life struggle

Wu Xiaojun readily accepted Bai Lingyan's invitation, but soon regretted it.

Some time ago, Bai Lingyan said that she thought she was making fun of her as a joke, but unexpectedly she took it seriously and let her go on a tour in name, but the intention was obvious, she must be sad when she suddenly changed her mind, go If a big girl brings a young boy to the house, it will cause discussions in the village, not to mention that her family members don't know her at all, so they seem hasty and reckless.

Later, Wu Xiaojun thought about it too, don't make simple things so complicated, and still boarded the bus home with Bai Lingyan.

Bai Lingyan's family is located in Beimeng County on the northwest side of Ping, a village called Siyuanpo on the south bank of the Qinghe River.Because it is located in a remote mountainous area nearly 80 miles away from the county seat, there used to be many mountains and no roads, and it was very backward. Even in the late [-]s, most people still lived in simple cave dwellings, so it seemed very secluded, and there were few outsiders. Come here.

In the early 90s, the state made a major decision to build the Qinghe Siyuanpo water conservancy project at the exit of the last canyon in the middle reaches of the Qinghe River.

In the autumn of [-], colorful flags were fluttering and planted all over the hills, various large-scale construction machinery were stationed one after another, engineering and technical personnel from all over the country, and some foreigners with long noses and green eyes also came here, and the quiet mountain village was transformed overnight. Boiling lively.What followed was large-scale mountain blasting, bridge building and road building, and relocation of immigrants.

Bai Lingyan's family used to live on an open land of less than half an acre on the hillside at the southern end of the dam site. When they moved, they were arranged to move to a mountain ridge four miles southeast of the village. Basically, they moved on the spot.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan got off the car at the entrance of the village.

Wu Xiaojun regained his composure and looked around.The mountains are endless, one after another, stretching into the distance.The newly built wide road connects Pingxi and the bottom of the dam, and the other is a winding path leading to the village according to the terrain of the residual mountain.This is the core area of ​​the water conservancy project construction. The machines are roaring, and the vehicles carrying large stones are constantly coming and going. The ravines have been filled in, creating flat patches of land.However, in the field of vision, except for the engineering personnel who set up tents, they couldn't see a single house, not even the shadow of the village.

Wu Xiaojun asked with a smile, "There are mountains everywhere, where is your village, why can't you see them at all?"

Bai Lingyan smiled secretly, "Our village is behind the mountain in front, so we can't see it for sure. Check it out. Let's walk along this path, turn over the mountain in front, go down to the bottom of the valley, and go up to the bottom of the valley. On the ridge behind is our village."

Wu Xiaojun then asked, "Isn't there a larger road leading to the village over there? Why do you take such a hard way to walk this narrow path?"

Bai Lingyan laughed and said, "It's easier to walk by car on that road, but it's a long way around. If you walk, you won't be able to reach the village in two hours. If you take this trail, it will take an hour at most."

Wu Xiaojun asked puzzledly, "Is this always the case every time you come back? Isn't it very inconvenient!"

Bai Lingyan said, "As long as you can't meet the tricycle to the village, you have to walk. I'm used to it. It doesn't matter. Let's go!"

The two walked along the rugged and uneven mountain road, sometimes climbing and sometimes going downhill, moving towards home.

Wu Xiaojun suddenly remembered the scene when the two were in Xinningsi City, and said jokingly, "Three years ago, we accidentally walked side by side on the mountain road in Xinningsi City. I didn't expect to come here to relive our old dreams three years later. Revisiting the youth of the past. I remembered that we were running around in the mountains, especially in that hot afternoon, when you were wearing a parasol, and the people enjoying the shade on the roadside stared at you as if they were looking at rare animals. I got on a tricycle pulling coal, and when we returned to the town, the two of us were covered in ashes, what a mess! At that time, I was worried that you would not be able to persevere, but you seemed weak, but you had a tenacity to refuse to admit defeat. It’s so funny when I wake up.”

Bai Lingyan smiled proudly, "Naturally, we were walking in the mountains, and you lost too!"

Wu Xiaojun laughed and said, "Actually, firstly, I'm too embarrassed to win you and let you go, and secondly, it's because you play tricks, so it's no wonder I don't lose."

Bai Lingyan patted Wu Xiaojun's shoulder with her hand, and said complacently, "You can't compare to me, and you can find a reason. The slope ahead is very steep, so be careful."

Wu Xiaojun looked up, jumped over a few stones, grabbed a branch of a crooked-neck tree, turned around and said with a smile, "Swallow, look at how frivolous and agile I am, come up quickly."

After walking for a while, Bai Lingyan was so tired that she was out of breath, "Oh my god, I'm exhausted, you better come down and give me a hand!"

Wu Xiaojun jumped down from the top again, grabbed Bai Lingyan's hand, and carefully climbed up bit by bit. It took more than 20 minutes to reach the top of the mountain.

Bai Lingyan pointed forward with her hand, "The many newly built houses on the ridge in front are our new village. Because they are built on the ridge, they are in the shape of a long strip in the east-west direction. My house is at the eastern end."

