The night is filled with the smell of green grass and the fragrance of wild flowers, and little fireflies fly around among the grass and trees, drawing out blurred rays of light.
Shui Wu was squatting in front of the stove made of stones, cooking steamed buns with dried meat, while Le Yao rested his chin and watched curiously as the little panda gnawed a bamboo shoot with relish.
Under the strong request of the loving Shui Wu and Le Yao, this little panda has officially become a member of this temporary family, and Le Yao even gave it a name: Fuwa.
Ye Xiaotian squatted next to the stove, excitedly inspecting his search results, and put them away by category. The glittering copper coins attracted Fuwa's attention, and when Le Yao rushed to smell the rice, Fuwa dropped the half-gnawed bamboo shoots, crawled to Ye Xiaotian's side, grabbed a handful of big coins and put them in her mouth.
"Crack, bang, bang, bang, bang..." What kind of sound is this? Ye Xiaotian had a strange feeling in his mind, but he didn't take it to heart, he was concentrating on counting the money. "Ga Beng Beng... Ga Beng Beng..." Ye Xiaotian suddenly turned around, and saw Fuwa grabbing another handful of money, as if eating jelly beans. "Ah! That's money! Spit it out, spit it out! Spit it out! You're not afraid to eat you to death!" Ye Xiaotian patted Fuwa'er's fat head like a greedy child, Fuwa Like Le Yao, it is a foodie at all. It stretches its neck, hangs its tongue, and looks innocently at Ye Xiaotian with its dark circle-like eyes, and its mouth is empty. "Get out! Go farther, come over and beat you to death!" Ye Xiaotian stretched out his hand and pushed, and said roughly: "Go, go, go and play!"
Poor Fuwa was pushed upside down by Ye Xiaotian, it got up, staggered to the side, picked up the half bamboo shoot, took a bite, and threw Ye Xiaotian a slightly sad looking back.
Le Yao looked back and saw it, and said sadly with his mouth flat: "Brother scoundrel, bullying children!" When he ran up to him, he heard that Fuwa had chewed up all the big money and ate it, so he couldn't help worrying again: "Brother Xiaotian, Fuwa eats it!" You won’t die if you pay a lot of money, right?” Ye Xiaotian rolled his eyes, continued to count the money, and said sadly: “It’s no wonder that he died, I already know what this little bastard who looks like a bear is. It's called an iron-eating beast, do you think it will die? Watch it, it just ate up the money that can buy three fat chickens in one bite!"
All the ingredients for the dinner were picked up from the broken truck. The three of them had a very sumptuous dinner. What was surprising was that Fuwa squatted next to them to pick up some leftovers and ate with great relish. This little guy It's still an omnivore.
It was late at night, and Leyao, who had played with Fuwa all night, had gone to sleep sweetly. Her pillow tonight was Fuwa. Fuwa slept on the ground with her head in her arms and her buttocks pouted, and Le Yao was pillowed on its fat waist. The two little friends were actually very harmonious.
Ye Xiaotian sat on the edge of the jungle, looking at the vast night and mountain shadows in the distance, listening to the waves of trees, and did not move for a long time. Shui Wu who was already lying down by the fire turned over and sat up, looked at him from a distance, finally got up, and came slowly to his side.
Shui Wu sat down not far from him, and said softly, "Brother Ye, do you have something on your mind?"
Ye Xiaotian made a funny face at her, and said with a smile: "What can a heartless person like me have on my mind?"
Shui Wu stared at him quietly, without speaking.
Ye Xiaotian turned his head away, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm homesick."
After a moment of silence, Ye Xiaotian said: "This is the first time in my life that I have traveled far away from home. I have traveled so far and for such a long time. I don't know... Is my father's old cold legs getting better? How's it going, I don't know if my sister-in-law has gotten into trouble with him again..."
Ye Xiaotian said, his voice gradually became a little hoarse: "When I arrive in Hu County, I have to spend some money to ask the postman to send a letter from home to Beijing to report my family's safety. Otherwise, they will worry about me."
