"See you next year!"

After saying goodbye to Zheng Jia, Tong Yao and Xu Nuo took their luggage on Bus No. 155. They had to go to the city west long-distance bus station and take the shuttle bus back to Tianyun County.

The two took a car back to Tianyun County. Seeing that it was still early, Tong Yao pulled Xu Nuo and started the purchasing mode.

From clothes to shoes, from inside to outside, from food to drinking, Tong Yao bought several large bags for her mother, and after finally buying them, she found that the two of them couldn't take a lot of luggage back.

I took these things to the shuttle bus, but I didn't let me get on it at all.

So later there was no choice but to get a taxi, and the taxi trunk and the back seat were stuffed. The 80 yuan was directly pulled to Yangshu Village.

"Mom! I'm back!!!"

"Auntie, help!"

Chen Huizhen came out of the inner room and Xu Nuo carried two big bags of things and shouted for help. When Chen Huizhen was about to pick her up, she walked around again.

“There are still many behind…”

Chen Huizhen ran to the taxi and saw it, and was almost stunned.

"What are you bringing with this...?"

"The gifts I bought for you, and the things we need to prepare for the New Year."

Tong Yao smiled and explained with two large plastic bags.

Chen Huizhen wanted to ask something, but Tong Yao had already walked into the house quickly.

She could only shake her head helplessly to help transfer things from the car to home.

The three of them went back and forth twice. Tong Yao was about to pay the taxi, but she had no choice but to see her mother going to bargain with the taxi driver.

"Oh, it's only a few roads from the county town. Usually, taxis can reach us at most 50 yuan. Even if we do the Chinese New Year, we can't increase so much. We will give you a maximum of 60 yuan..."

"60 can't do it, they're 100, I only want 80..."

"Then let's take a step back. Big brother, don't be angry about this little money during the New Year. I'll give you a lucky number, 68! Take 8 at the back, and I will definitely send it in the future..."

...

Tong Yao looked at Xu Nuo awkwardly, and she felt that her mother's petty behavior was a bit embarrassing.

But suddenly she frowned again, thinking that when did she start to dislike her mother's good habit of being thrifty and thrifty?

Is it a change after going to college?

Or is it because I can make money now? I don’t like the little money my mother saved?

Just as she was reflecting on her problems, her mother had already negotiated the price with the taxi driver. In the end, the two sold for 70 yuan, saving 10 yuan directly.

Then I saw my mother hand over the 100 yuan she had prepared and the driver retrieved three or ten yuan.

Chen Huizhen counted the money one by one, looking at it, as if she was looking at whether there was any fake money.

This scene reminded Tong Yao of Zhu Ziqing's "Back View".

"Let's go, why are you doing stupidly? Go home quickly. It's so cold outside, don't catch a cold."

The mother's voice interrupted Tong Yao's thoughts. Tong Yao smiled, nodded, and took her mother's arm.

Xu Nuo was leaving now, but Chen Huizhen kept it twice but couldn't keep it.

"Auntie, I just came back, and haven't come home yet."

"Haha, then you'll come here later. Auntie just baked sweet potatoes today, which is so fragrant."

"Okay."

Xu Nuo agreed and walked towards his home with a smile.

After returning home, Tong Yao couldn't wait to show her the gift she bought, but her mother forced her to go to the kitchen and showed her the roasted sweet potatoes first.

"I definitely didn't eat it on the way. Hurry up, eat sweet potatoes to cushion your stomach first. Mom will cook for you now."

Tong Yao took the sweet potato handed over by her mother and couldn't help but look gloomy.

She knew her mother's temperament very well. This sweet potato must be my mother's food ration at noon, just to save some food and a little insignificant money.

Of course, these sweet potatoes were not bought, nor were they grown, but picked up!

Yes, she picked it up with her mother.

Because every September when the sweet potatoes are ripe, she would carry a basket with her mother to the next village and wait for the next village. After the sweet potato fields are dug, the mother and daughter will go in and search.

Look for those smaller people.

Look for those that were broken when they were dug.

Look for those that fell into the sweet potato seedlings and others did not find them.

...

After taking these sweet potatoes home, my mother would steam the better ones for herself, and cut them into sweet potato chips and dried them for later eating. If the smaller ones are stored for winter use.

What I have now gotten in my hand is what my mother picked up this year. She is not at home, so she usually eats this? How long has it been? One month or two months? Or has it been?

Thinking of this, Tong Yao's eyes turned red. She looked at her mother who was busy in the kitchen and ate the sweet potatoes in her hand in a few bites, then wiped her tears and pulled her mother's arm.

"Mom, stop cooking. I bought cooked food today...it would be broken if I didn't eat it."

If you don’t eat it, it will be broken. This is Tong Yao’s killer move against her mother.

After hearing this, Chen Huizhen turned her head and sighed. Although she blamed her for a few words of waste, she could not stop her joy.

Tong Yao searched through several plastic bags, and soon took out the things she bought at the county deli.

"Mom, this is braised beef, this is roast chicken, this is pig's trotters, braised dishes, and..."

Chen Huizhen originally wanted to scold a few words of waste, but the words stopped when she spoke. She knew that the things Tong Yao bought were not just cooked food, but she understood the meaning contained in these cooked foods, and she understood them all...

"Mom, look at what this is?"

"Oh, mom has gloves. How much money can you make when writing? Buy it in a random way!"

"You should have thrown away your ragged gloves. This is skin, and there is wool inside, which is so warm..."

Tong Yao shook, put her gloves next to her, and started rummaging and searching again.

"And this, your waist is not good. I heard that this thing can be massaged by plugging it in. This is a fresh thing, I have never seen it... Let's try it later."

"This is a hot water bag. You don't need to fill it with hot water. You can heat it up after plugging it in for a few minutes. From now on, you will hold it when you go out. You will be sure to envy others..."

"And this one, I bought it in a long queue from the county town..."

...

Tong Yao took it out like that, Chen Huizhen smiled and took it like that, with more and more smiles on her face, but her eyes burst into tears unconsciously.

At this moment, she suddenly realized that perhaps her daughter had become someone she could rely on without knowing it.

"Mom, what do you think this is?"

"Charger? Oh! Why are you buying this? How expensive is it!!!"

In 2002, people in the city no longer played with recorders, but this thing is still a mainstream entertainment tool in rural areas, and many families are still reluctant to buy it.

Especially at Tong Yao's house, it would be nice to have a meal, let alone a recorder.

One hundred and fifty-eight, this price is not unacceptable to Chen Huizhen, but if there were one hundred and fifty-eight, she would never buy a recorder.
Chapter completed!