Dongchuan Province, a large mountainous area.

A bonfire was burning on the ground, and there was no one guarding it, and although the fire was not strong, it was still dangerous to have a fire in this lush mountain.

Old Liu Tou walked along the ridge, he had seen the fire a long time ago, but he didn't bother to care, if he saw it on weekdays, he would have scolded a long time ago, but today he didn't have the time to spare.

He's in a hurry now.

When he fed the chickens just now, he counted them as usual, and found that his chickens were missing another one, and before that, he had already lost eight chickens, and if this continued, within a month, his chickens would have to be lost, how could he not be in a hurry?

So, Lao Liu didn't even care about eating the freshly cooked rice, so he took a stick and went all over the village to find chickens.

It's just that he searched the whole village, even the fields on the edge of the village, but he didn't find it.

"Ouch, where did this chicken go? If you haven't found it when the sun goes down, then you probably won't be able to find it again! Lao Liu Tou chattered while poking the bushes at the edge of the field with a stick, and from time to time "clucking" a few chicken crows.

After a while, Lao Liu Tou suddenly saw a bush in front of the ridge move, thinking that it was a chicken hiding there, so he quickly pounced on it with a stick, and bared his teeth and scolded: "It turned out to be hiding here!" Let you look for Lao Tzu for a long time! ”

However......

"Oops! Hurt! A scream rang out from the bushes, and a teenager came out with his head covered.

Old Liu was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Why isn't it a chicken?" ”

"Chickens? You're the chicken! Your whole family is chickens! The young man was also angry in his heart, he was looking for dry firewood here, looking for it, and he was inexplicably knocked by the old Liu Tou.

Lao Liu Tou saw that he almost knocked out someone's skull, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean it!" Didn't I lose a chicken, I'm in a hurry to find it! ”

The young man was stunned for some reason, and even a trace of timidity flashed in his eyes.

Old Liu Tou seemed to notice something, so he asked, "Have you seen my chicken?" A big gelding! ”

"I didn't see it!" The boy quickly shook his head, walked to the ground with a small stack of dry firewood, and threw it into the fire.

Old Liu Tou stepped forward and continued to ask, "You gave birth to this fire?" ”

"Is it illegal to make a fire?" The young man didn't seem to want to say more to Old Liu, and he didn't have a good temperament.

"Don't break the law, don't break the law!" Old Liu Tou waved his hand and said, "I just don't know what you're cooking under the fire." ”

When the young man heard this, he was stunned, stood up, and said loudly, "What do you mean?" You mean I stole your chickens? Still put it in this bake? I'm baking sweet potatoes, don't you wronged a good person! ”

The corners of Lao Liu's mouth twitched, and he snorted coldly: "Do you dare to let me dig it up and take a look?" ”

"You dig! Then you dig it! If my sweet potatoes are not ripe, you have to pay me! The boy seemed to be angry, too, and pointed to the fire and shouted.

Lao Liu Tou didn't say a word, he used a stick to open the fire, and before half a minute's work, he dug out a durian-sized mud ball under the fire.

Old Liu Tou showed a meaningful smile and asked, "What's in here?" Let me guess, it's fish? Definitely not! Who would have wrapped the fish and grilled it? Is it pork? Certainly not, pork is so expensive, you can't afford it! ”

After a long pause, Lao Liu Tou said slowly: "In my opinion, is it a chicken?" ”

Then, he smashed the mud ball, and soon, the lotus leaf under the mud ball was exposed.

Old Liu Tou looked at the young man, snorted lightly, and teased: "This is called a flower chicken, the package is very tight, and the craftsmanship is good." ”

Then, he slowly opened the lotus leaf again.

It's just that lying on the lotus leaf, where is the flower chicken, it is clearly six or seven large sweet potatoes.

This time, Lao Liu's face turned green.

The young man slowly stood up from the ridge and said, "I have eaten too many charcoal-flavored roasted sweet potatoes, and I want to taste the lotus leaf-flavored potato!" It looks like it's ripe, so you don't have to pay for it, do you want to taste it? It is estimated that it can be fragrant! ”

Lao Liu Tou was still in the mood to eat, turned his head and left, and dropped a sentence: "Gua baby, let's see!" ”

"Look for it slowly! You'll find it! The boy shouted with a smile.

