There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 58

Lin Jiao walked up to the carriage.Taking a closer look at him, he saw that his face was clean, no longer the bearded and bearded look of yesterday, when he spoke, he didn't look at himself, his eyes only fell on the ground.Ordinarily, not looking at people should be a sign of guilt and lying, but looking at him, he looked a little tense, it didn't seem like he deliberately asked for this job in order to get close to him, but more like he did it reluctantly.

What I least expected happened.But since it has come, it will be safe.Lin Jiao thanked him softly, then climbed into the carriage at the back, and soon headed out of the city, with him still leading the horse.

The speed of the carriage was much faster than that of the mule cart. Originally, it would take at least half a day to travel from the county town to Yanlaipi by mule cart, but now it arrived at the foot of the mountain just after noon.The road up was narrow, and the carriage was impassable, so they left it at the door of a farmer's house below, and the two of them changed their way to walk up the hill.

Lin Jiao had already eaten the dry food she brought out for lunch when she was in the car.It was originally prepared for Liu Datong.Seeing that he also came empty-handed, now he just followed five or six steps behind him and walked silently on the road. After thinking for a while, he stopped and saw that he took a few steps to follow his own two or three steps away. place, he took a few pancakes from the basket and handed them over.Seeing him looking at me in astonishment, but he didn't reach out to take it, his expression was like a child who was wronged and still angry, he was funny and angry at the same time, he held it closer, and said: "Do you want to eat? No I'll take it!"

What Yang Jingxuan accompanied her up the mountain today was actually not clear to him.At first, he only felt that there were countless words in his chest, choking him and making him sleepless, so he had to ask her to clarify; later, he found out that Liu Datong wanted to accompany her up the mountain.Although Liu Datong is a man with sons and daughters, he is still faintly unhappy.He simply used his authority to grab the job himself, thinking that as soon as he saw her, he would ask what he wanted to ask clearly.It's just that I'm really with her now, with wild trails under my feet, and high and low hills with gentle slopes all around, and occasionally I can see a few people plowing wasteland and farming on the slopes.It was a good time to ask her a question, but he suddenly couldn't think of what he wanted to ask her, so he just followed her and looked at her back in a daze.Seeing her suddenly stop and hand him something to eat now, he just woke up like a dream, wondering whether I should pick it up or not?Before she could make up her mind, she asked herself whether she would eat or not. Although she spoke in a flat tone, there seemed to be a faint smile on the corners of her brows and eyes, and her heart, which had been cold for many days, suddenly jumped. In the heat, all the hesitation and hesitation just now collapsed in an instant, and he stretched out his hand to take it with a hasty oh.

Seeing that he picked it up, Lin Jiao turned around and continued going up.Looking back after a while, the bread was gone, so he handed him a small pitcher filled with water.Seeing him this time, he took it happily.

The two finally climbed to the ridge.Lin Jiao put down the basket, stood against the wind and looked around.When she came the last time, she noticed that because the place had been deserted for nearly half a century, the lower part of the Yanlaipi area was full of terraced fields, all of which were planted with wheat at that time.Now because the time for autumn sowing has not yet arrived, it is still empty.It won't be long before plowing and sowing will surely begin.If the reservoir is refilled, these terraces will be flooded again.Thinking of this, he pointed to several terraced fields in his sight, turned around and asked Yang Jingxuan, "Whose lands belong to, do you know?"

After Yang Jingxuan ate the cake and water she offered, he felt much better than before.I was staring at her back, which was blown wildly by the wind, and suddenly saw her turning around and asking myself, and quickly replied: "Those lands never existed before. It's just that after the reservoir was destroyed, it was cultivated privately for decades. Ordinary people dare not do this. Most of them belong to the big families in the nearby villages, and they are all cultivated by their ancestors. The family surnamed Zhou accounted for the most. It is said that his family has distant relatives and is the family of officials. Unscrupulous."

Lin Jiao was silent.

If the water is re-flooded, the vested interests of these people will be damaged, and there will be a dispute at that time.However, since Li Guantao is determined to complete this water conservancy project, with his qualifications, these local tyrants must not be able to stop him, so he is not at ease right now.I just bent down and took out the pen and paper and the measuring rope from the basket.The pen was made last night by herself wrapping a paper shell with fine charcoal strips. As for the measurement, there are none of the distance, angle, surface and surface measuring tools she is familiar with when working in modern times, not even a longer soft ruler. I can bring a ball of cotton thread, and if necessary, I ask Yang Jingxuan to hold the other end, pull it to the required distance and cut it, paste various orientation marks, carefully roll it up so that it will not be messed up, and use the short ruler here to measure the size when I go back.

She used to be extremely devoted to work, and she was also a meticulous and almost harsh boss.Yang Jingxuan saw her serious expression, without a trace of a smile on her face, and ordered himself to keep pulling the line with her to locate her. The words that came out of his mouth were all command-style, such as "go further", "stop", "go over", "take you Tell me what you see" Wait, there's nothing else to say.Being sent around, but I feel very fresh and happy. I was distracted several times because I was attracted by her concentrated appearance, and the movements of my hands were slow, and she was rude. He reprimanded her in a tone, afraid that he would really bore her, so he cheered up and followed her orders strictly.

