Chapter 5: An Old Man

Let's take a closer look, the surrounding of the building is overgrown with wild grass, the whole building is a red brick building, and there is no white ash, not to mention the decoration of tiles, a look is the old building of several decades, there is a staircase in front of the main entrance of the building outside, from the outside of the stairs can go up to the second floor, the stairs are two-way up, there is a platform on the stairs on both sides of the stairs. However, the entire red brick building is not painted with white plaster, but the staircase is painted with white plaster, which is also very interesting.

There were a few nails in the front doorway of the building, rusted, and a pencil-sized hole next to it. Presumably there was a nail that fell off after it was loosened, or it was pulled out, and it was supposed to be a sign or something, but it seems that no one has used it for a long time.

I looked around the building, and there was a wooden pole standing in the central clearing, but there was no grass under the wooden pole, it was very clean, and there was a rope on the wooden pole. Looking up, there's a pulley on the pole, so this wooden pole is a flagpole, and this is a school?

Why are there no weeds under the flagpole, is it possible that someone comes to raise the national flag every day, and there are also people who come to raise the national flag in this broken place, and it is the people of the village? Or is there someone living in this school? Still is.

I thought about it for a moment, and when I looked up, I saw a small house next to the building, a brick cement bungalow. There was a small window that was not bright, but gray, the glass was full of dust, and there was not a trace of weeds around the house.

"It seems that there are still people living in this place": Pan Zi said beside him.

I said, "Well, there must be someone living here." “

The fat man said, "Well, why is the window so buried?" “

Panzi said: "The master should not be clean, what's so strange about this, okay, let's go in and have a look." “

Everyone went straight to the small house in front of them.

I went to the door of the hut and knocked on it and said is there anyone? Box-by-box, anyone? Box-by-box, anyone?

However, there was no response, it seemed that there was no one, and the fat man pushed the door into the house first.

Alice asked, "Is that good?" Aren't you Chinese all polite? ”

The fat man said: "The people in the countryside are very hospitable, so there is nothing to go in." ”

I said, "It's nothing, it's late at night, who would go to visitors late at night?" But then again, there is no one else on this hill either. ”

Everyone said no more and went into the house.

When I entered the house, I was first shocked, the layout of the house is a sleeping room, a hallway, and a kitchen. When I entered the house, I first saw the white walls, and when I looked up, I saw that there were bright light bulbs on the roof, a bed, sheets, and pillows.

I looked to the side, there was a TCL flat-shell color TV, a radio next to it, and then I looked at the table, there was a large-shell flat-screen computer, a desk lamp next to it, a tube lamp on the roof, and a white air conditioner on the wall opposite the bed, which didn't feel like being in the mountains.

The fat man was surprised, "This is obviously inhabited, why don't you see people?" ”

I said, "Maybe I'm going to go to the bathroom." ”

I thought about it, well, it should be.

I walked to the kitchen again, and there were liquefied gas stoves, liquefied gas tanks, electric frying pans, rice cookers, pots and pans.

After thinking about it, it is very puzzling, there are still people who live in this big mountain, there is no village around, except for the forest is trees and flowers, and it is not lonely here. He should also go down the mountain, just live here, the environment here is so good, everyone will like it.

Alice sighed, "Ah, the scenery here is beautiful, and the people who live here must be happy and live a long life." ”

When the fat man heard this, he said: "Hey, big sister, this person who lives in the mountains is not necessarily for happiness, it is likely that something has happened to him and he has come to avoid it." ”

Alice said, "What tastes bad in your mouth, I won't tell you." With that, Alice walked away.

We walked out of the house and went outside to take a look inside, when I looked up and saw the branches and leaves of the trees in the distance shaking, followed by a figure.

Could it be that the owner of this house has returned, and the figure has come towards us, and we have walked towards the figure. Looking at this person, the posture should be a man, because he has a strong body, broad shoulders, and is not short.

The fat man on the side smiled and said, "Could it be that Tarzan of the apes is here, hahaha, look at it." “

I also ridiculed: "The chivalrous master who still lives in seclusion in the mountains, worshipping him as a teacher is not only good at skills, but also feng shui acupoint exploration skills." ”

Gradually, the man showed his appearance, tall, broad shoulders, golden face, inverted eight-figure eyebrows, eyes like stars, eyes shining outward, and white temples. At first glance, this person should be about sixty years old.

