Rogue Aventure

The three of them walked down the mountain slowly, relying on the skills of Yang Luo and Guihu, they had to be careful when walking.

There is a desolation in sight, so many high mountains and deep valleys, there is no river, even a stream or a small lake, all water can only be rewarded by God.In such a barren land, I really don't know how the people living here survived from generation to generation.

Yang Luo and the others finally came down, just in time to see some little girls carrying water.In a low-lying place like a small pond, there was a bit of muddy rainwater accumulated, and the little girl scooped the water into a plastic pot bit by bit.After returning home, it will settle for a period of time before it can be used for cooking and feeding livestock.

Ghost Fox frowned and said, "Is this water drinkable?"

The old man smiled wryly: "If you can't drink, you have to drink."

Yang Luo walked over and looked at a very thin girl of seventeen or eighteen who was squatting there scooping water.Her hair was dry and yellow, obviously malnourished.

Yang Luo squatted down: "Girl! What's your name?"

The girl raised her head and said shyly, "My name is Ma Lian."

Yang Luo nodded: "Who is there in the family?"

While scooping up water, Ma Lian said, "Grandpa, grandma, father, mother, elder sister, younger brother, and younger sister, there are eight people in total."

"Can I visit your house?" Yang Luo asked.

Ma Lian nodded silently and did not speak again.

Yang Luo stood up and glanced at the other girls, the oldest was only eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was ** years old.The little faces were pitch black, and the hand holding the ladle was covered with dirt.

Yang Luo felt sour, watching them, he couldn't help thinking of his daughter whom he had only met once.Children are always the gentlest weakness in the hearts of parents.When it comes to children, every parent is full of warmth and doting. They are the treasures in the parents' palms, holding them in their hands for fear of falling and melting in their mouths.But in this poor and backward valley, children are a heavy topic.They don't know what a computer is, what a mobile phone is, what a game is, or what an amusement park or a zoo looks like since they were young.All they know is the mountains, soil, crops, and fields in front of them.They began to worry about their livelihoods when they were very young, they began to help their parents with farm work when they were very young, and they knew how to love their parents and younger siblings when they were very young... Although they worked hard to do this, they still often did not have enough to eat and did not wear warm clothes.

The old man looked at the children with helplessness, helplessness and hatred for his incompetence in his eyes.

"Ma Lian is 17 years old this year, a first-year student in No. 81 Middle School in Dahua County. Her grandfather is [-] years old this year. Her family's conditions are the worst in the village. There is little land in the family. Her mother is in poor health and takes medicine all year round. His father only supported the whole family with that little field. But this child has been striving for success. He has excellent grades since he was a child. What she wants to do is to earn some money. The contractor said that such a big stone cannot be broken, and if it is broken, she will have to pay. She is only ten years old, so she holds the stone with her small hands and presses her belly against the stone. to move."

Hearing this, Ghost Fox hurriedly turned his head aside, and raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eyes.

Ma Lian smiled quietly when she heard the old man's words: "It's nothing, I can endure hardships. When I am admitted to university and find a job after graduation, my father will not have to work so hard, my mother will be able to go to the county hospital for medical treatment, and my younger brothers and sisters will also be able to study with money." gone."

Yang Luo clenched his fists tightly with both hands, and took a deep breath: "If I can let the people here have enough food and clothing, and the children can afford to go to school, I, Yang Luo, will never leave here."

This is the second time the old man has heard Yang Luo say such words, and there is no expression on his face, he just sighed inwardly.

"The living environment here is harsh, and even shrubs can hardly survive. We can only grow crops in the crevices of rocks. Rice is a luxury for us. The only edible crops are drought-resistant crops such as corn and sweet potatoes. Sometimes there is no rain for a long time, and the corn will be dry and lose its harvest. When the rain comes, the corn on the steep slope will be washed away, and it will often fall in pieces. If it rains for a month, many places will have no harvest. No matter how hard the villagers work I live frugally, and there are still three or four months of food shortages in a year. And it’s good to be able to eat corn. Some families don’t even have corn. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations once visited here, and they said that here It is the most inhospitable area for human habitation except deserts.

More than ten years ago, the Prime Minister came here. After learning about the situation, he launched a poverty alleviation campaign in a hurry.Roads were repaired at that time, and electricity was also connected at that time.However, due to too many constraints of natural conditions, the lives of ordinary people have not changed a little.It's not that we're not hardworking, or that we're not aggressive, it's just that we can't beat nature in such a harsh natural environment. "

Ghost Fox looked at Yang Luo and asked, "How do you want to help them? Do you want to distribute all the money to them?"

Yang Luo smiled, with a strong aura on his body, and a confident light in his eyes: "Teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish. It hasn't developed in more than ten years. I can only say that the government is going in the wrong direction. I guess they have been If you think about water and agriculture, but if you want to develop agriculture here, it will be a dead end."

Ghost fox said: "Are you so confident?"

Yang Luo smiled: "There is no water here, we can dig a well or build a canal on the mountain, and use those depressions to store water. It doesn't matter if there is no soil, no trees..." Speaking of this, he pointed to the mountains, "There are Mountains, as the saying goes, rely on water to eat water, and rely on mountains to eat mountains. Those stones may be worthless in the eyes of others, but they are all money in my eyes. Especially the geographical features here, such a unique and magnificent natural landscape, are enough for people who like to travel , the adventurous come here with big bucks."

