From wilderness to palace

Chapter 2 I'm in a hurry to find someone!

Looking at the sunlight shining through the glass into the living room in the early morning, Liu Yaozu, who has just renovated the living room, also feels that the old house looks more lively than when he just came back.This also shows that if the house has been idle for a long time, it is actually more likely to be abandoned.

Perhaps the villagers knew something about what happened to Liu Yaozu and began to accept this young man who had left home for more than ten years and returned to the village alone.During the subsequent renovation of the old house, villagers would come to visit from time to time.

Because the old house is of brick and wood structure, no changes can be seen from the outside.But if you really want to go into the house, the villagers who have been to Liu Yaozu's house before feel that the old house is very ordinary on the outside, but it has begun to become famous inside.

Facing the compliments from the villagers, Liu Yaozu also said modestly: "It's all done by myself, it's nothing unusual!"

Having said that, many villagers can also see from the renovation of the old house that Liu Yaozu is very diligent, and he is not as miserable as the villagers imagined when he first came back.If a large old house is renovated by one person, the amount of work is not small!

Moreover, during this period of time, the villagers also began to realize that Liu Yaozu was probably doing well in the city, rather than returning to the village because he imagined that he couldn't do well.Compared with other villagers who are self-sufficient, Liu Yaozu seems to spend money on everything.

The most envious and surprising thing to the villagers is that Liu Yaozu, who occasionally goes out to the town or county during this period, brings back some home appliances from time to time.Just for the newly bought pickup truck, some villagers who know cars know that this car is not cheap.

After a long time, the villagers felt that Liu Yaozu gave up the superior life in the imperial capital and chose to live in the mountain village, which must have caused too much psychological trauma.Originally a warm family of five, now Liu Yaozu is the only one left.

The enthusiastic aunt even took the opportunity to visit with a smile and said: "Azu, you can start a family at your age. Would you like to help me introduce some girls from the neighboring villages to you? If you have someone to live with, you can relax .”

Regarding such enthusiasm, Liu Yaozu often smiled shyly and said: "Thank you, Auntie, I don't want to play with my friends yet. If there is a girl who really likes me in my hometown in the future, I must ask Auntie to help me propose marriage."

At this stage, Liu Yaozu really has no intention of talking about feelings.Although the villagers did not guess correctly why they chose to return to Kaoshantun to settle down, there is some truth to it.Compared with staying in the city, he prefers the tranquility and tranquility of the mountain village at the moment.

Although there are still secrets that cannot be revealed to outsiders, but since it is a secret, it must not be revealed!

Compared with the adults in the village, the children who stayed in the village have recently become closer to him.Because he bought a pickup truck, every time Liu Yaozu went to the market, many children would beg adults to take them with him.

In the past, adults would not take their children to the market because the road was not close.Now that they have pickup trucks, they also find it much more convenient.In a sense, Liu Yaozu's pickup truck also became the bus for the village market.

Fortunately, Yuanshan Town, where Kaoshantun is located, only goes to the market once a week.If not, if he drives to the town every day to go to the market, Liu Yaozu still has time to stay in the old house and do renovations at ease?

Just when Liu Yaozu was adapting to the peaceful life after returning to the village, he looked at his neighbor Liu Shoushan, the fifth uncle, who was hurriedly entering the door in the evening. Before Liu Yaozu could ask, Liu Shoushan hurriedly asked: "Azu, are you okay now?"

"Uncle Wu, what's the matter? What happened?"

"Hey, some old women in the village went to the mountains early in the morning to pick cucumbers, and now it's dark, and they haven't seen anyone back yet!"

"Ah! nothing will happen?"

"I'm just worried about accidents, so I'm in a hurry to find someone! Although it's spring now, it's cold in the mountains after nightfall. These old women are really going to get lost and freeze in the mountains all night, maybe something will happen!"

It is clear that Kaoshantun is located in the north, and spring will undoubtedly come later than in the south.When the spring breeze begins to blow in the south, the snow in many places in the mountains has just begun to melt when spring begins in the north!

