Chapter 43: The mountains are far away from the hustle and bustle
The clear spring stone is upstream, and the bright moon shines among the pines.
This is the most intuitive portrayal of the depths of the mountains. Pedestrians who get up in the morning can see the last round of moonlight at dawn in the mountains, pacing in the misty mountains, listening to the rustling sound of the soles of their feet, hearing the chirping of birds, exhaling a breath of fresh and cold air, and it seems that they can also smell the woody fragrance of pines and cypresses in the air, which will make people in the middle of it forget the hustle and bustle and indulge in this paradise-like place alone.
Sou...... A crossbow sounded and shot straight into the fields in the mountains, and among the newly harvested corn stubble, a gray rabbit just jumped up and fell down in an instant.
"I cฤo...... Terrible. โ
Bao Xiaosan ran to the field, carrying a hare that had been shot in the neck and was still struggling, and turned around and gave a thumbs up to the crossbow-wielding Qiu Di.
"You're spoiling the scenery too much. โ
Geng Baolei glanced at the smug Qiu Di and complained, he just remembered a poem.
"Then don't eat at noon. Qiu Di laughed.
"You can't ignore the lives of small animals just because you eat them. Geng Baolei argued.
Whoosh, it's another crossbow, but it's shooting straight in the direction behind Geng Baolei, Qiu Di didn't care about talking, and pulled the crossbow rope while chasing, Bao Xiaosan saw a rabbit with a crossbow on his butt and was still running, shouting anxiously, but he saw Qiu Di running, holding a crossbow and a crossbow swishing, for a moment, he held the rabbit's ears high and shouted:
"Ha, you have a blessed mouth, the rabbit after the autumn is the fattest time. โ
Hey, Geng Baolei shook his head, as if he was ashamed to be with these two, Bao Xiaosan glared at him with eyebrows: "Take it." โ
"I don't take it, it's bloody. Geng Baolei was a little resistant, and he couldn't bear to see the dying eyes of the little animal.
"Forget it, we eat rabbits at noon, and you eat sweet potatoes. Qiu Di stimulated.
"How can that be? A gentleman is far away from cooking, which does not mean that a gentleman is only a vegetarian. Geng Baolei is strictly authentic.
"You still talk about a fart if you want to eat it. Qiu Di threw it straight, Geng Baolei caught the ouch, Bao Xiaosan took advantage of the situation and put it in his hand, the two were in high spirits, jumped out a few miles, drilled from the slope to the bottom of the stream, and when they walked to the river, they nested and beat a rabbit, took out a nest of bird eggs, Qiu Di whistled, and the little earth dogs at home had already come over when they heard the sound, and they barked around Qiu Di who was ready to wash rabbits.
It seems that he has done this less, Geng Baolei lay far away, washed the blood stains on his hands, smelled it, it smelled of blood, but Qiu Di was already dry with his sleeves, peeling the rabbit skin, cutting the knife, throwing the internal organs, and the end was extremely sharp, four earth dogs coaxed and grabbed, and after a while, a rabbit was left with a bloody fat meat rack.
"Brother Qiu. Bao Xiaosan came up and took the crossbow in his hand.
"It's not good to call me brother, want to learn this?" Qiu Di asked.
"yes, that's a good drag. Bao Xiaosan was envious.
"Pull it down, this thing is weapon-level, you can't get out of the mountain at all, take this thing into the city. Fines and detention. Qiu Di said.
"Can't be, so strict. Bao Xiaosan looked at the swarthy and inconspicuous crossbow, and asked Qiu Di curiously: "Brother Qiu, is your father a martial arts master, I got up early in the morning, I saw that he was practicing boxing." โ
"It's a veteran, right?" said Geng Baolei.
"I didn't ask you, as if it was your father. Bao Xiaosan reprimanded.
"You stupid X, don't you call Uncle Qiu a veteran, aren't you, Qiu Di. Geng Baolei said.
This seems to be the correct answer, Qiu Di nodded, Geng Baolei was proud, Bao Xiaosan got angry, pulled the string and made a gesture to shoot Geng Baolei, but it was unexpected, it hurt so much that he sucked his fingers, and he couldn't hang the string, and when Qiu Di turned around and laughed evilly, he saved this thing from being simple.
