Chapter 35 Mid-Autumn Festival Visit
1. I went back to my hometown in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and my hometown introduced a blind date and gave each other a buckle and phone call.
September 22, Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xiao Ran returned to his hometown for the first time since returning to Lingshui.
Xiao Ran's hometown is called Dashan Village, which is located in the mountainous area of Chengguan Town, 17 kilometers away from the county seat.
On this day, Xiao Ran took a bus from the station to Houzhai Township, the bus walked on the mountain road, the road is a good asphalt road, the bus is very stable on it, not bumpy at all.
The road in the mountains is winding, surrounded by green mountains, and occasionally a gust of mountain wind blows in from the window, Xiao Ran can't help but take a sharp breath, and suddenly feel refreshed.
There were people from all over the place sitting in the car, and they were talking loudly in dialects in twos and threes, although the carriage was very noisy, Xiao Ran did not feel bad, but listened to everyone's talk with great interest.
"My second brother's daughter, his friend's aunt, was admitted to a key university this year, Xinhai University, you know?" a man sat on the edge of the aisle and said loudly to the people around him.
Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.
The man smiled and said proudly: "This Xinhai University is the country's 211 project and 685 project or something, I heard that as long as you graduate from their school, you can simply become a manager?"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but admire, and looked at the young man with envy on their faces.
When the young man saw the envious eyes of the crowd, he was very useful.
"Also, a friend of my second brother heard that he went to Australia last year and earned more than 2 million when he came back. The young man continued.
Everyone was shocked again, 2 million I will be obedient, how much does it cost.
"Do you know how he earns it?" the young man smiled and paused slightly.
After seeing everyone's expectant eyes, he said proudly: "He went to the casino over there and won more than 2 million, and it didn't take more than ten minutes before and after." ”
Everyone understood that they had gone to gamble.
"And what does he do at home?" asked one woman curiously.
"His family, I heard that it is a ** business, luxury cars and villas, and the cost is more than 100,000 yuan at every turn, but people are bold, if they want to change me, I definitely don't dare?" the young man exclaimed, his face full of admiration.
"God, that's really amazing, it's really admirable and admirable to starve to death the timid in these years!"
When Xiao Ran heard this, he was speechless for a while.
The girl who was admitted to Xinhai University that the young man said earlier, no, he was wrong, it should be Pearl University, and 985 was also said to be 685, although there is an element of boasting, but in general it is all positive.
However, when you say a gambler, your face is full of admiration, and everyone is also admired, is a gambler worthy of your admiration?
There is also a ** business, do you admire the boldness of others? Do you have a little knowledge of the law, that person is selling drugs, and you still have a look of admiration? This simply subverts Xiao Ran's world view.
Some of the young people in the car almost laughed, it was so funny, it was so funny!!
However, I heard that this person was chased by the police for selling drugs, and I don't know if he was caught. The young man said again.
"Alas, why do you want to sell drugs? I hope that he has his own natural appearance, and he must not be caught. Several women were worried.
When Xiao Ran heard this, he almost didn't have a mouthful of old blood spurting out, Auntie, this is a drug dealer, what do you mean by being so worried about him being arrested? Ouch, I don't read much, I really don't understand what you mean.
Ignoring the spitting young man and the few aunts and uncles who kept admiring.
Xiao Ran looked intently at the scenery outside the window, but after about ten minutes, the bus finally arrived at Dashan Village.
Standing at the intersection, looking at the rolling mountains, what a familiar environment, the highest mountain in the west is the big mountain, and the big mountain village is named after it, this road winds from south to north, high on both sides and low in the middle, and in the middle of the gentle place, there is a fork in the road that winds into the canyon in the east.
Xiao Ran walked along this fork in the road to the end, and it was Dashan Village.
With a heart full of complexity, Xiao Ran stepped into this fork in the road, walking step by step, this road is actually not far, if you walk, it will take about ten minutes to reach the village.
During the period, he met a few people on the road, and Xiao Ran wanted to say hello, but when he saw it, he didn't remember any of them. The villagers who are far away from Xiao Ran's house, Xiao Ran still remembers when he went to school, but he has rarely gone back for more than ten years, and his memory has faded, and some of the little children back then have grown up and married, and Xiao Ran doesn't know them.
Looking all the way, the mood is complicated all the way, when Xiao Ran walked out of this canyon, the front suddenly opened up, a small village surrounded by high mountains was exposed in front of him, where at the foot of the mountain is a family, in the middle is thousands of acres of fertile land, you can see from afar, there are mountain roads leading to the mountains everywhere, a little gentle mountain, but also reclaimed a piece of mountainous land.
Xiao Ran's family is located in the second household at the head of the village, living in the first household, Xiao Ran remembers that there is a big family, the young ones have gone to work in other places, and there are only two old people living in the family.
When passing by the door of their house, a familiar figure appeared in front of him, he was much older, and his body was also rickety, but he looked quite healthy, "Uncle, are you at home?" Xiao Ran greeted the old man from a distance.
