brother of space

The people in Nanshan Town are poor, so you don't need to know from their clothes and food, you only need to look at their houses.

Along the way, as the soon-to-be executive deputy mayor, Dongfang Sen has never seen a village where more than half of the houses are not mud embryos.Including Nanshan Town, the city of one town.

Now approaching Woniu Village among the green mountains and green trees, it looks like a paradise from the outside, but after entering, it is full of low-rise houses with black tiles and mud embryos.

It would be fine if these black tile houses were newly built, but most of them look so dilapidated and old.It seems to be still stuck in the era of panic, poverty and dilapidation.

Under the guidance of Zhang Jin, the jeep slowly drove into Woniu Village.A crushed gravel road with deep ruts divides Woniu Village into two parts.Near the road, there are two semicircular rice fields divided into two, and the rice fields are divided into many large and small blocks, some of which are still drying newly harvested rice, corn or peanuts.

Both Zhang Jin's house and Grandpa Zhang's house are on the north side of the road, backed by a hill connecting Hutou Mountain in the north of the village.

Looking at the houses in the north of the village and the houses in the south of the village, the mayor of Dongfang was full of doubts. Is the polarization between the two too serious?

In the same village, why are at least 80.00% of the 70.00 or [-] houses in the north of the village made of red bricks and red tiles, while [-]% of the houses in the south of the village are made of black tiles and mud embryos?

"...In the early 60s, no one lived here." Zhang Jin explained, "Later, it extended to such a large area. It was when some educated youths and people who made mistakes and were sent to the countryside came. I built it myself later. It is said that the village was poor at that time, and no one had a house for the educated youth to live in. In addition, the people here are very conservative, and they don’t want those who are said to have made mistakes to live in their own homes. So at that time The village chief arranged for someone to help him build a house here.

After the educated youth returned to the city, the large adobe houses built by the educated youth were distributed by the village to poor families who had no money to build houses at that time.

Most of these poor families were skilled at the time but could not earn money to support their families.Later, with the reform and opening up, the craftsmen began to earn money, so they knocked down the mud houses and built their own houses.My grandma passed away very early that year, and my grandfather took three sons alone. Although he was a famous carpenter here, he didn't make much money working for others at that time, so he was very poor, and then he was assigned over here. "

Uh, in fact, I heard from Grandpa Zhang that it had something to do with being able to be allocated here at the time. Their family was ranked because Grandpa Zhang helped the village chief’s son build a home when he got married, so the village chief ranked their family. of.Otherwise, it might not be their turn.

But this is obviously impossible to say.

"So that's the case!" Dongfang Sen nodded.Thinking carefully, what Zhang Jin said seemed quite reasonable.

Both Zhang Jin's house and Grandpa Zhang's house are located in the front, and the rice field is just outside the door.There is also a red cross hanging on the gate of Grandpa Zhang's house, which is very obvious.The jeep arrived at the rice field from the gravel road, less than 100 meters away, and arrived directly at the door of Grandpa Zhang's house.

"This is my grandfather's house." The jeep stopped in front of a courtyard with a particularly solid gate.

"This door is well made." Dongfang Sen noticed the gate first when he got out of the car. Obviously the courtyard wall was made of stone and yellow mud, but the door of the gate was made to look very solid and heavy.

Zhang Jin pursed her lips and smiled, and said hesitantly, "My father made this." It was one of the betrothal gifts for my father to marry his wife.

Zhang Jin couldn't help but want to laugh every time Zhang's father told his three sons about the glorious history of marrying a daughter-in-law.It was really the first time he heard that when marrying a daughter-in-law, he went to the door with his back behind his back.

Both Dongfang Sen and Dongfang Yao saw Zhang Jin's forbearing smile, and knew that there must be a story about this door, but since the other party didn't tell it, they probably had some scruples, so they didn't ask much.

"Second Uncle, are you back?" A boy who looked about ten years old pushed an iron ring with an iron hook, and jumped out from nowhere. "Grandfather is not at home, he went to Xiaoli Village to see a doctor."

Zhang Jin looked at the door, but it was unlocked.

The boy continued: "Second uncle, are these the guests from your house? Grandpa said, let you take them to the house first, and he will be back later."

"Okay, I get it now."

"Grandpa also said, don't forget to cook." When he said this, the little guy's eyes were full of contempt.

"..." Zhang Jin felt depressed in an instant. His grandfather didn't believe him so much?Even if he is stingy, he still knows the basics of hospitality!

Or is it that his reputation as a cheapskate seems to be inseparable in this life.Didn't she get such a reputation because she didn't pay the aunt's niece a dollar for the fare?