Wu Xiaojun looked at it and joked, "You guys are so modern, it doesn't look like a mountain village, it's almost like a town. But I don't know how far it is to go home from here, and how much sweat I need to sweat. My body is already seriously dehydrated. It's about to catch fire!"

Bai Lingyan smiled secretly, "According to the speed of going uphill, it will take four to ten minutes in less than an hour. In my opinion, it's better to sit down and take a breath, gather some energy before going!"

Wu Xiaojun smiled wryly, and asked suddenly, "My dear aunt, at first you said you would be home in about an hour, but now it has been nearly an hour, why would it take another four, five, ten minutes? If you don't go, you are deliberately playing me!"

Bai Lingyan sat down gently on the ground with her head lowered and couldn't help giggling, then raised her rosy face, fixed her eyes on Wu Xiaojun's astonished eyes, and said with a sweet smile, "I guessed right. When I was a child I cut grass at the place where I got off the car, and I often take this path, but this is close to my hometown, and you can see the small place in the middle diagonally opposite, which is our kiln."

Wu Xiaojun sat beside Bai Lingyan, wiped off his sweat, followed the direction of her fingers, and took a closer look. There were about thirty or forty cave dwellings, high and low, large and small, dense or dense, and they were densely packed when viewed from a distance. Like a hornet's nest, he pointed to an unremarkable cave dwelling with a paulownia tree growing in front of it and asked, "Is this what you're talking about?"

Bai Lingyan gave a soft "hmm".

"I don't understand, how do you go up so high every day, how tiring you must be! Let alone riding a bicycle, pushing up is very difficult."

"Growing here, who can do anything!"

"The people living on our plains are much more relaxed and convenient than you. I can't imagine how you lived here when you were a child."

"Although we are in the same village, most of the families used to live separately, and there were not many contacts with each other. It was very closed and backward. I didn't know many people in the village. The living conditions are very different from now, that is, there are no people in the village. Everywhere, food is a problem.”

"The state has confiscated the land, and it will definitely give some compensation, so that it won't even solve the problem of food and clothing."

"What's the use of a subsidy of several hundred yuan per person per year. Although young people are arranged to set up factories in the township, they can't afford 200 yuan a month. Many people quit and go to Shanxi to dig coal mines, so It is still very poor here. After the project is completed, this place will become a tourist area, and it may be improved.”

"That's right. It's almost time to rest. It's time to walk." Wu Xiaojun stood up as he said.

Bai Lingyan said with a smile, "I can't get up, give me a hand."

Wu Xiaojun jokingly said, "This is on your family's territory, I don't dare to pull it away, if people in your village see it and think I'm a hooligan bullying you, call a large group of people and they won't eat me up! "

Bai Lingyan blushed suddenly, and said shyly, "Don't just be silly, if you're afraid of people in my village, go back."

Wu Xiaojun chuckled, "I found out that you are really cruel today. Let me go a long way. It's almost dark, and you let me go back. You don't even have a car, and you won't be in the city until midnight. I count Convince you, I'm afraid of you, there's nothing I can do!" While speaking, she stretched out her hand in front of Bai Lingyan, teasing, "My dear aunt, Miss Yanzi, I gave you my hand, catch it quickly."

As soon as Bai Lingyan grabbed Wu Xiaojun's hand, she felt a strong force coming from her hand. She staggered and couldn't stand stably. She threw herself into his arms, her face pressed against his warm and hot chest. Put an arm around his waist.

Wu Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, quietly watching her wriggling nostrils and panting breath, his whole body suddenly felt numb and itchy, he involuntarily stroked her somewhat messy hair blown by the breeze, bowed his head and kissed her deeply, He smiled and said, "Okay, let go of your hands and go."

Bai Lingyan didn't seem to hear it, she still didn't move, suddenly raised her head, kissed him on the face, and smiled slightly with hesitation, "Go home."

The two went down the mountain along the path, reached the bottom of the valley, and walked up to the wider road into the village, feeling much smoother.

As soon as he entered the village, Wu Xiaojun found that Bai Lingyan was closer to the village and more timid, with a tense and serious expression, no smile on her face, just walking with her head down, never saying a word.I couldn't help feeling ups and downs, and became nervous. After all, she didn't tell her family in advance when she came by herself. She suddenly brought a boy who his family didn't know about. It's hard for ordinary parents to accept this fact. Maybe it's because she has some worries and concerns. It is inevitable that I will feel a little uneasy in my heart. It seems that today I am going to the execution ground and Hongmen for inspection.It is impossible to go back, since it is here, let it go, no matter what they think, bite the bullet and rush forward to see what kind of courtesy they can give me.

The two walked in the village for about ten minutes, and came to a small courtyard.

Wu Xiaojun stood and looked around, the courtyard door was open, and in front of the door was a flat open space, with several jujube and persimmon trees growing on the edge, and outside the trees was a green terraced field more than [-] meters deep, which gave people a feeling A feeling that you will fall if you are not careful.

Bai Lingyan said with a smile on her face, "Stop standing there, let's go home!"