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Old couple

Naturally, going uphill is more difficult as you go to the back. It’s halfway through a hundred miles, and it’s always halfway before you reach it.

Hearing Chen Ping's words, several people in the team immediately retreated, but because Mayor Long and Zhang Hua were present and would not directly raise the issue, their faces turned red.

Zhang Hua said with a smile: "High altitudes are prone to lack of oxygen, and it's still relatively cold up there. You'd better do what you can, and after going up, you won't be able to rest for a long time before coming down again. It's not easy to go back and forth all by walking."

Mayor Long thought about it, called a few names directly, and said with a smile: "You guys go down after a rest, there is no need to toss about, but it is right to exercise more after you go back."

The people who were named are somewhat embarrassed, but now is not the time to be brave. After all, if you are brave now and can't hold on later, it will be even worse.

After a break, the rest of the people continued to go up the mountain. Secretary Wu, Kang Youming, Feng Yuanfeng and Chen Ping took turns to carry the woven bags, and Zhang Hua occasionally shared a part of the bag with them.

Although Mayor Long is over 50 years old, his physical strength is very good. When he reached more than 5000 steps, he couldn't help sighing: "It's hard for us to walk all the way empty-handed. I really don't know how that person dug this stone step by himself. from!"

"Because of love." Zhang Hua said with a smile: "As long as a person has faith, he will be omnipotent and create miracles one after another, just like those martyrs in wartime."

Mayor Long nodded and said with a smile: "Faith can indeed be omnipotent!"

No matter how far the road is, there is always an end. When Zhang Hua and the others appeared on the gentle slope panting heavily, they saw an old lady chopping radishes in the snow-covered field.

Seeing so many strangers, the old lady was visibly flustered. After asking who you were, she ran away, shouting, "Boy, boy!"

Mayor Long was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Who is this guy? Is this the hostess of our love ladder?"

"It should be. A young man who is younger than me is called a boy, and generally refers to a boy in his teens and 20s!" Zhang Hua thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that this man was already thirty when they were together. , and his husband is only 20 years old, naturally he is a young man!"

Before Zhang Hua finished speaking, a short and strong old man ran over quickly holding a hammer. Maybe it was the tension and anxiety in the old lady's voice. Looking at Zhang Hua and the others, he asked, "What do you do?"

"Don't be nervous, old man!" Zhang Hua stepped forward with a smile and said, "We just like to stroll around after eating and have nothing to do. When we passed by the foot of the mountain, we saw a stone step, so we wanted to run up to have a look.

I wanted to walk down and go down, but I don’t know who dug the stone steps, and we can’t finish it. We are also stubborn, so we just walked up. I didn’t want to disturb you two. My name is Zhang Hua. I would like to apologize to the two of you here, and ask the two elderly adults not to remember the villains! "

After listening to Zhang Hua's explanation, the old couple relaxed a lot, and Zhang Hua took the initiative to apologize, which made the old couple somewhat embarrassed.

The old man looked at Zhang Hua and the others carefully, and they were very well dressed. Naturally, it was impossible to show them anything, and their faces did not look like any villains. So the old man comforted the old lady, and said to Zhang Hua: "There is nothing here. .

That road was opened by me to make it easier for my mother to go up and down the mountain. Go back, the deep mountains and old forests here are not worth seeing, and there is no other road except that road. "

Zhang Hua said with a smile: "We definitely want to go back, but we spent more than two hours climbing the mountain, and now we are tired, thirsty and hungry, can the old man treat us to a light meal?

We can pay, but if we can’t, it’s good to give us some boiled water. Zhang Hua is very grateful. Thank you for your kindness. We are destined to meet each other! "

Seeing that everyone looked really tired, the old man hesitated, and looked back at the old lady.

The old lady looked at Zhang Hua and the others again, and whispered, "Why don't you treat them to a meal, they don't look like bad guys, and it's not easy to have a few people here."

The old man nodded and said to Zhang Hua: "Okay, but let's say it first, we don't have anything delicious here."

"Don't be picky, just burn two sweet potatoes and cook a bowl of sour radish soup!" Zhang Hua laughed.

The old man was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "That's not the case, it's still okay to cook two bowls of wheat cake."

The water source on the mountain is not convenient, and it is not easy to cultivate terraced fields, but it is easy to grow wheat, corn, and sweet potatoes, and there are more land.

Zhang Hua gave Chen Jun a look, and Chen Jun smiled, stepped forward a few steps to the old lady and started talking.

The old couple took everyone home, and after walking for a while, a mud-walled straw house appeared in a bamboo forest in the distance.

The house is not big, but the dam in front looks very spacious. There are a few orange trees beside the dam, and a few chickens are leisurely looking for food around.

After walking in, I found that corn and peppers were hung under the eaves, there was a stone mill next to the entrance of the main house, and firewood was piled on the eaves.

The green hills in the distance are green, and the people nearby are full of life, which is like a paradise.

Although the journey back was not long, Chen Jun had already gotten acquainted with the old lady and went to the kitchen to help cook together.

The old man brought Zhang Hua and the others into the main room, and took out a warm water bottle to pour boiled water for everyone to drink.

Zhang Hua smiled, took out a cigarette and handed a cigarette to the old man, and asked, "What's the old man's name?"

"Miangui's surname is Liu!" Mr. Liu shook his head, took out an earthen cigarette basket and said, "You guys smoke it yourself, I'll just eat this, is there any one of you who likes this?"

Mr. Liu is generous, but it is difficult for ordinary people to accept the taste of earthy smoke. Zhang Hua smiled, and rolled up a piece of tobacco leaves.

"Let me formally introduce everyone to Mr. Liu. My name is Zhang Hua, and I'm from the Datang River."

"Is it the Datang River a little above the mouth of the Tang River?" Mr. Liu asked.

"Yeah, that's the one!"

Old Liu's eyes were full of memories, and he said with a smile, "It's so far away. I went there once when I was young, and it's almost a day away."

"We came here by car. The Simian Mountain is a scenic spot, and it is also high enough to see the snow, so come and play!" Zhang Hua explained.

Mr. Liu nodded, and said: "It's true that you rarely see snow over there. Hey, it's not a lot to see snow year after year. It's better to grow vegetables in your winter when it doesn't snow. There are fresh dishes to eat, which are better than ours.”

Then Zhang Hua introduced everyone to Mr. Liu. After hearing everyone's identities, Mr. Liu was more or less surprised.

(End of this chapter)