At the back of the house, there is a 'chicken pen' fenced with iron nets.

It's not a chicken coop, it's so small that it can only be used for chickens to sleep on.

This chicken pen is much larger than the average chicken coop, and even bigger than Xiaohua's house.

Tang Lifen didn't notice the chicken pen, but was surprised by the 'beauty' here.

Although the environment is remote, mountainous, and even poor, it has nothing to do with the beauty of nature.

Looking at the grass swaying in the wind, there was already a little yellow, and she couldn't help but think of the poetry of the ancients: The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

Unfortunately, there are no cattle or sheep here.

Although there are no cattle and sheep, no herders and dogs following the sheep, there is a more lovely sky than anywhere else.

Looking up, those old puffy clouds seemed to be within reach.

The sky was so close, the clouds were so close, and even the moon that rose early was so close.

Under this heavenly dome, there is a vast expanse all around. Whether it is a raised hill or an occasional low-lying area, it is covered with the grass that grows old in autumn.

Xiaohua was on this vast meadow, galloping like a free pony, running towards the temple of her heart.

Ran to the door of the stone house, and did not forget to look back at the two adults who were staying not far away, and shouted happily: "Hurry up, I don't have time to wait for you." ”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pushed open the wooden door made of wooden planks, and with a creak, the scene inside the room was faintly visible in the twilight.

She walked briskly into the room, and in the blink of an eye she was gone.

And Tang Lifen's gaze still fell on those hillocks with soft lines.

Although the grass is a little old in autumn, most of the grass is still green thanks to the warm climate in the south.

They rendered in the low-lying areas, rendered on the hills, and then gently poured into the sky, dyeing the last few puffy clouds dark green.

Chen Yang patted Tang Lifen on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why, don't tell me, you want to spend the night here." ”

"yes, why can't I spend the night here? Tang Lifen had a flash of inspiration, and her two big eyes suddenly burst into light.

You can't live here, but you don't think it's okay to spend the night here.

"Come on, there are many mosquitoes in the mountains, aren't you afraid?" Chen Yang smiled and walked forward.

Tang Lifen followed behind: "At such a high altitude, how can there be mosquitoes?" You think too much, at night, I estimate that you have to cover the quilt here, not to mention that mosquitoes won't come out, but people don't want to go out." ”

She quickened her pace, overtook Chen Yang, and squeezed into the stone room before him.

"Xiaohua, what are you doing? "Tang Lifen has made enough preparations before entering the door. She expected that the poor Xiaohua's house might be a mess, many things were moldy, and many things were old, and even the ground might be pitted.

However, at this moment, she stood at the door in a daze.

The floor was not dirt, but a stone floor, and although it was not as bright as the marble and tiles of the city, it was very neat.

Although the walls are black stone walls, there are some dried flowers on top of them, which also gives people a sense of literary and artistic atmosphere.

There were no broken or lame wooden benches in the house, only stone piers that were smoothed out of stone.

A dozen or so stone piers are neatly arranged against the wall, and there are a few flowers hanging on the stone pier face that have not had time to dry.

When Chen Yang came over and saw all this, he was also a little surprised.

Originally, like Tang Lifen, he thought that Xiaohua's house must be old and dilapidated, but he didn't want to, it was cleaner and tidier than his home.

He smiled: "Haha, this house is quite old from the outside, but when you look inside, it still looks like a small villa." ”

In addition to the stone pier as a stool, there are also tree root tables, wooden shelves, and bamboo tube teacups.

These utensils are a little too primitive.

The stone pier stools, the tree root table, and the wooden shelves are all reasonable, but the bamboo tube teacups or something seem to be a bit excessive.

Although, now some rich people like this primitive utensils, but these things always feel strange when they appear in Xiaohua's house.

So, it's a style for these things to appear in the homes of the rich, and strange to appear in the homes of the poor? This is not true.

"I'm making a fire, teacher, brother, you can sit down for a while. ”

In a nearby room partitioned by stones, the voice of a small flower was heard. At the same time, there was a faint smell of fireworks.

