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The car galloped all the way and soon arrived at Lahao Village.

Lu Tu asked Li Hui to park his car in front of the old man Long Xiugui's house, and the five of them got out of the car and walked to Yingpanzhai.

The stone path leading into the stockade is relatively narrow, and small cars cannot pass through it, and it can only accommodate a large cart at most.Fortunately, the distance is not far, and several people have no opinion on this.

A group of people walked on the small road in the country, and they saw a green rice field, and a strong pastoral atmosphere rushed to their faces.Not far away, there are luxuriant trees on the verdant mountains, the Great Wall winds up and down, and the Miao villages are looming among them, and the scenery is beautiful and pleasant.

All this in front of them made Wang Yuan and Li Xiaorou feel very novel and excited at the same time, stopping from time to time to take pictures as souvenirs.

Huang Jie yelled and jumped over the gully, stood on the ridge of the field, bent down and pulled out a stalk of grain that hadn't grown yet and threw it into the air. It fell down quickly, making him laugh out loud.

Seeing that he wanted to pull it out again, Lu Tu hurriedly stopped him, "Xiaojie, stop playing! If you keep playing like this, we won't even be able to see the Great Wall today!"

Huang Jie jumped back obediently, with a look of excitement remaining on her face, and said with a smile: "I went to school when I was young, and I liked playing like this the most. I haven't played for a long time."

Li Xiaorou asked curiously: "Director Lu, he just played like this for a few times, and no one saw him anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Obviously, she also played this kind of game when she was a child, and she was quite disapproving of Lu Tu's approach.

Lu Tu said solemnly: "The Miao family attaches great importance to the crops. If they see us mistreating the seedlings like this, then don't talk about going to the Great Wall. If one is not good, we are very likely to be beaten here!"

Li Hui said disapprovingly: "It's not so fierce, what era is it now, who dares to beat people casually!"

Huang Jie scratched her head in embarrassment, and said with a laugh: "Yes, Brother Li! Once I played too crazy and pulled up the ears of corn all over the ground, but was chased by people from the next door village for three miles. I escaped by hiding in the woods. I won’t lie to you, I almost scared me to death that time!”

Everyone burst into laughter, and looked around one after another. They couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they found no one around!

Everyone walked along the winding path, and passed a laundry well on the way. The spring water surrounded by small trees was gurgling, but the pool seemed to never be full, which made Wang Yuan very surprised.

Lu Tu explained: "When the pool was first built, there was a drainage outlet under the stone slab, so it seemed that the pool would never overflow. People worried that the drainage would pollute the water source, so you can lay the drainage outlet farther away. Take two steps forward, and you can see traces of drainage there."

Several people gathered around to watch, sighed a few words about the ingenuity of the Miao people, and then continued to move towards the village.

At the very front of the village is a stone city gate with a carved stone plaque above it - "Lehao ​​Camp"!
This place was originally a barracks, a real original barracks village.

An old man sat on a stone bench under the city gate. He didn't get up when he saw several people approaching, but just stared at them.A little black dog was lying on its stomach in front of him. When it saw someone coming, it didn't bark. It stood up and yawned lazily, its tail flicked happily.

Lu Tu didn't know him, but he went up to say hello, "Grandpa, I'm Long Xiugui's son-in-law, Long Lanxiang's lover, and I'm bringing some friends to the village for a walk."

The old man showed a surprised look, looked him up and down, took out his pipe and said, "Oh, you are that Ga Zhang of Xiugui's family! I'm not a grandfather, you can call me uncle, but don't mess up your seniority!"

Lu Tu scratched his head in embarrassment, quickly took out a cigarette and handed it over, and said, "Hi, uncle! I don't come to the village very often, and I don't know many people, so don't be surprised!"

The old man nodded, took the cigarette and asked, "Xiugui seems to have gone to the city, right? Do you have the keys to the house?"

Lu Tu shook his head, turned to point to Li Hui and the others, and said with a smile, "I don't have a key. I came here in a hurry today, just to show them the Great Wall of the South."

The old man stood up and said, "Let's go, go and see if your uncle's house has a key. When guests come, you can't even give others tea, can you?"

Lu Tu nodded in agreement, looked at Li Hui and the others, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go around the village first, and then climb the Great Wall."

Li Hui and the others followed behind them without any objection, and walked up the small and ancient stone steps. The steps were steep and made of irregular stone slabs.

The little black dog happily ran at the front, and stopped from time to time, wagging its tail and waiting. After everyone followed, it excitedly climbed the steps and ran forward.

