"Chapter 16: The Story of the Village"
"After crossing this mountain, we will reach our village." The village chief led the group into a mountain road. It's not so much a mountain trail as it's an extreme rock climb. On the right side of the crowd is a cliff, on the left is an abyss, and the feet are stepping on gravel one by one, plus there are frost layers in some places, and if you are not careful, you will slip.
Lin Xiaohan frowned, to be honest, it is very common to experience life in the choreography department, but it is the first time for her to come to this kind of place.
"Village chief, now that the policy is getting better and better, shouldn't every village be connected to a road? Why is the road in our village still so steep? β
"The girl is right, several other villages in our town have begun to build oil roads, but our village is too remote, and the number of villagers is not large, and the cost of opening a road for our village alone is not a small number, so the county studied several times, and finally gave up, after all, for our village to open the mountain, there are still some gains that outweigh the losses." The village chief explained.
Wang Erwu took the initiative to walk to Lin Xiaohan's left side, and this section of the road began to narrow, he didn't want his goddess to slip down accidentally.
"We used to be a revolutionary base area, and it was because of this dangerous terrain that the devils were beaten up." The village chief led the way while introducing, and before he knew it, more than an hour had passed.
"Wow, this place is beautiful!" Wang Erwu stood on the top of the mountain, looking down, there were green trees, wild flowers, wooden bridges, streams, and the taste of fairy valley.
"Well, it's beautiful." Lin Xiaohan also admired that this kind of natural scenery can rarely be seen in the city, although the houses here seem a little simple, but this kind of environment makes people feel what is the real nature.
"The scenery of our village is really good, but the conditions will be a little harder, we are poor, far from the town, to tell you, we villagers, some have never been out of the county in their lives." The village chief led the group onwards.
"Hey! Chicken! What a lot of chickens! Wang Erwu's face was full of excitement, "Goddess, look, there are still sheep, sheep running on the road, do you see them?" β
"Can you please be less naΓ―ve? Do sheep fly in the sky when they don't run on the road? Lin Xiaohan looked at Wang Erwu with disdain.
Wang Erwu felt aggrieved, "I have never seen a sheep running on the ground, I usually only see the hooks in the market, and the hot pot restaurants on the plates, as for the roasted on the street, maybe it is not a sheep." β
"Alas, you'd better find a place where no one is there and leave a few words!"
"Leave a word? Goddess, let's keep a low profile, although I have good calligraphy, but to mention a plaque or something to this Lingang Village, there are still some shortcomings, haha. β
"Daydream you, I'm asking you to squat on the ground and write a "Come here", Wukong! β
After nearly twenty minutes, the village chief led them to a house, "This is my house, you two will stay here tonight, my brother will live in the opposite house, I will move him there tonight, so as not to disturb you." β
"Village Chief, don't bother, this house is big enough, you don't have to move out, anyway, we'll only stay for one night, it's right for us to disturb you." Lin Xiaohan said.
"Girl, you look big in my house, in fact, the backyard is pig-raising, in addition to entering the door of this lobby can sit a few people, next to only the left of the house, for the bedroom, the right few rooms are not able to live people, in case of heavy rain, at any time may collapse."
Lin Xiaohan noticed that this house was a brick structure, the door had begun to crack in many places, and the window was made of wooden railings, glued with a layer of plastic, and some small holes were broken in the plastic layer, and the spider left a web on it. The space of the lobby is relatively large, the ground is a little uneven, there is a very old table in the house, and a few wooden chairs, in front of the hall is the ancestral plaque of the village chief, burning incense burners. The wall on the right has cracked a lot, and it's no exaggeration to say that a cat can get into the wall, and some of the wooden beams have fallen inside.
"Okay, you pack your luggage first, I'll take you everywhere later, the villagers know that there are guests coming, but start preparing a sumptuous dinner, hehe." After the village chief finished speaking, he walked towards the opposite house.
Lin Xiaohan stepped into the bedroom on the left, there was an old wooden bed inside, and under the bed was naturally not Simmons, but layers of yellow grass, they used yellow grass to replace the role of sponges, a wardrobe, I don't know what color it was, but there are still remnants of paint that have not fallen off clean......
Lin Xiaohan put down his backpack, he didn't know why, he felt very uncomfortable.
