The Story of Qingfeng Village

Chapter 76
Aunt Li: "Oh, I haven't been back for so many years, I don't know if people can still live in the house?"

Li Fugui: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, if you can't live in the house, you can go to my house..."

Wang Deshun: "It's okay, sister-in-law, I just checked it. There are no problems with the roof and wiring. Just rest assured."

Li Fugui: "Qiangwa made a lot of money outside, and when she came back, she repaired the house. It would be better to build a small second floor with two floors. That would be comfortable."

Wang Deshun: "That's right, standing upstairs to see the green mountains and green waters..."

Hearing the voice, Wang Deshun's wife opened the door and came out to look.

"Oh, Mrs. Li is back."

Wang Deshun: "Go get the key and open the door."

"Oh, good good..."

Wang Deshun's wife went into the house to get the key and gave it to Aunt Li.

"Yesterday, the day before yesterday, I heard that you were coming back. We helped clean up the house, dried the bedding and cotton wool, and washed the quilt covers. You can use them when you come back. Sister-in-law Li, don't worry, every year In June, I took out the bedding cotton and dried it in the sun, and there was no musty smell..."

When Li Fumin left, he handed over the key to Wang Deshun's family and asked them to take care of it. Unexpectedly, this care would last for many years.

While speaking, he had already walked outside the yard.

The yard is neat and tidy.

"Thank you all."

Wang Deshun: "They are all neighbors, thank you. You are back, we are also lively, and we can find someone to talk to."

Li Fumin's house and Wang Deshun's house are next to each other, and the other houses are still some distance away.

So when the Li family was away, Wang Deshun's family seemed lonely.

The people in Qingfeng Village lived scatteredly, with a few households here and a few there. The Zhu family and the others lived at the bottom of the ditch, while this one was on the ditch.

Opening the gate of the courtyard surrounded by the bamboo fence, Aunt Li handed over the key to Li Fumin, "The head of the house, go and open the door."

Li Fumin: "You just go and open it, this house has already been entrusted to you."

Li Fugui: "Sister-in-law, you are in power..."

Wang Deshun shone the flashlight on the door lock, and Aunt Li opened the door carefully with trembling hands, pushing open the light door with all her strength.

With the light of the flashlight, it can be seen that there is not much change in the main room, as if they left yesterday and came back today.

Li Qiang: "I'm going to turn on the light."

Walking into the house, he found the light cord familiarly, and turned on the light in the main room.

The street lamps under the eaves also turned on all of a sudden, illuminating the yard brightly.

Everyone moved their luggage into the house and put it away.

From Wang Deshun's family: "Brother Fumin, sister-in-law, sit down and rest for a while, and I'll go and boil hot water for you."

He also called Wang Deshun to help fetch water.

Li Qiang: "Uncle Deshun, you rest, I'll come. I haven't fetched water for a long time."

After speaking, he walked towards the kitchen.

A wooden barrel was hung under the eaves, and a bamboo pole was tied to it.

Li Qiang took it down and walked towards the well.

Liu Li also ran over curiously: "Uncle, you still need to beat the water, I thought it was tap water."

Li Qiang: "The tap water is not safe yet."

Originally, he had planned to buy a water pump and put it in the well to pump water after making money from fish farming, and then connect the pipe to the water tank in the kitchen directly, which would save a lot of effort.At that time, Grandpa was also old, and it was very difficult to fetch water from the well.But……

Li Qiang lifted the manhole cover.

Usually, I am afraid that leaves and debris will fall into the well, so I always cover it when I don’t use water.

Liu Li probed to see that the well was very deep, as dark as a deep pool, bottomless.

Li Qiang: "It's dry this year, it hasn't rained for a long time, and the water hasn't come up..."

Liu Li: "Can you still see this?"

The head of Wang Deshun's family came out and said: "No, it rained for a few days not long ago, and it hasn't rained for a long time now. Fortunately, it didn't rain, otherwise you will suffer if you come back and walk this bad road. Last time Secretary Xiao’s car sank, and he still called for someone to lift it.”

Liu Li: "Then we are lucky."

Li Qiang remembered that when his brother-in-law came here for the first time, it happened to be raining and he walked on a bad road.

"Your baby is lucky. Not only did it not rain, but there was also a car. Your dad was really uncomfortable when he came here for the first time."

Liu Li hesitated and asked, "How old was my dad when he first came here?"

Li Qiang: "It's also a junior, about the same as you are now."

Seeing Li Qiang throwing the bucket down, Liu Li grabbed the bamboo pole and shook it twice before lifting it.

"Uncle, let me try."

Li Qiang poured the water into another iron bucket and handed him the wooden bucket: "Okay, you can try it. Your father took a lot of effort to get the water, let's see how you are."

After speaking, he lifted the iron bucket into the kitchen.

When he came out, Liu Li was helpless with the bamboo pole.

"Uncle, why can't I fetch water. This bucket just keeps spinning on the water surface."

"Haha, your father was the same back then."

Liu Li: "I know that water has buoyancy, but I feel that I can't use it, and the bucket can't sink. How did my dad do it?"

"Haha, your dad used the stupid method first, directly pushing the bucket down with a bamboo pole."

Liu Li relied on the gourd to draw a ladle, and used a clumsy method to barely bring up a bucket of water.

"Oh, fetching a bucket of water made the male sweat come out. It seems that I still have a lot to understand and learn living here."

Li Qiang: "Yes, knowledge is everywhere in life."

"Uncle, this bucket of water is quite heavy. Grandpa and grandma are getting old, so it is very laborious to fetch water."

"Who says it's not? We use tap water outside. Turn on the tap and the water will come. It's very convenient. This time, I'm not used to it. Fortunately, we can't stay for a few days. After the negotiation, we signed the agreement. Just go back."

Liu Li: "Ah, uncle, do you still have to go?"

Li Qiang: "Of course, my job is over there. I only took a few days off, and your aunt and cousin are still living and studying there. Why don't you go back? The conditions over there are better than here, you Grandpa and grandma are also relaxed and comfortable living there.”

Hearing that Li Qiang and the others only stayed for a few days, Liu Li was very disappointed.

Teacher Zhu couldn't complete the task assigned to him.

Liu Li: "I still hope to live with my grandpa and grandma. After you leave, I have no relatives here. I came here because of you... I know that Qingfeng Village still has your relatives, so I came here Yes, but we have just met and parted ways..."

Li Qiang: "Don't be sad, when your teaching support is over, come to the place where I work to see my grandparents... I will write you the address and phone number later."

"Ok."

Liu Li reluctantly agreed.

His work of persuasion is over before it even begins.

It seemed that uncle had no intention of staying at all.

Mr. Zhu, we were all too happy.

At this moment, Liu Li was extremely depressed.

(End of this chapter)