Tongluo Town Love

Chapter 1 We Are Different

This time, the 19-year-old Abai is determined to leave Tongluo Town.

"I'm going to start a career, a very big one! By the way, I'm looking for the whereabouts of my parents and grandma. I've finally grown up. It's time to be filial."

When he said this, he was a little excited, his voice was high, and he took a special look at Majestic.

What made him a little sad was that Maggie was buried in her mobile phone and didn't hear what he said at all.

There is no signal in Tongluo Town, and no mobile phone is used.

The one in Majesty's hand was given to her by a rich second generation named Jia Luo from outside, and it contained many stand-alone games.

There was no electricity in the town, so in order to please Maggie, the rich second generation brought some charging treasures.Every few days, I will drive over to replace the dead ones, and put down a few fully charged spares, as if those things are worthless outside and can be picked up casually.

The classmates looked very envious, and they all flattered Maggie, hoping to have the opportunity to play with that foreign thing.

Everyone should have heard what Abai said, but there was no reaction.

They all gathered around Maggie and watched her play with her mobile phone.

It was the day before Tongluo Town School was about to be disbanded, and everyone was sitting in the classroom waiting.

The teachers had already left with their luggage.Only the principal's stuff remained in the office. He went to Huzhen to find an official agency to extend their student status so that they would have the opportunity to continue studying outside.After finishing these, the principal will bring back the high school graduation certificate and send it to everyone.

In fact, everyone was ready to leave Tongluo Town at this time.

They are the last generation of left-behind children in this town. Now that they have grown up, they can finally leave this backward place and go to the outside world to pursue a new life of their own.

Everyone's very excited.

Maggie didn't respond, and Abai felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Su Su was sitting beside him.

"Actually, mobile phones are nothing special. Everyone has them outside, and our family has several! My dad has them, my grandmother has them, and even my younger brother who is in elementary school uses them!"

As Su Su spoke, she glanced at Majesty with disdain, obviously trying to comfort Abai.

Abai knew that Su Su had always been kind to him since he was a child.But he already has Majesty in his heart, and he always wants to avoid Su Su.Sometimes it was because he was mean to Maggie, and even disgusted.

In such a small town isolated from the world, there are old men and women all around.Without the Internet, not even a TV or radio, these people get their minds and entertainment from books.

Books always use love as the main material, and they have been affected since they were very young, hoping to have a sincere love in the future.

Of the ten friends who grew up together, only two were girls.From ignorance, the eight boys naturally divided into two groups, one group followed Majesty, and the other group followed Su Su.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is often not what people want.

Abai firmly believes that the one he loves is Majesty, and until now he has reached the threshold of adulthood, he still follows Majesty unswervingly.

So these ten people formed a very subtle pattern.

Abai chases after Maggie, but Majesty seems insensitive and treats all boys equally.

But Su Su's attitude is very clear, she told the boys that she only likes Abai, and she will never change!

Later, Su Su's parents worked hard outside for several years and made some achievements. They ended their wandering life and finally settled down in Huzhen.Su Su could have gone out to live a modern life, but she gritted her teeth and stayed in Tongluo Town.

The boys all knew that this was a sacrifice to Abai and were deeply moved.Instead of wasting time on her, everyone joins in the brutal competition for Majesty.

The pattern became that the boys surrounded Maggie, while Su Su stood on the periphery and watched Abai alone.

Then Jia Luo appeared, and everything changed subversively.

This rich second generation originally brought a few friends to explore the mining area in an off-road vehicle.Accidentally discovered the ancient town surrounded by the ruins of the mine, and was attracted by the two simple and innocent girls in the town school.

These guys from outside are so thick-skinned that they strike up a conversation as if no one else came up.

Su Su was very rude, so he didn't care who they were, just swearing at them.

Majestic didn't care, she was still grinning at those people.

The boys had a fight with outsiders because of Maggie that day, but they were so tough that they almost lost.Later, the old people in the town came out to help and drove these dudes away.

Unexpectedly, Najialuo's heart is not dead, and he sneaked here several times by himself, and somehow stole Majestic's heart.

It was too late until the boy found out that something was wrong.

Majesty, who was always smiling, warned them with a straight face: "Jia Luo is my friend, anyone who dares to make things difficult in the future will be against me!"

The other boys completely gave up when they saw this battle.Only Abai was not convinced, thinking that sooner or later Maggie would know that I, Abai, was the one who loved her the most in this world.

The annoying thing is that from now on, Jia Luo would drive carelessly to the town to look for Maggie, and gradually everyone got used to it.

Now that they are about to leave, Majesty also announced openly that she decided to go to Huzhen with Jia Luo first, and then decide where to go next.

This made Abai a little worried.He was worried that Maggie would suffer losses if she went out with that flamboyant rich second generation, so going out to take care of Majesty became one of the reasons why he had to leave this time.

What worries me is that my grandpa Zhi will definitely be unhappy when I leave, so after thinking twice, I decide to stand still and say hello to the old man before leaving.

However, he has already made up his mind, no matter whether grandpa scolds or dissuades him, he must leave this time.

It's just that he had prepared for a long time and didn't know how to speak so as not to make grandpa sad and angry.

