Dad's life

The sun shines through the gaps in the swaying leaves on the ground, forming mottled shadows. A breeze blows by, and the big banyan trees on both sides of the road make a "rustle" sound.

Li Mu drove across the ramp.

At the exit of the slope, there are green vines flowing down.

When he just graduated from college, he also worked in a big city for a while, but compared to the big city, Li Mu preferred to stay in the city he was familiar with.

The bigger the city, the smaller it becomes.

Like an insignificant speck of dust.

Li Mu didn't like the feeling of depression and humility, so he came back after less than half a year.

Some cities.

There is indeed no room for souls from other countries.

The city of Ningyang is not as prosperous as a big city, but it always has an aura that is familiar to Li Mu and a sense of ease and tranquility that makes him relax.

After finding a place to park the car, Li Mu led his son onto the Chengnan Bridge.

This bridge was built in the early 1980s and has a history of forty years. It has carried countless people coming and going. However, with the rise of commercial housing and the demolition and resettlement of the old city in the south of the city, this bridge has witnessed the rapid changes in China.

The Old Bridge has also gradually been eliminated by the times. Now except for regular people, few people use it to cross it.

However, no matter how an era develops, there will always be a group of people who are trapped in a siege and cannot get out, and they still carry out their own lives in their own unique way.

At this moment, there are many vegetable stalls on both sides of this abandoned old bridge.

These people are not regular vegetable vendors, but in this area of ​​the old city. Although they have been demolished, some people's land has not been expropriated yet, so they grow some vegetables and sell them when they can't finish the food at home. Over time,

A small open-air vegetable market has naturally formed.

Except for the dishes.

Some people who catch too many fish in wild rivers will sell them here to make some money to support their families.

Li Mu took his son slowly to walk on the old bridge in the south of the city. Because it took too long and was not properly repaired along the way, the old bridge in the south of the city is now full of the atmosphere of the times.

Broken guard piers and bumpy bridge deck.

Standing by the bridge, you can still see a layer of moss growing on the bridge body, weeds between the stones, and even the steel bars are exposed in some places.

However, this does not affect the safety of this old bridge, because the steel bars emerging from the upper part of the bridge are all No. 36.

"There are peaches there"

Li Ran saw a lot of peaches piled behind a household electric tricycle, and immediately dragged Li Mu over.

Most of the vendors selling vegetables here still focus on home-grown vegetables, but there are also vendors who specialize in selling vegetables.

The difference is very simple.

Generally, stalls set up by elderly people are mostly home grown.

On the contrary.

More than 90% of those who are a little younger come here specifically because they are reluctant to bear the thousands of stall fees a year in the market.

Li Mu picked some peaches for his son.

Just after paying the money, the little guy picked up one, ran to someone else's bucket, washed it for a while, picked it up, and ate it.

The reason why Li Mu came here.

On the one hand.

The price of vegetables is indeed cheaper than in supermarkets or large markets.

On the other hand.

The vegetables here are all grown by these old people themselves, and there are no hormones or pesticides.

Of course.

In terms of color, it is much uglier than regular food markets.

Some dishes still have marks that have been gnawed by insects, but as a native of the countryside, Li Mu will not dislike it.

"Thirty-one pounds is too expensive, the wet market only costs twenty-five pounds"

Next to a fish stall five or six meters away from Li Mu, a familiar voice came vaguely, saying, "If you take less, I will buy a few more pounds."

"Girl, these are all shrimps I caught from the river. They are definitely better than the shrimps from the farms."

The old man setting up the stall reached out and grabbed a river shrimp from the big red basin and said, "Look at how tender the meat of this shrimp is and how transparent it is in color."

"But you are so small!"

The figure squatting next to the fish stall, still negotiating the price, said: "Every market is worth three, twenty, you have twenty-one pounds, and I bought all the remaining pounds of shrimps you have here."

"Twenty?"

The old man shook his head quickly and refused, "It's too little. You can add more, twenty-eight."

"Twenty-two, the most I can give you is twenty-two"

The woman who spoke raised two fingers.

"The difference is too much, so if I give you another dollar, twenty-seven, no matter how little you pay, I would rather take it home and eat it myself."

"One price, twenty-three"

Women still don’t give up.

Li Mu looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Twenty-seven.

and twenty-two.

The price difference is really not small.

"It's Aunt Zhou and the little fairy"

Li Ran pointed at Teacher Zhou, who was still negotiating the price, and whispered to Li Much.

"Yeah"

Li Mu nodded.

This is the first time he has seen Teacher Zhou like this. In the past, Teacher Zhou's impression on him was often gentle and quiet, and his smile was like the first ray of sunshine in the morning with a warm radiance.

What now?

A little more real.

Xiao Si Ning, who was next to Zhou Yu, turned around and saw Li Mu and Li Ran standing not far away, and then smiled.

"Mom"

Xiao Si Ning shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu asked his daughter while continuing to bargain with the old man, saying, "Only twenty-three, if it's more, I'll go to other places to see."

"I saw Uncle Li and Li Ran"

Xiao Si Ning replied.

"What?"

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment and then realized what he was doing.

Following the position pointed by her daughter, she saw Li Mu who was only a few meters away from her, and also noticed the smile in Li Mu's eyes as he looked at her.

For a while.

Zhou Yu panicked.

I feel inexplicably embarrassed.

"Why are you here?"

Li Ran jumped up to the little fairy, his face full of surprise, and said, "I thought you would listen to your mother and never ignore me again!"

Li Mu was speechless for a while.

This week, the teacher is really...the son who is afraid of violence is also a little violent man who can beat people!?

After thinking for a while, Li Mu walked to Teacher Zhou and said softly, "I'm really not a thug in a suit."

Zhou Yu was a little shocked.

Then he pursed his lips and whispered, "Who knows? Anyway, I saw it."

"Teacher Zhou"

Li Mu squatted down and explained seriously, "The eye can only see things on the surface, it cannot see the hidden meaning behind things."

"But I believe in my eyes"

Zhou Yu turned his soft cheeks and replied.

"Are you going to buy it or not?"

When the old man saw that he had suddenly turned into a transparent old man, he immediately said impatiently, "If you don't buy it, don't block it here and affect my business."

"Buy, twenty-seven doesn't sound good, twenty-six, call it now"

Zhou Yu said quickly.

"I'm convinced of you, girl, twenty-six is ​​twenty-six"

The old man reluctantly agreed. He was just about to use a small frying net to put the river shrimps in the red basin into a plastic bag.

"Wait a minute"

Zhou Yu stopped the old man's movement and reached out to take the frying net. Then Li Mu and the old man shook their heads a few times in confusion. After all the water on the river shrimp had fallen off, he said, "It's time to weigh it now."

"You..."

The old man was a little speechless.

After pouring the river shrimp into a plastic bag and weighing it, he sighed, "You are so good at living. I have been selling shrimp for so many years, and you are the first girl to remove the water weight."

After taking the shrimp from the old man, Teacher Zhou did not leave directly.

Instead, I opened the plastic bag and poured a little water into it.

Li Mu stared dumbly at what happened.

"This way the shrimp will not die easily"

Zhou Yu said softly.

"Oh"

Li Mu suddenly realized.

"You are a blessed girl"

The old man praised it, and then joked, "Next time you come to buy from me, I will dry the shrimps and sell them to you, and I promise not to make you a penny more."

"Don't"