Chapter 3: The Long Road (3)
A group of strange young men and women poured into the village, and immediately frightened the villagers who were about to go out to work, many of them hid in their homes and closed the doors and did not dare to come out, and some dared to secretly follow the team towards the village chief's house.
"Grandpa the village chief, I'll find you a helper and come back!" Chen Feng shouted into the house before he could enter the door.
The village chief seemed to be about to work in the field, and walked out with a hoe: "I'm back, not yet!"
Seeing the stranger in front of him, the old man was suddenly startled, and he didn't even know that the hoe in his hand had fallen.
Chen Feng hurriedly ran to the village chief and explained: "Grandpa, don't be afraid, these are my friends, here to help." β
The village chief listened to Chen Feng's explanation, but he still looked frightened, and after a while, he said, "Then let's go now?"
"Listen to your arrangement" Chen Feng still did not tell the people the purpose of coming here.
The village chief led dozens of old and weak women and children in the village towards the sowing field, followed by more than 100 young boys and girls.
When the sorghum arrives at the harvest season, it is orange or dark yellow, and the vast expanse is like waves in the sea under the breeze.
Before the village chief stepped forward to speak, there was a question from the crowd: "Huangchenfeng, you didn't bring us here to ask us to farm, right?"
Without looking back, he knew that it was Young Master Ren who spoke, Chen Feng raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "You can get out." If you don't want to work, you can get out. β
Out of trust and also due to Chenfeng's strength, the people of the Huangfu family did not speak, and the Ouyang family, under the leadership of Ouyang Tian and Ouyang Gaofei, stood behind Chenfeng. The wait-and-see phenomenon was broken again, Zhuge Dongfang followed the crowd one after another, and the hesitant Ximen was also classified on the side with more people under the leadership of Ximen Yuanbai.
On one side, only Young Master Ren and his two guards were left, and they couldn't leave out of duty, otherwise
When Chen Feng turned his head, his indifference had turned into a smile: "Village chief and grandfather, you can arrange what you want to do." β
"It's just to harvest sorghum, and you don't have to do anything else!" The village chief's words made everyone feel desperate, and the vast sorghum field was only afraid that it would take half a month, but a week. And when did this group of people do this, they won't do it.
A rumbling sound came from both sides, and several behemoths went straight down from the field stalks to the ground, and as the machines moved, the rows of sorghum went in and out horizontally, just like the legend says!
The village chief belatedly explained: "It was originally one machine, but seeing that there are so many of you, I hurriedly borrowed two." β
This can make everyone happy, but it is just harvesting sorghum, and there is a lot of strength, as long as it is not harvesting sorghum!
A few women or skilled hands were arranged to take the lead in making a demonstration, that is, tying the sorghum stalks into a bunch, and finally the sorghum stalks and bags of sorghum loaded on the machine, moving them to the farm cart next to them, and the rest of the work was done.
As soon as they said it, everyone started to follow the "leader" to the ground, and the fiery harvest was staged in this ordinary small county. Our young master Ren and the two bodyguards stood alone, not leaving, and not daring to go to the ground, just looking at the old village chief pitifully.
Being stared at by the "admiration" of Young Master Ren and the two bodyguards, the village chief reluctantly walked up to Chen Feng and pleaded: "They are quite pitiful, or forget it!"
"Grandpa, don't worry about it, let's go down to the ground and go to them first. Chen Feng dragged the old village chief and walked towards the field, and followed everyone to collect the sorghum on the ground.
Halfway through, the village chief arranged for some women to go back to prepare for lunch, a total of nearly 200 people, but they had to prepare early!
As the sun grew stronger, many old people in the village took out the clay pots they had brought earlier, and bowls of sweet herbal tea were delivered to everyone. This bowl of ordinary herbal tea not only dissipated the heat of the hot weather, but even the little resentment in everyone's hearts disappeared along the herbal tea into their throats.
