Chapter 115, what they need is the future
In order to prove his claim, Village Chief Fang walked into the village with the three of them.
In autumn, when the weather gets cooler, the old people are reluctant to go out and walk around, and stay in the house for fear of getting sick.
In poor villages, being sick means leaving the village, and with inconvenient transportation, leaving the village means spending money.
Only children who are not afraid of the sky and the earth will play on this village road against the cold wind, and some people even jump into the ditch shirtless to catch the little fish inside, which is full of childlike fun.
However, even the children's childlike behavior could not hide the poverty and ruin of the village.
The houses are dilapidated, the mountain roads are muddy, and every family's life depends on the ancestral thin fields.
"This is the mountain of our Mangshan Village, the land of Mangshan Village, and the people of Mangshan Village. Village Chief Fang sighed and said, "The innocent life of the children, the lives of the adults, this is the reality." ”
Wang Fengxia was dumbfounded, originally she thought that the things she donated could change something, but now she found that even if they accepted the donation, it would be a drop in the bucket, and it would not help, except to satisfy their vanity, there was no real help.
The twilight is pervasive, there is no hope, and the isolated paradise does not seem to be so beautiful.
When a few people approached, the children also hid shyly, just secretly watching through the crack in the door.
"Some changes are needed here, but they are not condolences that can be changed," said Village Chief Fang with emotion.
At this moment, one of the children seemed to suddenly have the courage to walk towards the crowd.
It's a little boy in a thin black shirt... This dress was not originally black, it was originally a white shirt, but it was only because it was too dirty that it became a black shirt.
The little boy also had a black face covered in mud and dust, and his hands were dirty.
"Auntie... Are you here to deliver snacks?" the little boy hesitated for a moment, walked up to Wang Fengxia and said.
"It's not... We're not here to deliver snacks, they're still in the village. Wang Fengxia said, the snacks placed at the head of the village still don't move.
The little boy pouted in some disappointment, then oh, and ran away quickly, very directly.
"What... Obviously, the snacks are at the head of the village..."Wang Fengxia muttered.
At this time, Li Yun suddenly spoke up.
"Let's go along and have a look, look at this kid. ”
Village Chief Fang didn't say anything, didn't nod or shake his head.
Wang Fengxia and Lin Xiaohu also had no opinions, and followed the child.
...
The walls are leaky, and even the gate is just a small wooden plank, except for a small bed, there is no furniture, a small chimney, and a small bowl of rotten rice porridge is placed underneath, and only children can wear clothes are dried outside.
There is no one else, which means that there is only one person in this family.
The child skillfully washes, cooks the rice, and skillfully divides the rice porridge into two bowls, one bowl to eat now and one bowl to eat at night.
It's cruel and realistic for children.
Wang Fengxia was silent, no wonder this child wants snacks to eat, to be honest, she can probably vomit it out after eating this thing every day...
"He's not alone, many children are like this, their parents are missing, their grandparents are old, and they've even died... Leaving only the children at home, living on the rice porridge received by everyone, there is no hope for the future, and they can only rot in this village, and they can't see the future. ”
After the village chief Fang finished speaking, he took a few people to visit the village here, and indeed there were several families without parents, only children were living alone, and these children were of different ages, ranging from 10 to 18 years old.
Some children are sleeping, others are playing in the fields, covered in mud, innocent and lively, not at all as they will be when facing a cruel future.
Although isolated from the world, his mind is innocent, untainted, and has always been innocent, unsullied and pure.
Poor, but innocent and happy.
Even though there is only some rice porridge to eat, it can't stop their childlike innocence.
"They don't know what they're going to face right now. Village Chief Fang sighed lightly, how did the children know their current situation?
Wang Fengxia and Lin Xiaohu were silent, the happier the children, the more uncomfortable they became, looking at these children who have lost their future...
At this time, Li Yun broke the silence and said lightly.
"Perhaps, let's ask them what they think. ”
"The child is small, how can he understand this..."Before Village Chief Fang finished speaking, Li Yun took the lead and walked up.
When these children saw Li Yun coming over, they were also very well-behaved and did not roll in the mud, as if they were afraid of splashing mud flowers, and looked at Li Yun with a timid look.
Li Yun didn't care either, and stepped into the quagmire, not caring at all about the immortal robe being contaminated, and after walking in front of the children, he squatted down and said.
"Kids, isn't it cold to wear so little?"
"I... It's not cold, we're playing in the mud at the head of the village, it's good. One of the children said.
"So, do you like to play with mud?" Li Yun said with a faint smile.
Looking at Li Yun's amiable and kind appearance, the children also subconsciously approached, and there was no timid taste.
One of the little girls in a ponytail said, "We like..."
"Do you think it's good here? What do you want to do in the future?" Li Yun continued.
Some of the children nodded, some shook their heads, and some did not nod and did not shake their heads.
The children are very cheerful and very eager to speak when it comes time.
"I... I want to be a taxi driver in the future, so that I can go to my parents at any time!", said a child with a bubble of snot.
"I... I don't want to play with mud, I want to be a doctor! The little girl with the ponytail just now said.
"I think..."
More and more children spoke enthusiastically, and the village chief Fang and Wang Fengxia on the other end could hear it.
These children are not resting on their laurels...
Li Yun touched the heads of these children encouragingly, then stood up and walked towards Village Chief Fang and the others.
When you are in the muddy water, you get up but you are unclean, and there is no dust and muddy water on your body, just like a real immortal, you can enter the world, and you will not be contaminated by red dust.
Looking at this scene, Village Chief Fang could only sigh with emotion.
"I'm so old, I've seen a lot, but it's the first time I've seen such a magical character as the Taoist..."
"The small skills of carving insects are not enough to worry about. Li Yun smiled faintly, brushed the topic over, and then said: "Children, what you need is not snacks, nor some condolences. ”
"They... What is needed is the future. ”