Located in the center of the village is a 2-story wooden building made entirely of wood.
This is the tallest building in the entire village.
It is also the only simple house built entirely with solid wood.
This kind of stilted building,
It is very common in the southwest, especially in the southwest border areas.
The lowest floor of the wooden building has only a dozen wooden pillars and no walls around it, so it is empty.
This is the place where chickens, ducks and goats are kept.
Occasionally, it is also used to tie up fat pigs and cattle.
However, due to the mountain people in the entire village, their pigs are free-range, and they usually wander around the village and poop everywhere.
A large number of cattle are raised in the mountains.
Usually, you can't see cows in the village.
Only when the pigs and cows are slaughtered, the first floor of the village chief's house will be used to tie the pigs and sheep to be slaughtered.
Luo Xuan, led by Lao Min, carried an enamel basin, a bag of sugar, two soaps, and two cans of beef.
Arrive at the wooden downstairs of the village chief’s house.
"Chief of the Village, is the Chief of the Village at home?"
Lao Min raised his head and shouted, "Lao Dao, we are here to see you!"
"Don't call me the village chief."
An old man with a black turban on his head poked his head out from the railing on the second floor.
His face was full of impatience, "The cadre appointed in the commune is Zha Nu. He is the captain of this production team. Old Min, you are just calling me a duck."
"I only recognize you, Lao Dao!"
Luo Xuan was the first to speak, "Who made you, Lao Dao, so highly respected in the village? You are reasonable, fair in your actions, and well-spoken in your speech. You can handle any matter."
"This is called one connection and three levels."
"When I was in Mengli Commune, I had already heard of your great name, Lao Dao."
Luo Xuan's flattery,
It was as if they were free of charge and they were delivering the food. "When I came here in the morning, I originally wanted to visit you.
It's a pity that after traveling all night, I felt that I was mentally weak.
If I come to see you, I'm afraid I'll make you unhappy. I'm so excited that I really can't do anything about it."
Lao Dao looked coldly at Luo Xuan.
Then he took a puff of hookah and said in a lukewarm voice, "Young man, you look quite energetic.
Why don't you bring such a small thing to do it? I'm not a cadre in the production team, so what are you doing here?"
Luo Xuan chuckled, "You are not a cadre in your hometown, but you are the elder of everyone in the village.
As juniors, we should come to visit you as an elder."
cold!
He was carrying so many things in his hands, including a large enamel basin and a small soap.
If you want to convert them into money, the gifts I got today are really not light.
You must know that during this period, when many people visit relatives, even if they only send half a catty of sugar.
It is considered a very valuable gift.
I brought so many gifts today, and Lao Dao actually said lightly: Just come, and bring a little something...
Depressed!
To borrow from Lao Min's hometown dialect: A'ali'e Niang is here...
Lao Min could obviously understand what Luo Xuan was feeling at this time, so he smiled slightly: "Nong Bu must tell the truth to him! This is their habit of speaking."
"You can even bring 10 cows with him."
Lao Min explained, "Lao Dao would also say this, 'Why do you get such a small amount of stuff?' That book! Ignore him."
Lao Dao was the master of a village in the old days, inheriting the identity of his ancestors.
his home,
In fact, he is also very poor. He can definitely be called a family with only four walls.
Entered the wooden house on the second floor.
Luo Xuan discovered that the first room was actually a living room with no walls on three sides.
Inside this living room,
There wasn't a single piece of decent furniture. There was no cabinet with three legs and no idea what it was used for.
It is crooked and stands against the only wooden wall.
There are several wooden statues placed on it.
In front of the wooden carcass, a large thick magnetic bowl was used to place these kinds of wild fruits.
It seems,
This should be the incense eucalyptus board from Lao Dao's family. I just don't know which kind of deity is enshrined on it?
Or the ancestors of the Lao Dao family?
Anyway, these pieces of wood are withered and the knife work is very rough. You can vaguely see the shape of a person, but you can't tell them apart. What on earth is it?
It doesn't look black.
It's quite scary...
Luo Xuan put down what he was holding, followed Lao Min, and saluted the wooden statues in the local salute manner.
So far,
Lao Dao, who had been sitting on the bench silently, showed a faint smile on his wrinkled face...
The yellow teeth are appallingly yellow.
Therefore, there was no kindness in Lao Dao's smile.
It's a bit ferocious...
A skinny, middle-aged man in his 40s could vividly reveal the evil charm of an 800-year-old monster.
It's really a bit embarrassing for Lao Dao.
Say a few words.
Lao Dao's strong local accent meant that Luo Xuan had to rely on Lao Min to translate in order to understand Lao Dao's words.
According to Lao Min’s translation:
Lao Dao believed that Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli did not kill chickens and sheep to sacrifice the mountain gate of the stockade, so they could not enter and exit the stockade easily.
And without informing the mountain god, he built a house on the ground without permission... This is not good.
Lao Min is the translation of the word "bad".
But Luo Xuan could guess that Lao Dao's original words were probably much more unpleasant than this word!