At this time, Wang Erwu has already fled to the backyard, the backyard is the kitchen, some bowls and plates are neatly placed in the blackened wooden cabinet, a large pot on the stove, there is a hole below, used to put firewood, next to the stove is a large water tank, the water in it seems very dirty, there is a very dirty gauze on the water tank, I don't know what to use. As we walked inside, there was a pigsty, and three pigs were sleeping comfortably on the ground.
Wang Erwu was naturally interested, picked up a straw, and kept fiddling with the pigs' noses, causing them to let out impatient roars.
"Two-five! It's good to catch up with your second junior brother, why make such a big fuss! Lin Xiaohan was shocked by the sound and stood behind Wang Erwu, looking unhappy.
"I'm sorry, goddess, I see them sleeping in the afternoon, I guess they are bored."
"Less nonsense, hurry up and get out, the village chief is still waiting!"
"Oh." Wang Erwu reluctantly followed the goddess out of the house......
The village is quiet, without the noise and hustle and bustle of the city, and it is difficult to see people along the way.
"In fact, there are nearly 1,000 people in our village, but some of them have gone out to work, and the children are still in school, so it will be more lively at night." The village chief explained.
"Is there a school here?" Lin Xiaohan asked.
"Yes, it's not far from town." The village chief replied enthusiastically.
"In town? Then the children can't walk back and forth for four hours to study? Wang Erwu said in surprise.
"Yes, but the children in our village are used to it, a few people are together, they are not lonely in school and go to school, and they also have a care."
"But that mountain road is very dangerous, and we adults are afraid to walk, let alone children?"
"Well, there is no way, more than ten years ago, there was a child on the way to school, accidentally fell off the cliff, and then the village people did not dare to let their children go to school, at that time, a volunteer named Yu Lu in the city learned about our situation, and built a house at the head of the village, saying that it was a school, he said that the children could not study well, so he stayed and taught these children in our village to read." The village chief said that he couldn't help but cry, "Teacher Yu is very good, he has been staying here to teach children, this stay is seven years, but ......" The village chief sobbed, "Good people don't live long, five years ago, Teacher Yu went back to the city to see his mother, but there was a car accident on the road, and he never came back!" The children kept the room in memory of him, but later the villagers realized that the children who read books were different from the children who did not, so they decided to send the children to school......
Wang Erwu wiped his tears, "It's really touching, can I go and see this school?" β
"It's not far ahead."
This is an extremely dilapidated house, the house does not even have a roof, not so much a house, but four walls, the only room next to it is intact, is the residence of Teacher Yu, there is a piano in it, and some musical instruments, although this room is very dilapidated, but this room, and these musical instruments are not a little dusty.
"The children have grown up, but they still have a deep affection for the teachers, and people come here almost every day to clean up, so it's very clean!" Seeing that the two were puzzled, the village chief replied.
"Teacher Yu teaches music?"
"No, Mr. Yu teaches everything, Chinese, mathematics, he teaches alone, this piano is brought by him, occasionally he plays a song, said to commemorate his lover, alas, he is also a hard-working person, her lover is also a teacher who supports teaching, but unfortunately he has cancer, fell in the classroom in the countryside, he said, in order to fulfill her lover's last wish, to finish her lover's unfinished road, he was not a teacher, just an ordinary factory worker, and later because he met her lover, he learned a piano music, Other musical instruments will not, and the other things are sent over after Mr. Yu died, and others heard his deeds, which is ridiculous, before his death, no one cared, but after he died, there were many people who cared, but how did they know, Mr. Yu didn't know music at all, he could just play that tune......" The village chief sighed.
After listening to the village chief's words, Lin Xiaohan was silent, and Wang Erwu also felt a lot, "Village chief, don't worry, this place will definitely be a school in the future!" It's called Yulu Elementary School! It's on me! Wang Erwu said firmly.
Lin Xiaohan glared at him and whispered in his ear, "Do you have a conscience!" People are so great, you are still making trouble here! Why do you guarantee a school? β
"Goddess, if you don't know me, I will definitely do what I say!" Wang Erwu took off the guitar hanging on the wall, "Village chief, can you borrow me the guitar?" β
The village chief nodded, those instruments are here, no one will use them at all, except for the piano has a special meaning, the others are really not important.