Several people looked at the village curiously, and saw that on both sides of the steps were stone slab houses where the villagers lived. The walls of the houses were made of slate, the roofs of the houses were paved with slate, and the fences around the houses were piled up with slate... All you can see are gray and black slates, stones, stone houses, stone fences, stone railings... It looks like a primitive stone tribe, a regular world of gray and black slates.

Stone roads, stone courtyard walls, stone houses, stone pig pens, stone tables and benches, stone Great Wall... Each stone slab is 20 centimeters thick and 4 or 5 centimeters thin.When building masonry, no cement mortar or other things are used, and the building is built layer by layer, and the joints are pressed, and the gaps in the middle are filled with small stone chips.The stone slabs here are not easy to weather. If it is not destroyed by man, each building can be preserved for hundreds of years.

Here, the stone slabs are not just stone slabs, they carry people's lives, the culture of Miao and Xinjiang, and the heavy history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The village is lined with green trees, many houses are covered with green plants on the corners of the front and back walls, some climbed up the walls, and some even did not let go of the roofs, it is so green under the sunlight It is full of vitality, decorating this quaint gray and black ancient village with vitality.

I didn't see anyone on the road, but I occasionally saw one or two women in Miao clothes, ready to go out with a basket on their backs.They greeted the old man loudly in Miao language, but after learning about Lu Tu's identity, they didn't go up to strike up a conversation, they just cast curious eyes on him.

A group of people boarded the highest part of the castle with twists and turns, and the roof of the house was under their feet. The tiles were full of leaves. Not far away, the passage of the Great Wall in the south passed through the stockade. The environment is beautiful and quiet. It's refreshing.

Huang Jie was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately wanted to go to the Great Wall to play. After running for a few steps, he found that everyone else had entered a house, so he had to turn around and come back to keep up with the footsteps of the group.

Lu Tu had been here before and knew that this was Long Lanxiang's uncle's house.The house is a little different from other houses, with blue bricks and black tiles, wooden doors and windows, and a line of words painted with white lime on the wall - "the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in China"!
Walking into the house, the light inside is not bad. Looking up, it turns out that there is a patio in the middle of the hall.There are rooms on both sides and a kitchen on the back, which is exactly the same as the architectural style of Jiangnan countryside.

Both the uncle and the uncle were watching TV in the room, and when they heard the movement, they all came out from inside.

Lu Tu stepped forward to say hello: "Hi uncle, hello uncle! I'm Lu Tu, Lan Xiang's lover."

The uncle's name is Long Xiu'en, he smiled when he saw Lu Tu, and said, "No need to introduce, I know. When did you come back, Xiao Lu?"

"Sit down, sit whatever you want." He looked at the crowd, dragged a few armchairs enthusiastically, and told the woman, "Go and make tea."

The little black dog was running around in the room, Li Hui and the others were not polite, and sat down one after another, looking at the surrounding environment curiously, feeling very novel about everything here.

My aunt is short in stature, and she is quite reserved when facing guests.She nodded to Lu Tu with a smile, and went to the kitchen in the back room to get busy.

Lu Tu smiled and said, "Uncle, I brought a few friends over to play in the village today. I came in a hurry and didn't have time to bring any gifts. Next time, Lan Xiang and I will make a special trip to see you."

Long Xiuen waved his hand and said, "You don't need to give me a gift, and your family members don't need to be so polite, just come!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the old man and asked in Miao dialect, "Watson, are you going to guard the gate again today?"

The old man Huasheng's surname is Gu. There are only more than 200 people in this village, but there are more than 50 surnames. Some are descendants of soldiers who were stationed in the barracks before, and some are local Miao people.

Gu Huasheng was originally a Han Chinese, but he can speak fluent Miao dialect. He has been friends with Long Xiuen and his family since the time of his ancestors, and this good relationship has continued to this day.

Instead of answering in a hurry, he sat on the armchair. Instead, he took out a pipe, lighted it unhurriedly, took a puff happily, and then smiled and said, "Your niece and son-in-law are going to call me grandpa when they first meet. Tell me, should I promise to come down?"

Long Xiuen pointed at him with his finger, stared and said: "If you are not afraid of being scolded, just agree! He is ignorant, and you are as ignorant as him?"

Gu Huasheng laughed loudly, and said with a proud face: "I asked him to call me uncle, and brought him to your home! Just say it, for this, should you invite me tonight?" drink wine?"

