Mazui Village is located at the junction of the two provinces and is the most remote mountain village in Luliang County. It is surrounded by deep mountains and old forests for hundreds of miles. There is very little arable land in the mountains, but fortunately the surrounding mountains are a natural granary. As the saying goes, those who rely on the mountains and water rely on the mountains to eat. The villagers of Mazui Village inherited superb hunting skills from their ancestors, and at the same time they also inherited the strong folk customs. Even in a time of famine, as long as a shotgun and a machete penetrate into the mountains, the harvest can feed a family. Therefore, in Mazui Village, which is considered a remote mountain village within a remote area, it has never been heard of a man unable to find a wife for hundreds of years. Although the population in the village is not prosperous, it can at least maintain a balance.
However, in the past ten years or so, the villagers have belatedly discovered that there have been fewer and fewer people in the village since then. There used to be only a hundred households in the village. Come to the house. In the past, you could see the lively scene of marrying a new wife with the sound of firecrackers and the sound of blowing firecrackers at least ten times a year. In the past ten years, you can hardly see it. It’s not that the adult men in the village can’t find wives and become bachelors. Mainly because most of them are single. Young people have left the mountains and gone to the legendary big cities where tens of millions of people live in one place. In the first few years after these people left, some people came back to visit relatives. Later, some moved away with their families, and there were no more people. After returning, there are also those old people with serious rural complex who are unwilling to leave Mazui Village, and gradually become what the village committee calls empty nesters.
As for those young people who stayed in the village and did not go out, the pheasants and wild boars that were caught on the mountain have completely lost their appeal to girls hundreds of miles away, and they have gradually lost their appeal to young girls. People become middle-aged bachelors.
If you can still hear the sound of suona and firecrackers in the village now, it is almost certain that it is not the wife who is getting married, but the old man of some family who is old. The current Mazui Village is so deserted that there are only dead people. Only when it is lively can it be considered lively, and it will be a little more angry.
But today’s sound of suona and firecrackers is an exception. It is definitely a happy event, and this happy event is more festive than marrying a dozen wives in the village more than ten years ago. Which family in the past If you want to marry a wife, only those who have some relatives or good relations with neighbors will come to join in the fun. After all, Mazui Village is said to be a village, but it is a mountain village really deep in the mountains. From the east end of the village to the west end of the village, it is at least a hundred miles away. Although there are not many people, the land is very vast. Wangshan is a dead horse. For people who have been in mountain villages all their lives, even if it is a village, some people will never see them again. But today’s happy event was a great one. The whole village came. Although the number was not as big as before, but they really gathered together, and the bumpy basketball court in the village committee was packed to the brim.
A mountain boy of about 20 years old stood on a hillside not far away. Looking down from the top of the slope, he could just have a panoramic view of the village committee. The man quietly looked at the unprecedented scene below. A lively scene, with neither sadness nor joy on his face. A yellow native dog crouched quietly at the feet of its owner. Perhaps it had never seen Mazui Village so lively., a pair of eyes staring intently at the bustling crowd below. Next to the yellow native dog squatted a little girl wearing a plaid shirt with two braids on her head and snot falling to her mouth. The little girl is thirteen or fourteen years old, which is said to be the most lively age, but she is indeed a little abnormal at this moment. Her eyes sometimes look at the man standing next to her, and sometimes she looks down with some indifference. < /p>
The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and then there was a burst of laughter and laughter. The villagers in the mountain were tough and simple, and not many people thought of the village party secretary as an official with a loud voice. The middle-aged woman stretched her neck and shouted loudly, "Secretary Zhang, we all know about this great event, what else are you going to announce? Hurry up and serve the wine and food first."
Zhang Zhiming laughed. Looking at the woman, "Mother Wang, your loud voice is better than the microphone in my hand. Let's remove all the outdoor broadcasts in the village. If there is any policy promotion in the village in the future, you can just go to the top of Yaozi Mountain and shout. It also saves some money for the village, which can be regarded as making some contribution to the village."
