Huangzhuang is located in the northwest of Qimiao Town, although it is not as geographically located as Gejia Village, but it takes at least more than three hours to drive from the town center.

At six o'clock in the morning of the eighth day of the new year, Shi Hui set off with his bag.

It was nearly ten o'clock when he arrived at Huangzhuang, and the village chief seemed to have known that she was coming, so he had been sitting and waiting at the head of the village, and when he saw Shi Hui getting off the car with his bag, he immediately stood up from the ground, first stood in place and looked at it for a while, as if to determine the identity of the other party, and after a few seconds, seeing that Shi Hui had already walked in his direction, he immediately greeted him, and before he spoke, he smiled first.

"Hello, is it Boss Shi?"

Shi Hui looked at the middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a dark blue coarse cloth handmade cotton suit with a sallow face, and he didn't react for a while.

"Who are you?"

"Ao, Boss Shi, I am the village chief of Huangzhuang, surnamed Fu" The village chief Fu looked at the handsome girl in front of him with a smile on his face, and secretly wondered, can he really solve the problems in the village at such a young age,

"Hello, Village Chief Fu" confirmed the identity of the other party, Shi Hui immediately greeted her, she was entrusted by Jiang Nian this time, she thought that no one would come to pick her up, and she planned to return to the town after finishing her work quickly in a day, and the village chief came to pick her up in person, which was very unexpected for her.

"Let's go to the house for a cup of tea first" Village Chief Fu's attitude was very good, and he always looked at Shi Hui with a smile.

Shi Hui wanted to know how the village chief knew him, and he wanted to ask several times, but he couldn't help it, after all, it was on the main road, and there were occasional villagers around him who greeted him one after another, which was really not suitable for conversation, so he could only follow the village chief back first and ask again at his house.

It is about three kilometers from the head of the village to the village chief's house, which is the main road that crosses the whole village.

Village Chief Fu seemed to be in poor health and walked very slowly, Shi Hui followed step by step, while listening to him introduce the current situation of the village one after another, while turning his head to observe the villagers on the side of the road, as Jiang Nian said, the sun seemed to be unable to shine on this boundary.

There are big trees everywhere, and the atmosphere of the whole village is gloomy, yes, the word that Shi Hui can think of is gloomy,

The low adobe tile houses on the side of the road are scattered among the big trees and weeds, and occasionally you can see a few small buildings, but it seems to be uninhabited, there are many people in this village, and there are many in Shi Hui's eyes, but there are not many living people.

Some people's doors are wide open, and there are usually one or more people lying at the door, with sallow faces, shaped like withered trees, and their eyes are blank, and there will be one or two ghosts floating around them without exception, all of them twist their heads to look at Shi Hui, without any expression, Shi Hui's eyes moved to the black winter house behind them, there are few old furniture, the light is dim, cold and damp, and the cold air is bubbling out along the low door.

Since Shi Hui came to this place, no, to be precise, plus her previous life, this is the first time she has seen such a barren place, but the economy of Qimiao Town has been very good in recent years, and even a small mountain village as remote as Gejia Village can develop, and various money-making projects have flourished, in comparison, this village is indeed a little weird.

"Fu Village Chief"

Shi Hui withdrew her gaze from a thin and sallow little girl, called the village chief, looked at him and asked, "Does this village have any pillar industries?" ”

"Hehe, Boss Shi, look at these people" Village Chief Fu raised his hand and pointed to the person lying in front of his house not far away, and said, "It's good to survive, how can you still have the energy to engage in any industry"

Then he looked at Shi Hui, his lips moved, and his expression was a little hesitant.

"If you have anything to say, just say it" Shi Hui saw that he seemed to want to say something, but he had some scruples,

"It's okay" Village Chief Fu lowered his head, looked at the asphalt road in front of him that the government had just paved two years ago, and continued to walk forward slowly, muttering: "Let's talk about it when I get home"

After walking for about half an hour, there was a family in front of her, and there was a chubby woman standing in front of the door, after seeing Shi Hui, her eyes lit up obviously, and she took a few steps forward, Shi Hui smiled at her and nodded, presumably it was the village chief's home.

Sure enough, the woman is the wife of the village chief, the village chief's wife is very outgoing and festive, and her appearance is also festive, which is diametrically opposed to the feeling given by this village, walked in front of them, looked at Shi Hui and boasted, "This little girl looks really good, come in quickly, it's hard work along the way!" ”

"Good morning, my name is Shi Hui" Shi Hui nodded at her again to say hello,

"I know, I know, Boss Shi~ I've heard it" The woman took Shi Hui's hand, her palm was very hot, and she led her into the courtyard with a smile, and Village Chief Fu followed behind her.

The yard is not big, but it is very clean, and even the chicken shed in the corner of the yard does not look dirty.

Shi Hui followed into the house, and was pressed into a chair by the village chief's wife and stuffed in a handful of melon seeds.

"Wife, go get busy, I'll talk to Boss Shi"

The village chief's wife nodded in response and went out, saying

"Then I'll go out and prepare the lunch meal, you two talk"

Shi Hui held the melon seeds in her hand and immediately stood up, and the village chief's wife waved at her.

Village Chief Fu sat down next to him, took a sip of the tea that had been prepared, and handed Shi Hui a cup.

Shi Hui put the melon seeds in his hand back into the bag on the table and looked at him.

"Our village, I don't know if Boss Shi has heard of it?" Village Chief Fu didn't look at each other when he spoke, but intentionally or unintentionally cast his gaze on the door frame, Shi Hui followed his gaze, and there was a ray of sunlight on the door frame.

"What did you hear?" Shi Hui waited for a few seconds and didn't wait for the next step, so she took the initiative to ask.

"Along the way, you should have also seen that there are one or two deceased people in every family, standing beside the living family members, not leaving an inch" Village Chief Fu glanced at her,

Shi Hui raised his head suddenly, could it be that the village chief also-

"Don't get me wrong, boss, I can't see it," Village Chief Fu glanced at her and said with a smile, "I'm just guessing"

"Guess?"

"According to the actual situation, it is not difficult to think that Boss Shi must be very curious, how did I know that you came over today"

“？”

"Jiang Nian told me last night"

？

"Can you see Jiang Nian?" Shi Hui was surprised,

Village Chief Fu shook his head and looked at him, "Jiang Nian is my childhood friend, his grandmother is my third mother, when he was a child, he stayed here for a few years and went back to the town, the relationship between the two of us has always been very good, and we have always kept in touch since adulthood, and then after he had a conflict with someone over there, I began to dream of him from time to time."

Shi Hui "........."

Jiang Nian is purely idle and has nothing to do, stirring up people's dreams!