hearsay

Chapter 66
The light slanted down from the top of the patio and fell on the hall to form a light and shadow, which was reflected on people's faces, which looked so mottled and grotesque.

Long Xiuen exhaled a puff of smoke, shook his head again, and did not speak.

Lu Tu also shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you think highly of me, I don't have the ability! If nothing else, the money alone is enough to make me stop and stay away!"

Li Hui showed a look of disapproval, and was about to say something more.

Long Xiuen waved his hand and said to Lu Tu, "Go to the kitchen to see if your aunt is ready."

When Lu Tu got up and went to the kitchen, he turned his head to look at Li Hui again, and said seriously, "Xiao Li, don't encourage him! Xiao Lu just came back not long ago, and being too high-minded may not be a good thing!"

Li Huiqi said: "Why do you say that? I think he still has ideas. It's a pity to come back here and not start a career!"

Long Xiuen threw away the cigarette butt, sighed, and said, "Oh, you don't know! How do you know that others are suffering without suffering? The situation of the old five family is almost entirely supported by the couple! How can we stand it?" Do you want to make such a fuss? If you don’t do it well, you won’t even be able to live your life!”

When it comes to other people's privacy, it's not easy for Li Hui to ask further questions.

He glanced at Wang Yuan and Li Xiaorou, nodded thoughtfully, and didn't say anything more.

Huang Jie didn't have any scruples, and asked directly: "Uncle, is someone in Brother Lu's family sick? Is it serious?"

Long Xiu'en shook his head and said, "No! Living in this world is not only about getting sick, which makes life difficult! Forget it, let's not talk about this! Come, come, drink a bowl of boiling water!"

Seeing Lu Tu coming out with two bowls of rum and eggs, he took advantage of the situation to end the topic, and turned to greet everyone, "In the countryside, there are only these things, and there is nothing to entertain. But they are eggs laid by their own chickens and brewed by themselves. Rice wine, you all have a taste."

Lu Tu handed it to Wang Yuan and Li Xiaorou first, and the aunt behind him brought out two bowls and handed them to Li Hui and Huang Jie respectively.

There were still two bowls in the kitchen, and Lu Tu went in and brought them out again, and gave Gu Huasheng a bowl, and wanted to pass the other bowl to Uncle Long Xiuen, but he refused.

"Eat it, don't worry about me!" Long Xiuen waved his hand and said.

Seeing that the aunt also refused to accept it, Lu Tu stopped being humble and picked up the sea bowl and started to eat.

Three eggs boiled in glutinous rice wine are placed in each bowl, and the light and sweet taste of the wine exudes a mouth-watering taste.

Lu Tu likes to eat sweet wine and eggs very much. In his hometown, he usually entertains distinguished guests in this way.Many times, he feels that there are many similarities between the customs of the Miao nationality and his hometown, which shows that the theory of the same origin of national culture still has some truth.

It could be seen that Wang Yuan and Li Xiaorou also liked this kind of delicacy very much. The two quickly finished their eggs, and even the rice wine soup, and drank it all in one gulp.

After eating and drinking enough, Huang Jie proposed to climb the Great Wall of the South.

Lu Tu said hello to his uncle and aunt, and was ready to set off.

Unexpectedly, Gu Huasheng volunteered to be their guide, and led the crowd to the village with the little black dog.

Long Xiuen waited for them to go out, then turned to look at his mother-in-law, and asked impatiently, "How much did Xiao Lu pay?"

The woman rolled his eyes at him and whispered, "Eight hundred."

Long Xiuen nodded in satisfaction, stretched out his hand and said, "Give me one hundred!"

The woman lowered her head and took out her purse, took out one from it, thought for a while and took out another, and said distressedly: "You don't have much shredded tobacco, go buy some. The family has long been out of money, we still have to buy some tobacco." Just save some money. Right now, it’s the time when you don’t receive money, and I don’t know how long it will take for Yao’er to send money back.”

Long Xiuen took it, returned another one, and said: "100 yuan is enough for me for a long time, why give me so much? It's not easy for Yao'er to work outside. With his temperament, if he plays well , Didn’t you pay back early? We have food and drink at home, so don’t trouble him!”

He has two daughters and a son and is married.It's just because they couldn't make money at home, so the whole family went to Wenzhou to work. Only the old couple stayed at home and supported themselves by farming.

The woman took it over with a smile on her face, hid the money close to her body, and said with emotion: "Xiao Lu is a really nice guy, and I don't know when Wu Lianhua got such a good fortune in his life to find such a good son-in-law!"

