Chapter 4 Rural Villages

At dinner, the table was unusually quiet, and everyone was not in a very good mood, until it was time to clean up the table, Dad looked up at He Kun and spoke.

"Don't think about it all day long, take a good rest, and when the New Year is over, you will go back to work in the factory, your Uncle Guo is now the director of the personnel department, there should be no problem for you to come back to work, and I will take you to visit after the New Year, you are not small, and your mind should be put down."

"Well, got it, you look at the arrangement." He Kun responded to his father a little listlessly.

"Oh, by the way, you go to your grandfather's tomorrow to see if there's anything you need to help, it's almost the end of the year, and your mother and I don't have time to help at work, you go and help." Do you hear that? It's been so long since I've been back, and I don't know how to go and see. Your grandmother usually thinks about you the most. After He Shan suddenly thought of the things in his hometown, he said to He Kun busily.

He Kun still looked lifeless, and casually agreed to He Shan's advice, "Oh, I'll go up tomorrow to have a look."

There was no word all night.

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Early the next morning, He Kun squeezed into the minibus to his hometown and village, and now the township is connected to the highway, and he no longer dares to eat in the morning like before, for fear that the car will be halfway through, and the breakfast in his stomach will come out. At that time, the road was full of mud paths, and it was extremely difficult to walk through potholes, but now it is much better, and the road to the foot of the mountain in my hometown is still very smooth.

Soon, more than an hour of travel passed, and after the car arrived at the foot of the mountain, He Kun looked at the green mountains and green waters, so pleasant, the sound of birds, wind, leaves, and ups and downs. Taking a deep breath, a breath of pure nature suddenly made people feel refreshed and happy, and their mood was also better.

Stretching his waist and relieving the laziness after sitting in the car, He Kun began to enter the mountain.

The hometown is located in the southeast of the city, about 70 kilometers away from the city, is a small village built by the mountains, surrounded by lofty mountains, surrounded by mountains, a bit similar to the crown shape, twelve peaks on all sides, the local people also call Baijian Mountain.

There is only one path carved out along the edge of the mountain in the village, about 1.2 meters wide, and it is less than 1 meter in the narrow part of the first narrow entrance, with a mountain on one side and a cliff on the other, which is very inconvenient to enter and exit.

The local township government axe also intended to build simple roads to facilitate travel, but a few passes need to build a few bridges, hundreds of millions of funds are too huge, and the idea of building roads is dispelled, and it is proposed to move and immigrate, but the villagers are unwilling to leave the place where their ancestors lived, so they continue to live here.

The name of the hometown mountain village is Baijian Village, and there are more than 100 households in the village, basically all of whom are surnamed He. I heard my grandfather say that the ancestors of the He family were a big family in the next province, and in order to escape the war at that time, the whole family migrated over together.

People in the village do not have a good income, all rely on their own farming and vegetables, many young people are not willing to face the loess with their backs to the sky, most of them run out to work, and they can earn several w a year, much stronger than in the mountains, every year, the big guys will still return to the mountain village to reunite and worship their ancestors. The older generation in the mountains took these traditional things very seriously.

The road into the mountain is very difficult to walk, some places have begun to freeze, you need to be extra careful, otherwise the family will celebrate the New Year, the funeral together, along the way He Kun was careful and careful, cautious and cautious, and finally arrived at the village after 3 hours.

In winter, there is an indescribable beauty in the village, and the villages built on the mountain are arranged in a staggered manner according to the shape of the eight trigrams. Wisps of smoke rise from the ancient building, and the fence in front of the house is so warm and beautiful, as if returning to the era when there was no modern industry, man and nature are so harmonious, and I picked up my mobile phone and took a picture of this beautiful scene.

"Grandma, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving to death? When He Kun came to the yard of his grandfather's house, he opened his mouth to be coquettish, no matter how old he is, in front of the old man, he will never grow up as a child, He Kun also likes this feeling of being pampered.

Walking into the yard of grandpa's house, a huge ginkgo biloba is rooted in the yard, several fat hens are digging through the soil to find delicious food, and the diamond-shaped fence is shallowly surrounded by a pile of bluestone and earth walls harmoniously blended together, forming a harmonious farm yard.

"Wang, Wang, Wang"

A huge black dog rushed over and circled around He Kun several times, wagging its tail constantly.

"Haha, Dahei, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you miss me?"

Stretched out his hand and touched Da Hei's head, brushing the hair on his back for him, Da Hei lay down at He Kun's feet very comfortably, enjoying his massage.

Da Hei is a mountain guard dog, when the grandfather in order to get it, I heard that it paid a lot of price, but this Da Hei did not live up to the grandfather's expectations, soon after he became an adult, he dared to take a few local dogs in the village to drive wild boars around in the mountains, resulting in the end of the wild boar stumbling and falling off the cliff, and since then he has become famous.

