People left one after another, but Wang Tui insisted on staying and staying in Shanjiaao Village, saying that he would come back tomorrow to see if there was any development value, but he had not yet figured it out. Ji Fulai and Ji Decai persuaded a few words, but they couldn't persuade him, so they told Lao Hantou to take care of Mayor Wang, get more delicious food, especially the specialties here, and go back for reimbursement with a bill.

Han Zhong agreed, thinking to himself, he can afford a meal, just saying something good, if he really wants to report it, he doesn't know how to push back. After sending them away, he invited Wang Tui to his house. Although Li Min was unwilling, he had no choice but to live for him.

Along the way, the old Han Tou introduced them to the customs and geological features here, from spring to winter, and the characteristics of each season are said to be clear. I thought he was a silent person, but I didn't expect him to be so talkative. Along the way, many mountain people who went home gathered, and the old Han Tou introduced it, and his tone was full of pride.

At this time, the sunset is already in the col, the mountain birds are flying by, and the mist is gradually coming in, making people feel full of coolness. The climate in the mountains is like this, hot at noon, cold at both ends, and humid.

It was getting dark, but Li Min scolded in a hateful whisper, "Something." ”

"What's the matter, who's messing with you?"

"People look like dogs, they are all conscienceless, look at how good what you just said, your face changes back and forth. It doesn't matter if they mess with me, I'm afraid they won't be kind to you, so let's go back as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, I know what kind of people they are," the two whispered as they slowly fell behind.

"I also said, let people worry less about it in the future, if you have a good one, how do I think Sister Liu Chang will explain, who cares about your two children, really, I don't think about my own affairs at all. ”

Wang Tui smiled, "Okay, okay, I remember," Seeing that Lao Hantou and some people slowed down and waited for them in front, the two of them hurriedly quickened their pace.

Old Hantou's home is outside the village, and it won't take long to arrive. The name of the village is worthy of its name, the whole village is in the middle of the two mountains, and there are not many households, sparsely scattered, counting, there are more than ten households, scattered on the gentle slope between the mountain passes. At this time, the smoke curled from the cooking of every house, a few flocks of sheep went home in an orderly manner, and the people in the mountains were honest, asking the visiting guests, all of them showed envy to the old Han Tou.

It seems that the family already knows about the guests. Walking into the house, Ergui had already sent the slaughtered lamb and cooked it himself. Old Hantou's two sons were also busy, and when they saw them, they gathered around to greet them again. Old Han Tou happily introduced them one by one. For them, Wang Tui's visit to the door is the greatest honor, and the village has never had such a big official in their lives. The village seems to have heard that the old Han Tou's family has come to the distinguished guests, and they all come to help. The burly man walked up to Li Min with a red face, returned the money to her, and said that he didn't want anything. Again, turned around and ran away.

Ergui smiled and said, "They are descendants, confused, how can they ask for your money, they have lost the face of their ancestors, I will give them a good training and tell them that you are helping us get rich." Their relatives also scolded them, scolded them for getting into the eyes of money, asking for money and shamelessness, they were all losers. ”

Wang Tui smiled, beckoned all the people, talked to them, inquired about the situation here, and saw everyone's eagerness to get rich, and his heart was at ease. In order to protect the ecological environment here, I didn't plan to develop it here. Now, he has made up his mind to carry out a pilot project here, and the enthusiasm of the common people has made him determined that as long as it is rationally developed and the protection of the animals and plants on the mountain is strengthened, there should not be much harm to the environment.

It is a tradition for a family to come and congratulate the whole village. During the drinking, when Wang Tui asked if there was poaching in the mountains, the village chief nodded, "Yes, and come to collect snakes, collect animal skins, naturally there are poachers, it turns out that the golden monkeys here are in pairs, not afraid of people at all, from time to time with the old and the young to play in the village, now there is none, there are very few on the mountain, and millet seeds, that is unique to us here, the meat is very delicious, and now it is almost gone." ”

Wang Tui nodded, there was still millet in the mountains, and he had touched one. However, he can't say that if he doesn't be remembered, he will poach again, and then he will be extinct. "I went to the mountains and looked, and there were quite a few black snakes, big and small, in the trees underground. "He said this on purpose to scare people.

"This thing is really biting, few people dare to catch it, that is, Lawu and Sangen dare to enter the mountain. The village chief said.

La Wu is the burly man just now, who was drinking in a big bowl at this time, and when he heard the village director call his name, he hurriedly lowered his head, only caring about a lamb rib. Wang Tui glanced at him, smiled, and didn't mean to blame at all, "Your courage is quite big." ”

La Wu grinned, as if he wanted to laugh, but he didn't laugh, his face was like a red cloth, red all the way to his neck, and his head was lowered. A tall and thin man came up to Wang Tui's side, "Wang, Mayor Wang, I'll have a drink with you," with a flattering face.

"Okay," Wang Tui picked up a bowl of wine.

Excitedly, he hurriedly drank the wine glass in both hands and showed the empty bowl to Wang Tui. Wang Tui also drank the wine at once, and showed him the empty bowl. He's happy, he's laughing non-stop, since he was a child, he hasn't drunk with such a big official.

Ergui said to him, "Sangen, you can stop in the future, don't invite some outsiders to come to us to do some scourge, and do some things like stealing chickens and dogs." ”

"You're just three, aren't you afraid of snakes?" asked Wang Tui with a smile.

The thin man of the three roots nodded and bowed, "I'm afraid, I'm very afraid," and he was about to slip away.

Wang Tui hurriedly shouted to him, "How dare you enter the mountain if you are afraid of snakes?"

