Chapter 18: The Old House
In the afternoon, Ye Qiu first found shovels, pickaxes, flashlights and other items according to Chen Fei's instructions for use at night. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Then I went to the hospital to visit my grandfather and the four old cats.
My grandfather is in good spirits, he eats and sleeps well, and he has become familiar with everyone, so let's get to know him again.
But the headache is that in a blink of an eye, he will not be able to tell who is who, but he just said that he looks familiar.
Just now, he was obviously chatting with Ye Qiu, but when Ye Qiu went to the toilet and came back, he recognized Ye Qiu as his third son-in-law......
Ye Qiu thought that as long as his grandfather was happy, let alone treating him as his third son-in-law, even if he regarded him as his third grandson, it would be no problem.
The four old cats clamored to be discharged from the hospital, but his wife said that he would not let anything, so he had no choice but to lie on the hospital bed and pretend to be dead......
waited until ten o'clock in the evening, and Ye Qiu finally joined Chen Fei.
Chen Fei said that he slept all afternoon and got up at eight o'clock, and his wife made a big bowl of shredded meat noodles and ate very much......
Ye Qiu was a little miserable, the wolf jumped in the afternoon, and he was already a little sleepy at this time, and the two hamburgers he ate for dinner were almost digested......
He couldn't help but complain a little that Chen Fei didn't remind him to pay attention to rest, so that he could also sleep first......
But can you blame others for this, or blame yourself for being too young.
Chen Fei drove his Land Rover, which had just arrived, and took advantage of the night to go straight to his hometown with one foot on the accelerator.
My grandfather's hometown is more than 100 kilometers away from the city, and it is the northernmost village in the city.
The village is small and backed by mountains. The environment is good, but relatively backward.
Most of the strong laborers in the village work in the urban area, and only some old and young women and children are left at home.
Chen Fei parked his car in a wooded area about a kilometer from the village, not wanting to attract the attention of the villagers.
Then he took the tools with Ye Qiu and quietly entered the village.
Both of them have not been back for more than ten years, and they both feel a lot of emotion when they come back this time.
The village hasn't changed much, it's the same as it was more than a decade ago, and it's no wonder that a small village like this won't change much in another decade.
Foreign capital cannot be brought in, and as long as the people in the village have some strength, they will move to the town or the city, so it is difficult for the village to develop.
Ye Qiu remembers that when he was in elementary school, he often wrote essays about this small mountain village, and the most common sentence he wrote was: Since the third middle school of the eleventh session
After the plenum, great changes took place in the village, with families building small western-style houses, buying brand-new walk-behind tractors, and installing telephones......
Bah, this village has not reached this level to this day.
But at that time, if you don't write like this, your essay won't get a high score, and you will have to go back to the furnace if you don't do it well.
Backwardness is backwardness, and you have to slap your swollen face and become three fat people, is this just because this village is not advanced enough?
All the men in the village except for my grandfather were surnamed Yang, and it is said that my grandfather moved from other places.
But no one can say exactly where they moved from, and my grandfather only said that it was from the other side of the mountain.
Although he is the only outsider in the whole village, he is very respected, and I heard that he has been the village chief for a few years.
My grandfather's old house is located in the northwest corner of the village, and it is a small courtyard with only three thatched houses, some distance from the surrounding homes.
I heard that when my grandfather came, the three thatched houses were already there, and the courtyard wall was built by my grandfather himself with stones.
Although the courtyard is in disrepair, it does not look very dilapidated.
Ye Qiu wondered, the conditions were so poor at the beginning, but why did the house built last for so many years?
Maybe it was because people in that era could do things with their hearts.
The two crept to the gate of the old mansion, like thieves.
The gates of the old house were originally painted with black paint, but due to age and wind and sun, they are now so
It turned blue-brown and was mottled.
Chen Fei motioned to Ye Qiu to open the lock on the door, and Ye Qiu said that there was nothing he could do, neither the key nor the lock smashed.
So the two of them went around to the outside of the back wall of the old house, which was relatively low and rough, and it was easier to climb.
Both of them climbed when they were young, and they didn't get hurt.
Chen Fei threw the tools into the courtyard first, took a few steps back, ran first, and then kicked the wall with his right foot, both hands
Grabbed the head of the wall and jumped hard, and rode on the wall.
He looked inside the courtyard for a moment, then rolled over and jumped. The whole set of actions is done in one go, and it is worthy of being a soldier.
Ye Qiu also learned Chen Fei's posture, a run, and kicked with his right foot, but unfortunately his hand didn't hold the wall, and he fell on all fours.
Yes, useless is a scholar. He had no choice but to hold on to the wall first, and climb up little by little, although the posture was a little ugly, he finally climbed in.
The courtyard is still the same, but it looks a little desolate, and the once lively and warm is gone.
The two of them went around inside and outside the house, after all, they hadn't been back for more than ten years.
Looking back on the past, I can't help but feel a sigh.
The old house was empty, with nothing but dust and mottled walls. That's what people say when they go to empty houses.
The old house has long been cut off the wires, and now it can only rely on the flashlight in his hand to illuminate.
But tonight the weather is good, the moon is big, and the moonlight is sprinkled all over the yard.
The large stone mill is located in the southwest corner of the courtyard, and it is the most common kind in the countryside, but this one is larger.
Despite all the vicissitudes of life, it is still unmoving, solid as a rock, oh no, it is a rock.
The ground that Chen Fei said was echoing was located between the stone mill and the south wall, and the area was not large.
Ye Qiu couldn't wait to walk up, stomped a few times with his foot, and then jumped up directly there, and then fell down heavily.
Sure enough, there was a dull echo from underground, and it felt like walking on the roof.
"This is it. Ye Qiu said excitedly.
"Well, yes, that's the location. Chen Fei said while probing in the interview.
The two of them didn't say much, so they picked up a shovel and pickaxe and started digging.
At the beginning, the two of them were full of energy, you had a spade, I had a pickaxe, and they were in full swing.
But it didn't take long for both of them to cry out bitterly.
Doing this kind of physical work may seem easy, but it's not easy. Not only do you need a lot of physical strength, but you also need a certain amount of skill.
Otherwise, you won't last long.
Chen Fei and Ye Qiu, the two masters, have been pampered since they were children, and they have never done this job at all.
If you want to say that they are going to fight with others, they may be good hands, but if you want them to do this work, it is a grinder.
In addition, it is early spring, the drought is very dry, and the ground is relatively firm, which makes it more difficult to excavate.
What's more, Ye Qiu didn't even prepare a pair of gloves, which made Chen Fei depressed, and his hands were blistered with blood.
"Alas, I said you almost got the Luoyang shovel, why don't you remember to get two pairs of gloves?" Chen Fei complained.
"You didn't tell me to buy gloves...... Ye Qiu retorted.
"Then I didn't tell you to have dinner, why did you eat it. Chen Fei continued.
"Then I...... Isn't it hungry? Ye Qiu was still a little unconvinced.
In fact, it's not that I'm not convinced, I just don't want to admit that I'm stupid.
After digging a few more times, the two of them were really tired, so they put down their tools, sat down on the stone mill and smoked.
Chen Fei asked Ye Qiu to bring him a bottle of water from his bag to drink, Ye Qiu opened the backpack and only heard the sound of "Ah?!......