Chapter 3: Strange Villagers
There lived a mountain keeper in the small white building, and a postman who traveled between the village and the town, as had been the case since the liberation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Times change, Xu Tian has left here for 18 years, and the old postman is no longer working here, just when Xu Tian is recalling the past, a three-wheeled small electric car drove on the rugged mountain road, judging from the clothes of the cyclist, it should be the postman in the village.
The slope of the mountain road is relatively large, and riding down the mountain requires good riding skills, judging by the young postman's movements, he must have just been working for a short time, and the electric car was almost overturned by him several times.
"Is that person in front of you the grandson of the grandmother of the Xu family?" The postman shouted to Xu Tian.
Xu Tian knew that his grandmother would definitely call someone to pick him up, otherwise the forty-mile mountain road would wear through the soles of Xu Tian's feet.
"Hello, I'm Xu Tian." Xu Tian greeted him and said.
"My name is Huang Quan, and I'm the village postman."
Xu Tian was stunned, this name was simply unlucky, it was hard to imagine that a villager who believed in feng shui could let a person with this name be a postman.
"Surprised, isn't it? I don't want to call it that name either! However, my name means drinking water and thinking of springs, not the road of yellow springs, when I was a child, the village was dry and short of water, so my parents gave me this name. ”
Xu Tian still felt strange, looking at the age of this postman should be a few years older than himself, but Xu Tian had no impression of this name at all.
"It's not early, get in the car, Grandma Xu is still waiting!"
Huang Quan kept talking along the way, and some of them didn't say a lot, but Xu Tian just echoed a few words, because Xu Tian was still analyzing the tape in his heart.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Xu Tian's body had been stained gray and yellow by dust, the road in the village had not been built for so many years, and the only small shop at the entrance of the village was still the same house for so many years.
Looking at the unchanged hometown, Xu Tian couldn't help but feel a little sad, this small mountain village still lived an isolated life, incompatible with the outside world.
Xu Tian remembered that when he was a child, the small store at the entrance of the village was opened by a young girl, and after so many years, she should have become an aunt.
happened to be thirsty and wanted to buy water to drink, when Xu Tian walked into the store, it turned out to be a young and beautiful girl standing in the counter.
"Is this Grandma Xu's grandson?" The little girl said to Huang Quan, who came in with her.
The talkative Huang Quan hurriedly introduced the little girl to Xu Tian, "This is Xiao Ai, the daughter of Aunt Xu, the village flower." ”
Aunt Xu actually has a daughter? The arrogant village flower is notoriously high-minded, and even Xu Tian remembers that Aunt Xu always says that she wants to marry in the city, and she will never settle in this small mountain village, but now it seems that Aunt Xu obviously did not get her wish.
Xiao Ai seems to be very lively, clever and well-behaved, and was brought back from the city by Aunt Xu, as for who Xiao Ai's father is, Aunt Xu only tells the people in the village that he is a liar.
Aunt Xu did marry in the city, but three years ago, she returned to her hometown with her daughter, saying that she was deceived by her husband and didn't get any family property.
Aunt Xu took Xiao Ai, who dropped out of school, to re-support this small store, and the mother and daughter have been living quite well recently, at least food and clothing can be solved.
"Hello, my name is Xu Tian." Xu Tian said very politely to Xiao Ai.
"Don't be so restrained, since we have come to the village, we are good friends." Xiao Ai squinted and smiled.
At this moment, a scream suddenly came from outside the door, startling Xu Tian.
Xu Tian turned to look out the door, it was a middle-aged woman in sloppy clothes, this woman Xu Tian had the impression that her name was Hua Gu, she was a mentally ill patient, and the people in the village called her Lao Moyi.
Hua Gu seemed to hear Xu Tian's conversation, and said in horror to Xu Tian, Xiao Ai and Huang Quan:
"You're my good friend, I'm my good friend who killed me, I killed me...... Ha ha...... Hahahaha......"
Hua Gu approached Xu Tian, bent down to look up at Xu Tian's eyes from below, Hua Gu suddenly shouted to Xu Tian, "My friend is alive, everyone is back, hahaha......"
Xiao Ai stuffed a lollipop into Hua Gu, which blocked Hua Gu's mouth, and Huang Quan and Xiao Ai coaxed and tricked Hua Gu away.
Looking at Xu Tian, who was frightened, Huang Quan hurriedly comforted:
"Don't pay attention to her, that's Hua Gu, the old devil in the village."
"I know that when I was a child, the children were afraid of her, but she never hurt anyone, she was just crazy, a poor person."
"Okay, I'll take you to Grandma Xu's house! I was ordered by Grandma Xu to pick you up, I must escort you home safely, Grandma Xu also asked Xiao Ai to eat, let's go together! Huang Quan said.
The three of them walked along the village road to Grandma Xu's house, the appearance of the village has not changed at all, loess paths, low brick houses, Xu Tian is very glad that it is not the rainy season, as long as it rains, all the roads in the village suddenly become a muddy swamp.
There is a house on the side of the road that looks like it is newly built, the house is covered with bright tiles, and there are iron bars on every window, which is almost like a luxurious palace compared to other houses in the village.
"Woo Woo ......"
The sound of a messy dog barking came from the yard, the family had three wolf dogs, and the owner came out of the house when he heard the sound, and stopped the wolf dogs barking with a loud shout.
"There have been a lot of fresh faces in the village lately."
What came out was a nouveau riche in the village, named Xu Fugui, who had the skill of digging wells, and made a lot of money by going to the city for construction a few years ago, and now he is very beautiful in his hometown.
Xu Fugui's face was very unfriendly, and he looked like a ruffian, smoky and drunk.
"Don't talk, I guess who you are, Xu Tian, right?" Xu Fugui stared at Xu Tian and said.
"You're Uncle Fugui, aren't you? I remember. Xu Tian responded politely.
"It's quite similar to your dad, my ability to read people is okay, right? As long as I have seen you when you were a child, no matter how old you are, I can recognize you, hahaha......" Xu Fugui finished laughing, and turned to leave.
"Don't pay attention to him, he's a ruffian, relying on his ability to dig wells and making a lot of money in the village, he can know you because Grandma Xu said you want to come back." Huang Quan explained.
"Digging a well? Is there a well being drilled in the village now? Xu Tian suddenly remembered the "sudden" sound of the tape, if it was Xu Fugui digging a well in the village, it would be completely over.
"That's right, there has been a drought in the village, this Xu Fugui has already drilled three wells in the village, and recently Grandma Xu's house is drilling a well next door, and it will be completed soon." Huang Quan said.
Xu Tian couldn't help but be overjoyed, since the place where the well was dug was very close to his grandmother's house, it was not difficult to deduce the person who sent the tape.