The days of being a writer in a different world

"Come, come! Master Cheng, my old man respects you. You want to drink it! You must drink it!" The old branch secretary Zhou excitedly raised up the large black ceramic bowl, and the deep red plum wine was shining ruby ​​red in the sun.

Cheng Lang took the bowl, raised his head and killed it without frowning.

"Okay, okay! Master Cheng is refreshing! This second bowl, I respect you on behalf of the villagers, we Chakan villagers are suffering! Soaking Coptis chinensis in bitter water, Mu Fazi said. If Master Cheng from the city is not so powerful, these dolls I don't know how much more I can last." Lao Zhou's cloudy old eyes were slightly red, he sniffed his nose, rubbed his rough black palm against the corner of his mouth, swallowed his saliva, didn't drink half of it, and raised the bowl to Master Cheng again. in front of.

Cheng Lang looked at the old man, still took the bowl, sighed, and said, "You're welcome."

Old Zhou smiled brightly, seeing the guests drinking, he was happier than drinking himself, filled it up again, and raised the bowl for the third time: "This is the third bowl..."

"Okay, uncle! Don't persuade me too much, gentlemen in the city don't dare to drink too much." Dang Aizhen served a bowl of red braised pheasant, held the wine bowl between her hands, and while Lao Zhou was still in a daze, she gurgled After a few sips, he drank the wine, breathed out, and smiled like a flower, "Oh! Boss Che's home brew, right? It's really mellow, with a touch of sweetness!"

"Oh! You girl, I finally got it out of the owner of the car, and I can't drink this good wine during the Chinese New Year..." Lao Zhou muttered a few words, and was a little annoyed, "The poor rules in the valley, the wine There are not many, and the dishes are thick, so let the guests drink as much as they want. Blame me, blame me, all distinguished guests, please do your own thing! I won’t persuade you, don’t persuade me!”

Both Lao Huang and Xiao Fang laughed, and said that they had waited for the branch secretary, and their feet were full of saliva. When they waited and waited, they saw the branch secretary persuade Master Cheng, and everyone was embarrassed to speak.

"Sister Aizhen, why don't you attend the table?" Seeing Dang Aizhen walking into the room again, Xiao Fang asked hurriedly.

"No, I'll grab some food to accompany my dad, and you eat yours." Aizhen pursed her lips and smiled, her two long thick black braids drew a beautiful arc.

The low table is full of four large pots of oily meat dishes, braised pheasant in red, roasted stone clams with green onions, deep-fried brook fish, barbecued mountain bamboo shoots, and several dishes of pickles.Although the dishes are earthy and thick, the taste is excellent, salty and delicious.

"Come here, and try Aizhen's cooking skills. If it wasn't for the distinguished guests, you might not be able to see them." Lao Zhou kept giving the dishes, but he didn't eat them himself, and took out his cigarette pipe to smoke again.

Xiaofang got up to add a bowl of rice, chewed it sullenly, and burped after eating a bowl, and praised: "Sister Aizhen is really good at cooking, this dish and rice are really delicious, delicious!"

Cheng Chen removed a few small fish bones for Xiao Juan, watching him eating chicken and bamboo shoots, he suddenly heard the sound of sucking and sucking, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a few small figures outside the main room leaning against the door , sucking saliva.Seeing him look, the children shouted loudly and scattered like birds and beasts immediately.

"Don't worry about them, Xiong Wazi." Lao Zhou waved the cigarette stick, sipped happily, and spewed out a few mouthfuls of lingering green smoke.

Xiaofang burped and chatted about old things in the village: "Uncle Zhou, your Chakan Village is also in trouble. Although I came here for the first time today, I checked the records before I came. Your village seems to be enlightened." Is it not so difficult? In the past ten years or so, the spiritual masters in the village were sent two or three times a year to bring the "Cun Xiao" spiritual book, and they could barely use it. In recent years, the "Xian Zhi" is not very useful. If Master Cheng hadn't accepted this charity mission this time, your dolls would be in trouble!"

"You can't do 'township magistrates'? This is a bit strange! Generally, the level of spiritual books corresponds to the state and county. There is no reason why such a difference can't be activated?" Lao Huang was also a little strange, gnawing on a chicken bone .

"Yes, yes! Thanks to Master Cheng's profound spiritual power, more than a dozen children all woke up at once!" Lao Zhou responded repeatedly, avoiding to answer, thick smoke lingered around his face, and he couldn't see his expression clearly. .

Fang Qi didn't ask any further questions, but instead asked another question: "Old Uncle Zhou, the state recently responded to the call from above to carry out the ex situ relocation for poverty alleviation. Isn't your village also on the list? How are you thinking about it? Moving to the flat ground, not to mention anything else, it will be much more convenient to find a better spiritual enlightenment teacher."

Lao Zhou held the cigarette stick and did not move for a while, then suddenly exhaled heavily: "Don't move! The foundation of Yaohu is on the mountain, and the ancestors are all buried on the mountain, so they can't be moved!"

Cheng Chen ate and listened, this kind of matter related to the future of the village, as a "half-old child", he neither understood the situation nor got involved.

Cheng Lang lowered his chopsticks like lightning, and as if nothing had happened, he swished the fattest frog legs into Cheng Chen's bowl.

"Eat yours, don't pinch it, others will still eat it!" Cheng Chen quietly stepped on someone who was not too shameless, his tender face was a little red, didn't he just glance at the stone clams that were placed far away !But this taste, with peppercorns, is still spicy, a little burnt on the outside, tender on the inside, salty and sweet, too good for rice.The clips are all over... well, let's add another bowl of rice!

