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That evening, just after Zhang Taiping came back from digging sweet potatoes in the orchard in the back valley, the village chief walked away with his hands behind his back and said, "Master, someone just called to see you. I want you to call him later." Call back."

Telephone?After thinking about it, Zhang Taiping guessed that it was Yang Wanli who called.If it was Cai Xiaomei calling, she would definitely not be looking for her, but her sister Cai Yazhi.The only one looking for him was Yang Wanli, and he was the only one who would call him.At that time, I didn't have a mobile phone, nor did I have a phone at home, so I kept the village chief's phone number.

"Oh, let's go now." Zhang Taiping replied.

Walking under the tree with the village chief, the village chief walked very slowly, Zhang Taiping followed patiently, knowing that the village chief might have something to say to himself.

The village head took out the dry tobacco pouch, filled a pot of dry tobacco, and lit a match.He took a deep breath, the flickering sparks were reflected on his face, and he couldn't see the expression in his eyes clearly.

Sure enough, the village chief took a few puffs of dry cigarettes and said, "Marshal, I am about the same age as your father, and we had a good relationship back then. You call me uncle, it's not at all cheap for you."

Zhang Taiping didn't speak, but listened carefully.

"Your father left early, and the old man lived on the mountain. I really have a responsibility to take care of you. It's just that what you have done these years is really heartbreaking. I told you a few times that you didn't listen to it, and you didn't bother to say it. .In the past few years, I really feel ashamed of your father."

"It's not your fault, it's just that I was too stupid before."

"You can say these words, which shows that you really have a heart of repentance. I also saw that you are reliable these days, and I said these things to you when I knew the Gu family. You are old and young, so don't talk to the town again. Those local hooligans on the street have come and gone, and there is no good end to get mixed up with those dogs."

Zhang Taiping blushed for a while, the old village chief's words were really fierce, he was like this before, didn't he become a dog?

"Well, this Uncle Han Min can rest assured." Zhang Taiping said with a straight face.

"That's good. As long as you don't leave a good impression like before, others will be willing to help you when you encounter something." Seeing Zhang Taiping's answer so sure, the village chief said with confidence.

Zhang Taiping didn't speak any more, just walked quietly.The problem of people's hearts cannot be changed in a day. The impression left in the past is really too bad. I dare not hope that the image in people's minds will be reversed all of a sudden.But people's hearts are also clear. As long as future actions are seen in the eyes, there will be no more bad deeds, and things that benefit the whole village can be done at the right time. Everyone has no deep hatred, and there is nothing that cannot be forgiven.

The village chief tilted his head slightly, stopped smoking and said, "Then today's call?"

Only then did Zhang Taiping understand the crux of what he said today.

It turned out that the village chief found out that Zhang Taiping had changed a lot a few days ago. Through these few days of observation, he felt that he might have woken up and reformed himself. It was a pleasure to see this scene there.

But today someone from outside suddenly called him, thinking that it was those bastards who came to Zhang Taiping again.The village chief originally wanted to hang up and say nothing, but in the end he didn't do so.Came to report to Zhang Taiping, but he was a little worried, so he said such a thing.

Zhang Taiping was very moved when he heard that, it is already very good for an outsider to be able to do this, and he really treats him as a junior.

"Old village chief, don't worry, this is not a local hooligan in the town, but a serious friend. It is the friend who drove here last time. I went into the mountain with me and met a bear. Even hundreds of thousands of Tibetan mastiffs were injured. .” Zhang Taiping explained.

"That's fine. In short, just don't hang out with those people anymore. There will be no good end. You are old enough to live a good life. If there is anything you can use uncle in the future, just ask."

Zhang Taiping nodded.

When I arrived at the village chief's house, I dialed it according to the above, and a familiar voice came over there.

"Is it Brother Zhang?"

"um, yes."

"But I've been waiting for you, so I have to buy a mobile phone. Waiting for a call like this will kill people. Your village chief is really tough." Yang Wanli complained there for a while.

"Hehe." Zhang Taiping sighed in embarrassment twice, then changed the subject and asked, "How is Ah Lei?"

"It's all right. The doctor said it wasn't a serious injury, and he's fully recovered now." As soon as he talked about Ah Lei, Yang Wanli boasted, "Although the battle was a bit dangerous, it still makes people feel lingering in retrospect, but Ah Lei has changed a lot. Big ones, ordinary dogs are afraid to approach them now."

"It's fine. Is there anything to do on the phone today?"

Yang Wanli pondered for a while and said: "After going back that day, I couldn't help showing off to my friends the fact that I met a black blind man in the mountain, and let them see Ah Lei's injury. They have been clamoring to go into the mountain these days I said I wanted to witness the black blind man, but I couldn’t stop it. I have no choice but to trouble Brother Zhang again.”

