Jia Shan is not only a stonemason, but also a mason, I saw him holding a brick knife in his hand, flying up and down, operating in the stone seams between the brick joints, his movements were skillful, and he did not do anything to stop.

The drinking water monument is located under the pine tree near the path in front of Jiashan Gate, the more Conan looks, the more awkward it becomes, the green pine, the stone stele, the path, the verdant ancient pine, the sunken inscription with red characters on the black background of the bluestone, should it belong to the Yin or Yang script? I don't know very well, according to him, it is Yin.

Here is the location of the intersection of the main road and the small road, a rare piece of flat land in the mountainous area, forming a landscape painting, but it gives people the feeling that it is not a drinking water commemoration, but a monument to the deceased. This momentum is fierce, unpredictable, impossible to resist, impossible to dodge, impossible to defeat, not even a round, and probably about to lose. Project acceptance, a little tasteless, take the road of formalism, there is money to make a monument, it is better to do practical things. Why bother? Occupy the land, the mountainous area was originally flat and tense, plus the people who come and go, see this monument, the appearance does make people feel uncomfortable, the monument here has been very eye-catching, it is estimated that the project is over, this monument will be destroyed. Ji Conan knows the thoughts of the villagers, so they don't look at the inscriptions, they only need to solve practical difficulties, which is better than doing anything. Making this stele is actually to make the head happy, and the people are not very interested, of course, there must be opposition, because it has nothing to do with their own, so forget it, and no longer delve into it. More is better than less, anyway, it doesn't occupy my farmland, and it doesn't occupy my road.

Conan didn't want to think about it, but he had to think about it.

Charities are walking and walking, similar to local institutions, and the original intention of establishing this institution is going further and further, and it is futile to go off the road, no matter how far it goes. Don't want fame and fortune, just go for a walk. Don't pursue social benefits, after a long time, I also pursue; I don't ask others to commemorate it, and I can't withstand the influence of the ideas and practices of the local person in charge, so in the end, I still pay for it and make a monument, hoping that people will commemorate it, who is this person? Whose idea was this? In fact, it doesn't need to be said much to make it clear, this person is a villager, and the villagers don't buy it, and they are used to tree monuments.

Ji Conan found that the font of the stele was Lishu, which was not as good as his own writing. The teachers in the mountain village can have this level, which is not bad.

Ji Conan is a staff member, how much is worth, in front of them, the important thing is that he spends money, he has some bosses, and if he has money, he is considered to be the boss, the real big boss did not come, he is just the lowest level of staff, here, the villagers think highly of him, and when he spends money, he should be the shopkeeper, and he doesn't have to worry about writing. If there is really no one to write, Ji Conan is willing to write. Just embarrassed to mention tipping. Besides, Yin Xianren and Togo are here, they will definitely not let Ji Conan get benefits, they will all suffer from pink eye, and they would rather not get it themselves, and let Ji Conan not get it. When it comes to calligraphy, Ji Conan's calligraphy is the best in the unit. It's just that now I'm working on the front line, at the bottom, not to mention things at the top.

Conan wanted to write in his diary: "Since you have faith, you should ignore fame and fortune, and what you do in your hands will be remembered by God, so why bother with the text carving of the stone tablet?" You know, what you want to be immortal will decay faster. ”

Conan once went to the countryside and found many tombstones or merit monuments, which later became things that paved roads and built small bridges, trampled on by many people, and can be seen everywhere in the countryside. It is also conceivable that the characters on the stele at the beginning, in the local area, must have been prominent for a while, and their reputation spread far and wide, but in the end, a pile of loess grass was gone, in order to attract the attention and commemoration of future generations, the stele was played, but I didn't expect that the grave was missing, and the tombstone was carried away to pave the way and build a bridge.

The ditches in the countryside are not very large, and the length of those stone monuments is just right for a span. It is the best material, of course, for people in the mountains, stones are nothing, they are everywhere, and for people on flat land, stones are rare, as long as someone touches a thing, someone pays labor and time, it has value, and so is the stone, which is carried to pave the road and appreciates.

Many people walked along the paved paths of stone tablets, but almost no one stopped to look at the inscriptions, and even if they looked at them occasionally, no one studied them. Even if you research, you don't know who is recorded in the text, and it gives people the impression that it is words, and there is nothing else, those names are just symbols, and there is no more and deeper meaning in them.

