Manor Romance

9 The Return
"When starting a business, difficulties are always inevitable. Food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the road needs to be taken step by step. There is always a way. Don't rush it." Brother Chen put on the model of an old teacher and said solemnly. He knew Yunli very well. Difficulty, but helpless.

"Yes, I have heard that the teacher is not so good at planting potatoes. Knowledge is different. Don't you always say that knowledge can change destiny? Teacher Yun is a student of a famous university. This small problem will definitely be solved quickly. Solve it." Even Huang Yanli, who had no chance to intervene, couldn't help but encourage her. In her opinion, this was just a small problem.

Different from her parents' generation, Huang Yanli was born in an era of rapid development. Although she is a child of a farm family, she has to work in the fields from time to time, but her future is not in the mountains and fields, and her understanding of farming is far less than that of her who has been working all her life Farmer's parents come deeply.

What his daughter said made Huang Damin a little embarrassed. He knew the seriousness of the problem and it was definitely not a small problem. Otherwise, those contractors would not have to run away in despair.

But we can't blame her either. Huang Yanli is the only child in their family. Almost all the extra money in the family is spent on her studies. The burden of farming is basically carried by the husband and wife. She just needs to put her energy into it. It's ok to study.Huang Yanli didn't let them down either. She was excellent in character and learning, and she was also a representative of her studies. After the summer vacation, she would go to the county town to attend high school. If this momentum continued, she had great hopes of being admitted to university.

This may also be the wish of all peasant families. They have spent a lifetime planing and eating the land, and they are well aware of the hardships involved. A special case like Yunli is indeed rare.

The fact that Yunli contracted Xiaolu Mountain caused a sensation in Shanglu Village at that time, and it was hard for anyone to understand that a famous college student with good looks and a bright future was willing to be a farmer in this remote mountain village.

After getting in touch, everyone gradually got to know Yunli better.Not a dandy, not crazy, not as enthusiastic as the country people, but not difficult to get along with, he is a very energetic young man.

In the eyes of the villagers, Yunli is still an expert in planting. Just looking at the batch of potatoes he planted, no family in Shanglu Village dared to say that he could match him, and he was very willing to recruit workers. popular with farmers.

To this day, Yunli is still a popular figure in the village people's gossip and chat, and many people are still speculating about his identity.Some people say that his major is planting, and he came to the countryside to practice, while others say that he is a kid from a rich family, and he will leave when he gets tired of playing.

In short, there were rumors everywhere, but they were all just people's talk, without any basis, and no one actually went to Yunli to prove it face-to-face.In this way, the villagers began to slowly accept this mysterious outsider.

Just when Yunli was thinking wildly, a loud noise called him back, it turned out that two beggar wild ducks had been taken out from under the charcoal fire, old brother Chen and Huang Damin each took one, and were impatiently using it. Stick to break the charred mud.

After a long time of high-temperature grilling, the mud will become very hard, comparable to bricks. The clods smashed and disintegrated.

Brother Chen and Huang Damin are both veterans, not to mention the tricks. Accompanied by bursts of rich meat aroma, two wild ducks made with beggar chicken were presented in front of everyone.

Different from barbecue, the method of beggaring varies greatly from place to place, but the purpose is the same, that is, to preserve the original taste of the ingredients.The taste is also completely different, the entrance is soft and glutinous, the gravy is fresh and tender, even if you don't use seasoning to cover it, you can't taste any fishy smell, which is very rare.

The earliest Yunli knew about the name of Beggar Chicken was in martial arts novels. As for the reality, although it is very famous, Yunli hadn't had the chance to meet it yet, so today he got his wish.

These two wild ducks were a little smaller than the ones grilled before, and it would definitely not be enough for five people to share. However, everyone just wanted to try something new, not to mention that their purpose of entering the mountain this time was not to hunt wild game.After eating the wild ducks, everyone rested for a while before continuing to explore other areas.

The weather in the mountains is like a child's face, it changes as it says, it was sunny one moment, and it turned into dark clouds and heavy rain the next moment.The shower came and went quickly, and when Yun Li and the others found a place to hide, the shower quickly receded.

The mountain road was even more difficult after the rain, but they were lucky and found many wild pepper seedlings one after another, achieving the purpose of entering the mountain this time.And Brother Chen even found a purple bamboo that is more than ten years old, which happens to be used to make wind chimes, flutes or other gadgets. This unexpected harvest made Brother Chen happy.

For Yunli, although he still hasn't found the water source, this trip is not without gains, at least he has sorted out the problem clearly, and the next step is to find a suitable solution.

In general, this trip into the mountain was very fruitful, and everyone returned with a full load of bags.On the way back, the sun had already set in the west, and the afterglow turned the mountains and forests into a fiery red.