More than ten days ago, Yang Luo and Guihu came to a village called Poma, and the elementary school there was the only school in several nearby villages.The old man's name is Huang Dekui, and he is the only teacher in several villages here.

When Huang Dekui heard that Yang Luo was here to build Hope Primary School, he was moved to tears.Later, Yang Luo said that he would go for a walk in a nearby village, hoping that he could be a guide, but Huang Dekui gave the children half a month's leave without saying a word.

Huang Dekui thought that Yang Luo and Guihu were a couple, and came here to support Hope Primary School, and take a look at the scenery here.After more than ten days of contact, Yang Luo talked with him about customs and nothing else.

At the top of the mountain, Yang Luo said that he worked hard to make money for the common people here. Huang Dekui was moved by his words, but it was only touching.Just now I heard Yang Luo say that the common people here must be fed and clothed so that the children can afford to go to school, he just smiled.Because over the past ten years, the state and local governments have made great efforts for this place, but it is still very poor and has not improved at all.No matter how rich Yang Luo is, he can't change everything here.

Hearing Yang Luo's words now, the old man's cloudy eyes suddenly became very bright, and he grabbed Yang Luo's hand excitedly, and said in a trembling voice: "Comrade Yang Luo! You are so right. The government sent several surveys back then. The team probed the groundwater, but there was no result for more than a year. Later, I also thought about building aqueducts on the mountain, but the funds allocated by the above were used to build roads and lay cables, and there was no money to repair the aqueducts. Agricultural experts also came. But nothing can be grown here except corn and sweet potatoes.” After speaking, the old man had a headache and cried, and the old man continued in tears: “Mr. Yang! Help us, this place is really poor. I don’t care about anything when I’m old, but Those children cannot be hopeless."

Yang Luo felt that Huang Dekui held his hand very tightly, as if he wanted to pass all the strength in his body to him.

"Don't worry, I, Yang Luo, will definitely do what I say."

The ghost fox, the murderous female devil, also had red eyes, trying not to let the tears flow down.

"Come on, they've finished getting the water."

Yang Luo and the others walked into the village and saw that the adobe houses looked like they had no hair, and there were sick dogs lying there with cracks all over their bodies.Most of them are built of thatch and wood blocks, with people living on the top and livestock on the bottom.A real "airy", a house that is really in close contact with nature.

Outside an adobe house at the head of the village, a middle-aged man in his 40s was squatting in the corner smoking a pipe. The clothes he was wearing were worn out and the color was hard to see, and there were a group of children playing around.

When they saw Huang Dekui, several children called out to the teacher crisply, but they kept looking at Yang Luo and Guihu, looking very excited, jumping up and down for a while, and laughing for a while.Apparently, strangers rarely come here.

Yang Luo, led by Ma Lian, came to her home. This is also an adobe house. The outside wall has been weathered for decades, but the words "Long Live the Communist Party of China" can still be vaguely seen.

When I entered the house, I saw that the roof was broken and would leak in rainy days, and there was a washbasin on it to catch water.The middle of the room is separated by wooden boards, and each room has a bed made of wooden boards.Yang Luo glanced at it. This is a real house with four walls, and there is not even a bench in the room.

Yang Luo turned around and went to the kitchen. He said it was the kitchen, but he built a low stove in the backyard, surrounded by a wooden stake and covered with plastic sheeting.In one corner, there are several sun-dried winter melons and potatoes and a small bag of cornmeal.

Yang Luo looked at Ma Lian: "Where do you live?"

Ma Lian pointed to the right side of the kitchen, where there is a house made of several wooden boards and plastic, no, it should be a shack.

Yang Luo walked in and saw that it was very big inside, and the bed was covered with dirty quilts and mattresses with cotton wool exposed.

Yang Luo lifted the quilt, where is the bed underneath, just a few big rocks.Yang Luo felt flustered even sitting on it, and really didn't know how Ma Lian slept here.

Ma Lian said with a smile, "Our four siblings all live here."

Without saying a word, Yang Luo stood up and walked out.When I left Ma Lian's house, I didn't expect that there were many people standing outside, all the old people in the village came to watch the two outsiders, Yang Luo and Guihu.

An old woman in her 70s came from behind the crowd. Ma Lian saw the old woman and hurried over to help her.

"Grandma! Why isn't grandpa at home?"

The old lady grinned, showing her bare gums: "I'm going to your grandfather Zhao's house in the east of the village." After speaking, she looked at Huang Dekui, "Mr. Huang, these two babies are so beautiful, they must be relatives of your family."

Huang Dekui was a little embarrassed, and Yang Luo smiled: "Grandma! I am Teacher Huang's distant nephew, and I haven't seen him for many years. This time I came here to see him, and take a look at the scenery here."

The old lady laughed and said, "There is no scenery here, except for the mountains and the pits."

Yang Luo smiled slightly. His eyes kept looking at a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. What shocked him was that the girl was still holding a baby in her arms and was feeding the baby.

Ma Lian said softly: "That's my classmate. He is 16 years old this year, and the baby is almost one year old. We have no money to go to school here, so we can only marry. Married people have babies early." Ma Lian said calmly , but Yang Luo could feel the unwillingness in this girl's heart.