The black thin man's home was at the foot of the mountain, and from here we could see from afar, and the black man led us down the muddy mountain road, and when it was completely dark, we arrived at his home, and there were already people waiting at the door. It was a small woman, with a wrinkled face, dressed modestly, and smiling at us in a friendly manner. Looking at the age, it should be the mother of a black and thin man.

Sure enough, the thin black man shouted at her: "Mom, I'm back." He led us straight into the house, and his mother smiled at us and came in after us. Then I was busy serving the food.

We saw a thin old man sitting next to the table, smoking a dry cigarette there, looking at his appearance and age, we guessed that it was the father of the thin black man, and as soon as the thin black man came in, he introduced us: "This is my father." We hurriedly smiled at him and greeted, "Hello uncle, I'm sorry for your trouble." He nodded at us, smiled heartily, and beckoned us to go, and the thin black man brought us two stools and sat us down. Then he walked over and whispered something to his father in the local dialect, and although I couldn't understand what they were saying, I guess it was probably an explanation of why they brought us home.

I felt very embarrassed to trouble others, but there was no better way, so I sat on the stool honestly with Tanei and didn't say much.

Fortunately, after a while, the mother of the black thin man brought the food to the table, she seemed to make all the local home cooking, it looked very simple, and there were no tricks, but it smelled very good, my stomach was already rumbling with hunger, as if I had eaten early, but she turned around and went into the kitchen, I had to swallow my saliva quietly, praying that she would come back soon, this is the black thin man has warmly beckoned us to eat.

I turned my head to look at the kitchen with some confusion, the black thin man's mother hadn't come out yet, I reminded the black thin man: "Big brother, Auntie hasn't come back yet?" ”

The black thin man listened to my words, a little dazed, and was stunned. Then I looked into the kitchen, as if I understood, and said, "Don't worry about her, we'll eat ours." My mom eats at the stove. ”

"Ahh I didn't understand what he meant.

The thin black man's father smiled at us, a wrinkle appeared on his face, he beckoned us to eat, and then explained, "We women here are not allowed to eat at the table, it's the rule." Blessed are not the women outside you. ”

I listened to his words, a little indignant, thinking in my heart that it was this era, why is the patriarchal thinking here still so heavy, it is really incomprehensible, I opened my mouth, just about to theorize again.

At this time, Chongyong, who had been eating vegetables silently next to me, pulled a corner of me and glanced at me, I understood, and swallowed the words, after all, we are just outsiders and borrowers, it is not good to have many theories with others, and cause more trouble, not to mention that their views are obviously deep-rooted, why should I say these words in vain, they will agree with what they don't see, but they will be unhappy.

After figuring this out, I ate silently, but my heart was very unpleasant, and eating tasted like chewing wax.

But the thin black man and his father didn't notice my abnormality, and the father of the thin black man enthusiastically sandwiched a large chopstick dish for me and Chongyong. I reluctantly smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

He heard me thank you and said to me in Mandarin with a strong accent, "No thanks, no thanks." "He and the thin black man are worthy of being father and son, not only speak with an accent, but also look so simple and enthusiastic, the unpleasantness in my heart just now has been alleviated a little, after all, his patriarchal concept is largely brought to him by the closed environment, not his fault, although I find it difficult to accept, but I can't blame him for all the faults.

He was indeed a hospitable person, and he kept chatting with us during the meal, and he asked us, "Are you from City A, why did you come to play with us?" ”

I shook my head and told him, "No, we are outsiders, and a friend recommended us to come here to have a look, saying that the scenery here is better." ”

When he heard what I said, he seemed very happy, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, the scenery of our place is good. The thin black man was eating with his head buried in his meal, and when he heard my answer, he looked up at me.

Chong Yong also ate silently, and couldn't stop praising it: "It's so fragrant." ”

I had an unusually speculative conversation with my father who was a thin black man, and he kept showing me where to have fun, and I listened to it with relish.

