hearsay

Chapter 19 Returning
The Longlong Banquet was held at the village chief's house.

The low, small square wooden tables were connected together, with a small chair on each side, arranged in several long rows, from the room to the outside of the courtyard.

Large chunks of bacon, fragrant chicken soup, delicious river fish, authentic mountain vegetables, and sweet rice wine are packed in small pottery bowls, and women in Miao clothes shuttle like a cloud, bringing them to the table.

Tourists sit opposite each other at a table, seven or eight groups of six NO.70 people, this area is packed to the brim, very lively.

Faced with such delicious food, people couldn't help twitching their index fingers, articulate, picked up chopsticks one after another, and started to gorge themselves.

The matter was resolved satisfactorily, Lao Zheng and the others were also in a good mood, let go of eating and drinking, and even teased Xiao Yuanhui from time to time!
Lu Tu and Mayaozhong stayed in the bedroom for a long time with Mr. Long before they came out with a piece of paper.

The paper looked like it was torn from the homework book, the handwriting was very immature, and there were traces of alteration.

"Brother-in-law, is this really possible?" Mayaozhong asked as he walked, with an unnatural expression on his face.

Lu Tu put his arms around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Okay! Grandpa Long can't write, and my handwriting doesn't look like that. I told you that it's most suitable for you to write. Didn't I lie to you? Others will know it at a glance. The words written by elementary school students must be fine!"

Ma Yaozhong's face was full of suspicion, "Why do I feel that you are laughing at me?"

Lu Tu suppressed his laughter and said solemnly: "No, absolutely not!"

Ma Yaozhong put an elbow on his belly and shouted: "If you say no, you have it!"

Lu Tu finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Grandpa Long walked behind, watching the two of them quarreling, with a kind smile on his face.

The three of them walked to Old Zheng, and after a group of them stood up one after another, Lu Tu greeted him with a smile and asked Lieutenant Mayao to hand over the letter of thanks.

Old Zheng took a look at the letter, smiled at Mr. Long, and praised: "Old man, is this written by your grandson? How old is he, at most six years old, and he can write so many words? Really? Very good!"

Grandpa Long glanced at Ma Yaozhong, saw that he was lowering his head, his fingers twisted around the hem of his clothes like a twist, he looked away, and nodded expressionlessly.

Lu Tu snickered in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Uncle Zheng, do you think this is okay? There is no embellishment, it is straight from the heart, and the writing is very straightforward. I think it is quite good."

Sister Wang leaned over and read while reading: "Thank you letter, Grandpa Zheng, Grandma Wang, Aunt Qin, Uncle Xiao, Uncle Wang, thank you for donating 2000 yuan. We have enough money to study. You are all good people! Welcome next time Come to Miao Village as a guest again! Long Tengyun. Ouch, the writing is really good! This kid will definitely be promising when he grows up!"

There were two words redacted on it, but she didn't say it. She searched around and asked Mr. Long, "Where is the child, why didn't you see it?"

Grandpa Long pointed to the back of the house, "Go out to play."

Sister Wang said regretfully: "Oh, I still want to hug him. I must have been frightened just now, right?"

After the incident, she was full of affection for this place. She usually likes children very much. Now that she relaxes, her character will naturally be revealed.

Mr. Long's face softened a lot, and he waved to Ma Yaozhong.

He understood, and brought a bowl of rice wine over.

Holding the bowl with both hands, Mr. Long said to Xiao Yuanhui: "The Miao family is not playing tricks. After drinking this bowl of wine, today's matter is over!"

After speaking, he drank it dry in one gulp, showing the bottom of the bowl.

Xiao Yuanhui picked up the wine bowl tremblingly, intending to say something, and wanted to express his apology by drinking.

He hurriedly drank it in one gulp, but accidentally choked his throat, coughed until his face was flushed, and he was in a panic. It took him a long time to recover, and he stammered: "Old...old man, I'm sorry... !"

Mr. Long patted his arm and smiled, "Young man, you are not a bad person! You are welcome to visit the village again in the future!"

When Xiao Yuanhui heard this, his whole body felt as if he had eaten ginseng fruit, his bones were a little lighter, he was refreshed, and he couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.

The Miao women held wine bowls and lined up to toast one by one. They did not play any game of singing Miao songs and continuously pouring wine, but expressed their sincere thanks.

The alcohol content of the water wine is very low, and the elderly and children can drink it.

Even so, Xiao Yuanhui and the others never refused to come, the wine was dry until the bowl was dry, and his face was flushed by the end of the drink, and he almost passed out on the spot.

Lu Tu squatted at the door with his job in his hand, watching this scene with a smile, his heart full of satisfaction.

The banquet lasted until after two o'clock in the afternoon. The tourists bought a lot of things in big bags, such as bacon, dried vegetables, rice wine, batik embroidered headscarves and other local specialties were very popular. Even Xiao Yuanhui borrowed 100 yuan , bought five or six catties of bacon and a pot of rice wine.

Mr. Long dragged Lu Tu and Mayaozhong back to the room, and wanted to settle the commission for them. The other tour guides were received by the village head.

Lu Tu thought he was going to give a share of the donation, so he resolutely declined and refused to accept it.

Ma Yaozhong took it, and stuffed it into his hand, "This is a shopping commission, and the rules are like this, take it."

