Perfect pastoral life

Chapter 3 Ruined Hometown
Wang Fugui didn't expect to meet a good brother whom he hadn't seen for many years in the county town, and Chen Mu also helped him solve the bad luck just now, which made him happy.

In Wang Fugui's eyes, he has always admired Chen Mu.Chen Mu's academic performance was good since he was a child. If his parents hadn't passed away in his third year of high school, he would have gone to college. After the accident happened, he gave up the opportunity to study in the capital and enlisted in the army while enlisting.

Wang Fugui didn't go to university that year and went to work along the coast. Since then, the two have lost contact.

Ten years later, the two meet again today, and they still have the same sense of indifference as before. Their innocent friendship that grew up together remains the same, and the years have not wiped out the precious friendship between them.

"Muzi, why did you come home suddenly today? Did you come back from the army?" Walking out of the crowd, Wang Fugui asked with a silly smile.

Regarding this question, Chen Mu didn't want to deceive his brother. He told about his encounters in the army and his life in the capital after demobilization, and also his plan to stay in his hometown for a period of rest.

Hearing that Chen Mu wanted to stay in his hometown, Wang Fugui was so excited, he quickly laughed;
"It's better to be in my hometown, Muzi. No matter how good it is outside, can it compare with my hometown? I just don't want to go out to work and suffer, so I stay at home. Now our hometown is developing tourism, and many people from other places come to visit us. Just us Concrete roads have been built in such a remote place as Longdong Village, and the hometown has changed a lot. If you don’t believe me, Muzi, you will know when you go back to the village, and I will definitely surprise you.”

When it came to Longdong Village, Wang Fugui never stopped talking. He was beaming and proud of his hometown.

Balabala spoke for a while, then suddenly his face became serious, his eyes fixed on Chen Mu, and he fell silent.

Chen Mu saw that he had something on his mind, so he asked;

"What's wrong with you, your words got stuck in your throat?"

Wang Fugui frowned slightly, and said, "Muzi, our village is gradually getting better, but your hometown has not been taken care of for so many years, and I'm afraid it won't be able to accommodate people. Where do you go back to live, why don't you live in my house first?"

"That's it?" Chen Mu smiled wryly when he heard the words, "The house should be able to live in after repairing it, but I plan to buy a dog from the county to keep it. Fugui, do you know where there is a dog for sale?"

When Wang Fugui heard that he wanted to buy a dog, he was stunned and hummed;
"You don't need to come to the city to buy a dog. We have it in the village. My second uncle's bitch just gave birth to a litter of paparazzi last month. It looks good. I'll help you get one. Spend your shit money in town."

Chen Mu knows that Wang Fugui is kind, but what he wants to buy is an adult dog. Although the cubs are cute and cute, they are not practical. He wants a big yellow dog that can guard the house.

"You don't have to worry about it." Chen Mu said with a smile, "What I want is an adult dog, preferably a big yellow dog that can go hunting in the mountains."

Wang Fugui heard about it, thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and said: "Muzi, we also have big yellow dogs in our village. Do you remember Zhao Lanzi, a five-guarantee household in the east of the village, who died a few days ago. Zhao Lanzi I raised a big yellow dog, and no one cares about the dog when the owner leaves, Muzi, if you don’t mind taking the dog to raise it, the dog will be taken away by dog ​​thieves sooner or later.”

"Lazy Zhao is dead?" Chen Mu was somewhat surprised when he heard that the five-guarantee household in the village had died.

"That's right, the one who died last week didn't even have a burial." Wang Fugui scolded, "Wu Dayi's iron rooster organized the villagers to raise money to buy a coffin to bury Zhao Lanzi, but Wu Dayi divided the money." No, thanks to the fact that he is still the village head, this kind of sleazy old bastard still has the face of being a village head."

Chen Mu naturally knew Wu Dayi, the old village head of Longdong Village. Although his name had the word "Dayi", he was actually not righteous at all. A strange flower exists in Longdong Village.

Since Zhao Lanzi's dog is left unattended, as Wang Fugui said, it's okay to bring the dog here to raise.That being the case, Chen Mu didn't need to buy a dog anymore, and immediately returned to his hometown with Wang Fugui.

Wang Fugui has stayed in his hometown for so many years. He is not married and has no job. He bought a second-hand van, and when he goes to the market, he takes customers from home to the town or county, and does some small business soliciting customers.When I have nothing to do, I go to the mountains to collect herbs, go down the river to fish, and subsidize the family. The days are like this, a bit salty, but also comfortable.

The two walked to the parking space on the side of the road. After getting into the car, Wang Fugui began to put on a show.He sat in the cab of the van and kept showing off his second-hand van while patting the steering wheel triumphantly;
"Muzi, you are not allowed to buy some daily necessities from the city and go home. My car will not pull anyone today, and I will come here to serve you in one go."

Chen Mu thought for a while and said, "Alright then, I'll go buy some kitchen utensils, wait for me here."

Chen Mu got out of the car again. He bought pots, pans, and daily necessities in a nearby general supermarket. He passed by a furniture store and went in to buy a bamboo recliner. After loading into the van and swaying all the way, the two rushed back to Longdong Village.

. . .

It was almost noon when the van drove into the village, and Chen Mu's house was near the village. Now the cement road in the village has been perfected, and the van can drive directly to the yard in front of the house.

After turning off the engine and getting out of the car, Wang Fugui was so strong that he rushed to move things down from the car.

Chen Mu stepped out of the car door with his military bag on his back, and what came into his eyes was a dilapidated wooden house, with ruined buildings and tiles, lifeless, weeds had already grown in the yard, and the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of the house had grown tall , The luxuriant branches have extended to the corrugated roof.

This tree was planted by Chen Mu's father in the early years. Now the osmanthus tree is lush, but his father and mother have already gone to another world.

Seeing the unfamiliar yet familiar scene in front of him, Chen Mu couldn't help feeling a sense of sadness in his heart. The wooden house was dilapidated and the yard was deserted, but there were countless beautiful childhood memories of Chen Mu preserved here.

Chen Mu’s house is a two-story wooden building with a corridor. This kind of corridor wooden house is rare in the village. Nowadays, most people in the village have built small western-style buildings. Even the Fugui’s house next door is a beautiful small three-story bungalow. The corridor log house has withdrawn from the stage of history.

Chen Mu doesn't like Western-style buildings, he still likes this pure corridor wooden house, which is airy and dry, and comfortable to live in. He only needs to renovate the small wooden house inside and out, and then rearrange the yard and plant some vegetables. Flowers and plants, living in this environment is much more comfortable than a western-style building.

But the problem is that it will cost a lot of money to renovate the house, and you have to buy some sofa furniture. It really can't be done without 6 to [-] yuan.

Chen Mu has been working as a bodyguard in the capital for these years, but he hasn't saved much money. It is definitely not feasible to use the savings to repair the house.

How about setting a small goal for yourself first, for example, to earn the money for improving the house first?

(End of this chapter)