The crowd burst into laughter. The people in the mountains were straight-laced, without any twists and turns. They dared to say whatever they thought of without fear of offending others. Many villagers immediately cheered and agreed. Especially those old bachelors in their forties who have never tasted the taste of a woman, they are even more enthusiastic.
The middle-aged woman put her hands on her hips, swung her butt as big as a basket and said with a smile, "No problem, as long as you give me money, let alone shout a few times on the radio to the village, I can even sleep with Secretary Zhang for one night." ."
As soon as this was said, there was a burst of laughter, and the few old bachelors suddenly became excited. They couldn't eat pork, so talking about it was just to relieve their thirst.
"Big sister, with that big ass of yours, don't break Secretary Zhang's waist."
Another person laughed and said, "My waist is strong, big sister, please don't break Secretary Zhang's waist." I won’t let you sit as long as you want.”
Middle-aged women’s men are notoriously picky, and they have long been accustomed to flirting with their wives. Not only are they not angry at all, but they are giggling happily.
The middle-aged woman slapped her back, "You are a weakling who is not strong during the day but cannot be hard at night. Why are you enjoying being teased by those old bachelors who have suffered thousands of blows?" Stuff."
The crisp slap made the whole room burst into laughter.
The village branch secretary Zhang Zhiming is in his fifties this year. Although he has been the village branch secretary for more than 20 years, he is still a rough old man born and raised in his heart. He has never known the taste of tears, but this time At this moment, I felt an inexplicable feeling that I had never encountered before. I was obviously very happy, but my eyes couldn't help but turn red. For many years, Mazui Village has not been so lively for a long time.
Clearing his throat, Zhang Zhiming said into the microphone, "Fathers and fellow villagers, althoughEveryone knows that a huge happy event has happened in our Mazui Village, but those ancestors lying in the mountain valley don’t know yet. Mazui Village, the land of the mountain god with more than a dozen mountains in a radius, doesn’t know that I am here today. Here I want to loudly tell the ancestors of Mazui Village, tell every plant and tree in the village, that the first college student in the history of Mazui Village has been born, and a golden phoenix has flown out. ”
The villagers in the audience were affected by Zhang Zhiming’s emotions, and they stopped making noises and joking. During Zhang Zhiming’s words, they all clapped with all their strength, and the applause suddenly resounded through the mountains and forests, echoing for a long time.
Zhang Zhiming pressed his right hand to the crowd and continued, "When the old party secretary was still alive, he often told me that an old monk once passed by our village and said that our village gathers the essence of heaven and earth. , condensing the aura of the mountains and rivers, sooner or later a man of great fortune will appear, who will bring great blessings to our village. At first, I thought that the old party secretary was confused and talking nonsense, but now it seems that the master is really a good person. The Taoist monk's words became a prophecy. Bai Ling, the daughter of Carpenter Bai, fulfilled the prediction of the eminent monk. "
There was another burst of thunderous applause from the audience.
"I have watched Bai Ling grow up with my own eyes. She has been smart since she was a child. I have long seen that. She is not someone who can be retained in the deep mountains and old forests. This time she was not only admitted to university, but also became the number one scholar in our county. If you know what number one scholar means, she is number one in the county. Do you know how many villages there are in our county? There are no more than 500 villages. Now we have outcompeted all the more than 500 villages in the county. The surrounding villages have been looking down on our village over the years and have not even allowed their daughters to marry. This time we are out of luck. A champion, let’s see if those brats dare to look down on our village. ”
After listening to Zhang Zhiming’s words, the villagers on the basketball court immediately became restless. For most of these people who have never been out of Mazui Village, Mazui Village feels that it is already very big. Not to mention the county, everyone looked excited, as if their daughter had been admitted to the legendary university.
