"In which village?"

Hao Jian said the address, it is a four-hour drive from Rongcheng, and it is half an hour to walk the mountain road, Li Manjun glanced at the clock on the wall, it is now nine o'clock in the morning, and there is nothing important in the afternoon, just when he is free, let him wait for himself.

"I'll be here soon, you wait for me at home, I'll pick you up first, and we'll go to your relative's house together."

Li Manjun drove for two hours, first to pick him up at Hao Jian's house, and then the two drove for another two hours before arriving in the township where Hao Jian's relatives were located.

Once here, there is no way out, and the car can only stop.

Fortunately, there was someone Hao Jian knew here, who gave the other party two cigarettes to help look at the car, and the two walked to the village.

Hao Jian said that there are eighty or ninety families, and his mother and aunt added here, and that family is his aunt's grandson.

"Actually, we are cousins, he is more than ten years older than me, I call him Brother Man."

It is full of the meaning of small in the dialect, indicating that this person is the youngest in the family.

Li Manjun and Hao Jian walked for half an hour on the mountain road in the rugged area, and finally arrived at his cousin's village at two o'clock.

Hao Jian came with his mother once when he was very young, and he roughly remembered where his cousin's house was, and the two searched all the way and found that every household in this village lived in old-fashioned wooden houses, which were low, dim, and messy.

It is the busy farming season in spring, and most of the villagers are not at home, and the door of the house is open, so you can see the whole house at a glance.

"There's no electricity here, because it's too remote." Hao Jian explained.

If you want to get electricity, you have to build the road first, and the road up the mountain is difficult to repair, and I don't know how long it will take to get on the electricity.

The villagers here light kerosene lamps or a kind of burning tree at night, and the candles are expensive, and the villagers are reluctant to use them.

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Today is a sunny day, otherwise Li Manjun probably wouldn't be able to walk up in his sneakers.

Looking down at Hao Jian's shoes, he was wearing a pair of half-worn liberation shoes, leading the way in front and walking fast.

Li Manjun complained bitterly in his heart, did not dare to show it on his face, and tried to keep up with his footsteps.

Finally, the two found their cousin's home in the innermost col of the village.

A low, two-story wooden house, with a few chickens in front of the door, and chicken droppings on the ground.

A low wooden door was hidden, the high threshold was full of mud, and the door was locked, Hao Jian walked over to take a look, it was locked, and it couldn't be opened.

In general, this means that the owner of the house has gone to a distant place and it will take a long time to return.

"He's not at home." Hao Jian was a little anxious, so he couldn't find Li Manjun, and it would be bad for the family to return in vain.

"Sister Manjun, you wait here, I'll go and ask the people in the village." Hao Jian is embarrassed.

Li Manjun smiled slightly, "It's okay, I'll wait a while, just take a break." ”

The journey up the mountain was half an hour, which didn't sound like a long time, but the mountain road was so difficult that she couldn't breathe.

Hao Jian found a wooden pier outside the firewood room, asked Li Manjun to sit for a while, and ran out to find someone.

Li Manjun found a place where there was not so much and sat down, opened the thermos cup he brought with him, drank a large sip of water to relieve it, blew the mountain breeze, looked at the fluttering bamboo forest, and his fatigue was greatly relieved.

After waiting for more than 20 minutes, Hao Jian hadn't come back yet, Li Manjun began to feel that the bamboo forest next to him was a little eerie, he stood up and walked to the intersection to look, but he didn't see Hao Jian's figure, but he caught a glimpse of a few students with bookbags frolicking and walking up from the foot of the mountain.

One of them, waving to his fellow villagers, was trotting towards her in a pair of straw sandals.

When he came to the intersection, the half-grown boy stopped and looked at Li Manjun in surprise.

Li Manjun looked at the house full of behind him, then looked back at the boy who stopped, and asked tentatively:

"You're from this family?"

He nodded, his surprised eyes not withdrawn, still looking at her.

Li Manjun was a little uncomfortable with him, and subconsciously touched his face and patted his shirt, "Is there something on my face?" ”

He shook his head and said, "Auntie, I've seen you." ”

Li Manjun was surprised: "Have you seen me?" ”

"You drive a car." He said, "I've seen you at school. ”

You guys?

Li Manjun asked in disbelief: "Have you seen me and my family?" ”

He nodded heavily, it would never be wrong, it was the first time he had seen such a rich person, her daughter was wearing small white leather shoes, and a skirt, her skin was as white and tender as tofu, and she looked like the eldest lady of a rich family.

And they had cars, and that day it was the first time he had seen such a long black car in the country.

Li Manjun inquired, and then he learned that the black and thin boy in straw shoes in front of him was the big brother in his daughter's mouth.

Moreover, it is even more coincidental that his father is Hao Jian's cousin.

Li Manjun explained his intentions, and the boy led her to the door, took out the key, opened the door, and invited her in.

It's just that the room is dim and messy, and he seems to have realized that he was a little embarrassed to move out a bamboo stool and let her sit at the door.

"What's your name and how old are you?" Li Manjun asked him.

The boy put down his schoolbag, immediately scooped up the water in the water tank at home and poured most of the ladle, and hiccuped with satisfaction before responding: "Auntie, you can just call me Heizi, I am thirteen years old this year." ”

Li Manjun looked at his height, he really didn't look like he was thirteen years old, at most ten years old.

Moreover, there are many ten-year-old boys in the city who are taller than him.

Li Manjun opened the bag, found half a pack of biscuits that he hadn't finished breakfast and handed it to him.

Kuroko hurriedly waved his hand, took two steps back embarrassedly, and said sensibly: "Auntie, you can leave it for your daughter to eat, I'm not hungry." ”

Li Manjun handed it forward again, "Let's eat together, I'm also a little hungry." ”

The temptation of biscuits is simply impossible to refuse for a child who does not have enough to eat and feeds his hunger with water.

Kuroko looked at her expression and made sure that she was kind and did not dislike herself, so she reached out and took a piece of biscuit.

He tasted it first, his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had found some surprise, and glanced at Li Manjun.

Li Manjun nodded at him, took a piece to eat, and handed him the rest.

This time Kuroko didn't refuse, because his hungry stomach couldn't refuse such delicious food.

It could be seen that he was very restrained, but he still couldn't help but choke and eat several pieces, so he slowed down and smiled at Li Manjun embarrassedly, "It's the first time I've eaten biscuits, and biscuits are so delicious." ”

Natural motherhood rose, looking at the child's surprised and satisfied smile, Li Manjun tried to squeeze out a smile to respond to him, but his heart was uncomfortable.

simply didn't look at him, got up and walked to the intersection again, to see where Hao Jian had gone, and why he hadn't come back.

"Sister Manjun, here!"

Hao Jian led a short man to trot all the way, and when he saw Li Manjun waiting at the intersection, he hurriedly shouted:

"My cousin is back!"