Ji Shengli didn't want to give up so soon, so he continued to persuade bitterly, "But have you ever thought about the next generation and the next generation?" Our country's economy is changing with each passing day, and it needs the next generation with knowledge and culture to build it. And it's not the most important thing for you to stay here and be economically backward, the important thing is that these children don't have books to read! ”

When the village chief heard this, he laughed dryly and said, "Reading? We can't find a single book with words in the whole village, what's the use of reading that? It's better to learn the ability to go to the mountains to dig mountain goods early, and you don't have to go hungry when you run out of food at home. ”

Ji Shengli knew that this concept was not formed overnight, and naturally he would not be able to change it because of his words. But since he came, the census of the population still had to be completed, so he discussed with the old village chief that he would go to every household tomorrow to verify the population.

This time, the old village chief had no opinions, and said again and again, "Don't worry, rest assured!" The people in the village will certainly actively cooperate with the work of the discipline cadres. ”

Early the next morning, the old village chief took Ji Shengli to visit door to door and carefully register a family, but in the process, Ji Shengli found a problem, that is, many of these villagers seemed to have skin diseases, and there were large dark red marks on their bodies, which looked quite serious.

Later, Ji Shengli also asked the village chief about this, what are these marks on the villagers?

When the village chief heard this, he smiled and said, "Cadre Ji, you don't know, those of us who live in the mountains have a lot of moisture on our bodies, and it's normal for us to have pimples occasionally. ”

"Often long? Have you ever been to the doctor? Ji Shengli was a little surprised.

Who knew that the village chief said with a nonchalant face, "Do you still need to go to the doctor for this little thing?" It doesn't hurt or itch, what kind of doctor do you see?! ”

After hearing this, Ji Shengli was worried about the medical treatment of these villagers, after all, how could people not get sick if they ate whole grains? The travel in Qianqian Village is so inconvenient, if there is really a sudden illness, it is estimated that the person will die on the road before he is sent to the doctor.

So Ji Shengli immediately made a decision, no matter how much resistance he would face, he would move the people of Qianqian Village out of the mountains. At that time, Ji Shengli didn't know what kind of resistance he was facing......

Two days later, Ji Shengli was ready to return to the county seat after completing the population registration of the whole village, but on the morning of the day he was going to leave, something happened in the village!

At that time, a villager surnamed Lan went into the mountain to hunt rabbits, but accidentally rolled down the hillside, and the person who fell did not wake up. After Ji Shengli learned about the situation, he immediately asked the village chief to prepare an ox cart to send people down the mountain, but he didn't expect the village chief to refuse when he heard it, "No need, I have a doctor in my village, so I won't trouble the cadres Ji." ”

When Ji Shengli heard this, what kind of business? When the villager was carried back, he had a bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he didn't fall lightly, which was definitely not something that the village doctor could cure, and if he was delayed any longer, he would definitely not survive.

But for some reason, the village chief's attitude was very resolute, and even the villager's family did not agree to send people to the county. This inevitably made Ji Shengli suspicious, is there anything more important than human life?

Because he was worried about the situation of this villager, Ji Shengli did not return to the county seat as originally planned, but stayed in the village for another day. And the injured villager, as he feared, died before long.

Ji Shengli didn't understand what the people here thought? Isn't this a matter of carelessness for human life? Although that person may not be able to save him if he is sent to the hospital, it is better than going home and waiting for death, right? After all, there is still a glimmer of hope for life after all!?

The villager who brought Ji Shengli before was not from the village, he was a Tulang who had been collecting medicine in the mountains all year round, and he would occasionally go to Qianjin Village to collect some herbs collected by the villagers in the mountains, so he was very familiar with the situation here. Before entering the mountain this time, they agreed that he would send Ji Shengli over first, and then he would go into the mountain to collect medicine, and then take Ji Shengli out when he came back from collecting medicine.

As a result, when Tulangzhong came back to pick up Ji Shengli, he happened to encounter the villager who fell and injured himself, so he also waited for Ji Shengli in the village for a day. Now that the villager was dead, he advised Ji Shengli not to meddle in his affairs and hurry down the mountain with him.

Ke Ji Shengli has an upright temperament, he can't figure out why the people in the village treat their relatives so indifferently, and would rather let them wait here to die than take them to the hospital for treatment?

Tulang Zhong saw that Ji Shengli was a dead eye, and he didn't cry when he didn't see the coffin, so he whispered to him, "People in this village can't die outside?" ”

Ji Shengli was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean that you can't die outside?" ”

Tulang Zhong saw that Ji Shengli's voice was a little loud, so he hurriedly made a boo gesture to him and said, "Be quiet, don't let the people here hear it, I can't explain exactly what is going on in a sentence or two, I'll take you to see you tonight!" But say in advance, no matter what you see at night, don't make a noise, and we'll leave here early tomorrow morning. ”

Ji Shengli was confused by the mysterious appearance of Tulangzhong, could it be that there is a custom in Qianqian Village that "people can't die outside the village"?

After eating that night, Tulangzhong snorted and said to Ji Shengli, "Go to bed early today, there is still a day to catch up with tomorrow!" ”

Ji Shengli just wanted to say that he was not too sleepy, but when he saw Tulangzhong winking at him, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly echoed, "Yes, you have to go to bed early." ”

The village chief, who was eating at the same table, was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately beckoned his wife to clean up the sleeping house for Ji Shengli and Tulangzhong. Not long after the two of them lay down, they heard the sound of footsteps outside the house.

Ji Shengli closed his eyes and listened carefully, although he didn't hear a person talking, but there were quite a few people outside listening to the sound, it should be a large group of people walking outside their house......

He just wanted to ask Tulangzhong what was going on, but Kelangzhong covered his mouth and said, "Shhh......h

After those footsteps were gradually finished, Tulangzhong slowly let go and said, "These people are going to give Lan Da Niu a funeral." ”

Ji Shengli was very puzzled when he heard this, and said, "Funeral at night? What kind of custom is this? ”

As a result, Tulangzhong said with a mysterious face when he heard this, "Let's go, I'll take you to have a look, and after reading it, you will know the reason why the people in this village refuse to go out even if they die." ”

After that, under the leadership of Tulangzhong, Ji Shengli quietly followed behind the funeral procession and came to a dense forest next to the village and stopped.