“I used to go to the town for a meeting with Village Chief Zhang, and Ma from the next village. The big cripple always likes to pull me and brag to me that their village has married a few more wives and given birth to a few more babies this year. He looks so proud. Every time I see him, I want to hit him with a mallet. on the face. Hey, it’s different now. I went to the town for a meeting two days ago. The town secretary and mayor praised our Mazui Village in front of dozens of village party secretaries and village chiefs at the meeting, saying that our Mazui Village has contributed to the town. He has won glory and is an example for all villages to follow. After the meeting, the big cripple who always wanted to run away without dragging me to brag about me. How could it be possible? I have suffered from his cowardice for so many years, and I finally feel proud and proud. How can I let him? He ran away, and I caught up with him and caught the big cripple Ma. Secretary Ma, why are you running? You are going back to give birth to babies. It’s useless for you to have so many babies. Can you be admitted to university? Can you be the first in our county? "< /p>
The villagers burst into laughter, “Secretary Zhang said it well, it’s such a relief. ”
Bai Fugui stood in the crowd with an extremely proud smile on his face.Fugui's life has not been good these years. Although he is the only carpenter in the village, a table and a stool in the villagers' homes in the mountains can be used by several generations. Especially in the past ten years, more and more people in the village have gone out. Those left behind are all old, weak, sick and disabled. There has been no new wife in the village for nearly ten years, so there is no work for him to do. His family has been a carpenter for generations, and he has a unique skill as a carpenter, but hunting is not the best. It's a bit ordinary, I have no job, and I'm not good at hunting. I have been living in poverty and frustration in these years. Even my mother-in-law often makes me look sad. I remember one time I was upset and drank two more glasses of wine. The evil fire in my heart was unbearable, so I hurriedly took off my pants and moved on my mother-in-law. Just when I was about to break the door, I was kicked to the bed. My mother-in-law scolded me from the bed. If you can, go out and earn your money. Girl, put a ball on your belly. If it hadn't been for the help from neighbors over the years, let alone supporting her daughter in high school and college, she wouldn't have been able to support herself. After so many years of suffering, Bai Fugui felt like he was living like a human being for the first time when he looked at the envious looks cast by the villagers. I was thinking in my heart that I would torture my mother-in-law enough tonight and let out all the useless anger I had suffered over the years.
On the top of the hillside, the man looked at everything under his eyes, his face expressionless. The braided girl sniffed, stared at the crowd in front of the village committee, and asked calmly, "Is the university that Secretary Zhang mentioned much bigger and more beautiful than the primary school in our village?"
The man nodded, "Probably so."
Zhang Zhiming smiled and nodded in the direction of Bai Fugui, "I just want to tell everyone that Bai Ling, the daughter of Carpenter Bai's family, is This is a shame for our Mazui Village, so I won’t say much more. Now I invite Bai Ling, the golden phoenix who flew out of our Mazui Village, to come on stage and say a few words to everyone.”
I am usually very cautious. , Bai Ling, who always lowers his head slightly when walking, today his waist is very straight, and his face is filled with a confident smile. In the past, his family was poor, whether in the village or at school, Bai Ling would feel inferior to others, but now he sees The whole village gathered here for themselves. Seeing the whole village feel proud of themselves was a sight that I had never dreamed of.
After three years of high school in the county, she is no longer the ordinary village girl who digs dirt in the ravines. She is wearing tight jeans and a white T-shirt, and she looks more like a person who comes from a scholarly family in the city. Lady.
Taking the microphone from Zhang Zhiming's hand, looking at the dark crowd in the audience, she was a girl who had just graduated from high school after all. Feeling a little scared, Zhang Zhiming nodded to her and gave her a A comforting smile.
Bai Ling stood in the center of the stage and bowed deeply to the audience. The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. Bai Fugui's wife had a smile on her face at the moment, but she was also full of tears. Bai Fugui was just about to reprimand his mother-in-law for her lack of success, when she realized that two tears had flowed out of her eyes.
Bai Ling’s voice is very nice, just like the call of a lark, the sound is golden, clear and sweet.
