My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 182 Picking the Fault

  Wang Susu's home is in Yaowangzhai, which used to be called Yaowangzhai. The head of the village is Yao, and the rest of the surnames are mixed.

  The so-called Bawangzhai refers to the eight bandit dens left by the bandit strongmen in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China who took over the mountains as kings, known as the Eight Kings.

  In those days they occupied this trade road and blocked the road for a living. Relying on the deep mountains and ravines and the dangerous terrain, they took a shot to change the place, and they came and went like a gust of wind.

   The current cottages and water villages developed from that time.

   Yaowangzhai is not too biased in Bawangzhai.

   Even so, from Fenglei Town, you have to climb over mountains and mountains, and walk five or six kilometers of mountain roads.

   So Chen Ling and the others unloaded the ox cart at Fenglei Town Middle School, and the things on the cart were re-bundled, so that the little white ox was loaded and set off again.

During the    period, Wang Qingwen and his wife learned that Wang Susu was pregnant. They were happy and careful. They let Chen Ling carry Wang Susu up the mountain on the road, not letting her walk.

   makes Wang Susu both shy and helpless, so they can only come.

  Just go out of the school gate to the west, cross the Xihegou, and then go diagonally to the north, pass a village in Dacangyukou, and after a short walk, you can see a deep mountain plank road.

   This is an ancient plank road for commercial transportation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, called Camel Cliff Plank Road.

   The plank road stretches up, and before climbing the plank road, there is a section of stone steps carved out by the ancients, which is quite steep.

  Chen Ling carried Wang Susu on his back.

  Wang Zhenzhen led the little white ox, and Wang Qingwen and his wife followed behind to support the goods on the ox's back.

   In the end, after trying to walk for a while, Su Ligai almost didn't keep up with her son on her back, and was always left behind by the cow.

  Wang Qingwen was surprised when he saw this: "This ox is good at walking, walking so fast, and still so steady, not swaying or shaking."

   "Haha, yes, I often take it to the mountains to play, and I have long been used to walking on the mountain road..."

  Chen Ling turned back and smiled.

   Then he instructed Xiao Bainiu to slow down a little, otherwise Su Ligai would not be able to keep up, and he would trip over accidentally.

   The road in front of the plank road is indeed a bit steep, but when you get to the plank road, it will get better after walking for a while.

   It was around three o’clock in the afternoon, and it was relatively warm today. There were not many people passing by on the plank road, in twos and threes, or carrying bamboo baskets, or pulling donkeys or pack horses to carry grain and mountain goods down the mountain.

  After meeting, Chen Ling and the others had to give way to others, and the speed slowed down a lot.

  The two dogs ran back and forth, ran to the front and waited for a long time, then returned to wait for them.

   Wang Zhenzhen couldn't help but muttered in annoyance.

  Wang Qingwen comforted: "Don't worry, just go ahead and go. It was just repaired two months ago. It's very spacious.

   then continued to point to the cliffs and rivers on both sides to Chen Ling, and told him the story of Camel's career.

  Chen Ling looked at the cliffs and ravines on both sides of the plank road and couldn't help sighing, "It's really not easy going up and down the mountain like this."

   "Who said no, it's also troublesome for the children to go to school. When Susu went to school, he would get up before dawn and walk more than ten miles to the town."

   "It's a bit better when we get to Zhenzhen, at least the road is easy to walk, and there are fewer bad people blocking the road, but it's still not easy to go to school."

  Wang Qingwen shook his head, there was nothing they could do, the mountains and rivers here are good, but the people are too poor, there is still little arable land, and there is no way to make a living.

  The eight stockades in the mountains could not retain people, nor could they build schools. If they wanted to go to school, they had to run to the town.

   But it's too far.

   is like the South Waterfall Water Village and the North Waterfall Water Village. If you want to go to Fenglei Town, you have to walk nearly ten kilometers of mountain roads. It can be said that it is quite difficult for the children to go to school.

