dream village

Mengzi and the others were naturally overjoyed when they heard Zhang Tao's father's words, and asked Zhang Tao one by one what he planned to do in the afternoon.

Zhang Tao felt a little bit embarrassed, everyone was too busy to win during the double-grab season, but he led this large group of people to fight and fight, is it reasonable?Folks, won't you be pointing behind your back?Besides, on such a hot day, the heat is so hot, where to go to play, what to play?The lower rush is about the size of a palm, and it only takes two hours to complete a circle around it.

Zhang Tao thought hard for a while, and finally made a decision. "I'll take you to do something in the afternoon. I'll take care of it so that you can have fun and eat satisfactorily. When you come back, you can each carry a bag of gifts!" Zhang Tao said cryptically.

"What's the matter? Brother Tao, can you reveal it first?" Everyone asked excitedly and excitedly.

"Don't you know if you go in the afternoon?" Zhang Tao smiled and did not continue.It is always more attractive to leave something in suspense.

After lunch, everyone put down their bowls and urged Zhang Tao to act quickly.

Zhang Tao took them to the barn, pointed to the pile of things prepared by the arranger during the meal, and said to them: "Everyone takes off their shoes and chooses a pair of Jiefang shoes that suits them here. Each of these backpacks One, it and the plastic bags inside are for you to hold gifts. There is a long-sleeved dress in the pannier, which I will wear when I go up the mountain later.”

After a pause, he said to Xue'er again: "Xue'er, forget about carrying that little fish basket."

Everyone was suspicious, but they also knew that this was Zhang Tao deliberately teasing their tastes, and it was useless to ask him now.

After everyone packed up, they set off under Zhang Tao's order.

At noon in this scorching heat, the sky was blue with a sun hanging like a fireball, and the clouds seemed to have been melted by the sun and disappeared without a trace.It was so hot that even dragonflies only dared to fly close to the shade of the trees, as if they were afraid that the sun would hurt their wings.The little bird didn't know where to hide.The grass and trees are all downcast, as if they are dying.Only then did he know that he kept screaming brokenly from the branches, really breaking drums and drums to cheer for the scorching sun!

Although the weather is so hot, in order to survive and go ashore as soon as possible, there are still many villagers busy in the fields, and from time to time on the road, you will meet some villagers in a hurry, or go home for dinner after work, or rush to the fields. work here.

Zhang Tao often greets the villagers enthusiastically and proactively when he is still far away.The address is also varied, uncle, uncle, uncle, uncle, aunt, aunt, aunt, brother, sister and so on.

"Brother Tao, why do you have so many relatives?" Xue'er, who has always been around Zhang Tao, asked curiously.

Zhang Tao smiled awkwardly and said, "How can I have so many relatives? Don't I respect people?"

"Wow! Then you are too good at acting! Anyone who hears you shouting so affectionately will think it is your relative." The fat man said jokingly.

Mengzi also said doubtfully: "Respecting people is nothing more than uncle, uncle, aunt and so on. How can you call so many names?"

Seeing that such a trivial matter was worthy of their curiosity, Zhang Tao felt a little amused.However, I also thought that anyway, I would be so busy on the road, it would be better to talk to relieve boredom.So he patiently explained to them: "My names are all very particular, and I can't call them randomly. People with the same surname are easy to say, just call them according to their seniority. Other surnames are a bit complicated, and they have to be based on my father's name. Mother’s relatives or relatives’ relatives called it out of relationship. It can be said that everyone’s address in the village is calculated in this way. If this address is called out, it will not only make people laugh, but also make the elders angry.”

"It's still so complicated!" Everyone sighed in unison.

"That's right! When I was young, my parents pointed at this and shouted something, and it made my head dizzy. Sometimes I met an elder on the road, and it took me a long time to remember what to shout, but when I opened my mouth and shouted, the elder left early. But , and then I became familiar with it and got used to it." Zhang Tao's words made everyone laugh.

"No wonder you have such a sweet mouth, that's how you shouted it out." The fat man joked.

"It seems that country people are more polite." Gun lao exclaimed.

Zhang Tao laughed twice, and said proudly: "That's true. Although the city is prosperous, wealthy, and civilized, the Chinese civilization handed down by many ancestors is often gradually abandoned and forgotten in the city, but it takes root in the countryside. , prosperous. From this point alone, country people are much more civilized than city people.”

"It's too one-sided!" Mengzi shouted unconvinced.

"It's just too paranoid!" Fatty also defended the dignity of urban people.

Zhang Tao felt that it was necessary to teach these self-righteous urbanites a good lesson. He continued to talk eloquently, "What is the biggest difference between the countryside and the city? I don't think it's the feasting, the high-rise buildings, but the people's hearts. In the city People's hearts are cold, but those in the countryside are warm. Don't feel uncomfortable listening to this. What do you live in the city? It's a coffin box made of reinforced concrete. Although each family is close Close at hand, but far away in the end of the world, old and dead. What is separated by reinforced concrete is not only people, but also hearts, feelings, and even family and friendship. The indifference written on everyone's face is the same in the heart .The most precious feeling that those people are different from animals is just the fake smile on everyone's lips. Do you think this kind of life is interesting?"

Zhang Tao looked at these people contemptuously, and then continued: "Don't you feel a special atmosphere here? It is warmth, harmony, and harmony. The hearts of the villagers are not separated by barriers, but open. Yes, love is flowing, and a village is a big family. When everyone meets each other, no matter how tired and distressed they are, they will always show a warm smile."

What Mengzi and the others saw and heard while staying in Xiachong these two days did feel that what Zhang Tao said had some truth, so they didn't raise any objections, and they all fell into deep thought, as if they were thinking about why this happened. Condition.