I really don't want to be a teacher

Chapter 302 Fishing Village

After the field ridge passes, the terrain becomes more and more elevated. When you reach the foot of the mountain, the road at the foot turns into a winding mountain road that can accommodate two or three people.

There are scattered stones on the mountain road, which is relatively flat.

The old fisherman led the way, and Lian Ge moved along the mountain path with the old fisherman.

From time to time, some villagers who came home from the fields with hoes and baskets on their backs passed by.

"...Then Uncle Qiu, I'll go back first."

"You're busy."

Another villager with some vegetables in his hand walked by, said a few words to the old fisherman and left.

Lian Ge also led the old fisherman along the mountain road, around the towering hill, and walked to the back of the hill.

"Young man, this is our village."

The old fisherman led the way and said with a smile.

On the back of the hill is a valley surrounded by mountains, beyond the valley, there are green hills stretching.

Houses and families are scattered at the bottom of the valley, connected by winding and criss-crossing village roads.

The crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs sounded from near and far from time to time, echoing with the mountain wind passing through the valley.

At this moment, there are faint smoke rising from many people's homes, and the lights are lit.

The cooking smoke merged into the darkening night, and the lights dispersed the darkening night, dotted around the village like stars.

Looking at the seemingly quiet village, Lian Ge paused for a moment, followed the winding and criss-crossing village roads, and looked again.

This is a not too closed village. At the entrance of the village, a road extends from the village towards the hill, connecting the road on the hill and surrounding the mountainside.

"...Young man, let's go, the place where I live, old man, has to go further."

The old fisherman resumed his steps and led the way.

Lian Ge also looked at the village, moved his feet, and walked along the village road with the old fisherman.

"...The head of the house, go to the door and pick a few green onions and come in... Okay."

"Qianqian, is it delicious... Why are you acting like a child, and even grabbing food from your daughter?"

"Uncle Qiu, you're back from fishing... shall we have dinner at home?"

Families with lit lights passed by, and the lights spilled out from the halls and yards of each family, illuminating the roads in the village.

Under the lights, the mixed voices of people's homes also rang in Lian Ge's ears along with the wind.

From time to time, some people greeted the old fisherman.

Looking at the distance, Lian Ge was walking and listening quietly, the old fisherman led the way, smiled and responded.

Passing by several lit yards and houses, the old fisherman paused in front of a yard.

The terrain of the yard is a bit sloping, and it is slightly low-lying towards the side of the road.

Behind the courtyard, there are several tile-roofed houses, and the one in the middle is the main room.

The door of the main room is open at the moment, and the lights are on like other houses.

Looking at the main room with the lights on, the old fisherman smiled, carried the bucket, squeezed the ginger, and started walking again.

"Young man, this is it."

Lian Ge followed the old fisherman and walked towards the yard.

……

"Old woman, old woman..."

The old fisherman walked to the door of the main room and shouted twice,

"I'm home?"

There was a voice in the backyard, followed by an old lady wearing an apron came out from the backyard,

"Who is this……"

The old lady reached out to take the bucket carried by the old fisherman, turned her head, glanced at Lian Ge, and asked,

"For a passing tourist, I thought that there is no place to stay nearby, so I asked him to come and rest at home for a night."

The old fisherman held the ginger in one hand, took off the hat he was wearing with the other, hung it by the door, and explained at the same time,

"Excuse me, old man." Lian Ge looked at the old lady and said with a smile,

"Don't bother, don't bother, what are you bothering about, don't stand at the door, come in and sit..."

The old lady greeted,

"In our village, we don't have any guests on weekdays. You have come here, young man. You are the guests of our village. Come in..."

"Thank you."

Looking at the old lady, he smiled and said thanks, Lian Ge stepped into the main room,

Inside the main room, it was a bit empty, with a slightly tall square table and a few stools beside the table. The plaster on the four walls had been peeled off, and there were still some mildew stains left by damp. point.

"No thanks, no thanks..."

The old lady waved her hand, took a stool from the side, and put it behind Lian Ge,

"Young man, sit down first, and I'll get you a glass of water."

With that said, the old lady turned around and walked towards the side of the main room,

"Don't bother, old man." Lian Ge said without sitting down.

The old lady stomped her feet when she heard the sound,

"Old woman, go and deal with the fish in the bucket first... There is still a little ginger here, Lao Yang's kid will give it to you, wash it and soak it in the jar."

"That's fine..." The old lady turned around, stretched out her hand to take the ginger handed by the old fisherman, and walked back to the bucket again.

"Did you catch any fish today? Yo, he's not too small."

"Thanks to this young man, I cast a net and caught a grass carp. It happened to be a treat for this young man."

The old fisherman smiled and responded, and sat down on the threshold of the next eaves, took off his boots,

"You take it and deal with it. It's better to make a boiled fish, or just cut into pieces of tofu."

"Okay, I'll cook, you can chat with this young man."

After the old lady finished speaking, she carried the bucket and ginger and walked back to the backyard to get busy.

……

The old fisherman smiled and watched his wife walk back to the backyard, then turned his head again,

"...When I came back from the outside, I can see that the lights in my house are on. I feel at ease in my heart."

