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"...Lian Ge, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days. Your mother-in-law asked me to ask you, are you back?"
"Not this time."
"Well... Lian Ge, where have you been now..."
Talking to Gu Xiaoying, Lian Ge moved his feet forward.
Gu Xiaoying on the other end of the phone got up and ate lunch, then fell down on the sofa in the living room again,
The light entering the house from outside the living room gradually dimmed, and then the lights in the living room were turned on again.
On the other side of the phone, in the sky above the head, the empty sun is gradually slanting towards the west, lengthening the green shade on the side of the road, and also lengthening the shadows of passers-by on the ground.
The sun gradually turned into a setting sun in the west, blocked by the distant hills, leaving only some afterglow in the sky.
After talking to Gu Xiaoying a few more words, Lian Ge ended the call and casually put the phone in his pocket.
……
"...Young man, are you going to go forward?"
At this moment, a greeting sounded from the side of the road.
Turning his gaze, Lian Ge looked around in front of him.
The road under his feet is already a somewhat winding dirt road, but with some stones.
The dirt road passes between two hills, and only a few passing villagers with hoes and farm tools can be seen on the road.
Outside the dirt road, on the hillsides on both sides, there are terraced fields that have been reclaimed. Some crops are planted on the terraced fields.
Most of the passers-by came down from the ridge of the terraced fields and walked along the dirt road.
Next to the roadside, stood a middle-aged man carrying a hoe, a dustpan, and a straw hat,
The middle-aged man turned his head back and forth several times, looked at Lian Ge, stopped at the side of the road, turned towards Lian Ge,
This middle-aged man is the one who greeted Lian Ge before.
"...Young man, are you going to the front?"
The middle-aged man walked towards Lian Ge, and asked again,
Turning his gaze, he glanced at the middle-aged man walking over, Lian Ge then glanced at the passers-by on the dirt road,
Some pedestrians passing by also looked sideways at Lian Ge, turned their heads back and forth several times, looked at Lian Ge, and their pace slowed down a bit.
Chapter 927 The Village
"Further ahead, there is only our village."
The middle-aged man who was carrying the hoe and the dustpan put the hoe down and put it on the ground, looked at Lian Ge, then turned his head, looked forward along the road, and said aloud.
Beside them, they were holding some dustpans in their hands, or clutching handfuls of seasonal vegetables. People from nearby villages passing by all looked sideways, looking in this direction, as if listening to the words of the middle-aged man and Lian Ge,
"This road leads to our village."
The middle-aged man was talking, then turned around, looked at Lian Ge, and asked again,
"Young man, you don't look like the people nearby. Is there something wrong with going to our village?"
Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at some pedestrians on the road who were looking sideways, and then at the middle-aged man,
"Tourists passing by, come out and have a look, follow the road and come here."
Responding aloud, Lian Ge turned his gaze, walked forward along the mountain path under his feet, looked at a certain direction in front of his eyes, and paused his gaze.
"Tourist? Then you've come to the wrong place. We're in a remote village, and there's nothing to see here."
"... This road is connected to our village at the end, and after that, there are some deep mountains and old forests. There is not even a road, and there are few people."
The middle-aged man held his hoe again, looked at Lian Ge, and said aloud,
"Young man, if you're okay, don't go any further."
While talking, the middle-aged man raised his head again, looked at the sky,
"Right now, the sun is almost setting, and there are no people around here except our village. Hurry up, young man, go back. When you get back to the main road, there may still be some passing cars, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll have to sleep in the open at night.”
Turning around, the middle-aged man said to Lian Ge again.
Hearing the sound, Lian Ge turned his gaze from a certain direction on the front side, raised his head slightly, and glanced at the sky.
The sky is almost dusk, and the west-slanting sunset is close to the horizon and is blocked by distant mountains, leaving only some afterglow still reflecting the western sky,
The sky is already a little dark.
"Just like my brother said, it's getting late, and there are no other houses nearby."
Lian Ge turned his gaze again, smiled, and said to the middle-aged man again,
"Going back, I'm afraid I have to sleep overnight. I wonder if my brother can let me go into the village and stay overnight."
"so……"
Hearing the sound, the middle-aged man couldn't help hesitating. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped, and he hesitated even more.
Next to it, several other villagers who passed by slowed down their pace and looked towards this side.
"Brother Fan..."
A little closer, the villagers seemed to hear the words from this side, and seeing the hesitation of the middle-aged man, they couldn't help shouting to this side.
The middle-aged man heard the sound, turned his head, looked at the person who called him,
He became more hesitant on his face, turning his eyes back and forth, looking at the front of the road, and then at Lian Ge,
After going back and forth several times, the middle-aged man looked at Lian Ge again, gritted his teeth, and nodded.
"Okay. Then young man, you can go to the village with me."
"...When you are away from home, help if you can... There is a saying in the village, our village chief often says that if you need help, the villagers will help you."
The middle-aged man said again,
The first half of the sentence was said by Tong Liange, but the second half of the sentence seemed to be addressed to several villages on the road.
