Wu Xiaojun happily accepted Bai Lingyan's invitation, and soon regretted it a little.

Some time ago, Bai Lingyan said that she thought she was making fun of herself and making a joke, but she took it seriously, nominally letting herself play in the mountains and rivers, but the intention was obvious, she must be sad when she suddenly changed her words, and going to a big girl and bringing a young man to her home will cause discussion among the people in the village, not to mention that her family doesn't know anything about herself, so she seems hasty and reckless.

Later, Wu Xiaojun also wanted to open it, don't make simple things so complicated, and still stepped on the bus home with Bai Lingyan.

Bai Lingyan's family is located in Beimeng County, northwest of Ping, a village named Siyuanpo on the south bank of the Qinghe River. Because it is located in the remote mountainous area of nearly 20 miles away from the county seat, there were many mountains and roads here before, and it was very backward, even in the late eighties, the vast majority of families still lived in simple caves, so it seemed particularly secluded, and few outsiders came here.

In the early 90s, the state made a heavy decision to build the Qinghe Siyuanpo Water Conservancy Project at the outlet of the last section of the canyon in the middle reaches of the Qinghe River.

In the autumn of 1993, colorful flags fluttered all over the hills, all kinds of large-scale construction machinery were stationed one after another, engineers and technicians from all over the country, and some foreigners with long noses and green eyes also came here, and the quiet mountain village became boiling and lively overnight. What followed was a large-scale excavation of mountains and rocks, the construction of bridges and roads, and the relocation of migrants.

Bai Lingyan's family was originally located on a vacant land of less than half an acre on the mountainside at the southern end of the dam site, and was arranged to move to a mountain range four miles southeast of the village when they migrated, which was basically a local migration.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan got off the bus at the entrance of the village.

Wu Xiaojun froze and looked around. Mountains are endless, rising and falling, stretching into the distance. A new wide road connects Pingxi with the bottom of the dam, and the other is a path that winds along the terrain of the remnant mountain to the village. This belongs to the core area of the core of the construction of water conservancy projects, the machine roars, the vehicles that carry large stones are continuous, from time to time there are bursts of cannon sound of opening the mountain, the sound pierces the high sky, many mountains in front of you have been blown up, the ravines have been filled, and a piece of flat land has been developed. However, in the field of vision, except for the engineering personnel setting up tents, there was not a single house in sight, not even the shadow of the village.

Wu Xiaojun asked with a smile, "There are mountains everywhere, where is your village, why can't you see it at all?" ”

Bai Lingyan smiled mysteriously, "Our village is behind the mountain in front, we must not see it, look at it, let's walk along this path, turn over the mountain in front, and then go down to the bottom of the valley, and then go up to the ridge behind is our village." ”

Wu Xiaojun then asked, "Isn't there a road that leads to the village a little bit bigger, why bother to take this small road?" ”

Bai Lingyan said with a smile, "That road is easier to walk by car, but it is far away, and if you walk, you won't be able to reach the village in less than two hours." Walking this trail is a maximum of an hour. ”

Wu Xiaojun asked puzzledly, "Do you do this every time you come back?" It's inconvenient, isn't it? ”

Bai Lingyan said, "As long as you can't meet the tricycle in the village, you have to walk, get used to it, it doesn't matter." Let's go! ”

The two of them moved along a high, low, rugged mountain road, sometimes climbing and sometimes going downhill, in the direction of home.

Wu Xiaojun suddenly remembered the scene when the two of them were in Xinningsi City, and said humorously, "Three years ago, we inadvertently walked side by side on the mountain road in Xinningsi City, but I didn't expect to come here today three years later to relive the old dream and revisit the youth of the year." I remember that in the deep mountains, the two of us ran around, especially in that hot afternoon, you were wearing a parasol, and the people on the side of the road stared at you like a rare animal, and then got on a tricycle that pulled coal, and when they returned to the town, their faces were all gray, what a wolf! At that time, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to persevere, but who knew that you seemed weak, but you had a tenacity that refused to admit defeat, which made me feel very funny when I thought about it. ”

Bai Lingyan smiled proudly, "That's nature, let's race in the mountains, don't you also lose!" ”

Wu Xiaojun laughed and said, "Actually, first, I'm embarrassed to win you, let you, and second, you're cheating, it's no wonder if I don't lose." ”

Bai Lingyan patted Wu Xiaojun's shoulder with her hand, and said smugly, "You can't compare to me, and you're quite good at finding reasons." The front slope is particularly steep, so be careful. ”

Wu Xiaojun raised his eyes and looked, jumped over a few stones, grabbed the branch of a crooked-necked tree, turned around and said with a grin, "Swallow, look at how frivolous and agile I am, hurry up." ”

Bai Lingyan walked for a while, tired and a little panting, "My mother, I'm tired, you should come down and pull me!" ”

Wu Xiaojun jumped down from it again, grabbed Bai Lingyan's hand, and carefully climbed up little by little, and it took more than twenty minutes to reach the top of the mountain.

