Chapter 10: Excursions
At this time, the Lejiazhuang that Lin Xinmo and Ling Xingmo were visiting was backed by mountains, surrounded by a small river at the entrance of the village, and the trees behind the village were shady, which was indeed a treasure of feng shui by the mountains and rivers.
Ling Xingmo knew all this, but what Ling Xingmo didn't know was the story behind this river, these trees, and these mountains.
"This river used to be a treasure of feng shui that everyone fought for, and that was already the story of my grandmother's generation, Grandma Wei from the village told me. At that time, it was still in the period of the Liberation War, and people were still living a miserable life. ”
"One year there was a great drought, and people couldn't even water their crops or drink water. ”
At that time, the next door Hanjia Village and Linjia Village went to Zhangjia Village in the middle to grab water, and the three villages fought a big fight, although Zhangjia Village suffered the most overall losses, but the village chiefs of Linjia Village and Hanjia Village were unfortunately killed by mistake in the process of pulling the frame, and Linjia Village and Hanjia Village lost their leaders. ”
"Because the times were too chaotic at that time, the village chief was not elected, but the village chief Zhang managed on his behalf, and later the village chief Zhang managed for a long time and managed very well, and Hanjia Village and Linjia Village merged with Zhangjia Village and unified management. ”
"And Grandma Wei, who told me this story, was the daughter-in-law of the village chief Zhang at that time, and the son of the village chief Zhang was also killed by mistake in the chaos at that time, but he did not take his anger out on the people of the two villages, which led to the three villages being well managed. And his daughter-in-law, that is, Grandma Wei, raised two children alone and did not remarry. ”
In fact, Village Chief Zhang is a very enlightened person, he does not object to Grandma Wei's remarriage, but Grandma Wei herself is unwilling. She told me that the man in her family was a good man, and he was killed by mistake to save others, and she had to guard the house and the children for him. ”
Lin Xinmo told Ling Xingmo the story of this place as he walked.
After a pause, he continued, "Do you know, other grandfathers and grandmothers all said that Grandma Wei used to be a big beauty, and I don't know why I fell in love with the stupid boy of the Zhang family, obviously there were many matchmakers for her at that time." They all said that Grandma Wei's life was too bitter, but I felt that Grandma Wei was very happy in this life, at least there was one person worthy of her to reminisce about her life, and her children were also very filial. ”
Ling Xingmo just listened quietly, but for some reason, she heard a tone of envy from her mouth.
Finally, I heard her whisper, "I don't know how Grandma Wei is in heaven, she should be happy." At least she met Grandpa Zhang. ”
The two of them slowly walked along the river to the woods behind the village, which was full of green and verdant patches.
"Originally, there weren't many trees here, and even later people sold trees and soil to make money, after all, the whole country's awareness of environmental protection was still relatively weak at that time. “
"But it didn't take long for the environment to deteriorate, with landslides and small-scale mudslides after a heavy rainfall, which wiped out many homes. ”
Those who survived regained their respect for nature and began to plant trees and use it to indicate the area where their homes belonged, and more than a decade later the area was a forest with some wild animals. ”
"These are what Grandpa Wang, a survivor who lived at the foot of the mountain, told me. At that time, he went to the city to sell trees, and he escaped the catastrophe. ”
But all of his family died, and he felt that it was nature's punishment for him, and he had lost his virtuous wife and lovely son. ”
Later, he led everyone to plant trees, and later the country gradually realized the importance of environmental protection, and he was also rated as an advanced model worker by the province. ”
"And because of the heavy losses of Wangjia Village, the scale was seriously reduced, so it was later merged into Zhangjia Village, and Zhangjia Village gradually had its current scale. ”
After Lin Xinmo finished telling this history, he wanted to take Ling Xingmo up the mountain to see the most important scenery they had here, Leshan.