Chapter 1796: The Broken Bamboo Building
The girl's eyes showed a look of joy, nodded vigorously, turned around and put the teapot on the counter and said, "Wait a minute, I'll ask the big sister next door to come and help me look after the store" said and ran out of the house.
After a while, the girl happily ran back to the three of them and said, "Okay, the eldest sister next door just got up, she said that she would come over to help me in a while, let's go."
Wan Lin and the three followed the girl to the door, and walked down the street to the hill in front of them. The streets are extremely quiet in the early morning, last night's rainstorm has washed the whole town and the surrounding mountains fresh, the town's bluestone paved paths are wet and there is no dust, and the yellow-colored bamboo buildings on both sides of the street look very clean in the hazy light of the early morning.
In the distance, the mountains are undulating and forested. Not far away, the bamboo forest is verdant, and the tender green bamboo leaves and grass hang the little raindrops that fell last night, which are shining in the morning light, as if they are crystal pearls scattered in the emerald green. At the top of a high mountain in the distance, a few white clouds gently surround the top of the mountain.
"What a beautiful view!" Xiao Ya admired the surrounding mountain scenery while walking, and couldn't help but sigh in her mouth, and the eyes of her grandfather and Wan Lin also lingered in the mountains, with a pleasant look in her eyes.
A few people turned the street in front of them and walked towards the mountain behind, and Wan Lin suddenly said, "Isn't this the place where the incident happened last night?" ”
The girl who was walking in front with Xiaoya turned her head and replied, "Yes, our house is not far from the girl's house where she had an accident last night" As she spoke, a frightened look appeared in her eyes again, and her body unconsciously leaned towards Xiaoya's side.
Xiaoya hurriedly took the girl's hand, and looked at the undulating mountains as she walked, her eyes flashing with a blurry luster, as if she had been immersed in the beautiful scenery in front of her.
At this time, several people followed the girl out of the small town, and there were already men and women walking towards the mountain with bamboo baskets on their backs and wearing local costumes.
Some of the mountain people have machetes unique to the mountains in their waists, some also carry hoes and other tools, and their faces are bronze, not tall, and thin, but their arms are exposed with bulging muscles, which appear extremely solid and powerful.
When the mountain people saw Wan Lin and the old man, they all showed a vigilant look in their eyes, and it was not until they saw Xiaoya and the girl that a kind smile appeared in their eyes, knowing that they were the guests of this acquaintance girl.
During the conversation, Xiao Ya knew that the girl next to her was named Xiaolan, who was sixteen years old this year, but looking at her thin and low body, she thought that she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Obviously, the harsh living conditions in the mountains have caused the girl's physical development to be extremely slow.
A few people walked out of the town, and not far in front of them was a hillside overgrown with grass and green bamboo, and the road that extended from the town stretched along the foot of the mountain into the distance. Halfway up the mountain in front of you are a few small bamboo buildings that I saw rushing out of the figure last night, scattered on the mountainside.
The girl led a few people along a sheep intestine path on the hillside to climb up the mountain, looking vigilantly at the surrounding bamboo forest and meadow as she went, with a frightened look in her eyes, as if she was worried that bad people would jump out of the hidden weeds and bamboo forest at any time.
Xiaoya held the girl's hand tightly and asked in a low voice, "Is there good security here?" "Well, we never lock the door when we go out, it's like this in every house, and there has never been anything like yesterday. It's different now, we girls don't dare to go out when it's dark," the girl's tone revealed a tone of pride, but when it came to the back, she had become a little frightened.
Xiaoya looked up at the mountain, and suddenly a wave of anger appeared in her heart, a small mountain town that was originally peaceful and peaceful, but due to the appearance of some scum, it broke the tranquility in the hearts of these simple and kind mountain people, and destroyed their trust between people. The viciousness of this gangster has not only killed a few innocent girls, but has also brought a thick shadow to the hearts of these kind-hearted mountain people.
Her eyes quickly swept over the mountains, the turquoise mountains still showed beautiful scenery, wisps of breeze blew from the side of the mountain for several people, and the emerald green bamboo leaves above the bamboo forest swayed left and right on the high bamboo poles, colliding with each other and making a burst of "whoosh" sounds, as if they had restored the tranquility and serenity of the past in the mountains.
At this time, the old man and Wan Lin silently followed behind Xiao Ya and the two, and their sharp eyes were also sweeping over the mountains. After a short time, the girl took the three of them to a dilapidated bamboo building halfway up the mountain and stopped, the girl turned her head shyly to look at her grandfather and Wan Lin and said, "This is my home." Our house is very shabby, don't dislike it."
There was a dull color in the girl's eyes, and it was clear that the girl had a strong sense of self-esteem, lest these distinguished guests dislike her home.
Xiao Ya raised her eyes to look at the bamboo building in front of her, and saw that the bamboo on the bamboo building was very old, and the thick bamboo was already covered with cracked cracks, and the whole bamboo building seemed to be a little tilted.
She heard Xiaolan's nervous words, and quickly replied with a smile: "We are here to be guests, how can we dislike the host's house?" The girl grabbed Xiaoya's hand hard, showed a bright smile on her face, and raised her head to the bamboo building and shouted: "Mom, you are a distinguished guest, you come out quickly!" ”
With the girl's crisp cry, a middle-aged woman suddenly walked out of a bamboo forest behind the bamboo building, carrying a worn, heavy bamboo basket behind her.
She agreed, and trotted all the way down the back hill. She ran to a few people, raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead, and looked at the three guests brought by her daughter in surprise with a pair of melancholy eyes, and the girl hurriedly said: "Mom, this is the grandfather, sister and big brother who live in our house, after they heard about my father's physical condition, they said they wanted to come and see, this big sister is a doctor!" ”
As she spoke, the girl obediently took the bamboo basket full of bamboo shoots from her mother, and the heavy bamboo basket fell sharply in the girl's hand.
Wan Lin on the side hurriedly reached out and took the bamboo basket over, the heavy bamboo basket surprised him in his heart, he didn't expect Xiaolan's mother to dig out so many bamboo shoots so hard in the early morning with such a thin body.
The girl glanced at Wan Lin beside her gratefully, and then looked at her mother in surprise: "You dug up so many bamboo shoots so early?" ”
The girl's mother did not answer her daughter's question, but raised her somewhat red eyes to look at the few people around her, and her melancholy eyes showed a bright light, and quickly lifted the apron on her body to wipe her hands, and enthusiastically let a few people into the bamboo building.