Volume 5 The Mystery of Life_Chapter 1 The Most Honest "Liar"
The three of us almost rushed to the platform, and when we arrived, the train was about to leave, and the three of us repeatedly assured the conductor to get on the train and pay the fare, and the conductor got on the train.
The moment the door closed, I saw Zhao Meiyu hurrying down the steps of the platform with a few black suits from inside the door, and after seeing the train start, she stomped her feet hatefully, but there was no way to stop the train, so she could only watch us leave by the train.
The conductor was afraid that the three of us would not buy the ticket, so he took us to make up the ticket, I was afraid that my current appearance would cause unnecessary trouble, so I simply made up the soft sleeper ticket, walked to my bed, and slept solidly!
This sleep, directly to the destination.
Dengming City is a municipality directly under the central government of Yunnan and Guizhou Province, and the county seat that netizens told us is a county seat under Dengming City, this county is a notoriously poor county, most of the towns in the county are located in the deep mountains and old forests, with inconvenient transportation and inaccessible!
The county seat mentioned by the person on the post is now called Fuyun County, and the three of us took a bus from Dengming City to Fuyun County and rushed all the way to Fuyun County.
When we arrived, it was noon, and there were no people on the bus, only a few of them, all queuing up to get on the bus.
In front of me stood an old man in his sixties, who was carrying two large woven bags, and I didn't know what was in them.
I usually can't see these old men and women carrying things and holding children or something, so I saw that the old man was struggling to carry things, so I stepped forward, lifted two woven bags with both hands, and helped the old man put the woven bags in the place where he put his luggage, and then got into the car.
After the old man got on the bus, he sat in the opposite seat with me, and kept thanking me for helping him just now, and I didn't care at the time, so I said that it was a gesture to make him not have to be so polite.
After we gave in, the bus was already moving.
At that time, in addition to me and the old man, Jin Dianlong and the cold man, there were four other people on the bus, looking at their clothes and temperament, they should all be locals. At that time, the old man and I were sitting in the front, and the golden palace dragon and the cold man were sitting behind us.
It takes about two hours to take the bus from Dengming City to Fuyun County, and we all slept enough on the train, and we were very energetic for a while, and felt that two hours was a long time, and we were a little bored.
Especially for me, when I think that after finding the place my uncle said, it is very likely that I will soon be able to reveal our family and my own life story, and my feelings are very complicated, partly expectant, but more partly, actually fear...... A sense of fear of the truth.
The old man I helped just now was very talkative, and talkative people generally couldn't hold back their words, especially when I helped him just now, he was very enthusiastic about me, and handed me a bottle of mineral water for me to drink. It was said to be mineral water, but it was just a bottle of water in a mineral water bottle, and the mineral water bottle was used for an unknown period of time, and it looked dirty.
But I am a very soft-hearted person, generally will not refuse others, seeing the old man enthusiastically pushing, I really can't resist, so I symbolically drank a few sips of the bottle, and pushed the mineral water bottle back, and said thank you repeatedly.
But to be honest, the water was very unpleasant, very fishy and bitter, but the color was very clear, and I don't know if there was anything in the water.
The old man's face was swarthy, his face was full of wrinkles, and he looked like a cropper who had been weathered, and when he saw me drink a few sips of his "mineral water", the folds on his face bloomed with a smile, "Little brother, you are not a local at first glance, this old man is far away, what are you doing in this county?" ”
I didn't want to say anything more, but then I thought about it, these old people heard a lot, so I just talked to him and saw if I could find out something.
"Uncle, the three of us heard that our Wanxiang Street here is a scenic area, which is very interesting, so come and see, you can tell me, what is interesting about this Wanxiang Street, don't let us miss the good place." I leaned slightly towards the old man, looking like I was chatting seriously.
I said I was going to Wanxiang Street, and the old man looked curious and puzzled, "Little brother, where did you hear that Wanxiang Street is a scenic area?" Uncle tells you that you have been trapped. If you come to see Wanxiang Street, then go back, you don't have to go, people in Wanxiang Street can't hide, who will come all the way to see! ”
The four people who were sitting in the back, when they heard me mention the word "Wanxiang Street", all showed a strange expression on their faces, as if they were puzzled, and as if they were afraid and nervous, they also talked in a low voice, and then looked at the three of us curiously together.
