She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, her face was black and red, with a natural simplicity, her hair coiled in front of her forehead, a comb, and a peony.

The girl stared at us blankly, as if strangers were not often seen.

I smiled and said, "Hello, do you speak Chinese?" ”

It's too closed here, and I haven't seen a few people who can speak Chinese all the way, and most of the young people can speak, but there are too few young people.

The girl didn't speak, but nodded.

I was very happy, and then said, "We are tourists from Nandu, can we come to your house to take shelter from the rain?" ”

The girl did not answer, and the other half of the door opened, and a man in his forties appeared, with a black veil on his head, a dark and shiny face, and a somewhat wooden expression.

The man was looking at us intently, and the girl turned her head and said a few words to him, it should be Kam language, her voice was crisp, unexpectedly good, like a yellow bird.

The middle-aged man nodded and let us in.

At a glance, you can conclude that this is a very poor family.

There are not many things in the house, there are a few clay jars of different sizes in the corner, bamboo or straw living tools are hung on the wall, and there is a boxy charcoal basin in the middle of the house, which is dark and I can't see what the material is, and there are charcoal burning in it, and there seem to be a few potatoes on closer inspection......

Just as he was looking around, the girl came over with two stools and invited us to sit, and when she looked at Tan Yueming, her already red face added a touch of redness, and she was swept away by his gaze, and quickly buried her head.

I teased him in a whisper, "It's a playboy, even the simple girl doesn't let go, the little girl is fascinated by you." ”

He smiled and took a stick to catch fire, "I know the charm of your man, it's not good to me, you can't cry when you are abducted." ”

I snorted, and the girl brought two bowls of water and said nothing.

We politely said thank you, she glanced at Tan Yueming again, turned around and disappeared.

It seems that I went to the kitchen, and there was a conversation in it, and I guess it was talking to the middle-aged man.

After a while, she came out with a dustpan containing dried peanuts.

It is said that the Dong family is hospitable, and it is true, not only is it defenseless to strangers, but it also takes things to entertain, which is rare in the city.

I beckoned to the girl, and she leaned over and I asked her, "Can you tell me what's your name?" ”

The girl was stunned for a while, and said two words in a low voice, and it took me a long time to react, it seemed to be "Amei".

I typed those two words on my phone and showed them to her, and she nodded.

It shows that she is literate and has studied.

I asked her, "How old are you?" ”

She said, "Eighteen years old." ”

Sure enough, it was about the same as I guessed. I said, "I have a younger brother who's the same age as you who is taking the college entrance exam this year." ”

The girl's eyes lit up and soon dimmed again, "I didn't go to school since I was in junior high school. ”

I said what are you going to do now, she said to plant peonies, and the Z government has a poverty alleviation project, and many people in the village plant it.

Peony is an important raw material for Miao medicine, many pharmaceutical factories in Guizhou have to purchase, of course, a hundred years also purchased, but the dosage is not large, a hundred years to Western medicine, in recent years began to get involved in Chinese patent medicine.

I said have you ever been outside and seen the outside world.

She told me a few place names, except for Liping, Rongjiang, and Tianzhu, I hadn't heard much of the rest.

I can probably know that the range she has been to should not be more than the southeast of Qiandong.

I said, "Are you far from town?"

She nodded, "Twenty miles." ”

I glanced at Tan Yueming, he didn't have any special expression, just listened to me and the girl ask and answer.

At this time, someone pushed the door in, it was an old man, carrying an empty basket, and his face was full of folds when he smiled, but it was very infectious.

The smile seemed to come from the bottom of her heart, so that those who saw her laugh couldn't help but be happy.

Amei stood up, helped the old man take down the empty basket, and chatted with her excitedly.

The old man replied twice, looked at me and Tan Yueming, walked over with a smile, and said a few words that he didn't understand, but the enthusiasm was transmitted.

Tan Yueming and I subconsciously stood up and said hello to the old man.

"She's saying hello to you and asking you to stay for dinner." ”

I hurriedly said thank you, the old man sat down, grabbed two handfuls of peanuts and put them in the hands of Tan Yueming and me, and we thanked them repeatedly.

I don't know how to respond to this kindness except to say thank you.

The old man was very cheerful and not at all informal, so he asked Amei to be the translator and chatted with us.

Say everything, don't scruple about anything, good and bad, and have no wariness of strangers at all.

Listening to the story of her family, we learned more about this family.

It turned out that this was Amei's grandmother, who was widowed in her forties, and now she is in her seventies, and her body is quite tough, and she is very happy today, because she got the eggs and pickled fish sold in the market for more than 80 yuan.

As for Amei, when she was very young, her mother went to the city to work, and she came back once and never came back, and then she sent money and clothes twice in two or three years and then broke the news.

A few years ago, Amei's father was hit by a stone in the quarry, and he was disabled and could not do heavy work, so Amei dropped out of school.

Amei said that many children about her age in the village have not gone to school, and they have gone to learn trades early or go to the city to work.

People who go out rarely come back, because it is inconvenient to come back, and the mountain roads are not easy to walk, and the peonies planted in the past two years have to be carried by the people in the village to the market to sell.

