Chapter 34: The Scenery in the Mountains
Life is everywhere, it should be like Feihong stepping on the slush.
Occasionally, there are fingers and claws on the mud, and Hongfei counts things.
The old monk has died into a new tower, and the bad wall has no reason to see the old problem.
I don't know if it's rugged, and the road is long and the donkey is sleepy.
Looking back at the Cao Yu brothers and sisters, there was no expression of surprise, and the two walked in first.
Feeling a little puzzled, looking at the noisy crowd in the courtyard, I stopped under the natural arch, pulled the vine leaves on it, and didn't go in, Jiang and Xue Ernu also stopped behind me.
Jiang Tingting said to me softly: "Yicheng, I guess, maybe you came to ask us to eat." ”
"No, this frame is not like it, the person who comes is not good, please have a meal, why is it so exaggerated." I grabbed the arms of the two of them one by one, pretending to be scared and retreating out the door, "I shouldn't have come to rob the kiss, I have to take a good look at the two of you, if you accidentally lose one of them, it will be difficult to deal with each other." ”
"you!" Both women pushed my hand away at the same time.
"Nasty." Jiang Tingting first denounced, "It's good for a stupid girl to snatch you away." ”
"No, everyone is so good, why don't you introduce someone to a healthy one, right, Yuping."
"Sending a stupid big sister or giving you face." Unexpectedly, Xue Yuping didn't sympathize with me at all, but added fuel to the fire, "As soon as you encounter a problem, run back, I think it's time to let Tingting 'click' you." ”
"I'm too lazy, or Yuping, you can do it for you." Jiang Tingting quarreled with Xue Yuping again.
"Alright, alright, go in. Anyway, it's a blessing or a curse, and it can't be avoided. "When will they end their troubles like this, let's go in hard, I heard that the mountain people have disputes, and the war is very powerful.
As we walked inside, Ruobing had already turned around and called us. As soon as a few people walked into the courtyard, the noisy people "hula" suddenly surrounded them.
A few people came up and pulled me, "Go to our house." "It's better to go to my house." "Our family is ready." Babbling began to argue again.
Look at this frame, I really want to invite us to be guests, not to look for ballast. I'm a man, so everyone is coming at me. But looking left and right, no one is familiar, how can this be good? Jiang Tingting and Xue Yuping were both watching happily from the sidelines, and they both thought it was funny for me to look like this. These folks are all older, so Cao Yu's brothers and sisters don't know what to do on the side.
Fortunately, Cao Bo and his wife came over in time. Uncle Cao said: "You guys have a lot of face, uncles and uncles have been waiting for you here for a day." You're fine, but you have to eat out at noon. ”
He turned back to the villagers: "A few of them will stay for a few days." I first saw an old man standing beside me, "Let's go to the third brother's house today, and no one will be able to run away at that time." ”
Uncle Cao is still very prestigious, and when he opened his mouth, everyone stopped arguing, and began to rush to say: "Then go to my house tomorrow first." The couple said some more polite words, and the crowd gradually dispersed in disappointment.
The third brother in Cao Bo's mouth was like buying a lottery ticket and winning the jackpot, and turned around and said to a boy behind him: "Heizi, go back and tell your milk, just say that people from the city will go to our house for dinner." ”
"Huh." With a cheer, the boy ran away.
"Uncle San, you go back first, wash your face and I'll take them over." Cao Yu said to the old man who was still waiting there. He replied and walked out the door.
"The folks here are so welcoming." said to Cao Yu, the two of us squatted on the side of the small water flowing in the courtyard and washed our faces, and then sat on the side of the small stone table and drank tea, and the well-behaved Ruobing had already brought the teapot over.
Jiang Tingting and Xue Yuping went back to the room early, saying that they wanted to change their clothes. We just sat and waited.
After adding water to the teapot three more times, the two ladies finally came out of the house. Cao Yu and I breathed a sigh of relief, but then Ruobing shouted: "The two sisters are so beautiful." "It makes us look back.
The two girls have changed their clothes, they are already good-looking, and they have been carefully retouched, and their faces are thinly powdered, which makes them even more radiant, no wonder Ruobing is so screaming.
It's enough to attract people's eyes, and it's so deliberately decorated, girls have a lot of things, and they sighed secretly in their hearts, but they had to put on a very appreciative look on their faces.