Long Xiuen scolded with a smile: "I know you didn't come up with any good ideas! Don't worry, there's plenty of wine, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it!" He looked at Lu Tu again, "Xiao Lu, let's meet your friend tonight! We're all eating at home! I'll ask your aunt to cook a few dishes, and we two will have a good drink with your friends!"

Lu Tu looked at Li Hui and Huang Jie, and seeing that they didn't express any objection, he smiled and nodded in agreement.

Li Hui and the others obviously didn't expect Lu Tu to be so enthusiastic, so they directly brought them home as guests.As Lu Tu said, because they came in a hurry, they didn't buy any gifts, and felt a little embarrassed.

Wang Yuan and Li Xiaorou discussed it in whispers, took out 500 yuan from their pockets, and stuffed it directly into Long Xiuen's hands.

"Uncle, it's our first visit, what a bother! It's not a respect, it's a small thing!"

But Long Xiuen refused to accept it, waved his hands again and again and said: "How can I collect money from distinguished guests! You are looking down on me by doing this!"

Seeing this, Lu Tu quickly got up, stopped Wang Yuan, and said sincerely: "Sister Wang, thank you for your kindness! I brought you here as guests, how can I make you spend money? Put it away, I will Uncle definitely won't want it."

Li Hui laughed loudly, stood up and gave Lu Tu a thumbs up, "Director Lu, you are a very interesting person! It must be very nice to be friends with you!"

He turned to Wang Yuan again and said, "Yuanyuan, put it away!"

Wang Yuan had no choice but to take the money back, went back to sit down beside Li Xiaorou, and gave her a helpless expression.

Li Xiaorou smiled at her, both of them were in an exceptionally good mood!

Huang Jie sat on the chair and laughed, he could see that Lu Tu was really different from other tour guides!
If it was someone else, I'm afraid that tourists can pay more for it at this moment.But he was unwilling to do this, and he wanted to push out all the money he got!

This sincere attitude is really touching!

Lu Tu didn't have as many thoughts as they did. He took out a cigarette and distributed it to everyone, and asked Long Xiu'en, "Uncle, do you have the key to my father's house?"

Long Xiuen nodded and said, "Yes, you are going home? Don't go, don't go! The tiles are about to fall off, and the inside is covered with grass, nothing to see!"

Lu Tu sighed regretfully, and said, "Isn't it? Oh, what a pity! Why doesn't my dad go to repair it?"

Long Xiuen shook his head and said, "Why do you come here to repair it? Anyway, no one lives there! Back then your mother spent so much money to build a house, and the whole family lived in it for less than two years! Let me tell you, This is how their family fell into decline! The monkeys broke the corn, broke one by one and lost one by one, no matter how much they earned, they would not be able to finish their defeat!"

When talking about the elders, Lu Tu was not easy to answer, so he took a look at the gap, went to the kitchen in the back room, took 800 yuan from his wallet and handed it to his aunt.

The aunt has always admired the boldness of this niece and son-in-law. Every time she came to the door, she would bring gifts in large and small bags, and often give money. Happy to accept it.

When Lu Tu returned to the hall, he heard Li Hui chatting with Long Xiuen, "Uncle, the environment here is so good, why don't you develop it into a tourist attraction?"

Long Xiuen spread his hands, and said helplessly: "I have no money, how can I develop it? I have been to several big bosses before, saying that they want to contract, but they all want empty-handed white wolves, and want to take this place away without any money. , and then get a loan! Do you think we can agree?"

Li Hui nodded and said, "Hey, I definitely can't agree! Well, are there many tourists here usually?"

Long Xiuen pointed to Gu Huasheng, and said, "Occasionally a few tourists will come, which can help Watson earn some money for drinks. Other than that, there are not many people. Sigh, there are not many people coming to play in the Great Wall of the South now." , let alone our place!"

Li Hui thought for a while and said, "I think there are fewer tourists because there is no development! In fact, as long as the operation is good, this place is still very interesting! Just like us, we have never seen such a house before!"

Lu Tu said with a smile: "Brother Li, if you are interested, you can come and invest! Yingpanzhai has filmed a lot of film and television dramas. Whether it is a scenic spot or a film and television city, it is a business that can make a profit and not lose money!"

Li Hui shook his head and said, "Me? Forget it! As the saying goes, travel is like a mountain. The industry of tourism is really unfamiliar to me!"

He glanced at Lu Tu and continued, "I have an immature suggestion, you might as well think about it! Didn't you find out? You are quite suitable for this job! You have ability, brains, and good character. Do it To you, the tour guide is somewhat condescending!"

Lu Tu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)