Chapter 38: Phoenix Mountain, Falling Barren Mountain
I think the PK month is really difficult, and it's only been ten days!
Therefore, I cherish the support of the lovely relatives even more, it is not easy for everyone to accompany Lingzi all the way.
Good news! Although there is no manuscript saved, if you don't add more, I'm sorry for the affirmation of Lingzi. Self-pressure, at least once next weekend, the specific time will be notified separately.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear ones!
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Grandpa's home and the university town are just opposite in the direction, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain in his hometown. The beautiful name is called the mountain, but in fact, it is a large piece of water connected together, looking up to see the top of the low mountain col, one side facing the field, the other side back to the river.
After the liberation, my grandfather and grandmother contracted one of the mountains and worked diligently for nearly half a century, raising three sons and one daughter. In addition to the eldest son, that is, Shui Qing's father Han Yinong and little aunt Han Yizhuang went out to wander, the second uncle Han Yitian and the third uncle Han Yishan stayed in the village and started their own families.
Shui Qing and the three of them got out of the car, and the backpack of Shu Ye Moli was the largest and heaviest. Feather laughed at the coquettish words, and was immediately stared at by Ye Moli and obediently closed his mouth. Although Shui Qing has always thought that Ye Moli's black pupils and half-moon eyes have no sense of threat, the name of the little overlord is false to her, but it is true to others. For example, when he was a child, he bullied his feathers to the point that he had nightmares and refused to sleep, and the way to bully him was to catch the thorny caterpillar on the sycamore leaf and put it in her collar, so that the prickly back blistered. Ye Moli can't read seriously, and his prank skills are first-class. Now because of reading clouds, his hair color is dyed back, and his hair is no longer a nest of weeds, but in the name of vacation, there is a tendency to fly and dominate, and the overlord's aura is faintly about to recur.
"Feather, you're a college student, and you're still afraid of high school students?" Shui Qing naturally favored the sisters and hooked her elbows, "What's more, it's a disobedient guy who doesn't have pocket money." Before leaving, Dad Ye only cared about the result, not the process, and asked Shui Qing to scold as he wanted. Therefore, Shui Qing and Ye Mo left the three chapters of the contract in the car, and everything was arranged by her, otherwise the result that Ye's father wanted would be disappointed, and his money would also be in vain.
As long as Ye Moli thought of the snibbling that he had been able to pick and choke in a semester, his neck was like a rope, and he panicked. He is used to being extravagant, how can he live a life without money in his pocket. Therefore, knowing that Shui Qing taunted him, he was able to hold back his silence, but looking at the sea and the sky - the sea view is some distance, and the sky is still quite blue.
"Where's your grandfather?" Feather has a straightforward temperament, doesn't take anything to heart, and attaches great importance to love and righteousness, so he naturally doesn't care about his partners since childhood.
Shui Qing remembered that her grandfather's house was at the foot of the southernmost mountain, so she was optimistic about the direction, and shrugged her backpack over her shoulder, "Go to the foot of the mountain first." My dad called, someone should have answered, maybe they met on the way. ”
Feather said yes, Ye Mo didn't object, and the three of them walked up the ridge together. It is a good month for rice to grow, and the charming green waves in the breeze make people look forward to this year's autumn harvest.
It was only eight o'clock when they arrived, but the croppers had already gone down to the fields and were in full swing. The village is small, and the villagers are kind to ask when they see the living.
As soon as Shui Qing said that she was Han Mao's granddaughter, the villagers gave her directions. Among them, there are even those who can recognize her, and they say that they haven't seen her for more than two years, which makes her admire such a good memory. In the end, everyone found a half-old child to lead the way for them, and now they don't have to bother to search for their brainpower, Shui Qing thanked a lot.
thought that he would meet the second or third uncle who picked him up, but until Dongdong pointed to a few red-brick and white-walled big tile houses in front of him, when he said it, Shui Qing didn't even see a familiar shadow. Taking a piece of chocolate from the bag and giving it to Dongdong, the little guy spread his legs, ran away with the chocolate, and shouted that there was candy to eat, honest and cute.
"There's no one in the yard, aren't you at home?" Feather saw that the courtyard of Grandpa Shui Qing's house was empty and silent.
Shui Qing confirmed that no one picked her up, and felt that something was wrong. Looking at the deserted courtyard again, my heart is even more strange. Even if grandpa and aunts and uncles go up the mountain, and cousins go out to play, grandma always stays at home to take care of the chickens and ducks, and she also has to cook and deliver food.
"Are you sure we didn't make the wrong stop?" Ye Moli really couldn't carry his big bag, and he threw it on the ground, unable to control the dirt. I don't know what his mother stuffed into it, she was dead, and she was about to crush him, "Otherwise, I'll have to go back, and I'll come back after your father confirms." "He changed his mind to go back to the city.