   "Really, did you hear what your brother-in-law said to your brother, then follow us honestly and go to school in the county town."

  Wang Susu lay on Chen Ling's back, turned her head and said.

   "I can, but I don't know if my parents are reluctant? I haven't seen you for three months, they must miss me very much."

  Wang Zhenzhen used to walk on the mountain road a lot. He ate and drank well at Chen Ling's house for two months. He ran around every day, and his body was very strong. Now he was holding a cow, and he was not tired when walking. He just shook his head with a small red mouth.

   "Hey, this is stinky."

  Chen Ling listened to the music and reached out to tug at her pigtails.

   "Brother-in-law, you are stinky, don't you have braids? Light will catch me."

   Wang Zhen's real murderer glared at him.

  Unexpectedly, the braid on his head took another hit.

   turned around and looked up, and saw Wang Qingwen smiling: "Really, your brother-in-law is a man, why do men have braids?"

   "That's right, men don't keep braids."

   "We only pulled because you saw how good your braids are."

  Chen Ling said with a smile.

   and Wang Qingwen stretched out their hands at the same time, and tugged at the same time.

   "Ah, you two are so annoying."

   The little girl couldn't take care of it, so she stomped her feet in anger, her little face was also puffed up, she shook her head, and shouted angrily.

   made the adults burst into laughter.

   Wang Qingwen especially laughs the most.

   Although he is strict with the little sister, he is actually the closest to him. He has not seen her for a long time, and he misses her very much, so he naturally wants to tease her.

   But his temper and character, if Chen Ling didn't tease the little sister, he wouldn't be able to do it himself.

   Wang Zhenzhen didn't know this, she was very angry, pointed at Wang Qingwen and said to Su Li: "Sister-in-law, look, brother also learned badly from brother-in-law, go home and tell his parents."

   "Okay, okay, I'll report to my parents when I go back."

  Su Ligai wiped the tears from her laughter and said.

   "Really, brother-in-law hurts you in vain. What does it mean to learn from me? Do I feed all the delicious food into the puppy's stomach?"

  Chen Ling immediately complained.

"Humph."

  Wang Zhenzhen ignored it, snorted, and walked forward quickly with the ox.

  The crowd laughed again and followed.

   In the front, a square hole was re-drilled on the cliff wall, and a sturdy plank road was built.

   It is indeed spacious and easy to walk a lot, and the speed of rushing has also accelerated.

   In the early 4pm, Yaowangzhai finally arrived.

   Looking up a path along the hillside.

   Less than 100 meters away, you can already see the big stone platform in front of the village.

   "Here, come home, A Ling, hurry up, hurry up and put me down."

   The familiar village was right in front of her. Wang Susu couldn't control her excitement and asked Chen Ling to put her down from her back.

   Knowing that he was home, Wang Zhenzhen was even more excited than his elder sister. At this time, he had already run out ahead of the pack, running up with his small arms and shouting, "We're back, we're back."

   "Come back when you come back, what are you shouting, this crazy girl."

  Wang Qingwen frowned, this is not yet home, shouting, people listened to a joke.

   "It's okay bro, I'm really homesick."

  Wang Susu smiled, turned her head and said, "She was still thinking about you and your parents at home, but when you come back, you will discipline her, and then you should blame you."

   Then hold the cow, hold Chen Ling's hand, and go up.

  The two dogs may have sensed something, and at this time they were quiet, trotting with their tails and trotting after them.

   "Okay, I won't say it, it's all mine."

   Wang Qingwen smiled helplessly, and followed with his wife and children.

   Yaowangzhai has arrived.

   What catches the eye is the wall built by old bluestone. It is used as a village to defend against the beasts of the enemy. It has been eroded by wind and rain and looks very old.

   In this season, the walls are still covered with some green thorns.