The scorching sun at noon made everyone a little unbearable, and the village chief was afraid that they would suffer from heat stroke and that it was time to eat, so he shouted to the fields: "Pack up the farm tools and eat!"
Everyone cheered and began to pack up the things around them, different from the confusion and dissatisfaction when they came, although they were covered with stinky sweat and tired when they returned to the village, they were all smiling, as if they were originally a family. In addition to the young master Ren who was like a "deep resentful woman" at the end of the team, the two bodyguards next to him were full of resentment, but the resentment was indeed the uncompetitive young master in front of him.
Before entering the village, everyone smelled the fragrance wafting from the village, simple and simple rice and various vegetable steamed buns were placed on the wooden table, and the wooden tables of different heights were bent on the road in the village, extending all the way.
"It's not easy for you children to take a shower when you're done eating. The simple enthusiasm of the villagers made the rich young masters and ladies have an unprecedented touch, different from the parents who are busy making money or official business at home, the simple women and old people in the countryside give them a sense of family affection.
Some simple vegetable steamed buns, some white rice and minced meat mixed with vegetables are very ordinary, simple and even very poor, but for these people who are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, they have different feelings. There was no division of clans, families, masters, and servants as before, and they sat down casually and chatted happily with the people around them about interesting things in the field.
Everyone gulped the food in front of them, and the old people next to them didn't move their chopsticks, just smiled and watched them eat, and from time to time the words "slow down", "don't choke" and "drink saliva" became the catalyst for tears. Tears are swallowed with rice steamed buns, and what comes out of the chewing is love and affection.
"Kid, come over and have some food!" the old man beckoned to the three young masters next to him.
As soon as the three of them took a step, they took it back, staring directly at Chenfeng who was gnawing on steamed buns.
The village chief got up and walked over and persuaded, "Just let them eat something, don't go hungry." β
"Grandpa, what are these steamed buns made of, it's so delicious!" Khan, of course the steamed buns can't be made of meat. Chenfeng is obviously changing the subject.
With someone taking the lead, more people found the three people standing next to them, and then there were more and more dissuasion voices and greetings, Chen Feng couldn't listen to it anymore, so he could only nod, and the three of them immediately ran over and grabbed the steamed buns and gnawed wildly.
"Ahem" Chen Feng tapped his hand on the wooden table in front of him.
"Xie, Xie Village, Chief, Xie, Xie!" The three of them were also interested, and hurriedly thanked them repeatedly.
"Thank you is not enough, who dares to be lazy in the afternoon, then don't regret it!" Chenfeng undoubtedly did it.
After the meal, everyone was not busy taking a bath or resting, but took the initiative to clean up the table, and the ladies also followed the women to clean the dishes.
The village chief arranged for a few people to take the young master to a small stream, and then several women took the young ladies to a corner upstream of the stream. Looking at the pure stream in front of them, the sweaty and sticky people couldn't bear it anymore, took off their shirts and jumped down, startling two or three swimming fish and a large flock of birds in the forest.
After washing, they walked towards the village in groups shirtless, and then under the arrangement of the village chief, they entered the house in twos and threes to start their lunch break, and the sorghum in the field had been harvested more than half, and it would not take long to get it all in the afternoon, and the village chief also arranged to avoid the hot noon.
Chen Feng took Mengzi and Kuroko to yesterday's middle-aged woman's house, and was very happy to see Mengzi's simple little tiger, and the two had a special sense of closeness, and they played together after a while. Chen Feng shouted to Kuroko to help do some heavy work at home, and when he entered the house, he saw that Mengzi was already lying on the bamboo bed and snoring, and Xiaohuzi was lying on Mengzi's chest drooling, as if he had a good dream.
This night, everyone slept soundly, but during this time, a few people sneakily left for a while, and then sneakily returned here. Although Chen Feng found out, he didn't care, as long as he didn't hurt the simple people here, he didn't want to worry about the rest of the things.