The biggest cause of poverty is isolation.

It is said that in order to get rich, we must first build roads, and only when traffic is unimpeded can exchanges be realized and the economy can be activated.

Therefore, the most important thing to develop this tourist area is to build roads.

I had a good chat with Amei's family, and Tan Yueming and I stayed.

The old man is very good at cooking and very generous, and it is the first time I have eaten such authentic pickled fish.

Come to think of it, this is already the supreme hospitality for this poor family.

Amei's father didn't talk much, he looked wooden, but he was actually very welcoming, and he took out a treasured rice wine to entertain us.

Amei said that he is usually reluctant to drink.

I tasted it, it was sweet and moisturized, and the taste was soft, Tan Yueming pulled me, "Just taste it." This wine is easy to drink, and it has a lot of stamina, I drank it in Kaili before, and I lay down for a day before I woke up. ”

I held the bowl up, "No, this wine is ten degrees at most." ”

He said that if you don't drink it, don't drink it, and at this time, Amei's father held the bowl and smiled and toasted him.

Grandma Ame tugged at his sleeve and spoke.

If Ame doesn't translate, we won't understand what they're saying.

I saw him stand up with the bowl in his hand and walk towards the door.

Tan Yueming and I looked at his back in surprise, and Amei explained, "My grandmother asked him to send some wine to Uncle Tian next door." ”

Speaking of Uncle Long next door, the old man sighed vigorously.

It turned out that Uncle Tian next door had two sons, the eldest son worked outside and rarely came back, the younger son was a silversmith, and his skills were very good, and many girls in the village asked him to do their dowries.

Tian Lao Er married his daughter-in-law at the age of forty, and this daughter-in-law's family and the Tian family still have a grudge, and the elders of the Tian family do not approve of this family, so only Tian Lao Er protects him.

But the two of them quarreled about this matter every day, and then somehow, Natian Er killed her by mistake, and then he regretted it and sank into the pond.

It's a sad story, what age is it, and that kind of Romeo and Juliet-esque tragedy exists.

I looked at Tan Yueming, "You said that this man is not stupid, he obviously loves her but wants to kill her, and in the end he will not end well." ”

He didn't speak, and the hand holding the bowl shook a little.

I said are you drunk, he shook his head, then fell silent, put a few leaves into the bowl, and buried himself in eating.

I didn't think much about it, in response to this revenge drama, I sent a few words of emotion to Amei, ate a few pieces of pickled fish, and helped them clean up the table.

At this time, the rain outside had stopped, and Tan Yueming walked out, standing under the eaves and looking at the scenery in the distance in a daze.

I walked up to him, "What are you looking at?" ”

He said, "Drum Tower, Wind and Rain Bridge." ”

I followed his gaze, and there was a drum tower in the distance and a bridge in the distance.

The drum tower and the wind and rain bridge are unique buildings in Dong Township, which are popular in the border areas of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regions, and can be seen everywhere in Liping, Rongjiang and Congjiang counties in southeast Guizhou.

The pillars and squares of the drum tower are all made of local cedar wood, and the roof is covered with soil and green tiles, which is simple and natural, and is generally built in the center of the village, which is the venue for ordinary activities.

The wind and rain bridge is a bridge composed of three parts: the lower, middle and upper, the lower part is surrounded by large bluestone to form a bridge pier, and the middle part is a wooden structure of the bridge deck, which can be used for people to walk and can block the wind and rain, and it is the first choice for young men and women to talk about love in the agricultural slack season.

I took his hand, "Let's go to the bridge for a walk, I heard that if you fall in love, you will be blessed by the gods." ”

He looked down at me, his eyes were clouded, and he didn't speak, just looked at me quietly, confused.

I shook his hand, "What's wrong with you, keep looking at me." ”

He curled the corners of his mouth, "You're good-looking." ”

After saying that, he grabbed my wrist and went to the bridge, and Amei followed.

It didn't stay for a while, it rained again, and we took shelter from the rain on the bridge, Tan Yueming ordered it and smoked there, never saying a word from beginning to end.

Silence is really not his style, and he has a strange feeling in his heart, but he can't say what it is.

When the rain stopped and the sky was dark, the lights were lit up in the village, quiet and warm.

Ah Mei said, "If you don't dislike it, stay at my house tonight, stay in my house, and I'll go sleep with my grandmother." ”

I looked at Tan Yueming, he didn't speak, and basically acquiesced.

Yes, if you have to pass through the forest so late, who knows if you will encounter any wild beasts, after all, this place is still very pristine.

Seeing that we stayed, Amei was very happy, pulled me and said, "Sister, I will change you with new bed sheets, before the poverty alleviation cadres sent new bed sheets to every household in the village, I washed them and put them in the cabinet, I have not used them once, they are very clean." ”

I can't tell what it's like in my heart, and I'm thinking about how to repay this friendship.

The most direct and crude way to do it is, of course, to give money, but more important than this is to change at the root.

Lying on Amei's new sheets, I had mixed feelings and asked Tan Yueming, "How do you say to help them?" ”