"My dad made it, jujube wood handles, steel wire strings, and bamboo bullet rods, which can shoot a wolf dog within twenty meters, you think it's a toy." Qiu Di laughed.
"You don't know how to play with toys. Geng Baolei teased.
Bao Xiaosan was a little embarrassed, and in a blink of an eye, he turned to Geng Baolei and said: "Don't have to sรจ, brother has a thing you can't learn, do you want to know, among the four dogs, which one is a mother?"
"Which one?" Geng Baolei looked down, looked closer, and really couldn't tell the difference, and when he looked up again, Bao Xiaosan explained with a smile: "That's the one, at your feet, smelling your taste and wanting to be close to you." โ
Oops, this Geng Baolei was so angry that he didn't talk to him anymore, picked a clean stone and sat by the river, looked at Qiu Di, who was concentrating on washing rabbits, and looked at Bao Xiaosan, who had long forgotten his intentions, he looked for a topic and asked: "Qiu Di, how was the exam?"
"The written test was finished early, and I came back from the interview the day before yesterday, and I don't know the result yet. Qiu Di said.
"The results of the written test have not come out?" asked Geng Baolei.
"It's out, 94, second in line. Qiu Di said.
Yo, Geng Baolei had a disappointed expression all of a sudden, Bao Xiaosan understood, and said bluntly: "yes, it's over, I also said that I will take you out to work, you are going to be admitted, we are not here in vain." โ
"Huh, didn't you say you're on vacation?" Qiu Di asked rhetorically.
Bao Xiaosan knew that he was speechless, so he quickly covered his mouth and said: "It's a vacation, it's better to pull you by the way...... Do you know, Director Tang said, we are quite famous now, and we all know that we have received a big order from Huaxin International Travel Service, which is worth several million. โ
"It's not like you've earned millions, you're happy?" Qiu Di said.
As soon as he thought of this, Xiao San was a little angry again, and said frustratedly: "That's right, I thought that one of us took a lot of 100,000, but who knows that it's still a fraction." โ
"Yes, you are nothing without the Harman platform, and without Harman's operation, we will know the news, and you will not be able to connect with Huaxin." Geng Baolei said that in the business model, the individual is secondary, and the relationship between the platform and the individual is a win-win situation. At this point, Bao Xiaosan accepts it even if he can't think about it.
But what made Geng Baolei a little strange was that Qiu Di also had an indifferent expression when he heard the news, carefully washing the three rabbits, as if he had heard something irrelevant, he asked: "Qiu Di, you have no interest in engaging in this matter at all?"
"That's right, Qiu Di, you should have a little, we can have a good time in the garrison, but it's all up to you, do you know what happened to Zong Pengcheng? Bao Xiaosan said with a smile, and finally said what he wanted to say: "It's not you, he can't be so miserable, Huaxin may not be able to do so smoothly, the construction of the resort is almost over, I heard Director Tang say that the construction drivers, the recruited waiters, and many people in the cinema are the original team of Pengcheng." โ
Qiu Di moved, raised his head, looked back at the two of them, and smiled. He said: "We just picked a ready-made, in fact, there is no us, things will develop like this, when we contacted the garrison, at that time Peng Cheng had been trapped, as long as the later project was fake, he was in danger." Whether or not we are all the same, it's just a matter of time. Huaxin's mistake is only to blindly take profits, as long as they take this opportunity to make a pro-people statement, it is easy to replace it, the people may not recognize that person, but they can definitely recognize the benefits. โ
"Yes, there is still a difference between it and not, at least in the matter of Qi Lianbao, you handled it very well. Geng Baolei said, sincerely praising that Qi Lianbao surrendered himself, in exchange for Huaxin's responsibility for Hu Lei, and in exchange for Huaxin's care for the remaining personnel in the entire Tunbing Town, at this time, it seems that except for Zong Pengcheng, who is out, it is the best result.
"It's not that I handled it well, he was going to do it in the first place, he couldn't let go of that knot. Qiu Di said, and said without looking back: "Just like me, I can't let go of my heart knot...... If you have a decent job and a stable environment, who wants to stay in a strange city all the time. โ
This knot seems to be unable to let go, Geng Baolei is not persuaded, a little frightened when he comes, and he feels a little nostalgic after staying for a day.
