Although they encountered several twists and turns on the way, Yan Shouyi and the others arrived at Chenjia Village without incident.

In order to ensure Jiang Ting’s safety, Long Feicheng accompanied her to Shangxiang Village to deliver goods, and then they returned to Chenjia Village together.

So after arriving at the entrance of the village, Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong got off the car with their luggage.

Chenjia Village is not big, with only two to three hundred households in total. The village head and entrance are connected to roads, and across the road are fields and a creek.

In the past, Yan Shouyi was playing in the village. When it was time for dinner, the village was filled with the shouts of parents.

Some parents have a louder voice and howl at the end of the village. The children at the end of the village can hear it, and then they obediently break up and go home for dinner.

This is Chenjia Village, a small southern rural area.

“It’s great to be back!”

Yan Shouyi took a deep breath and felt refreshed.

The air in Rongcheng is naturally not as good as that in Chenjiacun. Looking around, except for the short earthen houses, there is endless green as far as the eye can see.

Even in December, the south is still full of vitality, and you can hardly feel the desolation.

Lin Zitong also felt relaxed and happy: "I don't know why, but after coming to the countryside, I feel like the world has become smaller."

Yan Shou smiled and said: "Rongcheng is all It’s a high-rise building. You can’t even see the blue sky and white clouds when you look up. It’s so overwhelming that people can’t breathe. But it’s different here. The view is wide and the air is fresh. It’s not that the world has become smaller, but that people have become bigger.”

Lin Zitong can’t wait to visit the village.

Yan Shouyi took all Lin Zitong's luggage and led her into the village. Within two steps of entering the village, he met the aunts and grandmothers sitting at the edge of the village chatting with nothing to do.

There are few people in Chenjia Village and everyone knows each other. The sudden appearance of a strange face naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Someone recognized Yan Shouyi: "Ah! Isn't this Shouyi! When did he come back?"

"Oh! He is really that boy from the Yan family , haven’t I heard before that you went to Rongcheng to pick up your father? Where is your father?”

“Good guy, I also brought back a pretty girl. Is she your match? What’s her name? , where are you from?"

The aunts grabbed Yan Shouyi and asked him questions like they were interrogating a prisoner. There were so many questions that Yan Shouyi couldn't even answer them.

However, Yan Shouyi was not disgusted because he knew that everyone had no ill intentions toward him and asked these questions purely out of leisure.

There is little news in rural areas, and there is nothing new every day. If a duck falls into a ditch and drowns, we can chat for three days. He brought back a beautiful girl with a yellow flower, and I am afraid that in the next month , he and Lin Zitong were the most searched in the village.

He quickly explained it to the aunts and grandmothers, and also introduced Lin Zitong to everyone. Everyone looked at Lin Zitong, a daughter-in-law from out of town, and did not reject her at all. On the contrary, they liked Lin Zitong more and more.

Who makes Lin Zitong look like a moonlight girl, yet speak generously and decently, without any pretensions of city people.

Although these aunts and grandmothers have no blood relationship with Yan Shouyi, they love Yan Shouyi better than those seven aunts and eight aunts, especially when Yan Shouyi brought Lin Zitong home. , and now everyone was vying to let Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong go to their house for lunch.

What’s more, I’m already carrying a knife to go home to kill chickens and make chicken soup.

The first thing Yan Shouyi wanted to do when he came back was to go back and see his old house, so he declined everyone's kindness.

Even so, Yan Shouyi collected a lot of things from the villagers along the way, such as cabbage just picked from the vegetable field, local eggs just taken out of the chicken coop, and even The widow at the entrance of the village also caught a live goose and gave it to Yan Shouyi.

Holding a hand full of local specialties, Yan Shouyi said helplessly: "Now we have lunch."

Lin Zitong said with a smile: "So I have Do you have a chance to taste the food you cooked?"

Regarding cooking, Yan Shouyi can really show off his skills. Since Yan Qiu was imprisoned early and his grandfather was in poor health, Yan Shouyi Being in charge of the house early in the morning, laundry, cooking and other things are all at hand.

Under the welcome of the villagers, the two finally arrived at the Yan family’s old house.

The old house of the Yan family is backed by a mountain and is located on a relatively high ground. There is a large slope in front of the door. Standing at the gate, you can see the fields and creeks across the road.

From the perspective of Feng Shui, this is called having a backing and flowing water in front. Although it may not make the people living here rich, it can still ensure peace and security.

The house is made of wood and has a Jianzhou-style earth building structure. It looks very old-fashioned. As soon as Yan Shou opened the door and entered, he could see all the furnishings in the house.

A simple square table is placed next to the stove. There is a pile of firewood piled next to the earthen stove. There is a small bamboo chair in front of the firewood, and an old fire tong is leaning on the bamboo chair.

Although I haven’t been back for two or three months, my home is very clean. As soon as Yan Shou put down his things, he heard someone outside shouting:

“Shouyi is back. !”

Lin Zitong also stood outside the door and poked her head in, whispering: "Here comes an old grandpa."

"It must be the village chief grandpa!" Yan Shou smiled and greeted him out.