"Let's go, the folks heard that you are coming, and they are all preparing dinner, let's go and have a look." The village chief walked ahead.
The houses here are very far apart, some houses are between houses, it takes half an hour to walk to arrive, the village chief's son's house is next to the village, which is a place where the houses in the village are more concentrated, and there are four families living here, so there are generally large gatherings in the village, so they choose here.
"Although our village is poor, it is very hospitable! The villagers slaughter chickens and sheep, hehe. The village chief smiled.
In the distance, a middle-aged woman carrying two loads of water walked over with a smile and greeted the two people from the city warmly.
"Village chief, don't you have running water? Why pick and choose? Lin Xiaohan asked.
"Our village is too remote, tap water can't come, originally our family used well water, but the weather is too cold, the well water is estimated to be frozen, and the water can't come, so for the time being, we can only go to the river on the other side of the mountain to pick up." The village chief explained.
The woman put the bucket down, took out a piece of gauze, poured water from the gauze into the jar, and after a while, a lot of turbidity was left on the gauze.
"This water?" Wang Erwu looked at it, and despite the filtration of guΓ² gauze, the water still looked very dirty.
"Not to mention our village, even our entire county, is a poor county, these years to attract investment, the county has a big enterprise, but it has solved the employment problem of many of our villagers, but this has advantages and disadvantages, the upstream of the river has built a family area, it just so happens that the opposite side of the family area is our big scenic spot, some outsiders do not care for the environment, garbage is thrown into the river, so this day is long, the water quality of our downstream has become very bad, plus our river is a branch of the downstream, the circulation is not large, this water is naturalβ¦β¦β
Wang Erwu and Lin Xiaohan felt very uncomfortable.
The village chief thought that they were worried that the water would not be edible, so he hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, this water is just our own usual drinking, and when we heard that you were coming, several villagers had already gone to the next village to borrow clean water, hehe." β
When the two of them heard this, their hearts were hot, and indescribable emotion came to their hearts......
At seven o'clock in the evening, the children began to go home one after another.
Wang Erwu was carrying a guitar and was helping a villager drive a sheep home.
A little girl of about six or seven years old with pigtails walked up to her with a schoolbag on her back.
"Sanbo is good. Hello uncle. β
"The second girl is back!" The villager who was herding the sheep spoke.
"Hmm." The second girl jumped up and down and looked very happy.
"Your name is Erniu?" Wang Erwu looked at the little girl in front of him, although she was not dressed very beautifully, but her pink little face was very cute.
"Yes, uncle."
"Do you eat sugar?"
"Uncle, are you a bad person?"
Wang Erwuyi was stunned, "Does uncle look like a bad person?" β
The little girl glanced at Wang Erwu suspiciously, "The teacher said that strangers outside give candy to children are bad people!" β
"This is your territory, huh? It's not necessarily who abducts whom, isn't it? β
The little girl nodded and took the candy from Wang Erwu's hand, "You want me to cover you?" β
Wang Erwu was stumbling, and the uncle who drove the sheep next to him laughed.
"Erniu, is my uncle's candy delicious?"
"It's delicious."
"Uncle, there's more." After speaking, he took out a large handful of candy, "Later, you will call all the children over, one for each person, and when you are eating, you will call me uncle when you see me, and if you see a beautiful sister, you will call you aunt, understand?" β
"Don't worry, this piece, I'm the boss, I'll do this properly!" The little girl smiled, stuffed all the candy into her bag, and jumped away.
Wang Erwuyi was stunned, "Today's children are much tougher than we were then." β
"Haha, it's not all taught by you city people." Uncle Sheep Winked at Wang Erwu.
The sumptuous dinner party finally began, with all kinds of chicken, duck and fish, such a scene, in Lingang Village, the New Year is not comparable.
The children's eyes lit up, especially a dark, skinny boy with eyes full of flames, eager to rush up and rob him. Wang Erwu looked at these eager children, remembered the words of Erniu just now, and said secretly, "Could this be a Hongmen banquet?" Why, even though I'm hungry, I don't have anything to eat, but I feel the urge to run? β
"Hello uncle!" Erniu smiled at Wang Erwu with a group of children, and then looked at Lin Xiaohan, "Hello auntie!" β
Wang Erwu gave a thumbs up and said secretly, "Well done!" β
Lin Xiaohan was stunned for a moment, glared at Wang Erwu, who was smiling with a smile on his face, and said softly, "Next time let me hear the word "aunt" again, you will die!" β
"What's my business? The children's eyes are bright, which can only show that we are very husband and wife! β
"Shut up! What exactly do you like about me? Can't I change it? Lin Xiaohan said helplessly.
