Chapter 001: Returning to the Village
In the winter, the weather gets colder and colder.
Taizi Village is located in the Luzhong area of Gangcheng County, Huangwu City, Qilu Province and Yiyuan County, Jinbo City, close to the foot of Xuangu Mountain at an altitude of 729 meters. It is a paradise with charming scenery in a radius of dozens of miles, surrounded by green mountains and green water. There are only 180 households and more than 500 people in Taizi Village, with the majority of the population surnamed Sang, and the population of Li, Li, Qi, Qi, Zhu, and Guo. There is a large difference in population between ethnic groups, but the neighbors are harmonious, united and friendly, and help each other to cultivate, and it is passed down from generation to generation.
The land in the small mountain village is barren, and most of the men go to the city to work, while the women who stay behind, in addition to taking care of their children and supporting the elderly, like to visit the door when they are not working, drink old dry roasted tea, and cheer the parents to be short.
"I said third sister-in-law, is the eldest brother of Uncle Shoucheng's family stupid in school, and he is not a good official in the city, but he ran back to our small mountain village to dig soil and eat?" A young daughter-in-law asked with a frown as she looked at a middle-aged woman with the soles of her shoes.
Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to answer, a young woman next to her, who was one or two years older than the little daughter-in-law who spoke just now, rushed to say: "Sister, this is not easy to explain, is it so easy to be an official now?" I think that Sang Zhiheng's guy is a crime, and he resigned and went back to the village to hide. The money in his hand, it must be impossible to spend in this life. The woman spoke quickly, but her words were clear.
"Really? Won't he be blessed in this life in the future? "The little daughter-in-law's eyes are very innocent.
"Blessed? I don't know if I'll be arrested at any point. ”
The middle-aged woman with the soles of her shoes couldn't stand it anymore, and glanced at the two of them: "Okay, you two are chewing the root of your tongue, I don't think Brother Zhiheng is that kind of person, he is a person with brains." Hey, by the way, Xiaofang, has your doll ticket been approved? ”
As a result, the topic of the three women began to move in another direction.
The three women just said that Sang Zhiheng, a handsome young man of twenty-three, is a legendary figure in Taizi Village.
Since he was a child, he has been full of affection for every grass, tree, insect and bird on the mountain.
At the age of four, when most little boys were still in the realm of peeing and playing with mud, he climbed to the top of Xuangu Mountain by himself.
Before he was eight years old, he had already traveled through dozens of mountains within a radius of more than ten miles around the village. Which salvia has white flowers, which stone has a whole scorpion, which pine tree has a mushroom, which cliff has a little eagle nest, which is a badger hole, which is a wolf's nest, these are all in Sang Zhiheng's mind, and he knows it well.
Later, when he went to school, he was even more amazed by the people of Taizi Village. Although this kid doesn't work very hard, he is at the top of every exam.
Ten years later, he was admitted to Tianjing University in the college entrance examination, which was a sensational event at the time. The head of Huangzhuang Township, Gangcheng County, Huangwu City, Qilu Province, personally sent 10,000 yuan of condolences to him, holding Sang Zhiheng's hand excitedly as if he had been admitted to Beijing University.
After graduation, Sang Zhiheng was successfully admitted to the national civil service and became a national cadre, which can be described as a bright future in the eyes of others.
For more than ten years, he has been a positive role model praised by the people of Taizi Village. For Sang Shoucheng to raise such a promising son, it is all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.
However, just a month ago, Sang Zhiheng suddenly returned to Taizi Village with a blanket on his back, and went to the village committee to go through the settlement procedures, saying that he would be a small farmer in this old mountain set with peace of mind in the future. This time, the whole village exploded, speculating about the reason why the former high-achieving students returned to the mountain village?
It turned out that after being a state cadre for a short time, Sang Zhiheng had a resistance to various unspoken rules and hidden orders in the officialdom. His character is free and fair, and when he found out that his boss had a corruption plot, he made a real-name report to the Commission for Discipline Inspection without saying a word. However, what he didn't expect was that his boss had only received an administrative demerit and was still his immediate boss.
Now it's okay, my work can be said to be hitting walls everywhere, and being made difficult everywhere.
One day, a month ago, he wrote his resignation application, handed it to his boss, and without waiting for his boss's approval, he rolled up and went home.
Regardless of whether he resigns or is fired, Lao Tzu is no longer serving!
Of course, he swaggered back to this small mountain village from the big city, not simply to escape, but for his own reasons. The reason for him was a piece of jade pendant in his hand.
That jade pendant was given to him by a strange old man he met on the road when he was in college. Holding the jade pendant, he had a strange sense of intimacy at the beginning. But apart from this intimacy, I didn't notice anything different. After that, he kept carrying the jade pendant until two months ago, when he suddenly discovered the huge secret hidden in the jade pendant.
The jade pendant is connected to a strange space, not a lot of space, only three thatched huts and a patio. There is a well in the middle of the patio, and there is a grape trellis next to the well, and the grapes are growing well, and the large grapes are purple and purple, and they are sweet and sour when they are plucked and put in their mouths.
At the time, he thought he was dreaming, but after pinching himself with his hand, he realized that it was not a dream at all.
