Wu Xiaojun looked at the female comrades in front of him who were knocking melon seeds and humming a little song, and asked directly, "May I ask this eldest sister's surname?" ”

The female comrade's voice was full of resentment, and she said without looking back, "The surname is Wang, called Wang Ying, and you students are too, if you don't go home on such a hot day, you will run to our mountain nest in the poor countryside, and you will find hardship." ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled bitterly, "This is an organizational arrangement, it has caused trouble to the eldest sister, and I hope the eldest sister will take care of it." ”

Wang Ying said, "You two with fine skin and tender meat, you haven't been here, you can't compare with our years of basking in the sun, it's not to scare you, you won't be able to stand it if you can't survive three days, you should go back crying, you really shouldn't come." ”

Wu Xiaojun chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart, "What does this person mean, it seems that he is extremely unwelcome, and he is too underestimating people, according to this, there is Death Valley ahead." I don't believe that her so-called hardship can be so bitter, she hasn't suffered anything since she was a child, and if she wants to go back, there is no way. Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I want to see how you treat guests from afar, what kind of special courtesy you will receive, and what kind of poverty and backwardness there are. ”

The car quickly drove out of the county seat, turned north and sneaked on the rugged, narrow and potholed mountain road, the bumps were quite severe, and from time to time the two of them bounced up from the seats, and the stiff seats hurt the bones of the two people, and it was not easy to say anything, just helplessly looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Last winter, this spring, and even today, as if the Heavenly Lord was intent on punishing the creatures that grew on the earth, the stingy dripping water was reluctant to fall, allowing the scorching sun to sprinkle unscrupulously on the vast land, baking the scorching barren hills and mountains.

After months of exposure to the scorching sun and the non-stop patronage of passing vehicles and pedestrians day and night, the mountain road was already damaged and scarred, and the place where the vehicle passed was full of smoke, dusty and turbid. The four of them didn't dare to open the window, the car was like a steamer, it was like taking a sauna in it, sweating all the way while sitting, and the whole body was like a fireball.

Through the car window, on the high and low mountains, you can also see most of the traces of the caves that have been abandoned and inhabited by the predecessors, and on the slopes on both sides, except for the wheat stubble left over from the harvest of the villagers, it is bare and does not see a single green leaf, and there is almost no scenery to enjoy.

Wu Xiaojun has lived in the plains for a long time, yearning for the mountains, bumping on the bumpy and difficult roads in a different place, silently experiencing and feeling the hardships of the life of the people in the mountains and the helplessness in the face of God's malicious punishment, it is inevitable that there is a kind of loss and melancholy.

Along the way, several people in the car were in a stuffy restlessness and high tension, each with their own thoughts, no interaction, no words and communication, and the atmosphere was extremely dull, almost to the point of suffocation. Before I knew it, the car had reached the top of a hill, and then it made two turns along the narrow path and began to drive downward.

Wu Xiaojun's heart was tense, and he looked through the car window to see that a mountain road that could only walk side by side with two small cars, like a white line winding and circling on the mountainside, dividing the large and small mountains into upper and lower sections, and on the right side was a steep valley seven or eight meters deep, and some of the very vigorous rattan trees in life grew out of the teeth, and the branches and leaves were quite spiritual, adding some green colors to the barren mountains and mountains. Once it falls, it will definitely be crushed, Wu Xiaojun suddenly felt dizzy, frightened, and so frightened that he didn't dare to look at it anymore or think about it.

The car was going down, and suddenly a large truck up the hill appeared in front of it and blocked the way. The two cars were about to collide together in an instant, Wu Xiaojun was shocked, his eyes were closed, and his heart was completely finished. Bai Lingyan screamed in surprise, covered her head with both hands, and her upper body was tightly lying on Wu Xiaojun's legs. The driver Xiao Li is experienced, quick eyes, calm and calm, slammed the steering wheel, the body immediately deviated from the original direction, and the truck passed by, and the body was slightly injured and there was no major problem. Everyone finally escaped a bad luck, which scared Wu Xiaojun into a cold sweat, beads of sweat like popping beans and falling downward, lamenting that the road ahead was slow and long, bumpy and bumpy.

