Chapter 519: Miao Village in the Mountains
After leaving the road, Yang Guo followed Xiong Jiwu for more than an hour on the mountain road before arriving at the Miao village where he was.
This is not only a matter of time, but also the hardships of trekking through mountains and rivers in the middle, which can not be imagined by those who have not really walked it. In particular, the suspension bridge that is crumbling at a height of several hundred meters in the middle of the pass, if you take a wrong step, you may fall off the cliff.
Yang Guo hugged Qiqi tightly with one hand, and he had to pull the iron rope with the other hand to walk over. Xiong Jiwu walked back and forth three times to bring his luggage, while Jin Zi was curled up in Yang Guo's schoolbag, not daring to move.
Tucked away in the mountains, it is said that in order to escape the war, a group of Miao people settled here, but now it has become their bondage. On the one hand, it is impossible to give up the homeland of life, the foundation of the ancestors, and on the other hand, because the place is too remote, it is impossible to obtain the conditions for survival in modern life.
The only place where Miao Village can be in line with modern times is that it has electricity, and with telephones, some relatives who work outside have brought back cheap feature phones. But it's like it's decades behind, not to mention computers, not even a TV.
Yang Guo followed Xiong Jiwu through the middle of the stockade and found that most of what he could see were old people, women, and children, but he was relieved after thinking about this question a little.
Xiong Jiwu's interpersonal relationship was not bad in the village, and the neighbors all greeted him again, while Yang Guo smiled and nodded to them, but most of the Miao people looked at him with strange and fresh eyes.
"We have very few outsiders here, that's why we see you like this." Xiong Jiwu was still worried that Yang Guo was uncomfortable, so he said to Yang Guo with apologies. Yang Guo smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.
When he was about to arrive at his home, Xiong Jiwu's expression became eager, and he kept looking into the distance, just wanting to see the familiar figure of his family.
"Fifth uncle! Did you find the money? "At this time, Xiong Jiwu met an acquaintance of the same clan, who was a niece of his age and generation, and when she saw Xiong Jiwu coming back, she rushed to the window with the child in her arms, and asked in a rough voice.
"Not yet, but I may have met a nobleman, maybe there is a way!" Xiong Jiwu said without seeing sadness and joy.
They spoke in Miao language, which Yang Guo had never learned, so of course he couldn't understand it.
"Dee (Daddy)!" I don't know if I heard Xiong Jiwu's voice, the 'door' of Xiong Jiwu's house suddenly opened, and a crisp voice like a lark came out.
Yang Guo looked up and saw that a small but beautiful little 'girl' child jumped out of the 'door' and pounced on Xiong Jiwu with a worried face. The little 'girl' child is only twelve or thirteen years old, but the burden of life has made her every move have the mature appearance of a little adult.
This should be Xiong Jiwu's most 'colorful' boudoir 'girl' Xiong Xiaolin!
Xiong Jiwu went out this time, experienced ups and downs, and when he saw the 'girl', his tears almost burst out again, but in front of the 'daughter', he wanted to make a steady posture of a family pillar, so he just carried Yang Guo's sleeping bag, and then hugged the 'daughter's head with one hand, and then took a deep breath to stabilize the surging mood.
Yang Guo saw a deep affection in Xiong Jiwu's eyes, although Xiong Jiwu didn't know how to express it, but Yang Guo, who was also a father of a 'girl' child, knew that it was all love!
After waiting for a while with a smile, Yang Guo saw Xiong Jiwu turn his head and pull the 'girl' to introduce them: "Yang Guo (they got to know each other's names on the way here), this is the eldest 'girl' Xiong Xiaolin I told you." Xiaolin, this is Uncle Yang Guo, call Uncle Hello! ”
Xiong Xiaolin was a little wary when she saw Yang Guo at first, because although she was not very old, she knew a lot of things, and she had seen too many families in her village or other nearby Miao villages who had to marry their 'daughters' to others in exchange for a rich dowry because of their poor families.
But when she heard her father's introduction and saw the little man carved with pink 'jade' in Yang Guo's arms, the guard in her heart slowly relaxed. But even so, Xiong Xiaolin was still a little shy, she leaned on her father's body, smiled shyly, and greeted Yang Guo.
"Hello Xiaolin, this is my uncle's 'daughter', named Qiqi. Kiki, you also call it sister! Yang Guo took Qiqi's hand and smiled.
"Sister!" Although Qiqi is more shy than Xiong Xiaolin, in her father's arms, her courage is always much greater! However, when Yang Guo put her on the ground, she was timid again, she turned around, hugged her father's long 'legs', and looked at each other timidly.
"Sister Kiki, hello!" Xiong Xiaolin hesitated for a moment, she walked up to Kiki and held out a hand to her in a friendly manner. Yang Guo saw that Xiong Xiaolin was wearing a thin but very 'fine' silver bracelet on her wrist, which was probably the only Miao jewelry on her body!
Don't think that the 'girl' children of the Miao nationality can be like what is staged on TV, silver crowns, silver jia, collars, shawls, necklaces, toothpicks, hairpins, earrings, bracelets, rings, all of them are silver jewelry, and they can blind people when they walk out of the house. In the poor mountainous area, not to mention the ornaments, it is already very happy to have a beautiful embroidered pleated skirt! This is still worn during the New Year's holidays.
Xiong Xiaolin's Mandarin is a little better than Xiong Jiwu's, but she still has a heavy accent, which is probably the education gap in remote areas!
Seeing Xiong Xiaolin's sister's kindness, Qiqi hesitated, she looked up at her father, and saw her father nodding at her with a smile, Qiqi hesitated to stretch out a white and tender little hand and put it in Xiong Xiaolin's palm, but she didn't dare to leave her father, and the other little hand was still grabbing Yang Guo's 'pants' and 'legs'!
Yang Guo squatted down again with a smile, his hand reached into the schoolbag behind him, and with a slight pull, he pulled out the lazy dog gold that was lying in it and refused to come out. When the gold came out, he shook his body, and then ran to Kiki's side in a flattering manner before taking a look at his surroundings.
Yang Guo's choice was very correct, after the gold ran out, Xiong Xiaolin and Qiqi's attention were attracted by it, and the two little 'girl' children seemed to have a common topic, and gradually began to chat with each other.
Xiong Jiwu took Yang Guo and walked them into their small wooden building.
Xiong Jiwu's home is actually very large, with a small two-story wooden building adding up to several hundred square meters, but the house here has no value at all. And it seems that this small wooden building has a certain age, probably built by the ancestors of Xiong Jiwu!
After Yang Guo entered, Xiong Jiwu was busy beckoning Yang Guo to sit down, and then brewed oil tea for Yang Guo. However, Yang Guo could already see that Xiong Jiwu was absent-minded.
This man with a congenital disease, at the moment his heart is all concerned about his wife who is sick in the 'bed', if he didn't want to entertain Yang Guo, he would go straight to the bedroom as soon as he entered the 'door'.
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