At present, only middle-aged and elderly people stay behind, and the tribe that may all move out in a few years is blocked by a deep fault zone.
The place where Ye Yulan was injured and rescued was near there, and the living environment was hard.
However, in the current village of the former tribe, there are many long-lived old people.
The one Ye Yulan knew was an old man who always guarded the small ruined temple. It was said that he was over 130 years old.
Of course, because there is no official statistics, and there is no record of birth, there is no way to verify this age. After all, one can apply for a world record in one hundred and thirty years old, how could it appear so easily
In particular, some grandparents also said that the old man was actually more than 130 years old, and he might be over 150 years old, and few young people believed it.
But according to Ye Yulan's observation, there are several centenarians in the village, and quite a few are in their 80s and 90s. According to the proportion of the total population, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a longevity village.
But when they separated a few years ago, the old man who handed Huatang to her was still in good spirits, cheerful, and couldn't see any problems at all.
Now hearing that the old man left not long after she left, Ye Silan couldn't help but feel a little sad, but before she could show any sadness, her grandma patted her on the shoulder, smiled and waved her hand.
There is no need for younger generations to shed tears for joy and mourning.
The customs here in the village are different from those outside. An old man who has lived for more than a hundred years without pain and disaster, passed away peacefully in his sleep, and then was sent away by the younger generations holding hands, and should not be disturbed with tears.
Grandma's articulation is not very sharp, but she is very enthusiastic. Even if her accent is too strong, she still gestures and asks Ye Silan to live in her house.
Ye Yulan has traveled to too many places in the past few decades and knows many dialects.
It's just that this small village hidden in the mountains has its own customs and culture, and has little contact with the outside world. The overall language expression is relatively independent, so she needs to guess and fool.
She lived here when she was convalescing her injuries, and she experienced a completely incomprehensible circle of confusion.
But fortunately, Granny's gestures are very good, and Ye Yulan still remembers some basic words, and the old and the young started chatting.
Yes, Ye Silan knew that when she looked at her 60-year-old grandma, she was actually a bit dazed when she turned 89 this year. In front of her 89-year-old grandma, she was indeed "young" .
Now there is a policy of relocating the village. This small village is too remote to develop the surrounding area, so they have to move all of them out, and the government will return the resettlement houses.
It's just that the old man was reluctant to leave here, so he insisted on staying, eating corn and sweet potatoes, drinking mountain spring water, and his body was quite strong.
Knowing that Ye Yulan came here for the ruined temple, Grandma clapped her hands, and pulled Ye Yulan away vigorously.
From Grandma's gestures, Ye Silkan understood that this dilapidated temple has a history of at least ninety years.
Because in my grandmother's impression, this temple is broken, no one goes to worship, only a few old people in the village are willing to clean it up.
However, with the death of the elder who gave Hua Tang to Ye Yulan, the last person who knew about it also left.
The house will quickly fall into disrepair, and the temple is similar. If no one cleans it up, it will quickly fall into disrepair.
Grandma took Ye Yulan around and saw nothing but broken walls and tiles.
When Ye Yulan took Huatang away, she clearly saw a statue of a cat in the temple. She was very impressed, because there are very few cat worshipers in China, so she had to look at it a few more times.
But now there was nothing, not a trace of a cat at all.
It's rare to have a junior. Grandma likes to chat, even if the language is not so fluent. Seeing that Ye Yulan was a little depressed, she pulled her to tell stories.
I don't know if she has noticed that there are no cats in the village, whether it is recuperating from injuries a few years ago or now.
Because, they don't pay attention to keeping cats here, but they keep other animals, but they don't keep cats.
Speaking of which, Grandma is still a bit proud. Although she doesn't raise cats, her village has never been plagued by rats. She has lived for almost 90 years and has never seen them.
"Huh? Really?" Ye Yulan thought about it carefully. It seemed that she had never seen the locals raising cats here. It was just that she thought it was because the place was too small and the population was not much. But now It seems that it is obviously different from other places.
You must know that rat prevention is basically a common knowledge of farmers, and the reason why farmers raise more cats is to catch mice. Otherwise, rats will cause more than half of the year's harvest.
Seeing Ye Silan's surprised look, Grandma told the story she heard when she was a child, saying that this place was not a tribe before, it was a family of officials from the Maohu Temple, it became a tribe later, and now it is a village.
Where there are cats, no mice dare to come, so there are no mice in the village.
It’s just that the young people in the village didn’t quite believe this story, thinking that the lack of mice might have something to do with the terrain or the quality of the water. Anyway, they didn’t believe that it was a cat that deterred them. It was all a story about old people coaxing children.