"I'll follow them and show them the door or something. Besides, I am not afraid of the small ones, but I am afraid of the big and big ones. He stammered a little, and it was obvious that there was a ghost in his heart.

"How big have you seen?" asked him, still smiling.

The three of them gestured, "The arms are thick and thin, the flat shoulders are so long, it is not easy to fight when it is crazy, the snake medicine does not work, and the mouth still makes a hissing sound, which is very scary." ”

"And how do you catch it?"

"I don't dare, Brother La dares, his family has been catching snakes for a living since his grandfather, listen to him, his grandfather has seen a big black snake with the thickness of a bucket, fought with the snake for three days and three nights, and was finally swallowed by the snake; his father also died in the hands of the snake, the flesh and blood of the snake bite were blurred, and the corpse was carried back, and many snakes also came to the house to seek revenge, and were cleaned up by the fifth brother, is it the fifth brother? ”

La Wu raised his red face and looked at it, and scolded, "These beasts, I have a deep enmity with them, and if I don't destroy them, I swear not to be human." ”

Listening to his words, many people expressed sympathy. Wang Tui couldn't say anything, and the snake hurt his family. So he hated snakes and caught snakes. There seems to be no reason to refute it, and it deserves sympathy. But if you don't harm them, how can they hurt you? But I can't say that.

Ergui and Wang Tui whispered, at that time, La Wu's father was miserable, he was bitten by a snake and had no good place, and his legs were exposed with white bones. According to his father, the big snake was also mortally wounded, and the axe had already cut into its seven inches, and he was unprepared for a big snake, which attacked him from behind, and grabbed him by the neck, and he took a step slower, and with an axe, he cut off the upper jaw of the snake. Speaking of which, he still has lingering palpitations.

"Are all the snakes dead?" asked Li Min in a low voice.

Old Han Tou shook his head, "No one knows, this kid hasn't seen them in the mountains for a month." ”

The light of the fire became weaker and weaker, and he couldn't see Lawu's expression clearly under the faint firelight, but he knew that he hated snakes and gritted his teeth with hatred.

Wang Tui picked up the wine glass and sat down beside Lawu, patting him on the shoulder, "It's all over, let it go." I've heard of animals seeking revenge, and I've heard of animals actively attacking humans, but that's very rare, as long as you don't hurt it, it won't hurt you. Most animals are able to live peacefully with people. When it comes to home, if you kill less, you can get along amicably, right?" he raised his voice, but no one responded.

The whole courtyard quieted down, and Wang Tui stood up with his wine glass again, "Often, we people kill animals for a little profit, and we don't hesitate to let them go extinct. In order to survive, it is inevitable for the animals to fight back. As the saying goes, rabbits bite when they are in a hurry, and if we don't hurt them, they will attack us? This home is shared by us and the animals, they are also the masters of the place, the society pays attention to harmony, the natural world also pays attention to harmony, and harmonious coexistence is the premise of our peaceful coexistence with animals. Isn't it, you go and hurt them, don't hesitate to kill them, can they be friendly to us? Most people take it for granted that they catch an animal and kill an animal. However, if an animal hurts a person, it will scream and scream, and it will not be tolerated, and it must be killed. Think about it, if we were animals, would we be able to tolerate it?"

There was a burst of sighs and chatters in the crowd, mixed with laughter, and he also heard someone say that he was too bookish and angry, how could he compare people to animals, and animals are animals.

Ergui shouted loudly, "Be quiet, what are you talking about, I see what Mayor Wang said, let's scold animals and animals, and animals also scold us animals, the same reason, are people superior to animals, look at it, we are gnawing on animal meat here, why can't animals gnaw our meat?"

I don't know who replied, "Then you quickly feed yourself to the big black snake on the mountain, and also atone for your nephew." ”

The crowd immediately burst into laughter.

"Who is it, who is it, there is a kind of standing up and saying, what is it to hide in the dark and scream," Ergui was annoyed, he felt that he had lost a lot of face in front of the mayor, he deliberately made him make a fool of himself, offended him, and disrespected him, which was worth it.

Old Han Tou hurriedly persuaded, "Second Kidnapper, they are all unreasonable offspring, don't be like them, listen to what Mayor Wang has to say." ”

Wang Tui walked in the crowd, "People in the mountains talk straight and straight, I like it." Maybe you don't understand what I said just now, but it doesn't matter, but in the future, you will slowly understand, and we won't talk about these things. This afternoon, I went up the mountain, to tell the truth, the environmental protection of Yuanbao Mountain is very good, I also saw a lot of animals, I was very excited, for a while dispelled the idea of developing here, I was afraid that the development has destroyed the environment here, but then I thought, development is also protection, we protect Yuanbao Mountain, that is, to protect the home of animals. We can't develop the mountain, only develop around the mountain, take Yuanbao Mountain as a scenic spot, you can only look at it from a distance, you can't enter the mountain, so it will definitely attract a large number of tourists, tourists come, that is, the money comes, isn't it, people come to eat, drink and live, as long as the guests are retained, we have income, we have to have income to do a good job, so to say, do you understand?"

People laughed, but Lawu left without a sound.

"We are in this poor place, the road is so difficult to walk, there is no electric light, and there are some stone houses, who comes to see it and not run away in fright, how can we keep the guests?" A woman's voice, someone talking about the daughter-in-law of the second crutch, the most croaking all day long, no one to guard the door, just like the nasty sparrow in the morning, this is the right thing, she also interjected, what to say. The discussion continued, and they all showed no anger.

Wang Tui smiled and said: "That's right, our conditions are not good, we have to change our minds, we can build roads, set up electricity, and build hotels......"