"Goddess, I just like you to be a woman, can you change it? Ha ha. Before Wang Erwu's words fell, he was kicked away by Lin Xiaohan.
The sumptuous dinner finally began, looking at the table full of dishes, the two of them were very moved, their place is really not easy, not to mention the difficult conditions, even drinking water is a problem, but even so, they still use their best food to entertain the two.
Lin Xiaohan picked up a piece of meat, which looked like pig's feet, but it didn't look like it, "Village chief, what is this?" β
"Oh, this is a good thing, this is our most famous dish, braised rat meat, not the kind of rat we usually see, but living in the mountains, we call it winter mouse, this thing is generally not encountered, the third child and their family caught it a few days ago, has been reluctant to eat, no, I heard that you are coming, so I took it out......" the village chief introduced.
Lin Xiaohan put the meat he picked up into Wang Erwu's bowl, "I'm losing weight, I can't eat food that is too greasy, such a rare food, leave it to you." β
Wang Erwu glanced at Lin Xiaohan with a smile, and silently sandwiched the meat into the bowl of a child on the side.
The child looked at him movingly, "Uncle, why did you give it to me?" β
"Child, have you heard the story of Kong Rong Rang Pear......
"Come, try the rice wine brewed in our village, cheers!"
I have to say that Wang Erwu and Lin Xiaohan really have one thing in common, that is, they both love to eat, and the two joined the children's team, this Hongmen banquet is more like a hungry ghost grabbing food, and a group of people are eager to eat all the bowls.
Finally, two guests from the city came, after they were full of wine and food, this program was indispensable, a group of old and young masters sat around and listened to Lin Xiaohan tell some new things in the city. High-speed rail, urban light rail, maglev trains, these are all curious about them......
"Uncle, can you sing?" Erniu and Wang Erwu quickly got together.
"Uncle won't, uncle sings hard to hear." Wang Erwu was a little drunk, and it was rare to show XiΓ n's modesty.
"Then why are you carrying a lute on your back?"
"It's not a lute, it's called a guitar?"
"Guitar? Is it OK to eat? β
"You haven't eaten yet?" Wang Erwu looked at the innocent Erniu, "This is a musical instrument, similar to the piano, and it is used to play ......."
"Then you can play one."
Wang Erwu was carried to the center by Erniu, and asked Wang Erwu to play a song for her.
Lin Xiaohan covered his ears with drunkenness and smiled at Wang Erwu.
Music ...... A song "Romance of Love" intoxicated everyone.
Lin Xiaohan put down his hands incredulously, and was also intoxicated by the sound of the guitar.
The night was quiet and beautiful. From this angle, the moon seems to be bigger and brighter than in the city......
The two returned to the cottage of the village chief's house, and Lin Xiaohan said softly, "I didn't expect you to play the guitar well." β
"Well, I've loved it since I was a kid."
"Alas, if you sing as well as you do on the guitar, you might attract a lot of ignorant girls." Lin Xiaohan was a little shaken, although the taste of this self-brewed rice wine is better, but the stamina is relatively sufficient.
"I don't need to attract ignorant maidens, you know, I've always had you in my heart." Wang Erwu didn't look at Lin Xiaohan's eyes, because he confessed countless times, but was rejected countless times.
"Don't say it, go to bed early, take a good look at this village tomorrow, here, I feel too much......"
Wang Erwu nodded, opened his suitcase, as he said, although he carried a lot of large bags and small bags, but none of them were brought for himself. He took out a clean quilt from the box, then turned out a cotton blanket, helped Lin Xiaohan lay it neatly, and glued the torn plastic sheet at the window opening, and exited the bedroom.
In the lobby, Wang Erwu closed the door and put together a few worn-out chairs, the other person was nearly one meter eight, lying on the spliced chair at the moment, most of his body was suspended, he put his coat on his body and closed his eyes...... At this moment, the goddess is only one room away from him, and he feels very happy......