On the day he decided to leave, he got up early and stood on the dilapidated street with his backpack on his back, looking at the Tongluo Temple on Tongluo Mountain opposite, hesitating for a long time.

Grandpa lived in the Tongluo Temple on Tongluo Mountain.

Everyone in the town knew about it, and often talked tirelessly about how grandpa ran dozens of miles to take Abai back from his father.

It's just that Abai still can't figure out what happened between his father and mother at that time.

It seems that the mother left Tongluo Town first, leaving the newborn Abai and his father behind.

Two years later, his father took Abai to find his mother.

Grandpa Ah Zhi objected, and even more disagreed with taking Abai away.Abai's father left secretly, and after his grandfather found out, he chased him for dozens of miles and snatched Abai back.

With these previous facts, Abai knew that his grandpa would definitely stop him from traveling this time.

Only in this way can he really feel a kind of helplessness.

I used to complain about my parents occasionally, leaving him here alone and never coming back to see.At this moment, they can fully understand their helplessness. It may not be difficult to come back, but it is really not easy to get out of here.

The sky was gray, it looked like a rainy day but it didn't feel wet at all.

This is actually the normal state of Tongluo Town, it is always like this throughout the year, but fortunately Abai has long been used to it.

To be honest, the residents of Tongluo Town still respect their family, but all this is because of the Tongluo Temple on Tongluo Mountain.

The people here do not worship gods or heaven, but they are very respectful and devout to Tongluo Temple.

There is a huge copper gong hanging in the Tonggong Temple, which will be struck every hour, three times each time.

Grandpa Ah Zhi is in charge of ringing the gong.

Without looking at the clock or the sun, you can strike the gong on time just by feeling.

Residents worship the gong not only because it is an antique that has been handed down for hundreds of years, but also because the gong has spirituality.

Tongluo Town has a radius of hundreds of miles full of ruins left by copper mining in various periods, and the town is surrounded in the middle.

In the early years, this place used to be a prosperous town, and the wealth brought by mining copper mines had to be collected here first, and then flowed to the outside world.

At the same time, various skilled gong craftsmen gathered here, making the town more prosperous.

It's just that with the expansion of the mining area, the surrounding water sources have been cut off, and the ruins have become deserts over time, with ups and downs all year round, and no grass grows.The small river flowing between the town and Tongluo Mountain gradually stopped flowing, and then completely dried up.

The strange thing is that there is a gushing spring at the foot of Tongluo Mountain that is not affected at all. The well beside the spring is always full enough to ensure that the whole town can drink and irrigate the few acres of Susukida at the foot of the mountain.

From the townspeople's point of view, the Tonggong Temple is closely related to the life-saving spring water. The reason why Grandpa Ah Zhi is on duty all year round and rings the Tonggong on time is because he doesn't want the spring water to stop flowing.

It is said that when Grandpa Ah Zhi went to chase Abai back, it took several hours, and he was delayed twice in the middle of beating the gong.Some people saw with their own eyes that the spring water suddenly seemed to have leaked out. First, the well water flowed back, and then there was no more water in the spring.

People panicked, gathered all the people in the town and climbed up the mountain, only to find that Grandpa Ah Zhi was gone.

In the whole town, except Grandpa Ah Zhi, no one knows how the time is calculated, and no one knows how to remedy it now.

Everything in the Tongluo Temple is sacred in people's minds, and no one dares to disturb it. They can only wait anxiously for Grandpa A Zhi to come back.

This bronze gong has been hanging on the top of the mountain for some years, but no one can specify which dynasty it is from.

The people in Tongluo Town have all immigrated from various places in the past dynasties, and there are people of all colors and races.Over time, they have abandoned the unique customs of their ancestors. Like everyone in Tongluo Town, they no longer have faith. They only worship this gong on the mountain.

That time, the sounding of the gong was delayed because of chasing Abai back, and the townspeople had no water for several days.It didn't help that the whole village bowed down.

Grandpa Ah Zhi knelt on the top of the mountain for three days and three nights without eating or drinking, except when the time came to get up and beat the gong, he just knelt like that.

Fortunately, the spring water started to come out again.

The people in the town let out a sigh of relief and made a promise to Grandpa Ah Zhi:
"Master Ah Zhi, if you have any errands to do in the future, just say it, and don't dare to go in person! Even if you want to find Master Ah Duan back now, we will definitely do it. As for Young Master Abai, everyone The townspeople will raise him up, so you can rest assured!"

The townspeople have always called Grandpa Ah Zhi the Master, because he is also considered to be in charge of food.

It is true that Abai grew up eating a lot of food. Although Grandpa Ah Zhi has a salary, the banks are all in Huzhen, a hundred miles away, so it is inconvenient to withdraw money and buy things.

Ah Zhi lived on the high Tongluo Mountain, and even the meals were brought up by people in the town in turn.

There are fewer and fewer people in Tongluo Town. At the most prosperous time, the resident population was 10,000+, and there were tens of thousands of merchants.Now there are only a few hundred people left, all old, weak, sick and disabled.

The young people have all moved out, and Abai and the others have become the last generation of local schoolgoers in Tongluo Town.