“I would like to thank my parents for their hard work in raising me. I would like to thank all my grandparents, uncles and aunts for taking care of my family over the years. I would like to thank the two committees of the village branch for supporting my studies. Without your help, I would not be Bai Ling. Today, a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. I swear here that once I graduate from college and have a successful career, I will do my best to repay Mazui Village.”
The crowd was excited. The villagers clapped their hands red and roared.
The girl with braids pursed her lips, "She seems to have forgotten to thank you." The yellow native dog barked twice, seemingly agreeing with the little girl's statement.
The man was still expressionless, "Grandpa often said that if you feel happy when you give, then enjoy that happiness. If you hold the idea of repaying, this happiness will be greatly reduced. Sometimes the process is more important than the result."
The girl with braid held her chin in her hands and shook her head, "I don't understand. I only know that I go into the mountains with a shotgun to hunt wild roe deer. If you can't get away from the wild roe deer, you have to catch at least a pheasant. Why not go into the mountains?"
The man smiled bitterly and touched the girl's head, "You are still young. When you grow up, you will find something you like. You'll know when you get married."
The girl with braided hair angrily slapped the man's hand away, "I'm already fourteen years old. Which of your eyes can see that I'm young? I could have one last year. People went into the mountains to hunt wild boars."
The man smiled and sighed, "That's called hunting wild boars. If I hadn't arrived in time, you would be like wild boar dung now."
The girl with the braid snorted, as if she had been poked in a sore spot, and imitated the man's tone and sighed, "Hey, that snobbish Bai Fugui really went to your house to break off the engagement."
The man nodded calmly.
"You agree"
The man nodded again.
The girl pretended to be an adult and said angrily, "Tsk, look at how bear-like you are. You can go into the mountains alone to hunt a big black bear. You can't even kill a white rich man." "
The man smiled bitterly, "If it was just his opinion, I certainly wouldn't give up easily."
The girl with the braid was stunned for a moment.
"Is this what she meant?"
The man nodded slightly.
"You talked about it"
"I went to her house yesterday."
"What did she say"
"She Tell me that a frog in a well cannot talk about the sea, and a summer insect cannot talk about the ice."
"What the hell"
"It means that a frog in a well is not qualified to talk about the sea, and a summer insect is not qualified to talk about the sea. "Talking about ice"
"What do you mean?"
The man smiled bitterly and said, "It means to tell me not to be blind"
"What" the girl with the crotch braid jumped up. Lao Gao.
"She really said that"
The man nodded.
The girl with braids immediately transformed into an old hen protecting her chicks, her face flushed with anger.Get up and walk down the mountain.
The man grabbed the girl's arm and said, "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tear her mouth apart."
The man's face was cold, and the girl I rarely see this expression on the man. Even though he is usually coquettish and naughty around him, every time I see the man really angry, my heart beats. This man who dares to go hunting alone in the mountains at the age of twelve is not afraid of this. A girl who is not afraid of anything is most afraid of the expression of the man in front of her.
The girl with braids sat down on the ground, full of grievances.
"Is that the end of it?"
"I have nothing to do with her anymore."
The girl looked at the neighbor who always loved her Big brother, for the first time, I discovered that he also had that helpless expression on his face.
The man put away his cold expression, sat down next to the girl with braids, and touched her head lovingly.
"Brother Shanmin, there have been more and more bachelors in our village in recent years. Are you afraid that you will not be able to find a wife in the future?"
The man smiled and knocked. The girl's forehead said, "Little girl, what do you know?"
The girl with braids said unconvincedly, "Of course I understand, men should marry when they are older, and girls should marry when they grow up. When you grow up, marry Wife, when I grow up, I will become someone else’s wife.”
The man smiled slightly at the girl’s words, cut off a piece of dogtail grass next to him and held it in his mouth, feeling gloomy in his heart. A little less.
"Brother Shanmin, you don't have to worry about being single in the future."