You can imagine the thoughts of those who erected the monument at the beginning, they will never let the monument they worked hard to erect be used to pave the road, and if they want to pave the road and build bridges, they can find another stone, but history is not influenced by people's ideas. People, if they are still there today, they may not be there tomorrow, and what they think today is good, but tomorrow, they may become bad, or they may unwillingly become bad.

The changes in the world are often not transferred by people's will, and sometimes they become unrecognizable, and they don't even know, accept, or get used to them, but things are still there, just like their own children, no matter how ugly they are, they are also flowing with their own blood, and it is not a question of whether to admit it or not.

Conan saw the workers gradually disperse and the drinking water monument was solemnly erected at the intersection, and his feelings were particularly complicated.

In the first year, the project was carried out by the Xiaocheng County Branch, and it did a good job, and it was relatively good, and the investors were willing to continue to assist and cooperate, and use the funds to us. The place started and made a monument, or the charity asked for the monument, and with this precedent, there was a later imitation, and the initiators were not in the place, but in themselves.

They donate money to the local government, and of course the local government wants us to continue to invest, although the cost of making a monument is not much, but the impact is great. The inscription lists the names of those local institutions, presumably to curry favor with the staff in charge at all levels, so as to pave the way for their own promotion. The words on the stone can last for almost a thousand years, unless there is an earthquake or a major flood, the stone tablet is buried or broken and washed away, and you can generally ask your superiors for money with this inscription.

After all this, Jia Shan lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly, and Officer Li came over and said with a smile: "Not bad, it's all done!" ”

When Jia Shan saw the village cadre, he hurriedly handed over a cigarette, and Officer Li took the cigarette and squatted on the ground to smoke.

Yin Xianren said: "Wait a minute, let's go through the formalities." ”

Everyone understood that the formalities were to give him wages and material fees, and Jia Shan hurriedly replied: "Okay, okay!" ”

It is natural for those who work to be paid wages, but some people do not think so, as if the boss is gracious, does good deeds, and shows mercy to do it. Don't think about it, these are the income of your own labor, you should get it, and if you don't give it, you can't do it.

There are too many people who do not have a sense of rights, especially farmers and migrant workers.

As soon as we entered the earthen walled house, we looked at the bright cement floor on the ground, and there was a thin layer of water vapor, and we knew that it was about to rain. The room was very cool, and the strong wind from the electric fan made it even cooler.

Jia Shan bought an electric fan, which was super powerful, in order to blow away the ash on the stone tablet, and as soon as we went, we were affected by the power of this strong wind. After blowing for a while, Conan couldn't stand it anymore and said, "This wind is enough to blow people into the sky, and if it blows for a long time, it will catch a cold." ”

When Jia Shan heard this, he turned off the fan, and in this way, he felt a little hot again. I don't know how to be good. Jia Shan gave each person a fan, which was made of palm leaves, which was very environmentally friendly. Although I am tired, I will not blow people into the sky.

Conan counted the money and handed it to Jia Shan, who wrote the receipt, the font was weird, I really didn't dare to compliment, indeed, if he was asked to write on the stone tablet, it was estimated that even elementary school students would laugh at it. His hands are covered with calluses, probably related to the long-term carving of stone tablets. The hands are also rough, and it is difficult to hold a pen and write.

However, Jasan was pleased. Whoever gets the money is happy, and this time it's down-to-earth. During this time, it was not in vain, and it was cashed out immediately, not empty words.

If you rely on the mountain, you will eat the mountain, and if you rely on the water, you will drink water, and the mountains and rivers can feed people, and this is the proof. People are not lazy, as long as they have hands and feet, they must work if they can work, so that they can earn money, and the money they earn in this way can be used with peace of mind and will not feel uneasy.

After completing the formalities and everyone leaving, Conan and Yin Xianren returned to the dormitory, sorted out their work notes, and the work for this period of time came to an end, and they were ready to go back to the small town, and then go home for vacation. Work notes are running accounts, not remembered, easy to forget after a long time, once forgotten, there is no basis for writing a report, only blind fabrication. But after making it up, it makes people feel uneasy. As long as you make a mistake as long as it is not intentional, you can be forgiven, and if it is intentional, it is an unforgivable sin.

