Chapter 20: Warm Winter Troubles (1)
In the afternoon, the three of them were bored in the stove house, and Huzi proposed to play in the bamboo forest, saying that they could feel the snow scene at zero distance.
The three of them put on sneakers, wrapped their clothes tightly, and walked deep into the bamboo forest.
There was silence in the bamboo forest. The fist-sized Nanzhu stands upright and straight, pointing straight at the clouds; The thick snow on the ground was soft, creaking when stepping on it.
When the mountain wind blew, the snow on the bamboo branches fell down, and the bamboo, which could not bear the weight of the heavy snow, broke off and fell down with a bang, making a loud noise in the silent mountain forest.
The three of them were silent, slowly wandering through the forest along the ravine. The thin streams of the rivers and rivers flowed under the bamboo forests, as if playing the lyre on the white earth.
"The heavy snow weighs down the green pine, and the green pine is straight and straight. You must know that the pine is high and clean, and stay until the snow melts. Huzi suddenly chanted aloud.
"Poetry is not a scene. There are no green pines here, only bamboo forests. Lan Lan said mischievously.
When Huzi heard this, Lan Lan's mind was delicate and sensitive, and she was quite literate.
"Have you ever read Wang Bao's "Dong Xiao Fu"?" Huzi asked.
"Nope." Lan Lan raised her head, a pair of black and bright eyes collided with Huzi's short-sighted eyes, and Huzi looked at her steadily, and suddenly lowered her head shyly.
Huzi stared at Lan Lan fixedly, a delicate and white round face was blown by the snow wind, white and red, delicate and charming; A snow-white down jacket contrasts with the verdant bamboo forest, which sets off the blue and clear.
Huzi took out his mobile phone, called up the camera function, clicked and photographed the snow scene, and secretly took a few pictures of Lanlan.
Xiao Tian saw Huzi taking pictures and said, "Huzi, let's take a group photo." ”
The three of them found a vacant lot, took several group photos with the reckless bamboo mountain as the background, and took several group photos under the gesture of Huzi's "one, two, three, eggplant".
Seeing that it was getting late, Lan Lan proposed to go home, and went home after saying goodbye to Xiaotian and Huzi.
At night, Huzi lay on the bed, and Lan Lan's handsome appearance always appeared in front of him, and he couldn't fall asleep over and over. I thought that I would buy her a full set of materials when I went back, and then call a shuttle bus to bring it back.
Xiaotian saw that Huzi had insomnia, and thought, isn't Huzi used to sleeping in a bed in the countryside? His own house is simple, and it is difficult for him.
Xiaotian jokingly said to Huzi: "Great talent, why can't you sleep?" The college entrance examination is coming, pack up your mood and prepare for the war with all your might. ”
Huzi answered vaguely, tossed and turned for a while, and then fell asleep.
The next day, Wu Ming called Huzi early and told them to pack up and go out, and he immediately set off to pick them up and return to the city.
Wu Sifu asked for Huzi's phone and said to Wu Ming: "Brother, it's rare to come to Zhucun, and I will have lunch at my house at noon before leaving." ”
Wu Ming thought about it, and there was nothing important to do at the moment, so he readily agreed.
After breakfast, Huzi and Xiaotian walked to the village office to pick up Wu Ming.
The two waited for a long time before they saw Wu Ming's car drive up. Wu Ming locked the car and got down, as if he still had palpitations, and muttered: "This road is too dangerous, with sharp bends and steep slopes. Fortunately, I have good skills, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to get up. ”
Huzi said with a smile: "The infinite scenery is at the dangerous peak. ”
The three of them talked and laughed all the way to Xiaotian's house.
Wu Sifu heard the big yellow dog barking and stood in the dam to greet Wu Ming from afar.
Wu Ming climbed the steep slope in front of Wu Sifu's house, stood in the dam panting, and said jokingly with Wu Sifu who greeted him: "Brother, the threshold of your house is high." ”
"No way. Generations have lived here. Wu Sifu heard Wu Ming joke like this, and regretted it very much, he knew that he shouldn't have invited this big boss to his home.
The two lit cigarettes and exchanged politeness, and Wu Sifu went to the stove house to make lunch. Wu Ming took a turn in front of Wu Sifu's house and felt that the environment of this place was good, but the traffic conditions were too poor.
After smoking a cigarette, Wu Ming came to the stove house and chatted and cooked with Wu Sifu, without a big boss shelf, let alone a look of disgust.
Wu Ming sat on the edge of the stove, helped Wu Sifu add firewood to the fire, and asked casually: "Is your bacon smoked on this firewood?" ”
Wu Sifu said: "Yes." In our rural areas, if we don't hold banquets, we burn firewood all year round. The bacon is hung on the fire pit and slowly smoked. The bacon roasted slowly by firewood has a bright color and a particularly fragrant taste. ”
"Do you have any bacon to eat at noon today?" Wu Ming swallowed.
"Not at noon today. Just killed a pig, not pickled yet. Wu Sifu smiled awkwardly.
Wu Sifu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Xiaotian: "You go to the third grandfather's house to get some sausages." ”
Xiaotian and Huzi ran to Uncle Wu's courtyard. Xiaotian pointed to the house of Lan Lan's family, where the wing room was located, and told Huzi that it was Lan Lan's home. However, neither of them went in, so they took the sausages and went back.
At noon, Wu Ming ate a table of food made by Wu Sifu and called it delicious. He knew in his heart that these ingredients, which had not been cultivated with additives and medicines, were indeed much better than the meals at his farmhouse. In particular, the sausages they took back were oily in color and delicious.