Lao Liu Tou ignored the young man, didn't look back, just "clucked" to learn the rooster to crow, and walked to the cassava field in the distance.

The young man just looked at Lao Liu Tou and walked away, disappeared into the small mountain col, and then smiled, then picked up two dry firewoods and dug them carefully, but he dug where Lao Liu Tou was standing just now.

After a while, he dug out another large ball of mud.

"Unexpectedly, Lao Tzu actually burned two fires! It's called the flower chicken that has been roasted for a long time, and it's buried next to it! The boy grinned.

Before Lao Liu returned, he broke off two large banana leaves, wrapped the big mud balls and the six or seven sweet potatoes, and walked quickly to the east of the village.

Back in the house, the boy put the big mud ball on the table, and after a few clicks, it was broken, and soon, the fragrance of lotus leaves mixed with the crispy aroma of chicken came to his nose.

When the lotus leaf was opened, the slightly charred roasted flower chicken inside immediately made the young man's saliva flow out.

Before eating, the young man's eyes showed a little guilt, and he muttered to himself: "Sins and sins, if it weren't for the poverty of the family, resulting in the body's nutrition not keeping up, I would definitely not eat you, I really didn't expect you to be the chicken of Lao Liu's family!" The old Liu Tou's children are away, and they don't go home for many years, and they are also lonely...... I Zhang Xun swears that when there is a chance one day, I will definitely make up for what I owe to everyone! ”

Zhang Xun is the name of the teenager.

Just when Zhang Xun was about to start pulling the chicken legs, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Is anyone at home?" ”

Zhang Xun can recognize the voices of the people in the village at once, but the person outside is obviously not from the village, and the accent is also very standard Mandarin, without the slightest dialect.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Zhang Xun responded.

"Is this Zhang Qihe's house? I'm here to find your nephew Zhang Xun. The man outside said again.

Zhang Qihe is Zhang Xun's uncle, who is still unmarried and a well-known old bachelor in the village.

Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, and replied: "My uncle is still working in the town and hasn't come back, I'm Zhang Xun, what's the matter with me?" ”

The people outside were silent for a while, and then said, "Do you remember your grandfather in Haishan City?" ”

At this time, it was Zhang Xun's turn to be silent, and when he heard Haishan City, his face immediately turned pale.

As far as he knows, his parents are in Haishan City, but, in his memory, his parents have not come back for more than ten years, not once, not even a phone call, just threw him in this mountain, no matter whether he asked, but the uncle treated him more like a father.

"I'm sorry, I don't even remember my parents, how can I remember my grandfather." Zhang Xun said.

The people outside laughed dryly, seemed a little embarrassed, and said: "It doesn't matter, the important thing is you, I was ordered to pick you up to go to school in Haishan City, I heard that there is only junior high school in your town, but you should be going to high school, right?" ”

After so many years, I didn't ask, and now I'm looking for someone to pick me up and go to high school? Zhang Xun didn't want to appreciate it, so he snorted and said, "I haven't been to junior high school, I'm a fart high school." ”

Subsequently, no matter what the people outside said, Zhang Xun ignored it, and just silently ate the chicken and sweet potatoes.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the bell of a bicycle could be heard outside.

Zhang Xun knew that it was the uncle who came back, so he quickly wrapped the chicken bones on the table in lotus leaves and stuffed them into the garbage basket.

Zhang Qihe built houses for people in the town, finished work at six o'clock, and pedaled a bicycle for more than an hour before returning to the village, but also lost the long days and short nights in summer, and it would not be completely dark until close to eight o'clock, and if it was winter, he would have to come back with a flashlight.

Zhang Qihe saw the man in a suit and leather shoes outside the house from a distance, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered to himself: "Is it finally here?" I thought that the Jiang family had forgotten about Zhang Xun's child. ”

The man in the suit was already squatting outside the house, and when he saw an adult coming back, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "Are you Zhang Qihe?" ”

"yes, what's the matter?" Zhang Qihe parked his bicycle under the tree and asked.