When he arrived in the town, Conan saw his wife and son, naturally hugged each other, and set a good example with his children since he was a child, except for his own woman, he could not hug other women, except for his mother, of course, his own arms were holy and could not be defiled. You can't have an affair with another woman casually, but, even if Conan says so and wants to establish a good impression, he can't be so holy, his heart is always occupied by all kinds of filth, and if he is not careful, once he encounters temptation, he can't control himself, and at this point, Conan's will is still fragile.

Even if he is vulnerable, Conan is still self-righteous and can defeat the idea of evil, this thought, has always been dominant, he does not know that he himself is unconscious, he has fallen into the quagmire of danger, he cannot extricate himself, and there is no one to save, relying on God, God cannot see, it seems to be far away, relying on the priest, the priest's behavior is disappointing, relying on colleagues, who are worse than the laymen in the world, relying on friends, friends have wine and meat, come diligently, if not, they will be estranged.

It seems that the ancestors said first, "Rely on the mountains and mountains, and rely on everyone to fall". No one can rely on themselves, on the law of their own conscience, on their own power from the Holy Spirit, on the strength of their hearts, to deal with external forces, to overcome the slavery or bondage of evil.

The recent mistakes made by Conan are extremely heinous, but he thinks he is righteous, who made him so handsome? No wonder women like him when they see him. He himself felt that it didn't matter, it was not his own sin, it was not his own fault, the responsibility should not be borne by himself, but the bad of others, the bad of others, and all the consequences must be borne by others. The responsibility on my body is clean, and there is no problem at all. The troubles that arise every time are probably that their expectations are higher than the realistic estimates, so they are always resentful, always dissatisfied, always complaining, this thing is always in a vicious circle, this strange circle, always wrapped around Conan, and cannot be liberated.

Conan said to his wife, "Tomorrow is a holiday, are we going to vacation in a small town or go back to our hometown?" ”

The wife said, "Great, I've long wanted to go back to my hometown." ”

Conan said, "Will you come back when you go back?" ”

The wife said, "It depends." Maybe I'll come back with my child after a while, you come first, I'm going crazy. I'm not used to this part of the town. ”

Conan said, "Hello, you haven't been to the village where I work!" ”

Her wife said, "If you don't go to it, you know one, two, three, the mountains, isn't it the same everywhere?" It's not a mountain, it's a valley, it's not a valley, it's a beam, it's the eighteen bends of the mountain road, Li Qiong has already sung it. ”

Conan said, "Yes! That Li, it is said that he is from the Tujia family and is from Yiling. ”

His wife said, "Yes! It seems that the one who is also from the Tujia family. ”

Conan asked, "Who?" ”

She said, "Well, by the way, it's called Song." ”

Conan said: "It seems that it is, reading in the newspaper, she is a sister of the Tujia family in Xiangxi, and she became famous by chance, and now it is said that she sang in Vienna, and she is really red and purple." ”

She said: "A woman, no matter how popular or purple she is, must get married and have children, so that she can be complete, otherwise, she will always be lacking." ”

Conan said: "Not necessarily, the singer Song is the lover of my dreams." ”

She said, "There are thousands of men like you think, right?" Can you rob someone? ”

Conan was asked, speechless.

She also said, "Isn't it the same for a woman, no matter how beautiful she looks on the outside, when she goes to bed at night, when she turns off the light? ”

Conan said, "You're a pervert! You have to turn on the lights, right? It has to be dawn, right? ”

"Of course," she said. However, what I want to say is that you don't want to eat swan meat like a toad, it's much better to live honestly! ”

When Conan heard his wife say this, that restless heart really felt reasonable, people live a lifetime, just a few decades, how can they have so much time to love the opposite sex except for their spouse? Of course, comrades are a different matter. It is not easy to cherish your spouse and try to maintain the temperature and passion of love, especially if you have children, there are many miscellaneous things, and it is easy to empathize with other loves. Conan is really unsure about the future, and he doesn't know if he will change, or if his wife will change, who can say this?

Conan held the child and teased him, the little guy was about to be weaned, Conan helped his wife and used this time to prepare well and cope with the discomfort period after weaning. There are still many tests ahead.