"Oh why"
The girl with braids tilted her head and said seriously "When I grow up, if you haven't married a wife yet, I will be your wife."
Mazui Village is located at the junction of the two provinces and is the most remote mountain village in Luliang County. It is surrounded by hundreds of There are deep mountains and old forests. There is very little arable land in the mountains, but fortunately the surrounding mountains are a natural granary. As the saying goes, those who rely on the mountains and water rely on the mountains to eat. The villagers of Mazui Village inherited superb hunting skills from their ancestors, and at the same time they also inherited the strong folk customs. Even in a time of famine, as long as a shotgun and a machete penetrate into the mountains, the harvest can feed a family. Therefore, in Mazui Village, which is considered a remote mountain village within a remote area, it has never been heard of a man unable to find a wife for hundreds of years. Although the population in the village is not prosperous, it can at least maintain a balance.
However, in the past ten years or so, the villagers have belatedly discovered that there have been fewer and fewer people in the village since then. There used to be only a hundred households in the village. Come to the house. In the past, you could see the lively scene of marrying a new wife with the sound of firecrackers and the sound of blowing firecrackers at least ten times a year. In the past ten years, you can hardly see it. It’s not that the adult men in the village can’t find wives and become bachelors. Mainly because most of them are single. Young people have left the mountains and gone to the legendary big cities where tens of millions of people live in one place. In the first few years after these people left, some people came back to visit relatives.Later, some moved away with their families and never came back. There were also those old people with serious rural sentiment who were unwilling to leave Mazui Village and gradually became what the village committee calls empty-nesters.
As for those young people who stayed in the village and did not go out, the pheasants and wild boars that were caught on the mountain have completely lost their appeal to girls hundreds of miles away, and they have gradually lost their appeal to young girls. People become middle-aged bachelors.
If you can still hear the sound of suona and firecrackers in the village now, it is almost certain that it is not the wife who is getting married, but the old man of some family who is old. The current Mazui Village is so deserted that there are only dead people. Only when it is lively can it be considered lively, and it will be a little more angry.
But today’s sound of suona and firecrackers is an exception. It is definitely a happy event, and this happy event is more festive than marrying a dozen wives in the village more than ten years ago. Which family in the past If you want to marry a wife, only those who have some relatives or good relations with neighbors will come to join in the fun. After all, Mazui Village is said to be a village, but it is a mountain village really deep in the mountains. From the east end of the village to the west end of the village, it is at least a hundred miles away. Although there are not many people, the land is very vast. Wangshan is a dead horse. For people who have been in mountain villages all their lives, even if it is a village, some people will never see them again. But today’s happy event was a great one. The whole village came. Although the number was not as big as before, but they really gathered together, and the bumpy basketball court in the village committee was packed to the brim.
A mountain boy of about 20 years old stood on a hillside not far away. Looking down from the top of the slope, he could just have a panoramic view of the village committee. The man quietly looked at the unprecedented scene below. A lively scene, with neither sadness nor joy on his face. A yellow native dog crawled quietly at the feet of its owner. Perhaps it had never seen Mazui Village so lively. Its eyes were fixed on the bustling crowd below. Next to the yellow native dog squatted a little girl wearing a plaid shirt with two braids on her head and snot falling to her mouth. The little girl is thirteen or fourteen years old, which is said to be the most lively age, but she is indeed a little abnormal at this moment. Her eyes sometimes look at the man standing next to her, and sometimes she looks down with some indifference. < /p>
The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and then there was a burst of laughter and laughter. The villagers in the mountain were tough and simple, and not many people thought of the village party secretary as an official with a loud voice. The middle-aged woman stretched her neck and shouted loudly, "Secretary Zhang, we all know about this great event, what else are you going to announce? Hurry up and serve the wine and food first."
Zhang Zhiming laughed. Looking at the woman, "Mother Wang, your loud voice is better than the microphone in my hand. Let's remove all the outdoor broadcasts in the village. If there is any policy promotion in the village in the future, you can just go to the top of Yaozi Mountain and shout. It also saves some money for the village, which can be regarded as making some contribution to the village."