Listening, Luo Xuan couldn't help but get angry: "Just ask Lao Dao directly if he has any conditions, just ask them."
Lao Min and Lao Dao whispered a few words.
Luo Xuan gradually felt that: Lao Min was bargaining with Lao Dao... Otherwise, the expressions on their faces would have changed.
Why are you getting more and more angry?
And the tone of their words has gradually become more severe, right?
Negotiate for half a day.
In the end, Old Min had no choice but to turn to Luo Xuan and said, "What Lao Dao means is that he wants you to catch a wild boar... not less than 100 pounds, and then ask a dancer to preside over the sacrifice."
Lao Min said, "As for the wild boar meat, we will distribute it to everyone in the village.
As long as you do this, half of the mountain will be given to you in the village.
What’s more, now that you are building your house, all the land around it, around it, and around it will be yours to farm.”
Luo Xuan asked Lao Min, "Are there many wild boars around here?"
Lao Min nodded, "It's a lot. It's just a wild boar weighing more than 100 kilograms, with thick skin and thick meat.
It would be very difficult for you to deal with the wild boars by yourself with a blunderbuss."
Luo Xuan smiled slightly, "As long as there are many wild boars on the mountain, it will be easy to handle."
Seeing Lao Min still a little worried.
Luo Xuan spread his hands and said, "It's useless for you to worry now. Besides going and hunting a wild boar for him, do you have any other better way?"
Lao Min shook his head, "I have no choice. What Lao Dao proposed earlier was actually asking you to buy a cow.
That cow is so expensive!
So in the end, I told him that we should go get a wild boar back."
Wild boars are easy to handle.
As Lao Min said, there are a lot of wild boars on the mountain.
Then you can use the rifle in the space to kill the wild boar with one shot. You can even try to get a wild boar back with your bare hands.
besides,
I also keep a few big fat pigs in my own space.
Luo Xuan estimated that Lao Dao and the others had never even seen this kind of well-bred pig raised in captivity in the mainland.
If when the time comes, things don’t go well when you go to catch wild boars yourself.
Just grab a fat pig kept in captivity from the space to replenish the number.
I guess it won't be a big problem.
In fact, when Lao Dao did this, he was not necessarily going for the pork. He was just trying to make things difficult for himself to maintain his authority in the village...
Use a fat pig to buy peace in the future.
Not to mention,
He can still get half of the hilltop and the area where he is building his house now.
That’s a lot of wasteland!
Luo Xuan made a rough estimate and felt that it was not 10 acres, and it was probably not less than 8 acres.
This deal is worth it no matter what.
But being able to maximize your own interests forever is the way to go.
So Luo Xuan said to Lao Dao, "I will definitely deliver this wild boar to the village within three days."
"But before that, you have to agree to let me continue to build a house. Otherwise, how can I live there?"
Luo Xuan said, "When the house is built, I will get the wild boar back. Then I will hold another ritual ceremony, that's all."
Lao Dao disagrees.
He firmly believes that it is not okay to build a house without the consent of the mountain god!
It is easy to offend the mountain god.
And if you offend the mountain god, you may suffer some disaster from the mountain god one day...
——Lao Dao can’t wipe his face!
If Luo Xuan didn't get the wild boar back first and sacrifice it to the mountain god, he could continue to build the house.
Afterwards, if another wild boar comes up.
This will make people feel that Lao Dao is coveting the wild boar...
"alright, that's fine."
Luo Xuan stood up and said, "I will go to the commune tomorrow and talk to the cadres of the Educated Youth Office.
The Laku production team did not arrange a place for me to stay.
But I relied on my own efforts and built my own house, but I encountered all kinds of obstacles."
Lao Dao is naturally not afraid of these... at least on the surface, he is not afraid of the cadres in the commune.
then,
Luo Xuan added, "In view of the situation here, educated young people like us who go to the countryside are not accepted.
Overtly and covertly, they are making things difficult for us young people going to the countryside; they are resisting the general direction!
Forget it, since there is no room for educated young people like us here, let's go! Return this land to the local emperor here... and let him take charge of it.
I want to try out the commune cadres, can they transfer me to the village next door to join the queue?"
This time,
Lao Dao couldn't sit still at all.
Tu emperor?
This hat is too heavy...Lao Dao's neck is too thin, so I can't wear it!
Moreover, it is an iron-clad requirement for educated young people to go to the countryside to exercise, and no one can resist it.
He is a leader left over from the old days.
In the commune, for the sake of stabilizing the grassroots, we are more accommodating to the old knives.
But if Lao Dao dares to go against the superiors on this matter... his ending will definitely not be too beautiful.
If you want to talk about Lao Dao, are you not afraid of the top?
That's fake!
It was used to coax the ignorant mountain people in the village.
A has-been leader of a small village is really going to be reincarnated. He is in the commune and in the county.
What a fart?
Others actually treated him as a piece of shit and let him off lightly.
Now that he has taken a back seat and is hiding behind the scenes, Lao Dao can only show off his power in front of the mountain people.
In this palm-sized village, people are shouting and shouting.
