Chapter 211: Steamed Buns
Huangshu Village has not yet opened the road, the car drove to the entrance of the village, the next part of the road will be walked, because the car in the last section of the road has a little problem, after getting off the car, Mr. Zhao found a few fellow villagers to help repair the car.
Teacher Sun was unwell because of some motion sickness, so he went directly to the village health station after arriving at the entrance of the village.
As a result, Li Chenfeng had no one to greet him, and in desperation, Teacher Zhao had to find a village child to lead Li Chenfeng to school to rest first.
The child's name is Er Niu, he looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, his skin is dark, his face looks simple, there is snot hanging under his nose, he is wearing gray and black shorts and shorts, typical of the rural cowherd baby.
Li Chenfeng asked Erniu if he was still studying, and Erniu nodded.
Li Chenfeng asked again: "You're about to graduate from junior high school, right?" ”
Erniu replied: "No, I am still in elementary school, the third grade." ”
Li Chenfeng then remembered that there is a junior high school in a place like Huangshu Village, which many children in primary school do not study, and a person like him who went to primary school at the age of sixteen or seventeen and can read a few words is considered good among some of his peers, at least he does not have to be illiterate for a lifetime.
Erniu took Li Chenfeng through the narrow field, spared a few sections of country roads, the terrain in front of him gradually flattened, and a two-story building with white porcelain appeared not far away, it seems that it should be Huangshucun Primary School.
The mountain path Li Chenfeng is now walking on is flanked by jagged houses in the village, and the school is surrounded by large plains, but there are no other houses.
Walking further, Li Chenfeng found that there were a large number of graves scattered in the plains on both sides of the road, some of which were made of blue bricks and carved monuments, while others were only lonely mounds.
Li Chenfeng understood now, it turned out that this was the cemetery in the village, no wonder there were no houses, only the teaching building of the Huangshu Village Primary School was an exception.
In fact, this does not mean that the people in the village do not pay attention to schools, because it is normal to build schools in cemeteries.
Throughout the country, many of the primary and secondary schools were built on the site of mass graves, mass graves, and execution grounds. According to Feng Shui, these places are too bad to be built into ordinary housing, but schools are an exception.
Generally speaking, most schools are built on the outskirts of the city, which requires a quiet environment and a large area, and many cemeteries can meet such requirements.
As for the yin and evil qi in these places, because there are a large number of young people gathered in the school, all of them are strong in blood, and it is at the time when the yang qi is at its strongest, so that the yang qi overwhelms the evil qi, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Behind the school are large fields, each of which is densely planted with rice, and the dry land on the hill is also full of crops, and there is no idle land around the whole village.
But even so, there are almost no wealthy people in the village, most of them are just barely making ends meet, and a few who live a little better are because of the money they earn from working outside.
When Li Chenfeng was about to walk to the school gate with Erniu, he suddenly saw a white-haired hunchbacked old man walking over on crutches on the path in front of him, holding a few white things in his hands.
The path is narrow, and there are slightly lower ridges on both sides, and the old man is about to meet Li Chenfeng, and he is still a long way away and begins to make way sideways, and then he accidentally slips under his feet and falls on the ridge.
Seeing this, Li Chenfeng hurriedly went over to help.
"Old man, are you alright?"
The old man was helped to stand up by Li Chenfeng, and then shook his head again and again, but he didn't speak.
Li Chenfeng saw that this old man was at least seventy years old, and it was not a trivial matter to fall like this, so he said that he would take him to the hospital.
The old man shook his head even more, Li Chenfeng didn't understand what he meant, and then he only heard Erniu next to him say: "Brother Li, he is my fourth uncle, and he is a dumb man." ”
Saying that, he walked over and patted the dirt on the old man's body, and said something in the old man's ear in dialect, the old man made a few gestures to him, and Erniu understood and said to Li Chenfeng: "My fourth uncle said that he is fine, and he doesn't need to go to the hospital." ”
The old man picked up the crutches, but his eyes kept looking for something on the ground, Li Chenfeng followed his gaze, and found that what he was holding in his hand just now were three white-flour steamed buns, and all the wrestling just now fell under the ridge.
Erniu went down and picked up the steamed bun and wanted to return it to the old man, but the old man took two and pushed the remaining one back to Erniu, who seemed to mean to give him this steamed bun.
Erniu shook his head. "I won't eat, fourth uncle, you can keep it until you eat."
There is a lot of loess on the steamed buns, but it can be seen that Erniu does not want steamed buns because he dislikes the dirty steamed buns, and there are obviously other reasons.
In the end, the old man accepted the three steamed buns, nodded to Li Chenfeng, and then walked forward on crutches.
The old man walked for a distance, and Erniu said to Li Chenfeng: "The fourth uncle is not easy to live, he is alone in the family, and he lives on a subsidy of 300 yuan every month. ”
Li Chenfeng understood that Erniu didn't want his things because the old man was poor.
Entering the school, Er Niu led Li Chenfeng into Teacher Sun's office to rest, and he went back to the field to do farm work.
Li Chenfeng sat in the office for a while and felt a little bored, so he walked to the school gate and walked around, and suddenly noticed that Erniu's fourth uncle had not left. I saw that he neatly placed the three steamed buns just now in front of a mound without a tombstone, lit a few incense, and seemed to be worshipping his relatives.
Li Chenfeng looked at such a scene, and couldn't help but have a desolate feeling in his heart, at this time, Teacher Sun and Teacher Zhao came back, and said to Li Chenfeng with a smile: "I'm really sorry Mr. Li, I haven't entertained you for a decent meal in the afternoon." ”
"It's okay, didn't you eat something in the car just now?"
"The villagers heard that you were coming, and they want to invite you to dinner tonight, and I hope you don't dislike it."
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, in fact, just eat something, don't bother the fellows."
Li Chenfeng really didn't expect that he just donated a few books to the school, and he could receive such treatment, just like a cadre going to the countryside.
That night, in order to welcome Li Chenfeng, the village held a flowing water banquet, the scene was very lively, although the people in the village were not rich, but there was no stinginess on the flowing water seat, and the special chickens, ducks and fish meat in the countryside were all put on the table.
Li Chenfeng saw that some houses at the entrance of the village were hung with red lanterns, and there were red silk flowers on the walls, and he wondered if it was a bit too big if he was just to welcome him.
When I asked, I found out that after tomorrow's graduation ceremony, there was another big happy event in the village, that is, Mr. Sun and Mr. Zhao were going to get married.
The more in this kind of poor place, the more the common people pursue the idea of "everything is inferior, only the reading is high", Mr. Sun and Mr. Zhao gave up their life in the city and came here to teach, which is very respected by the people here, so their wedding, every family here must participate, and they must contribute their own efforts.
Due to Mr. Sun's family, his parents wanted to hold a grand wedding for him in the city, but then the people in the village could not attend, so they came up with a way, that is, to hold two weddings.
The first time in Huangshu Village, the villagers and their students attended the wedding, and the second time in the city, when the time came, they would have a banquet for relatives and friends in the city.
After the flowing water banquet, Li Chenfeng was invited by Teacher Sun, hoping that he could attend her and Teacher Zhao's wedding after the graduation ceremony, so Li Chenfeng had to change his plan and stay in Huangshu Village until the wedding of the two teachers was over.