Chapter 8 Water Shortage in the Five Elements

The woman who came in was none other than Officer Tan's wife. She has been busy, either sweeping the yard or feeding the pigs, cooking, washing dishes, and never stopping. Drop off one job and pick up another, and the work is never finished. Busy and busy. After getting it done at home, I went to work in the fields on the slopes.

She has big eyes, double eyelids, and a well-proportioned figure, and she looks like she is over fifty years old, but her charm still exists, and she can imagine that she was a beautiful embryo when she was young, and she is also the unique beauty of a woman in the mountains, which can be clearly expressed in her.

The double eyelids are not pulled by a scalpel, they are naturally formed, thanks to her parents and God, at that hour, such a girl was created.

Later, Secretary Tan was not shallow, married her into the door, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and made up for the shortcomings of Officer Tan, because Secretary Tan of Hecun is not good-looking, as the saying goes, flowers are inserted in cow dung, and some are uneven for cow dung, no cow dung, how can there be flowers, cow dung is still a good thing.

Officer Tan is dark-skinned and thin. The strange thing is that none of his children are black, they have inherited his wife's skin, nothing like his skin, and those who don't know think it's not his children.

If Officer Tan was not the person in charge of the village, someone might joke that his wife would have given him a "green hat", but he didn't realize it.

No wonder Director Tan's daughter looks like a typical beauty at a glance, this is the role of heredity, which has been carried forward in the next generation. Director Tan's wife has not read much, but she knows a lot of truths, and knows how to manage housework and family affairs.

Because of her genetics, his daughter's is needless to say.

This woman is steady, and her style will not be bad, after all, she is the first lady of Hecun, no matter how you say it, you have to pay attention to the image problem.

Generally speaking, there must be a virtuous wife behind a successful man, that is, a "virtuous helper", and a failed man must have a fierce wife who is looking for trouble everywhere in his family, so that men dare not let go of their hands and feet to do their careers. If it is a loser, three days and two ends to add some trouble to the family, so that the man is worried about the two ends, worry about the outside things, and worry about the affairs of the family, even the three-headed and six-armed Nezha, and can not deal with it, the key is to see if there is a good housekeeper, the inner master, if there is, it is easy to do, no, it is difficult to do, and it is difficult for this man to succeed. Ji Conan thought to himself.

The woman cleaned up the table, put the dishes in the cupboard, and wiped the table.

Officer Tan said slowly: "This is my daughter, and she is also working outside. ”

He looked at his daughter, and suddenly wondered in his heart, thinking that it was not the New Year, so why should he come back?

Officer Tan continued: "She works in Honggang City, Jiangcheng City, and the smog has been very bad recently, and many units have closed for rectification, including where she lives. ”

Ji Conan looked at his daughter, who seemed a little shy and ran away. made Ji Conan wonder for a moment, he had been in a big city, and he was so shy! Could it be that staying in a big city is not enough to see people?

This girl's film, who hasn't seen it in a big city? Also deliberately twisted, I don't know what it means.

With this suspicion, Ji Conan then asked, "What is your daughter doing in Jiangcheng?" ”

Officer Tan paused for a moment, and immediately said, "Do Chinese medicine massage, massage and acupuncture." ”

He understood. I see!

It looks like his daughter already has a boyfriend.

Officer Tan introduced: "She has been working in Jiangcheng for several years, talked about a boyfriend, and is also in Jiangcheng. ”

Ji Conan looked at what his daughter was wearing, the clothes were extraordinary, and when she was dressed up, she looked at the new house of Secretary Tan's family, which was very different from the surrounding stone or earthen houses. You can see the situation of this home from the house, which is easy to know. If the house is beautifully repaired, it will have face, prestige, and status in the village, and people will be impressed, but if the house is not good, the family will not be good, and no matter how rich you are, you can't see it. Knowing that there is money is enough, no matter how the money comes from, this shows that the truth of the success, the prince, the loser, and the thief is very simple but very profound, and it is exactly this principle. From then on, Ji Conan could judge that his daughter was indeed very profitable in this business.

People are very good at thinking that when they see beauty, they think of uncleanness. As Mr. Lu Xun said, "When Chinese people see their arms, they think of bad things." "Actually, there is a misconception about beauty. There are also cosmetology in the hospital, but is it also filthy there?

