From the capital to the northwest, it was a long journey, but fortunately, there were many people in the company, but it was not lonely.

The twelve members of the Poetry Society occupied a small half of the seats in a carriage, and although they were not uniformly dressed, each of them wore the Peking University emblem on their chests, so that other passengers, including the flight attendants, would cast friendly glances at them.

Although this group of students looks poor and immature now, they will pull out a random one in the future, and they will also be eight hundred national cadres, and no one dares to despise them.

The green train traveled for four days and three nights, and finally arrived at the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, but unfortunately everyone did not have much time to stop here.

Their trip was not an aimless trip, the school had already contacted the local government, and the liaison here was waiting for them to deliver them to their final destination.

The tin bus swayed slowly, and when it arrived in the northwest, the surrounding scene had obviously changed, and there seemed to be only one color between heaven and earth - yellow.

Yellow earth, yellow sand, yellow houses, yellow people......

The road conditions are really bad, the body seems to be falling apart, many classmates can't stand such a tiring day of traveling, their faces are pale, and cold sweat breaks out on their foreheads, at this time, everyone's physical fitness is reflected, Li Yadong and Guo Qi are fine, and Su Wei and Tao Lu, who are sitting in front of them, are not so lucky.

"Give. ”

Li Yadong brought a military kettle, he is a person with rich travel experience, and knows the importance of water sources in the northwest desert, so when the ancient city took a break, he asked the restaurant owner for hot water.

Su Wei and Tao Lu took a few sips of each other, and their expressions were obviously much more relaxed.

When Tao Lu returned the kettle to him, he asked weakly, "Li Dashao, do you regret it?"

"No regrets. Li Yadong smiled indifferently, where is this, these people really think that he is a child who grew up in a honey pot, and he is also drunk.

"Then you wait, the best is yet to come. ”

Tao Lu handed him a "see how long you can last" look, accompanied by a smiling face, but laughing is more ugly than crying.

She originally said casually, in fact, how did she know that there was something waiting for them behind, let alone her, even Xiao Feng didn't know the real destination of this trip. didn't ask, it was absolute trust in the organization, and if he asked, the school reported the name of the place, and he was also confused.

But unfortunately, she really got what she said, and the good show was really behind. After suffering for several hours, when they arrived in a small county town in the middle of the afternoon, everyone understood what it meant to cry without tears.

Waiting for them were two donkey carts.

That's not the point, the point is what the "liaison" has to say.

"Hello students, I received a notice from my superiors, waiting for you here, the task is to send you to the destination of this trip - Dalong Village, Dalong Village is in the westernmost part of the county, is the poorest village in the county, according to which there are dozens of miles of road, the mountain road is narrow, you can only take a donkey cart, we have long days here, if you rush immediately, you can probably get there before dark. ”

People say it bluntly, what can I do, hurry up is the right way, haven't you heard people, the mountain road is narrow, and it is not easy to walk during the day, let alone at night.

There were six people sitting on a donkey cart, plus an old man who was driving the car, the road was fine at the beginning, but the farther away from the county, the steeper the terrain became, and almost all of the cliffs were in the back, and the buttocks were turned into two and they didn't dare to move, and the timid classmates didn't dare to raise their heads.

Li Yadong took out a pack of Ashima from his bag, he has a habit of always carrying a pack of cigarettes when he goes out, even if he doesn't smoke it, he handed it to the old man who drove the car, and asked: "Uncle, how many years have you been driving, has this road been traveled before?"

The old man who drove the car had a strong local accent, as if his nose was pinched up when he spoke, and took Ashima with a filter, didn't want to smoke it, stuffed it into his pocket, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, young man, after more than 30 years of driving, you can walk on this road with your eyes closed, and it's safe." ”

Finally able to understand, Li Yadong instantly felt comfortable, otherwise he was really a little worried, this feeling of holding his life in the hands of others made him very uncomfortable.

The donkey cart swayed all the way, and almost everyone felt that they had been abandoned, and when it was about to get dark, a small mountain village in the col finally appeared in front of everyone.

"It's here, it's here......" Several people even cried with joy.

Dalong Village, the name is quite imposing, but it is really poor, after Li Yadong climbed down from the donkey cart, he glanced around a few times, and he had a general understanding of this small mountain village in the remote area of northern Shaanxi.

As Guo Qi said earlier, there are no houses here, and all people live in caves.