In the afternoon, the beach sheep hung obliquely in the sky, and everyone woke up one after another, gave birth to a lazy waist and took the initiative to put away the bamboo bed, and then took the initiative to walk towards the field with his arms. The sorghum fell one by one, the farm vehicles drove away one by one, and soon the endless sea of sorghum turned into a vast plain.
At this harvest moment, a group of strange visitors harmoniously blended into the rural sunset. After bathing, the bamboo beds are placed in the courtyards of each house, and the men in shorts gather in twos and threes to brag and chat, and the women take the girls to the west to wash the dirty clothes and pants.
Late at night, the girls slept in the house with the women, while the men were in the courtyard on the smoky bamboo beds, without hiding the twinkling stars in the sky, which could not be seen in the bustling city, except for the smog that was the exhaust of the city, which had been covered by the prosperity and the beauty that originally belonged to nature.
After a full day's work, a coarse meal, a comfortable lunch break, and a pleasant shower, the life in the countryside allows these urban visitors to enjoy a different life, as if they have forgotten the city, as if they originally belonged here.
On the second day, after breakfast, many people habitually walked towards the fields, but Chenfeng's shout made them realize that everything was done yesterday, so what should they do today?
"Where are you going, I won't be waiting for you when the car comes!"
The words "Wait for us?" made everyone think about it repeatedly.
For the first time, I felt nostalgic for a place where there were no delicacies from the mountains and seas, no warm beds, and hard farming. But there is a sense of belonging to the family, and the family affection makes people reluctant to leave, but they have to leave.
The noisy engine of the agricultural vehicle slowly became closer from a distance, and finally stopped at the entrance of the village.
"Grandpa the village chief, thank you for your hospitality, we are leaving, you take this!" Chen Feng gave the original 1800 yuan to 500 and paid 170 for breakfast to his aunt, and the rest of the brain was stuffed to the village chief.
"Oh, that's not going to happen! The village chief hurriedly changed back, and then said with a serious face: "You have done a lot of favors in the village and have not been paid, so how can I take your money! Besides, I have taken you back as if you were my own children." β
"Just because we treat you as relatives, this is when the younger generation honors the elders. Grandpa, just take it. β
At the beginning of Chenfeng's side, everyone also took out a little bit from their pockets, and it turned out that a few sneaky people went to the county town to withdraw money at noon yesterday.
A pushing contest is launched in this ordinary rural area, but this is just a fight, but it is to shirk each other, and it is indeed what everyone in the world values to shirk. Money!
A trip to the countryside taught everyone the importance of money when they were away from home. At the same time, I also gained a lot of things that even money could not buy.
"Let's get in the car!" The pushing contest finally ended with the victory of the young people, and under the shout of Chenfeng, everyone boarded the back compartment of the agricultural vehicles in an orderly manner, and the dirty carriages that originally disgusted and disgusted them were no longer terrifying at this time, and the movements were so natural to sit on the piles of dusty sorghum bags. And Chenfeng's words are also faintly in the hearts of everyoneγFormed a kind of directive,
Mengzi picked up Huzi, kissed him a few times on his chubby face, and got into the car without looking back.
Many sentimental people shed tears in the cry of Huzi, and the agricultural convoy set off "with great momentum", taking away the passers-by who did not belong to this mountain village.
The melancholy of parting surrounds everyone's heart. Nostalgia, reluctance, looking at everyone, Chen Feng remembered Lily of the Valley County, the village chief grandfather of Li Village said that the mountain village has a tranquility that the city does not have. It is precisely this kind of simplicity and tranquility that is far away from the noise and intrigue that makes people nostalgic and reluctant to give up.
Where will the next stop be, and what will happen! Everyone doesn't know, and they can't predict it, so they can only quietly wait for fate to arrange!
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Today I went out to eat with the leader, and after the meal, I went to buy milk tea,
The leader of the store asked: What is the treasure of your town store?
The proprietress laughed, patted her chest and replied: I am
Then the leader smiled and said, "Then bring me three cups."