Chen Yang walked to the kitchen door curiously and looked sideways: "Xiaohua, you are too diligent, you just arrived home, you don't take a break, and you have to do housework again?"

"Hehe, there's no way, we don't have solar energy at home, and we don't have a water heater, if I don't hurry up and boil water, there will be no hot water to bathe when my parents come home." ”

Xiaohua said as she placed her arm-thick firewood on the thin branch that had been lit.

Xiaohua is a good fire-maker, and even without pine wood as a fire, she can easily use fine wood twigs and some leaves and hay to light the firewood in the stove.

When there is a fire in the stove, the kitchen is bright.

When Chen Yang moved his gaze from the kitchen to the living room, he felt that the living room was much darker all of a sudden.

He looked at the wall, found the switch, and walked over and pulled the rope of the switch with his hand.

However, after several consecutive pulls, the energy-saving lamp hanging under the roof could not be lit.

Xiaohua heard the pull of the switch, quickly got up and walked to the kitchen door, and said a little embarrassed: "That, Brother Chen Yang, there is no electricity in our house." ”

"Huh?" Chen Yang and Tang Lifen looked at Xiaohua together.

Chen Yang asked in surprise: "How can there be no electricity? Wasn't there high-voltage electricity in every village more than ten years ago?"

"Well, that's right. Xiaohua smiled embarrassedly and scratched her ears, "However, after the villagers moved collectively, there was no one to repair the high-voltage electricity leading to the village, two years ago, the high-voltage power line in the village was broken, we went to the town to find someone to repair it, and people were unwilling to come, so it has been like this." ”

"So, has your house been without electricity for two years?" Tang Lifen opened her mouth wide, a little incredulous.

Now, in these years, there are still people who have no electricity?

"It's nothing if you don't use electricity. Xiaohua smiled very easily, "In this way, we can also save a lot of electricity bills." ”

"Then what are you going to do at night?" Chen Yang walked to the gate and looked around the yard, but he didn't see anything like solar lights.

"If there is a fire in the kitchen, if there is a fire, there will be light. Xiaohua replied.

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen didn't know what to say for a while. The mood is inexplicably a little heavy.

Such a sensible child deserves the best thing in the world, but she doesn't even have a lamp.

What else can be said at this time?

At this time, can you still complain that you have never gotten something?

Compared with Xiaohua, whether it was Tang Lifen, who was once controlled by her parents, or Chen Yang, who once resented her parents for abandoning her, they were too lucky.

At least, on every lonely, scared and confused day, they have a lamp in their house to light on.

Florets don't.

Seeing that the two adults did not speak, Xiaohua turned around and went back to the kitchen, and after a while, she walked out with a lit candle.

She placed the porcelain bowl in her hand upside down on the wooden table, and fixed the candle in the middle of the bottom of the bowl.

"Teacher, brother, you can wait a little longer, my parents should be back soon, I'm going to wash rice and cook." ”

With that, like a cat, she escaped into the orange light that jumped in the kitchen.

Then, the sound of the pressure cooker being turned on in the kitchen was heard, followed by the sound of washing rice.

After a while, the pressure cooker slammed the lid shut again.

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen looked at the candles on the table, and they became more and more speechless.

Both of them felt a little uncomfortable. originally thought that no matter how difficult Xiaohua's life was, it was just a little poorer than ordinary people, but she didn't want to live such a life.

Even Grandma Lu, who had the most difficult life in Baishi Village, would not have such a difficult life in that family.

Chen Yang suddenly regretted stopping Tang Lifen from sending something to Xiaohua.

Xiaohua walked to the door of the kitchen again, and looked at the two adults in the living room who didn't speak with an embarrassed expression: "That, we may only have eggs to eat tonight." ”

"It's okay, Xiaohua, we can eat anything. Tang Lifen hurriedly said, "The teacher actually loves eggs." ”

"Uh-huh. Xiaohua nodded, and said with some anger, "Actually, I had bacon at home before!"