Shui Wu looked at him steadfastly, Ye Xiaotian seemed to always have a cynical face in front of her, a naturally optimistic disposition, until now she discovered that this man also has an emotional side.
Shui Wu was silent for a long time, silently turned to the mountain shadow that was opposite to the direction Ye Xiaotian was staring at, and quietly said: "I am also homesick. In fact, I have never been to my hometown. I was in the capital when I was born, but I family is there now."
Ye Xiaotian turned his head and asked, "Where is your home? Who else is there?"
Shui Wu said: "It's just to the west of Huling. Huling should be Huxian, right? According to my mother, it used to be managed by two master chieftains. At that time, it was not called Huxian, but Huling. Go through Huling is Tongren, my family is there. I only have two parents, but according to my mother, there are many people in my hometown."
Ye Xiaotian's eyes flickered slightly, and said: "Then... what about him, he also lives in Tongren?"
Of course Shui Wu understood who Ye Xiaotian was asking, she gently bent her legs, put her hands on her knees, put her chin on her knees, and said softly: "Hmm! His surname is Xie, his name is Xie Chuanfeng, his father originally belonged to Miss's family. The steward of the mansion. Our two families are both working in the master’s mansion. We have arranged a marriage since we were young. Later, the master’s family fell into decline. My mother took me and the young lady to the Yang’s house, and Uncle Xie’s family and my father returned to their hometown first. "
Ye Xiaotian frowned slightly, it turned out that the two families were still "family friends", so it was difficult to get the support of Shui Wu's parents when he was competing with that guy surnamed Xie for his wife. but…
Ye Xiaotian frowned immediately, so what? I, Ye Xiaotian, come from the place where the emperor is at the foot of the emperor, if I can't even compete with such a thing, even if she is willing to talk to me, how dare I want her
Xie Chuanfeng, right
Ye Xiaotian secretly clenched his fists!
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The blue waves are monstrous, and there are a few white waves on the top of the green waves, forming beautiful curves. Between the clear water and the waves, there is a khaki gourd floating. Because of its age, there are light and dark traces and some spots on the gourd.
This is Huxian County overlooked from the air.
Hu County is a third-class county. It was established less than three years ago and is affiliated to the Political and Envoy Department of Guizhou Chengxuan. Among the vast mountains, it is like a gourd floating on the vast expanse of blue water, waiting for the Tieguai Li to descend from the sky and set foot on it to cross the ocean.
Guizhou has many mountains, interspersed with canyons, and rugged terrain. Although there are many rivers, it is not suitable for navigation. Therefore, both land and water are extremely blocked. In Guizhou, "the sky is not sunny for three days, and the land is not flat for three miles". If there is much rain, it will be flooded, and if there is no rain, it will be dry.
In the past, Guizhou was not an independent administrative region. Guizhou has always been divided into Huguang, Sichuan, and Yunnan. In the 15th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Guizhou Metropolitan Envoy, and in the 11th year of Yongle, Zhu Di set up the Guizhou Chief Envoy, and Guizhou Province was established.
But in fact, Guizhou is still under the rule of hundreds of chieftains, big and small. them.
The original name of Huxian County is Huling. It is located on the main post road between Yunnan and Hunan. There is an army stationed here at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but the two chieftains have always been in charge of government affairs.
Three years ago, there was a severe drought in Hu County, and the two chieftains fought for water. The imperial court took the opportunity to intervene and dismissed the two chieftains. .
It’s just that the political structure that has been formed for thousands of years cannot be successfully taken over by building a yamen and hanging a sign. After the establishment of the county yamen, the local Han, Yi, and Miao people actually formed a situation of silos, which is even more chaotic than before. .
With bright eyes, Leyao looks like black grapes freshly washed with mountain spring water, leading the plump and round Fuwa who is only half a head shorter than her; her steps are small, her waist twisted gently , the very handsome Shui Wu, and Ye Xiaotian, who was carrying a big burden and pretended to be a coolie, went through untold hardships and eighty-one difficulties, and finally arrived in Hu County.
