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Two and a half hours later, the car pulled off the main road into a rural section of hills and plantations.

A river meanders through it, and the villages along the river are mostly farmhouses and tea farmers.

As the hilly terrain turns into a mountainous terrain, the road becomes more and more winding, and gradually there are several sections of winding mountain road.

I thought I could get to the place in three hours, but I drove for nearly four hours to arrive.

It is a village surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the village looks large, with a chessboard-like layout and well-located houses.

A small river at the entrance of the village flows to the terraced fields in the distance, and there is a feeling of paradise.

But it is obviously more backward than some of the villages it passes through, and it doesn't seem to be much of a tourist industry, except for a few shops in the middle of the street with some shops for daily necessities and agricultural products.

Most of the roads in the village are only enough for a car to drive, and Su Qingxue's Mercedes-Benz is particularly eye-catching in such a place, after all, the farmers here basically still use motorcycles as a means of transportation, and there are cars and some vans and small trucks.

"Zhoujia Village?" Seeing a stone tablet at the entrance of the village, Su Qingxue was quite surprised: "Grandpa, are there all people surnamed Zhou in this village?"

"Yes, they are all handed down by an ancestor, and they are all surnamed Zhou. It's a bit of a remote place, and there are two minibuses to the county seat at noon and evening every day, don't dislike it," Zhou Xinjiang said with a smile.

"How come, grandfather, I think the scenery here is very beautiful, there are few such unpolluted places, no one comes here to engage in tourism, if it is really developed, with the conditions here, I think it will definitely become a popular tourist attraction", Su Qingxue is eager to try.

"Oh, Xiaoxue, you must not say this in the village, you can't say it", Zhou Xinjiang hurriedly persuaded.

Hearing this, even Ye Fan, who was driving, wondered, and turned around and said, "Grandpa, is there something wrong with what my wife said?"

Su Qingxue was also curious, "Isn't it bad to engage in tourism? The villagers here don't want to get rich?"

Zhou Xinjiang sighed and pointed to the front, "Let's go to my house first, it's hard to explain this matter, it's getting late, I'll cook some food for you, sit down and talk slowly."

When the car arrived at the door of a two-story house, the car could drive through the gate, and there was a threshing floor inside.

At this moment, the moon is on the branches, and the evening breeze is gentle.

As soon as I got out of the car, a dim light bulb at the door was lit, and in the next house, there was a sixty or seventy-year-old peasant woman holding a baby and coming over curiously: "Brother Xinjiang, are you a guest at home?"

Zhou Xinjiang hurriedly smiled and introduced: "Ami, this is Wen Li's daughter, Xiaoxue, and my grandson-in-law Ye Fan!

When the peasant woman heard this, she also said happily: "Ouch, this is what you said, Xiaoxue, who is now the president of a large company?"

Brother Xinjiang, are you finally willing to meet your granddaughter? Congratulations, you will enjoy happiness in the future!

I said, such a beautiful car, this car looks like hundreds of thousands, right? It's so rich!"

Ye Fan and Su Qingxue looked at each other, they finally saw the backwardness of this village, Mercedes-Benz didn't know each other, more than three million cars, they even thought it was only a few hundred thousand, and hell, hundreds of thousands thought it was an astronomical number......

However, although the peasant woman was envious, she didn't have much greed, she just blessed Zhou Xinjiang, and after asking, she walked away with a smile.

Zhou Xinjiang said embarrassedly: "Don't mind, in our village, many older women have never studied, so they have no culture and knowledge, and they have basically spent their lives in the village, at most a few times in the city."

When your mother was a child, your grandmother said that you don't need to go to school, and that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, I think, just a daughter, just for the end of high school, who knows...... Your mother has a culture, so she wants to go outside to see, but she doesn't come back......"

"Grandpa, it's okay, I think that grandma is quite simple, which is also very good, at least carefree," Su Qingxue said.

"Then are the children here studying now?" Ye Fan asked.

Zhou Xinjiang nodded, "Now I basically read it, so many young people in the village have also gone out to work."

The three of them said and walked into the house.

Zhou Xinjiang took off his coat and began to work inside and out, first going to the stove to stuff a pot of rice, and then feeding the livestock.

When Ye Fan saw the stove, he took the initiative to help Zhou Xinjiang light the fire.

Zhou Xinjiang thought that Ye Fan would not know and wanted to teach him, but Ye Fan lit the fire very skillfully, took the fire shovel, and burned the fire.

Su Qingxue also wanted to help, but she could only do some work of washing and chopping vegetables, and she didn't know how to organize most of the things in the old kitchen.

With the help of two people, Zhou Xinjiang spent an hour making four dishes and one soup.

Because there was no meat, there was no time to kill chickens and ducks, so I could only scramble some eggs, and make a bowl of egg and mustard soup, and the others were vegetarian dishes.

"Ye Fan, do you want to drink? I brew some rice wine," Zhou Xinjiang asked enthusiastically.

Ye Fan nodded, and also wanted to give it a try, "Thank you, grandfather."

"Thank you, the first time you came, you were so shabby to entertain you, you stay tonight, I will kill two chickens and ducks tomorrow, go to the market to buy a piece of meat, and eat again", Zhou Xinjiang was very uncomfortable.

"No need grandpa, we don't pay attention to this, we have to go back to work tomorrow," Su Qingxue said.

"Oh...... Also, you have to manage such a big company, how can you waste so much time here", Zhou Xinjiang slapped his forehead, "I'm confused, then let's eat quickly, and send you away after eating."

Although Su Qingxue really wanted to stay for a few days and accompany the elderly, she just had something to deal with, so she could only say, "Grandpa, let's have breakfast tomorrow and then leave."

Hearing that the two were willing to stay for one night, Zhou Xinjiang nodded happily again, "Okay, I'll spread egg cakes for you to eat tomorrow morning."

After pouring wine and eating vegetables, Ye Fan and Su Qingxue naturally asked about the tourism development of the village.

As a businessman, Su Qingxue still wants to do something for her mother's hometown, and if she can turn this place into a wealthy village, it is a good thing to say that it is right.

"Grandpa, why can't you mention tourism development?" asked Su Qingxue.

Zhou Xinjiang sighed, got up, went to close the door and window, sat down, and said in a low voice: "You are all your own people, Ye Fan is also the grandson-in-law of our Zhou family, I will tell you the truth."

It's not that the people in our village don't want to get rich, it's just that our clan elders, patriarchs, don't allow outside developers to come in.

Moreover, the government does not dare to meddle with the affairs of our village, and all decisions about the village must be made with the consent of the clan elders. ”

"Clan Elder, Patriarch?" Su Qingxue was stunned, "What age, how can there be such a title?"

(三七 Chinese.)