Chapter Seventy-Three: Damming Buildings
The village chief was very interested, and his wife was not easy to interrupt him, and in the other party's chatter, Mrs. nodded occasionally while drinking tea, which could be regarded as recalling her childhood from another perspective.
After half a cup of Longjing tea, Mrs. found that the village chief had not meant to stop, and she couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart, he knew that the purpose of his coming here was to find Zhou Shan, why did he seem to deliberately avoid talking about this issue?
Madame subconsciously frowned, and said to the village chief who was still spitting, "I went to Zhou Shan's house just now, his house has been sold to someone else, and now he has already moved to live elsewhere, do you know where he moved to?" Madame didn't want to continue wasting time at the village chief's house, she wanted to know as soon as possible that she could find Zhou Shan's clues.
The village chief's smiling face froze for a moment, and then he said, "Yingzi, you finally came back, I probably shouldn't have told you these words, but now our village has encountered great difficulties, the dam used to irrigate the farmland was washed away by the flood, and the men in the village have to go to the dam every day to repair it, but Yingzi, you also know that this kind of thing can't be done by manpower alone, buying concrete, sandbags, Cement and other things require a lot of money, and although I have applied for a grant from the township government on behalf of the village, several months have passed, and the money has not been sent for a long time, and it is time for the late rice to be planted again..."
The village chief's face was completely sad, and he really looked a bit like a servant of the people who was wholeheartedly thinking about the villagers. Although he did not continue in the middle of his words, the lady was already fully aware of his intentions, and it was no wonder that since he came in, the village chief had been thinking about everything else, and originally wanted to get close to himself first, and then let himself donate money to the village.
After becoming a rich man, Mrs. has seen this kind of thing not a few, and all kinds of people want to pay attention to her money, but if Mrs. doesn't want to give it, the other party can't get a penny. However, the dam that the village chief is mentioning now reminds his wife of the best memories, "That dam is on the east side of the village, is there a dam with a ghost in the legend?" Mrs. blurted out without thinking about it, just now Lin Yu told her that when the male owner of the family went to repair the dam, Mrs. was still immersed in her own loss and didn't care, this time hearing the village chief mention it again, Mrs. suddenly realized that the dam was probably the place where she and Zhou Shan held the bamboo row together and had an unforgettable experience.
"That's right," the village chief clapped his hands and laughed, "There is such a dam in our village, I don't know how many years I have used it, I didn't expect Yingzi you still remember the legend of the ghost who fell into the water, it was just used to scare children, haha!"
A helpless smile appeared on the face of the lady, the village chief was still young at that time, and he should have forgotten the night when the whole village held torches to find him and Zhou Shan, let alone know, because of this mysterious place in the depths of the dam and the dam, Zhou Shan became the first man to make her heart move.
"Let's go to the dam," said Madame softly, for to the villagers, the dam was a place to ensure a good harvest of rice, and the significance of its existence was very important, but for Madame, why not? In fact, there was no need for the village chief to go around the bend to speak, as long as Madame learned of the fact that the dam had been destroyed, she was willing to donate money to rebuild the dam.
Hearing Madame's words, the village chief knew that there should be a play for donations, and he quickly stood up from his position, "Okay, let's go over here, anyway, the dam is not far from here." ”
The group sat back in the Rolls-Royce, and the lady asked the village chief to sit in the co-pilot's seat, before sitting in, the village chief had a feeling that he had picked up a big bargain, and he grinned, "Yingzi, I really, can I take this car?"
Madame looked at him with obvious disdain, "You don't take the car, do you want me to wait for you at the dam?"
The village chief thought about it, so he happily squeezed his fat body into it. Lin Yu and his wife continued to sit in the back seat, this situation couldn't help but make the village chief more convinced of the previous speculation, Lin Yu didn't bother to pay attention to his gaze, judging from the conversation between the two just now, Lin Yu felt that the village chief's behavior of asking for donations to his childhood friend who had just met not long ago was really a bit naked. So how such a person sees himself is not so important.
Under the guidance of the village chief, the driver quickly drove to the bottom of the dam, and the path further up was not possible to drive, so the three of them walked out of the car and slowly walked to the top of the dam along a hand-carved loess path.
In the process of supporting his wife, Lin Yu found that sometimes his wife would be unstable on her feet, and occasionally she almost fell down a few times, so she asked with concern, "Madam, do you feel unwell?"
In Lin Yu's eyes, no matter how beautiful this rich woman is on the surface and how high-end the clothes she wears, she is always a dying person, and the handful of Arabic numerals are always suspended above her head. Because of the limited time, Lin Yu was very worried about her physical condition and didn't want to fall down before finding Zhou Shan.
Madam stopped and took a few breaths, waved her hand at Lin Yu and said, "It's okay, just walk slowly." In fact, only the lady herself knows, of course she is not physically exhausted, but the grass and trees she sees in front of her feel exactly the same as back then, and even the yellow mud road under her feet has not changed, Mrs. has an illusion, she seems to be back to the age of sixteen, that day is also a sunny afternoon, the elder brother took himself quietly climbed the dam, he said that there is a mysterious place to take himself to see.
"Yingzi, are you sick?" The village chief turned around and found that his wife's face was even paler than just now, so he asked suspiciously.
Madame didn't say much, but simply replied, "It's not in the way." ”
The three of them finally reached the top of the dam, and as far as the eye could see, there were more than a dozen male villagers building the dam with hoes and shovels, and the leftmost part of the dam had indeed collapsed due to the flood.
This situation made the lady a little sad, and of course she hoped that the dam would still be as calm and clear as before, after all, it was the most beautiful place in the village in her brother's mouth.
I wonder if the water surrounded by bamboo forests is still there? Such a thought suddenly appeared in Madame's heart, but when she saw the messy dam in front of her, she could only dispel the expectation in her heart, because it was also very likely to be washed away by the flood beyond recognition, and it was better to let the good memories of the past remain in the bottom of her heart.
"How much do you expect it will cost to repair this dam?" asked the lady after a moment of silence.