The three of us walked outside with Cao Yu, and Ruobing stood still. As soon as he turned around, he asked curiously, "Won't Ruobing go together?" ”
The little girl lowered her head and whispered, "I won't go, the villagers are not rich." ”
Sensibly, it is hard for me to imagine that this little girl who is in junior high school is said to be "the child of the poor is in charge early", and it was only when I entered the mountains that I understood this truth better.
When I went out of the door, I saw that the third uncle was still standing there waiting, thinking that we were afraid that we would be robbed by others on the way and ruin our glory. remembered that he just said to Cao Yu that the villagers were enthusiastic, but in fact, this is not just a matter of enthusiasm, but sincerity.
Along the way, the third uncle walked in front almost proudly with his hands behind his back, and he seemed to be very confident when he saw people talking. followed behind and quietly said a few words to Cao Yu, and understood the difficulties of the mountain people better. But they must bring out the best things in their own house to entertain guests, and only in this way can they show their hospitality.
The word "Datong Society" popped up and was imprinted in my mind. In primitive societies, people paid more attention to the equality of all people, and there was no privileged class. Is it only when people are poor that they will be upright and forget themselves? The people in the mountains gave me a new feeling, and their hospitality made me feel the preciousness of the true feelings between people when I considered the warmth and coldness of the people outside, and all disputes seemed so pale and meaningless.
I don't understand why I think about it so much at once, and have so many weird thoughts. But everything in the mountains gives me the impression that it is "beautiful", the mountains and water are beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful. said to Cao Yu in a low voice: "If you have the opportunity in the future, you must repay Dashan's kindness." ”
The third uncle's family is also a big family, and the two sons who were separated from each other were also called back. In the end, he and his two adult sons, as well as the eldest grandson, sat down at the dinner table with us, and all the women hid in the kitchen, and several children stood by and watched from afar.
The dishes on the table can be called sumptuous in the mountains, in addition to fresh vegetables, there are also two meat dishes, but the quantity is not much, and there is no wine. The four of them rarely used chopsticks, and it could be seen that this little thing was not enough for two strong laborers to eat.
Although the atmosphere was harmonious and enthusiastic, it made me feel a little bitter, and the mood of the other three people was similar to mine, and everyone didn't eat much, so they all put down their chopsticks and said that they were full.
Under the repeated persuasion of the third uncle, we all insisted that we had eaten enough. When he gave the order to leave the table, the children who were waiting almost rushed to the table to serve the plates. Looking at these children, I wonder if there will be anything missing from under the plate when these things are brought to the kitchen.
Holding on for a while, I felt that I couldn't stay any longer, so I turned around and said, "Cao Yu, let's all eat, let's go back first, let the third uncle and his family rest for a while." ”
Cao Yu nodded, he had never encountered this kind of thing, and of course he knew in his heart that the adults in this family were hungry.
To my surprise, the two girls opened the bags they were carrying, Jiang Tingting took out a few sets of clothes worn by the children, and Xue Yuping took out snacks such as ham sausages, instant noodles, and biscuits. I secretly expressed my admiration in my heart and came for their preparation. Looking at my empty hands, looking at the children cheering around the second daughter, I was a little overwhelmed.
Changed hands and took out his wallet, originally wanting to take out a few large tickets, but thinking about it was inappropriate. It happened that there were a few ten-yuan yuan, so I touched them, and a child gave one and said with a smile that they should buy something delicious.
said to Jiang and Xue's second daughter, the family didn't shirk too much, but they tried their best to refuse my dozens of yuan, and when we walked outside the door, the third uncle was still chasing after me to return it.
In the end, under our strong insistence, the third uncle finally grabbed a few ten-yuan tickets in his hand, and I was relieved.
Gradually, the whole family was still watching from afar. turned around and asked Cao Yu: "What's the matter, this money is so tight, in fact, the two of them are worth more than this." ”
"Brother Yu, they don't know the price of those things, otherwise they wouldn't be willing to eat them. As for this money, ten yuan in the mountains is enough for a child's tuition for a year, how can they ask for it! ”
Ten yuan is not enough for the normal expenses of some children in the city for a day, but in this big mountain, in the hands of this simple mountain people, it has to be regarded as a big expense. My heart is sad again, seeing that Jiang and Xue are not much better, I also feel the same way, only Cao Yu is really suffering.
It was a clear night, and a crescent moon hung high in the sky, shining on the distant mountains and trees, and it seemed that the night in the mountains was extraordinarily beautiful, but our mood was very bad, ruined by the conversation we had just had.
"Let's go back for a walk." Jiang Tingting proposed. None of us answered, but followed Cao Yu to the outside of the village.
