Xiaofeng Village is located in the mountainous area of Guizhou Province, facing the tributaries of the Panjiang River and backing the hilly area, so it is difficult to build cement roads, and the location is already somewhat remote, so its development lags slightly behind the rest of the surrounding villages.

Fortunately, rumors have been released from above, saying that around June this year, Guo Jia will allocate funds to build roads, and plans to use local characteristic industries such as liquor and fruit wine to drive the economic development of this area.

Old Man Pu is looking forward to the implementation of this Zheng policy, because he has a few fruit groves under his name.

He is a resident in the east of Xiaofeng Village, he had a son decades ago, but he fell ill and died at a few years old, and his wife was originally injured because of dystocia, and after receiving this blow, it didn't take long to follow, because of this, there were many matchmakers who wanted to match the old man Pu, but the old man Pu never married again.

It's always a little inconvenient to live alone for a long time, but in the early years, it was okay, Old Man Pu was strong and strong, and he was able to live well even if he was alone.

But as he gets older, he is now working a little hard, and if it weren't for the filial piety of his nephews and nieces from time to time, his life would probably be more difficult.

There is no doubt that Old Man Pu is a taciturn but very strong person, and he feels a little embarrassed in the face of the reality that he has to accept the help of his juniors, and perhaps this is the reason, so in many things, if he can do it independently, he will never ask others for help.

The simplest example is collecting firewood.

In these years, few people continue to use firewood to make fires.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the infrastructure madman, most of the Yuan Kingdom has been connected to roads, and the economic level has also developed rapidly, and most families have used biogas or induction cookers - unfortunately Xiaofeng Village is not in this ranks for the time being, and if you want to become one of them, I am afraid you will have to wait until June to repair the road.

"Count the days, they are almost coming, I have to prepare the firewood first," Old Man Pu muttered to several of his nephews and nieces, and his face, which had always had few expressions, unconsciously revealed a little joy.

He got up slowly, intending to prepare the firewood for the family before a few juniors visited him—in the past, when the nephews and nieces came, they would always go into the woods to help stock up on the firewood.

Old Man Pu didn't feel very comfortable with this.

As I said before, what he can do by himself, he basically won't bother others. This is not only due to his strong character, but also because of Old Man Pu's unique view on the sophistication of human feelings, after all, no one can afford to look down on a person who cannot be independent, and no kind of affection can be consumed without limit.

Finding a cane next to the stove, Old Man Pu went out lightly and walked to the nearby hills.

Old Man Pu has lived in Xiaofeng Village all his life, and almost every grass and tree around him is engraved in his heart, so not long after he went out today, he felt that there seemed to be some kind of change around him.

"It's really strange, these flowers and plants are all yellow," Old Man Pu sighed lightly, looked at the yellowed weeds at the ends of the surroundings, and then looked at the bare branches of the surrounding trees, and couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, "It's just March and April, shouldn't it be the time for budding?"

He couldn't help but slow down, came to the side of the road, bent down, touched the wilting weeds on the side of the road, and did not find insect disease marks on the surface of the weeds, but felt an indescribable restlessness.

Old Man Pu withdrew his hand suddenly, a trace of confusion flashed on his face, and his eyes looked a little hesitant, as if he was wondering if the restlessness that had just emerged from the depths of his heart was just an illusion.

He reached out again, two fingers between the yellowing weed.

He didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

"It seems that he is really old," Old Man Pu smiled dumbly, shook his head with a smile, and then continued to walk forward with a wooden stick and crutches.

Old Man Pu deliberately forgot the experience just now, but that strange feeling has been haunting his heart, walking and walking, and before he knew it, he had come to Gray Mountain.

Ash Mountain is a small hill named after the gray crushed rocks on the mountain, with little vegetation on it, and it is rarely visited by people.

The last time Mr. Pu came here was five or six years ago, when he came here to try to find some better stones in order to make a stone mill.

Hmm? What's that......

Just when Old Man Pu was thinking about the past, his eyes suddenly froze.

He saw an inconspicuous hole about the size of a water tank in an inconspicuous position on the hillside, and the hole was so deep that it was impossible to see what was inside the hole when he stood at the bottom of the hillside.

It would have been a pit if there had only been a hole, but around the pit, there was a circle of blackened sand and stones, and the inside of the pit was faintly emitting a little red light.

Hill fires?

Old Man Pu's heart jumped, if this is the case, then it is thanks to the fact that there are no dead trees and grass in the gray mountain, otherwise the whole mountain will be lost if it is blown by this mountain fire.

But......

Old Man Pu frowned, this doesn't look like a wildfire.

He scrambled his way up the hill, and after a long time he finally came to the pit.

Old Man Pu looked at the hole, and the whole person suddenly froze in place.

Good guys, there's a doll lying inside!

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