After washing the rabbits, three people, four dogs, lazily went home, a round of rising sun, has slowly hung on the top of their heads.
There is no concept of time in the mountains, and when I returned home, Qiu Di's mother was pushing the roll, the two-meter-round boulder roll, the thick pole of the child's arm, Guan Qianjiao was curious to help, and it was also a fresh feeling for her here. Geng Baolei and Bao Xiaosan watched Qiu Di pack up the corn, basking in the warm sun, and actually fell asleep in a daze, and when Guan Qianjiao and Qiu Di's mother finished rolling, they drew water and freshly rolled cornmeal, and woke him up, it was already half of the morning.
"Auntie, I'll try it...... San'er, you look at the fire. Guan Qianjiao commanded and took over Qiu Di's mother's big basin.
Looking at it closely, Qiu Di's mother is not much different from Qiu Di, at least it is not dark, and the person seems to be very kind, soft-spoken, always looking at others with a smile, especially when he sees Geng Baolei is kind, always nagging, look at this child, he is more handsome than my daughter.
"Auntie, where is my uncle?" asked Bao Xiaosan.
"Auntie, why don't you see your daughter?" Geng Baolei asked.
"Auntie, is it enough to put two jars of water?" Guan Qianjiao also asked.
There is no work to do is more busy than there is work, someone is talking, Qiu Di's mother looked very happy, said for a while, your uncle went up the mountain to see, and talked for a while, his sister got married early, just waiting for him to become a family, and his father and I will complete the task in this life. After a while, I took care of Qianjiao again, and hurriedly stopped, ouch, girl, the face is not like this, you don't have enough strength, I'll come.
If it really doesn't work, no matter how hard Qianjiao tries to make the noodles, it is also irregular shaped, and in the hands of Qiu Di's mother, it becomes a smooth circle in a few clicks, she drags the noodles in her hands, kneading them in her hands, and after a while, on the wall of the steamer made of sorghum rods, there are one after another good-looking miniature mountain bags. Broad-bottomed, pointed, hollow, yellow and clear color.
"Wow, this is the legendary Wowotou, it's almost a sound. Geng Baolei said with a smile.
"There are in the restaurant, usually dozens of dollars. "Bao Xiaosandao, although he is from the countryside, he really doesn't know much about the countryside.
"That machine-milled corn flour is far worse than this handmade product. Guan Qianjiao took a photo, and when she took the photo, she shouted in surprise: "Wow, there is no signal here at all, Auntie, how do you usually contact the outside?"
"Haha, silly girl, what's the connection with the outside here?" Qiu Di's mother asked strangely. But I still told her, and I had to stand at a high place to get a signal.
Oh, yes, this place is self-sufficient, and it really doesn't need to have anything to do with the outside world. Vegetable grain is grown by themselves, chickens and dogs are raised by themselves, and there is a pigsty behind the house, and the old sows have raised a litter.
"What are you looking at?" When Guan Qianjiao was stunned, she glared at Bao Xiaosan, who was blowing fire, and Bao Xiaosan choked her with a smile: "Auntie said you are a stupid girl, hehe." โ
"You're stupid. Guan Qianjiao kicked Bao Xiaosan lightly, loaded her mobile phone, chased behind Qiu Di's mother and asked, "Auntie, has Brother Qiu Di been admitted to the teacher?"
"I don't know, he hasn't said it yet. Qiu Di's mother said casually.
"I know. Geng Baolei said, Guan Qianjiao asked, Geng Baolei smiled and said, "The results haven't come out yet." โ
provoked Guan Qianjiao to roll her eyes, but she was concerned about this matter, and asked Qiu Di's mother: "Auntie, if Qiu Di can't pass the exam, do you have to find a job?" โ
"He is in charge of his own affairs. The woman is not staying, the child is useless, they are in their twenties, and they are not looking for a partner, I told his father last night, and his father is also a cool person, and he doesn't care. Qiu Di's mother nagged without complaints.
