The Boy with The Dragon Tattoo

Chapter 43: Quaint mountain village

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There was nothing to say all the way, everyone got on the train, and Chen Ruixi memorized large sections of the jokes copied from the Internet — these sections have been prepared for more than a month — made Jinxia classmate Gege laugh endlessly, Wang Juan pursed her mouth and smiled politely. Both Ruilin and Wang Juan were slightly embarrassed about the kindness of Ruixi's "relieving boredom" for everyone.

After getting off the train, changing to a car, then to a bus, and then to a tractor, and finally to the end of the road, facing the endless mountains and mountains, Qin Ruilin said with shame that modern civilization is at the end here, and the next step is to After walking for a long time in the mountains and forests, you can experience the primitive world without civilization.

This intimidating vaccination did not have the expected effect. After Jinxia heard it, she screamed in excitement. It seems that for these city girls who have never seen the world, what is strange is the scenery. . Even a pool of cow dung on the side of the road is a gift of nature to her.

The walking problem is solved, but what can I do with the pile of things in Jinxia's big and small bags? While scratching his head in Qin Ruilin, the second uncle Qin Xianghe appeared in a timely manner while driving a donkey.

It turned out that Chen Ruixi had communicated the itinerary of everyone's return to the hometown through the only phone in the village to her second uncle, Qin Xianghe, before departure. Unlike most casual mountain residents, Qin Xianghe is as punctual as a clock. This is also a habit that has been cultivated for many years as a village party secretary (and village chief and health committee).

Jin Xia excitedly jumped and screamed around the donkey, clapped her two small hands, and whispered in her mouth: "What is this? Is the donkey? Is it a pet? Does it eat grass? Can it bark? You can ride it. ?"

Qin Ruilin said with a look of embarrassment that the donkey was used for camel goods, and the villagers relied on this to carry things out of the mountain to exchange daily necessities and sell money with others.

This donkey cannot be ridden, and the second uncle is generally unwilling to ride it. But you can ride as a guest, but the remaining few will replace the donkey and camel stuff, and a big girl sitting on the donkey with grinning legs looks like a decent girl, so that the village chief sees how much she looks down on.

And Qin Xianghe is indeed not knowledgeable enough. He has never met such a noisy girl and looked at Qin Ruilin suspiciously. Where did you get a female mentally ill

After Chen Ruixi introduced the two sides to each other, everyone packed up and finally set off. After the first meeting with the donkey, Jin Xia's excited expression finally calmed down.

After entering the forest road, he began to express his opinions on the trees on both sides and the birds and insects in the jungle: "What kind of tree is this? It must have been so tall for many years? What kind of bird is this? The call is so good! This Is it a mushroom? It’s so bright that you can’t eat it, right? What kind of flower is this? It smells so good!"

Chen Ruixi watched her two small white hands squeeze the left and the right jab, smiling and patiently answering one by one without stopping.

At this time, Jin Xia stretched her finger to a black object and muttered: "This is..."

Ruixi shouted, "Don't move! That's... cow shit..."

I finally returned to the village. I imagined that the scene of the villagers crossing the road to welcome and the firecrackers blasted in unison did not appear. Behind the old earthen house, heads in twos and threes continued to appear and disappear, and there were some murmurs vaguely behind the wall.

The people in my hometown have not been civilized for a long time, and I have never seen such a bright and fashionable outsider (nv), and even Wang Juan's appearance is a bit avant-garde.

Qin Xianghe shouted in a dialect that Jinxia and Wang Juan could not understand, "Ruilin and Ruixi are back, college students are back, and Ruilin Ruixi is bringing two... ahem, back!"

Everyone marched all the way to the village branch. Qin Xianghe arranged the two girls to stay in the branch office—the office was actually two tiled houses. The main decoration inside was a high-pitched loudspeaker that could roar all over the village. The clumsy guys eliminated by modern society are still the main communication tool in the village.

It seemed obvious that after some cleaning, neat and clean bedding and pillows were stacked on the temporarily erected bed.

Qin Xianghe rubbed his big jagged hands, and said in a blunt Mandarin, "The two girls will sleep here at night, and I heard Ruixi said that you have brought all your daily necessities. That's good. We usually eat in our villages. Every household eats from house to house. Speaking of which we are all relatives in our village, Ruilin Ruixi brought her baby back this time. According to the village rules, every household must invite the new wife to eat..."

Ruilin was afraid that the village chief would continue to say something unbearable, and said quickly, "Okay, let's make arrangements for the rest. It's hard work, second uncle, and you are getting older. You are also busy and tired this day. Go early. Go back and rest, there are me and Richie here."

Qin Xianghe laughed loudly: "Look at this baby who has gone out to read for a few years, and his speech is so literal and fart, what kind of polite talk to your uncle? My body is strong, and I can tear down a donkey with bare hands. When I was young, I could tear down two donkeys!"

