Donglu Village is located in the northwest of Qianxian County, and like many beautiful ancient villages in other places in southern Anhui, there is a small river passing through the village, surrounded by beautiful peaks, dense streams, and picturesque scenery.

However, this village is more remote than ordinary villages, plus the five villager groups in the village, the population is only more than 300, and most of them work outside to do business, and almost all of the people who stay in the village are elderly, and there are very few left-behind children.

The combination of various factors has led to the fact that although the scenery and mountain forest resources of this village are good, it has never developed.

In recent years, the government has invested a lot of money, especially after young college students like Sun Lin return to their villages, they are much better than before, but compared with many villages in Qianxian County, they still belong to the most backward group.

Sun Lin's home is in the village, and when he arrived, he learned that his family also opened a farmhouse where he could stay, and now there are five art students who came from Xijing to sketch.

After tasting the most authentic local farmhouse meal, Li Shi smiled and said to him: "Then if we don't fire in the future, we will just come to you to eat." ”

After eating, he insisted that his assistant Zhang Huijing pay according to the menu he had posted on the kitchen wall.

After eating, I pulled my suitcase and stepped on the bluestone road, passed through the middle of the village, and walked inside.

Although the surrounding houses are not particularly exquisite, they are all very traditional Hui style buildings, with white walls and green tiles, which are not publicized, but they are very quaint and beautiful.

"In our village, houses are generally built together, but my uncle's yard is in the innermost, detached from the core of the village...... In fact, if there are many tourists, it is very suitable to be used as a homestay, but unfortunately, ......"

On the way, Sun Lin helped drag the box and introduced, and his words were quite embarrassing.

Li Shi smiled and said, "Aren't there five art students from Xijing living in your house?" ”

Sun Lin shook his head: "There are people who usually come to the village to play and sketch, but one after another, incoherently, and not on a large scale, just talking is better than nothing." ”

Li Shi didn't ask, in fact, he didn't really want to discuss these things with him, he talked casually, and along the way, the focus was on observing and appreciating the scenery in the village.

After passing through the buildings in the core area of the village, we continued along a long bluestone path down the hill.

The roadside is the mountain farmland paddy field, the ridge is full of all kinds of green weeds, the key is that on the side of the bluestone road, there is a small stream, the water is very shallow, you can see the occasional small fish and shrimp scurrying in it.

After walking for more than a mile, I also met a few families in the middle, but it seems that the courtyard doors are locked.

When I asked Sun Lin, sure enough, the owners of these houses were all working outside, and they usually didn't come back until the Chinese New Year.

In this way, I suddenly felt that although the surrounding grass and trees were shady, in fact, this side was quite desolate.

Not very popular.

Not only did he think so, but the girls who followed him all the way also felt this way.

Especially the two girls, Aya and Li Shiyi, they thought that they still had to live around here, and their hearts suddenly felt strange.

Suddenly, the cries of some unknown birds and beasts were heard in the mountains in the distance.

"Seems a little scary here?"

Aya muttered, stretched her neck to look around, and hurriedly grabbed Li Shiyi's arm next to her with her other hand, which was not dragging her luggage.

Sun Lin smiled and said with relief: "It's okay, it's just the bird song in the mountains, except for being far away from the center of the village, it's actually quite safe, and didn't Mr. Li say it, you come to sketch and create, just to find a quiet place." ”

Li Shi nodded and smiled: "That's true." ”

He was very satisfied.

Especially when I walked to the place and saw the osmanthus tree by the yard and the stream in the yard, I was even more satisfied.

The old phrase came to his mind at that time: small bridges and flowing water.

The bluestone road in the west leads to the wooden bridge across the river at the entrance of the courtyard, and it is gone.

This is the last courtyard in the deepest part of the village.

Walking over the small wooden bridge, I looked up at a large osmanthus tree, the canopy of which not only covered the entire small bridge, but also extended to the bluestone slab on the other side of the stream.

The key was in the hands of the little assistant Zhang Huijing, she opened the lock on the courtyard door, pushed it open, and what came into her eyes was an outer courtyard paved with bluestone slabs, which may have been uninhabited for a long time, and grass grew in the gaps of many stone slabs.

Directly opposite the courtyard, walk along the three-step stone staircase and push the door to enter, which is the main body of the courtyard, a two-story courtyard.