Grandpa was so happy at the time, showing off everywhere how he took a fancy to Da Hei at a glance, and how much he paid to get it, and so on, so that the people in the village at that time had to walk around when they saw grandpa, and they were afraid of torture

After that, every time he went into the mountains with his grandfather, Da Hei always caught more prey than his grandfather's, and the people in the village began to coax

"He Jiaxing, can you do it, don't let a good dog follow the wrong person. Hahaha" After saying that, everyone laughed.

"Hehe, no matter who brings whom, there are always more prey than you, so you can envy it, haha" Grandpa responded heartily. As long as Da Hei enters the mountains, pheasants and hares always can't escape the pursuit of Da Hei. As long as it is discovered, it must be a dish.

However, with the postponement of time, Da Hei is getting older, he can't run anymore, and he no longer goes into the mountains, but his grandfather still treats him as a relative, and there is never a shortage of food and drink, and Da Hei seems to understand very well, and he has changed from a hunting dog to a guard dog very calmly, and he still silently does something for this family!

"Kunkun is back, hurry in and let grandma take a good look, ah, I don't know each other. Giggles, I haven't come back for a few years to work in other places, but I miss my grandma, hurry up and come over and let my grandma take a good look. ”

"Whoa...... Okay, grandma. This is a gift for you, it's good for your health," He Kun handed over some supplements and nutritional products that he bought in the city yesterday, and couldn't help but feel ashamed that he hadn't come up to see it for half a year.

"Grandma is old, it's a waste of eating these things, how good it is to keep the money to buy something for herself." Grandma pulled He Kun into the house, looked up and down, left and right carefully, as if she couldn't get enough of it, grandma's face was full of joy.

"Alright, Grandma. I'm not leaving, I'll stay here until the New Year, besides, aren't they all your eldest grandsons, hehe, you can still see a flower, haha. He Kun was a little uncomfortable being looked at by his grandmother like this, so he laughed at himself.

"This child, grandma can't take a look, you haven't come back to work in the past few years, grandma just thinks every day, thinking about when my eldest grandson will come back to see grandma, grandma doesn't know how many years she can live. ......" Grandma's eyes suddenly turned red, and she muttered while looking at He Kun.

"Grandma lived a long life. In the future, I will have to bring my great-grandson, so that my grandmother will not be old. Seeing his grandmother's excited appearance, He Kun suddenly felt very ashamed, in the past few years of working in other places, it was difficult to get rid of the constraints of his parents, coupled with the company of his girlfriend, it is indeed a lot of forgetting about the family, forgetting that there are so many people who love me at home, He Kun really shouldn't think about it after thinking about it carefully.

"Grandma. I won't leave this time, I told my dad that I will work at home in the future, and I can come to see grandma every month in the future, hehe! Isn't it good? He Kun hurriedly reported to his grandmother so that she could be happier.

"It should have been like this a long time ago, your dad shouldn't have let you go to work so far away, and you don't have someone to take care of it, so when he comes back to see me, I won't talk about him harshly. So ruthless to get my eldest grandson so far away to work. Really" As he spoke, he began to get excited again, the old man was old, and his emotions were generally difficult to control, so He Kun had to comfort his grandmother again.

He Kun took his grandmother's hand and sat down in the house, telling her about the interesting things in the process of working outside. made the grandmother giggle non-stop, and the grandmother stroked He Kun's head while laughing, showing a picture of licking the calf.

"Where's Grandpa? I didn't see my grandfather for half a day when I came back. After half a salary, He Kun suddenly found a problem, interrupted his grandmother's words, and asked.

"I guess I'm going to the village to find someone to talk to, hey...... If you don't come to help after the end of the year, forget it, you don't wait to see my old woman every day, and you will be angry when you mention him, ......hum "As soon as He Kun mentioned grandpa, grandma's face collapsed suddenly.

"What bad things is an old woman saying about me again, I'm a lot older, my temper is not small, how can I talk so much every day, you think it's the same as you, it's not a serious thing to talk about nagging everywhere, I didn't go to the village uncle to discuss the matter of worshipping ancestors in the new year, just you are nagging all day long, who is this coming to the house?" Grandpa's unique voice suddenly penetrated in.

Hurriedly went out of the house to look, Da Hei was already wagging his tail beside his grandfather, and saw that his grandfather was holding an antique cigarette stick and was walking majestically across the yard and towards the house.

"Yo he...... You little rabbit, you know to come back and see us two old guys, you haven't heard from you in the past few years, and you thought you were caught and locked up outside. Grandpa looked at He Kun with a very unhappy face, and his tone was quite stiff.