Seeing his uncle's gesture of pulling the donkey, Ruilin flushed with shame, and secretly glanced at the two girls, which was embarrassing.

Jin Xia is also a clever girl, unaffected by such vulgar language in the country, she said with a smile, "Thank you, uncle, for bringing us here today. It’s not too early. Ruilin and Ruixi haven’t gone home to see you. Mom and Dad, the two girls of us were a little tired when we came along. We washed and washed and were ready to go to sleep."

Qin Xianghe's expression changed when he heard it, and he quickly said, "Okay, I'll go back first. The two pigs at home haven't been fed yet."

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said to Qin Ruilin: "Er Gouzi, our place has suddenly cooled down these days, and it is a bit cold at night. You urge the girls to keep it covered and don't catch the cold."

He said to Ruixi again: "Er Gazi, come to me when I have time, I have something to discuss with you."

Without waiting for the two to answer, they turned their heads and stood by the donkey to continue walking, still muttering, "The weather has not been warm or hot for decades, why has it suddenly become cold recently?"

The Qinhan Village is surrounded by mountains and ridges, and dense jungles have formed a unique basin climate. It is hot and humid throughout the year, even if it is cold for a few days, it is 20 degrees. However, I don’t know what’s affected recently, and the temperature suddenly started to drop. In the summer, there was a bit of a whistling chill at night.

While Ruilin Ruixi was embarrassed by her own nickname, Jin Xia didn't seem to think at all: "How about it, two, then we two flower girls will all fall into your hands, this barren mountain village" , How do you plan to concoct us?"

Wang Juan flushed with shame, and said reluctantly, "You can't be more serious."

Then he said to Ruilin, "I'm causing you trouble. I think when you mentioned that you asked your uncle to go back, your uncle seemed a little unhappy. Isn't it because Jinxia didn't stop her speaking and made the elderly unhappy?"

Ruilin looked at Ruixi hesitantly, and Ruixi said generously, "I have been both parents dead since I was a child. I have always been wearing Baijia clothes and eating Baijia meals. Most of the time I lived with my second uncle, who was the old man just now. So. You just said that when you went home to see your parents, your second uncle might feel uncomfortable."

"It's okay, the folk customs here are very simple, and the second uncle is also a good person, so I won't take it to heart."

"In this way, you two are going to rest early. Tomorrow morning we will come to find you to have breakfast together. Although our place does not have the delicacies of mountains and seas, there are many pheasants, rabbits, grass carps and the like, and the pure natural green food is absolutely delicious. The two flavors you usually eat!"

Jin Xia gave him a glance and said, "You know how to eat. Miss Wang Juan and Wang are here to study culture. When will it be serious to show us the places of interest and historic sites in your place."

Ruixi grinned, "What are the places of interest in the remote mountains? How about I take you to see the deserted graves in the village? The moon is so round tonight. It is said that the night is dark and the sky is high. Lonely souls are more suitable for beautiful women. ."

Jin Xia was eager to fight, "You stinks, you know that our Miss Wang Juan is timid, and she said these unconventional remarks to scare her."

Reishi laughed loudly, pulling Relin to turn around and ran away.

Ruilin ran along, annoyed at the same time, the nickname was still heard by them, and his fame was finally ruined.

No matter how painstakingly created an elite image, coupled with a nickname like Ergouzi, it will drop by a thousand feet.

The next few days were almost the same. Under the leadership of Ruilin and Ruixi, Jin Xia and Wang Juan spent the whole day walking around the village, watching urchins catching fish and shrimps in the fields, and watching peasant women planting vegetables and flowers in the mountains. As soon as the meal arrived, he was taken to the homes of the Seventh Aunts, Eight Aunts, Nine Sisters, and Ten Nephews for dinner.

The hundreds of families in this mountain village are all relatives and relatives, and relatives overlap relatives. There is one family with two couples in their 40s and 50s. One called Ruilin's brothers and the other called uncle. Each has a family system. , It won't mess up the rules of generation.

Although every family took out their most solemn etiquette and treasured delicacies to entertain the two girls in the city, but most of the things were not to their appetites, so the table full of feasts for both of them just tasted it, but Certain snacks such as fresh melons, dried persimmons and almonds can arouse the interest of two people.

The two eldest girls were so picky that they made a table of people looking at each other, and the host was afraid that they would lose face for not serving them well.

Ruixi comforted the folks in dialect, "These two girls are losing weight. The people in the city are like this. They don’t work all day, and they tend to get fat. It’s unreasonable to get fat without a little control—Look at the girl who smiles all day. In order to control appetite, I cut half of my stomach. In fact, I might have eaten it. If they plan to eat like us, they will be as fat as pigs in a few months."

When these words were said, everyone immediately nodded their heads to express their understanding. The people in the city lived so pitifully, and then looked at Jin Xia with a pitiful expression, as if the girl would not survive for a few days.