After a thrill, Wu Xiaojun's hanging heart in his throat was slowly calmed down, Bai Lingyan was like a frightened bird, trembling with fright, and never dared to get up and raise his head, Wu Xiaojun was not sitting on the right or right, and gently pushed and said, "Don't lie on your stomach anymore, get up, my legs are numb from you, fortunately in misfortune, I escaped a catastrophe, and I have gone down the mountain safely, and I am walking on a relatively gentle road." ”

Bai Lingyan slowly raised her body, her face was white, her forehead was soaked with sweat, and she said shyly, "I'm scared to death, my heart is beating tom, my head was completely stunned just now, my mind was blank, and I don't know anything." ”

Wu Xiaojun said with a smile, "It's just a small episode, maybe the creation is playing tricks on people, making a little joke, the moment of shock has passed, and we are walking on the main road." You see, it's much better here than in the mountains, and there are patches of green crops in the valley, and the corn in that field will soon be in the sky, and the soybeans and sweet potatoes will grow more vigorously, which is like the idyllic scenery of midsummer. ”

Bai Lingyan looked out the window and said excitedly, "The natural conditions in the mountains are not good, and agricultural production depends on the sky for food. When there is not much rain, the bottom of the mountain is naturally much better than the mountain, and the bottom of the mountain is convenient for the accumulation of a small amount of rainwater. In addition, water conservancy facilities have been built in many places, and a small drought can still be supported for a while with some watering, and will not have much impact on the growth of crops. It is rare to have such a long drought without rain this year, and it is rare to have this green space. ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled and said, "Listening to you say this, you know a lot about the countryside and agriculture, do you know a lot?" ”

Bai Lingyan said, "What's this, I'm also an authentic rural person, our family is from Beimeng County on the south bank of the Qinghe River, and the topography here is not much different from ours." Presumably you are not a local, let alone a mountain person, so you don't know much about the situation in the mountains. ”

Wu Xiaojun said, "Yes, it is the first time for me to get in close contact with the mountains, I grew up in the vast plains of Pingdong, and I am not used to traveling and seeing alone, so it seems necessary to find the bitterness and customs of life in the mountains." ”

While talking, the car unconsciously drove into the courtyard of the town government.

The town government is located in the middle of the mountainside, the back is about 200 meters high stone mountain, in front of a large and small pebbles of all kinds have dried up quite wide river, a small courtyard is not big, there is an area of about 30 square meters in the middle of the rockery fountain, the water in it has been dyed black by the coal ash flying everywhere in the air, a three-story office building has been built for some years, it seems old and unpretentious.

Wang Ying looked tired, scolded and said, "This ghost weather, running this trip to the county, almost fumigated the old lady to death along the way, and finally arrived at the station, I have to ask for leave to go home for two days." Two classmates, get off the bus. ”

The two hurriedly got out of the car with their luggage, and followed Wang Ying directly to an office on the second floor of the town government office building with a sign of the basic education group. The office conditions are quite basic, with two desks, two wooden chairs, a long wooden board with chairs and a floor fan, and there is not even a drinking water facility. There was no one in the room, and Wang Ying didn't talk to the two, so he sat down on the chair and panted against the floor fan.

Wu Xiaojun and the two sat in the classic car for more than two hours, and the bumpy whole body along the way seemed to fall apart, put down the luggage, first went to the bathroom to wash his face, returned to the house and sat down behind the desk casually, blowing the residual breeze, calming down, and soon felt much more comfortable.

About twenty minutes later, a middle-aged man about forty years old came from outside, who was not tall, with a dark face, wearing a checkered short sleeve and a large pair of trousers, and kicked this pair of slippers. As soon as he entered the door, he raised his eyebrows, looked the two of them up and down, and asked with a displeased expression, "Xiao Wang, what are they doing?" ”

Wang Ying saw him come in, rolled his eyes, and said with a face full of grievances and complaints, "Secretary Zhang, this drudgery almost didn't torture me to death, on a hot day, who can stand the fire, let's talk first, I will take a leave of absence to rest for two days to recuperate." ”

Secretary Zhang snorted angrily, "Xiao Wang, if you want to rest, you can rest, tell me what to do, what are you going to the county today?" ”

Wu Xiaojun and the two are looking for the secretary of the town Youth League Committee, what kind of person is this Secretary Zhang, seeing people so indifferent and ruthless, speaking in a blunt and impulsive tone, without a little human touch, is this what people say about the style of the organ yamen that is difficult to enter and has an ugly face. The two of them didn't know who he was or what he was doing, but they just sat quietly and listened to them without words.

Wang Ying said angrily, "The task assigned by the Youth League and County Committee, what kind of are the students of Pingxi Medical College doing to investigate the situation of the project to help the students, I can't say it clearly, I don't understand it", he stood up suddenly, pointed at the two of them with a fierce look, and shouted, "You two, quickly tell Secretary Zhang about the situation." ”