A small river divides the fat and round "Gourd Bottom" of Huxian County into two halves. With the small river as the boundary, the county government, military garrison and their families in Huxian County live in a flat and wide area on the right half. The left half rests at the foot of the mountain, and the people living here are the Han people who have been attached to the army for a long time and settled here.
Walking on the bustling Huxian Street, Ye Xiaotian sighed in admiration: "It's very good, I thought this place was barren and desolate, but I didn't expect this place to be so prosperous!"
Looking around, there are endless shops, street stalls, restaurants and teahouses, merchants and pedestrians are bustling, large and small, high and low shop flags are hung in a dazzling array, shouts come and go, and local dialects and mandarin are intertwined.
From time to time, a Yi man with a knife at his waist, straight eyes, solemn expression, high nose, and deep eyes walked past them proudly, with such a majestic aura that even Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but take a second look.
From time to time, there is a Miao girl wearing a blue pleated skirt embroidered with colorful peach blossoms, carrying a bamboo basket and walking lightly with them, with silver ornaments all over her head and body, silver aprons and waist chains jingling. , very pleasing to the ear.
The passers-by who are hurrying to and from the north and the south, and the locals who travel leisurely and calmly, perfectly blend the two completely different atmospheres together.
Ye Xiaotian looked at the bustling streets with joy, his eyes suddenly stopped. It was the girl from the Miao family who was walking side by side with them just now, with a pair of light and long legs, she suddenly stopped in front of a jewelry stall and bent down...
"Ah! My God! Her skirt is so short! What a pair of round, smooth and tight thighs..."
Before the saliva flowed down, Ye Xiaotian exclaimed in his heart again: "Oh! My God! She didn't wear anything under her skirt! Really didn't wear anything? Sure enough, she didn't wear anything!"
Ye Xiaotian was so surprised that he almost bit the tip of his tongue. It was a pleated skirt that was only five inches long, and he was not wearing anything inside. When he bent over, his round and plump buttocks were all exposed. Ye Xiaotian was so shocked that he almost fainted: "How could such a thing happen in the world? I've never heard of it before, how could it be possible... this is too indecent! A girl from every family..."
There was a bastard in front of him blocking his sight, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly took a step aside, while looking at the two petals of August Fifteen with good eyes, while condemning hypocritically in his heart, what really made him angry was probably that he could Other men who see it can see it too.
Xue Shuiwu couldn't help but blush when she saw the girl from the Miao family who hadn't realized that her beauty had leaked out. Although she has never been to her hometown, she has heard her mother talk about many things about her hometown. She knows that this little girl from the Miao family must be Denglan Miao.
Denglan is the Miao dialect, Deng is a skirt, and Lan is short. When translated into Chinese, it is a short skirt Miao. They have been wearing skirts since ancient times, and in fact they didn't start adding underwear until the early 1990s.
This is the custom of the family, and naturally it cannot be judged by the etiquette of the Han family, but Xue Shuiwu still blushed embarrassingly. When she turned her head, she saw that Ye Xiaotian's eyeballs were about to fall out, and she couldn't help but feel great hatred in her heart, why do stinky men always behave like this, what's so good about it
Shui Wu resentfully stepped on Ye Xiaotian's instep, Ye Xiaotian came back to his senses with a cry of pain, quickly looked left and right, and said solemnly: "The people here are outstanding, the folk customs are simple, it's really beautiful mountains, rivers and scenery! How can there be heaven? , there are Suzhou and Hangzhou, and in my opinion, there should be Hu County.”
Shui Wu sneered and said, "That's right, this is a man's paradise!"
Ye Xiaotian glanced at her, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed at Shui Wu as if he had discovered a new world: "Ha! Are you jealous? You are jealous, aren't you?"
Shui Wu blushed and said angrily, "I don't have one."
"No? Why don't you blush? Don't go, make it clear, are you jealous?"
Ye Xiaotian was about to catch up, when he suddenly saw a loafer walking shyly behind the little Miao girl who bent over her knees to pick out jewelry, looked left and right, and suddenly reached out to touch the girl's buttocks. After a while, an incredible scene happened.