On August 1st, when the first rays of morning light pierced through the mist, the eastern horizon shone with a glimmer of light, carefully infiltrating the light blue sky, and the morning light slowly opened.

Chen Houde got up as usual, practiced Tai Chi a few times in the courtyard, and then began to wash.

Ten minutes later, Chen Houde, who seemed to have a new look, appeared in the courtyard.

He wore a white long-sleeved shirt on the top, a brown jacket on the outside, a washed and whitish-white flared jeans on the bottom, and a pair of old ones on his feet. But particularly clean faux pull-back canvas shoes. The slightly messy hair was also cleaned up, and the fluffy beard at the corners of the mouth was also shaved clean.

The whole person is full of youthful atmosphere, and the previous messy hairstyle, sloppy beard, and a labor protection dress are not the same, but the dark skin is hard and discounted.

Chen Houde held two pieces of A4-style paper in his right hand, and read the words in mind. This is the speech that Chen Houde wrote in a hurry last night. At this time, I was planning to memorize the content of the manuscript and prepare for this afternoon's speech.

After reading silently in the courtyard for a while, Chen Houde folded the speech and put it in his pocket, checked the money and ID card again, and strode away.

Chen Houde has his own 5,000 yuan scholarship and his parents' savings of 3,000 yuan, a total of 8,000. So, I had to double-check again.

The 8,000 yuan was handed over to Chen Houde by his mother last night. At that time, Chen Houde knew that his mother gave him all her savings, but he was strongly opposed, saying that he had to leave some money for the family.

Because, Chen Houde knows that his mother's heart disease may use money at any time. Since Chen Houde can remember, his mother has been hospitalized three times for heart disease. Therefore, Chen Dali did not want his family to use all their savings for him to study, and strongly opposed it.

But in the end, Chen Houde still couldn't screw his mother, and still accepted the 8,000 yuan, but the 8,000 yuan became heavy. That is the love and expectation of his parents for Chen Houde.

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After three or five minutes...... Chen Houde appeared in Chen Dali's house, and Chen Dali's house was extremely simple.

A dilapidated tiled house is separated, and Chen Dali and his grandmother each live in one and a thatched house kitchen. This is the biggest asset that Chen Dali's parents left him - a dilapidated home.

When Chen Houde arrived, Chen Dali was skillfully catching pheasants and snow rabbits in the low shed built in the corner of the yard. Then put them in cages separately.

These pheasants and snow rabbits are the results of Chen Houde's three sets in the past few days: there are eight pheasants and six snow rabbits.

Chen Houde looked at Chen Dali and asked, "Did you bring your ID card?" ”

"Bring it, I took it with me when I went to bed last night. Chen Dali closed the two cages where the pheasant and the snow rabbit were kept.

"That's good"

At the moment when Chen Houde and Dali were chatting.

Outside the door, there was a buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, Chen Houde knew that it was Mazi who arrived on his father's three-wheeled motorcycle.

Chenjiazhuang is 20 kilometers away from the county seat, and the best way to get to the county seat is a motorcycle. In Chenjiazhuang, villagers basically ride bicycles or walk to the county seat. Because there are no buses in this poor and remote place.

This motorcycle was the only motor vehicle in the village, and it was the village chief's mount, and he was very angry in the village at that time.

Chen Houde walked out of the door, and sure enough, he saw Mazi driving this three-wheeled motorcycle galloping over.

Mazi saw Chen Houde and deliberately honked the horn: Di, Di, show off.

"Get in the car, get in the car. Mazi drove the car away, and Chen Houde said next to him

"Mazi can, your father's mount can be lent, I thought we had to ride a bicycle to the county seat. Chen Houde looked at the driveway

"I borrowed your light and said that I would send you to the county seat to give a speech, and my father agreed with a wave of his hand. ”

"Damn, use me as an excuse to despise you!" Chen Houde raised his middle finger

"Manniu, Manniu is coming out soon, it's about to go!" Mazi ignored Chen Houde and said

As soon as Mazi finished speaking, Chen Dali walked out with two large bamboo cages, "Mazi, can't you be quiet? My grandmother is still sleeping." ”

"Shhhh Come on quickly, let's go. Mazi whispered.

Chen Dali put the two cages into the motorcycle truck box and sat on them. Chen Houde sat in the back seat of the motorcycle next to Mazi.

"Let's go. ”

Buzz, buzz, buzz、...... The three-wheeled motorcycle is gone.

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More than thirty minutes later, Mohe County gradually appeared in the sight of the three people.

Mazi drove the car to the practice stall. Chen Houde said to Mazi

The practice stall is a free stall area, only need to pay two yuan entrance fee, anything can be put in, the practice stall is a major feature of Mohe County.