But Ye Yulan paid attention to these stories, and carefully studied the folk stories of various places, in fact, she could find some sources or corresponding events, even if some were exaggerated or fictitious, it was enough to find a little.
Seeing that Ye Yulan was interested in the story, after Grandma took her home, they made a cup of milk powder and talked about it for almost a day and a half.
Folklore stories are largely educational, persuasive and even intimidating. Except for some of the content that has been passed down as too sexy, most of them are passed on by word of mouth. The elders teach children what to do and what not to do. what.
Correspondingly, the folk stories by the sea seldom involve deserts, camels and Populus euphratica, but mostly about sea women and dragon kings.
Most of the inland folk stories are about mountain gods and land, and rarely involve seaweed, shrimps, crabs or big fish.
In the story told by Grandma, the frequency of cats is actually very high, which is obviously different from the folk stories in other places.
In the end, Ye Yulan really heard something special.
The story is very simple. There is a cat squatting curiously at the gate of the courtyard of a childless couple, listening to the master teach other children to read, and the mistress teaches other women to weave. He was deeply moved and turned into a baby, and appeared at the gate of the courtyard, fulfilling the couple's wish for a child.
The essence of the story is to be studious and hardworking, and I believe that what is good is rewarded with good, but Ye Yulan couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the cat is becoming more and more curious about human life, so that one day it will really become a human
Of course, ordinary cats may not believe it, but extraordinary cats may be able to give it a try.
Lying on the wooden bed at night, Ye Yulan couldn't sleep a little bit, or else the signal here was not good, she wanted to call Huatang to see what the black cat was doing.
It's a rare trip to the village. Ye Yulan had learned some massage skills before. She helped her grandma and a few other elderly people press a few times, and then took note of some obvious geriatric diseases. She planned to contact the nearest hospital after she went out. It took a few days to leave.
Although she didn't find any definite information, she still managed to figure out something from the stories Grandma told Ye Silan.
You know, Huatang spends more time with people than with cats. To be more precise, there is no other fluffy animal that has so many social needs as Huatang.
She doesn't want to be raised by her family. Every day in Yurou Township in the community, Huatang herself communicates with different residents.
Thinking about Huatang's life again, in fact, it is not much different from ordinary people, even three meals a day are more punctual.
Could it be that Huatang is becoming more and more like a human being, and one day, she will switch to a new identity
Ye Yulan was shocked by her bold speculation, and felt that it was impossible to rely on her own imagination, but she couldn't help thinking, what if it was true
Huatang is not an ordinary cat, it's just something special that is hidden by Yuandudu.
So, when Huatang had just finished her literacy class and was finally able to throw away the tablet and enjoy the rainbow farts that others gave to the evil cat, Ye Yulan made a special trip back.
"Huatang is learning so fast?"
The black cat looked up proudly, of course.
"Can you recognize so many characters? It's amazing!"
Praise, keep praising, Huatang is lying in Ye Yulan's arms, waiting for praising.
"Then take a look at these classes too? They're all very interesting, Huatang is the smartest!"
Ye Yulan immediately took out a tablet of the same model, but with an upgraded memory, filled with various courses, and gently but firmly put it in front of Huatang.
If Huatang hadn't recognized all the common words in a short period of time, Ye Yulan wouldn't have put such a heavy learning pressure on the cat.
But there is no way, she knows Huatang too well, if she doesn't take out all the pressure from the beginning, Huatang will definitely be able to act like a baby and play tricks secretly.
Sure enough, Hua Tang's smug expression hadn't recovered before she was hit by reality and looked at Ye Yulan in disbelief.
Huatang's eyesight is excellent, and she can see a lot of course videos at a glance, even more than what she has on her current tablet.
Ye Yulan had already collected a batch of courses before, but Huatang only read the literate ones, and left the others there.
But looking at the one in Ye Yulan's hand now, Huatang would rather learn from the original one, at least that one is less.
Taking care of the kitten ball with one hand, Ye Yulan knew Huatang, and Huatang also knew Ye Yulan, seeing her expression that could not refuse, the black cat resolutely pushed away the tablet in her hand, and hugged him tightly tablet.
She doesn't learn that, she has to learn this from herself, don't let her tablet go away!
When the question becomes whether to choose more or less, it is easy for Hua Tang to ignore the hidden option.
"This tablet is better, and the courses on it are particularly interesting." Ye Yulan hid the smile of successful routines in her eyes, and pushed the tablet forward in her hand seriously, trying desperately to make Huatang use this tablet more. One.
No, use your best, Huatang pushed back firmly, dragged the tablet and jumped back to the top of the cabinet.
Well, don't bother the evil cat to study, just concentrate.