Sisters-in-law love to compare each other, and Lu Tu's aunt and his mother-in-law are no exception.Normally, the two of them would often quarrel over this kind of thing.

Long Xiuen said angrily: "That's because Xiao Lanxiang of my family has good eyesight, and she has something to do with her Wu Lianhua! To have such a good son-in-law, if it was someone else, I would have been laughing from ear to ear. But look at how she did it? In the early years, she was determined to break up the family, and forced the two of them for so many years! This is because Xiao Lu has a good temper, otherwise, today the fifth child will enjoy I can't reach this blessing!"

When the woman heard him say this, she was happier than drinking honey water, and said with a smile: "She, Wu Lianhua, always looks amazing, and she thinks it is an honor to show her face outside! But even family and everything She doesn't even know such a simple truth! Women, it's not a good thing to be too strong!"

Long Xiuen waved his hand impatiently and said: "Stop talking! Let's cook, cook some tough dishes, I'll let Xiao Lu stay for dinner."

The woman nodded and smiled and said, "Okay! Then I'll kill a chicken, cut two catties of bacon, and kill that fish you caught two days ago!"

Long Xiuen didn't speak, took out his cigarette pouch, grabbed a handful of shredded tobacco, rolled it up with a small piece of white paper and lit it, a puff of choking smoke came out.

Under the smog, he squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought, no different from an ordinary old farmer.

There is a watchtower at the section of the Southern Great Wall connected to Yingpanzhai.

In order to prevent tourists from entering the Great Wall from the village, the scenic spot has installed wooden gates on both sides of the watchtower, even the arches for pedestrians passing below.

Lu Tu didn't know anything about this, and after walking not far with everyone, he saw the scene in front of him, and couldn't help being a little dumbfounded.

When he visited the Great Wall before, it was very convenient for him to come and go. As long as he didn't go to the other side of the Great Wall, no one would inquire about it.Unexpectedly, only half a year has passed, and such a big change has taken place here.

Huang Jie said disappointedly: "Ah! Can't we get through, Brother Lu? Do we have to go up through the main entrance?"

Li Hui, Wang Yuan, Li Xiaorou and the others also showed disappointment, they came in high spirits and returned in disappointment, probably referring to their current situation.

Lu Tu faced Gu Huasheng, spread his hands and said, "Uncle Gu, is it possible that you are just looking at him like this?"

Gu Huasheng laughed and said, "I didn't say anything on purpose just now, just to see your expressions now! Hehe, you really didn't disappoint me!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at him, their eyes full of hope.

Gu Huasheng put his hands behind his back, turned around and said, "Come with me!"

Such a trivial matter, of course, can't trouble him, a local snake.

He led Lu Tu and his party back, walked around the village, pointed to a ruined house not far from his feet and said, "Here, that's your old man's house! It's already broken down!"

Of course Lu Tu knew, he looked down for a while, shook his head and didn't speak.

Seeing this, Li Hui couldn't help but regretfully said: "What a nice house, it's not bad for a vacation after it's repaired!"

Huang Jie laughed and said, "Brother Li, this kind of house is cool in summer and cold in winter. It's okay to live in it when it's hot. If it's cold, I'm afraid it will be too cold for you!"

Li Xiaorou asked curiously: "How do you know so clearly?"

Huang Jie said as a matter of course: "Because my old house used to be like this. I lived in it for seven or eight years. Do you think I don't know?"

Several people couldn't help laughing, stepped down the steps and continued to move forward.

Not far away, they saw the legendary Eight Immortals Well.

Clear spring water gurgles out from the crevices of the stones, and the pool built by the green striped stones is covered with moss. The surface above the stones has been ground into a crescent shape, and the traces of the vicissitudes of history are clearly visible.

Gu Huasheng led them downhill and uphill. Along the way, he saw many stone carvings on the roof, as well as houses with plaques such as "Nanyang Shidi" and "Wuling Shidi". a family.After greeting the master, he pushed up a dark attic board from the back door.

After everyone climbed up the stairs, they realized that this place turned out to be a watchtower on the South Great Wall, less than 200 meters away from the previous outpost!
After Gu Huasheng sent them to the city wall, he left with the little black dog.He is not interested in climbing the Great Wall, so he might as well go to the entrance of the village to see if there are any tourists coming.

The trees on both sides of the Great Wall are green, the breeze blows, the leaves are whirling, and the sun shines through the gaps, shining in people's eyes.