I asked, "Uncle, do you have any fun customs here?" ”

He thought about it, and then suddenly remembered something, and he patted his head: "You say that, it's true, someone in our village will hold a wedding tomorrow." The weddings are all held according to local customs, but it is lively, and tomorrow you can ask your eldest brother to take you to play. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the thin black man, who nodded at him, "Okay, I'll take her tomorrow." ”

I jumped up excitedly and asked Taneong, "Then will you go too?" I think it's very interesting. Who knew that Taneong leaned close to my ear and whispered: "I am a ghost more than a year ago, I have never seen any ancient weddings, I will not report it, I will go around the mountains." ”

I listened to him, nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, then I'll go play by myself, don't care about you." ”

The meal passed quickly in the midst of talking and laughing.

After eating, the thin black man called to the kitchen, and his mother hurriedly ran out of the stove, and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, at a glance it was a skillful and accustomed look, I looked very uncomfortable, and stood up to help her clean up, but she looked like a great enemy, hurriedly pushed away my hand, and kept persuading: "How can I let you come, girl, sit down, sit down." ”

I couldn't resist her, so I had to sit down helplessly.

The thin black man said to me, "Don't worry, my mother is used to doing this." Then he went into a room, and when he came out, he carried two quilts, and he motioned for us to follow him.

He took us to a cubicle, it looked like it hadn't been for a long time, it was empty, but it looked fairly clean, and this should be where Tane Naga and I stayed tonight.

The thin black man had already put the quilt on the empty bed at this time, and said to us: "You can stay here tonight, this is the empty room of my family, and no one lives in it now, you live just right." Chong Yong listened to his words, thanked him, counted out a few pieces of money from the bag he carried, and stuffed them into the man's hand, but the man kept pushing and shoving, and kept saying: "No, no, I can't ask for this money, and it's not a big deal." ”

I grabbed him, stuffed the tough money into his hand, and said, "Big brother, this is a little bit of our heart, we eat and sleep again, and I trouble you to show us the way, thank you so much." He couldn't refuse, so he reluctantly pulled one out of the money and said, "Enough is enough, one is enough, I can't ask for more." After saying that, I stuffed the money in my hand into my bag, and I couldn't push him, so I had to let him, thinking that I could repay him when I left.

The man stuffed the money into his trouser pocket and was about to come over to help us lay the quilt, but Chongyong hurriedly stopped him: "Big brother, no, no, we will come by ourselves, don't bother you." But as soon as he pushed Tane Yong aside, he began to make the bed, and Tane Yong and I both looked at him with embarrassed expressions, but fortunately he worked very fast, and in less than two minutes, the bed was made. After laying it, he smiled at us honestly and said, "Our quilts here are all made of cotton wool, which is too heavy, you can't lay them." ”

I could only thank him repeatedly, touched by the thoughtfulness of the thin black man. The people in the mountains are really simple, and I feel so flattered by the hospitality I received here today.

Seeing that it was getting late, there was nothing to help with. The thin black man walked to the door and explained to us, "You can call me for something." "Just get ready to leave. But suddenly he seemed to remember something, and suddenly he stopped and looked at us without saying a word.

When I saw him like this, I said, "Big brother, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

He scratched his head, and then said, "You must not go out at night, and if you hear any strange noises, do not care." ”

I thought about it, could it be that there are wild beasts in the mountains? I asked suspiciously, "Big brother, is there a beast in the mountains?" ”

The man listened to my words, hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly at us, and said, "Yes, we are relatively remote here, and sometimes wild beasts will run into the village at night, so you just need to remember not to open the door in any situation." ”

Thinking of this, I felt a little scared, and leaned into Chongyong's arms, who hugged me and nodded at the black and thin man. promised: "Big brother, we know, we will remember." ”

The eldest brother nodded, brought the door for us, and walked out directly.

Fortunately, it was quiet all night, nothing strange happened, no strange sounds were heard, we were in the fresh and clean air of the mountains, and Taneyong and I quickly fell asleep.