But he wasn't sure, so he didn't speculate.

The next day, after Ji Conan got up, he felt a little hungry, only to find that it was not early, and he had not eaten. Waited left and right, but there was no movement, but his stomach couldn't wait, and he began to sing the empty city plan.

Fortunately, he brought the peculiar cakes of the small town, and ate two of them first to satisfy his hunger.

When it was almost ten o'clock, Officer Tan's daughter came upstairs and called him downstairs for dinner.

After she left, some aroma was left in the room, it seems that this is not a temptation, beautiful women like to wear makeup, they have liked it since childhood, no matter when and where.

Ji Conan didn't dare to think about it, he already had friends, and he himself had only just gotten married, so why should he think about something unrealistic?

Come downstairs, the meal is ready. Ji Conan couldn't figure out why he was eating at this time, but he didn't dare to ask more, for fear of leaving a bad impression on Secretary Tan, in case Secretary Tan sued behind his back and sued Ji Conan to Feng Feifei, it would definitely cause a storm. So it's better to say less and do more, and be cautious.

"We eat two meals a day, the first at 10 a.m. and the second at 5 p.m. Wake up early in the morning, go to the hillside to do things, and then feed the pigs and cook when you come back. After eating in the afternoon, if the sky is still bright, go to the slope to do something, if the sun sets, come back to rest, every day of the year, every month, every day, are used to it. ”

So that's it!

He has had three meals a day since he was a child, but he didn't expect it to be not the case here, so let him wait! Knowing this, he didn't doubt it at once, and thought that the customs here were not warm and hospitable.

They began to eat. The delicious bacon, potatoes, and kimchi, as well as local eggs and origami root (houttuynia cordata roots) are all local home cooking, but for him, they are all very fresh.

As for the rice, it is a mixture of rice and bud (corn) flour, and it is delicious. Thick and thin matching, help digestion and absorption, more importantly, eat other without hunger, soon no strength, eat grain and bacon, the feeling is different, do not feel hungry, the whole body is full of strength, do not panting, do not feel tired.

He ate two bowls and was already very full, because he had not been in contact with this kind of rice for a long time, and it required a process of adaptation, and he could not eat too much at one time, only eat these first, and talk about it later. Bud grain rice tastes a little rough and belongs to miscellaneous grains, which can make up for the lack of many foods and is good for health. People have to eat whole grains, and they can't eat too single, and it's easy to lack this and that.

Drink tea after a meal. Drinking tea is the living habit of mountain people, just like Westerners like to drink coffee, drinking tea has become an inseparable part of the life of people in mountainous areas. Tea culture also came into being. No matter how bad a family or individual is, there will be tea to drink. Good tea and the worst tea, both teas, are good for the body.

They chatted over tea.

"In the past, there was no electricity in the village, so in the evening, after eating, I went to bed. Without electricity, it's not like there are TV shows to watch now. What should I do if I get out of bed early in the morning and can't sleep? The husband and wife had to find something else to do. Of course, only two people know about this, and everyone else knows. Everyone else has done it, and when it comes to this, everyone understands. Don't say it. ”

Ji Conan smiled. Officer Tan also smiled, it's really rare! It turns out that he is also very cute when he laughs.

Officer Tan said: "Our staple food here is "gold and silver", that is, bud flour and rice are steamed together, gold is bud flour, silver is rice, such rice is hungry, when working, more energetic. If you are used to eating such a meal, if you don't eat it, eat something else, you are not used to it, and after this habit is formed, it is difficult to change. My dolls always say that they feel homesick when they think of their mother's cooking. ”

"Men have strength, and women need it too. At night, when the lights go out, the main entertainment is to do something else. So in those years, population work was very difficult to do, unlike now, with electricity, television, and mobile phones, you can divert your attention, and you don't just want to do that every day. The women in our village are very powerful. ”

Officer Tan said, glanced at his wife with his eyes, his wife stretched out her hand to hit him, and when she saw Ji Conan present, she stopped, a blush immediately appeared on her face, lowered her head and walked out quickly.

