Chapter III: The task is not completed

Well-known hometown is in Zhaoqiao Town, Meizhou City, in fact, it is not very far from Rongcheng, if you drive, you can get to the market in the town in three hours and 20 minutes.

The bus, on the other hand, requires a change of train and takes four hours to reach the downtown area of Meizhou.

The East Gate Station in Rongcheng has a shuttle bus to Meizhou city every day, and it takes an hour and a half to reach Zhaoqiao Town after transferring to Meizhou.

Of course, when you get to the town, you need to take a motorcycle for more than 20 minutes to get to know your real hometown.

Therefore, when Zhou Zhi arrived at Zhaoqiao Town that day, it was already half past two in the afternoon, and the town was sparsely populated at this time, only a few red motorcycles were parked there in the shade of the trees next to the bridge.

This is the motorcycle, of course, these motorcycles are not regular, they are all people who have nothing to do at home for the time being, and they come out to run and earn extra money.

When Zhou Zhi approached, several people were smoking cigarettes and chatting.

"Are you going to Honghu Village?" Zhou Zhi asked directly.

As soon as a few middle-aged men heard the well-known local accent, they immediately said, "Go, ten yuan and leave immediately." ”

"Last time I came back, it only cost eight yuan, why do I need ten yuan this time. Zhou Zhi didn't get into the car immediately, but asked.

"Isn't it that the price of oil has risen, now there are ten yuan everywhere, there are no eight, and the road in Honghu Village is still difficult to walk. The man immediately said with a humble face.

"I only came back a month ago last time, where it rose so quickly, eight yuan is OK, and besides, the road here is difficult to walk, I am a local of Honghu. Zhou Zhi shook his head and said.

"The young man is from Honghu Village, and eight yuan is eight yuan in that line. The middle-aged man nodded.

"Thank you, master. After speaking, Zhou Zhi sat directly in the back seat of the middle-aged man's car.

The motorbike started quickly, and the journey was quite exciting, as the road to Honghu Village, or all the villages under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqiao Town, was difficult to walk.

The road from the village to the town is still yellow muddy roads, but it will be a little dusty on a sunny day, and if it rains, it will be really muddy.

The roads in other villages are at least not sloppy, but Honghu Village has large and small slopes.

From a distance, the road looked like an undulating hill and a snake winding, and there was no place for peace.

Yes, this journey can be said to be very exciting.

"Why is this coming back, young man, not a year. While driving, the master asked.

"Come back to my hometown. Zhou Zhi replied with his head sideways.

"Oh, it's good to come back and see, many of the young people who went out are not coming back for the New Year now, and we are too poor here, the road is still like this for so many years, and it's not interesting to come back, and it still delays you young people, so it's better not to come back." The master sighed.

"Hmm. As Zhou Zhi, who didn't go back to his hometown for the Chinese New Year this year, he was a little embarrassed and didn't say much.

The sudden sound of the motorcycle drove all the way to Honghu Village, and soon arrived at the junction of Honghu Village and Hongyan Village, and the master spoke again.

"Where is the young man?" asked the master.

"It's on the stone bridge down the slope in front of me. Zhou Zhi took advantage of the uphill slope and pointed to the stone bridge road that could be seen faintly in front of him.

"Well, it's coming soon. The master answered.

It was said that it was immediate, but it was only five minutes later.

After getting out of the car and paying the money, the master got on the motorcycle and turned around and left.

Standing on the old stone bridge, you can vaguely see a tiled house hidden in the bamboo forest on the slope, and that is the well-known hometown.

Under the stone bridge is a shallow river, the water is very shallow, shining silver in the sun, and it is known that he also caught small fish below when he was a teenager.

"It's been a long time since I've been back, but luckily I have the key with me. Zhou Zhi touched the side pocket of the backpack, and there was a sound of ding zero inside.

"I guess it hasn't rained recently, it's really sunny. Zhou Zhi walked slowly up the slope, the sun was very fierce, and the dirt on the road was dry and gray.

Zhou Zhi's home was about a hundred meters away from where he got off the bus, and although the distance was short, it was all uphill, so Zhou Zhi was already sweating profusely when he arrived at the door.

"It's finally here. Zhou Zhi stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the two closed wooden doors with some emotion.

The house in front of me looks very old, the white ash of the exterior wall is a little mottled, and the door facing the path is also full of traces of time, and the lock on the top is still old-fashioned, and the bottom is rusty.

The door is cool because of the shelter of the door and the bamboo forest.

Zhou Zhi took out the key and opened the wooden door.

With a "squeak", the wooden door was pushed open, and the vision was a wide cement yard, the sun was shining, the air was filled with fine dust, and the porch was paved with large stones, and some weeds grew tenaciously from the cracks.

"Although it is a little old, it is very clean, and I will have to thank the third grandfather for a while. Zhou Zhi walked inside, and said.

Yes, they rarely come back to the old house of the Zhou Zhi family, but after all, it is their own old house, so I ask the third grandfather's family to take care of it if they have time.

Now I look at the third grandfather's family, which is obviously very carefully taken care of, otherwise where is the current cleanliness and tidiness, I am afraid that it would have been overgrown with grass long ago.

The whole old house is a zigzag building, the gate is open on the side of the road near the bamboo forest, and the straight line is to open the side door, there is a small waterhole one meter away from the side door, and the water flows down from the high mountain behind Zhou Zhijia.

The place next to the outer wall is a pigsty and a chicken coop, but because the well-known grandparents have passed away and the parents opened a snack bar outside, it has long been abandoned, and only the place remains.

On the left and right hand sides of the door are four side rooms and two on one side.

To the right of the door is the kitchen and dining room, and the side room near the side door was formerly used to store firewood and grain.

Directly opposite the door were five main rooms, with the former grandparents' house in the middle, but when they got older they moved out of there and lived in a small side room near the kitchen, which was already used to store well-known books and things that were not used or used at all.

The main house near the kitchen is where Zhou Zhi's parents once lived, and they have also not lived there for more than ten years, after all, Zhou Zhi's parents went out to work not long after they got married.

Zhou Zhi's room was where his parents lived, and yes, Zhou Zhi was taken out by his parents when he was still an infant.

So I haven't officially had my own room yet.

"Squeak" The old wooden door made an old sound, and Zhou Zhi opened all the doors of the room.

The kitchen is still a large pot stove for burning firewood, but some basic kitchen utensils are still there, and the side room near the side door is still stacked with some firewood, and the pile of grain is empty. The five main rooms were empty except for the one where the well-known things were kept, but the five double-shelf beds inside were very conspicuous.

After all, it is the main room, even if you don't live in it, at that time, you also made a bed and put it in it, Zhou Zhi stepped forward and pushed it with his hand, and found that the bed was still very strong.

"It's worthy of my grandfather's own bed, and it's still so strong after so many years. Zhou Zhi sighed.

Yes, Zhou Zhi's grandfather was a famous carpenter in the village when he was alive, and everyone may not be able to react to the name for a while, but when Zhou Carpenter is mentioned, he must be Zhou Zhi's grandfather, which can be seen.

After looking at the situation of the room, Zhou Zhi called the system in his heart: "This house belongs to me, and the first task is completed." ”

The system quickly replied to Zhou Zhi's question: "The task is not completed." ”

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