Xiaohua hurriedly held up the Chinese textbook that had been in her hand, and explained a little embarrassed and anxious: "Teacher, I, my feet will hurt a little when I walk here from school.

How embarrassing is this? Does the teacher think she's too hypocritical? Does her foot hurt after walking so much? But it really hurts.

Because the shoes don't fit, after walking here with a heavy schoolbag from school every day, the little feet will always be blistered one after another, but Xiaohua has never told anyone about it.

At the same time, she never delays her studies because of this incident.

Every time she sits here with the sunset on her back, she will always take out her books rain or shine, and read books for a while in the sunset or in the wind and rain.

When it rains, she takes a transparent plastic bag and covers the book, so that it does not affect her reading and does not get wet.

At this moment, the plastic bag that has accompanied her for several springs, summers, autumns and winters is still tied to a small bush next to it.

When it rains, untie the plastic bag from the bushes, and when it doesn't rain, tie it to the bushes.

It's her little secret that no one knows.

Tang Lifen looked at the textbook in Xiaohua's hand, and then looked at the thin little flower, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Should we continue to blame her for not coming home sooner, or should we praise her for being diligent and studious?

"Okay, hurry up and get in the car." Chen Yang saw that Tang Lifen didn't speak, so he said, "Don't get in the car again, the road will be even more difficult to walk when it gets dark later."

Tang Lifen remembered that there was another person next to her, so she hurriedly said to Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, this is Junhui's brother, he sent the teacher in, so the teacher wants to take him to your house with him, is it okay?"

"Well, that's okay.," Xiaohua said happily, "Junhui hates it, but his brother doesn't hate it at all."

"Why is Junhui so annoying?" Chen Yang thought it was strange.

Could it be that Junhui, a stinky boy, is so unlikable to girls at school?

"Junhui always pulls my hair," Xiaohua was so angry that he said this, "Once, he threw shredded scratch paper on my head, I hate him."

After all, a child's world is not as complicated as an adult's world.

They are simple, they are beautiful, and they will always play tricks on each other.

Chen Yang smiled, and then said seriously: "Xiaohua, don't worry, when I go back, I will tie Junhui up on the stairs and beat him hard."

"Huh?" Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, frowned, and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, I, I'm just talking casually, don't hit him, in fact, he is sometimes very good, he has delicious food, and he will share it with me."

"Hahaha." Chen Yang laughed.

Xiaohua felt strange and thought for a while before realizing that she had been fooled.

Tang Lifen said: "Okay, let's get in the car first, otherwise, it will be really dark later."

The three of them got into the car, and Xiaohua and Tang Lifen sat in the back.

"Don't be afraid." Chen Yang saw Xiaohua holding the doorknob tightly with both hands in the rearview mirror, so he comforted, "Brother Chen Yang is an old driver, I used to work on the construction site and drove a big truck, so driving this pickup truck is a piece of cake."

Xiaohua smiled pale and didn't speak.

It's impossible not to be afraid. This is the first time in her life that she has taken a car on this road.

She looked out the window at the slowly moving mountains with a somewhat complicated expression.

A little scared, but also a little hopeful. Maybe she wondered when the road would become wide.

And when will she grow up and then be able to drive her own car on the mountain road that will turn into a wide avenue in the future?

Maybe she doesn't know yet that no one will ever come to build this road.

Maybe she doesn't know yet, they've been forgotten.

Even, she may not know that because her parents refused to relocate, even the subsistence allowance that originally belonged to their family was canceled.

There are so many things she doesn't know.

After a long journey, the car finally came to the entrance of Taoyuan Village.

It is said to be a village, but it is not like a village.

The only sign that lets people know that this is Taoyuan Village is a big rock on the side of the road.

The stone was carved with iron tools to carve out the three big characters of Taoyuan Village.

"Huh, it's strange, when I came in before, I didn't even have this big stone." Chen Yang felt strange.

He recalled, and there really wasn't a shadow of the stone in his mind.

Xiaohua suddenly straightened her waist, stared at the big stone and said very proudly: "It was carved by my father, he said, the villagers have moved away, but we haven't moved away, the village still exists, as long as the village is still there, our roots are still there, so he and his mother transported this big stone here and carved three big characters: Taoyuan Village. This is the name of our village. I am a villager of Taoyuan Village."

Her voice was as joyful as a lark, and her tone was full of pride and pride, as if her father had carved not three crooked characters, but a totem, a flag, and her soul.

Chen Yang smiled: "Hahaha, I didn't expect your father to be so powerful, and he can actually engrave words."

"Of course, my dad knows a lot of things." Xiaohua raised her chin, very proud.

What kind of education can make a child with such a difficult life always maintain his love for his home and pride in his family?

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen suddenly looked forward to the next meeting.

They all want to see what kind of people Xiaohua's parents are.

The car stopped at the edge of the rocks, and the three men had to get out of the car and walk into the village, because the so-called village did not have a wide path, only a criss-cross of sheep's intestines and alleys crisscrossed between the houses.

The so-called house is neither a cement building, nor a mud house with red bricks and black tiles, nor a classical and elegant wooden house imagined by Tang Lifen, nor a tree house full of fairy tale.

The houses were not large, but they were all stacked with stones of different sizes and shapes, and then a few pieces of wood were laid across the roof, and then covered with bark.

That's a house to live in.

This kind of house can also be found in other villages, but the stones used in other villages are pebbles from rivers.

Pebbles are easy to take, small in size, and not much different in shape, so they are easy to use to build a house.