Listening to her tone, it was as if something had happened before that made her angry.

"Then why is there no more now?" Chen Yang asked with a smile.

Xiaohua crossed her hands on her waist and said angrily: "It's all that nasty monster, one day, I saw a guy who looked like a cat in the yard, I thought it was a lost cat, and then I secretly hid my share of bacon for it to eat when I was having dinner, and after that, it ran to my house every night and waited for me to give it meat." Until one day, I told it that my bacon was finished, and it never appeared again. ”

"What a negative man. Chen Yang smiled.

Tang Lifen also smiled: "Xiaohua, isn't it very good? This story is enough to show that you are a caring little girl, why are you still so angry?"

"However, one day, during lunch at school, the school cafeteria played the TV, and I saw on the TV a guy who looked exactly like the cat, and that guy was not a cat, it was a lynx!"

A lynx!

When Xiaohua said this, she became even more angry: "That big liar, obviously not a cat, actually pretended to be a poor kitten, and ran to my house every day to cheat and drink! The next time I see it, I'll be sure to throw a stone at it."

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen laughed in unison.

"Xiaohua, people didn't say they were a cat. Chen Yang smiled, "It's you who treat people as a cat." ”

"But since it's not a cat, it shouldn't lie to me about meat. Xiaohua snorted.

"No, no, no. Tang Lifen laughed so hard that her stomach hurt a little, "The lynx is actually a cat." To be exact, it is a feline. ”

"That tiger is also a feline, why did you see a tiger running to someone else's house to cheat and eat and drink. ”

Xiaohua's rebuttal left Tang Lifen speechless.

Anyway, Xiaohua has already decided that the lynx is a big liar.

But then again, there are still lynx in this area? I heard that there are lynx in the 100,000 mountains, but I don't want to, there are also lynx in this area. This made Tang Lifen feel a little surprised.

However, when you think about it, it doesn't seem strange.

Taoyuan Village is located high up in a steep stone mountain. And there is only one village in Taoyuan Village in this mountain belt, and there are no other villages around.

At present, the villagers of Taoyuan Village have also been relocated en masse, so it is normal for some wild animals to visit them.

In the past, when many people lived here, wild animals did not dare to appear, but now there is only one family, and those wild animals are just a little bolder.

Tang Lifen was afraid that Xiaohua would really fight with the lynx next time she met the lynx that was cheating on the fake domestic cat, so she said: "Xiaohua, the lynx is a wild animal, and it is a very smart, very beautiful wild animal, they have been bullied by some big bad guys for a long time, not only do they not even have a place to live, but even some of their brothers and sisters have been captured by the big bad guys, so the next time you see them, Xiaohua should go far away and don't hurt them, you know?"

"Huh?" Xiaohua looked at Teacher Tang in the candlelight in amazement, "Why did those villains take away its brothers and sisters?"

"Well, that's complicated. Tang Lifen said, "Anyway, Xiaohua, you can't hurt them." As long as you don't hurt them, they'll hide away when they see you, and they won't hurt you, you know?"

The lynx is a very timid animal, and when it encounters any movement, it can slip away faster than anyone else.

Xiaohua nodded thoughtfully.

"Xiaohua, come out and see, Dad has brought you something back. A man's cry of joy came from the courtyard.

Xiaohua's eyes lit up, and she said with joy on her face: "My parents are back." ”

With that, she leaped over the threshold like a swift lynx, and soon ran into the courtyard.

There is a moon tonight, so the light in the yard is brighter than in the house.

A muscular man carried a large bundle of firewood on his shoulders and other things in his hand.

He unloaded the firewood from his shoulder, leaned it against the firewood piled high in the courtyard, and then raised the thing in his hand, and said excitedly to his daughter, who had already rushed to him: "Xiaohua, look, Dad caught a snake for you. ”

Caught a snake for a ten-year-old......

Chen yang:......

Tang Lifen: ......

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