Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 36 Aoi

In the evening, a roar broke the tranquility of the village. The villagers who had just finished making rice dumplings and going home to prepare dinner all rushed under the big camphor tree to welcome the okra back home with weasels and soybean paste.

Daylily and Butcher each held a bamboo basket and distributed candies to the villagers who flocked to the camphor tree. Weasel and Huang Doujiang stood at the front of the intersection in new clothes. Their family celebrated the New Year early today.

The roar was getting louder and louder. Zhu Badger stood at the door of the old house and looked at it, wondering what kind of machine was making such a noise? car? There is no road leading to Lvbubu Village, so cars can't get in at all, and the cars don't make that much noise. tractor? The tractor couldn't drive into the village, and it wasn't that noisy. At this moment, the sound was so loud that the ground shook, and the bluestone door frame of the old house was shaken slightly.

I'm wondering, what kind of machine is so loud? There's no shadow yet, but it's so loud. If it drives right in front of you, wouldn't it collapse the old house? No, I have to go down and take a look. Just as Zhu Badger was about to cross the threshold with his left foot, a vegetable field at the corner of the village entrance automatically moved under the big camphor tree.

This vegetable field is located under the slope of the hill at the entrance of the village. One-armed Luo spent half a year clearing the land and planting various seasonal vegetables. The vegetable field moved automatically with the roaring sound. Zhu Badger was surprised, and One-Armed Luo was even more surprised. They panicked and wanted to run to see what was going on. The vegetable field had already moved in front of them, and they ran back to the big camphor tree in a mess.

The roaring stopped, and the vegetable field turned into a pile of dirt and spread on both sides of the small road at the entrance of the village. The small road turned into a main road. Zhu Badger took a closer look and saw that it turned out to be a large bulldozer pushing the vegetable field forward. Such bulldozers are only found in provincial capitals. Saw it on a construction site.

If the road is blocked in the west, what roads will be built during the Chinese New Year? Could it be that Donkey Bubu Village really needs to be demolished? Zhu Badger raised his legs again to cross the threshold, and the roar sounded again, but it was not the bulldozer in front of him, but came from outside the mountain pass.

This time the roar was louder than the previous bulldozers, and was somewhat similar to the sound of bombers dropping bombs in the war movies Zhu Badger had watched in the provincial capital cinema.

After a while, a huge stone roller turned around the mountain pass and appeared at the entrance of the village. It blocked the sky and pressed towards the big camphor tree. The timid people began to retreat. Two of them retreated into Taiping Pond in panic. They were in Taiping Pond. It flopped around for a long time, but it never attracted the attention of anyone on the shore, because the stone roller was really huge, almost a hundred times larger than the stone roller used to remove rice grains on the village drying field, and the push was The sound of the machine Shi Leizi was moving forward was so loud that everyone covered their ears in unison.

Zhu Badger didn't believe that the village would be demolished so soon without Donkey. It was impossible for the higher-ups to do things so nonsensically, driving a bulldozer to demolish the house without even saying hello to the villagers, and letting big stone rollers directly flatten it.

Bah! Bah, bah, bah... piercing horns sounded one after another, and more than a dozen cars drove into the entrance of the village. These cars were much taller than the ones Zhu Badger had seen in county and provincial capitals, especially since the tires were almost as tall as her.

car! Car!

After the roaring and horns stopped for a while, the villagers of Donkeybue Village responded one after another. Dan'er was the first to cheer. He shouted and ran towards the cars, followed by Tian Da Lei, Tian Er Lei and Tian Xiao Lei. They all ran forward wildly, and when the man on the stilts stepped up to them, a car in the middle got out of a car, and a beauty who looked like the one in the picture got out.

This beauty is wearing a red leather jacket, like a ball of fire in the winter; a pair of tight jeans makes her legs more slender, standard long legs; on her feet is a pair of black travel shoes, showing that she is prepared. Her hair was cut very short, somewhat similar to a man's hairstyle, making her look very smart and capable. Although there is no decoration on her head and neck, she is breathtakingly beautiful without any face. Her willow-leaf eyebrows and willow-leaf eyes, and the smiling lips under the high bridge of her nose first give you a sense of intimacy.

"Okra, it's you!"

"You are really back, my okra!"