The crowd burst into laughter. People in the mountains are straight-laced and don’t have to be too obsessive. They dare to say whatever they think of without fear of offending others. Many villagers immediately started cheering in agreement. Especially those old bachelors in their forties who have never tasted the taste of a woman, they are even more enthusiastic.
The middle-aged woman put her hands on her hips, swung her butt as big as a basket and said with a smile, "No problem, as long as you give me money, let alone shout a few times on the radio to the village, I can even sleep with Secretary Zhang for one night." ."
As soon as this was said, there was a burst of laughter, and the few old bachelors suddenly became excited. They couldn't eat pork, so talking about it was just to relieve their thirst.
"Big sister, with that big ass of yours, don't break Secretary Zhang's waist."
Another person laughed and said, "My waist is strong, big sister, please don't break Secretary Zhang's waist." I won’t let you sit as long as you want.”
Middle-aged women’s men are notoriously picky, and they have long been accustomed to flirting with their wives. Not only are they not angry at all, but they are giggling happily.
The middle-aged woman slapped her back, "You are a weakling who is not strong during the day but cannot be hard at night. Why are you enjoying being teased by those old bachelors who have suffered thousands of blows?" Stuff."
The crisp slap made the whole room burst into laughter.
The village branch secretary Zhang Zhiming is in his fifties this year. Although he has been the village branch secretary for more than 20 years, he is still a rough old man born and raised in his heart. He has never known the taste of tears, but this time At this moment, I felt an inexplicable feeling that I had never encountered before. I was obviously very happy, but my eyes couldn't help but turn red. For many years, Mazui Village has not been so lively for a long time.
Clearing his throat, Zhang Zhiming said into the microphone, "Fathers and fellow villagers, although everyone knows that a huge happy event has happened in our Mazui Village, those ancestors lying in the col We don’t know yet, we don’t know the mountain god land of Mazui Village, which is surrounded by more than a dozen mountains. I am here today to loudly tell the ancestors of Mazui Village, tell every plant and tree in the village, we Mazui The first college student in the village’s history was born, and a golden phoenix flew out.”
The villagers in the audience were infected by Zhang Zhiming’s emotions, and they stopped making noises and joking. During Zhang Zhiming’s words, they all stopped. He clapped with all his strength, and the applause suddenly resounded through the mountains and forests, echoing for a long time.
Zhang Zhiming pressed his right hand to the crowd and continued, "When the old party secretary was still alive, he often told me that an old monk once passed by our village and said that our village gathers the essence of heaven and earth. , condensing the aura of the mountains and rivers, sooner or later a man of great fortune will appear, who will bring great blessings to our village. At first, I thought that the old party secretary was confused and talking nonsense, but now it seems that the master is really a good person. The words of the eminent monk came true. Bai Ling, the daughter of Carpenter Bai, fulfilled the prophecy of the eminent monk."
There was another round of thunderous applause.
"I have watched Bai Ling grow up with my own eyes. She has been smart since she was a child. I have long noticed that sheShe is not someone who can be retained in the deep mountains and old forests. This time she was not only admitted to university, but also became the number one scholar in our county. If you know what number one scholar means, she is number one in the county. Do you know how many villages there are in our county? There are more than 500 villages. Now we have outcompeted the more than 500 villages in the county. The surrounding villages have been looking down on our village over the years and have not even allowed their daughters to marry. This time we have a problem. Number one scholar, let’s see if those brats dare to look down on our village. ”
After listening to Zhang Zhiming’s words, the villagers on the basketball court immediately became restless. For most of these people who have never been out of Mazui Village, Mazui Village feels that it is already very big. Not to mention the county, everyone looked excited, as if their daughter had been admitted to the legendary university.