   In front of the village there is a large stone platform, which is comparable to a small wheat threshing field and a threshing field. This is a drying platform. After the stockade was renamed Yaowangzhai, this stone platform was also called Yaowangtai.

   Walking past Yaowangtai, it is a tall and lush ancient tree.

The sun was shining in the afternoon, and there were smooth bluestone strips under the ancient trees. Several old ladies were sewing and mending, and there were needles and thread insoles on the dustbin beside them. There were also young women talking, and some younger ones were still nursing their children. , Luoluo generously held the baby in her arms and breastfeeding. She didn't panic when she saw someone coming, she just followed the mother-in-law next to them and looked at them curiously...

   At this time, an old lady had recognized Wang Susu, stood up and shouted loudly: "Cunyejia, your eldest daughter and son-in-law came back, hurry out and greet him."

After shouting    twice, he continued to look at Chen Ling carefully from head to toe, while joking: "This son-in-law can do it, but if he doesn't come to the house for two years, he will send a cow to his mother-in-law's family when he comes. It's not stingy."

   "The face is so tender that even the mother-in-law of a milk baby dare not look at it. You see, this baby's ears are all red..."

   The old lady and the mother-in-law next to her suddenly burst into laughter.

   Wang Susu saw that her husband couldn't let go, so she hurriedly called her aunt and sister-in-law.

After saying a few simple words, the old lady waved her hand: "It's alright, Susu, you all go back, you have been married for two years and haven't come back, we won't stop you from talking about it, so as not to be annoying, hurry home go."

   said to Wang Qingwen again: "Your mother didn't come out, that's because she's not here with Qingzhong. It gets warm every afternoon. She often comes to feed the sheep and wash clothes for Qingzhong's family, usually she's there..."

   The third house on the back **** of Dashu, which is near the gate, is the house of Chen Ling’s second uncle, Wang Qingzhong. After the separation, the new house was built here, and people can be heard through the courtyard wall.

  Wang Susu stepped on her feet and looked around after hearing this, "Is the second brother and the second sister-in-law still so busy?"

"Yeah, I've been very busy. This year, I can make money selling grain. In the past two months, your second brother and second sister-in-law have been working around day and night. at home…"

   Wang Qingwen nodded.

  There is no way, I am afraid of poverty, it is not easy to have an opportunity to make money, so what if you don’t grasp it tightly.

Talking, going up the slope, most of the main houses in the stockade are tile houses built of bluestone, and the rest are firewood sheds and thatched houses. The latter two do not look conspicuous, but they are actually very practical and strong. of.

   The nostalgia is even more timid. Along the way, Wang Susu looked at familiar people and familiar houses, only to feel her heart pounding, holding Chen Ling's hand, her palms were sweating.

  Wang Zhenzhen followed the two and looked around, but at this time it became quiet.

   Soon, they came to an old courtyard with big trees, stone drums, and stone sheep outside the courtyard, and everyone stopped.

  Two little dolls play glass **** beside the big tree.

  Under the tree is an old lady in black with a blue turban, picking out the stones in the corn.

  Not far away, there is a well with a reel, and a dirty old cat is lying beside the well, basking lazily in the sun…

   Hearing someone coming, the old lady raised her head and glanced at it casually, but when she raised her head, she was stunned.

  's eyes were confused at first, then they suddenly widened their eyes, and exclaimed in surprise: "Susu!"

   "Save the industry, save the industry, come out quickly, Susu is back, Susu is back, my father and I are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and you can be expected to come back..."

  The old lady stood up and grabbed Wang Susu's hand, crying, tears streaming down her face.

   "Mother, I miss you too, I miss you and my father, and my brother and sister-in-law..."

  Wang Susu called her mother, and the tears couldn't stop. She grabbed the old lady's hand tightly in excitement, but she was choked up and unable to speak.

   "Susu is back? Where is it? Where is it?"

   An old man in a light blue tunic hurried out of the yard. Seeing the situation of the ladies outside, he was stunned and rubbed his palms a little helplessly.