Several villagers on the road stopped by the side of the road one after another when they heard the middle-aged man promised Lian Ge to stay overnight.
Hearing the second half of the middle-aged man's words again, each of them was a little silent again, and the villager who called the middle-aged man before did not speak again.
"It's also because I didn't think carefully. It's so late. It's really not safe for you to go back, young man... If he finds out, he will definitely have to give us another education class..."
The middle-aged man spoke aloud, a smile could not help appearing on his face, and then the smile faded away, and he fell silent.
A few villagers on the side of the road, listening, also showed some smiles, and then the smiles faded away,
Silently, they each moved their feet away, carrying some dustpans and clutching some vegetables picked from the field, and then walked forward.
"Then thank you bro."
Glancing at the passing villagers, in a certain direction on the side of the road, Lian Ge turned his gaze again, looked at the middle-aged man, and thanked him with a smile.
"...You're welcome. Come with me, young man."
The middle-aged man shook his head, said something aloud, and then stood where he was,
Picking up the hoe and dustpan, he turned around, led the way, and walked forward.
Glancing at the middle-aged man, he walked forward along the road under his feet and looked far ahead,
Lian Ge moved his foot away and walked forward with the middle-aged man.
"...The village is not far ahead. After bypassing this mountain, our village is behind."
The middle-aged man led the way, and continued talking with Lian Ge,
"I happen to have a spare bedroom in my house. If you don't mind, boy, you can sleep there all night."
"Thank you bro."
Lian Ge smiled and thanked him again.
The middle-aged man shook his head, then slowed down a bit, turned his head, looked at Lian Ge,
"...Young man, there are some things in our village recently. When you get to the place, if you have nothing to do, don't walk around in the village. You can leave tomorrow morning."
The middle-aged man paused, then spoke again.
"Thank you bro for reminding me."
Lian Ge replied again.
The middle-aged man nodded and said nothing.
Leading the way, walking forward, carrying a hoe and a dustpan,
Silent, seems to be thinking about something, a little lost in thought.
Glancing at the middle-aged man, Lian Ge didn't say anything more,
Turning his gaze again, he looked at the distance ahead of the road, and walked forward with the middle-aged man.
Although it was a dirt road under my feet, it was paved with stones, which seemed to have been leveled on purpose. There were no potholes to be seen, and it was very smooth.
Stepping on this smooth dirt road with some stones,
Lian Ge walked forward with the middle-aged man leading the way, and gradually bypassed the hills where some terraced fields were cultivated beside the road,
A slope along the foot of the mountain appeared in sight.
One side of the slope is close to the mountain and extends down to a mountain depression.
The col is surrounded by mountains on several sides, and the bottom is fairly flat. Houses stand next to each other.
A village road that is also flat connects this slope, and from that mountain depression, houses pass through in front of each other,
In front of the house, behind the house, beside the road, where there are no houses, there are patches of paddy fields.
The fields extend all the way to the foot of the hills on the sides of the col, and then go up to the foot of the mountain. On the hillside, there are also terraced fields that have been reclaimed one by one, until the position on the mountainside is replaced by some forests.
In the fields in front of and behind the houses, there are not too many wheat and rapeseeds, but flakes of commercial crops, which seem to be relatively simple medicinal plants.
On the hillside, in terraced fields, there are some drought-resistant crops, some spices, some seasonal vegetables, and very few fields are planted with some fruit trees.
On the village road, you can still see some villagers coming and going, and some people are still busy in the fields in front of and behind the houses. Some people are carrying hoes and some people are walking on the ridges with farm tools.
From time to time, gusts of breeze blow over this mountain depression, disturbing the crops in the fields, and bringing the crowing and barking of dogs in the houses of the families.
"...This is our village."
The middle-aged man slowed down, looked around, said something to Lian Ge, moved his feet, led the way, and walked forward along the slope.
Looking at the middle-aged man again, the village in the valley,
Turning his gaze away, Lian Ge walked towards the village with the middle-aged man again.
As the slope goes down, the village at the end of the slope is approaching.
It's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass.
Chapter 928 Willow Branches
"sough……"
Going down the slope, Lian Ge walked with the middle-aged man to the entrance of the village, and then stopped.
At the entrance of the village, there is a relatively open and flat ground, next to the roadside, there are a few shady trees planted.
Glancing at the entrance of the village, Lian Ge turned his gaze again, followed the road under his feet, and looked into the village again.
In front of him, the end of the slope was replaced by a village road, which was also flat and padded with some stones, passed through the entrance of this village, and then extended into that village.
It's just that at the entrance of the village, on the only road leading to the village, there is a waist-length fence. The fence is woven with thin branches and fixed on thicker wooden stakes, blocking the entire road. Extending to the courtyard of the outermost household at the entrance of the village, it is fixed on the outer wall of the house, and one side extends to the edge of the field beside the road at the entrance of the village.
It's just that in the middle of the road, there is a movable fence gate for the people of the village to enter and exit.
On the thin branches weaving the fence, there are still some fresh leaves, which can be seen to be willow leaves, and the thin branches weaving the fence are willow branches.