Rebirth: 1977

After an uneventful night, Yin Tianshui arranged breakfast for his grandma and eldest sister after getting up in the morning. He ate a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, carried two crucian carps and ten wild duck eggs, and went to Xiaolou Lane to find Grandma Ding.

"Are you here again?"

Grandma Ding's eyebrows were tangled and she looked at Yin Tianshui with an unhappy expression.

"Grandma Ding, you asked me to come yesterday to hear your response yesterday. I can't break the promise."

Yin Tianshui squeezed through the door without any explanation, talked to himself and walked directly into the east wing next to the main room.

He noticed the last time he came that only the east wing was occupied.

"Don't just wander around casually. You're so young and you don't understand the rules at all!"

Grandma Ding caught up with her breathlessly and angrily accused Yin Tianshui.

Yin Tianshui stood in the empty room, a little stunned.

A room has an area of ​​more than [-] square meters, with no partitions. The wooden bed on which I sleep is hung alone in the center of the room. Next to it is a cabinet that is so old that the color cannot be seen. There is a fallen one on the footboard in front of the bed. Painted toilet bowl.

In Pingcheng, Jiangnan, the humidity and chill in early spring are very heavy. On Grandma Ding's bed, there is only a thin piece of old cotton wool, covered with washed white plaid sheets, and a thin quilt folded neatly, with a A pillow.

The clean pillow cover had several holes in it.

There was an old table by the window, and a tattered old wicker chair was placed next to it. On the table were two gapped green-rimmed bowls, a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and a spoon.

Most of the bottles and jars of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on the table are empty.

Yin Tianshui walked to a wooden barrel in the corner and opened the lid. The rice inside was almost bottomed out.

The briquette stove was placed outside the door. It was not cooking time. The door of the stove was sealed, and an iron pot with missing ears was placed on it, with some hot water in it.

Yin Tianshui knew that Grandma Ding was educated and knew that placing a briquette stove in the sleeping room was dangerous.

Putting the fish and eggs in his hands on the ground, Yin Tianshui turned around and looked at the thin and small Granny Ding. He couldn't bear to see her embarrassment and embarrassment concealed by her dissatisfaction.

"Grandma Ding, if you don't want to sell the house, I won't mention it. Can you rent it to me?"

Yin Tianshui explained patiently: "Don't worry, our family has a simple population, just my grandma, eldest sister, and me."

After thinking for a while, he said: "If you want to be quiet, we won't disturb you. After you and my grandma get to know each other well, if we get along, we can become companions and take care of each other."

He watched Grandma Ding let out a sigh of relief, and then continued: "I will give you 15 yuan for rent every month, and I will bear your living expenses. It will be fun for us to have dinner together. Isn't it just a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks on the table?" .

Grandma, do you think it’s okay? "

Grandma Ding sat down on the wicker chair. There was a "chirp" sound, and she looked at Yin Tianshui with a careful look and asked, "Are you sure you won't bring in any miscellaneous people to cause mischief?"

"Definitely not. I will take care of everything outside. Don't worry."

She pondered for a while and nodded: "I accept the monthly rent of 15 yuan, but I won't be polite to you.

"Brothers will settle accounts clearly." You don't need to bear my living expenses as an outsider. I'm used to being alone and don't like to get entangled with others. "

Grandma Ding insisted in a cold tone.

This temper is so stubborn!

If it weren't for the embarrassment of life, maybe I, an 'outsider', would not let him step in, right?

Yin Tianshui sighed secretly, feeling happy in his heart. Knowing that Grandma Ding had agreed to rent the house to him, she quickly agreed:

"Okay, we promise not to disturb you."

I thought that after I really moved in, I would lend a hand and help with everything. When the time comes, whether the old man is short of money or things, I would have to act accordingly.

"It's just," Grandma Ding frowned and looked up at the closed door: "Some people who say they are my relatives may come to see me. When the time comes, just avoid them if you find them annoying. I will handle it."