Li Shi carried two boxes directly to the patio of the inner courtyard, looked up at the wooden fence and bamboo curtains above, and the green tiles on the roof, and looked down at the bluestone slabs and pools.

The yard is old, but it has a lot of feeling.

When I closed my eyes and listened, I heard only the sound of the wind and the faint sound of birdsong.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but purse a smile, he felt that he had really chosen the right place.

As long as it is slightly arranged, it must have an ancient meaning and a sense of substitution.

And this place is indeed quiet enough, others may be timid and afraid, but he has enough strength to enjoy this quiet.

What's more, there are two beautiful young ladies by your side this time.

However, when he was about to take the suitcase directly to the room, he also remembered Aya's timid performance on the road just now, and thought to himself, he is bold, it is nothing to sleep alone at night, these two girls are timid, or let the two of them sleep in the same room?

The house on the side of the outer courtyard is low, and the entrance is the dining room and kitchen, and in front of the inner courtyard is the living room, with two rooms on the left and right, and three rooms on the upper floor, adding up to a total of five bedrooms, which is completely enough for one person to have a room.

And all three upstairs have two beds.

Sun Lin had something to do with himself, and after helping to deliver the luggage, he said goodbye and left.

Li Shi sent him to the door, expressed his gratitude, and when he returned, he consulted with Aya and Li Shiyi: "I suggest that you sleep in one room, but how to sleep is up to you." ”

Although he gave advice, he would not help them make decisions.

When you come out, whether it's work or travel, if you can live and eat as much as you want, then you can get more happy emotions.

Li Shi thought that they would choose to live in the same room so that they would have a companion, but after discussing it, the two girls decided to separate and live separately.

"I often need to be independent to think about dance. ”

Aya seemed to agree with Li's poetic reasoning, and she nodded: "Well, I'm starting to learn to paint now, and I need a separate space to learn." ”

Although Li Shi was a little surprised, he didn't think much about it, and immediately said: "That's okay, we all live upstairs, I live in the middle room, Aya lives on my left, and poetically you live on the right." ”

As for the little assistant Zhang Huijing and her assistant Wang Yao, the two of them stayed downstairs for one night tonight and will go back to Tanzhou tomorrow.

Decide on a place to live and start moving your luggage into your bedroom.

Speaking of bedrooms, after Sun Lin returned to the village for development the year before last, Sun Gongli wanted to transform the house in his hometown into a homestay, the whole house in addition to the reinforcement, most of the appearance of the place did not move much, at least there was no major change, only five bedrooms changed relatively largely, made a new design and decoration, and each room also deliberately added a bathroom.

The middle bedroom on the second floor where he lives is the largest, and the living room and bedroom are separated by a Chinese-style wooden fence screen.

The bedroom is simply furnished, with a cupboard and a bed. The bed was already covered with bedding, which was made by the assistants.

In the living room, there is a desk, a sofa, two new Chinese chairs and a wooden coffee table, and there is a TV cabinet in front of the sofa, but there is no TV. However, the sofas and chairs were covered with gray cushions, which was also the credit of the assistants.

In addition, the overhead lamps are also designed.

Li Shi looked at the antique bedroom in the house that was similar to a mature homestay after it was rearranged by Zhang Huijing and them, and thought, looking at this decoration and furnishings, Sun Gongli had made a lot of money, but unfortunately, his investment died halfway, otherwise if he added some things, he would almost be able to open for business directly.

But after thinking about it, it's not a pity, this is his family's old mansion after all.

When it can't be a homestay, it's good for their family to come back and live by themselves.

Li Shi opened the suitcase and took out a portable WiFi from it first.

This is the ZTE full Netcom portable WiFi bought online, the introduction is written 5G/4G high-speed Internet access, 10,000 mAh battery, not only fast, can be outdoors for several days on a single charge.

He turned on the computer and tested it, and the network speed was 32 megabits per second, and when he clicked on a video on the tablet, it was all turned on in seconds.

"1500g of traffic, it should be enough."

Li Shi came out of the house with his portable WiFi and found a place in the corridor outside the door, so as to ensure that the house on the left and right, the downstairs, and the front yard were within the signal coverage range as much as possible.

After putting it downstairs, I came to the living room on the first floor, and first talked to the assistant Zhang Huijing and them, and praised them for doing a good job.