“I used to go to the town for a meeting with Village Chief Zhang, and Ma from the next village. The big cripple always likes to pull me and brag to me that their village has married a few more wives and given birth to a few more babies this year. He looks so proud. Every time I see him, I want to hit him with a mallet. on the face. Hey, it’s different now. I went to the town for a meeting two days ago. The town secretary and mayor praised our Mazui Village in front of dozens of village party secretaries and village chiefs at the meeting, saying that our Mazui Village has contributed to the town. He has won glory and is an example for all villages to follow. After the meeting, the big cripple who always wanted to run away without dragging me to brag about me. How could it be possible? I have suffered from his cowardice for so many years, and I finally feel proud and proud. How can I let him? He ran away, and I caught up with him and caught the big cripple Ma. Secretary Ma, why are you running? You are going back to give birth to babies. It’s useless for you to have so many babies. Can you be admitted to university? Can you be the first in our county? "< /p>
The villagers burst into laughter, “Secretary Zhang said it well, it’s such a relief. ”
Bai Fugui stood in the crowd, with an extremely proud smile on his face. Bai Fugui has not had a good life these years. Although he is the only carpenter in the village, every table in the villagers’ homes in the mountains has not been good. The stools can be used by several generations. Especially in the past ten years, more and more people have moved out of the village, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled. The village has not had a new wife in nearly ten years. What kind of work is there for him to do? His family has been a carpenter for generations, and he has a unique skill as a carpenter, but hunting seems a bit ordinary. Without work, he is not good at hunting. He has been living in poverty and frustration in these years, so he just Even my own mother-in-law would often show her face to me. I remember once I was upset and drank two more glasses of wine. The evil fire in my belly was unbearable. I hurriedly took off my pants and thrust myself on my mother-in-law. Just when I was about to break the door, But he was kicked under the bed, and the mother-in-law yelled from the bed: If you can, go out and earn money, and throw a ball into the mother's belly. If it hadn't been for the help from neighbors these years, let alone support her daughter. After being admitted to high school and college, he couldn't even support himself. After so many years of frustration, Bai Fugui felt that for the first time he was living a decent life tonight. He wanted to torture his mother-in-law enough and let out all the useless energy he had suffered over the years.
On the top of the hillside, the man looked at everything under his eyes, his face.Expressive. The braided girl sniffed, stared at the crowd in front of the village committee, and asked calmly, "Is the university that Secretary Zhang mentioned much bigger and more beautiful than the primary school in our village?"
The man nodded, "Probably so."
Zhang Zhiming smiled and nodded in the direction of Bai Fugui, "I just want to tell everyone that Bai Ling, the daughter of Carpenter Bai's family, is This is a shame for our Mazui Village, so I won’t say much more. Now I invite Bai Ling, the golden phoenix who flew out of our Mazui Village, to come on stage and say a few words to everyone.”
I am usually very cautious. , Bai Ling, who always lowers his head slightly when walking, today his waist is very straight, and his face is filled with a confident smile. In the past, his family was poor, whether in the village or at school, Bai Ling would feel inferior to others, but now he sees The whole village gathered here for themselves. Seeing the whole village feel proud of themselves was a sight that I had never dreamed of.
After three years of high school in the county, she is no longer the ordinary village girl who digs dirt in the ravines. She is wearing tight jeans and a white T-shirt, and she looks more like a person who comes from a scholarly family in the city. Lady.
Taking the microphone from Zhang Zhiming's hand, looking at the dark crowd in the audience, she was a girl who had just graduated from high school after all. Feeling a little scared, Zhang Zhiming nodded to her and gave her a A comforting smile.
Bai Ling stood in the center of the stage and bowed deeply to the audience. The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause. Bai Fugui's wife had a smile on her face at the moment, but she was also full of tears. Bai Fugui was just about to reprimand his mother-in-law for her lack of success, when she realized that two tears had flowed out of her eyes.
Bai Ling’s voice is very nice, just like the call of a lark, the sound is golden, clear and sweet.
