witcher of light

Chapter 307 When leaving hope

Early the next morning, Wang Li woke up with the smell of cooking smoke and rice.

He got up and took Ying Ying to wash, and then looked down the hillside, and found that the village in the valley was actually covered with farmland and vegetable fields. It seemed that they had transformed the land suitable for farming in the mountains to the limit.

Because of the previous bad experience, he did some psychological construction before entering the village this time.

It's just that when he walked down the hillside and walked on the field ridge, the first person he met was an old woman carrying a bamboo building and preparing to go down to do geography work.

The old woman looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't expect to see a stranger here.

Wang Li was still hesitating whether to say hello and how to say hello.

The old lady greeted her with surprise and enthusiasm: "Where did you come from, and why did you come to our Wujiagou?"

This time, Wang Li really felt the simplicity and enthusiasm of the mountain people. The greeting without any negative emotions, and the clearly visible sincere joy made Wang Li let go of all worries in his heart.

Although the native dialect sounded difficult to understand, Wang Li was surprisingly able to comprehend her meaning from the pure emotional spectrum.

Wang Li replied: "Grandmother, hello, I'm hiking, I didn't expect to see a mountain village here, so I wanted to come and have a look."

The old woman said with a smile, "When I come, I'm a guest. Let's go home with my mother-in-law. I just made some pancakes yesterday. I'll give you a taste of our Wujiagou Tujia pancakes."

Wang Li did not refuse the kindness.

However, just as they were about to leave, the old lady said "Good guy" and found Qiuqiu.

She said, "Why do you have a blind man with you?!"

Wang Li said: "This is the little guy I met before. It should have been lost with my mother. It has followed me all the way."

"Don't worry, mother-in-law, it's very docile and doesn't hurt anyone."

Granny Wu said: "That's right, a blind bear under the age of [-] is not scary, I'm just worried that an old bear will come looking for him."

"But it shouldn't be a problem to hear what you said. Let me tell you how you crossed the mountain to the west. There is a big tiger entrenched there."

"It seems that the tiger smelled Xiong Xiazi and didn't attack you."

Listening to this, Wang Li looked at Qiuqiu who had almost peed in fear at the time, and didn't refute, but said jokingly, "Yes, thanks to it."

The old woman was still very happy, so she took Wang Li and walked back to the village.

The village is surrounded by a wooden raft, which should be to prevent the attack of beasts.

After Wang Li entered the village, as a rare visitor to the village, he was treated very warmly.

He tasted the Tujia pancake that Granny Wu said... Although it was a bit tasteless, he still ate it politely.

Fortunately, when Granny Wu was about to slaughter the only laying hen left in the family to entertain him, he quickly stopped it, which made Granny Wu give up this idea.

"Grandma, I see that there are many children in the village. Don't they have to go to school?"

Qiuqiu nodded at the side with tears in his eyes. It was just a negligence and played with those little monsters for a while, but two handfuls of hairs were pulled off its body.

It hurts baby.

Wang Li rubbed the bear's head, feeling aroused by this guy.

Granny Wu sighed and said, "I can go, but it's too far away. The children can't stand such a toss!"

Wang Li asked strangely, "What's going on?"

He was quite curious, is there an elementary school nearby?

Grandma Wu said: "There is an elementary school in Songjiagou, which is two hills to the north. At first, the children could go to school when the chain bridge on the mountain was still there, but since the chain bridge broke down three years ago, they fell to their deaths continuously. Two boys, no one wants to take any more risks."

"Oh, there are still girls from the third family still insisting on going."

"However, in order to go to school, she has to leave at three o'clock every day, and walk over two hills to get to school. It was already dark when she came back, and I don't know how long this girl can last?"

Wang Li listened silently.

He looked at this mountain village without the convenient water and electricity in the city, and the villagers can still live naturally and freely.

But only when she mentioned the broken cable bridge, Granny Wu's face was full of worry.

That broken cable bridge is the hope of this mountain village!

Wang Li asked: "Then who built the cable bridge at that time? Can't you ask the person in charge to build another one?"

Granny Wu shook her head silently and said: "The county government is too far away from here, and the cable bridge that was able to be built at that time was only built by the general who had to pass by here to suppress bandits, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build it, who would think of our side now. "

Wang Li then asked which 'general' it was.

The result is that I don't know when I ask three questions.

It seems that the cable bridge should have been around for some years, and there is really no record left in this mountain village where everything is passed on by word of mouth.

Wang Li couldn't help feeling a little heavy in his heart.

He sat for a while and got up to say goodbye.

"Why did Brother Ye just leave? Don't you want to sit a little longer?" Granny Wu was very reluctant.

Wang Li said: "It's time to go, I still have a lot to go."

As he said that, he left the mountain village with Qiuqiu, who was bald with several patches of hair.

He felt the real simplicity in this mountain village, but he left in a hurry.

Because he wants to do something for this village.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he came to the original position of the cable bridge on the mountain to the north.

He could see that originally there were two iron cables stretching between the two peaks, and under the iron cables were hung ropes and planks to form a cable bridge.

But now, only one of the two iron cables remained, and some rotten grass ropes were scattered here and there on the other iron cable.

If the people of Wujiagou want to go outside, they must hang under this iron chain and climb all the way, or they can only...

Wang Li looked at the mountain road on the other side, iron nails were driven into the mountain wall and extended all the way down.

You can only go down the simple ladder made of these iron nails to the valley below, and then climb up the opposite mountain with great difficulty!
This is the way to school that Granny Wu said.

"Ah Li, what do I need to do?"

Wenqin's voice suddenly came to Wang Li's ears, and she seemed to have understood what Wang Li meant.

Ye Xiaoyu said not to be outdone, "There's me, I can do anything!"

Wang Li pondered and said, "I want to rebuild a bridge."

Wenqin pondered for a while and said, "Such a long iron cable needs to be specially ordered, and I'm afraid it will take some time."

Wang Li said: "I don't have so much time to wait here, and maybe I don't need the chain."

"Xiaoyu, sister Qin, are you free now? Come and help me."

How could Wenqin and Ye Xiaoyu refuse?
They came out of the same portal, and it looked like they were meant to be together.

"what should we do?"

The shining star in Wang Li's eyes flickered, and he said, "Let's weave a bridge made of straw rope."

Wenqin asked: "The grass rope bridge? It will be corroded soon, and it will also be destroyed by animals."

Wang Li said: "Don't worry, the strength of the villagers will protect it."

If he pointed it out, the shining star in his eyes gradually brightened.

(End of this chapter)