"There's no need to bother me, just come if you want, and I also want to enter the mountain again." Zhang Taiping replied indifferently.

"That's really a big thank you to Brother Zhang." Yang Wanli couldn't help but thank him over there.In his view, Zhang Taiping said that he also wanted to go to the mountains, purely to take care of his own feelings, which is the loyalty of a friend.

Zhang Taiping was embarrassed by being thanked, he really wanted to enter the mountain again, so he agreed to come down by the way.

"If you say thank you again, you won't consider me a friend anymore." Zhang Taiping interrupted his thank you.

"Hehe, well, let's not talk about it."

"How many of you and when will you come, let me prepare in advance." Zhang Taiping asked.

"Five or six people, I'm not sure yet, I'll be there this Friday afternoon." Yang Wanli said, "With so many people passing by, the place where they live won't make things difficult for Brother Zhang, right?"

The last time Yang Wanli came to Zhang Taiping's house, there was an accident. When he came, it was urgent and he didn't come in. When he left, he was worried that Ah Lei was in a hurry, so he didn't go in.So I don't know much about Zhang Taiping's courtyard, so I have this question.

"Don't worry about where you live, you won't be allowed to camp." Zhang Taiping joked.

"Haha, there's nothing wrong with camping. I haven't experienced the night in the mountains well yet." Yang Wanli also laughed and joked.

"I'm in the mountains, and my children don't go to school, so I don't know the day of the week. Please tell me a specific date." Zhang Taiping said straightly.

"Friday is November 78th. I went to rest for one night in the afternoon and went to the mountain on the [-]th and [-]th. What do you think, Brother Zhang?" Yang Wanli replied.

"Okay, no problem, that's it."

"Then hang up first, and go to bother you in a few days."

Zhang Taiping hung up the phone.After all, time really flies, especially this month.Before I knew it, it was the thirteenth day of November in the Gregorian calendar, and the sixth day in October in the lunar calendar.

It stands to reason that it is already winter, but this year the weather is still very warm, and there is no sign of winter at all.This is also in line with the law of climate change in Xi'an.No law is her most certain law.

When I was in college, there was a saying: Beijing is a throbbing city, and it is played in turn throughout the year; Kunming is a city of literature and art, and it is like spring all year round; Xi'an is a 2B city, and it is played randomly in four seasons.It is normal to have this weather phenomenon.It is estimated that there will be a sudden heavy snow tomorrow, and it is not a surprise. The authentic Xi'an people will come to say, "The snow came very late this year. I remember that it fell in April of that year."

Zhang Taiping went out of the room and took out a five-yuan bill and handed it to the village chief.

The village chief didn't even look at the money, he pressed the shredded tobacco in the cigarette pot with his hand, and said angrily, "You're slapping uncle in the face, aren't you?" He said and pushed Zhang Taiping's hand back.

Zhang Taiping didn't insist anymore.Although it is a small matter, it is a matter of attitude.Whether to give or not is one aspect, and whether or not to want it is another aspect.

Back home, Zhang Taiping told Cai Yazhi about it.The next day he started tidying up the wing rooms in the courtyard.These houses were originally used as guest rooms, and they will definitely be used in the future. Now I take this opportunity to clean them, and they will be used as guest rooms at home in the future.

The old man was an outsider back then, and had no relatives or reasons in the local area, so he had no relatives. After so many years, these houses have been vacant.But it's not guaranteed to be used in the future, so I cleaned it thoroughly.

Since no one lived on the walls of the house for many years, a lot of blackberry powder grew on it, which was ugly in lumps, and it was a bit inappropriate to receive guests, so I had to find a wall putty to paint it again.

I don't have this kind of thing at home, so I can only go out and borrow it.In the end, the old village head didn't have any at home either. Zhang Taiping thought for a while and remembered that there were not many people.This kind of thing is a rare commodity in ordinary households in the mountains, and it is only possible to have it in the homes of perennial wall builders.But Zhang Taiping never cared about the affairs of the village, and he really didn't know which man in the family was doing this job.

The village chief also knew his embarrassment, pointed out a way and said, "Are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused?"

Zhang Taiping looked at the village chief in confusion, why did he say that?

The village head knocked on the cigarette pot twice and said, "Who did you learn your carpentry skills from?"

Zhang Taiping patted his forehead, really confused.It was old man Qian who taught Zhang Taiping carpentry. He only remembered that he could carpentry, but he forgot that he was an excellent mason in his early years.Maybe there will be something to paint the wall.

After thanking the village chief, he turned around and walked towards old man Qian's house.Old man Qian's full name is Qian Zenghui, and he is over 50 years old now. I heard that he lived in the mountains in his early years. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was a hunter.Back then, if it wasn't for the sake of the old man of the Zhang family, Zhang Taiping's carpentry skills would not have existed.