Chapter Seventy-Five: A Quiet Morning
The early morning in the village is very quiet, and there is no vitality in a small village at all. It is not at all the same as the village in Zhang Luo's imagination, in Zhang Luo's heart, he thinks that even this kind of village, which is inhabited by old people and children, should have the vitality it should have.
In Zhang Luo's impression, the small village should be that every family gets up early, has breakfast and then gets together, chats about family life, and does the work that should be done. However, the whole village seemed to have a habit of getting up late, and it was already eight o'clock, and no one passed by on the path outside the house, let alone chatter.
Only Zhang Luo and the family where they live, because of the existence of Zhang Luo's three people, so they made breakfast early, breakfast is very simple, a bowl of rice soup plus a little pickles and steamed buns, although it is very simple, but the taste is very good.
Rice soup is the water for cooking, because the stove is used to cook rice, the only advantage of firewood rice is that you can boil the pot at any time, before the rice is cooked, you need to dry the water a little, so that there will be a pot, the farmers put this water to good use, take it for breakfast, in their words, this is rice soup.
The rice is kept hot over a low heat, so that it doesn't get cold for almost a day. However, this kind of rice is suitable for eating all of it in one day, and if you leave it for the next day, the rice will become very hard and difficult to swallow.
Farmers don't stay at home for most of the day, so if they cook like this, they will have a hot meal to eat whenever they go home. Especially when the farm is busy, there is no regular time for meals.
The quietness of the whole village is in stark contrast to the liveliness of the small house of Zhang Luo and a few people.
It wasn't until Zhang Luo and the three of them finished breakfast that the small village began to move, and pedestrians could be seen on the path.
This normal performance made Zhang Luo and the others have an indescribable sense of security. If it weren't for the presence of the other two old men, when they got up in the morning, the three of them almost thought they had crossed over.
Even Xiao Xu, who has been here a few times, is not used to it every time he comes, let alone Zhang Luo and the fat man, especially the fat man who has always been the most afraid of quietness.
Although the whole village is small and the population is not large, it is very clean, much cleaner than other villages. This may be the only way to do this, the characteristics of the old man's village.
The old people have nothing to do every day, and they have to clean the village well, although every rainy day, what they did is equivalent to doing it in vain, but every old man is still happy to do it, the whole village is basically free of dust, unlike some places, the wind blows dust and flies.
The plants in the small village grow very well, especially the creeper, basically every household is planted a little, and the creeper in the house of the good man has climbed all over the wall and has become a kind of ornament, and it is a very good-looking ornament.
However, no one appreciates the beauty of the whole village at all, even the local young people, every time they go home, they are in a hurry, and they never pay attention to these details, let alone care, in the hearts of young people, in addition to making money, is the health of the family, these so-called beautiful scenery, for them, will not be put in their hearts at all, some young people who come back for the New Year will also clean up once and prune the creepers, for fear that these creepers will climb into the house from the wall, I never think about how this creeper can be better-looking.
Zhang Luo and the three of them went out with the two old people, and the old people basically gathered together in broad daylight, basking in the sun, playing cards, and playing chess. All the children who stayed at home went to the elementary school in the village, where teachers taught them, and the elderly were relieved.
The people of the village naturally gather every morning, not only for leisure and entertainment, but also to see who is not there, so that if any old man is sick, the rest of the people will know immediately, so that they can take care of each other.
Although the old people who are so strong say that they are used to gathering like this, Zhang Luo and the three of them know that the main reason why they are actually able to take care of each other is to be able to take care of each other.
As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is only in this kind of countryside, or village, that it is possible to achieve this, and in a metropolis, it is good to live in a building for a few years, and it is good to know a few people, let alone two families to interact with each other, which is basically impossible.
Only in the countryside or village can everyone help with red and white ceremonies. This kind of communication, which used to be basically the most ordinary, is now even more difficult.
Seeing the people in the whole village greeting each other, everyone had a happy smile on their faces, who was a little uncomfortable, and the concerned greetings of others made Zhang Luo and the three of them very emotional and moved.
Even the fat man, who is most afraid of loneliness, now wants to stay in such a village, let alone Zhang Luo and Xiao Xu.
At this moment, the fat man finally knew why Xiao Xu had come to this village several times, if the fat man was asked to make a choice, choose to sleep here at night, or rush back to the county seat, the fat man would also choose here.
In addition to the inconvenient transportation, and no entertainment facilities, the fat man feels that this is the paradise, such a place is the place where human beings should live, there is no computer, no network, no quarrels, no pressure, such a place is completely an alternative paradise.
Especially here is clean, the scenery is good, whether it is early morning or dusk, each has its own characteristics. However, due to the pressure of survival, there are thousands of small villages like this in China, and although the overall economy is very strong, the distribution of the rich and the poor will never be even, no matter when, this is an immutable law.
If such a place is developed by those in the city, it may not be long before such a village will change, but in the end, there will be almost nothing that can be preserved.
Although Zhang Luo and the three of them all wanted to help the village well, they had no way to start. Especially the way of helping the three, if you really let more people know about such a place, the three people don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, although the number of people who travel will increase, but more people means more things, change is always unknown, good and bad are just their own destiny, no one can know whether the result is good or bad, especially such a quiet small village, although there will be more tourists will have economic production, but in the end it is still a small village? Then no one can say.
Zhang Luo now knows what Xiao Xu meant by bringing them here, although Xiao Xu didn't say it, what he wanted to express was very simple, as long as he came, he would know.
In the end, do you want to send out the beautiful scenery taken here, this kind of thing that Xiao Xu has been entangled for a long time, and now it has fallen on the heads of the three of them, Zhang Luo looked at Xiao Xu at the moment, and found that the obvious inquiry in Xiao Xu's eyes, Zhang Luo also felt a headache.
Looking at the fat man next to him who chatted happily with any old man, Zhang Luo just wanted to sigh in his heart at the moment, the fat man with a wide heart and a fat body is really good, and he is really happy and simple!