   Then, seeing her daughter crying with tears in her eyes, "Father."

   The old man hurriedly responded, and his eyes turned red.

   "Hey, this... why are you crying? It's a pleasure for my daughter to come back. What's there to cry about? Come home, come home."

   The old man sighed and rubbed his eyes, this is Wang Cunye, Chen Ling's father-in-law.

  Wang Cunye is thin, but not short. He has an old red face, obvious folds, rough complexion, mountain lines on his forehead, but his facial features are extremely straight, and his eyebrows and eyes are similar to Wang Qingwen's.

   And the face of the mother-in-law Gao Xiulan is also quite good.

   Even if you work hard all the year round and get old, you can still see some points.

   It's not a bad thing to be able to give birth to such a beautiful daughter as Wang Susu.

   "Father, mother, Lingzi is here too, let's stop outside, let's go home."

  Wang Qingwen didn't feel well when he saw his parents and sister crying, but Chen Ling was also the new son-in-law who came to the door for the first time after marriage. He couldn't stand outside, so he quickly reminded him.

  Wang Zhenzhen, who has always been honest and quiet, also raised his head at this time, blinked his eyes and said strangely: "Brother-in-law, you talked to your brother and sister-in-law just now, why did you come to the stockade without saying a word?"

   Chen Ling glared at his sister-in-law when she heard the words, this girl, which pot can't be opened and lifted, didn't you see that your brother-in-law was nervous?

   But the eldest brother mentioned him, and the sister-in-law also said it.

   The old man and his mother-in-law also looked over at this time.

   Feeling the two eyes, Chen Ling couldn't help swallowing, his head was sweating hotly, and he smiled shyly: "Father, mother, I'll bring Susu back to see you."

   The words fell, and the scene suddenly became silent.

   The old man's husband, Wang Cunye, looked at him twice, then glanced at his little daughter who was following him, and gave him a faint smile: "Just come back, let's go home."

   Then, he turned around with his head sullen, and strode into the house first.

Beside   , mother-in-law Gao Xiulan wiped her tears, glared at Chen Ling with an old face, gritted her teeth.

   But in the end he didn't say anything.

   just responded indifferently and invited him in.

  Wang Susu was still a little excited at this time. She came over and held Chen Ling's hand, trying to say something to her parents, but Chen Ling stopped her softly.

  Wang Qingwen glanced at the young couple.

   He knew that this brother-in-law was sensible, and now his mind is serious and his temperament is not bad. But in this kind of thing, if the parents still have opinions on the son-in-law, he and Su Li will become brothers and sisters-in-law, and they can't say anything more.

   accompanied his sister and brother-in-law into the house.

  Su Li changed her arms to the child and went into the house to accompany the two sisters, Wang Susu, to talk to their parents.

  Chen Ling stayed in the courtyard and went to unload the things from the cow's back.

  Two large cloth bags, several bulging snakeskin bags, wine jars in the back basket, etc., were moved down the same way.

   There are not many bits and pieces.

  Wang Qingwen wanted to come and help, but as soon as he came out, he was called back by Gao Xiulan and asked him to boil water to make tea.

   Chen Ling smelled the smell of gunpowder sensitively, and sighed inwardly, this is okay, my mother-in-law is still angry.

   But there's nothing I can do, the things I did before were really not human.

  The mother-in-law was holding back and wanted to get angry and to give her face, it was normal, she should admit it.

   But, Wang Susu couldn't bear it.

   After talking with his parents for a few words, he couldn't sit still, so he just ran out to help him clean up.

   Gao Xiulan saw this scene, she wanted to go out several times to call her daughter back, but finally sat back again, sighing repeatedly, beating her legs: "My daughter can't help her when she's older..."

   "I'm just beating and beating this kid, you look at this silly girl, and I still feel distressed, alas."

   (end of this chapter)