The fat man laughed on the side: "It turned out to be an old man, hey, old man." ”

The old man glanced at the fat man and smiled, "Hehe, how did you get here, what are you doing so late?" ”

I said, "We're here to travel, and we get lost at night, and when we see a building here, it's like staying for one night and leaving tomorrow." “

The old man said, "Oh, you're here for a tour, why don't you come with the tour group at such a late hour, or find a guide." “

I said, "We have guides." “

Xiao Liu walked out and said, "Hello, uncle." “

The old man said, "Ah, Xiao Liu, he is from our village, and he will not faint when he takes people to the mountains." “

Xiao Liu smiled and said, "He is a famous practitioner in our village, and his kung fu is quite good. ”

The old man smiled: "No, no, I have practiced rough boxing and clumsy feet for a few years, and they all blew it out." ”

Pan Zi said: "Hehe, the old man is really modest enough, how can the old man's treasure knife be blown out before he is old." “

The old man smiled: "How tired it is to stand and talk, come, come into the house and talk." ”

We followed the old man into the house and found a place to sit.

The old man said, "My name is Zheng Weiguo, and I am the old man of this village. "Oh, so what do you say?" :I say.

The old man said, "I am not in the south. “

The fat man asked, "Are you always a northerner?" Well, yes, I am indeed a northerner": said the old man.

The fat man laughed: "Then we are still fellow villagers, and I am also from the north." ”

The two of them laughed. I said, "This is also called fellow villagers, then we are all Chinese." ”

Hehe, the old man smiled: "My father came here from the Northeast when I was not born, at that time, he was 20 years old, young and strong, and he also practiced martial arts, and our ancestors practiced martial arts for three generations. “

I asked, "Oh, uncle, can I call you Zheng Lao?" ”

The old man smiled: "Well, yes, hahaha, young man. “

Zheng Lao continued: "My father, who was also a soldier, moved to the south with the army, and then settled in this place, and met my mother here, and then I was born. "Oh, I see," I asked, "What about this building?" “

Zheng Lao said: "Lou, that's the school. “

Fat Man: "Ah, school, this is the school." “

Zheng Lao nodded: "Well, this is indeed a school, I remember that it was the end of the 50s when New China was just established, when I was seven years old, I went to a private school in the township, I went to school there when I was a teenager, twenty years later, after the reform and opening up, the students went to school in the county, and this school was abandoned." ”

I said, "Oh, then why are you still here?" ”

Zheng Lao said: "You listen to me one by one, a few decades ago, I went to school here, according to the current word, that is, after finishing primary school, I followed the army and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and later, after the war ended, I went to the county to do some small business, and then I earned some money, and then returned to the village, until now." “

I said, "Oh, I see. “

I said, "When I came, I saw that it was clean under the flagpole. ”

Zheng Lao said: "I go to raise the national flag every day, so I clean it every day, and it will be clean." “

Zheng Lao said: "You have no place to live in my house tonight, go live in the building." “

Zheng Lao said: "I'll clean it up for you." So saying, he got up to go.

I said, "No thanks, we're all disturbing your old rest." “

Zheng Lao said: "Well, then you can clean up by yourself." ”

I said, "Well, we can do it ourselves." “

Zheng Lao said: "Do you have lighting, and there are bedding, I'll help you tidy up, right?" “

I said, "Oh, thank you, Mr. Zheng." ”

We went straight to the old building when we got out of the house, the night mountain was very refreshing, the breeze gently blew through the wisps of fragrance, take a deep breath, as if entering the fairy world as if fluttering.

The fat man said, "Hehe, there is a school in this deep mountain, which is really unexpected." “

I said, "Surprisingly, there are more than that, but you don't know it." ”

We came to the door, and I thought to myself, where are we going to the first, second, and third floors?

Zheng Lao said: "Come to the second floor, there is a bed frame on the second floor. “

We followed Mr. Zheng to the second floor to inspect it, it was pitch black, only the place where the flashlight shone could be seen, and the dust could be seen floating along the light. Zheng Lao's flashlight shone on the corner of the wall, and more than a dozen iron pipes appeared, and the dark green iron pipes looked like glazed jade pipes in the light. There was really a bed frame, I saw Zheng Lao go straight to the iron pipe, his left hand lifted the pipe, more than a dozen pipes were vacated, his right hand was connected, more than a dozen iron pipes were spread along the arm, and the left hand picked up the iron slats.

We immediately went to pick up the bed frame, took the bed frame, and there was a stack of planks next to the iron pipe, and we put it on.

Zheng Lao took out two rags from his hands, handed them to us, and said, "You use this to wipe it, I'm back in the house, you can stay here tonight." ”

I said, "Go back, you old, and we'll figure out the rest." “

At first glance 6 were beds, all double, but there were 13 of us.

The fat man said, "It's not enough, let's do it, put a few tables together." ”

As he spoke, he went to get the planks from the table side, and the fat man's bed was ready.

Frank said, "I'll live at the table too, and let Alice have a bed." ”