Hearing this, Bao Xiaosan pricked up his ears, he looked back at the old man, then at Guan Qianjiao, and said with a smile: "Auntie, don't worry, isn't this the right person to come to the door? How about Jiao being your daughter-in-law?"
"Huh?" Guan Qianjiao was startled.
"Oh, I think so. Geng Baolei said to the other, Guan Qianjiao turned back to chase him, and he ran away with a smile.
couldn't catch up with Geng Baolei, Guan Qianjiao turned back and kicked Bao Xiaosan again, and the angry and embarrassed look made several people laugh. Qiu Dike, who came back from carrying water, was stunned, and asked what was going on, Guan Qianjiao warned the two, but unexpectedly, the mother was too talkative, and said with a smile that they were discussing marrying you a daughter-in-law. Hearing this sentence, Geng Baolei and Bao Xiaosan laughed, but Guan Qianjiao was inexplicably speechless with shame, shouted that she was ashamed to death, and ran into the house with her face covered.
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Wotou, Chinese cabbage, stewed hares, a fragrant lunch, and several visitors applauded.
The sunshine, the birdsong, the barking of dogs, the green mountains as pillows, the blue sky as the curtain, and lying in the col are a supreme enjoyment.
Qiu Di's side room was given to Guan Qianjiao, the three of them slept in the attic where the food was placed, the family was prepared for war, a room of food, and the three of them lay side by side on the grass in front of the house in the afternoon, Qiu Di drove away a few dogs who were always arching by his side, biting the grass in his mouth boredly, Geng Baolei looked at him from time to time, he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, only the happy Bao Xiaosan was burping, praising the delicious rabbit meat, and inviting Qiu Di Ming'er to fight a few more.
Qiu Di didn't pay attention to him, thinking about something thoughtfully, lying down Geng Baolei grabbed a piece of grass and threw it at Bao Xiaosan, signaling to Bao Xiaosan, the two of them stared at Qiu Di like mung beans, and they really couldn't see why, Qiu Di who returned home was not as cheerful as he had seen before, and from time to time, he looked preoccupied.
"Qiu Di, we just want to do it a little bit, so come and see you, you don't have to be pressured. Geng Baolei said cautiously.
"That's it, you don't want to go, and we can't drag you away, why are you crying, as if someone owes you eight hundred hangings. Bao Xiaosan also persuaded him, and it was rare to speak normally without a handle.
Qiu Di smiled, speechless, one of them pulled him, the other squeaked and tickled, so amused that Qiu Di finally couldn't put down his face, and begged for mercy again and again, Geng Baolei said, since I saw you, I have become cheerful from melancholy, can't you go back to my past life state? Bao Xiaosan said, what do you have to tell your brothers, I want money, let's go together, I miss women, I don't have a lot of money to ask you to prostitute it.
Geng Baolei was not happy to say this, and shouted: "Why should I invite?"
"Then you mean, I please?" Bao Xiaosan asked rhetorically.
"Of course you have to. Geng Baolei said strongly.
"Okay, what you said, I'll ask you to prostitute. Anyway, my brother is rich. Bao Xiaosan said proudly, rolled up his sleeves, and then said: "Find you two old ladies in their forties, I can't kill you." โ
Geng Baolei slapped his mouth, Qiu Di laughed happily, San'er is not deep-minded, straightforward and fast-talking, he appreciates it the most.
Young people together, there is always no sorrow, under the pressure of the two left and right, Qiu Di still intermittently said his thoughts, a few years after graduation, there is still no place to stay, floating, can't put down the family, and drift so much that he can't see the future, let alone the result; Come back, he is a rural baby with no roots, it is difficult to enter and stay in the county, and he has taken the exam more than once in the past few years after graduation, from the tax bureau to the social security bureau and even the environmental protection bureau, the land and resources bureau, including the agricultural bureau that can't play with his professional eight poles...... Wait, how many times he took the recruitment exam, he couldn't tell, the more he took the test, the more confused he became, the more people were tested, the more he was tested, the more he was tested...... The more slim the chances of being admitted.
"Wow, it's so difficult to earn two thousand yuan from the country in such a small place?" Bao Xiaosan was stunned when he heard this, he was illiterate about things in the system, but Geng Baolei knew a little, and the north was more understanding of formal work, he asked curiously: "Isn't your written exam good in this exam?