However, those cobblestone houses are generally used as pigsty and cattle pens, and are rarely used for people.

In this kind of house in Taoyuan Village, it is not easy to take stones: they need to cut out the boulders from the mountain, break the boulders, and then break them into stones of different sizes and stack them tightly according to the shape.

Because there is no yellow mud to fill the gaps, the stones must be tightly fitted with each other.

This involves the processing of stones, which are often processed with blunt iron, knocking out excess edges and corners, or smoothing uneven surfaces, which requires a huge amount of effort.

However, the advantage of this kind of stone house is that as long as you put enough care into the construction, the quality is basically fine.

Of course, the premise is that there is no natural disaster, otherwise, in the event of an earthquake or something, it will still collapse.

The stone walls of the house are nice, but the bark roof is a bit unsatisfactory.

The bark is fir bark, and it is not uncommon for fir bark to be used for roofing, but the quality can only be used for more than ten years.

Tang Lifen looked at these houses and was very surprised: "Oh my God, why do people still live in such houses now? Are these houses made of stone?"

"Of course, if you look at this stone mountain, if you take local materials, you can only find stones. Chen Yang explained, "You can rest assured, these stone houses are well built, and they will not fall down without human damage and natural disasters." ”

"Oooh oh. So, what's that roof?"

"It's a kind of bark, and there are a lot of houses in our village that use bark as roofs, but those houses are for poultry and livestock. ”

Tang Lifen sighed and said: "It's really the sun in the east and the rain in the west, it's the same mountain village, why is the difference so big? I originally thought that your village was the poorest and mountainiest mountain village in Redwood Town, but I didn't expect that this Taoyuan Village was the poorest and mountainier." ”

"Now there is no Taoyuan Village, okay. The people have been relocated en masse. ”

"Nonsense, our family hasn't moved yet. Xiaohua, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped, turned around, stared at Chen Yang and said angrily, "Taoyuan Village is still there, this is Taoyuan Village, and you are now standing on the land of Taoyuan Village." ”

Junhui hates it, and his brother hates it even more!

Tang Lifen hurriedly stepped forward and put her hand on Xiaohua's shoulder: "Xiaohua, Brother Chen Yang didn't mean that, don't worry." ”

Xiaohua was really anxious, and her eyes were wet.

Chen Yang knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "Xiaohua, I'm sorry, I just said something wrong, don't you be angry, okay?"

Xiaohua flattened her mouth and whispered with teary eyes: "Taoyuan Village is still there, and our family is still here." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Xiaohua, Taoyuan Village is still there. Chen Yang hurriedly said, "I was not good just now, I said it wrong, don't cry, don't cry." ”

I am most afraid of children crying.

Xiaohua sobbed twice, wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, and said, "Then you are not allowed to say that Taoyuan Village is gone." ”

"Don't say it, don't say it, I swear to you. Chen Yang raised a palm and was very serious, "If I say that again, I'll be a bastard." ”

Seeing that he looked serious, Xiaohua burst into tears and smiled: "Mmmm, go, come with me, my parents are coming back." ”

She took Brother Chen Yang's hand with one hand and Teacher Tang's hand with the other, and walked forward again.

No one knew why she was suddenly crying just now. Is it really just because Chen Yang said the wrong thing?

Why can everyone else abandon this village, but they can't?

The houses in the village are not densely packed, and the distance between each house is hundreds of meters, and even farther, it is estimated that it is as far as a mile.

Some houses were built in the valley, some on flat land on the mountainside, and some against the gables.

The house is made of the same raw materials as the house, but the style is very different. Some houses are larger, and it is estimated that the family has a large population. Some of the houses are smaller, just enough for a family of four.

The three of them walked along the village path for about ten minutes, and after crossing a small hill, Xiaohua pointed to the front excitedly and said, "Look, look, it's my house." ”

Her excited tone must be full of deep love for her home.

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen raised their eyes at the same time, and for a while, they were a little stunned.

They now stood at the top of the hillside, with villages scattered with houses in the background, flanked by boulders that looked like door gods, and in front of them, a different view.

"Oh my God, it's spectacular, how can I feel like I've come to a fairy tale world?" Tang Lifen exclaimed.

In front of them was a 'vast' meadow.

Although this meadow is not as vast as the Mongolian steppe, it is also extremely rare in a mountainous area like Redwood Town.

Even in a large village with flat land like Xinwu Village, you can't see such a vast grassland.

The meadow is not as flat and open as a lake, but there are still many undulating hills.

But on these hills, there are no tall trees, and it is difficult to see the shadow of boulders, only a few low shrubs, growing in tenacious manner, at this high altitude.

It is rumored that the altitude of Taoyuan Village is more than 1,000 meters. Chen Yang has not measured it himself, so he does not know the truth.

However, from the meadow in front of you, you can probably tell that the altitude here is indeed very high. Because the altitude is high enough to form such a landscape, it is difficult for those seeds that drift from a distance to grow.

Grass and shrubs are the overlords of this meadow. (Real place, photos in the comment section)

Xiaohua pointed to a stone house in front of her and said, "Look, that's my house." ”

The two of them focused their gaze from the blank to the place where Xiaohua was pointing, but saw a black stone house, standing quietly on the grass, silent between heaven and earth.

The house is not very large, and the structure is the ordinary structure of Taoyuan Village, with stone walls and bark roofs.

But unlike the other houses, this one has no yard and opens the door to a vast meadow.

Chen Yang guessed that it was probably because only Xiaohua's family lived here, so naturally there was no need for such a thing as a yard.

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