Officer Tan looked at it and laughed and said, "Old guy, are you still embarrassed?" ”

Ji Conan is not good to ask again, these people have come over since they were young, and they probably know that they don't have to pierce the window paper. Just with Officer Tan's flower-like wife, as a beauty like a flower, Officer Tan is sorry if he doesn't hollow himself out, so it's understandable to do more exercise, after all, he is energetic, how many times he does it, there is no way to count, this is the privacy of the parties, and he can't be explored, nor can he say it casually. Young people are energetic, and middle-aged and elderly people go downhill. It's all understandable.

You can eat whatever you want, but you can't just talk about it.

This is the rule, a person who does not understand the rules is an ignorant person, and after a long time, he is destined to be an unpleasant person. Ji Conan doesn't want to be such a person, from Officer Tan, Ji Conan also found some advantages, which are worth learning well, guiding his life in the future, improving his survivability, and establishing a relatively healthy and perfect system network, that is, good personal relationships, to pave the way for his future career. Ji Conan thought so.

No wonder Officer Tan can be the person in charge of the village, which is related to his wife Xianhui.

Speaking of women, Officer Tan continued: "There is a story. It has to do with water. ”

Ji Conan was strange, so he asked: "What kind of story, let's hear it!" ”

"There is a woman who married into Hecun, but her husband's family is poor, so it can be said that she is very poor, and there is nothing in the house except walls, let alone a pool, and there is no water source to draw water. In the dry season, go to the wind blowing at the bottom of the mountain to get water and carry it back. I queued up to fetch water and came back, but I didn't expect that when I was about to arrive at the door, I fell and the water on my back suddenly splashed on the ground. The woman couldn't think about it, so she committed suicide by hanging herself. ”

Ji Conan sighed when he heard it. It turns out that water represents life here. A basket of water can take the life of a young woman.

At present, the village is still short of water.

One of the requirements that a woman wants to say to the men of Hecun is that her future husband's house must have a pool. Don't look at the house, don't look at the people, just look at whether there is water. It turns out that water is an important factor in determining whether a man is single or not. Whether there is a pool or not means whether the family has money or not. If there is a pool, it is a rich family; Rest assured that you will marry and will not suffer when you arrive at your husband's house; If there is no pool, it is to look at the rain before there is water, such a family is a poor family, and it is very inconvenient to worry about finding water when you get married, and it is generally best not to marry. Before you get married, you must think about it.

He Village has no water source and is famous far and wide. The folk song says: "When you hear the sound of water, you see the flow of water, and you are worried about the water!" "It turns out that you can see the Yangtze River here.

The water of the Yangtze River, coming out of Wuxia and entering Xiling Gorge, is the junction point. No wonder watching the Yangtze River roar and roll by, there is no way to take it. When you open the window, you can see the Yangtze River, but you can't use the water of the Yangtze River. To get to the river, you need to walk, and two or three hours is not the slowest speed.

The only way to do this is to collect the rainwater, put it in a pool, and wait for the water to clear before drinking. Therefore, the construction of water pools is a big issue that determines the livelihood of Hecun. There is a pond in the villager's house, even if it is a very ugly and ugly pool, as long as there is one, it can hold water, it is a fortune, and it will be envied.

A trace of worry flashed in Officer Tan's eyes, and he found out. He asked him what worries him. "I'm worried that the aid funds we've provided won't be forthcoming," he said. There used to be a project, I heard about it, but then I didn't come. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. This time, too, is very worrying. ”

Ji Conan said: "Don't worry. When you are looking for a partner, will you worry that she will divorce you in the future? ”

He said: "When I got married, I was worried, but now I can't, it's all grandparents, what else to worry about." ”

Ji Conan said: "Yes, there is a marriage contract when you get married, as long as you keep the agreement and be faithful to your spouse, you don't have to worry about divorce." Now that we have signed a contract, so many units have stamped it, and it has been recorded and broadcast by the TV station, so we don't have to worry about the fact that the funds cannot be in place. ”

He smiled and nodded.

They chatted for a while, his scalp felt very itchy, looked at the hot water on the stove, and said to Officer Tan, "I want to wash my hair." ”

Officer Tan said, "Okay, sister, help Mr. Ji." He shouted at his daughter.

Ji Conan looked around, only to find that his daughter was missing.