After trial and error, Sang Zhiheng finally figured out the way to enter and exit this jade pendant space, as well as the method of moving items back and forth, as well as the wonderful benefits of space. He found that when he used space well water to water the flowers, the flowers bloomed particularly vigorously; Goldfish are raised with well water, and the growth rate of goldfish is increased many times. This time he was so happy, there is such a precious thing, do you still need to work hard in the big city?
Forget it, go home, and be a happy little farmer is better than anything.
However, his move almost didn't make his son Sang Shoucheng angry. For a long time, how did the son who had made Lao Sang talk about it and proud of it suddenly become so unproductive?
He couldn't understand that all the people had sharpened their heads and drilled into the big city, and those who could stand and those who couldn't stand were mixed in the big city. And his son is a national cadre, and he is a figure with a head and face in the big city, and he has a good life, but he actually rolled up the bed and went back to the village. He felt that his son had embarrassed himself and had not spoken to him for several days.
Sang Zhiheng's mother was an authentic rural woman in central Lu, hardworking, kind, and thrifty. She believed in her son, who was her dependence. She also believes in her husband, who is also her dependent. Seeing that her two dependents were awkward, the old lady was anxious.
In order to ease the relationship between father and son, the old lady had a plan, and called her daughter, who had married into a neighboring village, over with a phone call.
Sang Shoucheng's daughter, that is, Sang Zhiheng's sister, named Sang Xiufen, inherited all the good qualities of her own mother and is now the mother of a four-year-old girl. Her husband Wei Youliang has relied on transportation for the barren steel company over the years, and his family has lived a very good life, building a two-story small western-style building, and the family has all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances.
Before she arrived at her parents' house, Sang Xiufen instructed Wei Youliang: "Her uncle doesn't know what grievances she has suffered outside, so she won't go back to the city if she says anything." He is a college student at Tianjing University, and it is too condescending to go back to the countryside to farm, if you have eloquence, you must talk about her uncle. ”
Wei Youliang disagreed: "Not necessarily, Zhiheng is an assertive person, and he will not be reckless and rash in doing anything." I see that he even moved back with his hukou this time, but he is determined not to leave, and it is useless for me to persuade him. I think you all want to open up, maybe it's a good thing for Zhiheng to come back. ”
Sang Xiufen saw that her husband's thoughts were not the same as hers, and she was a little apprehensive in her heart.
"Dad, did your uncle buy it for Yuanyuan to eat it?" Sang Xiufen's daughter is named Wei Shuyuan, with a pink little face, very cute.
Wei Youliang looked back at his baby daughter and said, "Uncle Yuanyuan loves Yuanyuan, of course it's delicious." ”
"Drive your car well!" Sang Xiufen glared at Wei Youliang and said.
Wei Youliang turned his head and found that his car was a little off track just now, and he was also startled, so he obediently drove carefully.
Ten minutes later, a Geely New Emgrand stopped in front of Sang Shoucheng's house.
Sang Shoucheng's wife heard the sound of the car at the door, so she hurriedly walked outside, and shouted to her son who was messing with the fish tank in the house: "Zhiheng, your sister is here." ”
Hearing his mother say that his sister was coming, Sang Zhiheng immediately thought of his little niece's innocent expression and cute little chubby face.
"Hey, here we are."
"Uncle!" As soon as Yuanyuan got out of the car, she saw Sang Zhiheng, and ran over sweetly.
"Yuanyuan is getting more and more beautiful, come and let my uncle hug her." Sang Zhiheng opened his arms with a smile and hugged Xiao Yuanyuan.
Seeing that her daughter, son-in-law and niece were here, the old lady also smiled.
"Mother, why didn't you see my father?" Sang Xiufen raised her eyes and asked.
"I'm going to Wujiayuzi."
"What are you doing in the mountains? I can't afford to pay a few dollars a year, so it's better to save my strength and go to the city to work part-time. Wei Youliang said as he took something from the trunk.
The old lady stretched out her hand and hugged Xiao Yuanyuan over, and said to her son, "Go and help your brother-in-law carry things." ”
Sang Zhiheng was busy helping his sister and brother-in-law carry things.
Wei Youliang carried two skinned rabbits and said to Sang Zhiheng: "Zhiheng, we brothers haven't had a drink together for a long time, and we have to have a good drink today." ”
"Wild?" Sang Zhiheng took the rabbit in his brother-in-law's hand and asked.
"Wild! Sent by a friend! How about a radish stewed hare? Wei Youliang's saliva was about to flow out when he spoke.
"Okay, then we'll have to have a drink."
Hearing that the brothers were going to drink, Sang Xiufen and the old lady on the side disagreed: "Yuanyuan and her father are driving a car, can't they drink!" ”
Wei Youliang said disappreciably: "It's okay, there is no traffic police on the road, what are you afraid of." ”
"Ah, by the way, brother-in-law, you have a car now, so you have to drink leisurely."
"You're still worried about how much I drink? Haha, have you been an official for a long time, and you have grown in alcohol, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to accompany you, and you won't be able to drive home when you're drunk? ”
Sang Xiufen stabbed Wei Youliang with her elbow, and said fiercely in a low voice: "If you blow less, you will die?" ”
Wei Youliang suddenly reacted and hurriedly said, "Look at me, I said that I missed my mouth." Hey, by the way, Zhiheng, why are you not in the big city, and suddenly run back? ”
"It's a long story, let's go inside the house."
So, the whole family went into the main hall.