Chapter Eighty-Four: The Farmer's House in the Mountains
Under the moonlight, Li Sanwazi and I went around and around, in the deep mountains and old forests, constantly touching and touching, trying to find a family in the mountains within more than ten miles, which was undoubtedly a great test. And in the case of not knowing the other party's home address, the only sure clue is that it is in the boundary east of the mountains, but when I came to the boundary of this area, I found that in addition to the extremely desolate mountains and mountains, there are lush mountains and valleys.
The road was difficult and full of thorns, which made it especially difficult for the two of us. I don't know if my wish came true, or if there are no precious medicinal herbs and prey in this area, not even a ghost shadow has been encountered. Since I crossed Yin Mountain and met that mysterious ghost, I haven't encountered any trouble along the way, except for the rugged mountain road. Everything seems to be back to normal.
It's almost normal enough for me to feel a little uncomfortable. It seems that there are too many ghosts I have encountered, and now there is nothing left, but it makes my heart empty. Was I born to suffer? Is it uncomfortable to live a little comfortable life? With a self-deprecating smile, it is naturally best to have no trouble, although Miss Xiaowen's home is not easy to find now, the speed at which we are moving forward is much smoother.
At least compared to the boundary west of Yinshan, it is much smoother. However, after searching for most of the territory in this area, there is hardly even a single family in the mountains, and there is not even a trace of human beings. Come to think of it, it's the middle of the night, how could anyone go to such a desolate place? I was tired and found a place to sit down, and sighed deeply, Li Sanwazi's marriage can be called learning from the West, not to mention the difficulty of ninety-nine eighty-one, it is not much worse.
Li Sanwazi came to me with an apologetic face, lowered his head and said, "Brother Ergou, it's all because of my business that I made you work so hard, otherwise...... Otherwise, I won't go to find Miss Xiaowen, maybe, maybe she has forgotten about me a long time ago. After speaking, Li Sanwazi squatted on the ground, and sighed helplessly.
I smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be stupid, we've all come here, how can we give up when we're done?" Besides, that's not my style! You're also a big man, why can't you have the same ambition as a little man? Do something anticlimactic? After speaking, I looked up at the moon that was close to the middle of the sky, pinched my fingers and calculated, today is really a good day, the moon is full, it is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.
I hope that Li Sanwazi's marriage, just like the fifteenth moon, will be consummated! Li Sanwazi paused, and then said: "Further east, it seems that there are still two mountains left, and they look desolate, if we can't find them again, we really can't find them." Perhaps, maybe Miss Xiaowen lives on the edge of Shandong, instead of living in the mountains? Hearing Li Sanwazi's words, my eyes lit up, and there was some truth in this.
"Well, we've finished looking for the two mountains in front of us, and if we haven't already, then we'll go out of the mountains and go to the eastern side of the mountain to find out if there are any villages. I might be able to get some news. I frowned, and then said: "If Miss Xiaowen is sincere to you, then we will definitely find her on this trip, if she is not sincere, then what she said to you may be a lie to you, and we will definitely not get any results from this trip." ”
"No!"
Unbeknownst to me, my words made Li Sanwazi jump up and plead to me urgently: "No, Miss Xiaowen won't lie to me, she is sincere to me." Otherwise, otherwise, ......" Before I finished speaking, I saw that Li Sanwazi's face was red, and I couldn't help laughing when I saw this scene. Li Sanwazi should want to say that if Miss Xiaowen was not sincere to him, she would not promise her.
Thinking about it, it can get to this point, but it doesn't make sense if it's not sincere. After a moment's rest, I stood up and said, "Then let's go ahead and look for it." With that, Li Sanwazi also stood up and followed me on his way. After about an hour, we came to the top of the mountain in front of us, and now only this mountain remained, and the mountain in front of us was not found, and the two mountains further east were out of this mountain range.
As soon as I crossed the hillside, I suddenly grabbed Li Sanwazi and said with surprise on my face: "Sanwazi, look, there seem to be a few families in front!" "As far as the eye can see, there seems to be some fields in the basin that have been purchased by those people, and it looks very orderly. It's just that there are only five or six of those families, but the houses of several families are closely connected, and the houses are far away, and it can be seen that these families are not poor.