“Thank you to my parents for their hard work in raising me, thank you to all my grandparents, uncles and aunts for taking care of my family over the years, and thank you to the two committees of the village branch for supporting my studies. Without your help, I would not be in vain. Today, every drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. I swear here that once I graduate from college and have a successful career, I will do my best to repay Mazui Village."
"Well, well, well." The excited villagers clapped their hands red and roared.
The girl with braids pursed her lips, "She seems to have forgotten to thank you." The yellow native dog barked twice, seemingly agreeing with the little girl's statement.
The man was still expressionless, "Grandpa often said that if you feel happy when you give, then enjoy that happiness. If you hold the idea of repaying, this happiness will be greatly reduced. Sometimes the process is more important than the result."
The girl with braid held her chin in her hands and shook her head, "I don't understand. I only know that I go into the mountains with a shotgun to hunt wild roe deer. If you can't get away from the wild roe deer, you have to catch at least a pheasant. Why not go into the mountains?"
The man smiled bitterly and touched the girl's head, "You are still young. When you grow up, you will find something you like. You’ll know when you get married.”
The girl with braids.The child angrily slapped the man's hand away, "I'm already fourteen years old. Which of your eyes can see that I'm young? Last year I was able to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars by myself."
The man laughed. He smiled and sighed, "That's called hunting a wild boar. If I hadn't arrived in time, you would have turned into wild boar dung."
The girl with the braid snorted, as if she had been poked in a sore spot. , imitating the man's tone and sighed, "Hey, that snobbish Bai Fugui really went to your house to break off the engagement."
The man nodded calmly.
"You agree"
The man nodded again.
The girl pretended to be an adult and said angrily, "Tsk, look at how bear-like you are. You can go into the mountains alone to hunt a big black bear. You can't even kill a white rich man." "
The man smiled bitterly, "If it was just his opinion, I certainly wouldn't give up easily."
The girl with the braid was stunned for a moment.
"Is this what she meant?"
The man nodded slightly.
"You talked about it"
"I went to her house yesterday."
"What did she say"
"She Tell me that a frog in a well cannot talk about the sea, and a summer insect cannot talk about the ice."
"What the hell"
"It means that a frog in a well is not qualified to talk about the sea, and a summer insect is not qualified to talk about the sea. "Talking about ice"
"What do you mean?"
The man smiled bitterly and said, "It means to tell me not to be blind"
"What" the girl with the crotch braid jumped up. Lao Gao.
"She really said that"
The man nodded.
The girl with braids immediately transformed into an old hen protecting her chicks. Her face turned red with anger and she walked down the mountain.
The man grabbed the girl's arm and said, "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tear her mouth apart."
The man's face was cold, and the girl I rarely see this expression on the man. Even though he is usually coquettish and naughty around him, every time I see the man really angry, my heart beats. This man who dares to go hunting alone in the mountains at the age of twelve is not afraid of this. A girl who is not afraid of anything is most afraid of the expression of the man in front of her.
The girl with braids sat down on the ground, full of grievances.
"Is that the end of it?"
"I have nothing to do with her anymore."
The girl looked at the neighbor who always loved her Big brother, for the first time, I discovered that he also had that helpless expression on his face.
The man put away his cold expression, sat down next to the girl with braids, and touched her head lovingly.
"Brother Shanmin, there have been more and more bachelors in our village in recent years. Are you afraid that you will not be able to find a wife in the future?"
The man smiled and knocked. The girl's forehead said, "Little girl, what do you know?"
The girl with braids said unconvincedly, "Of course I understand, men should marry when they are older, and women should marry when they grow up. When you grow up, you will marry a wife, and I will become someone else's wife when I grow up. "
The man smiled slightly at the girl's words. He cut off a piece of dogtail grass next to him and held it in his mouth. The haze in his heart was relieved a little.
"Brother Shanmin , you don’t have to worry about being single in the future. "
"Oh why"
The girl with braids tilted her head and said seriously, "When I grow up, if you haven't married a wife yet, I will be your wife. Son. ”