While chatting, Miss Aizhen came out of the back room with a few empty bowls.

Hearing a few words from Old Uncle Zhou, Dang Aizhen paused, walked over, and said, "Uncle, my father has already said that. This mountain must be guarded by someone from my Dang family." That's fine, everyone should move or have to move, and we can't miss the children."

She bit her lip, her eyes flicked slowly over the faces of the people around the table, and she whispered sadly: "The times are different. It is my party's business to guard the mountain."

"What are you talking about, girl?! There are 130 or six families in this village who have advanced and retreated together for generations! What about your party's family, how many people are left in your party's family?! Aijun, Aishan and the others... Sigh!" Huo Di, the old party secretary Standing up, overturning the wooden stools, shouting with excitement, suddenly remembering that I shouldn't mention those sad memories, I squatted down on the ground oppressedly, and smoked my cigarette.

Aizhen also knelt down and gently supported old Zhou's head: "Uncle, you have made the distinguished guests laugh at me. We will discuss this matter later, let the distinguished guests eat and rest first!"

"Okay, okay, we're done eating, don't be too busy." Lao Huang said quickly.

This meal ended somewhat unpleasantly.

During the break, Lao Huang whispered something in Cheng Chen's ear, alas!Really poor, what was brought into the house was two rotten taro, and we didn't know how many days' food was eaten for this meal.

"Let's raise the purchase price a little bit later, and leave room and board for the person." Cheng Chen said.

The simple enthusiasm of the mountain village, the few people from the city can't think of anything to repay those sincere hearts except money.

"That is, that is."

The aunts and aunts in the village were busy taking care of the newly born children. Several old mountain people also followed the news and returned to the village. Lao Huang started to set up a stall at the party's house to collect copper dendrobium. Miss Aizhen and the old party leader Zhangyan collected medicine There is no difficulty.He deliberately flattered Young Master Cheng, the price of the fresh medicine was [-]% higher than the market price, and he specially gave a processing fee for the villagers to help make it.

For a while, the village was full of joy and good news, so busy that there were no idlers.

Fang Qi accompanied Master Cheng's family of three, and walked around the surrounding area with the little tour guide Liwei.

"Here, this is delicious!" Xiaojuan was very generous, his brother prepared a big pack of snacks for him, and he picked out his favorite to share with his little brother.

Liwei didn't know how to thank him, took the dried fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, stroking his head and laughing: "We don't have this kind of fruit here! It's very sweet and crunchy."

"My brother said that jackfruit grows in the tropics, but we can't grow it here."

"What is the tropics? With hair tied or waist tied?"

Cheng Chen couldn't help laughing, but also a little sad: "The tropics is a geographical concept of mountains and rivers, that is, the place that is closer to the equator and the sun. You will know it when you go to school at the foot of the mountain."

"There is also a school in the mountains. I can go to it next year. It's just over two mountains, and it's in Qipan Village." Li Wei jumped up and down the mountains nimbly, leading the guests forward familiarly, "I If you don't go down the mountain, we are the guardians of the mountain, and you can't go down the mountain!"

What is Shanhu?After asking a few more questions, Li Wei couldn't understand.

Walking not far to the end of the village, the mountain road gradually becomes gentle, and there are two or three wild peach blossoms quietly blooming on the side of the road.After crossing a hillside, the eyes suddenly open up, with deep and shallow pink, as bright as the morning glow, rushing towards the face, it is actually a continuous peach blossom forest.

"It's here! Brother Cheng Chen, Sister Aizhen said that you people in the city like to look beautiful. This peach blossom forest has more than ten miles of land! It's just good-looking, but it doesn't make good peaches." Li Wei gritted his teeth, thinking of that Astringent, sour and small hairy peaches.

"I'll go! It's so beautiful!" Cheng Chen murmured, "The beauty of April in the world is over, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom."

Why?its not right!It's only early spring and February, and the peach blossoms outside the mountain haven't bloomed yet, so why are the peach blossoms in the mountain blooming instead?Compared with the entire peach forest, there are not many peach blossoms in full bloom. From a distance, there are only more than one mile. There should be some hot springs nearby, right?

"Yes!" Liwei pointed to the most beautiful and dense peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain, and said, "There is a string of hot springs there, where you can soak in a bath and boil eggs. There are also several caves nearby. We can't get to the bottom. We are not allowed to go to the house. Play! You will be beaten."

"Then have you ever played?"

"Hey hey hey!" Li Wei covered his gaping teeth with a smirk on his face.

Tired after walking around for a long time, Cheng Chen put the little curly hair on the big man's neck, and the little curl pulled the big curly hair, excitedly waving all the way like Miss Aizhen, shouting "Drive!"

The car rolled its eyes and shrugged suddenly, startling the fat little baby to scream again and again.

Back in the small courtyard of the Dangjia, Lao Huang beamed with joy. He pointed to the racks of medicinal herbs in the courtyard, saying that he had collected seven or eight catties of fresh medicinal herbs and was letting the villagers help them to process and dry them. You can take the semi-finished product back in one day.The old party will continue to help collect it, and send it over as soon as it is ready.

Cheng Chen had a good night's sleep amidst the fragrance of herbs in the room.

In a daze, it seemed that there was a light knock on the door, and the big stove behind him was moved away, and then there was a creaking sound of the door opening, and someone was talking in a low voice.

Aaron went out.

Cheng Chen suddenly woke up, who was it in the middle of the night?