Haojiabao, a typical small mountain village, if you talk about the remoteness here, you have to use "the most". I drove out of the city, traveled through the mountains for more than three hours, and finally arrived here, and then crossed a ridge, and there was the boundary of the neighboring city.

The village seems to be too small to be smaller, with more than 60 households, old and weak, women and children, and young and middle-aged people, and a full of 100 people. In the last century, when the people's commune system was in place, this was the location of the production brigade, and there were five natural tuns below, which were located in five ditches, and now, this is still the head of the five natural tuns.

The eyes are full of mountains, majestic and magnificent. The mountain is covered with all kinds of trees, and it is lush and green. The air is exceptionally fresh, and you don't have to take a deep breath to feel comfortable in your mind. A small river flows in front of the village, so clear and so clean that you really want to go over and drink a few times.

However, it is such a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and fresh air, but it is unimaginably poor.

Can you not be poor? There are eight mountains, one water and one field, just a little hillside land, and the food is only enough for the villagers to mush. There are no mineral resources, all kinds of industries are wiped out, there is no place to make money everywhere, and this place has been poor since the last century, and it has not been able to turn over until now. After the reform and opening up, young people have left their hometowns to make a living, and if they mix well outside, they can still bring some money to their families to help the left-behind elderly.

Hao Zhenchuan's house is at the easternmost end of the village, and if you go further, it will be a pure barren mountain and wilderness, and the narrow asphalt road under your feet will come to an end here.

"Santana" stopped on the side of the road in front of Hao Zhenchuan's yard, and Wang Guanghui and Hao Zhenchuan got out of the car. Wang Guanghui stood by the car and looked back into the village.

The village is located at the foot of a large mountain, facing south from the north, and dozens of low houses with red bricks and green tiles are scattered together. Most of the yards in front of the house are built with stumps and branches, only three or two are built with blue bricks, and the courtyard gate is welded with iron pipes and steel bars. Almost every house has stacks of firewood outside the courtyard, which makes people feel simple and primitive.

All of this, Wang Guanghui really didn't expect that today, when the land of the motherland is advancing by leaps and bounds and thriving everywhere, there are still such villages hiding in this big ravine.

"It's backward enough, not even a two-story building." Wang Guanghui said.

Hao Zhenchuan took out the things Wang Guanghui brought from the back seat of the car and said, "I'm not telling a lie, right?" Don't come, you want to come. Let's go, let's go inside. ”

"I'm right, seeing this place so backward has aroused another force in my heart."

"Huh? What strength do you have? ”

Wang Guanghui smiled lightly and did not answer.

Hao Zhenchuan's house is not big, and it is even lower. It can be seen that the walls of the house are made of stone, the walls are plastered with yellow mud, and the mottled wall skin tells Wang Guanghui that the house is no longer young. The house was covered with small black arched tiles, which were so simple that they were almost broken.

Pushing open the courtyard door made of branches, the two walked into the courtyard. The yard is very large, and the vegetables planted on one side have sprouted, and the greenery is full of life. There is a circle of hawthorn trees planted around the yard, and although they have not yet borne fruit at this time, the lush foliage and new green show that the fruit tree is growing strongly. A few chickens and ducks foraged in the yard at will, making a few cooing sounds from time to time, and the quiet and comfortable countryside made Wang Guanghui very envious.

"See?" Hao Zhenchuan said, "Our house is still left by my grandfather, my father always wants to flip it, but what about the money? If my mom hadn't been sick that year••••••"

Wang Guanghui's mood gradually sank with Hao Zhenchuan's narration. Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind: When I have money, I must help his father realize that wish. But then, she felt ridiculous, where is this? Thinking a little far, right? At this time, I heard Hao Zhenchuan shouting into the house: "Mom, Dad, I'm back!" ”

Hearing no response from inside the house, Wang Guanghui and Hao Zhenchuan continued to walk inside, when a woman came out of the house.

The woman looked nearly fifty years old, thin and weak, and her yellowed face was full of wrinkles, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, but her eyes revealed kindness and warmth.

Wang Guanghui guessed that this woman must be Hao Zhenchuan's mother. Sure enough, I heard Hao Zhenchuan shouting, "Mom! Wang Guanghui then shouted: "Hello, aunt! And respectfully saluted Hao Zhenchuan's mother.

Hao Zhenchuan's mother glanced at Wang Guanghui and turned to Hao Zhenchuan: "This girl is ••••••" The voice was also weak.

"Ah, Mom, she is a colleague from my unit, surnamed Wang, called Wang Guanghui." Hao Zhenchuan still introduced Wang Guanghui to his mother according to "a few sorrows".

Wang Guanghui looked at Hao Zhenchuan in surprise, not knowing why he called himself his colleague. Hao Zhenchuan felt Wang Guanghui's gaze, and hurriedly added, "We are still friends." ”

Hao Zhenchuan's mother nodded and smiled at Wang Guanghui, and the smile made the wrinkles on her face deeper and longer, even comparable to that of an eighty-year-old man.

Wang Guanghui suddenly felt heavy, she didn't expect that Hao Zhenchuan's mother could be so pitiful.

Hao Zhenchuan's mother took one of Wang Guanghui's hands, and Wang Guanghui only felt that the old man's hands were cold, as if he had been frozen for a long time in the cold winter.

"Oh, let's go inside." Hao Zhenchuan's mother said that the three of them walked towards the house.

As soon as I entered the door, it was a kitchen, which was not very spacious, but the stove and cupboards were clean and neat, and the pots and pans were well arranged. There are two rooms in the inner room, there are eight immortal tables on the ground, and there are kang cabinets on the kang, and the two pieces of furniture are very old, exaggerating to say that if they are sent to the museum, I am afraid they can be used as antique exhibitions. On the kang cabinet are several sets of clean bedding. The kang is covered with egg-blue floor leather, and the sunlight shines on the kang through the clean windows, which also adds a bit of brightness to the room. I don't know what the back room looks like.