The practice stall can be regarded as a microcosm of Mohe, which has the characteristics of various towns and villages in Mohe. Specialties, wild fruits, wild vegetables, birds, animals, and strange ............ The whole nine yards. Many tourists like to take a stroll around the practice stall or buy a little something.

Chen Houde and his wife paid the money and went into the practice stall. The practice booth was already crowded with people, shouting, bargaining, shouting, and noisy...... It is endless, lively and crowded.

The practice booth is free to set up stalls, and whoever comes early can occupy a good position. Chen Houde: The three of them came relatively late. Therefore, there were only some remote locations left, and the three of them found a relatively good stall to put the two cages of game there, and then opened and started trading.

In this place where people come and go, there are many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, Chen Houde was afraid of losing his property, so he checked his belongings and said, "Mazi go buy some breakfast and come back." ”

"Okay! I'm already hungry with my chest and back, you two are optimistic about the stall. As soon as Mazi finished speaking, he burrowed into the crowd.

Ten minutes later, Mazi brought back a few cups of soy milk, a few pancakes and a few buns, which was their breakfast, not rich but not bad.

After eating breakfast, Chen Houde said: "Mazi, you look at the stall by yourself first, and I will go to the bank with Dali to get a card first." ”

"Okay, go ahead. ”

Chen Houde beckoned vigorously and walked out together. When I arrived at the bank, there was a long queue inside.

Chen Houde spent almost an hour and vigorously set up a bank card and saved money.

Chen Houde and Chen Dali each had 4,000 yuan on the card. This is what Chen Houde deliberately did, because he was afraid that the family would urgently need money at that time, and he could use this money for emergencies.

After all, Chen Houde's mother and Chen Dali's grandmother may need money at any time. Therefore, Chen Houde does not plan to deposit all the money into his own card.

Besides, the university registration is two thousand eight, plus Chen Houde still has seven or eight hundred yuan left as living expenses, and when the time comes, he can support himself by working part-time.

Chen Houde didn't want to go to college and bring down his family.

"Don't talk too much when you go back, don't you know? This money is for the family's emergency. Chen Houde advised

"Brother, but, but what can you do?" Chen Dali said a little anxiously

"I have 4,000 yuan enough to go to college, don't worry. Let's go back and see how Mako's side is going. Chen Houde changed the topic and took the lead.

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When Chen Houde and Chen Dali returned to the stall, Mazi had already sold three pheasants and two snow rabbits.

"Mazi is good. How much does it cost?" Chen Houde quipped

"That's for fifty-eight oceans. Mako boasted

When Chen Houde and Mazi were chatting and bragging about the cow, four men and a woman came over, led by a man in his early forties, who looked ordinary but had a pair of deep and sharp star eyes that people did not dare to look at directly, and the man wore a Mao suit and slowly walked over to Chen Houde's stall.

The three men who followed followed were dressed in uniform outdoor hiking suits, with a sturdy physique, and their expressionless faces protected the woman in the middle, intentionally or unintentionally.

The woman in the middle has black hair like silk satin, her skin is as bright as snow, her eyes are as bright as stars, and her beautiful nose sets off the perfection of this melon seed face. Cherry mouth, a pair of delicate and drunk into the hearts of the people, willow thin waist, a light blue mountaineering suit can not hide the graceful posture, beautiful and incomprehensible.

This woman in her early twenties attracted all the eyes around her, including Chen Houde and the three of them. The woman's face was as usual, as if she had been used to it for a long time, and her face was expressionless.

"Young man, did you catch these pheasants and snow rabbits?" said the man in the tunic suit.

Hearing the voice of the man in the tunic suit, Chen Houde came back to his senses from this surprise.

Chen Houde saw that Dali and Mazi had not yet recovered from any beautiful woman, so he said: "Yes, we went up the mountain to cover, you see, every pheasant and snow rabbit have some wounds on their legs." ”

"Is the young man a professional hunter for a living?" asked the man in the tunic again

Chen Houde was a little puzzled and said, "No, I am a student." But he's the best hunter in our village. Chen Houde pointed at Chen Dali.

"Look at this cocoon, this physique is indeed an expert. The man in the tunic glanced at Chen Dali with his deep and sharp eyes, and continued: "Hello this young man, are you familiar with the mountains here?"

Chen Dali was swept away by the eyes of the man in the tunic suit, as if he was being targeted by some kind of beast, and his spine was slightly cold.

Chen Dali immediately woke up from the previous sluggishness, instinctively retreated his left foot slightly, his right foot was slightly bent, and the whole person maintained a state of exploding at any time and looked at the man in the tunic suit.

Chen Houde saw that Chen Dali did not react, and bumped Chen Dali with his hand.

Chen Dali reacted and looked at the man in the tunic suit, "What did you say?"

The man in the tunic suit was very surprised when he watched Chen Dali put on an offensive posture. In this remote place, there are people who have such a keen sense of danger and are on the offensive.