Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 194 The Village
This longan forest is quite huge, scattered around the village, and the trees are very old. Judging from the size of the trees, they are no smaller than the famous Zhangba longan forest that can be seen from the balcony of Miss Sixth Sister in Manzhou.

Zhangba longan forest is formed by the accumulation of sand and rocks accumulated by the confluence of the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River for many years. There are more than 1 longan trees over a century old growing there.

Although the number of longan trees in Zhongba is relatively small, with only more than 200 trees, judging from the height of the trees, the width of the canopy, and the thickness of the trunks, they are not younger than the oldest trees in Zhangba Longan Forest.

A small village spreads out in an orderly manner among Moye Guilin.

Most of the farmers in the village have yellow mud walls, blue tile roofs, and a thick layer of chalk on the mud walls.

Basically, it is the standard pattern of southwestern dwellings with one front and two sides with an open dam in the middle.

The use of the land around the farmhouse is extremely high, and the backside of the house is mostly surrounded by thorny trees and shrubs, usually citrus, and the famous crop in Bashu - Zanthoxylum bungeanum.

These two plants have spikes, which can play a protective role, while the chicken pens, duck coops, and goose coops are underneath.

Jiangxinzhou is the favorite place for birds of prey in the sky to visit. These are the valuable experiences summed up by the residents of the island who have fought against nature for thousands of years.

Along the way, two kinds of aromatic breaths gradually wafted in the air.

One is flue-cured tobacco and the other is roasted wine.

Although it is the slack season, but the real farm is all year round, there will be no time to relax.

After smelling these two smells, Zhou Zhi suddenly realized: "That's right, this county is also famous for its baijiu and moist soil. As long as the climate is suitable, the best crops may not be vegetables, but..."

"Tobacco." Among the cash crops, tobacco is considered to be the best. As long as it is of high quality and knows how to roast it, even if it is not for takeaway, the farmer should save a lot for self-consumption.

The expected dog barking has not happened yet, and the environment here is extremely quiet, with only one characteristic—quietness.

The friends seemed unwilling to break the tranquility, except for the chirping of birds in the forest, the only thing left was the sound of bamboo sticks hitting the stone slabs.

Finally, after passing through a few more farmhouses and fields, the friends came to a relatively "prosperous" area, and finally met people.

Zhou Zhi heard barking dogs from afar.

This is a relatively concentrated building. The center of the building complex is an antique and magnificent manor.

There are quite a few rooms in the manor, which can almost accommodate dozens of families, but it has a courtyard layout that is rare in southern Sichuan.

On the stone lintel under the eaves at the gate of the manor, there are five well-shaped "Fu" characters engraved in incised, and traces of gold paint can be seen among the few strokes.

There is a small square outside the manor. At one foot of the square there are millstones, rollers and other slightly larger agricultural tools, and an old longan tree. Under the tree is a well with a stone fence.

Surrounded by houses of blue bricks and tiles.

The stranger's arrival quickly alarmed the residents in the surrounding houses, and many people came out of their houses to watch.

There is a long wooden sign with black characters on a white background that reads "Zhongba Village Committee" on the side door next to the manor. Someone inside heard the movement and came out. It was a man wearing a military uniform without epaulets and a military cap without a cap : "Hey, where did you come from? What are you doing here?"

"Hello, Uncle." When this happens, it's time for Zhou Zhi to come out: "We are students of Jiachuan Middle School. I heard that there is a middle dam under Rongshan Mountain. It is a beautiful scenery, so I came here specially for sightseeing."

"Travel...travel?" The man seems not very familiar with this word.

"It's just for fun, just play around!" Zhou Zhi could only explain in another way.

"Fun!" said the man, "Is there anything fun on Zhongba Island?!"

"Yes, not to mention anything else, just the big yard behind you, uncle, is very interesting!"

"Hehehe..." The man is actually very proud of the compound behind him, and Zhou Zhi's words are simply scratching the itch: "Wufu Manor, there are very few things that we can sell in Zhongba Village!"

"Uncle, don't bully us. We don't understand. Zhongba sugar cane, we Jiachuan people grew up from snacks; there is also sesame candy, brown sugar and white sugar; there are also sesame sticks made of sesame candy, and rice cracker candy made of white sugar;"

"There are also pepper forests and longan trees on the island. These longan trees are at least hundreds of years old, and each root is a pillar of wealth left by the ancestors!"

"Hahaha..." The man made Zhou Zhi very happy: "You're only a thief, you son of a bitch! What you see is good stuff!"

"Uncle, what's your surname? It should be the branch secretary of Zhongba Village, right?"

"Come in and sit down, all the students come in and sit down." The man greeted enthusiastically, and then shouted to the side room that should be the kitchen: "The one at the head! There are guests at home!"

"I got it!" A female voice inside agreed, and then came out of the wing wiping her hands: "Yo, it's very sparse!"

It's not very rare, I guarantee I haven't seen any of them, Zhou Zhi smiled secretly while lamenting the simplicity of the people's customs nowadays.

After entering the main room, everyone sat down and chatted. Only then did Zhou Zhi realize that the person in front of him was the Party Secretary of Zhongba Village, and also the head of the Supply and Marketing Station of Zhongba Village, Shima Town, Jiangjin County, the platoon leader of the militia, and Zhongba of the Jiangjin County Agricultural Materials Company. The head of the village shopping and marketing station, and even the non-staff director of the post office...

In short, there are thousands of threads on the top and a needle on the bottom. For anything about Zhongba, you can just find him.

By the way, this person's surname is Jiang, Jiang Hongxing Jiang branch secretary.

"Hey branch secretary, your surname is also Jiang?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help being a little surprised: "We also have a surname Jiang here!"

Jiang Hongxing glanced at Jiang Shuyi a long time ago, and waved her hand: "Don't tell me! Let me guess!"

After finishing speaking, he pointed at Jiang Shuyi: "What a girl! It belongs to Jiang Qiao of Rongshan Agricultural Machinery Station and Du Yufen's house of Supply and Marketing Cooperative! Isn't it?"

"Right!" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "That's it, she is the daughter of Uncle Jiang and Aunt Du, Jiang Shuyi."

Jiang Shuyi quickly nodded to Jiang Hongxing: "Hi Uncle Jiang, do you know my parents?"

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel that Jiachuan is too small, and it's out of the county to talk about the relationship, so he said with a smile: "They both have the surname Jiang, so they should be relatives, right? Shu Yi, don't be so busy shouting, it's only about seniority." It's serious."

Jiang Hongxing patted his thigh: "It's really not a matter of relatives, but it's more than ordinary relatives, but they have to kiss so much."

"The ancestor of our old Jiang family is Zhuxi Tuisou, who was used by Ding'an Gong Jiang Yuanjiang. He was a minister of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion in the Ming Dynasty."

"Mr. Ding'an is from Jiulongpu, Jiangjin County, Chongqing Prefecture. Our branch is passed down from him."

"Shu Yi's father is from Neijiang Sihe Township, so he is not related to us."

"Then why does Uncle Jiang say that not being relatives is better than relatives?"

"This girl still looks like dad, but her eyes look like mom!" Jiang Hongxing looked at Jiang Shuyi cheerfully, commented first, and then said: "Hi! If you want to talk about this, it's really a big dragon Already!"

(End of this chapter)