Lin Jiao originally planned to walk around the vaguely recognizable old baseline and record all the necessary dimensions of various design drawings.But she obviously underestimated the difficulty of this preliminary work. Seeing that she was busy all afternoon, only a quarter of the required data was obtained, and some of them had to be measured again.Seeing the setting sun, knowing that there must be several more visits, he called to stop.

Yang Jingxuan was so busy that he completely forgot himself, he just felt that the time passed quickly, and before he could do anything, the sun had already set to the west.She said she was done, but she still had some thoughts in her heart.The two returned to the mountain ridge that overlooked the entire terrain, and saw her methodically rolling up the various lengths of cotton thread that she had obtained in the afternoon, and quickly writing various things he was not familiar with on the pre-cut paper strips with charcoal strips. Then wrapped with cotton thread and lined up in the basket, his movements were quick and familiar, he could hardly move his eyes away—now he didn’t have to worry about being reprimanded by her, because she herself was very focused and didn’t even notice that he was What are you doing over there.

Lin Jiao sorted out all the data measured in the afternoon, and seeing that it was still some time before dark, she took out a piece of thick paper with a square foot, found a flat stone, spread the paper on it, and lay down on the stone, facing the A sketch of the topography was drawn on the large pits under the mountain ridges.

A good memory is not as good as a bad pen.Even though she can imagine the general direction of the terrain with her eyes closed, the recorded ones are more reliable after all.If there is a camera, of course she doesn't need to do this. Now I can only draw by myself.

This kind of sketching-style hand-painting is a basic skill. Although I haven't practiced it for a long time, I still have the feeling. After a few tries, I quickly found the feeling. It's a pity that there is no eraser, so I need to be more careful when I start.Soon a vivid black and white carbon drawing appeared on the paper.

Lin Jiao heard the sound of crows coming from the distant mountains and forests, and revised a few more places. She looked at it carefully and felt satisfied. Finally, she dropped the carbon strip and wanted to stand up straight. Only then did she feel that her knees were a bit awkward after lying down for a long time. numb.He rolled up the paper and stood up straight, stretched his legs a few times, turned his head and saw the man standing on the edge of the stone staring at him blankly, and didn't want to explain anything to him, so he picked up the basket and said, "Let's go!"

Yang Jingxuan woke up like a dream, and followed her down the mountain ridge.It seems that the scene when she was lying on the big rock in the sunset and sketched on the white paper with a charcoal pen just now seemed to be swaying in front of her eyes.When the setting sun came over, it seemed to cast a halo on her whole body.It was the first time he saw her like this, she was completely different from the woman who smiled sweetly at him in the shadow of the moonlight before, and she couldn't even find a trace of her.But at the moment when he watched her lower her eyes and focus on the drawing paper, he felt his heart hit hard by something.When he was fascinated by that charmingly smiling woman from before, it was not without a whispered warning in his heart.But now, when his heart was hit by such a strange woman again, the warning that filled him with guilt was gone.

His heart gradually became agitated, and he remembered that she took the initiative to give him food at noon, which showed that he still cared about him.He wanted to call her several times, hoping that she could talk to him again, even if he called him "Uncle Jingxuan" like before.But he couldn't open his mouth.Suddenly seeing her tripped by a stone, she staggered, and immediately strode over to support her when she was about to fall.As soon as the hand touched her soft waist, a layer of hair seemed to crawl out of the palm.Seeing her standing still, he wanted to let go, but he couldn't bear it.While hesitating, she took a step back and let go of his hand, turned her face to him and smiled slightly: "Thank you..."

All the senses in Yang Jingxuan's body were opened by this thank you with a smile. He seemed to see the former Gillian who was smiling sweetly at him again, and suddenly felt more courageous. He had been hovering over him a few days ago The words in my heart also blurted out: "A-Jiao, are you really still like what you said last time, you still like me?"

Lin Jiao was a little surprised, she raised her face to look at him carefully, and saw Yu Xia from the sky was reflected in his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be burning like the rays of the sun.

She thought for a moment and said, "If I like a piece of jewelry on the counter, I don't necessarily have to wear it home. It's fine to leave it there because it may not be right for me."

Yang Jingxuan seemed to understand but didn't understand. He only heard her answer his words, and a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his heart, but before the fire of hope raised his head again, he heard her say again: "You are really kind. It suits me. If we go back to the old covenant and I marry you, even if you can be magnanimous enough to ignore everything I have done to you and live happily with me, I will not be happy. I told you last time However, I am actually a very selfish person. I used to use all means to get you. Now I have changed my mind, so I will not wrong myself in order to make you happy. Besides..." She hesitated and said, "Besides, I really prefer a free life like now. Well, let's not talk about it. It's getting dark, let's go!" After speaking, he smiled slightly, turned and continued down the mountain.

Yang Jingxuan was nailed to the spot, looking at her briskly leaving back, for some reason, suddenly remembered the night after the two privately engaged, she knelt on his knees and put her arms around his waist, covering his face Buried in his chest and called "Sanggong" several times, and finally said "Oh, I like you so much, what can I do" in a coquettish voice.At that time, all kinds of things were still vivid, but now they are really ruthless.A piece of heart was split into two halves, one half was full of depression, and the other half was cold.Seeing her going farther and farther, her figure was about to turn around the Daoshan Col. Thinking of the barren hills where insects and beasts appeared at dusk, she finally managed to suppress her uneasy mood and strode after her.

(End of this chapter)