Although they encountered several twists and turns on the way, Yan Shouyi and the others arrived at Chenjia Village without incident.
In order to ensure Jiang Ting's safety, Long Feicheng accompanied her to Shangxiang Village to deliver goods, and then they returned to Chenjia Village together.
So after arriving at the entrance of the village, Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong got off the bus with their luggage.
Chenjia Village is not big, with only two to three hundred households in total. The head and entrance of the village are connected to the road, and across the road are fields and a creek.
In the past, Yan Shouyi was playing in the village. When it was time for dinner, the village was filled with the shouts of parents.
Some parents raised their voices loudly and howled at the end of the village, so that the children at the end of the village could hear them, and then they disbanded and went home for dinner.
This is Chenjia Village, a small southern rural area.
"It's great to be back!"
Yan Shouyi took a deep breath and felt refreshed.
The air in Rongcheng is naturally not as good as that in Chenjia Village. Looking around, apart from the short earthen houses, there is endless green as far as the eye can see.
Even in December, the south is still full of vitality, and you can hardly feel the desolation.
Lin Zitong also felt relaxed and happy: "I don't know why, but after I came to the countryside, I felt like the world had become smaller."
Yan Shou smiled and said: "Rongcheng is full of high-rise buildings. You can't even see the blue sky and white clouds when you look up. It makes people breathless. But it's different here. The view is wide and the air is fresh. It's not that the world has become smaller.
It’s because people have grown older.”
Lin Zitong couldn't wait to visit the village.
Yan Shouyi took all Lin Zitong's luggage and led her into the village. Within two steps of entering the village, he met the aunts and grandmothers who were sitting at the edge of the village chatting with nothing to do.
There are few people in Chenjia Village, and everyone knows everyone. The sudden appearance of a strange face naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Someone recognized Yan Shouyi: "Ah! Isn't this Shouyi! When did you come back?"
"Oh! It's really that boy from the Yan family. Didn't I hear before that you went to Rongcheng to pick up your father? Where is your father?"
"Good guy, I also brought back a pretty girl. Is she your match? What's her name and where is she from?"
The aunts grabbed Yan Shouyi and interrogated him like a prisoner. There were so many questions that Yan Shouyi couldn't even answer them.
However, Yan Shouyi was not disgusted because he knew that everyone had no ill intentions towards him and asked these questions purely out of leisure.
There is little news in the countryside, and there is nothing new every day. If someone's duck fell into a ditch and drowned, we would chat for three days. He brought back a beautiful girl with a yellow flower, and I am afraid that in the next month, the village's most popular search topic will be
The first one is him and Lin Zitong.
He quickly explained it to the aunts and grandmothers, and also introduced Lin Zitong to everyone. Everyone looked at Lin Zitong, a daughter-in-law from out of town, and did not reject her at all. On the contrary, they liked Lin Zitong more and more.
Lin Zitong is so tall that she can speak generously and decently, without the airs of a city dweller.
Although these aunts and grandmothers are not related to Yan Shouyi by blood, they love Yan Shouyi better than those seven aunts and eight aunts. Especially when Yan Shouyi brought Lin Zitong home, everyone was vying to let Yan Shouyi go.
Shouyi and Lin Zitong went to their house to have lunch.
What's more, I have already taken the knife to go home to kill chickens and make chicken soup.
The first thing Yan Shouyi did when he came back was of course he wanted to go back and see his old house, so he declined everyone's kindness.
Even so, Yan Shouyi still collected a lot of things from the villagers along the way, such as cabbage just picked from the vegetable field, local eggs just taken out of the chicken coop, and even the widow at the entrance of the village caught one.
The live goose was given to Yan Shouyi.
Holding a hand full of local specialties, Yan Shouyi said helplessly: "Now we have lunch."
Lin Zitong laughed and said: "So I have a chance to taste the food you cooked?"
Yan Shouyi can really show off his cooking skills. Since Yan Qiu was imprisoned early and his grandfather was in poor health, Yan Shouyi took charge of the family early and was able to do all the laundry and cooking.
Under the welcome of the villagers, the two finally arrived at the Yan family's old house.
The Yan family's old house is backed by a mountain and the terrain is relatively high. There is a large slope in front of the door. Standing at the gate, you can see the fields and streams across the road.
From the perspective of Feng Shui, this is called having a mountain at the back and flowing water in front. Although it may not make the people living here rich, it can still ensure peace and security.
The house is made of wood and has a Jianzhou-style earth building structure. It looks very old-fashioned. As soon as Yan Shou opened the door and entered, he could see all the furnishings in the house.
A simple square table was placed next to the stove. There was a pile of firewood piled next to the earthen stove. There was a small bamboo chair in front of the firewood, and an old fire tong was leaning on the bamboo chair.
Although I haven't been back for two or three months, my home is very clean. As soon as Yan Shou put down his things, he heard someone outside shouting:
"Shouichi is back!"
Lin Zitong also stood outside the door and poked her head in, whispering: "Here comes an old man."
"It must be the village chief!" Yan Shou greeted him with a smile.