Following the excited shouts of Weasel and Huangdoujiang, everyone present exclaimed in unison: "It's okra, okra!"

Zhu Badger shouted "It's okra, okra" and wanted to turn around and go back to the house. Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu grabbed her from the left and the right. Lu Huan said, "I just arrived, let's take a look." In addition to being excited, her words were full of excitement. ; Lan Yuliu said, "It's quite a grand ceremony," with a mixture of envy and disdain in his tone. Zhu Badger turned around and saw Huang Okra hugging Huang Doujiang and Weasel first, and then beckoning the men and women in other cars to get off. He walked towards the big camphor tree with a smile on his face, and the neighbors automatically moved out of the way.

Huang Okra stood on the earthen platform under the big camphor tree and saluted everyone before speaking. The neighbors quickly gathered around the earthen platform.

"Dear elders, friends and children, I'm back to celebrate the New Year. I'm sorry to trouble you all to come out to greet me in such a cold weather. I have a small gift for you first. Director Zhang, please share it with everyone."

Director Zhang, whom Huang Okra greeted, had already led a dozen men and women each carrying a big box to the camphor tree. Huang Okra and they took out small boxes one by one from the big box and distributed them to the neighbors one by one.

"Wow, such a beautiful box."

"The things inside are more beautiful and colorful."

"I can't bear to take it apart and take it out again on New Year's Day."

"..."

The villagers held the small box in their hands and beamed with joy. The two people who accidentally fell into Taiping Pond did not bother to go home and change clothes, and lined up to receive the small box.

"Hey, Zhu Badger, come down quickly. The two beauties next to you, come down quickly. I would like to express my gratitude." Huang Okra held up a small box to greet Zhu Badger.

Zhu Badger didn't expect that Huang Qiukui would take the initiative to greet Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu. She didn't know how to respond to Huang Qiukui? I had to smile at Okra first. Lu Huan was so excited that before Zhu Badger could speak, he flew towards the big camphor tree and the okra like a bird.

"Sister, you are so beautiful. Thank you, sister. I will bring Badger and Sister Liu's." Lu Huan took the three boxes from Huang Qiukui and flew back to Zhu Badger and Lan Yuliu, and handed the other two boxes to Zhu Badger and Lan Yuliu respectively. Badger and Lan Yuliu couldn't wait to open the box in their hands and inspect it.

Zhu Badger took the box handed over by Lu Huan and held it in his hand without moving. Lan Yuliu did not take the box handed over by Lu Huan. The box fell on the threshold and jumped a few times and rolled to Dan'er's feet who was walking towards Zhu Badger. side.

"Give it to me?" Dan'er picked up the box and asked Lan Yuliu.

"Yeah." Lan Yuliu nodded towards Dan'er.

"Thank you." Dan'er happily ran to Zhu Badger, and Zhu Badger handed her box to Dan'er.

"Oh, it's chocolate, and it's a big brand." Lu Huan took apart a piece and threw it into his mouth to eat.

"Don't eat too much chocolate, it will cause tooth decay and obesity." Lan Yuliu stared at the okra and advised Lu Huan.

"I'm not afraid of getting fat, as long as I have something to eat, hehe." Lu Huan swallowed the chocolate in his mouth and stuck out his tongue at Lan Yuliuyi.

"Go home!" Zhu Badger patted Lu Huan on the shoulder, turned around and walked back to his home.

"Wait, wait, that beautiful sister is on the dirt again." Lu Huan was reluctant to leave.

Zhu Badger did not turn around and walked home. When she reached out to push the door open, Huang Okra's clear voice came: "Dear neighbors, I have some good news to tell you."

good news? What good news? What kind of stunt do you want to do again? Zhu Badger's hand when pushing the door stopped in mid-air, and he raised his ears to listen to Huang Okra's words.

"The good news is that our village will have access to a major highway. Don't believe it, the project has been approved for this highway, and my company will be responsible for the construction. I guarantee that everyone will go home in a car to visit relatives during the New Year next year. "Zhu Badger could hear that Huang Qiukui's voice was not only full of pride, but also full of confidence. Nao Xi is in a tight position. Do you want to repair the big highway? Can the people above listen to you? Still have the project approved? Is your company doing construction? is it possible? Don't overdo it.