Hao Zhenchuan once said that he also has two younger sisters, both of whom are now married to a foreign country. Wang Guanghui couldn't imagine how Hao Zhenchuan's family lived in only two rooms when their family was here.

"Girl, sit on the kang." Hao Zhenchuan's mother said that she swept the edge of the kang with a small broom.

Wang Guanghui sat on the edge of the kang. Hao Zhenchuan put the gifts that Wang Guanghui bought on the kang and said, "Mom, these are all bought by Xiao Wang for you." "Then I opened the package and showed it to my mother." Mom, this is a dress for you. ”

It was a shirt with a small lapel and blue flowers on a white background, which was bright and pleasing to the eye.

Hao Zhenchuan's mother smiled: "Yo, look at this girl, how much does it cost to buy me such a good dress?" ”

Hao Zhenchuan took out the clothes that Wang Guanghui bought for his father, as well as canned fish, canned meat, sausages and milk powder, and put them in a big pile.

"Mom, where's my dad?" Hao Zhenchuan asked.

"Your father went to the village for a meeting, and he was the first secretary sent from above to hold a meeting to help the poor."

Hao Zhenchuan's mother replied, and kept looking at Wang Guanghui, from the face to the soles of her feet, and from the soles of her feet to her face, she saw that Wang Guanghui was a little uncomfortable.

Hearing that the secretary of poverty alleviation held a poverty alleviation conference, Hao Zhenchuan's eyes lit up with excitement and said: "That's a good thing, in the future, poor households like our family will also hope to get rich." ”

Hao Zhenchuan's mother still looked at Wang Guanghui, looking at it, she couldn't help but smile on her face, obviously, she was not picky about Wang Guanghui's appearance.

"Mom, when our family has money, we must rebuild this house." Hao Zhenchuan said again.

Mom then spoke: "This, we can't say for sure, according to what everyone said, we have nothing to do in this poor ravine, and it's hard to get rich." ”

"Mom, there is hope, there is hope, it is very promising, it is a major initiative for us to get poor households out of poverty, and we are too hopeful to get rich."

Hao Zhenchuan's mother shook her head gently. She didn't understand what Hao Zhenchuan said.

As he was talking, Hao Zhenchuan's father came back.

"Dad." Hao Zhenchuan shouted.

Wang Guanghui stood up with a smile.

"Ah, Zhenchuan is back?" Dad asked, his eyes flashing with excitement.

Hao Zhenchuan responded, and introduced Wang Guanghui to his father: "Dad, her name is Wang Guanghui, she is my colleague and friend. ”

"Oh, yes, sit down." Hao Zhenchuan's father smiled at Wang Guanghui and nodded.

Hao Zhenchuan's father is called Hao Xing, a typical image of an old farmer: a dark and rough face full of vicissitudes, and some fortitude and strength between his eyebrows. Hao Zhenchuan is somewhat similar to his father.

Chatting about something, Hao Zhenchuan's mother went out, and when she came back after a short time, she was carrying a small basket with some hawthorn in the basket. Walking in front of Wang Guanghui, she grabbed a handful of hawthorn and handed it to Wang Guanghui, and said: "Girl, our place is poor, and there is no fruit, there is hawthorn, homemade, you can eat it." ”

Wang Guanghui looked down, the hawthorn was bright red and shiny, pinched it with his hand, and felt hard, as if it had just been plucked from a tree. She couldn't help asking, "It's all at this time, why are your hawthorns still so well preserved?" ”

Hao Zhenchuan replied: "This is placed in the cellar, the cellar is warm in winter and cool in summer, the air humidity is also appropriate, and it is no worse than cold storage to preserve some vegetables and fruits." ”

A trace of excitement jumped from Wang Guanghui's heart, and she asked, "Then, this hawthorn, do you still have it at home?" ”

"Yes," Hao Xing replied, "not only in our family, but in our village, almost every family can have it." ”

"But why don't you sell it?"

"Sell, let's start selling it in the fall. But you also watched, our place is too remote, let's go to the city to sell, just the road fee and effort have to take a lot, it's not worth it, so you have to wait for the hawkers in the city to come and collect, this year, I don't know what's going on, the hawkers come less, our hawthorn is left. ”

"The hawkers are too far away." Hao Zhenchuan guessed.

Wang Guanghui asked, "Then, how many wows do you have in your family?" ”

Hao Xing replied: "There can be a hundred or ten catties." ”

"What about the whole village? How many more are estimated in the whole village? ”

Hao Xing lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "I estimate, it's about 1,800 catties." ”

"Ah, how many more?"

Hao Zhenchuan continued: "Yes." You don't know, let's go to this place, whether you plant apples or pear trees or something, they can't grow up, the fruit is small and astringent, only hawthorn, a big skin is thin, sweet and sour, and a bumper harvest every year, so yes, we plant hawthorn trees in front of and behind the house, but unfortunately this place is too remote, and the market is always not very good. ”

Wang Guanghui knew what he should do next.

But what about him Hao Zhenchuan? He actually called himself a "colleague" to his parents, and later "was also a friend", what did he mean? She couldn't figure it out, she couldn't figure it out, for this reason, she felt very entangled and a little angry, and at the same time faintly felt that behind Hao Zhenchuan's "country" face, there seemed to be some kind of ulterior problem. But after thinking about it again, I came to this big ravine, after all, it was not to pursue those people, and the matter of starting a business to make money for myself was far more important than that.