He thought about it, his farmhouse is operated all year round, and sausages and bacon can be operated as a special dish, so the taste will definitely attract many customers.
Thinking of this, he said to Wu Sifu: "Brother Wu, I want all the meat you can't sell; But please help me smoke bacon. ”
When Wu Sifu, Xiaotian, and Huzi heard it, it was too unexpected. Unexpectedly, Wu Sifu was worried about the problem for a few days, and Wu Ming solved it in one sentence. Huzi thought angrily, why didn't you say it earlier, it made Xiaotian's father depressed for so long.
After everyone happily finished eating, Wu Sifu ordered meat in front of Wu Ming, weighed the scales, packed the meat to be sent away, and prepared to send them back to the city.
Wu Ming paid immediately according to the price of meat in the city. Wu Sifu took the money and found that the money Wu Ming gave was 1 yuan more than the 16 yuan per catty he thought at the beginning. When the money is returned.
Wu Ming said that he would not accept anything, and said, "The right should be the living money I gave for the bacon smoker." Huzi said to the side, Uncle Wu, take it, you're welcome.
Wu Sifu had no choice but to accept the money in a sneering manner.
A few people packed up and set off for the city. Xiaotian called the third master again and asked him to inform Lan Lan to wait at the village office, and Huzi's father took her to the town middle school by the way.
After New Year's Day, the leaders of the county civil affairs bureau, accompanied by the leaders of Shuangjiang Town, went to the villages of Shuangjiang Town to express their condolences to the lonely and widowed elderly and the needy.
Tang Xiaohong waited early in the village office.
After a while, a pickup truck and an official car stopped in front of the Zhucun Village Office. Zhang Wenzheng, deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, got out of the car.
Tang Xiaohong hurriedly stepped forward to shake Director Zhang's hand, and then shook hands with Mayor Li of Shuangjiang Town, who was accompanying him.
Deputy Director Zhang looked at Tang Xiaohong and thought to himself, it is great that such a young man is willing to come to a remote village like Zhucun to be the village secretary, and he immediately has a good impression of this young man.
"Young people, make a difference!" Later, Deputy Director Zhang learned during the conversation that Tang Xiaohong was the son of the old Tang of the county cultural center, and he couldn't help but sincerely admire the old Tang godson.
Deputy Director Zhang sat in the village office for a while, conveyed the spirit of the county party committee and the county government to ensure that the people in need were warm for the winter, and then asked Tang Xiaohong to arrange for someone to move the quilts, rapeseed oil, rice and other condolence materials from the pickup truck off the car.
Deputy Director Zhang looked at the simple office in Zhucun that had been converted from a classroom, thought about the village road that he had just come up, and said to Tang Xiaohong earnestly: "Secretary Tang, you have to find a way to repair the road in Zhucun."
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. When I came up just now, the driver was scared into a cold sweat. You are a cadre of the Transportation Bureau, and you will get the moon first near the water. Go back and get some indicators and widen the road. ”
"I've already gone back and reported to the director. You know, now the county's financial resources are tight, and there is no subsidy for widening the village road!
Moreover, walking from the village office, there are still more than three kilometers of machine farming roads that have not been hardened, and there are still many villagers in it, who are complaining all day long. Tang Xiaohong reported truthfully.
"It's always necessary to add some protection, right? If you fall off a cliff, it will be a matter of human life. Think of more ways, there are always more ways than difficulties. Deputy Director Zhang gave advice and prepared to return.
Tang Xiaohong retained: "After lunch, I will leave." The leaders are sending charcoal in the snow, how can they go hungry? ”
"Can you have food in the village? Tell us to eat bamboo like pandas? After Deputy Director Zhang finished speaking, everyone laughed.
Tang Xiaohong sent the leader away, and she felt very uncomfortable. I want to entertain guests, but I don't even have anything to get my hands on in this poor mountain village.
Alas, when will this reckless mountain come out?
In the afternoon, the old village chief notified the teams of people in need to go to the village office to receive condolence materials.
Li Dacui saw Zhou Jueming come back with rice, oil, and quilts on his back, and his heart was aroused by jealousy, and he chased after his chickens and dogs and scolded: "Go out, go out, go out and find food by yourself."
You think your life is good, and you are not a five-guarantee household, and someone will bring you food when you are lying at home! ”
Zhou Jueming was just about to enter the house, when he heard Li Dacui pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and what he said about the five guarantee households, his heart suddenly became angry.
Lao Tzu has no son, so you say that Lao Tzu is a five-guarantee household? You have a son, you are amazing, should you scold people?
Entering the house and putting down his back, Zhou Jueming stepped out of the threshold with one foot, opened his black cotton clothes with both hands, crossed his waist, and shouted angrily: "Li Dacui, who are you scolding?" Who are the Five Guarantees? Whoever lies at home will have someone to bring food? You make it clear to me. ”
"Can't I scold my pigs and dogs? It's your business. Li Dacui replied without showing weakness.
"Don't scold in the morning, don't scold in the evening, and you will scold when I come back. What do you mean? You've had a son, and who knows if your son will fill the hole in the future. Zhou Jueming scolded loudly angrily.
"You are a five-guarantee household, you dare to scold Lao Tzu's son for filling in the cannon hole, you went out and broke your head and broken your foot." Li Dacui's words became more and more vicious.
When Zhou Jueming heard it, Li Dacui said that he went out and broke his skull and broke his leg, and suddenly his blood surged, and he was furious, rushed to the courtyard dam in a few steps, stood at the door of Li Dacui's house, and said menacingly: "Do you have the ability to say it again?!" ”