Out of the ancient village of Dong Township (novella) Zhang Baotong

She hid his letter and a photo with him in a drawer in the bedroom of the embroidery building, locked it with a copper lock. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Sometimes when I have nothing to do, I open the drawer, take out the letter and the group photo and look at it for a while, and I feel a warm feeling permeating and rising in the heart. This made her begin to have an urge and anticipation to see him.

That afternoon, the tour guide named Xu Yalong came with a large carload of tourists. He was the first to jump out of the car, and he was not in a hurry to organize tourists to line up to enter the village, so he ran straight in front of Wen Li, and said with a smile, "Where did you go two days ago, so I didn't wait for an hour or two." Wen Li deliberately put on a blank face and said, "I didn't let you wait." But the tour guide was not angry, continued to smile, sat down beside Wen Li, and asked in a low voice, "Have you seen the photos and letters?" Wen Li said without a smile while embroidering flowers, "I didn't see it." The tour guide said, "It's impossible not to see it." As he spoke, he snatched the embroidered cloth from Wen Li's hand, and then, in a pleading tone, said, "What is there about me that you don't like, can you also tell me about it, so that I can correct it?" ”

Yuhua next to her saw the two of them talking, so she came over and coaxed her, "Brother and sister are whispering, let's listen to it." Wen Li's face flushed, and she said to everyone, "We are not lovers, what do we have to whisper?" However, Sister Yuxiu said, "It's not that we don't know about the two of you. As he spoke, he sang: "The affection of brother and sister is long, as if the flowing water rings day and night." As soon as she sang, all the sisters gathered around and sang together:

Brother and sister's affection is deep,

It is like a plantain root;

Brother is like a banana leaf,

Ah Mei is the heart of the plantain.

When the sisters sang like this, they attracted tourists to come and watch, and Wen Li was so ashamed that she couldn't raise her head. She hurriedly ran to the bathroom. By the time she came out of the bathroom, the tourists had already asked a sister to take her to the village. On the other side of the pergola, only the tour guide and other sisters were laughing.

Far away Wenli could hear the tour guide asking Yuhua, "What conditions do you need to marry your little sister of the Dong tribe?" Yuhua said, "See which sister you want to marry?" The tour guide said, "For example, the beautiful sister just now." Yuhua replied while embroidering flowers, "You mean Sister Wenli?" The guide said, "Yes! Yuhua said, "Then why don't you ask Sister Wenli?" Director Xu snorted and said, "Why am I embarrassed to ask her, and she won't tell me if I ask." You didn't see her cold look at me, as if she had a grudge against me in my previous life. ”

Saying that, Wen Li had already come to the pergola and sat down, so she asked in a cold tone, "Brother this tour guide from Guilin, you are from the big city of Guilin, why are you looking for our Dong sister in the poor countryside?" The Guilin tour guide said, "Your Dong sister is beautiful and simple. Although I have a lot of Han girls and they are very beautiful, I like you Dong girls. Wen Li smiled and said, "You like our Dong sister, but you don't ask our Dong sister if she likes you?" The tour guide touched his shaved head and said embarrassedly, "I think a person like me is also a handsome guy, don't you sisters be tempted when you see it?" ”

Yuxiu said, "You are a handsome guy among the Han people, but you are nothing in our Dong family." The tour guide said, "Why not?" Yuxiu said, "Do you know the criteria for our Dong family sister to choose men? The tour guide said, "Of course you know, isn't it just four big and one small?" Yuxiu asked, "Do you have a big head or a big mouth?" The tour guide smiled and said, "It's not too big a head or mouth, but it's dexterous and can speak." ”

Yuxiu asked again, "Is it because you have big feet or big hearts?" The tour guide pondered for a moment and said, "Although the feet and mind are not big, the roads they have walked, the schools they have gone to and the world they have seen are not small." Yuxiu then said, "There is another one, that is, what is your temper? Our Dong women are very capable and have a great temper. If you marry into our Dong family, with fine skin and tender meat, delicate and squeamish, you can't do this job well, you can't do that job, maybe you will be scolded several times a day, can you stand it? ”

Without waiting for the guide to answer, Gina walked out of the sisters and asked the guide, "Why do we women want to follow you?" Our Dong men can carry a hundred pounds of heavy burdens and walk all day, and our Dong men can build houses, farm, raise fish and kill pigs. What will you do? ”

When the sisters saw that the tour guide was touched by everyone's questions, they laughed proudly. However, the tour guide is a smart person after all, and as soon as he patted his head, he asked everyone, "Then can I ask how much your Dong brother can earn a day?" ”

Sisters, you look at me, I look at you, and no one knows how to answer, because the men in the village never go out to work. Dao is Yuhua is clever, and asked the tour guide, "Let's talk about how much money you can make?" ”

The tour guide thought for a while and said, "I take this car of tourists to Guilin and Yangshuo for two days, and I can earn at least two or three thousand yuan." If you want to say that you can earn at least one or two hundred thousand a year. Hearing this, the sisters were shocked, and it took a long time to come to their senses and begin to bow their heads and think about what kind of concept this 200,000 was. Yuhua first said, "This money is more than the money that our sisters together earn!" Gina also looked incredulous, and said, "What the hell are you doing, how can you make so much money?" ”

The tour guide smiled and said, "This is a secret, I can't tell you." Wen Li said unceremoniously, "What can't you say, while cheating tourists, while taking kickbacks from scenic spots and hotels, both sides will eat." The tour guide didn't get angry when he heard this, but said, "We don't have much salary as tour guides, we just rely on ourselves to find a way to earn more money, as long as the tourists are satisfied and happy." ”

Wen Li pursed her lips and said in a disdainful tone, "You are a tour guide, when you talk about where you have money, you run faster than a rabbit, and you don't think we have any kickbacks here, and you pass by the intersection of our township every day, and you don't want to stop." The tour guide immediately argued, "I said Ah Mei, you have wronged me." Although I have not taken a penny of kickbacks from you, I come to you every time I bring people to pass by. I guess I've made a lot of contributions to you. ”

Wen Li said unappreciatively, "That's because you are afraid of government assessment fines." The tour guide looked very aggrieved and said, "The money fined by the government is like a drizzle to me." I didn't come here to make more contributions to the Dong sisters, sisters and ethnic brothers. ”

Yuhua blinked, pursed her mouth and said, "If you weren't thinking about our Wen Li sister, how would you run to us, and run so diligently." The tour guide had to nod his head and admit, saying, "That's that, it's a good idea to let Sister Ah say it right." I'm just coming to Sister Wenli. If I get my hands on Sister Wenli, I will not only bring tourists every day, but also let my colleagues bring tourists to you, and at that time, I am afraid that you will not be able to receive them here. ”

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