Jia Youhu and Jia Youniu live on the same hillside, and the relationship between the upper and lower levels does not refer to the relationship between the upper and lower levels, but the relationship between the geographical location. It can be said that they live in a three-dimensional world, not a flat surface, but a patchwork, like a staircase, one or two households on a step, all the way up, like building blocks. The higher you go, the fewer people there are, and traffic restricts people from continuing to live on higher ground.

Conan and Yin Xianren were warmly invited by Jia Youhu to his house for dinner, and happened to pass by Jia Youniu's house. Jia Youniu had already invited Conan and Yin Xianren to his house for dinner several times, but Conan had always felt that it was not easy for him to have a child, and he had to farm the land, and Jia Youniu had to manage the affairs of the group. Both official and private affairs are matters, and if they are not handled, they will still be matters, and they will have to be dealt with sooner or later.

Although his official position is not big, the village receives a notice from his superiors that what he wants to do will ultimately fall on the grassroots level, that is, the team leader. In the current management model or system, it is the hardest work for the rural group leader. They only earn a few hundred yuan a year, and the village officials and project directors are thousands, or even 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and it is these team leaders who take a few hundred yuan to do what people who take a few thousand yuan or even secretly don't know how much money does. Of course, none of these salaries were paid by Ji Conan's company, but were solved by the local government, seeking their own way out and finding their own funds.

Conan and Yin Xianren have been to Jia Youniu's house for dinner, and they don't want to go again in the future, the main reason is that they don't think it's easy. People should be good at thinking about others, don't always think about themselves, don't just take benefits for themselves, but also consider the interests of others, try to narrow the gap, and don't expand wantonly, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up. Because the road is uneven, someone steps on it, and if the road is uneven, someone repairs it. That's for sure. I don't understand the big truth, but the simple and simple truth is still clear. Try not to touch the bottom line, it's good for everyone.

Jia Youniu has no children of his own, his girl is not his own, he was brought from the forest area, they have not given birth for many years, so they love the daughter they brought even more, regard it as their own, and they are closer than their own children, and they are more careful, for fear of bumping into them, very careful. Because I don't have children, if I get a child, I must cherish it, even if I don't give birth to it, I will take care of it carefully, for fear of bumping into it, and the mountains and plains are full of dangers. The mountain is high and the road is dangerous, even adults should be careful, let alone children?

People say that after adopting a daughter, they will definitely give birth to a son and a half daughter, but this matter is not absolute. They did not give birth to themselves, and according to superstition, feng shui is not good. Jia Youniu's house is on the slope, Jia Youhu's house is on the slope, a little wrong, there is a difference in feng shui. It's like in some places, the mobile phone signal is not good, but just change the angle and take a few steps, the mobile phone has a signal. No matter what G is, in short, the signal just can't be covered, and when you call in case of something, it's really anxious and angry.

Compared with Jia Youhu, it's not like I don't know, I'm scared, it's still not comparable, it's not the best, there are contradictions between the concubines, it's not a joke. A woman's mouth is long, and she will always make irresponsible remarks, even if she doesn't say it, people are also idle, so she naturally wants to say that not having children is a shameful thing in the countryside. When three or two women are together, they naturally want to say, saying that Zhang's family and Li Jia's family are short, and they won't stop when they say it, even if they are doing things on the slope, they have to talk non-stop. It is more important to care about the private affairs of other people's families than to care about the affairs of your own family.

Jia Youhu gave birth to one after another, Jia Youniu spent a lot of effort, and the bedding was changed several times, but it still didn't work. I don't know if it's the seeds or the soil, but in short, if it is planted in people, whether it can be successful, whether it can be harvested or fruited, is not in people, but in God. As the saying goes, it is the same principle that it is up to people to do things and things to be done in heaven. There is also the fatalistic view that there is something in life, and there is nothing to force in life. Some things come naturally, not humanly.

Fortunately, his daughter was angry, knew how to study hard, and became a teacher, at first Conan guessed that he was a public teacher, because he became a teacher through the exam, he worked hard, the level of education in the mountainous area was not high, and the good teacher was unwilling to take root in the mountainous area, and the children he taught were also struggling to study, and if they didn't work hard, they couldn't be admitted at all, they should be public teachers, but they subverted Ji Conan's world view, and he inquired and confirmed that he was not a public teacher, but a private teacher.