"Potato, potato, tomato, tomato, panda, panda, panda's favorite bamboo, yes, it starts with the letter b, what is b, I can't remember for a while."

"Bamboo, you can think of this word as Banlu Mountain, which is covered with bamboo, strips, and cloth, so you can remember it."

"Good idea, Banlu Mountain is covered with bamboo, bamboo, hee hee."

On the way, Yunli helped Huang Yanli practice English, most of the time it was Huang Yanli who was talking, and Yunli gave advice from the side, chatting and laughing, so the road would not be so boring.

"Help?"

"Help, this is very simple."?
"No, someone is calling for help, didn't you hear it?"

Yun Li suddenly stopped in his tracks, motioned for everyone to silence, and listened intently. He quickly found the approximate direction of the source of the sound, and hurriedly explained to everyone:
"Come on, someone here is calling for help." After saying that, he raised his legs and ran towards the shout.

Although the others didn't hear Yun Li's call for help, out of trust in him, they all ran over without thinking too much.

"I heard, there is a shortcut on the cliff over there. This way, this way." After running for a while, the shouting gradually became clearer. Huang Damin was very familiar with the surrounding terrain, so he led the crowd to take the shortcut.

"It's my sister-in-law's voice, my sister-in-law, I'm Damin, what happened?" Huang Damin recognized the owner of the shout, and shouted at the source of the shout, but he didn't slow down at all.

"Come on, the grandson of Xu Bo's family fell off the cliff." The answer he received was bad news.

The incident occurred on a cliff, a crack in a large rock, in the shape of a three-dimensional "V" letter, about four or five stories high.All kinds of vines and weeds grow on the cliff and the bottom, even if adults go in, they will be submerged by the green bushes.

The sister-in-law that Huang Damin was talking about was a black and thin middle-aged woman, and also the wife of one of Huang Damin's cousins. They were both farmers in Shanglu Village, and they were also in the team entering the mountain this time.

The two of them were also on their way back, but when they passed the cliff, they happened to meet the neighbor Xu Bo, who was sliding down the cliff while holding on to the vines.After questioning, he found out that his grandson Xu Rui had fallen to the bottom of the cliff. The old man was nervous about his grandson and climbed down without even thinking about it, and there was no sound in an instant.

The sister-in-law and his wife couldn't persuade Uncle Xu, so they had to separate. Her husband rushed to another way out of the mountain and called other farmers to help, while she stayed here.

Xu Rui was the student wearing the peaked cap. On the way to the mountain to cut bamboo in the morning, he was chatting and laughing around Yunli with others, but he didn't expect this to happen now.

"How long has it been since you fell?" Brother Chen asked aloud after listening to his sister-in-law's description.Although he didn't have any actual leadership position, no one stayed longer than Brother Chen in Luzhen Middle School. He would never stand idly by when such an accident happened to a student.

"In less than 10 minutes, no matter how I shouted, there was no response at all from below. It's really frustrating. It's really not worth it for such a little pepper." The sister-in-law answered truthfully, and also explained the cause of the accident.

There is an old pepper tree growing on the edge of the cliff, Xu Rui stumbled and fell when he was climbing up to pick the pepper.It rained a few times in the mountains in the afternoon. Whether you are walking or climbing trees, if you are not careful, it is easy to fall over.

"By the way, Ah Ci also went down. She discovered the situation here earlier than we did. Uncle Xu didn't respond after he went down, so she followed along the vines." The sister-in-law added.

"Ah Ci, is that Lu Ci?" Upon hearing Lu Ci's name, Yun Li was greatly surprised and immediately asked.

"Yes, it's a black woman. She didn't respond after she went down, and she didn't know what happened to them." The sister-in-law replied.

Speaking of which, when chopping bamboo in the morning, everyone worked separately and did not pay attention to her movements.Generally speaking, even if Lu Ci goes to the mountains, she will be alone, and other farmers probably won't accompany her, after all, the matter with her has not been settled yet.

Unexpectedly, she dared to enter the mountain alone, and now she was in an unknown predicament, which made Yunli both surprised and worried.

"The more it drags on, the worse the situation will be. I'll climb down to see what's going on." Yun Li knew that there was no way to wait, so he volunteered to go down the cliff.

"That's the only way. Let's cut some vines as soon as possible and make them into long vines. We will use them later when the pullers come up." In this situation, Old Brother Chen could only helplessly agree with Yunli's proposal, and ordered everyone to harvest the vines.

Yunli is not an impulsive person, he is very aware of the current situation, if there is any delay, Lu Ci and the others will be in danger.Besides, he was very confident in his reaction and skill, so he started to climb down the crack along the vines on the cliff.

(End of this chapter)