The village chief of Chenjia Village is called Chen Shiliang. He served as a soldier when he was young. Now he is ninety years old and still in good health. He often plays mahjong with everyone at the village canteen.
Yan Shou got into trouble a lot when he was a child, and it was all the village chief's grandfather who made things right. When Yan Shou and his family wanted to settle down in Chenjia Village, everyone didn't accept it at first. It was the village chief's grandfather who said that the village was short of a carpenter, so he allowed his family to do so.
After that, Yan Shouyi's grandfather gradually gained everyone's trust and respect.
It can be said that in Chenjia Village, apart from the former neighbor Chen Dawei, Yan Shouyi and the village chief grandfather are the closest.
"Grandpa the village chief!"
As soon as Yan Shou walked out of the door, he gave the village chief a big hug, then took out two bottles of old wine brought back from Rongcheng, and said: "Grandpa, village chief, I know you love drinking, so I brought some good wine to you.
Try it!"
"You brat is so sensible!"
The village chief was completely rude and collected the wine directly, then looked at Lin Zitong curiously.
Lin Zitong bowed respectfully and called the village chief grandpa sweetly.
The village chief had already heard about Lin Zitong's identity. The village chief's grandfather's shout made him laugh from ear to ear and call her "good girl."
When Yan Shouyi was not at home, the village chief sent people to clean their house, so that the house was kept clean.
It was already meal time, and Yan Shouyi naturally would not let the village chief leave with an empty stomach, so he asked him to sit down and rolled up his sleeves to start working in the kitchen.
Lin Zitong was too embarrassed to be idle and helped Yan Shou cook in the kitchen.
The old village chief looked at the busy couple Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong, kindly lit a cigarette and murmured "It's good, it's good."
Soon, using the ingredients given by the villagers, Yan Shouyi cooked a table full of meals.
Dishes were placed all over the table, and the aroma was hot. Just as the village chief's great-grandson passed by the door, he was invited to come in and eat together.
After drinking for three rounds, Yan Shouyi curiously pointed to the nine-year-old great-grandson of the village chief and asked: "Grandpa, village chief, doesn't Goudan need to go to school?"
The great-grandson replied with a smile: "The primary school in the village collapsed, and we are all on holiday!"
"Collapsed?" Yan Shou was stunned.
The village chief smiled helplessly and explained: "Not long ago, a group of outsiders came to the village, mining in the nearby mountains, and blasting the mountains with firecrackers every day. Three days ago, the only primary school in our village was bombed, so Goudan and the others were all on holiday.
Already."
Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong looked at each other and knew in their hearts that the group was Boss Zhou's group.
This group of people was simply lawless, setting off cannons and blowing up mountains every day, and even implicated the primary school in the village.
No matter how poor we are, we cannot afford education; no matter how miserable we are, we cannot afford to have children!
But in retrospect, Yan Shouyi just walked into the village and saw only old people, women and children, not a single young man.
These people must have been tricked into the mine by Boss Zhou.
Lin Zitong said in a low voice: "You idiot, that ghost car we saw in the town yesterday, could it have been used to transport those people in the mine?"
After Lin Zitong asked, Yan Shouyi felt that this matter was very close.
The ghosts on the ghost car were all gray-headed and looked very similar to the miners.
It seems that many people have died in the mine, and many of them may be villagers of Chenjia Village.
Yan Shouyi's face gradually darkened and he said:
"I've also heard about that group of people. Jiang Shuang's father died in their hands."
The village chief sighed: "There's nothing I can do about Lao Jiang's matter. Boss Zhou bribed all the leaders from the town to the city. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. No one in our bigger place cares about it at all."
Yan Shou touched Goudan's head and said, "I have to take care of this matter. I must let Goudan go back to school as soon as possible!"
After hearing what Yan Shouyi said, Goudan, who was enjoying his meal, was so angry that he put down his chopsticks on the spot and cried.
Lin Zitong snickered and said: "It seems that Goudan doesn't want to go to school."
"How can I do it if I don't go to school? If I don't go to school, how can I go out of the countryside?" Yan Shouyi pretended to be someone who had experienced it.
Goudan cried and said: "My dad said you just graduated from elementary school and stopped studying. Why should you care about me?"
Yan Shouyi: "..."
He dropped out of school when he was in elementary school, but later he also followed his grandfather everywhere to learn knowledge and skills!
But if you explain these words to Goudan, this kid might not be able to listen.
So Yan Shou took out his trump card, pointed at Lin Zitong and asked: "Goudan, do you think your sister is beautiful?"
Goudan wiped away his tears, sniffed, and said shyly: "Beautiful."
"As long as you are beautiful, I married this brother from the city! If you don't study and stay in the village farming all your life, you won't be able to marry such a beautiful wife!"
After saying that, Yan Shouyi hugged Lin Zitong and kissed him, but Lin Zitong pushed him away angrily.
Goudan's eyes widened and he vowed on the spot to study diligently.
This made the old village chief very angry. It takes a lifetime to teach a good child, but it only takes a short sentence for Yan Shouyi to teach a bad child.