Bai Lingyan pointed forward with her hand, "So many newly built houses on the ridge in front of us are our new village, because they are built on the ridge, it is in the shape of an east-west direction, and my house is the easternmost point. ”

Wu Xiaojun looked at it and quipped, "How modern you are, how similar are mountain villages, similar to towns." But I don't know how far I have to go home from here, how much sweat I still need to sweat, the moisture on my body is already insufficient, and my mouth is about to burst into flames! ”

Bai Lingyan smiled secretly, "According to the speed of the uphill slope, it will take forty minutes in less than an hour." In my opinion, it's better to sit down and catch your breath, accumulate some energy before leaving! ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled bitterly and asked suddenly, "My dear aunt, at the beginning you said that you would arrive home in about an hour, but now that nearly an hour has passed, why does it take forty or fifty minutes, you won't just take a shortcut and deliberately play tricks on me!" ”

Bai Lingyan lowered her head and sat on the ground lightly and couldn't help but giggle, then raised her ruddy face, stared at Wu Xiaojun's stunned eyes, and smiled sweetly, "That's right." When I was a child, I went to the place where I got off the bus to mow the grass, and I often walked this path, but this is close to my hometown, and you can see that small place in the middle diagonally opposite is our family's kiln. ”

Wu Xiaojun sat next to Bai Lingyan, wiped his sweat, followed the direction of her fingers, and looked carefully, there were about thirty or forty high, high, low, large and small, thick or dense caves, which looked like a hornet's nest from a distance, and pointed to a cave with a paulownia tree growing in front of an inconspicuous cave and asked, "Is this what you said?" ”

Bai Lingyan let out a soft "um".

"I don't understand, how do you go up every day at such a high level, how tired it must be! Not to mention riding a bicycle, it is very difficult to push up. ”

"Growing up here, who can do what!"

"We people who live on the plains are much easier and more convenient than you. I can't imagine how you lived here as a child. ”

"Although it was a village at the same time, most families used to live scattered, and there was not much contact with each other, it was very closed and backward, and I didn't know many people in the village. The living conditions are very different from what they are now, that is, the people in the village no longer have any land, and food is a problem. ”

"The state has expropriated the land, and it will definitely give some compensation, so that it will not even solve the problem of food and clothing."

"What can a subsidy of a few hundred yuan per person be used for every year. Although the young people are arranged to work in the township-run factory, they can't open one or two hundred yuan a month, and many of them quit and go to Shanxi to dig coal kilns, so it is still very hard here. In the future, when the construction is completed, it will become a tourist area, and it may be improved. ”

"That's right. It's almost time to rest, it's time to walk. Wu Xiaojun said and stood up.

Bai Lingyan said with a smile, "I can't get up, take a hand and pull me." ”

Wu Xiaojun deliberately joked, "This is on your family's territory, I don't dare to pull it, in case the people in your village see it, think I'm a hooligan bullying you, and call a large group of people and don't eat me!" ”

Bai Lingyan suddenly blushed and said shyly, "Don't just play poor, if you are afraid of the people in my village, you can go back." ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled, "I found that you are really ruthless today, let me go a long way, it's almost dark, and let me go back, I don't even have a wagon, and I won't be in the city in the middle of the night." I'm convinced of you, I'm afraid of you, I can't help it! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand in front of Bai Lingyan and teased, "Dear aunt and grandmother, Miss Yanzi, I gave you my hand, catch it quickly." ”

As soon as Bai Lingyan grabbed Wu Xiaojun's hand, she felt a strong force coming from her hand, her feet staggered, she was unsteady on her feet, and she threw herself directly into his arms, and her face was pressed against his warm and hot chest, and she hugged his waist.

Wu Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, quietly watching her nostrils gently squirm and pant breathing, and suddenly there was a tingling and itchy feeling all over his body, and he involuntarily stroked her somewhat messy hair that was blown by the breeze, lowered his head and kissed it deeply, and said with a smile, "Okay, let go of your hand and go." ”

Bai Lingyan didn't seem to hear it, she still didn't move, she suddenly raised her head, kissed him on the face, and smiled faintly with hesitation, "Go home." ”

The two of them went down the hill along the path, reached the bottom of the valley, and walked up to the wider road into the village, which felt much smoother.

As soon as he entered the village, Wu Xiaojun found that Bai Lingyan had a sense of being closer to home, her expression was tense and strict, there was no trace of a smile on her face, she just walked with her head down, and she never said a word. I couldn't help but feel fluctuating and nervous, after all, she didn't tell her family in advance, she suddenly brought a boy whose family didn't know about her to the house, and it was difficult for ordinary parents to accept such a fact, maybe she had some worries and concerns, and she would inevitably feel a little apprehensive, it seemed that she was going to the execution ground and Hongmen today to test. It's impossible to go back, and if you come, you'll be safe, no matter what they think, rush forward to see what kind of courtesy they can give themselves.

The two walked in the village for about ten minutes and came to a small courtyard.

Wu Xiaojun stood and looked, the courtyard door was open, in front of the door was a flat open space, there were a few jujube trees and persimmon trees growing on the edge, and the outside of the tree was more than 20 meters deep was a green terraced field, giving people a feeling that they would fall down if they were not careful.

Bai Lingyan said with a smile, "Don't stand still, let's go home!" ”