Faced with this situation, Huang Jie cheered, and strode forward along the Great Wall, feeling extremely happy!
Li Xiaorou and Wang Yuan followed behind Li Hui, and the three of them walked slowly, stopping from time to time to let Lu Tu help take a group photo.

While helping to take pictures, Lu Tu explained to them the living conditions of the Miao people during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"The officials occupy the city, the Han occupy the Ping, and the Miao family is in the middle of the sky. At that time, there were still 15 Miao people living in the Laer Mountain area. They were living in poverty, but they still fought desperately. They were unwilling to submit to the central dynasty. This is probably the pride that runs deep in the blood of the Miao people! If you beat me and oppress me, I will fight you to the death! If you treat me well, then I will treat you twice as well!"

"Did you see a lot of propaganda slogans in the village just now? You may think that they are propaganda work done by the government, but they are not. They were put up by the villagers spontaneously! They really support our party's policies!"

Li Hui laughed loudly, and joked, "No wonder you are willing to stay here! If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't want to leave either!"

Lu Tu smiled and shook his head, but did not explain.

Huang Jie ran back panting, propped her legs with her hands and said, "I'm so tired! I didn't expect... running on the city wall is so tiring!"

Li Xiaorou and Wang Yuan were amused by his silly appearance.

Lu Tu took out a few bottles of water from his bag and distributed them to everyone.

Huang Jie drank half a bottle of water in one breath, calmed her breath, looked at Li Xiaorou with a smile on her face, and asked, "Beauty, do you want to climb to the highest place to see the scenery together? Don't worry, if you can't get down, I can carry you down." of!"

Li Xiaorou curled her lips, shook her head and said, "I'm not going, handsome guy! I want to accompany Yuanyuan to see the scenery together!"

Huang Jie showed a look of disappointment, "It's fine for Sister Wang to be accompanied by Brother Li. What's the point of being a light bulb here, and you don't feel too tired to panic!"

Li Xiaorou took a look at Li Hui and Wang Yuan, saw that they were both smiling, sighed softly, and said: "You may not know that before coming here, Yuanyuan suffered from severe depression, and even once There is also the idea of ​​suicide. In order to help her recover, Mr. Li and I have thought of many ways, but even injections and medicines have little effect. Later, the doctor suggested that we take her out for a walk, saying that it is a change The environment may be able to relieve the stagnation in my heart!"

She looked at Lu Tu again, and explained, "We were acting all the way yesterday, just to stimulate her and hope she can cheer up again. But..."

She bit her lip, "Do you know what she said to me later? She said she hoped that I could be with Mr. Li, and wished us happiness! My God! Do you know how good their relationship was before?" ? Now you can say such a thing! Because of this, Mr. Li and I almost collapsed!"

Wang Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Li Hui held her hand tightly and glared at her angrily.

Wang Yuan smiled sweetly at him, turned to Lu Tu and said, "Thank you, Director Lu! If it weren't for you, I would not have recovered so quickly! In fact, what you told me last night, my husband would Got it, he was furious right then and there! Hee hee!"

Lu Tu was dumbfounded!
He never expected that the little trick he used back then not only didn't work, but was also exposed in person!
This is really embarrassing!
"Then you still..." He asked a little puzzled.

Li Hui laughed and said: "Why do I still buy so many things, right? That's because, I think your idea is not useless! Yuanyuan was not interested in many things before, even shopping, which women like most, she It's all perfunctory! But after you told her yesterday, she actually chatted on this topic for hours, which has never happened before!"

He looked at Wang Yuan tenderly, and said slowly: "The most important thing is that we don't know that her heart knot is her dream of singing, and even Yuanyuan herself didn't realize this! What you said casually today An idea, unexpectedly solved our troubles for so long. Tell me, how should we thank you, Director Lu?"

Lu Tu repeatedly waved his hands and said: "No need to thank, no need to thank, I didn't do anything, I just happened to know some knowledge in this area! Then, Miss Wang, are you fully recovered now?"

Wang Yuan said with a smile like a flower: "Well, I think it's all over! When I changed clothes in the hotel, I felt like I had unloaded a heavy burden, and my whole body was much more relaxed! Didn't you realize that in the afternoon, I Are you smiling all the time?"

Lu Tu gave her a thumbs up and said with a smile, "I thought you were so happy because Brother Li bought you a lot of things you like! Haha, congratulations, Sister Wang!"

Everyone laughed and felt that the relationship between each other has become a lot closer because of this!

Huang Jie waved his hands and said loudly: "Let's go, let's continue climbing the Great Wall! Today we must return home with a lot of fun!"

(End of this chapter)