The village chief of Chenjia Village is called Chen Shiliang. He served as a soldier when he was young. Now he is ninety years old and still in good health. He often plays mahjong with everyone at the village canteen.

When Yan Shou was a child, he often got into trouble, which was all solved by the village chief’s grandfather. When Yan Shou’s family wanted to settle in Chenjia Village, everyone did not accept it at first. It was also the village chief’s grandfather who said that the village The lack of a carpenter allowed the family to stay, and then Yan Shouyi's grandfather gradually gained everyone's trust and respect.

It can be said that in Chenjia Village, apart from the former neighbor Chen Dawei, Yan Shouyi and the village chief grandfather are the closest.

"Grandpa, village chief!"

As soon as Yan Shou walked out of the door, he gave the village chief a big hug, and then took out two bottles of old wine brought back from Rongcheng. , said: "Grandpa, village chief, I know you love drinking, so I brought some good wine for you to try!"

"You brat is so sensible!"

The village chief was completely rude and collected the wine directly, then looked at Lin Zitong curiously.

Lin Zitong bowed respectfully and called the village chief grandpa sweetly.

The village chief had long heard of Lin Zitong’s identity. The village chief’s grandfather’s shout made him laugh from ear to ear and call her “good girl.”

When Yan Shouyi was not at home, the village chief sent people to clean their house, so that the house could be kept clean.

It was time for dinner, and Yan Shouyi naturally would not let the village chief leave with an empty stomach, so he asked him to sit down and rolled up his sleeves to work in the kitchen.

Lin Zitong was too embarrassed to be idle, so she helped Yan Shou cook in the kitchen.

The old village chief looked at the busy couple Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong, kindly lit a cigarette and murmured "It's good, it's good."

Soon, using the ingredients given by the villagers, Yan Shouyi made a table full of meals.

Dishes were placed on the table, smelling hot. Just as the village chief's great-grandson passed by the door, he was invited to come in and eat together.

After three rounds of drinking, Yan Shouyi curiously pointed to the village chief’s nine-year-old great-grandson and asked: “Grandpa, village chief, doesn’t Goudan need to go to school?”

Great-grandson He replied with a smile: "The primary school in the village has collapsed. We are all on vacation!"

"Collapsed?" Yan Shou was stunned.

The village chief smiled helplessly and explained: "I can't wait until now."A group of outsiders came to Jiucun, mining in the nearby mountains, and blasting the mountains with firecrackers every day. Three days ago, the only elementary school in our village was bombed, so Goudan and the others were all on holiday. ”

Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong looked at each other and knew in their hearts that those people were Boss Zhou’s group.

This group of people was simply lawless, setting off cannons and blowing up mountains every day, and even implicated Arrive at the primary school in the village.

No matter how poor you are, you can’t afford education, and no matter how miserable you are, you can’t have a baby!

But in retrospect, when Yan Shouyi walked into the village all the way, what he saw was... They were old people, women and children, not a single young man was seen.

Presumably these people were tricked into the mine by Boss Zhou.

Lin Zitong whispered He said quietly: "You idiot, that ghost car we saw in the town yesterday, could it have been used to transport those people in the mine? "

After Lin Zitong asked, Yan Shouyi felt that this matter was very close.

The ghosts on the ghost car were all disgraced, just like the miners. The appearance is very similar.

It seems that many people have died in the mine, and many of them may be villagers of Chenjia Village.

Yan Shouyi His face gradually darkened and he said:

"I have also heard about that group of people. Jiang Shuang's father died in their hands. "

The village chief sighed: "I can't help with Lao Jiang's matter. Boss Zhou has bribed all the leaders from the town to the city. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. We are the bigger ones. No one cares about the place at all. "

Yan Shou touched Goudan's head and said, "I have to take care of this matter. I must let Goudan go back to school as soon as possible! "

After hearing what Yan Shouyi said, Goudan, who was enjoying his meal, was so angry that he put down his chopsticks and cried.

Lin Zitong snickered and said: "Look I don’t really want to go to school when I come to Goudan. ”

“How can you do it if you don’t go to school? How can you get out of the countryside if you don’t go to school? "Yan Shouyi pretended to be an experienced person.

Goudan cried and said: "My dad said you just graduated from elementary school and stopped studying. Why should you care about me? "

Yan Shouyi: "..."

He dropped out of school when he was in elementary school, but he later followed his grandfather everywhere to learn knowledge and skills!

But if these words were explained to Goudan, this kid might not be able to listen.

So Yan Shouyi took out his trump card, pointed at Lin Zitong and asked: "Goudan, Do you think your sister is beautiful? ”

Dog egg wipeShe shed a handful of tears, sniffed her nose, and said shyly: "Beautiful."

"Beautiful is enough. This is my brother who I married back from the city! If you don't study, you will stay there all your life. If you farm in the village, you won't be able to marry such a beautiful wife!"

As he spoke, Yan Shouyi hugged Lin Zitong and kissed her, but Lin Zitong pushed him away angrily.

Goudan’s eyes widened and he vowed on the spot to study diligently.

This made the old village chief very angry. It takes a lifetime to teach a good child, but Yan Shouyi only needs a short sentence to teach a bad child.