There are a group of college students in the village, for this poor mountain village, no less than a 12-magnitude earthquake, whether it is an aunt or an aunt, or a man and a boy, all of them are in a hurry to rush to the entrance of the village, no other ideas, just want to see what the college students look like, they are the most capable people here, is the village party secretary, graduated from junior high school.

The village party secretary is a black and thin middle-aged man with a goatee, Li Yadong guessed that he should not be particularly old, but he looked old, with a white turban wrapped around his head, obviously a little prepared, and enthusiastically walked over and shook hands with Li Yadong and his party one by one, and the girls were exempted, and there were four people standing in a row with their chests and stomachs up, probably the cadres of the village, looking at their appearance, God knows how many times this process was rehearsed in private.

"We are so happy that you can come to Dalong Village, folks, don't you say?"

"Yes!"

The fathers and villagers are very enthusiastic, and although there are obvious traces of rehearsal in some processes, the heartfelt joy in everyone's expressions cannot be pretended.

The village party secretary's surname is Ma, just let the classmates call him Lao Ma, and warmly greet everyone to his house.

Hardly without his orders, five or six young men who had been waiting beside him for a long time stepped forward to take the salute from the hands of the crowd.

The group walked along the yellow dirt road to Ma Zhishu's house, but near the door, the villagers dispersed very consciously, and walked such a long way, as if just to send them a ride, the folk customs are sincere and simple.

A fairly clean small courtyard, with a one-person high courtyard wall built with yellow mud on the periphery, backed by a bare hill, and three caves were dug on it, which is a typical living style in northern Shaanxi.

At this time, a bonfire was set up in the courtyard, a large table was set up next to it, a fat white goat was tied to the wooden shelf not far away, several women wearing patched clothes, boiling water, sharpening knives, each busy with their work, it could not be all from Ma Zhishu's family, obviously the villagers who came to help.

Li Yadong understands the customs of the northwest region, the old saying "northerners eat meat", the residents of the northwest like to eat beef and mutton, thinking that vegetables are eaten by chickens, fish are eaten by cats, and only meat is eaten by people. When guests come to the house, they must have meat, but such a large goat is a lot of money for this barren mountain village.

The only woman in the courtyard who didn't wear patched clothes was Ma Zhishu's mother-in-law, with a smile on her face, carrying a kettle to pour tea for everyone in turn, but the smile fell in Li Yadong's eyes, and it always felt a little far-fetched.

In a gap that no one noticed, she pinched Ma Zhishu, and then walked into the cave first.

Ma Zhishu asked everyone to drink some tea first, you are welcome, just like at home, and then followed.

"What's wrong?"

His mother-in-law sat cross-legged on the kang, looking a little sullen, and said, "Didn't you say that there are three or five people, why are there so many, and there is not enough for a sheep to eat." ”

Ma Zhishu is not a strict wife, and he was furious when he heard it, "You mother-in-law who lacks heart, what do you know, these are all capable high-level intellectuals, future national cadres, that is not the same grade as my broken village party secretary, they are all big officials, people can come to us, you have to hide in the bed and steal fun, why don't you know what to do?"

His mother-in-law still didn't listen, and said with red eyes: "There are so many people, and they have to live in the village for a month or two, and the whole village has to be eaten poor by them!"

"If you eat poor, you will eat poor!" Ma Zhishu looked firmly, and said: "It's a big deal, everyone's trouser belt is tight, and the support will pass, if these intellectuals can teach something to the dolls in the village, maybe our village can also produce a college student." It's a good thing to be able to read us in the future, when will I think of it to help, Dalong Village also has to change its appearance, there are many benefits, you stinky girls, just have long hair and short knowledge. ”

His mother-in-law was stunned by his scolding and asked, "Really?"

"Then there can be a fake!"

"Uh......" his mother-in-law doesn't know a big character, how can he know what the avenue is, he knows that the whole village has the most capable men, he said eighty percent is right, and the rain is sunny in an instant, and he gets up from the kang.

"Okay, I'll roll out two more noodles, I'm afraid I won't have enough to eat later. ”

"Hmm......" Ma Zhishu showed a pleased smile, looking into the courtyard through the gap in the door curtain, his eyes becoming more and more determined.

His family has lived here for generations, and he has been poor for several generations, this small mountain village has never flown out of the Golden Phoenix in the past, nor has he ever walked in with capable people, he wants to lead the villagers to live a good life, but his ability is really limited, he doesn't know if this is an opportunity, but he doesn't want to miss it.