Star Farming

Chapter 2 Wada Village

After receiving such a large piece of pie, Carambola naturally did not apply for the job, so he packed everything up and mailed it to the address written on the letter, and the person followed him by car.

Four hours later, after several transfers of trains, I finally stopped at the foot of a mountain, waiting to take the suspension vehicle to Hotan Village every two hours.Hetian Village is nearly 900 meters above sea level. Looking down through the car window, it is full of lush greenery. If you look at it for a long time, you will feel a cool breeze coming, taking away the boredom caused by the heat.

The speed of the suspension car here is not very fast, and it drives slowly up the mountain, allowing passengers to have time to enjoy the scenery along the way.

When I got off the car at the T-shaped intersection in the center of the village, looking at the buildings with reinforced concrete and the old houses with red walls and green tiles, I felt a sense of space-time confusion. It's not a place she's familiar with. Where is No. 25 in the back hall?

Although Yang Tao was a little flustered, she didn't show it on her face, she just looked at the house number marked on the door on the side of the road. She noticed that the two-story building in front of her left didn't look like a residence. It is the village committee.

Taking a deep breath and secretly cheering herself up, Yang Tao walked towards a room with an open door. It was rare that it was not a robot working, and suddenly remembered that people in the country valued human kindness the most, so naturally they would not With a cold robot.

Just as Yang Tao stopped at the door, the crisp electronic bird chirping sound of "chirp chirping" remembered that the person behind the computer moved his face away from the screen and landed on Yang Tao's body. He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted. Immediately stood up and greeted, "Hello, is this Miss Yang, the owner of No. 25 in the back hall?" Even if you don't know people in the village, you have seen photos, and the girl in front of you, from her clothes, There is also the bag in my hand, which is obviously from the city, and the stranger who came from the city has no one to pick it up, so it is undoubtedly the only empty house in the village. The owner seems to be called Carambola. contacted.

Yang Tao smiled and nodded, she was surprised that the other party knew her name, but after thinking about it, she felt normal, "Hello." Smiling is always the best in a strange environment and facing strange people armed.

"I'm Li Cheng from the village office. Everyone calls me Xiao Li." Xiao Li grinned, showing his white teeth.

"Hello." Still smiling.

Li Cheng didn't let Carambola enter the house, but walked out directly and locked the door, "You're finally here, and I'm still thinking about how long your land will be deserted, and the villagers feel distressed seeing it. Come on, I take you there."

"I've been going to school before." Yang Tao followed behind Li Cheng, almost three steps away.

"Well, that's right, study is important, come here, here is the package you sent, sign for it." Li Cheng led carambola to the mail room, and after all the procedures were completed, he borrowed a small cart to put the things away. Go up and walk, "In the village, most people like to walk. Of course, they will take a car to go to farther places. You will get used to it after a long time."

Yang Tao thanked her and continued to follow, but was surprised by Li Cheng's enthusiasm.

Walking all the way south, Carambola noticed that some high-tech things were hidden in the buildings or on the nearby hills, which did not destroy the harmony of the environment. If you don't pay attention, it is easy to ignore them.

Xiao Li pointed to a relatively large building on the right side of the road and introduced, "This is the activity room. People in the village usually come here to communicate when they are free. This is the only store in the village on the left. You can buy what you need. Door-to-door delivery is not popular in the village.”

Yang Tao nodded, looked carefully, the store door was open, and several women were picking goods inside, when she heard someone passing by outside the door, she couldn't help but greeted cheerfully, "Xiao Li, this is it? "There is an ambiguity in the smile that cannot be concealed.

"Hey, Aunt Liu, let's see where you said, this girl is from No. 25 in the back hall." Li Cheng didn't blush, and explained generously.

On the contrary, it was Yang Tao who felt embarrassed, her face was a little hot, and said hello, "Hello, auntie."

"Okay, she's a pretty girl, come and play when you're free!"

"Hehe, don't mind, people in the village are joking like this."

"No, everyone is very enthusiastic." Yang Tao smiled slightly, hiding her unaccustomed smile.

"Well, indeed, you will fall in love with this place after you stay for a long time. We and Tamura are the most enthusiastic."

On the downhill, Yang Tao saw an antique temple, and immediately stopped to take a closer look. This is a scenery that cannot be seen in big cities. It is her blessing to see it with her own eyes.

Seeing Yang Tao stop, Li Cheng turned around and saw her staring intently at the temple in their village. He immediately stopped with a smile and explained, "This is the temple in our village, Ye's family temple, with a history of thousands of years. Of course, it has been renovated several times, and it is still quite well preserved.”

Carambola has good eyesight. She noticed that the whole building is covered with a layer of transparent special material, which is the latest absolute high-tech product that can isolate the air, and the price is not low. It seems that the village has spent a lot of money.

"Ye's family temple? Are all the people in the village surnamed Ye?"

"Hehe, in the early years they were all named Ye, but gradually people with foreign surnames moved here, but the surname Ye was still the main one." Li Cheng explained with a smile, without a trace of unnaturalness in his expression.

Yang Tao nodded, "Oh, that's it."

There are two open spaces in front of the family temple, and there is a basketball court below, and there is an open space on the side. Yang Tao thought it was strange, but she didn't ask. After all, she just came here, anyway, she will have time in the future.