After receiving the praise, Zhang Huijing and Wang Yao were very happy, Zhang Huijing said with a smile: "Boss, rice, oil, salt, seasonings are also added to the kitchen, as well as an induction cooker and microwave oven. ”

"In addition to Brother Sun's house, there are also two farmhouses in the village, if you don't want to cook by yourself, you can go to them and order food."

"And the equipment you asked me to bring, I also brought it, right in the room between me and Yaoyao, do you need to take it upstairs now?"

"No, just leave it there." Li Shi shook his head and talked to her about some family matters again.

While chatting with the assistant about work, he also looked at the living room on the first floor.

The living room has a new wooden floor, just a table and a few small stools, and there is nothing else, it is very empty, it should be that Sun Gongli has not had time to add furniture to the living room.

Li Shi smiled secretly, thinking to himself, it's a coincidence, this place is quite suitable for Li Shi's choreography and practice of dance.

As he was talking, Aya suddenly came down from the upper floor and said happily to them, "It's good to take pictures here, let's take pictures!" ”

……

When the girls took photos, Li Shi returned to the room, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone to practice calligraphy, and did today's homework first.

More than an hour later.

He put down his pen, took the used inkstone to the bathroom, washed it, and put it back on the desk in the living room.

After all this, he did not rush down, but sat back in his chair and quietly listened to the movements around him for a while.

It's quiet around, except for the occasional insect chirping from behind the house, faintly.

If you listen closely, the living room downstairs seems to be very lively.

He got up, went to his suitcase, got a flashlight, and went out.

The lights in the hallway outside were all turned on, illuminating the surroundings of the patio.

Coming down the stairs, I found the four girls playing in the living room, sitting directly on the wooden floor, placing all the snacks they brought with them on the tables and stools that they could easily reach, and then they were all playing games with their mobile phones.

Listening to the sound is the glory of the king.

Li Shi's arrival naturally attracted their attention, and before Aya could speak, Li Shiyi shouted first: "Fellow, come and open the black together, we have knelt three times in a row, come and take us to fly!" ”

The wooden floor is much cleaner than before, and it is estimated that they have scrubbed it.

Li Shi smiled and said, "You guys play first, I'll go around the four corners." ”

This is a habit of him, every time he goes to a place, he must first familiarize himself with the environment, so that he can know the surrounding situation.

However, he did not rush out of the courtyard, but first looked at the other two rooms on the first floor, and then checked the wall of the inner courtyard with a flashlight, and made sure that the door and wall were not broken, and people outside could not come in, before going to the outside courtyard.

The dining room and kitchen were also checked in the middle.

After checking all the corners and corners of the outer courtyard, he left the courtyard and began to circle around the entire perimeter of the courtyard.

It is surrounded by dry fields, which used to be the vegetable fields of Sun Gongli and his family, but now they are all barren.

You can see the ridges, but they are overgrown with weeds.

The focus is on the situation behind the house - a few dry fields used to be gradually rising mountains, which seem to be planted with many fruit trees, and further away, there are deep mountains.

……

I turned around, returned to the courtyard, closed the courtyard door and the door of the house, went upstairs to take a shower, changed my clothes, and then came down to play games with the four girls.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning, and everyone went back to their bedrooms to sleep.

Li Shi originally thought that the first day of arriving in Donglu Village would pass quietly and leisurely.

After returning to his bedroom, he wrote his paper for an hour, and was about to go to bed when his phone rang.

When I saw that there was WeChat, it was sent by the little girl in the room on the left.

"Brother Shi, are you asleep?"

Li Shi sat on the head of the bed and clicked on the input method to reply: "Not yet, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

Aya: "I forgot to learn to draw today. (embarrassed)"

Li Shi: "It's okay, just make it back tomorrow." After a day's drive today, I must be tired, go to sleep, and I will go to the city's high-speed rail station tomorrow morning to see Huijing and them. ”

Aya: "Oh, okay. ”

After being quiet for a few minutes, Li Shi thought she was really asleep, so she lay down to watch the news, and went to a certain up master at station B to see the update of the Burmese war report.

I don't think it didn't take long for this Nizi to send another message.

Aya: "(I'm about to cry) Brother Shi, I can't sleep. ”

Li Shi paused the video, thought for a moment, and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”

Aya: "Mm-hmm, I'm a little afraid to sleep alone. (Poor)"

Li Shi also understood that in this environment, not to mention girls, timid boys may not dare to sleep alone, he typed: "Then come here, I'll open the door for you." (End of chapter)