Jin Dianlong was also bored sitting in the back, and after hearing what the old man said, he also poked his head over and asked, "Uncle, why did you let us go back, is there no place for Wanxiang Street?" ”
He also saw the strange reaction of the other people in the car when we mentioned Wanxiang Street, and in order to increase the authenticity, he scolded again, ", I know that what I read on the Internet is not reliable, it seems that I have been pitted miserably, and that person has charged me a lot of money...... Uncle, tell me what's going on, if there is no such place, we will turn around and leave; If there is such a place, even if it is a mess of stones, I will go and see it, after all, I have paid a lot of money. ”
"You young people, you don't even know that you've been deceived." The old man believed it and blamed us in the tone of an elder, and then said: "Wanxiang Street does exist, but that is the name used before the founding of the People's Republic of China. That place used to be quite prosperous, and there was a reputation of Deng Ming City and Wanxiang Street, but that place is now ...... Cough, forget it, since you have come all the way, you don't have to rush back, it's not bad to come to our village, the scenery of our village is also very beautiful, you will live in my house in the future, I will entertain you! ”
The three of us glanced at each other, and said that if this Wanxiang Street is a bustling city, we have to question whether my uncle is misremembering the place, and now it seems that it should be a place like a mass grave, but it seems to be a play, so I agreed to the old man, saying that it was finally here, even if there is nothing to see in Wanxiang Street, we have to go around and walk again.
During the chat, I learned that this old man's name is Du Jiu, he is sixty-five years old this year, and he came to Deng Ming City to sell bulk goods today, but unfortunately someone came to check today, and he naturally couldn't put on a wild stall like this, so he could only come back early.
We don't know what the bulk cargo is talking about, but I feel that the two woven bags are heavy and heavy, and they are not light, and when I walk, I can hear the sound of the contents touching, very much like stones or something.
"Uncle, you are from the Miao nationality, this name does not look like a Han nationality." Jin Dianlong is also talkative, and finally met a talkative one, and he wanted to find something out of Du Jiu's mouth, so he simply sat down with Du Jiu and asked curiously.
Du Jiu smiled, then said that their village is called Qintai Village, which belongs to the Basha Miao tribe, and all the people in the village are Miao, and their village is dense with black forests, bird road silkworm bushes, with strong concealment, few outsiders have entered for thousands of years, and only now they have contact with the outside world, but there are still very few.
Their Miao Miao surname is "son and father even name system", or "son ancestor name system", such as him, his Miao name is Du, and his grandfather's Miao name is Jiu, so his Miao name is Du Jiu, and he also has a Han name, but because he has little contact with the outside, he generally does not use it.
Until now, we didn't know that this Wanxiang Street was actually located in the Miao tribe, and this tribe was obviously still a seedling, but a small part of them dealt with the Han people.
I have never been to the territory of the Miao people, but I heard that the Miao people are fierce and good at using Gu, and all kinds of rumors make the Miao people even more mysterious.
However, seeing that Du Jiu has a bold and talkative personality and is hospitable, the uneasiness in my heart has been dispelled a lot, and I thought that if I had Du Jiu's help, maybe it would not be so difficult to go to Wanxiang Street.
After we got to know the village for a long time, the bus had been walking for about an hour.
At this time, the car shook suddenly, probably because the road was too bumpy, so the car bumped a little.
After talking and laughing with us for a long time, his face suddenly changed, and he turned his head to look at the four people sitting behind us, and asked the woman sitting in the front row by the corridor, "How old are you this year?" ”
The woman was inexplicably asked by his sudden question, "I'm forty-eight, what's wrong?" ”
Du Jiu ignored her, and asked the woman sitting inside the woman, "What about you, how old are you this year?" ”
The other woman was also surprised, but still replied to him, "I'm fifty-one." ”
Du Jiu skipped her again, and then asked the old man sitting in the back row by the corridor, "Brother, how old are you this year?" ”
Du Jiu asked several people's birthdays in a row, but he didn't say anything, these people all looked at them with neurotic eyes for a long time, and the three of us were secretly strange, I don't know why Du Jiu asked people's ages.
"I'm sixty-seven years old." The old man was also puzzled when asked, but added, "But it should be almost sixty-eight, and I happened to be born when the day was a little westerly...... By the way, why are you asking this! ”
Du Jiu's face changed again, then he stood up and said to the three of us, "Three little brothers, in front of me is my daughter's house, let's get out of the car and rest for a while." ”
We looked at the side of the road, there are indeed a few families on the side of the road, but just now we didn't mention for a long time that his daughter lives nearby, and now after asking the age of a few people, he suddenly asked us to get out of the car and go to his daughter's house to rest?
Obviously, this has been lying to us for a long time!
"Let's go, old man's thoughts, let's not let it down." The cold man, who had not spoken, stood up, asked the driver to stop the car, and took the lead in walking under the car.
Jin Dianlong and I were stunned, and we didn't say anything more, we got off the bus with Du Jiu, and by the way, we also took out Du Jiu's two big woven bags, and stood on the side of the road to watch the bus go farther and farther.
"Uncle, okay, why do we have to get off?" Jin Dianlong still didn't quite understand, and only after the bus was far away did he say: "Obviously, there is definitely no one for your daughter's family in these families." ”
Du Jiu's face was still not very good-looking, and he actually answered, "Of course there is no house for my daughter, I lied to you." ”
He admitted so bluntly that he lied to us, and Jin Dianlong and I were stunned for a moment, not knowing what to ask.