However, looking back, it's actually not bad. There are too many people in the village who like to take advantage of small things. Now that they know that he is stingy, they will not think about taking advantage of him in the future.As for fame or something, he doesn't need it.Even if he does it again, he won't pay the fare for his cousin's cousin, and he has nothing to do with her.Why!Besides, with regard to my aunt's temper, even if he gave it, the other party would think he deserved it.

Seeing that Zhang Jin was obviously depressed and pretended to be calm, Dongfang Yao couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Jin and the boy looked at each other for a moment, and then heard the boy say: "Second Uncle, don't look at me like that. This is what the grandfather told me, not what I want to say."

"I see." Zhang Jin said lightly, then turned to open the gate of the yard.

The boy stared at Zhang Jin's back for a few seconds, and the little adult seemed to sigh, then ignored Dongfang Yao and the others, and pushed his iron ring away.

Zhang Jin brought Dongfang Yao and the others into Grandpa Zhang's yard.Grandpa Zhang's yard has always been kept very clean.On the east side of the yard is the well suppression, the pool and a row of two rooms, and on the west side is a large grape trellis that is almost connected to the main house. In addition, there are some loofah vines on the fence of the yard.

Zhang Jin directly led the group into the main room. The construction of the main room is different from many local tubes, and it is somewhat similar to the layout of several rooms and several halls.

On both sides of the main room, not near the door, there are seven or eight simplified Chinese-style chairs and coffee tables.

When Dongfang Sen saw these chairs, he remembered the gate just now, and said with a smile: "These chairs are also well made."

"..." Zhang Jin pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.

"Third Brother, Brother Yao, and this one, Big Brother, why don't you sit in the tea room for a while! My grandfather may have to wait for a while. There is a TV over there, you can watch it." Acquaintances went to the consulting room in the backyard through here. Zhang Jin thought for a while, in order to prevent anyone from coming later, she invited the three of them to sit in Grandpa's tea room in the south.

Grandpa's tea room is also one of Zhang's father's masterpieces, although the whole is done according to grandpa's command.Usually, apart from drinking tea and reading books when the old man himself is free, this place is to entertain some patients who come from other places.

The table in the tea room is made of a very large tree root. After being polished and painted, it looks very artistic. The chairs are very common back chairs in the countryside.

Letting the three of them to the edge of the table, Zhang Jin took out the tea set and health tea that Grandpa Zhang used to treat guests.

"This is a health-preserving tea made by my grandfather, suitable for people of all physiques." Zhang Jin said while boiling water to make tea.

But Dongfang Yao, even Dongfang Sen and his secretary were taken aback when they saw Zhang Jin's flowing tea making movements. This kid who looks like a rural child can be so elegant.

Needless to say, Grandpa Zhang taught Zhang Jin how to make tea. Although he was very repulsive at first, it became a habit after a long time.

It took about [-] minutes for Zhang Jin to make Kung Fu tea for Dongfang Yao and the others.Glancing at the watch hidden in the sleeve on his wrist, it was eleven o'clock in ten minutes.

"Brother Yao, third brother, sit down for a while, I'll make lunch, my grandfather will probably be back soon." Zhang Jin was about to get up as she spoke.

Dongfang Yao also took advantage of the situation and stood up from the chair: "Let me help you."

"No, my father and my brother probably have already returned, and they will come to help in a while." Zhang Jin said, when he heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door, followed by the voice of a familiar child.

"Second Uncle, Second Uncle, where are you? I brought you shrimp." It was the child from before.

Zhang Jin nodded with Dongfang Sen and Yao Shaojun, turned around and walked out. When he reached the main room, he stopped for a while and didn't go out. He went through the main room and entered the west door, which was his bedroom.When he came out again, he was holding two chocolates that Dongfang Yao had given him.

"Second Uncle, I'm bringing you shrimp." The little boy saw Zhang Jin coming out of the house, and raised the bag in his hand, "My dad caught it, and my dad said it was for grandpa, so you have to take it. "

"Oh, thank you." Zhang Jin said lightly, while taking the bag, she took out chocolates from her pocket and said, "Here you are."

The little boy's eyes lit up when he saw the beautiful chocolate paper, and then he grabbed it unceremoniously, and said with a smile: "Second uncle, you don't want to bribe me because you are afraid that I will say you are stingy?"

"..." Zhang Jin didn't speak, turned around and left after seeing the kid in vain.

The little boy laughed, turned around and ran away.

When Dongfang Yao came out of the house, he happened to see Zhang Jin taking the bag, and when he heard the little boy's words, Zhang Jin's stingy behavior unconsciously appeared in his mind, which seemed very funny!