Zhu Badger didn't believe it when Huang Qiukui said that the road had to be built before the donkey arrived in the village, and it was still a big highway. However, he slowly lowered his hand pushing the door of his house, turned around slowly, and slowly walked towards the door of the old house again.

"Not only does our village need to build a major highway, but a major railway also needs to pass through our village, so our village will be demolished soon."

Demolition? Really want to demolish? Although Zhu Badger had heard the news from her biological father, she was still surprised. She rushed to the gate of the old house to listen to Huang Qiukui's words.

"Neighbors, building roads is a good thing. If you want to get rich, build roads first, especially the big railway. Once it passes in front of our village, it will be like gold. So, if the higher-ups come to our village to acquire land and demolish it, We must support it.”

Ten thousand taels of gold? What are you talking about? This mouth is just like her sister Daylily, and she doesn't talk nonsense at all. How do you end it? Zhu Badger just watched the fun, and the anxiety and tension when he returned in a hurry disappeared in an instant.

Huang Okra continued to stand on the earth platform under the big camphor tree and spoke: "Neighbors, there is something I want to say to you, but I am sorry that it has been approved by the superiors and is within the plan. It was the bulldozer that pushed it on the way back. I will make statistics on the mountains and fields of many of my neighbors and compensate you one by one, the highest standard of compensation. Of course, if you are worried, you can take a look at the losses of your own mountains and fields from now on. How much? Come to me in time to register, and I will immediately compensate you in cash."

"what?"

"Such a thing?"

"How much compensation can you make?"

As soon as Huang Qiukui finished speaking, the neighbors whispered to each other, and the one-armed Luo was the first to rush out of the crowd and rush to his own vegetable patch. Immediately afterwards, all the adult men rushed towards the village entrance, towards the mountain pass, and towards their own mountains and fields. Only women and children were left under the big camphor tree.

Huh, what a bunch of vulgar people and slangs, they can't bear this small favor. Zhu Badger leaned against the bluestone door frame of the old house, leisurely watching Huang Okra continue to perform.

Huang Okra did not continue to show off, jumped off the earth platform and went straight to the old house.

Zhu Badger wanted to avoid it, but just as she turned around, Huang Qikui shouted to her: "Zhu Badger, wait a moment."

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Badger was embarrassed to continue walking, stopped, turned around, and looked at Huang Okra expressionlessly.

Huang Okra reached out her hands to Zhu Badger enthusiastically and said affectionately: "Zhu Badger, please support me in my next work."

Zhu Badger did not hold the hands that Huang Okra stretched out in front of him. He turned sideways and responded calmly: "Your job? Do you want to break up with me? Do you support me? Do you support me?"

Zhu Badger's attitude did not make Huang Qikui feel any embarrassment, let alone anger. She stretched out her hands to hug Zhu Badger, her head rested on Zhu Badger's head, her face was pressed against Zhu Badger's face, and her mouth was close to Zhu Badger's ear. Word by word: "Don't act like a child, don't be shameless. Believe it or not, you will cry and beg me right away."

Zhu Badger became more and more disgusted, thinking, I will never beg you even if I die, and tried hard to break free from Huang Okra's hands.

Huang Qiukui hugged Zhu Badger even tighter and whispered: "I am giving you a face to respect you. I respect you as Grandma Taizu's granddaughter and the owner of the old house, otherwise I will not look at you again."

"I don't need your respect, you can't even think about trying to take advantage of my old house." Zhu Badger whistled and called eight thin dogs to his feet, surrounding Huang Okra.

Facing the eight grinning dogs, Huang Okra showed no fear and once again warned Zhu Badger in a low voice: "If you continue to be shameless, I will turn your biological father into a real ghost!"

"Ah?!" Zhu Badger was shocked and allowed Huang Qiukui to hug her and walk into the old house.

After walking around the screen wall, Huang Qiukui warned Zhu Badger sternly: "Please take care of yourself, otherwise I will really be rude." After saying that, Huang Qiukui let go of Zhu Badger and walked towards his home with a smile on his face. As he walked, he said to himself: "Alas. , this old house is really too dilapidated, if it weren’t for the neighbors, I wouldn’t bother to come back.”