"Phew, Bah, Bah...... Dead old man, can you say something good, as soon as Kunkun comes back, you talk about people, and when you don't come back, you don't talk about it less, what's wrong? Unhappy to see someone? Grandma's machine-gun-like mouth clicked at a rapid pace, and a string of words came out, glaring at Grandpa's eyes with fire.

"Ahem...... who... Whoever nagged him, I... I'm just worried about whether he will be locked up and disgrace to our old He family. The old man was exposed by his grandmother in person, and he looked a little embarrassed, and he sneered.

"Okay, you, Qi Kunkun is still thinking about you and brought you back a lot of things, is there a grandfather like this?" Grandma didn't seem to let go of grandpa, and continued to point at grandpa and criticize.

"Hehe, grandma, ......, don't be angry, don't be like grandpa, it's all grandchildren's fault, no, I won't leave this time, I'm going to work here, in the future, as long as you two miss me, a phone call will immediately appear in front of you two." He Kun hurriedly stepped forward to comfort his grandmother, and said some jokes by the way, ignoring his grandfather's glaring eyes.

"Oh, it doesn't have any impact on your work, our old couple is just talking about it, everything is still based on your work, just come back and see it when you have a holiday during the New Year, and we don't pay attention to anything else. After all, you can't delay your future for the sake of the two of us,...... Did your dad agree? After hearing He Kun say that he came back to work, Grandpa hurriedly asked, as if he had forgotten He Kun's disrespectful words to him just now.

"Well, no problem, my dad said that he would arrange work after the New Year, and have a good New Year first, no, send me over first to give you two a hand and do you a favor." He Kun said with a determined face.

"That's good, hehe, let's have a good pot at noon, old woman, cook some good food, Kunkun is back today, we have to celebrate." The old man said happily, although he showed an indifferent attitude at the beginning, he was already very excited in his heart, how could his eldest grandson not want to.

"Whoa...... Okay, you grandparents and grandchildren are chattering, I'll go and prepare," Grandma happily handed over the living room to us, got up and ran to the kitchen happily.

After a while, a plate of cucumber scrambled eggs, a bowl of crystal clear, fragrant braised pork, a pot of dry-fried diced rabbits, and a plate of small green vegetables were served on the table quickly, with bright colors and pleasant aromas.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, grandma's craftsmanship is still so good." He Kun casually picked up a piece of rabbit meat and threw it into his mouth, which was charred and vigorous, full of game.

"Go...... Go to the kitchen and get 2 glasses, you used to be too young to drink, but now you can finally have a few drinks with grandpa. The old man was so happy that he couldn't wait to have a drink with his eldest grandson.

After He Kun put the wine glass away, he saw the old man take out a jar of wine from the house and walk towards the dining table.

"Hehe, I haven't seen it. This is handed down by the older generation, and after so many years, there are few left in this wine jar. Or your ancestors moved over when they brought it, back then, listen to the old people, but there are a lot of exquisite utensils, each of which has a lot of stories and exquisiteness, take this wine jar as an example, you see...... What's on it? Can you see it? The old man looked at He Kun with a smile on his face, pointed to the picture on the wine jar and asked.

After He Kun heard this, he looked towards the wine jar, and saw that some of the villains depicted on it seemed to be raking something with a rake, some were burning wood, and some were stirring something, some places were already very blurry, and with the passage of time, some places had been ground to ashes, and the paintings on it were no longer clear. But it seems to be producing something.

"Some places are too blurry to be seen." After He Kun looked at it carefully for a while, he shook his head at the old man and said.

"Huh...... These, that is, the steps of winemaking, listen to my grandfather, these wine jars have a total of 12, together to form a wine-making process, very exquisite, but unfortunately now it is not seen. The old man said with a sigh, feeling very sorry that he couldn't see the 12 wine jars together.

After comforting the old man, He Kun turned his gaze to the wine jar again, and took a closer look, isn't it, isn't the appearance of each character's labor just making wine, a wine jar is a set of procedures.

Hearing what his grandfather said, He Kun's mind was now full of wanting to see what the 12 wine jars were like together. Suddenly, the old and the young were so suddenly stunned, if it weren't for the shouting of grandma on the side, I am afraid that the two of them would not be able to come back to their senses for a while.

After He Kun put away his thoughts, he saw his grandfather slowly open the lid of the wine jar, and a rich aroma of wine came to his face, and the pure rice wine was mixed with the faint fragrance of Chinese herbs, forming a special wine fragrance, which made He Kun, a person who is not very good at drinking, have an urge to taste it, and is full of expectations for the next wine.

With the grandfather's slightly inclined action of lifting the wine jar, the mouth of the wine jar, because of the design, formed a slow but not rapid flow of water, calmly and softly flowing into the cup on the table, without a trace of urgency and unrestrained. The gray-brown agar is crystal clear and clear. A small whirlpool was formed in the cup, and for a moment, I felt that the old man was pouring not wine but an art.