the two of them: "Remember to come to Dongshi on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."
"Okay!" One of the brothers pushed the bicycle, and the other pulled the frame and left.
Master Chen still helped Lin Lan deliver the goods to the door of his house. Xiaodouzi got out of the car and ran into the yard: "Auntie, auntie, we are back."
Lin Yuezhen and Qiaohui came out from the kitchen. Li Xiangyang put the sack down on the roof of the car. Several people caught the sack with their legs and carried it to the entrance of the courtyard and put it down.
After sending Master Chen and Li Hongmei away, they carried the sacks into the house and put them away.
Li Xiangyang washed his face and said to Lin Lan: "Xiaolan, I'm going back first to check out the pig farm."
"Yeah!" Lin Lan handed Wu Shufang the mountain goods that Wu Shufang had brought to Lao Li and gave them to him to bring to Lao Li.
Li Xiangyang nodded and rode back.
Lin Lan then asked Lin Yuezhen and Qiaohui: "Are you two very busy these two days?"
The two shook their heads with a smile. Lin Yuezhen handed over the payment for the past few days to Lin Lan and gestured: "Xiaolan, there was a pretty girl who went to my uncle's house to look for Dingbang this morning. I heard Meihua said she was Dandan's mother.
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Lin Lan looked at her in surprise: "Really, what is she here for?"
Qiao Hui said from the side: "I don't know, Sister Meihua and the others drove her away. I think they hate Dandan's mother."
"Then did anyone go and tell uncle?" Lin Lan then understood why Yang Dingbang moved in a hurry, probably to avoid Dandan's mother.
Qiaohui nodded: "I went. After Dandan's mother left, Sister Meihua rode her bicycle to Dandan's house."
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Yang Dingbang stood on the stairs, leaning on a cane, looking at Xie Tian sitting at the door, and said coldly: "Go in and talk."
After Yang Meihua went to his home to inform him that Xie Tian was coming, he hurried back to his home at the Public Security Bureau. Sure enough, he saw Xie Tian sitting at the door of his house and not leaving.
Xie Tian stood up and looked at him with an aggrieved face: "Dingbang, that cousin of yours scolded me so badly. They even chased me away and said they would let the dogs go if I didn't leave..."
Yang Dingbang raised his hand, interrupted her, took out the key, stepped forward, opened the door, and looked at her lightly: "If you have anything to say, come in and talk."
"Well!" Xie Tian looked at Yang Dingbang with eyes full of attachment, "Dingbang, I have transferred my relationship to Dongshi. I miss you and Dandan."
"Stop!" Yang Dingbang sat on the armchair in front of the table: "Last time you came here, I told you that it was impossible for me to remarry you, and Dandan was not willing to be with you. Even if you came to Dongshi, he would
I won’t spend time with you.”
Xie Tian frowned and looked at Yang Dingbang: "I know it was your grandma who said bad things about me in front of you and Dandan..."
"Bang~" Yang Dingbang slapped his hand on the table and yelled sternly, "Shut up! It's you who failed to fulfill your responsibilities as a wife and mother, and you dared to slander my grandma with red lips and white teeth."
Xie Tian looked at Yang Dingbang blankly: "You, I took all my household registration to Dongshi for you, how dare you yell at me? How dare you say this to me?" She didn't believe that Yang Dingbang dared to treat her like this, and felt that she was not the same as him.
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"Stop saying that, we have nothing to do with each other a long time ago. It has nothing to do with me where you move your registered residence."
Yang Dingbang stood up and looked at Xie Tian coldly: "Although my grandma is just an uneducated little old lady, her character is not something you can slander. I want to ask you, when Dandan needed her mother, what did you do?
what are you doing?"
Yang Dingbang let out a breath and looked at her with sarcastic eyes, "You accompany your first love to travel around and take pictures everywhere!"
Xie Tian pointed at Yang Dingbang with a trembling hand: "You, Yang Dingbang, I misjudged you. I didn't expect you to be a villain with dirty thoughts. What we do is art, do you understand?"