Shui Qing knew his thoughts and didn't pay attention to them at all. Push open the unlocked courtyard door and look around roughly. The chickens are in the chicken shed, the ducks are in the duck shed, and the two big pigs in the pigsty lead a litter of piglets to purr and eat happily. Someone has already fed poultry.
shouted twice to see if anyone was there, but no one answered. Seeing a faint green smoke in the chimney of the stove house, she walked in and saw a feathered chicken on the stove, with a kitchen knife embedded in the chicken breast. The fire in the chamber was extinguished, and the hand was leaning up, still feeling the residual warmth.
"I think there's something urgent going out." Shui Qing walked to the courtyard and said to Feather and Ye Moli, who were standing roasting the sun, "You guys go to the big house and sit down for a while, and I'll go up the mountain to have a look." ”
Ye Mo is not a local from his parents, and he has not been in contact with his hometown for a long time, so he has never been to the countryside. At this point, it made him frown as far as he could see. The road is facing the sky, and it is a dirt road. Detached house, that's a fence gate. He followed Shui Qing into the house and saw that there was not even a decent chair, only a wooden bench. He had walked a long way, his feet were so tired that he stuck to the stool, and he didn't want to move at all.
Feather was originally going to go up the mountain with Shui Qing, but she was persuaded by her to stay with Ye Moli.
Shui Qing walked out of the courtyard gate, walked to the back of the courtyard, and saw the little Phoenix Mountain. First, there is a winding ditch that separates the flat land from the mountainous area, and extends a few acres of melon and vegetable fields apart. Further on, a sparse bamboo forest can be seen as a gently rising mountain path. She walked across the stone bridge, not bothering to look at the small greens and green vine loofahs that were growing happily, and walked straight into the bamboo forest and up the mountain.
The bamboo forest was very small, distributed in a belt, and blocked the view, so she thought that the forest was very deep. But it didn't take long for the vision to change.
As the terrain climbs, the trees are not stout, but the branches are full of fruit. The wind blows, lifts the green and attracts the powder, which is pleasing to the eye. This is a peach forest, grandpa's peach forest.
Shui Qing still remembered that there were no other people's peaches in the vicinity, and her heart was right, so she couldn't help but speed up her pace. When I was almost halfway up the mountain, I saw a white hut in my sight, and there was a faint sound of people talking. She hurried up, and as the distance got closer, the voices came to her ears in the wind.
"Yishan, don't say a word, I didn't see your dad angry." Some age, female voice, should be grandma.
"Mom, I'm telling the truth." The voice was loud and full of neutrality, it was the third uncle Han Yishan, "What are we living now?" It sounds like a forest farm, but it's actually a barren mountain. There is no way to grow anything on the riverside, this peach forest did not produce at first, and when it was finally able to produce sweet peaches, it was only a few years, and the peach flavor changed. Dad said to invite an expert, and we also did. It's said that it is a change in soil quality, what can we do? ”
"Then there's no need to shout." Grandma's voice again.
"I didn't scream." The third uncle retorted dissatisfiedly, "Isn't this a good discussion with Dad?" Who knew that before he heard it all, he scolded him with his head and face. ”
"You stinky boy, I know you don't have the heart to farm, you want to go to the city all the time." Grandpa's voice sounded a little weak, "If you want to go to your house, I will die in this mountain." ”
"Dad, I don't know why you are so stubborn, the village laughs at our family's mountain grass that grows thinner than others. Wang San'er in the mountains in the east, his fruit trees are so good, don't you see them too? We have been working hard for so many years and doing our best, but now it is not as good as a year, can I not find another way out? The eldest brother became an official in the city, and he was willing to take you and your mother to settle down, and said that he could help me and my second brother find jobs, and earn more in a month than we in a year. Such a good thing is that a fool would not want to. ”
Shui Qing listened to the third uncle's words completely illegal, one moment said that people were stubborn, and the other time said that people were stupid, so it was strange if he was not angry with his grandfather.
"So you just have to go, who stopped you?" Grandpa was even angrier.
"If you and your mother don't go, we won't be able to." The third uncle knew that the eldest brother in the family was the most filial, and he would never leave the second elder in the village without anyone to take care of him.
"Yitian, do you have an idea with Yishan?" Grandma spoke.
"Mom, where you and Dad are, I'll stay there." Listening to the second uncle's voice, he knew that he was a good man with no temper, "If Yishan wants to go to the city, let him go." ”
"Second brother, what are these words? I'm leaving, you're still suffering here, so I'm not a filial son? You have a little idea of your own, okay? What are we doing guarding this barren mountain? Starve to death together? "The third uncle bullied the second uncle's soft nature.
"Starvation? Your mother and I relied on this mountain to feed our family. Who starved to death? You? Grandpa got angry, "You want to go to the city yourself, and don't talk about the mountain." It's not fertile enough, but it's not barren! ”
Shui Qing listened to the continuation of the war, and decided to be a child and a coquette.
"Grandparents, you're all here! I thought no one was home, and I thought what to do? He walked out of the back of the house and smiled and showed his face.