A huge mountain range stretches for dozens of miles, but it is rare to see relatively large trees on the mountain. As far as the eye can see, a large walnut tree located in the middle of the mountainside of Wujiayuzi is particularly conspicuous.

Before the 80s, because the whole countryside was still relatively poor, there were still relatively few people who could afford coal for cooking and heating, so everyone would go to the mountains to collect firewood. Not to mention the big trees, even the inconspicuous things such as the earth, fluffy grass, and spider webs are also picked up and taken home as firewood.

Every winter, there are waves of people who go up the mountain to collect firewood, both adults and children. At that time, the peasant family was busy all year round. The peasant children were in charge of the family early, and collecting firewood was a job that the children could do for the family at that time.

Later, after 84 years, the production was contracted to the households, and the situation of each household was better, and all the mountains and valleys and mountain beams were contracted to the villagers, and the common people could not go to the mountains to pick up firewood and grass casually, and everyone could afford to buy coal, so they would not suffer that sin in the mountains in the winter. More than ten years have passed, and the aquatic plants on the mountain have begun to become dense, especially in Wujiayuzi, which is far away from the village, the thatch grows wildly, and the thatch can be more than one person tall in dense places. Small animals such as pheasants, hares, foxes, and badgers gradually increased.

Before the mid-90s, wild wolves could still be seen occasionally on Wujiayuzi Mountain, but after the late 90s, there was no trace of wild wolves.

Wang Shaodong went all the way along the rugged mountain road that was less than 20 centimeters wide, intending to find a place to cool down the cliff of Hades' nose, catching grasshoppers while walking, drinking two sips of mountain spring water when he was thirsty, and being cool and cool in the shade next to the roadside ladder weir when he was tired, he came out of the house at half past eight, and finally walked to the bottom of the cliff of Hades' nose at half past nine.

The steep cliffs cover half of Wujiayuzi in the shade, and even on dog days, it will be refreshing to be here.

Wujiayuzi was a barren mountain before it was contracted to the household in 84 years, and later more than 300 acres of mountain valley was contracted to five families in the village, planted apples, pears, persimmons, plums, chestnuts, pomegranates, walnuts and other fruit trees, and now Wujiayuzi also looks vibrant.

Walnuts in July, pears in August, and persimmons in September caught up with the set. It is now the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and although the walnuts on the tree are not yet fully ripe, they can also satisfy their cravings.

However, Wang Shaodong doesn't like to eat walnuts very much, so he didn't think about picking a few walnuts from the big walnut tree in the middle of Yuzi, which is said to be of great significance to the people of Taohualing Village.

The mountainous land is poor, but the mountain farmers are very diligent in opening up a piece of terraced fields on the mountain, looking at it, it is magnificent, Wang Shaodong has to sigh the greatness of the mountain people's diligence.

There are sweet potatoes, millet and sorghum planted in the jagged mountains, and Wang Shaodong, who was passing by, secretly picked up two pieces of sweet potatoes, put them in his arms, and came to the bottom of the cliff of the nose of the king of Hades.

The bottom of the cliff is mostly gravel stone slabs, and the mountain spring water flows out of the cracks under the stone slabs, bubbling and bubbling, refreshing and delicious. And the mountain spring, after winter, will come out of the heat, which makes people feel warm after seeing it.

Lying on the stone slab, the scenery of the entire Taohualing Village was in full view, listening to the rustling spring water and the rushing stream next to him, Wang Shaodong felt as if the time around him had become much slower.

In his previous life, when did Wang Shaodong have such a leisurely time. I remember that in the days when the college entrance examination was over and the results were not released, I was still nervous. And after the results were released, I was frustrated because of the unsatisfactory results. Later, I went to college and indulged in the Internet, but after calming down, I always felt empty. After graduating from college, like a spinning top, work, work, and heavy pressure are like a rope choking the throat, and I can't tolerate a moment of comfort.

Why is life so hard, this is not the life I want.

Wang Shaodong casually threw the sweet potatoes into the mountain spring, and let the mountain spring water wash away the soil on the sweet potatoes, and the grasshoppers strung with two strings of dogtail grass were thrown on the stone slab. He casually pulled out a thatch root from the side, took it in his mouth and chewed it, and swallowed it with his own saliva.

Wang Shaodong smiled contentedly, above his head, the eaglet that had just come out of the nest was circling, he knew that its nest was on a large protruding rock on the cliff of the nose of the king of Hades.

In this way, Wang Shaodong greedily enjoyed a comfortable time, and more than an hour passed, when he heard a loud sound of a leather whip not far away.

He sat up and took a look, and found that more than 30 meters away from him, Wu Laoer, an old bachelor from Taohualing Village, drove more than a dozen goats to the mountains to graze.

In my impression, Wu Lao Er has always been a very happy person, although he has never asked for a daughter-in-law, but he always has a smile on his face.

In his previous life, in 2016, he once went back to his hometown and met Wu Lao Er who drove sheep to the mountains to herd sheep in the village, but at that time he was much older than now.

In 2002, Wu Lao Er was almost sixty years old, and by 2016, he was already in his seventies.

When I was a child, I and my friends Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao twins liked to follow Wu Lao Er to the mountains to herd sheep, run all over the hillside, pinch the dogtail grass to braid, catch grasshoppers, and lift gravel to catch scorpions. And Wu Lao Er also likes children very much, and will always find a bunch of red red plums in the corner on the mountain, and stuff them for Wang Shaodong to eat.

The happiness in his previous life always echoes in the memories of his childhood, and every time he thinks about it, Wang Shaodong always feels beautiful in his heart.

Wu Lao Er also saw Wang Shaodong, happily raised the whip of herding sheep in his hand, and shook the whip with a snap.

"Wang boy, you have found a good place!"

Wu Laoer's voice was very loud and full of energy.

In my impression, Wu Laoer's stomach was full of stories of gods, demons and monsters, and Wang Shaodong and his friends were shocked when they were young, but they couldn't stop it.

"Old man, how are you doing here?" Wang Shaodong stood up happily and waved at Wu Lao Er.

Wu Lao Er nodded, ignoring the sheep foraging along the abundant aquatic plants on the side of the road, and walked over to Wang Shaodong with a leather whip.

"The boy of the Wang family, you have become a young man, are you about to go to college?" Wu Lao Er squatted down, picked up a handful of mountain spring water and washed his face, crossed his waist and looked at Wang Shaodong and asked.

Wang Shaodong waved his hand again and again: "No, no." ”

When Wu Lao Er heard this, he was a little anxious and frowned: "Why don't you go on?"

Wang Shaodong didn't want to explain, because he himself hadn't thought of a suitable excuse yet.

"Old man, don't talk about this, if there is a good story to tell me, let me have a good time. ”

Since he was a child, Wang Shaodong has liked to listen to Wu Lao Er tell stories to himself, and now he is still very interested in seeing him.

Wu Lao Er was just about to speak, but he heard a shout from the mountain beam west of Wujiayuzi: "Shaodong, come home quickly." ”

Wang Shaodong and Wu Lao Er followed the sound and saw Wang Shaodong's mother Zhao Shiling standing there beckoning, Wang Shaodong frowned, thinking in his heart, is there something wrong at home?