"Is there a possibility? I applied for the Chinese teacher of the county No. 1 middle and high school, two places, guess how many people have signed up?" Qiu Di asked.
"How much?" asked Geng Baolei.
"One hundred and twenty-one, neighboring cities and provinces, and even as far as the northeast, come to our small county town to seek jobs, isn't it scary?" Qiu Di asked.
Bao Xiaosan nodded, it was really scary.
"There are also graduate degrees, isn't it scary? Just for more than 2,000 yuan in salary. Qiu Di asked.
Geng Baolei nodded, it was really terrifying.
Bao Xiaosan has something to say, this little bird money, not so much, Geng Baolei told him, although the money is small, he may receive old age, and he still has ten months' salary and survivor allowance when he dies, Bao Xiaosan rolled his eyes, it is the right thing to live well before he touches it, thinking about it for more than ten years, decades later, every month will give you so much money enough to do it, and there are more than so many rags.
Qiu Di laughed when he heard this simple theory, and he hugged Bao Xiaosan and said: "Who says it's not, but after all, it is the right way in the world, one is a glorious people's teacher, and the other is a temporary worker who may lose his job at any time. Besides, the ancients all said that if your parents are here, you must have a way to travel if you don't travel far...... Not only have I gone far, but I don't have a real place, and my heart is always hanging. โ
"Understood. Geng Baolei said, and when he reacted, he added: "But we can't help." โ
"Why don't I think it's difficult? Get more money back for your parents, isn't it better than anything?" asked Bao Xiaosan.
"You know. If you want to live just for money, it's simple. Qiu Di reprimanded, said not to mention family affairs, dad is a forest ranger, a regular employee of the Forestry Bureau, and a retired soldier, definitely a staunch communist fighter, has always asked his son to be an upright man, fair and upright, so Qiu Di said, I have always asked for progress, go to college to sharpen my head to the student union, write into the party application if there is a class, and report to the head of the department if there is no class, every time I go home, the main task is to bring local specialties, and finally go to the front of most people and join the party!
"And then?" Bao Xiaosan was stunned when he heard it, what a legend.
"And then it's when you see my character, I'm such a well-established communist fighter, no one wants me except the courier company to take me......... I tell you, don't laugh, my grandfather was a model when he fought the Huaihai Campaign, my father was a hero who retired from the Vietnam War, I am so rooted, I can't find a decent job, how depressed you should be, the organizational relationship is now thrown in school for a few years, and there is no place to fall. Qiu Di said, his expression changed a lot, and it really hurt tightly.
"It seems to be quite dragged, huh? Your father and your father are more dragged than you. Bao Xiaosan asked Geng Baolei that he didn't understand the connection between this story and reality.
Geng Baolei was dumbfounded: "Absolutely, but what age is it now, is it interesting for you to live this? The countless revolutionary martyrs have laid down the country, and they will probably be embarrassed to exchange blood for such expensive land, what are you depressed?"
Bao Xiaosan listened to the music, laughing and showing two little tiger teeth, Qiu Di laughed, he said: "If you don't have to take into account the feelings of your family, then you can not come back, let me ask you, if your parents have expectations for you, will you not care about it at all and ignore it?"
Geng Baolei choked, stared, and was asked.
"Huh, why did you never say anything about your family? You're not an illegitimate child, are you?" Bao Xiaosan remembered this stubble.
Geng Baolei changed his face, became angry, jumped up, kicked Bao Xiaosan hard, pulled his legs and ran, Bao Xiaosan was kicked out for a long time, picked up a firewood stick and chased after Geng Baolei, the two ran back to Qiu Di's house one after the other, followed by chickens and dogs barking, Guan Qianjiao screamed and struggling.
Qiu Di lay on the soft grassy slope, tilted his head sideways, let himself bask in the sun warmly, and ignored the shouts of the three people,
It seems to be annoying, like falling asleep, in fact, what he didn't say is that what he likes most is to enjoy the comfort of this leisurely stroll, the casualness of self-exile, but unfortunately, he can't have it............