Chapter 2 The Old House

Le Lang took Saburo's little hand and walked forward, walking through a row of old houses with white walls and red tiles based on stones, in the distance is a primary school, the primary school is very quiet between the green mountains and green waters, it may be the end of class time, from the school came the joyful laughter of children, the school is surrounded by a row of phoenix trees, whenever the spring rain continues, it will bloom attractive red flowers, which makes people intoxicated. Whenever the spring flowers are blooming, it will become a paradise for the men in the village, and I heard that at this time, girls are especially easy to be moved, and it is especially easy to propose.

Grandpa Lelang's house is on the east side of the village, almost at the end of the mountain stream.

Grandpa Lelang had two sons, but he had already moved out to live on his own, leaving Grandpa Lelang to live alone in the old house. After Lelang's parents came to Xiaoxi Village, they lived in the old house, and after Lelang's grandfather died, his uncle left the house to Lelang, as well as the land he came out public. Le Lang's brother-in-law has nothing to say about Le Lang's really good, and he is very moved by this.

Le Lang walked slowly with San Lang, and San Lang looked around curiously. Passing by the village commissary, he bought a bag of rice, as well as a lot of instant noodles and ham sausages. In six years, the things at home have almost become moldy or eaten by insects, and if you don't buy some, you will have to drink the northwest wind today.

There were no people on the road, and it was estimated that they all went to the ground. The person in the commissary was still thinking about who this person was after Le Lang left, why hadn't he seen it, you must know that in this village, there are more than 300 households and more than 1,000 people, and she has no one she doesn't know, but obviously Le Lang is an exception.

In front of Lelang's grandfather's old house is a lake formed by the deep impact of the mountain water for a long time, the lake is sandwiched between the old house and a mountain peak, I heard that the old house was a small hill before, but it was flattened to build a house, and the terrain of the old house is the highest in the village.

The top of the lake is a deep mountain and old forest, six years ago I heard of a tiger coming down the mountain to eat pigs, even Lelang when he was a child saw someone selling tiger bones and tiger whips, but now I don't see much. There is an old banyan tree hanging on the lake at the outlet of the lake, I don't know who made a prank to plant the roots of the old banyan on the opposite peak, forming a small bridge in the shape of "entering", the opposite peak also planted a banyan tree, the long banyan roots and the thick fibrous roots of the old banyan are connected together, it is a wonder. I remember that I didn't have it before, and I don't know which naughty boy made it.

Le Lang carried a bag of 50 pounds of rice to the old house, stood at the door, and looked at the mottled wall. After six years of not returning, the white ash pieces on the wall peeled off, and the couplet of "only family happiness at home, and everything is appropriate and wide" was also eroded by the rain, and only a few words remained.

Take out the key from the stone pier under the door, open the rusty lock, push the door open, and the dust and smoke will fill the sky for a long time.

Le Lang's grandfather's old house is a two-entry courtyard, as soon as I walked in, I saw four tall longan trees surrounded by two people on the left and right, the branches were luxuriant, the pavilions were like covers, people who didn't know saw these two tall and big old longan trees and thought that the fruits must be many and delicious, but Ke Le Lang understood that these two were purely strange trees with long branches and leaves, flowering and not bearing fruit.

After many years of not returning, the leaves on the ground have become moldy and rotten, and there is a rotten smell in the courtyard.

The small courtyard is almost more than 100 square meters, is densely covered by the tall longan tree, there is an ancient well made of white stone on the left hand side, I heard that this ancient well has been built before the house, the specific history is no longer examinable, but the well water is sweet, clear to the bottom, never exhausted.

Walking through the small courtyard, in front is a two-bedroom and one-hall red tile brick house, digging a door on both sides of the front hall, enshrined in the middle of the statue, has not been cleaned for many years, cobwebs are dense everywhere, the hand touches the table of eight immortals in front of the statue, and the thick dust is a foot thick.

Passing through the vestibule, it is surrounded by a corridor on both sides, with a square patio in the middle, and a small two-story building behind it, behind which is a piece of land of about three acres, which has not been cleared for many years and is overgrown with weeds.

Walking into the small building, the dust is everywhere, and the skylight on the roof shines in a ray of sunlight, and the cobwebs are tangled, all over every corner. The roof tiles on it have been corroded by the years, some have turned into dust, fallen to the ground, turned into piles of red powder, and some fell to the ground, faintly visible outside the blue sky.

The old house was renovated once when my grandfather was young, but it was still unable to resist the erosion of time and was tired. Fortunately, when I used to build a house, I used white stone and red bricks, and the foundation and wall structure were very hard, but the appearance and roof tiles were peeling, so I just had to find time to renovate it.

It is also particular about turning over the roof in the countryside, which is generally turned over every 12 years, but Lelang's grandfather's old house has obviously exceeded this age.

The room was full of dust, and the air smelled of mold and decay, and occasionally the smell of rat urine. Lelang opened all the windows, and it seemed that he couldn't sleep at night if the place was not cleaned up.

I found a broom and worked hard to clean it, but the room where he lived alone swept several buckets of garbage, including a large pile of mouse droppings, and a pile of bones from nowhere. After cleaning the floor, I found a useless cloth to wipe it up, and after working for a long time, I finally made my room look like a human habit. Le Lang wiped the sweat from his forehead, only to feel that doing these things was more tiring than fighting in the sea.

San Lang also helped a few on the side, took a rag and wiped it left and right, and didn't know what he was doing.

After working for a long time, Le Lang's stomach was already rumbling, so he went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water - fortunately, the firewood could still be used, and he cooked a few packets of instant noodles, and put some ham and corn sausages in them. I washed a few pairs of dishes and chopsticks, and then got a basin and put it up, and found a broken tile basin for three o'clock to fill some, three o'clock has a good appetite, and eats everything, in Lelang's opinion, it was all hungry before.

I haven't eaten instant noodles for a long time, but it tastes good, so I finished my meal in a hurry, rested for a while, and started cleaning again. It took only one day to clean one floor, and it seems that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and there is still a long way to go.

In the evening, Le Lang cooked some porridge, put ham and corn sausage grains in it, and it was delicious to eat, but unfortunately there was no meat and vegetables, so he could only buy it tomorrow. Just now, Le Lang ran into the backyard to see if there were any surviving vegetables or something, but when he saw a patch of weeds and shrubs more than one person high, he couldn't help but run back a little frustrated.

As the sun sets, a round of red light in the distance reflects the entire mountain stream, and the stream meanders and meanders downward. Le Lang and San Lang were holding a rice bowl and sitting on the stone pier next to the lake while watching Luo Yue pull porridge into their mouths.

In the distance, a melon skin boat slowly approached from a distance, and suddenly, a burst of singing came from the boat:

"Those who forsake me will not be allowed to stay yesterday.

Those who disturb my heart are said to be troubled today.

The long wind sends autumn geese thousands of miles, and you can be a tall building for this.

Penglai's article is built on the bones, and Xiao Xie is clear in the middle.

All of them want to fly with great joy and want to go to the blue sky to see the bright moon.

Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful.

Life is not satisfactory in the world, and the Ming Dynasty spreads flat boats. ”

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