"Okay, we will try to avoid it, and we will be polite when we encounter it, and we will never cause you any trouble."

Yin Tianshui quickly promised.

After reaching a verbal agreement with Grandma Ding, he kept the fish and eggs, and went to the grain station to buy ten pounds of rice, five pounds of flour, and one pound of vegetable oil for Grandma Ding.

It was sent to Grandma Ding's house and gave her a one-time payment of 180 yuan.

"Grandma Ding, this is one year's rent. These things are my little thoughts, please keep them."

Grandma Ding wanted to pay Yin Tianshui anyway, but he firmly refused.

"Grandma, you need money now. If you really want to settle the account, just deduct it from next year's rent."

Yin Tianshui could see clearly that Grandma Ding was in frail health and suffered from the same old-age diseases as his grandma.

It doesn't make much sense to go to the hospital. It's better to have good food and drink. It's better to have someone to take care of your daily life.

The old man's house lacks too many things, and this little money is really not enough to spend, but he can only pay rent according to the market price.

15 yuan a month was given by the street, and originally it was paid every six months. Yin Tianshui didn't care about the dozens of yuan, he changed it himself.

Give him a little more to feel at ease.

The street sent someone to complete the leasing procedures for Yin Tianshui and Grandma Ding, and then went back.

He started cleaning inside and outside. Fortunately, there was a well in the yard and water was convenient.

Taking this opportunity, Yin Tianshui walked around a pine tree without leaving a trace, thinking in his mind that if he wanted to dig for treasure, he would have to wait until he bought the house.

Alas, don't worry, it can't be used now, and there is no safe place to put it. After living in it and getting familiar with it for a while, Grandma Ding can let go of her guard, and then look for opportunities to buy a house.

At noon, after eating a bowl of Yangchun noodles at a restaurant, Yin Tianshui rode a tricycle to the edge of Taihu Lake.

He has already decided in his heart that this is the last time he will sell fish to the "market recruiter", and he is not worried about Feng Guowei and Shen Hongbo.

Zhuoping, he must be on guard!

The power in the hands of the county magistrate is powerful enough for ordinary people, but if abused, it can be very destructive.

The three of them are all insidious villains. He has completely offended them. When they recover, they don't know when they will trouble him, and they don't even have to find a reason.

This is where power makes people fearful!

It's hard to guard against!

The best strategy is to avoid its sharp edges and achieve your own goals!

When they arrived at the old place, Yin Tianshui still set three nets, which were still crowded. Two big turtles desperately grabbed the fishing nets and hung them outside.

Today he shot five more wild ducks and collected two nests of duck eggs. It was still early to pack them up and he lay in the reeds and stared at the blue sky in a daze.

Next time when I return to Panjiawan, I will go to the bamboo forest and cut a suitable piece of bamboo to make a fishing rod. I will also take the harpoon at home with me and exchange it for a small fishing net.

In fact, it is more suitable to eat crucian carp, snakehead fish, silver carp and herring at home. You can find them in any river, so you don’t have to come to Taihu Lake.

The white fish is delicious, but there are so many bones that my grandma has trouble spitting out the fish bones, so she can only eat a small piece of meat from the belly of the fish.

Yin Tianshui caught so much white fish that he ate it once steamed and once braised. He usually changed between braised crucian carp, crucian carp soup, black fish soup, and steamed sea bass.

Pingcheng locals actually rarely eat white fish.

"Herring tail, silver carp head", this sentence expresses the fish that Pingcheng people like.

For wild ducks, you can hunt a few every now and then. You can eat them yourself or give them away.

Make money by doing business?

Now is not the right time, and he is not short of money at the moment. He has done a few things at hand. He wants to find the textbooks of the third junior high school and high school to start reviewing.

Since we are reborn in this era, how can we give up relying on college!

Yin Tianshui smoothed things out one by one in his mind, and then rode a tricycle to the "market recruitment".

What he didn't know was that Xiao Zhao was very lucky today. He had followed him to this place and was watching his every move from a distance.