Looking at the brightly lit main room, the old fisherman took off the boot on his other foot, put on the shoe under the eaves, and stood up from the threshold,

Then I soaked the water in the water tank by the eaves of the courtyard next to me, washed my hands, and then stepped into the main room.

"I'm sorry, young man, we don't have anything to entertain in this poor place, so we can only rely on mountains to eat mountains, rely on water to eat water, and take a fish to entertain."

The old fisherman took a stool and sat down beside Lian Ge,

"It's good luck today. Like yesterday, I went down with a net. Hey, I came up with a net. It was full of small fish fry, and it was all thrown back."

"The old man is polite. I'm just a passerby. I'm the one who bothered you."

Hearing this, the old fisherman shook his head and said to Lian Ge,

"Young man, sit down too."

Glancing at the old fisherman, Lian Ge moved the stool and sat down.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge looked into the distance through the door of the main room,

"Since the old man knows that he can't catch any fish, why don't he go out of the boat and cast the net?"

Lian Ge asked calmly.

"...I'm used to it." The old fisherman also looked into the distance, as if looking at the lake on the other side of the mountain,

"Our family, our ancestors have lived on the water for generations, relying on this lake to make a living... Hey, in fact, every family in the village is the same.

Our village is just a small fishing village by the lake...Speaking of which, these villages along the lake have been drinking the water in the lake and eating the fish in the lake for generations. The ones who feed this Poyang Lake...we are the ones who harmed this lake. "

The old fisherman said, looking into the distance, fell silent for a while, then shook his head again,

"...Now, although we have reclaimed some land, can grow some food, and have a way to survive. But after a long time, the old man, I still want to go and see it on the lake. Look... I'm afraid, someday this lake will really disappear."

Chapter 303 Home, Lake, Lights

"...I have watched this lake for half my life, and it has also watched me for half my life. When I was six or seven years old, I followed some children of the same age in the village to catch crabs by the lake. There are quite a lot of crabs. ... Sometimes, under a rock, when you open it, there are several crabs hidden underneath. If you catch the crabs and take them home, my mother will steam them for me, and the taste is delicious..."

As the old fisherman spoke, a smile appeared on his face, and some creases were squeezed out, and then the smile faded away again,

"...Afterwards, I started to go to the lake, followed my father on the lake, fishing, I just looked at this lake, it became smaller and smaller...it also looked at me, and it grew up little by little.

Now, I am old, and it seems to be old too, so old that its body has shrunk, and it can no longer support so many people..."

As he spoke, the old fisherman fell silent again,

Glancing at the old fisherman, Lian Ge didn't say much, turned his gaze, looked into the distance through the door of the main room,

In the main room, it became more and more quiet, only the mountain wind passed through the door of the main room from time to time, lingering in the main room,

……

Outside the house, the setting sun on the far side of the mountain has been blocked by the mountain, only the sunset glow is still shining in the west.

Nearby, there is a little smoke from every household, and under the lit lights, the family is busy with dinner,

"...When I was young, I went out on the boat with my father, and every time I came back, no matter whether it was morning or evening, my old mother would always light the candle when she was at home.

My mother said, so that when we come back, we can see home as soon as we enter the village... My father also told me that when he saw the lights in the house from a distance, he felt at ease, because ah, home, away from home It's not far away.

When I was young, I thought, even without the light on, I could see home from a distance... Later, I gradually realized that when the light is on, there are people waiting at home, and the wind and waves on the lake seem to be It was also blocked by this light. "

The old fisherman sat on the stool, looked at the distance, then turned his head to look at the lights in the main room,

"...In the past, when the waves were rising on the lake, my father and I would go home at night. My mother would always stand in the yard, waiting, and when my father and I dragged our bodies back home, she would He doesn't ask, he just tells us that the hot water is ready, let's take a hot bath and change clothes...

Later, I married a daughter-in-law, and my daughter-in-law was always waiting for me when I set out on the boat. "

While talking, the old fisherman paused,

"...Later, my father fell ill. The day before he left, I squatted in front of his bed. He opened his mouth and told me that he wanted me to take him to the lake and then to the boat. trip...

You said, he couldn't let go of the lake, the boat, or from the lake, he saw it on the way home, and the lights at home..."

The old fisherman looked outside the hall and said,

Lian Ge looked at the lights in the village and just listened quietly without saying anything.

"...At that time, my mother had already gone. At the beginning, I thought that burying my father on the other side of the mountain would allow him to continue looking at the lake.

Later, I still buried him on the side of the mountain, with my mother, although I couldn't see the lake on the other side of the mountain, but I could see, over here, the lights at home..."

The old fisherman spoke aloud, and the voice of his words echoed with the mountain wind that poured into the hall, and then drifted away with the mountain wind.

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"...Old man, I boiled some hot water for you in the pot, you can mix some water with it and wash yourself, change into dry clothes, you should be more comfortable."

The old lady came out from the backyard and called out to the old fisherman,

"Eh, done."

The old fisherman responded, stood up with a smile,

"Young man, sit down for a while, I'll leave now."

Turning around, the old fisherman said to Lian Ge,

Lian Ge smiled and nodded.