After they graduated, the school also withdrew.

When several teachers left, they seemed to be fleeing for their lives. Principal Bubba also left in a hurry after finishing the graduation ceremony.

At this time, Abai felt empty in his heart.

Everyone has their parents to arrange their future. Even Maggie, who like him, whose parents have been out and has not heard from her, has the help of the rich second generation Jia Luo.Only he has no one to ask, so he can only make his own plans.

He has almost no impression of his parents, especially his mother, who is completely blank.His father, Duan, also has only a vague image, with a beard and a bad temper.

The night before he decided to leave, Abai approached all the old people in the town, hoping to get their advice on how to successfully persuade Grandpa Ah Zhi to let him leave.At the same time, he tried to learn as much as possible about his parents and grandma. He wanted to get some clues.

The strange thing is that the old man who is usually obedient to him is a little evasive.

"My child——, Ah Zhi, he won't let you go! If you want to leave, you can go early, and you can sneak away like your father! When Ah Duan was very young, Ah Zhi taught him how to tell the time, how to The big gong was sounded. But Ah Duan would not be willing to leave the beautiful Jin Rong outside alone, this kid is handsome and affectionate, not like that old piece of wood, Ah Zhi!"

Huang Mupo was wearing presbyopic glasses and sitting in front of the dilapidated grocery store, embroidering a cross-stitch that seemed endless. The bamboo chair under the PG creaked endlessly.

Her voice draws very long, and sometimes she talks about the things in front of her and drags the topic far away.But if you want to know more about your parents and grandma, you can only get it from her.

The rest of the town didn't know why they didn't want to say much about his family.

Huang Mupo doesn't have any scruples here, but some things come out of her mouth like telling a story, people don't know if it's true or not.

"Grandma, is my father very fierce?"

"That kid, A Duan, I grew up watching. He is just as handsome as old A Zhi when he was young! The old guy A Zhi is really good. I started to stare at him when I was young. I always thought that sooner or later it was the food in my mother's bowl, so I just Slowly follow you. I didn’t expect a vixen to pop out halfway and spoil the good thing! This guy doesn’t look like an upright person. A woman rides an electric donkey. I don’t know where he came from. He said he climbed up the gong I went to the mountains to see the scenery, but I didn't expect to go with Ah Zhi!"

"Grandma, are you talking about my grandma?"

"Hey, this old guy Ah Zhi is good at everything, he is just a stick! He pretends to be strong and cool in front of girls. I have been waiting for him to pretend to be soft and courteous. I never expected to be cooked by a foreign vixen. Already!"

"Cooked?"

"That's right! That night, Ah Zhi seemed to be stewed in a pot and eaten by that woman. Alas, this is fate! If he had followed me, why would he be sleeping alone in the temple now!"

"You mean grandma left grandpa and ran away alone?"

"That woman doesn't seem to be living a life at first sight. A woman rides an electric donkey around, and her PG is so high that she is chased by a group of men. I'm not ashamed!"

Later, Huang Mupo's words could no longer be listened to, it can be said to be full of swear words.

Abai ran all over the town, and he still didn't get a single constructive opinion until he went to sleep.

The next day, he originally wanted to leave early, because Jia Luo promised to drive to pick up Maggie that day, and he didn't want to run into her halfway and look embarrassed.

Abai just walked up and down the street several times, but couldn't muster the courage to climb up the mountain to say goodbye to Grandpa Ah Zhi.

When Su Su hurriedly ran over from a distance, Abai gritted his teeth and made a major decision to leave quietly.Even if he waited until he had gained a foothold outside, he came back and knelt down and begged Grandpa for forgiveness.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to get out of this step.

"Abai, you idiot! Why are you still here? You can't leave!"

He originally thought that Su Su came here to accompany her, but he felt something wrong when he heard this.

Look at Su Su's disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

Abai was taken aback.

"The people in the town have been arranging to prevent you from leaving since last night! Worried about leaking the news, grandma had someone lock me up."

Abai looked around, only to find that the whole town had already entered a state of alert.

As soon as his legs softened, he sat down on the side of the street and let out a long sigh.

Only then did he realize that it wasn't just his grandfather who didn't want him to leave the town, but the hundreds of people who stayed behind in the town!

Grandpa Ah Zhi sees that there are people who have no tomorrow today, and they are concerned about who will take over the errand of watching the temple and beating the gong.If there is no heir to continue to beat the gong, the only water source will be cut off, and these people will not be able to survive.

As for these people wanting to trap a person in Tongluo Town forever, that's a piece of cake.

Even though they are all elderly people, they have really seen battles.

For a while, outside news quoted the appraisal results of authoritative cultural relic experts to disclose the news that the giant gong in Tongluo town was priceless, which attracted thieves from all over the world, but many times the treasure-robbing operations were blocked by the gang of veterans in the town. Frustrated.

In other words, if there is no suitable person to replace Grandpa Ah Zhi to beat the gong, Abai's dream of leaving Tongluo Town will basically be shattered.

Abai looked up at the dark sky of Tongluo Town and shouted in despair: Why!
(End of this chapter)