There is a huge difference between public teachers and private teachers, just like the difference between regular workers and zero-hour workers that has existed in China for a long time, and there is still this difference until now. The treatment of regular workers is much better, and no matter how hard temporary workers work, they cannot reach the level of treatment of regular workers, which is a trick of fate. At home, this is generally the case, and as for abroad, Conan has not been there, it is not clear.

The salary of the private teacher who did not become a regular teacher was very low, so the family's economic conditions were not very good for a long time after his daughter got married. Therefore, when they see people digging foundations on the side of the highway to build houses, their hearts are also itchy. Being a teacher, especially a private teacher, is destined to have little salary, and it is even more difficult to build a house than to climb to the sky.

Seeing classmates and colleagues buying houses one after another, taking root in the city, and building new buildings at home, in short, it seems that they are all rich. Look at yourself again, you are still a poor teacher, and there are fewer and fewer children, one school, three grades, and preschool, adding up to only more than 30 students.

The number of students is getting smaller and smaller, and the shortage of students has become a common problem, and the primary schools in the village have been withdrawn and merged into another village to attend schools in a centralized manner, so the placement of private teachers in the village has become a problem.

Just now, the provincial road widening project in the village has been implemented, and the former gravel road will be repaired and widened again, and paved with asphalt to make the road smoother and easier to walk.

Jia Youniu was invited, and he was a little surprised, over the years, the brothers had had too few opportunities to eat together.

If it weren't for the foundation to implement this water conservancy project in the village, I'm afraid they would have lived the rest of their lives like this. It's really the voice of chickens and dogs, the old and the dead don't get along, one of their families is above, one is down, and they have the same family name, why don't they come and go? It should be very intimate. There are not many people in the mountainous area, the mountain is big, and the residence is not very close, so you have to climb the mountain when you go out, climb high and low, it is very inconvenient, you should walk around with each other, communicate with each other, and often come and go.

Conan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to use his brain to think about it. Respect their practices, don't come and go, don't get along, it's nothing. Sometimes, a person's jealousy can make people go crazy, and when he sees others doing something, he becomes jealous, as if he were murdering, and in his mind, jealousy is like a sharp sword, killing the enemy, and he is already dead. How can a living associate with a dead?

Conan thought, will Jia Youniu go? In the past few years, Jia Youhu has mixed well, and Jia Youniu is a big step behind. However, Jia Youhu has never ridiculed or looked down on him, but they are busy with their own work, they don't come and go if they have nothing to do, they can overcome it by themselves, and if they can't overcome it and need help, they ask for help. Usually, each lives its own life, nothing. Jia Youhu has children and daughters, craftsmanship and money, and all of his children are strong. And Jia Youniu, he didn't dare to say big things himself, and he always shy back.

I don't dare to compare, it's a big difference between one and the other, this is the fact that he feels inferior to others, so he doesn't work vanity, deliberately covers up his shortcomings, but avoids it, reduces the opportunity to meet, and Jia Youhu has no time to show off. In fact, Jia Youhu didn't mean to show off, but it was revealed in his words and deeds, which made Jia Youniu feel uneasy and unsatisfactory, and he was always holding his breath in his heart.

Jia Youhu's wife has returned and is busy at home. She was very happy to see Conan, Yin Xianren and Jia Youniu coming, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down, then made tea, took melon seeds and fruits, and invited everyone to eat. She was like a spinning top, she was whipped and began to move, but she could not sit still, and when she opened her eyes, she began to be busy, and she was busy until the light was dark. Before going to bed, I still have to do some work that I can do in the house.

Jia Youhu took the initiative to help, and there were only Jia Youniu and Conan in the hall.

Conan loves to watch TV, but he doesn't know how to turn it on, and he's too embarrassed to ask, so he can't help it. When Jia Youhu came to the hall to get something, Conan timidly asked him, "If you want to watch a TV show for a while, is it okay?" ”

Jia Youhu said: "Of course you can. Come, I'll open it for you. No, this is the remote control, if you don't watch the show, you can skip it, you sit down for a while, and I'll help. ”

Yin Xianren asked, "Do you need us to help you?" ”

Jia Youhu said: "Forget it. Leave it alone, I can handle it. ”

Conan doesn't like to watch TV series, but Yoon Hyun-in does, and in the end, the remote control came to Yoon Hyun-in's hand, and Conan stopped watching TV and switched to playing with his mobile phone. Because there are so many things to pass the time, TV shows only take up part of it, and the rest of the time is good to pass the time, such as reading and writing, and then chatting with the villagers. Or walk around. These are all great ways to pass the time.

