Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Chapter 41 The plan is about to succeed
Li Yan smiled and explained, "Grandpa Zheng, I'm not from the Poverty Alleviation Office."

Not from the Poverty Alleviation Office?The two old people looked at her at the same time, and Zheng Da asked suspiciously, "Then where are you from? What are you doing here?"

"Grandpa, I'm from Pingya Village. I heard Uncle Liu from the Poverty Alleviation Office said that I'm here. I thought I haven't come to see my aunt for many years. I hurried to come and see her when there were people, and kowtow to her old man. Grandpa Zheng , scoop up more noodles, I guess everyone is hungry."

"Okay." Zheng Lin scooped up two more pointed scoops of flour, and then looked at her carefully, "Girl, what's your aunt's name?"

"I don't remember, when my mother and I came to see off my aunt more than ten years ago, we were only seven or eight years old." Li Yan really didn't know.

Zheng Lin thought about it and asked again, "Where does her family live in the village?
Li Yan shook her head and thought for a while, "I just remember that there was an old tailless dog in the funeral procession."

"Ah, your aunt-in-law is Lu Jiazhen." Zou Erhou, who had been sitting at the door of the stove to light the fire, said.

"That's right, only she has a dog with no tail, kid, I'll show you later, otherwise you won't be able to find out where she is at all." Zheng Lin also remembered.

"Grandpa, I'll come." Li Yan took the basin from Zheng Lin's hand and began to add water and noodles.

At first, Zheng Lin stood by and watched, and felt relieved when he saw that she was skillful in gestures and faces.

"Grandpas, do you know Pingya Village? I heard that there is a small road in the back mountain that leads directly to Pingya Village, right?" Li Yan asked while kneading her dough.

"Well, it will be here in a few hours." Zou Erhou has been there several times before.

Li Yan cheered up, "Two grandpas, please show me the direction. I'll go back to Pingya Village from the small road later."

"No, no, no, the road has not been gone for many years, and it is covered with weeds. You should go back to Xiaoguangnan Village." Zou Erhou shook his head and stopped.

Li Yan didn't speak any more, she put the kneaded noodles on the chopping board and woke up.

Liu Huaying and Zhu Jianping listened outside, but she didn't mention moving the village at all.

When the noodles were cooked, Li Yan served them for the two old people first, and then called everyone over to eat.

Two o'clock in the afternoon is auspicious time, and the old man was carried into the pre-dug hole and buried with soil, and it was already past three o'clock.

Under the guidance of the two old men, Li Yan knelt and kowtowed in front of a pile of vines.

The staff of the Poverty Alleviation Office and the village cadres again asked the two old people to go down the mountain to settle in Xiaoguangnan Village, but they still refused.

"Son, why don't you go?" Zheng Lin watched as everyone began to descend the mountain, and she stood alone without moving.

Li Yan blinked and looked at him, "Grandpa, didn't I tell you that I'm going to Pingya Village from the back mountain?"

The two old men shook their heads like rattles, Zou Erhou hurriedly objected, "No, no, you don't know the way, what should you do if you get lost when it gets dark?"

Li Yan took out a flashlight from her bag, "Grandpa, I have this."

After she finished speaking, she went to the back mountain. Zou Erhou looked at Zheng Da, "Why is this child disobedient, what can you say?"

"Let's quickly call them back to take her back." Zheng Lin said with a frown.

The sound of the two old men shouting in unison was heard by those who came down the mountain. They had been notified by Li Yan long ago, and the group of people walked even faster without looking back.

"What's the matter?" Zou Erhou asked anxiously.

Zheng Lin looked at the back of the girl who was walking away, and went to the house to get a machete and a flashlight, "Let's see her off."

(End of this chapter)