"Yes, every year at the beginning of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, there is a three-day sacrificial activity in the temple. Every household has to make something and send it up. Thank God and pray for good weather and good health for the family in the coming year." Li Chengzhuan Walking around and explaining.

"It must be very lively."

"That's it," Li Cheng raised his face, "Many people who are outside have rushed back. It's really far away to wait for the ancestor worship once every 12 years, but it's not a village anymore, and the village will play three days in a row Opera, well, that open space is where opera is performed.”

"I will be able to watch it at that time. I haven't seen a show sung by real people." Yang Tao said with interest. It turns out that in a relatively remote place, there is still the almost extinct enthusiasm and belief. Faith of the ancestors.

"You will definitely like it." Li Cheng said proudly.

This is a downhill road. There are fertile fields on both sides of the road. There are standing or adjacent houses or independent houses in between. They all have their own characteristics. The styles of local buildings and Western styles are mixed together, and there is a strange coordination. .

There are houses that are far away from the asphalt road, and they are gathered together far away, with light yellow cement trails running through them. What surprised Yang Tao was that she saw a few cows walking swayingly, followed by a man with his hands behind his back. The old man behind her, a picture of a boy reed pipe sitting on the back of a bull appeared in front of her eyes, but unfortunately it was impossible to see it in reality.

Went up another short slope, walked a short section of flat ground, and finally detoured up from the road next to an old house that was preserved. After 3 minutes, I stopped in front of the only house, Yang Tao raised her head Take a look and see the school on the left side of the gate, which says No. 25 in the back hall of Hetian Village.

Yang Tao put the luggage aside, "It's here, it's here, you clean it well, and come to me if you need something."

Yang Tao nodded and thanked Li Cheng. After he left, he took a closer look at the house. This is a tile-roofed house, also wrapped in special materials, but it is more than one or two points worse than the family temple. From the layout Judging from it, it should be a main hall in the middle, with two or three rooms on each side, and the kitchen should be separated from the left side. It is a waste for her to live alone in such a large room.

Carambola didn't open the door right away and walked in for only ten minutes, but the heat of the setting sun was not low, and she was sweating all over. Standing on the concrete floor in front of the door, she observed the fields in front of and behind the house. , about five or six acres, but at this time the field is not growing crops, but knee-high weeds, which are extremely lush. Swaying slightly.The land is always the most honest, and you can get what you plant. Although what you see in front of you is already barren, Yang Tao believes that he will make this place full of vitality.

There is a well in the field on the right. A tall fir tree grows on the high ground beside the well, and some branches and leaves have fallen on the ground. The side of the well is covered with a layer of green moss, and there is a laundry pool beside it. Under the attack of the sun, the surface has lost its smoothness, and some leaves have accumulated some water inside, and under the sun's rays, it has an unpleasant smell.

A clump of bamboo was planted on the outside facing the kitchen door, and it was rattling when the wind blew, but Yang Tao first thought that she was not a gentleman of bamboo, she only thought that there would be bamboo shoots to dig in spring.

There is a dirt road that can accommodate a car and extends out. Because no one has walked for a long time, weeds are overgrown. Standing on the side of the road and looking down, it is covered with two pigpens, which are adjacent to the biogas tank. The pigpen I don't know how many years it has been half collapsed, and in front of the pigsty, there are two red bayberry trees growing crookedly, with few branches and leaves, and they look like they have been ill.

That's about all that's written on the land deed, there are still a few acres of paddy fields, but they are all leased to others, and carambola doesn't want to take it back for the time being and plant it by herself. She doesn't like to rely too much on robots for work, and such a piece of land is enough for her to plant. that's it.

The door is still locked with a traditional key. The key has been attached to the letter long ago. Fortunately, the security is good now, otherwise such a wooden door is not enough for a practitioner to hold a finger.

Because the house has not been lived in for a long time, a thick layer of dust has accumulated, and it is a footprint when you step on it.I dug out a broom from behind the door, tried it and it worked, and then I went to the well to get a bucket of water, cut a bamboo, pulled off the bamboo branches, tied them into a bunch, and fixed them on the bamboo poles.

After preparing the tools, Yang Tao found Yaya and reset them. Then, one person and one robot started to act, and finally packed the kitchen and a room that could be lived in shortly after the sun went down.

Walking around the room, after making a list of the things that need to be bought, he locked the door, and then Yang Tao went to the store to buy things along the way he came.When they reached the main road, out of the corner of Yang Tao's eyes, she saw a pretty girl washing some cucumbers, humming an unknown song.The girl was taken aback when she saw Yang Tao walking down, and then gave Yang Tao a big smile, "Hi, are you number 25?"

Yang Tao stopped, nodded, and replied with a smile, "Hello!"

"It's great, I finally have a neighbor who is similar to my age," the girl looked excited, waving her wet hands in the air, and the water droplets on her hands fell to the ground in a parabolic motion, "I'm so excited." Happy, come, eat a cucumber." Saying that, he happily went to get a cucumber from the basin.

Yang Tao was surprised by the enthusiasm of the other party, a little unaccustomed to it, so she had to politely decline, "I'm going to the store to buy something."

"That's right, you just came here, so you must not have everything," the girl smiled shyly, "Then I'll send you some cucumbers when you come back, our cucumbers are the freshest, my name is melon How about you, son?"

"Coincidentally, my name is Carambola."

"Haha, what a coincidence, we all eat." After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

(End of this chapter)