Jia Youniu saw that the food was not good, so he was going back and wanted to help the family do something. Jia Youhu said: "I will come down to eat in half an hour. ”

Jia Youniu said, "Okay. ”

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During the meal, Conan said, "Tomorrow evening, let's have a meeting, and ask everyone to assign the task, and each household will have to contribute labor, dig the pipe groove, and then bury the water pipe." Dig as we ask, and emphasize it again tomorrow night when we have a meeting. ”

Yoon Hyun-in loves to watch war-themed TV shows, which doesn't seem to fit well with his identity as a believer. However, he has become accustomed to it, this is called "accumulation of heavy burdens and difficult to return", he almost became a soldier before, and then by mistake, he was not even a militiaman.

From the point of view of grabbing the TV remote control, Yin Xianren is selfish, but he has to pretend to be a generous person. When you are bored, it is easy to get angry about small things, and if everyone is busy, there is no time to get angry. In particular, there are some things and some people who like to seek trouble for themselves, lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, and the gains outweigh the losses. Many things that shouldn't happen are caused by confusion for a while.

In fact, Conan has watched a complete TV series from beginning to night, and there is no one.

Conan's time is precious, and there is no extra time to spend on boring TV shows. Especially for the war theme, sometimes I look at it, but it's not addictive.

The first content of Conan's choice of TV shows is that they are learning-oriented, not plot-based, and it takes time to watch such programs. It's like reading a novel, after reading the last episode, I want to think about the middle episode, and after reading the middle episode, I want to think about the next episode, and I always want to see what happened to the protagonist. Some TV series are super long, and they can't be finished for a few years, these TV series are actually updated every year, constantly shooting, and constantly adding new audiences, and then the audience is old, and the show is still going on. The actors are old, and they can be replaced with new actors. In short, such a plot is too rich for people to give up.

It turned out to be a waste of time. In the past, Conan also loved to watch some historical TV series, and later went to college, to complete all the courses, to avoid make-up exams, so he gave up continuing to watch TV series, however, the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black, how much is still influenced by the people around him, and when he is bored, he occasionally watches it, and he does not completely eliminate watching.

After dinner, when it was very dark, Jia Youhu took out a flashlight, like a searchlight, which he said his son had brought back from Guangdong and lent it to Conan and Yin Xianren. Jia Youniu was very smart, and when he went home to do something just now, it was not dark yet, so he took a flashlight, and he didn't need to borrow it from Jia Youniu.

Back in the dormitory, Conan asked Yin Xianren to wash first, and then Conan washed, after getting it, Conan read the book for a while, wrote a diary, prayed, and fell asleep peacefully, only prayer can bring him peace, money is secondary, you can't count on money, there is more money, but it will make the thief worry, the thief is worried, it will be troublesome, it may affect life and health, people die for money, birds die for food, this truth is very clear and clear, that is, some people are obsessed.

In the morning, they discussed, and a group of people would be held in the evening. During the day, I went to see if there were any changes in the monument, and visited Jia Shan, that is, the stonemason who carved the inscription and erected the stone stele. If you meet Officer Li, tell me that there is a group meeting in the evening, come if you are willing to come, not reluctantly, if you don't meet him, don't tell him, after all, it is almost over, in the final stage, a new small project, there is no big impact.

After a brief breakfast, Conan and Yoon Hyun-in went to Jashan's house. Conan wanted to climb the mountain, so it would be much closer. However, Yin Xianren stopped doing it, he said: "There is nothing particularly urgent, why do you go from the path?" The slope of the trail is too steep, and it is unsteady to stand, and you have to wrestle. It's better to walk slowly along the road. That's much better. ”

Conan doesn't want to disagree too much with him, no matter whether he takes the small road or the big road, he has to go to the destination.

As the saying goes, "all roads lead to Rome", as long as you can get to Jia Shan's house, you can do it, why bother asking whether you go from the side road or from the big road?

On this issue, Conan is very clear that when two people are together, there will inevitably be contradictions and frictions, and if they don't give in to each other, they will definitely lose both in the end.