Huang Okra and the Weasel, Huang Doujiang, Daylily, Pig Killer and others who followed her passed by for a long time. The front yard was silent for a long time. Zhu Badger had not recovered yet and stood there blankly at a loss. Mayaksha went out of the house and called Zhu Badger several times, but Zhu Badger was indifferent. Lu Huan came over to pull Zhu Badger, but Zhu Badger remained motionless. Lan Yuliu walked up to Zhu Badger and whispered something. Zhu Badger looked at Lan Yuliu and followed Lan Yuliu into his home.

Zhu Badger entered the house and wanted to enter her room. Lu Huan grabbed her and said excitedly: "Sister Liu wants to live with me, live with me."

"Sister Liu, will you live with me?" Zhu Badger looked at Lan Yuliu and Mayasha with wide eyes.

Ma Yaksha put down the spatula in his hand and said to Zhu Badger: "Yu Liu is willing to live in my house, and it is best to live with Lu Huan. Think about it, Yu Liu and Zhu Hu are not the same thing. It is more convenient to live in his house." What matters is words. Also, you need a helper."

"Help?" Zhu Badger didn't understand what his mother meant by helper. It is said that Lan Yuliu lives in Zhuhu, which is often talked about by the common people. Zhu Badger understands, but she does not understand what these helpers mean.

"Okay, let's eat first. After dinner, you and I will go to the cave to carry some firewood back to freeze tomorrow." Mayasha put the last bowl of food on the table.

When Zhu Badger heard that Ma Yaksha said she would go to the cave to carry firewood after dinner, she immediately turned from worry to joy. She happily greeted Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu to sit down, served them two meals, and then filled a full bowl for herself. Eat as soon as you pick up the bowl. Although she still had many questions in her mind, one after another. How did Huang Okra know that her biological father was still alive? Besides building roads, what other big things does Huang Qikui have to do? Since Huang Okra has so much energy, why should she care about me? Is it possible that Huang Okra really wants to take advantage of Laozhai? Why did Lan Yuliu think of living in our home? Lan Yuliu had been with him and Lu Huan all day today. Why didn't Zhu Hu and Xian Yan Po react at all? Do they agree that Lan Yuliu will live in their home? Could it be that Lan Yuliu really didn’t come for the old house’s treasure?

Zhu Badger quickly finished his dinner while thinking wildly. He helped Ma Yasha tidy up the kitchen and then helped Lan Yuliu tidy up the bed. He told Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu to have a good rest in the room and not to go out casually. Lan Yuliu reassured Zhu Badger that she and Lu Huan would stay home well and wait for Lu Huan and Ma Yasha to come back.

Zhu Badger was still worried, fearing that Lu Huan wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of Huang Qiukui's family and would go over to watch the fun. Huang Qiukui's family set up five banquets tonight, and all the neighbors who were usually close to the weasel came over to eat. Ma Yaksha said that looking forward and backward will not achieve great things. Lu Huan is not a child. She has her own opinion. Otherwise, she can hit Tian Xiaolei with a hot water bottle? Besides, isn’t there you, Sister Liu? Don't worry, Sister Liu will do the work.

Only then did Zhu Badger and Ma Yasha walk out of their home. As soon as they walked to the gate of the old house, a burst of vigorous firecrackers sounded, and the banquet at Huang Okra's family officially began.

People in the mountains eat dinner early in the winter. Usually, they only eat two meals a day unless there are special circumstances. The first meal is eaten at around nine o'clock in the morning, and the second meal is eaten at three or four o'clock in the evening. Although there was a delay today because Huang Okra returned to the village to watch the excitement, Zhu Badger was walking on the mountain road with Mayasha after dinner and the sky was still bright.

On the way, I met one or two villagers returning from the fields and asked Ma Yasha if he was also going to inspect the fields that had been bulldozed by okra's bulldozers. Mayaksha said yes, that’s it.

Zhu Badger asked Mayaksha, didn't you say you were going to the cave to carry firewood? Mayaksha replied, can we let outsiders know that we are going to the cave?
Zhu Badger said, didn't you just tell Lu Huan and Lan Yuliu to go to the cave to carry firewood? Mayaksha said, they don’t know where the cave is? Besides, they are not outsiders.

Are they not outsiders? Zhu Badger muttered.

Are you an outsider living in the home? After Ma Yasha finished speaking, he strode forward.

(End of this chapter)