"Yang, are you coming back?" The old man looked up at Xiao Ran, his face was a little hesitant at first, but after a few seconds, he thought about Xiao Ran.
The old man Xiao Ran recognized himself as his younger brother, "Uncle, I am Ran, not Yang." Xiao Ran smiled.
"Ouch, you see that my eyes are not very good, I don't recognize you anymore!, where did you come from?" the old man said with a smile on his face and a kind tone.
Xiao Ran looked into the old man's eyes, and it was indeed not as bright as he remembered, it looked much darker, and he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.
Declined the old man's invitation to come into the house for dinner, Xiao Ran walked to his yard.
This is no longer the home I remembered, it was originally an old wooden house, but now it has become a three-story private house.
Xiao Ran was looking around in his yard, looking for some childhood memories. Then a male voice rang out, "Why, are you back?"
Xiao Ran turned around and looked, it was Uncle Xiao Cheng, now he is almost sixty, he hasn't seen him for more than ten years, his complexion has darkened a lot, his face is less high-spirited than he remembered when he was young, and there is a trace of melancholy in his tone.
Uncle is the secretary of the village party committee of the village, although he has not led the villagers to make a fortune over the years, but at least he has not made any major mistakes, but has helped the villagers do a lot of practical things.
A few years ago, corrupt officials were arrested all over the country, and many villages were arrested and sentenced to shuanggui. Later, after the county investigated, it was not found that the uncle had big corruption, but some of the people reacted violently, and later the county took into account the wishes of the people, and the village party secretary of the uncle was lowered.
The uncle is no longer the village party secretary, but who will do it? Everyone elected and promoted, and finally chose a person of high moral integrity to be the village party secretary, but what is funny is that this person went to the county to report on his work, and after talking for a long time, the leaders above did not understand what he said. After scolding him, he asked them to change people, but they changed to another one to do it, and it was the same, and the above couldn't bear it, "Go and call Xiao Cheng, you guys can't speak clearly, what are you village party secretaries?"
Only then did everyone understand that it was really difficult to be a village party secretary, and only then did they understand the hardships of Xiao Cheng being a village party secretary for so many years. Later, Xiao Cheng resumed his original position, but he was heartbroken, and he no longer had the high spirits he used to be when he was the village party secretary.
Coupled with the fact that Xiao Ran's eldest mother was half paralyzed later, Xiao Cheng became even more silent.
"Uncle, I'm back to work in the county now. Xiao Ran replied with a smile.
A smile appeared on Xiao Cheng's face, "Okay, the key to your house is in my hands, you can go to my house with me first." ”
Xiao Cheng's house is next door to Xiao Ran's house, and soon the two entered the house, after Xiao Ran put the bought fruit on the table, he first went to visit his aunt, and after chatting with her for a while, Xiao Cheng asked Xiao Ran about going back to work in the county.
"I returned to the county in July, but because I was busy with interviews and then I had to attend classes, I didn't come back to see you until now, so please don't mind. Xiao Ran then picked out what happened after he came back and told the uncle and aunt.
After the three chatted for a while, they asked Xiao Ran if he had a girlfriend, and after learning that Xiao Ran was still single, the two showed worries, and then wanted to introduce the object to Xiao Ran, but Xiao Ran couldn't shirk it, so he could only agree.
"There is a girl in the next village, she has just been admitted to Pearl University this year, she is handsome and cute, not only sensible, but also has a very sweet mouth. The eldest lady said enthusiastically.
Then I asked for Xiao Ran's photo, buckle number and phone number. Uncle Yu said to Xiao Ran that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he spent the evening with them at home, and Xiao Ran agreed.
After Xiao Ran got the key, he went back and said that the doors and windows of the room at home were open, and no one had lived in it for a long time, and it was good to ventilate.
After having lunch at the uncle's house at noon, Xiao Ran visited his grandparents and the third uncle with the gifts he bought, and returned to the uncle's house to cook with the uncle in the evening.
The dinner was very rich, and after Xiao Ran ate, he chatted with the uncle and the aunt for a while, and slept at the uncle's house at night.
The night in the countryside was very dark, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Xiao Ran couldn't sleep, so he came to the courtyard of his uncle's house to practice "Teacher's Refining Decision", when Xiao Ran was practicing, suddenly there was a shout in the distance, Xiao Ran heard it, this is the police chasing the criminal?
Xiao Ran quietly followed, only to see three black shadows stopped in a field, the field was dry and waterless, and when he got closer, Xiao Ran saw two young men in police uniforms and a ruthless middle-aged man opposite.
"MD, isn't Lao Tzu just a selling point, why do you need to chase Lao Tzu all the way with such persistence?" the middle-aged man said grimly.
"Qiu Yong, you better hurry up and arrest it, don't make senseless resistance. A civilian policeman shouted.
"Hehe, you forced me, when I get to the bottom of the Yellow Spring, don't blame Lao Tzu. The middle-aged man took out a knife and said fiercely.