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With the start of the car engine, we bid farewell to the noisy city and the lively Great Xi'an. We were greeted by a deserted and remote countryside. A day away we came to a small mountain village located at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan. In the "Luer Village", a small mountain village with less than 100 households. Our car has more than 20 people, and we are all divided into several families with few labor. When Dunzi and I received the news that we were assigned to the village party secretary's home, we were still a little happy. We thought to ourselves that we were also a village party secretary, so let alone other things, at least the food must be higher than other people's homes.

The village party secretary, Zhang, is in his early sixties this year. Although he is a little thin, he is still in good spirits. He heard that his son and daughter-in-law died early for some reason, leaving him with a granddaughter. Zhang Zhishu's family was seriously short of labor, so Dunzi and I were sent to his house.

After getting my luggage, we followed Secretary Zhang and walked towards his house.

"Secretary Zhang, we two have nothing to say about our work. We have the strength. If you have any heavy and tiring work, just keep it aside." Dunzi and Zhang Zhishu were almost in line.

"Haha! The government is so good. The young people taught by the government are different. China is now saved." Zhang Zhishu smiled and the wrinkles on his face were almost 20% off.

"Well! The government is good, so there is no good life for us now." Dunzi nodded and responded to Zhang Zhishu.

"By the way! Secretary Zhang, I found that there were very few young people in our village, especially when I came, I almost didn't see a few young men." After entering the village, we were all old men and women. We almost didn't see a few young people. The little girl saw a few, but the young man almost didn't notice it.

When Zhang Zhishu heard what I said, his face suddenly became a little weird, and he replied stiffly, "Oh! I've all gone out to work, I've gone to work."

People who understand can tell at a glance that he is lying, but I don’t want to ask more questions when I first met, so I didn’t continue asking. In a blink of an eye, we came to Zhang Zhishu’s house. Looking at the earth wall that was about to collapse and the door frame made of three wooden pillars, Dunzi and I both opened our mouths and didn’t make a sound for a long time.

The difference between what we saw in front of us and what we imagined was too big. What we thought was that food would be higher than other families. It seemed that we were dreaming during the day. It was better to shake our heads and think about it. Compared to the phone, it would be much better to live a free life like this.

"Pizi! Come out soon, guests are coming to your house." Secretary Zhang shouted into the yard before he even entered the door.

A tall girl walked out of the soil cultivation room, wearing a small floral cotton jacket, blue straight cloth pants, and a big black braid on one side. She stared at me and Dunzi with big round eyes, "This is your Brother Qiangzi, this is your Brother Dunzi. They were all sent by the government to help our family." Secretary Zhang introduced her granddaughter.

"Brother Qiangzi, Brother Dunzi." The little girl said hello to both of us well, and then Zhang Zhiqian went into the kitchen to cook for us.

In this way, my rural life with Dunzi kicked off. After all, we were both poor boys in the countryside, and crop work was basically unlucky. Soon we got used to everything here. We got up at 7 o'clock in the morning, went to work in the fields, and went home for dinner at 11 o'clock in the afternoon. There was basically nothing wrong with us. We helped Old Man Zhang pick up some water and cut firewood. The earth wall that was about to collapse in the yard was also revised by Dunzi. Gradually, we were both with Secretary Zhang and his granddaughter like a family. Secretary Zhang became Uncle Zhang, and Pigeon became our girls. Although the seniority was a bit bad, we were already used to it.

Uncle Zhang is a Communist Party member. He keeps the party's outline all day long and implements it for me and Dunzi from time to time. Uncle Zhang does his best to do all the big and small things in the village, and is a kind-hearted rural old man. The pigeon girl is also cheerful. She looks gentle and elegant, but she is actually a tomboy. She is a good player. In order to satisfy our greed, she often goes to the back mountain to pick up wild game to give us some small cooking.

One morning, as soon as Dunzi and I got up, the big copper bell at the entrance of the village rang "Dangdang". This big copper bell will only be ringed when there are meetings and some sudden emergencies.

"Let's go! Something might be wrong with Dunzi!"
Chapter completed!