Their houses are very magnificent, and they are the kind of big houses of the old days, why do you say the old days, because the bricks and tiles of the old days are all made of sufficient workmanship, and the bricks are much larger and stronger than the bricks of today. Under the moonlight, looking at the blue brick and green tile houses, clean and tidy country roads, it is really like a paradise!
"I saw it!"
Li Sanwazi grabbed my arm excitedly, grabbed my arm painfully, and hurriedly dodged it, this kid was so excited, he was finally able to find someone to ask about the whereabouts of Miss Xiaowen. But before I could speak again, I saw that Li Sanwazi had already rushed down the hill and rushed to the country road, hey! This kid is really fast! It's really a wife and forget your friends......
I smiled and followed Li Sanwazi down to the country road, and came to the villager's house together. However, when I first came to the first one, I saw that the gate was not installed, and the yard was empty. The first one was not inhabited at all, and then we looked for it to the east, and after a round of it, we found that except for the big house in the middle, the door was closed, and the other families seemed to have already moved away. I don't seem to know how long it has been abandoned.
Li Sanwazi was obviously a little worried, for fear that the only remaining family would not have the clues we were looking for. Therefore, standing in front of the door of this family, Li Sanwazi hesitated for a long time, but still did not have the courage to step forward and knock on the door. After a while, Li Sanwazi said to me with a bitter face: "Brother Ergou, why don't you call the door, I, I'm worried that this family won't be able to get a result, and we can ...... it for nothing."
"But it broke your heart, didn't it?" I grinned, had to go to the gate, straighten my clothes, and then solemnly knocked on the door, and shouted, "Is there anyone at home?" We are here to look for relatives nearby, and we want to ask your family for some news, but I don't know if it's convenient? Is there anyone in the house? "Since it is now the second half of the night, normal people who do not lie in the bed to sleep, at this time to call the door, especially in the mountains, do not explain the reason, it is strange that people can open the door.
"Who are you? Which Gada's? An old man asked inside the gate in a thick northeastern accent, and then said a little angrily: "Why do you still run into the mountains in the middle of the night?" Aren't you afraid of meeting wolves? ”
I explained my intention again, and finally said: "Old man, please open the door, we have walked a long way to find here, and your house is the only family in the neighborhood, if you turn us away, then we may run in vain......" Before my words fell, I heard the door latch opened by the old man who spoke.
The door was opened by a low old man wearing a small straw hat and a ragged shirt, hunched over and with dark skin, but a pair of dark eyes, which seemed to shine in the dark night. After glancing at me and Li Sanwazi up and down, the old man immediately got out of the way, and said politely: "Come in and talk, come in first, it's cool in the mountains, don't freeze." ”
Such heart-warming words are really useful to listen to in the heart. Especially after experiencing life and death tests, the taste of it is not clear in one or two sentences. When I entered the door, I saw that this was really an authentic villager's house, the yard was spacious and tidy, and the small garden and small corridor were not inferior to the big houses in the provincial city. Thinking that the people around have moved away, and there are so many fields nearby, they must all belong to this family, so this family can be regarded as a first-class wealthy family.
The old man led me and Li Sanwazi to the small garden in the courtyard, and said, "There are a few stone benches here, you sit down for a while, and I will go in and tell the master." As he spoke, the old man turned around and walked towards the side courtyard, and the side courtyard was the way around the backyard, but I didn't care about this, and before the old man walked a few steps, I immediately stopped the old man, and the old man asked in surprise, "Young man, do you have anything else?" ”
"Tell the master? In this day and age, how can there still be a landlord exploiting class? Dare to love the old man, are you helping this family guard the door? "I frowned, and I always felt that it was a little inappropriate to hear such words again in this day and age.
When the old man heard my words, he was immediately happy: "Young man, our family is not a landlord class, my family is actually next door, but our master thinks that I am alone and miserable, so he let me live in their house." In addition, our age is not as good as you young people, we have received the education of the new era, there are not so many words, we came from the late Qing Dynasty, and the things in etiquette are not clear to you. ”
With that, the old man waved his hand slowly and staggered into the side courtyard. I opened my mouth in a daze, listened to the old man's words, but also understood, although the era is different, but the old people who have come from the old past are still more conservative and traditional. Therefore, being taken in by him naturally formed a division between master and servant, which is a fight with those big families in Jiangnan.