The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 19 Qingfeng Village in Memories Thirteen

The two walked around the classroom, and Liu Jianguo found that there were two thatched huts behind the classroom.

"Is anyone still living here?"

"Yes, it's Amin's house. Her house used to be at the foot of the slope, with two thatched houses. When it rained heavily, the soil on the slope loosened and collapsed and the house was washed away.

Amin's father said that I should not be overwhelmed when I moved to the slope.

So two thatched huts were built here.

Originally, the slope was bare, but the teacher said that without trees, the mountain would be prone to landslides, so we mobilized us to plant trees around the school.Every year after Arbor Day, schools will plant trees.

You see, these tall eucalyptus and cypress trees were planted by us at that time.

The smaller ones were planted by later students.

Jianguo, look, there are still our engraved words on this big tree. "

When Liu Jianguo saw it, it really was a line of crooked words --- plant trees and afforestation, green the motherland.

The two walked through the woods and saw a middle-aged woman pulling fallen leaves on the ground with a bamboo rake.

I was very surprised to see Li Ying and Liu Jianguo. After looking at them for a long time, I said, "Oh, hey, I thought it was a big cadre from somewhere. It turned out to be Yingzi. You are back from vacation."

"Well, Mommy Wang, you gather firewood."

"That's right, pick up some leaves and go back to light the fire. How about going to sit in the house?"

Wang Yaoma looked at Liu Jianguo and invited with some hesitation.

Seeing that this young man is from the city, he is too embarrassed to invite him in even if his family's rotten thatched hut.

Li Ying: "No, we have to go back. There are a lot of things at home, so you and Uncle Yao are welcome early for Chinese New Year tomorrow."

Wang Yaoma: "Yes, yes, I will come to help earlier."

Li Ying: "Amin, will she come back for Chinese New Year?"

"I'm coming back during the Chinese New Year, and I'll let her play with you when the time comes."

"Okay. Mom, let's go back first."

"Walk slowly... come and sit when you have time..."

Yao Ma looked at Li Ying and Liu Jianguo who were walking away, shook her head and sighed, this is fate.

Amin of my family went to school with Yingzi. He is a college student now, and he seems to have found a son-in-law from the city, but Amin of his family only finished primary school. He was poor and couldn't afford it, so he had to go home Farming, then getting married early, and now dragging a baby, and only returning to her natal family once during the Chinese New Year.

Li Ying: "Amin married and moved to a neighboring county a few years ago. She has children.

Liu Jianguo: "Amin is your classmate, about the same age as you, are they married and have children?"

Li Ying: "The children in the countryside are like this. If they can't finish their studies, they go home to help farm the land, and then get married and have children early. If I hadn't been admitted to university, I would be a married woman and a mother."

Liu Jianguo: "It's a good thing you're admitted to university, otherwise where would I meet a smart, studious, hard-working, gentle and virtuous woman named Li Ying."

"Liu Jianguo, you praised me as a flower."

"You are a flower."

"Is it the sweet potato flower from Xiangbatou?"

"You are a peony in my heart."

Liu Jianguo suddenly opened his voice and sang:

Ah peony, the most colorful among all the flowers.

Ah Peony, the most spectacular in the Fragrance Kingdom.

Some people say you are coquettish
How can a charming life be so full

Some people say you are rich
I don't know that you have experienced poverty

啊 牡丹 啊 牡丹
I don't know that you have experienced poverty

……………~
when the ground is frozen

You are full of vitality

春风 吹来 的 时候

你 把 美丽 带给 人间
ah peony
ah peony
你 把 美丽 带给 人间
…………

The singing is beautiful and beautiful, and it is also the most touching confession Li Ying has ever heard.

When the two returned to the Li family's yard, the yard was filled with many tables, chairs, stools, wooden basins, bowls, baskets, bowls and chopsticks. The formerly spacious yard seemed very narrow.

Mother Li is taking a few women to clean up.

Li Ying came back with Liu Jianguo.

"Mom, do you want me to help?"

"Go to the kitchen and light the fire...burn more hot water, let's wash these cups, plates, and chopsticks."

Li Ying: "Okay."

Liu Jianguo also quickly followed Li Ying into the kitchen.

He found that those women looked at him without any scruples, and he was a little embarrassed.

Li Ying: "Jianguo, go fetch two buckets of water and pour it into the pot."

Liu Jianguo fetched two buckets of water and sat next to Li Ying in front of the stove.

Li Ying: "Lighting a fire in winter is a good job, come here to enjoy the fire..."

I went out for a walk just now, and the wind on the slope was quite strong, and the hands and faces of the two of them were blown cold.

Liu Jianguo: "Where are there so many tables, chairs and bowls?"

Li Ying: "Tomorrow's New Year's banquet will be held at home, and all the families in the village will move here."

Liu Jianguo: "Hehe, why don't you have to bring your own bowls and chopsticks to eat?"

Li Ying: "That's right. Usually one dollar is divided into two flowers, and every penny is useful. I don't buy too many daily necessities. If I need to use them, I borrow from each other. There are not enough tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. Big guys come to make up. This It's a habit in the village."

Liu Jianguo once heard from his teacher that poor people in the old society didn’t even have extra clothes and trousers in their homes, and only one person could go out, while the rest of the family squeezed together on the bed covered with a torn quilt, and some even had to borrow clothes when they went out to run errands. Wear other people's clothes and pants...

Liu Jianguo really wanted to ask Li Ying village if it was like this before, but he held back.

Don't mention the past.What era is it now? Although poor, it is not enough to borrow clothes.

While pulling out firewood in the stove, Li Ying said, "Except for these tables, chairs, benches, cups, plates, and chopsticks, I have to borrow everything that can be borrowed. Borrowing money, borrowing food, these are commonplace... Do you know? Just ah When Min went on a blind date, the matchmaker brought the man to her home to meet her. She didn’t even have a decent dress. She usually wore Wang Yao’s mother’s old clothes, patched and patched. It didn’t matter if she worked in the village, but this was a blind date. , always dress decently, Wang Yaoma came to ask my mother to borrow my clothes..."

Liu Jianguo grew his mouth...

Oh my god it really does exist.

Li Ying: "After all, I am studying outside, and my family's expenses are all on me first, so my clothes are the best in the village, even if they are worn out, they are much better than other girls in the village..."

Liu Jianguo nodded. What Li Ying said was the truth. In Qingfeng Village, she should be the best-dressed girl, but there is still a gap compared with those in big cities.

It was this gap that made her unique and different among female classmates, and Liu Jianguo was unknowingly attracted.

Li Ying: "Jianguo, I think I am lucky to be able to study, to go out to see the outside world, and to know you... So, I am very grateful to my grandparents, without them, there would be no me. Today, so I will honor them well in the future..."

Liu Jianguo: "I honor them together with you."

Seeing that Li Ying was silent, Liu Jianguo said, "You don't want to?"

After a long time, Li Yingcai whispered, "Of course that's better."

Some shyly said: "Oh, it's getting too far, didn't you mean Amin? Why did it get here?"

Liu Jianguo: "Then Amin must have a successful blind date wearing your clothes."

Li Ying: "Well, when she got married later, my mother pulled a few feet of floral cloth to add to her dowry box, and I also gave her a pair of hair clips, but she was so happy that she said goodbye happily on the wedding day. Married on the head."

(End of this chapter)