The two of them had a busy day, and it was eight o'clock in the evening when they returned to town.

I found a barbecue stall and sat down, asked for two side dishes, two cups of draft beer and some lamb skewers, and rested while eating.

Wu Xiaojun said with a smile, "Today should be said to be a great victory, with good results, and fifteen or sixteen families have been left in several nearby villages." ”

Bai Lingyan said happily, "If this continues, we can finish and go home in three or four days." From the perspective of the children we visited today, it is really worrying, I really didn't expect that the situation here is worse than ours. ”

Wu Xiaojun said, "Today is very uncomfortable for me to go to one family, and it is very uncomfortable in my heart. The general feeling is that the people here are still relatively conservative in their thinking, the economy is relatively backward, and in a large village with thousands of people, there are not even a few decent families, as if they have suddenly returned to their childhood, and it is unbelievable to say it. ”

Bai Lingyan said, "What's the use of feeling this, it's boring, don't talk about it." Today is a bit unexpected to me, your first intuitive impression to me is that you are strict, not many words, hidden thoughts, unpredictable, but in contact with your fellow countrymen, you are very easy-going and generous, polite, but very neat. ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled and said, "I have won the award, and I deserve it." People have to bow their heads under the low eaves, go out and ask for people everywhere, want to straighten their waists and speak loudly lack confidence, not modest and cautious bowing their heads and waists. But you're right, I don't give a very good impression to people who don't know me, my girlfriend often says that I don't understand humor and keeps calling me a silly boy. ”

Bai Lingyan chuckled, "You have a girlfriend, you must be very beautiful, whether it's from your hometown or our school, let's hear it." ”

Wu Xiaojun said proudly, "It's my classmate in high school, the child of a cadre, who studied at Xiangzhou University for a bachelor's degree in business administration. Good character, more lively and cheerful, a little big, very good to me. ”

Bai Lingyan joked, "When it comes to your girlfriend, you can't even find Beibei, and your relationship must be very harmonious." ”

Wu Xiaojun restrained his smile and said, "I don't say anything about the relationship between the two of us, it's just that the difference between urban and rural areas is too big, her parents are resolutely opposed to our relationship, and there is always an invisible barrier between us, and I'm worried about whether it can be dismantled one day." ”

Bai Lingyan said, "No matter how big the barrier is, it is external, and whether it can be dismantled mainly depends on whether you have confidence, whether you can resist the temptation from the new environment and all aspects, and whether you can withstand the test of each side of the world." Now there are a few female classmates in our class who have made new friends at school, started to fall in love, and then kicked their former boyfriends, even if you can keep the promise you made to the other person, you can ensure that the other party's position is always firm and will not waver. I would like to advise you, but also be careful. ”

Wu Xiaojun smiled confidently and said, "The same is true for Liu Youcai in our dormitory, it's going to rain and my mother is going to get married, you can't stop it, let her be." By the way, how are you, do you have anyone in mind? ”

Bai Lingyan blushed and said lightly, "I'm ashamed, there are a few boys I made friends with in high school, but I haven't made deep friends yet." I don't know what it will be like in the future, those who are destined will come, those who should come will come, there is no need to deliberately pursue, so as not to make you die when you get it, mentally tired, painful, fruitless, regretful, really not worth it. ”

Wu Xiaojun said with a smile, "You see it very thoroughly, and you can think about it, many times it is often a bystander who is a fan of the authorities, once people fall into the whirlpool of love, they often forget a qiē, obsessed, difficult to extricate themselves, and even stupid and cute, stupid and stupid, which is ridiculous." ”

Bai Lingyan pursed her lips and smiled, "Do you still know it very well, let's experience it for yourself, it's better to stay sober." ”

When the night is over, the morning dawn is shining, and the mountain town is so hazy and quiet that the tired body and mind can be comforted.

The two woke up feeling refreshed and relaxed.

Prepare everything you need for the day, and set off in the direction of Panling to start a new day of difficult and long and painful travel.

The road leading to Panling is a potholed rural dirt road, steep and narrow, twisting and turning, winding and winding, stretching into the distance like a snake, the road is covered with tractors, tricycles pressed out of the wheels and ox hoof prints, and some thorns and small stones, and on both sides of the road there are occasional sparse and bright houses scattered in the col.

There are few pedestrians on the road, and there are few vehicles passing by. The two of them are far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, away from the hustle and bustle of pollution, walking on the mountain path in the early morning, going uphill and downhill for a while, crossing the mountains and streams for a while, forgetting the troubles of life, not having to think about anything with their blank brains, indulging in the fresh air and earthy breath of the mountains, leisurely and quietly enjoying the scenery on the roadside and the continuous peaks, listening to the insects and birds and the barking of dogs and horses.

The mountain road bends, up and down, left and right, at a three-way junction halfway up the mountain, the two of them went around and lost their way, stopped, and for a while, they still couldn't make up their minds.

When I was at a loss, two people, a man and a woman, about thirty years old, came up from the bottom of the valley on the right side, dressed naturally and generously, the man held a camera in his hand, and the woman carried a black simple bag on her shoulder.

Bai Lingyan recognized the woman at a glance as a staff member of the town government, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Sister, we met at the town government the day before yesterday, do you still recognize us?" ”

The woman's expression was natural and easy-going, and she said very kindly, "I recognize, I recognize, I didn't expect to meet here again, where are you going?" ”

"Eldest sister, we are going to Panling to see a few children, please show me the way, okay?"

"To Panling, you follow the road on the left side and keep moving forward, over a ridge, over a valley, and then up to the top of the mountain, the first village is, there are no cars here, seven or eight miles of road, it's really difficult for you to walk for a while, it's too hard for you."

"Thank you, eldest sister, we'll go, see you another day."

Following the direction she pointed, the two continued along the way.

The road is sparsely populated, there are more placer ores and lime kilns, and the white smoke rising from the lime kilns can be seen everywhere on the large and small mountains.

In front of a kiln on the side of the road, a dusty, tattered worker was filling the kiln with coal, surrounded by rising dust and scorching heat.

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan said, "You see, how difficult it is for workers to earn two dollars, working in such an environment, without any protective measures, I don't know how many diseases will soon entangle their bodies." ”

Bai Lingyan raised her eyes and looked at it, felt a burst of sadness, and said worriedly, "It is easy to suffer from pneumoconiosis by inhaling a large amount of dust every day, in our hometown, there are many people who dig coal kilns and gravel in the mine, and they get this disease at a young age, which is difficult to cure, and the price is quite heavy for individuals, and I don't know how many years of life expectancy will be shortened." ”

Wu Xiaojun said, "As a passerby, I just opened my eyes and sympathized with them, and there was nothing else to say." ”