Holding 300 yuan in hand, Lu Tu asked hesitantly, "Isn't my commission paid by Yuntong Company?"

Ma Yaozhong smiled proudly: "The shopping here is not within the scope of the company's agreement. Our tour guides get the commission themselves and don't need to reimburse the company. Grandpa Long called the nearby Miao villages and asked each household to bring things over and sell them. I took the lead! How about brother-in-law, isn’t it good?”

"Okay! Why are you smart again this time? Don't you think it's shameful to make money?" Lu Tu teased, then turned to look at Grandpa Long, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Grandpa, then I'll accept it."

Grandpa Long waved his hand and said, "You deserve this, thank you! I will come here often when I have free time, and it will feel like being at home when I come here."

Lu Tu nodded and agreed, "Hey, don't worry, I will definitely come here often in the future."

Ma Yaozhong finally got the chance to speak, and muttered, "How can it be the same, brother-in-law! When there is a war, we never negotiate business with the enemy!"

Lu Tu didn't expect that a small conflict would be regarded as a war by them!
It has to be said that people have different thinking modes, the way of looking at problems, and the ways to solve problems will be different.

It was getting late, Lu Tu and Ma Yaozhong went out to lead the team and boarded the minibus for the return journey.

The body is bumpy and wobbly driving on the winding mountain road, the green and lush mountains and the scenery are pleasant.

The team members lost interest in watching the scenery. They all had a good time and dozed off in their seats.

Seeing this, Lu Tu gave up explaining, sat on the hood of the engine, and chatted quietly with Ma Yaozhong.

"I'm going to hold a party when I go back, how about you? What's the plan?"

"I'll go back to pick Lu Peng and Lu Yan from school, and I'll go to the company to pay the bill tomorrow."

"Yes! I almost forgot again, this is your first time leading a group, haha. Brother-in-law, I think you are very good!"

What May Yaozhong said was from the bottom of his heart, it was indeed admiration, not a compliment.

In the conflict that happened today, in his view, a fight must be inevitable.

You might not make much money that way, but who cares?

The Miao family just wants to be happy and happy, and live happily to be strong enough!
But under Lu Tu's handling, Zaogang Miao Village got a donation of 2000 yuan, not to mention, even when Xiao Yuanhui and the others were leaving, they cried and shouted to kowtow to Grandpa Long to recognize their relatives, saying that they would come to donate again next year, The emotional relationship is like a family, and it is really like the propaganda says-Miao Han is a family!

This kind of mediation ability really made Ma Yaozhong envious.

"I'm nothing special, I just don't want to see the Zaogang Miao Village follow the old road of Huangsiqiao ancient city."

The ancient city of Huangsiqiao is a famous Wulong Mountain scenic spot. When it was booming in the early years, it was even more lively than the ancient city of Fenghuang.Just because tourists don't respect the customs of the locals, there have been several incidents of beating people.Now that the scenic spot has closed down, tourists are reluctant to go to that place for sightseeing.

Accompanied by Long Lanxiang, Lu Tu once visited there once.The frontier fortress that existed in the Tang Dynasty has become deserted. There are only a few Miao women who sit at the gate of the city wall and embroider, looking at them blankly, and no one comes forward to strike up a conversation.

"Oh, it's really a pity for the ancient city of Huangsiqiao! But there's no way, we Miao people are so upright! But if you ask them if they will regret it, brother-in-law, let me tell you, eleven out of ten people will say that they don't Regret! People don’t offend me, I don’t offend others, this is our principle of life!”

Lu Tu nodded and fell silent.

After running this trip, apart from playing a little role in resolving conflicts, his sense of presence is actually not high.

The well-prepared explanations before were useless at all, and almost all the work of leading the group was taken over by Ma Yaozhong.

But this is just right, so he has an "internship" opportunity.Comparing with Mayaozhong's explanation process, he can find out the deficiencies in his own explanation words, as well as the problems in the process of leading the group in Mayaozhong.

Yep, he's already nitpicking!

Although Lu Tu is still a novice in the tour guide industry, his past experience has given him rich experience in team management and a lot of presentation skills.Out of professional habits, he will not superstitiously believe in any one person's successful experience, and always looks critically at every problem-solving process of the team, and finds the bright spots and shortcomings from it for improvement next time.

Although it was only the first time meeting Ma Yaozhong, after getting along with him this time, Lu Tu unconsciously regarded him as a member of his team, a person who could be trusted and trusted.

"Xiaoyao, the effect of your leading the group is not bad, but the explanation of Miao culture is a little less, and some content in this area can be appropriately added in the future."

Ma Yaozhong didn't expect him to bring up this topic suddenly, he scratched his head and said with a laugh: "Brother-in-law, are you teaching me how to lead a group now? All right, next time I have a chance, I'll come and listen to your explanation. "

Seeing him looking at him provocatively, Lu Tu knew that he was still not convinced, so he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and didn't say anything more.

The car soon arrived at the ancient city of Fenghuang. Lu Tu and Mayaozhong led the team separately and went to the hotel to take out their luggage.

After Lu Tu asked Lao Zheng to help him fill out the tour guide evaluation form, he accompanied them to Chengbei Station and sent them back to Changsha by bus. This brought the group trip to an end.

(End of this chapter)