Even if he didn't go back to live for many years, Liu Yaozu also knew how risky it was to stay overnight in the mountains.Compared with the mountain forests in other places, many of the forests around Kaoshantun are real virgin forests, and there will be beasts from time to time.

Knowing that time is precious, Liu Yaozu didn't hesitate and said, "I'm going to get the flashlight right now, do I need to prepare anything else?"

"No need! I've already taken a lot of mines when I came out. After entering the forest, we will divide into several groups and put a few in each forest. If they are close, they will know that we are looking for someone."

"Success, let's go then!"

Putting on rubber boots, Liu Yaozu and Liu Shoushan went out with a flashlight and machete.When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we soon saw that almost all the young people in the village had come.After some distribution, everyone divided into several paths and began to enter the mountain.

Liu Yaozu, who followed the action, realized that Liu Shoushan's wife was among the women who hadn't returned after dark.In fact, even if Liu Shoushan's wife was not around, as a village neighbor, no one would stand by and watch at such a time.

Most of the villages in the north that are adjacent to mountains are relatively far apart.And the place where the backer village is located is sparsely populated.If they belong to the same village, they can't help each other. If they want to stay in the village, they will feel uncomfortable.

Looking at Liu Shoushan who was leading the way in a hurry, Liu Yaozu, who was in the same group, also learned more stories about the people in the mountains from the mouths of other villagers.Among them are the stories of people who go into the mountains every year and get lost in them.

But most of these stories ended in tragedy.Unless there are experienced mountain runners, ordinary people dare not venture into deep mountains and old forests.Because once inside, it is very possible to get lost in it.

The problem is that for many villagers in the mountain village, in addition to farming and selling food, they rely on the mountains to eat a large part of their income every year, which comes from gifts from the vast mountains behind the village.If you don't go into the mountains, how can you talk about making money?

In the process of climbing the mountain, Liu Yaozu suddenly heard a loud "chirp" from ahead, looked up and followed the direction of the sound, and soon saw something jumping into the sky, and suddenly burst into the air with a "bang" Voice.

Liu Shoushan, who was walking in the front, stopped and looked around, only to find that there was only a crackling sound.Feeling slightly regretful, Liu Shoushan continued to bury his head on the road until he reached the halfway up the mountain.

Looking up at the sky, Liu Shoushan took out an earthen flare commonly known as 'Thunder' from the bag he was carrying and ignited it.With a stabbing sound of 'chirp', the thunder that flew into the sky exploded immediately.

After waiting in place for a while, Liu Shoushan found that there was no movement around, and said anxiously: "These old women, what the hell are you running around? Don't you know how to check the time? What time is it, and you don't know how to go down the mountain. "

"Uncle Wu, don't worry. Aunt Wu and the others have quite a few of them, so I think it will be fine."

"Oh, it's okay! It's just hard work for you, and I followed you into the mountains at night to toss around."

"Uncle Wu, what you said is wrong. Could it be that you don't regard me as a villager?"

After refuting Liu Shoushan's words, the group took a short break and continued to walk to the next hill.As the saying goes, look at the mountains and run dead horses.It seems that the two mountains are next to each other, but it takes a lot of time to go up and down.

Fortunately, just as they climbed the second mountain, thunder crackled again from the sky not far away.To everyone's delight, the thunder exploded in that direction, and then there were two consecutive explosions of thunder.

Seeing this scene, one of the villagers said happily: "Old Wu, I should have found someone!"

Reach a mountain and release a thunderbolt. If there is no movement, it will not continue to be released later.If two sticks are placed in a row, it means that someone is injured.People around who see the signal should rush to help quickly.

Putting three sticks means that the person found it and is fine.If it is four, it means that someone has an accident, and the situation is extremely critical.This set of rules is also inherited by the mountain people in order to settle down.

Knowing that the person had been found and was safe, other teams looking for the person also went down the mountain and returned one after another.Although they live in the mountains, for the vast majority of mountain people, there are no accidents, and no one wants to spend the night in the mountains and jungles!
(End of this chapter)