chapter Five
Longyang Village is the poorest village in Lianhua Township. Under the general environment of the policy of road access to every village, Longyang Village is still a yellow mud mountain road that is not even accessible to cars. It can be seen how poor this village is.
"Finally home!"
After climbing over a mountain, a young man with a shaved head, a scar on his face, and an old T-shirt stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the small mountain village at the foot of the mountain with some excitement.
He was Long Xiaoshan who had just returned from the Lianhua Township bus station all the way over the mountains and ridges.
Walking into the village, Longyang Village is almost unchanged from three years ago. It is still a narrow village road with yellow mud roads, and there are no brick houses in sight.
"Aunt Osmanthus!"
Long Xiaoshan saw a middle-aged woman with dark skin walking towards him and quickly said hello.
"This... isn't this a hill? You're back, oh, just come back..." The middle-aged woman looked at the hill, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, and walked away in a panic.
Long Xiaoshan walked all the way home.
Longyang Village is still so yin-rich and yang-yang-failed, and there are fewer boys than before. People say that there is something wrong with Longyang Village's feng shui, and the yang energy is exhausted. Not only are the number of boys born far less than girls, but boys are also prone to birth defects. It's a disaster, so men who have a little bit of ability don't want to go back to the village again, leaving a lot of women behind.
Eighty percent of the people left in the village are women.
That's why it was nicknamed the Widow's Village by other villages.
In fact, there are not that many real widows.
The girls and wives I met along the way looked wary and frightened when they saw Long Xiaoshan, and turned around and left without even saying hello.
Long Xiaoshan smiled bitterly.
Compared with the enthusiasm of everyone in the village when he left the village three years ago, the current neglect makes Long Xiaoshan even more sad.
Three years ago, he was the first college student from Longyang Village. He was admitted to the nationally renowned Shuimu University. He was a well-known literary star and had placed many expectations on his family and fellow villagers. Now he is just a person who has been released from prison. And he was still convicted of rape.
He didn't blame the villagers for their indifference to him.
In a small village like Longyang Village with simple folk customs, it is normal for the villagers to be wary and afraid of someone who has been in prison.
Long Xiaoshan's home is at the foot of the back hill at the west end of the village. There is a broken fence surrounding the two yellow mud houses. When Long Xiaoshan walked to the door, he saw a brand new red motorcycle parked in front of the house, a Honda brand. , although motorcycles are no longer a rarity nowadays, and almost all well-off families in provincial cities have cars, but in remote mountain villages like Longyang Village, they are still high-end products.
Long Xiaoshan wondered when our family would be able to afford a motorcycle. Did his family become rich even after he was imprisoned for several years
He pushed open the fence door and walked in.
The door of the main room was open, and Long Xiaoshan happened to hear the chirping voice of a woman inside.
"Uncle Dashan, I'm not talking about you. You know the situation in your family yourself. When Xiaoshan went to the provincial capital to study at university, the whole village had to chip in. After Xiaoshan's accident, you also spent a lot of money running away. Well, when will you be able to repay the money now that you are in such a body? If you marry Xiao Ling, you will get 50,000 yuan as a gift immediately, and you won’t have to worry about any debts."
"But Xiaoling is only sixteen years old, and he was admitted to the County No. 1 Middle School this year." An old voice came from inside, a little frail.
"Girls reading so many books are useless. In the end, they don't have to get married and have children. I said, Brother Dashan, I heard that your son will be released from prison soon. He is a reform-through-labor prisoner. What can he do in the future? Let me tell you. A nephew of mine runs a factory in the countryside. When we become in-laws, I promise to arrange for your son to join my nephew's factory." Another man's voice came from inside, his tone showing arrogance.
When Long Xiaoshan heard this, he was furious.
His sister Long Xiaoling must be only sixteen years old this year. She is still as old as a flower in the city. When she was being pampered and loved by others, someone actually came to propose marriage, and even made trouble with him. What should he do? I can bear it.
He rushed into the house with a few steps. There were several people sitting in the main room, and the middle-aged man with wrinkles sitting on top was his father, Long Dashan.
There are two people sitting below. One is a middle-aged woman wearing a red silk shirt with a mole on her face. She has a flower in her hair. She still looks a bit charming. The other is wearing a brand new Chinese tunic suit. A thin, dark man in his fifties, squinting his eyes and puffing away at a cigarette.
I know Long Xiaoshan, a middle-aged woman named Long Shuixian, who specializes in matchmaking in Shiliba Village, Lianhua Township.
As for the unfamiliar man, he probably wasn't from this village.
"Xiaoshan, is that you?" Long Dashan, who was sitting there, suddenly saw his son appear, rubbed his eyes, and couldn't believe it.
"Dad, it's me." Long Xiaoshan hurriedly walked a few steps and came to Long Dashan to support him.
"You're out, why don't you tell me in advance so I can pick you up." Long Dashan's eyes flashed with tears of excitement.
"Dad, it's okay. It's so far away that it's inconvenient for you to run. By the way, my mother has a little sister." Long Xiaoshan looked around.
Long Dashan's face changed slightly, and he hesitated: "Your mother is behind, and your little sister is accompanying her."
"Okay, I'll go see them right now." Long Xiaoshan was so excited that he didn't notice the strange look on Long Dashan's face and walked towards the backyard.
After taking two steps, Long Xiaoshan thought of something, turned around, stared at Long Shuixian and the other unknown man with a cold face and said, "What are you still doing here? Get out!"
"Xiaoshan, why are you talking? Come, let me introduce you. This is Uncle He Yinshui from Qinghe Village next door. If you get to know him, he might be your father-in-law in the future." Long Shuixian said.
"roll!"
Long Xiaoshan suddenly said angrily.
A flash of red flashed in Long Xiaoshan's eyes, and the temperature in the air seemed to have dropped a few degrees.
Long Shuixian and He Yinshui were startled. At that moment, they felt as if they were being targeted by wild wolves in the back mountains, and their bodies were as cold as a cold.
The words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.
Long Dashan came forward, grabbed Long Xiaoshan and said, "Xiaoshan, why are you so angry? Speak to Aunt Narcissus."
"Yes, I have good intentions too. Why are you getting angry at me?" Long Narcissus was scolded by a junior. He couldn't help but hugged him.
"Dad, I have nothing to say to them!" Long Xiaoshan walked towards the two of them: "Go away or not, or I will throw you out!"
Seeing Long Xiaoshan approaching step by step.
Long Shuixian and He Yinshui hurriedly backed away. Long Shuixian didn't understand. Long Xiaoshan used to be a bookish person who never blushed with anyone in the village. After several years in prison, he seemed to be a completely different person. His eyes It looked like a knife and made people feel chills in their bones.
Long Shuixian and He Yinshui escaped from Long Xiaoshan's house in some embarrassment.
After leaving the door of Long Xiaoshan's house, Long Shuixian felt that she had lost face. She, Long Shuixian, had never been humiliated like this before when she was a matchmaker from all over the country. She turned around and said fiercely: "You are so awesome, you think you are?" Wenquxing is here, you are a rapist, I wonder what your future will be like, any decent girl would dare to come to your door, spit!"
(End of chapter)