Unknown insects are making all kinds of calls, and from time to time various UFOs are alarmed by us and flutter their wings and fly away. The two girls also screamed from time to time, gradually diluting the depression in their hearts.
Isn't everything getting better, and we will definitely make life in the mountains better if we have the opportunity. Thinking like this, my mood was also cultivated by this beautiful night, and gradually became pleasant. The two girls started running and screaming, and smiles appeared on Cao Yu's and me's faces.
Running to a babbling stream, Jiang Tingting happily bent down and played with it gently, and the infected Xue Yuping also joined her, and Cao Yu and I looked at each other and smiled. After all, they are all young people, and sadness comes and goes quickly. In this deep mountain beauty, I vented my emotions.
Cao Yu ran to the side of the road to pick mountain flowers. I playfully pulled a handful of wildflower petals and sprinkled them on the heads of the two girls at once.
"What for?" The two shouted in unison.
"The ancients had a cloud: 'Scoop up the water and the moon in your hand, and make the flowers fragrant and full of clothes', distant mountains, bright moons, fragrant flowers, beauties, what a beautiful artistic conception."
After listening to the ridicule in the words, the two of them splashed water on me together. And at the moment when I fled, they chased after me in unison.
It just so happened that Cao Yu picked a large handful of flowers, stopped Xue Yuping and handed them to her, Xue Yuping froze suddenly, put the flowers under her nose, sniffed deeply, and her smile gradually bloomed like the flowers that bloomed secretly at night.
Jiang Tingting stopped chasing me, and glanced at me lowly, there seemed to be some blame in her eyes, did she think I was not romantic enough? He smiled softly again, and shouted to the two people on the other side, "'When the mountains are full of flowers, she laughs in the bushes'." It's beautiful. provoked Xue Yuping to attack her again.
Seeing that we were far away, we turned around and walked back. At this time, the people were automatically divided into two groups, Cao Yu and Xue Yuping walked in front, and Jiang Tingting and I followed behind.
The distance slowly widened, and the two in front were whispering, and Jiang Tingting and I stopped joking.
"Tingting, how did you come up with the idea of buying some gifts to bring with you? I'm starting to see so many things, and I want to laugh at you. If it weren't for you this time, it would be rude. ”
"When people are the same as you, so thick lines, before I came, I checked on the Internet, there are guests in the mountains here, and people who are closer to each other have to be called to eat, so I thought of buying something to bring with me, or how ugly it will be."
Jiang Tingting is really a careful girl, and it is rare to be so kind. It's really nice to have her by her side, and while thinking, he asked again: "Then why did Xiao Xue think of bringing so much food?" ”
"She." Jiang Tingting covered her mouth and smiled, "When I came here just now, as soon as I told her, she took some of the food she brought. ”
"Huh? So what are we going to do, I'm still hungry? "I barely ate anything at the third uncle's house.
"You know what to eat, or what to do. When everyone is like you, it's okay to scatter tickets? ”
"But I'm poor and I have money left, so what can I do." I was silent.
Jiang Tingting didn't laugh this time, stopped and said, "Yicheng, I didn't say you. You spend too much money, of course, some money should be spent, but you can't be too casual, I know you can make money, you can't spend it indiscriminately, good steel is to be used on the blade. Or if you really need it, you won't have it. ”
This sounds familiar, as if more than one person has said this to me, indicating that I really have this problem. I spend a lot of money, but it's hard to get to big projects. It's not like I haven't thought about it, but when it comes time to spend money, I forget about it.
"How about I hire you as a bookkeeper?" He took her hand.
"I don't bother to care about you!" Jiang Tingting smiled, pulled her hand back, and finally stopped moving when there was still a little finger still attached, and shook it gently, "It's good to starve to death then, as long as you don't go to me for food." ”
At this time, Cao Yu and the two of them had already arrived at the door of the house, standing there waiting for us, Xue Yuping shouted, "You two don't hurry up." Jiang Tingting quickly let go of my hand and quietly lowered her head.
When I entered the courtyard, the whole family had not yet slept, and they were sitting around talking.
"Why hasn't the old man slept yet, are you afraid that we will get lost?" It was very warm to see a large group of people waiting.
Ruo Bing pouted: "I went to the third uncle's house just now and said that you had already come out." ”
Cao Bo reprimanded his son: "Why do you still run around at night, I don't know that there are wolves at night?" ”
"No, is it true?" I was a little unconvinced.
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