Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

After the village chief arrived at Ruan Xishi's house, he chatted with Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng for a while, and then sat down and talked with Mrs. Ruan about Teacher Ruan's life in the village these years.

"Our village used to be so poor that we couldn't afford to eat, let alone build a school and hire teachers to teach the children. The people in the village couldn't read a few characters, and went back like a blind person all their lives. Since Teacher Ruan came , he took the initiative to take on the task of teaching. At the beginning, everyone had no money to buy him books and pens, so he used the books he brought to teach everyone. Gypsum lime and charcoal were his chalk, and he wrote every word on the ground. He taught everyone how to read and write. Later, the situation in the village got better, and the villagers wanted to pay him tuition fees, and he only paid for books, notebooks and pens in a symbolic manner. Day after day, year after year, he gave to the village I am not exaggerating, I dare say that there is no one in our village who has not been taught by Teacher Ruan, and they are all students of Teacher Ruan."

Mrs. Ruan listened to the village chief talking about her husband's life, she nodded and said, "He loved education when he was young. For more knowledge, he went to study in the UK and taught at the University of N City after he came back. He talked about his dream with me, and he wanted to take teaching and educating people as his own responsibility, and I also supported him. Unfortunately, in the turbulent times, He left in a faraway place, I thought he had already encountered an accident, so I instilled his will into me and his son, but I never thought that he would actually stick to his dream in a place I didn't know about."

The village chief sighed: "Teacher Ruan is really a teacher of noble character. People in several nearby villages know him, and when they talk about him, they all praise him."

Madam Ruan was touched and said: "This way I can rest assured, even if he goes there, he should be satisfied and have no regrets."

They chatted for a while, and Ruan Zheng suddenly made an unfeeling request: "My mother and I came this time. In addition to learning about my father's life and deeds, I also wanted to pay homage to him. I don't know where my father's tomb is. Now Is it appropriate to go and see him?"

The village head immediately said, "It's reasonable for you to want to offer incense to Teacher Ruan. There is no question of whether it is suitable or not. It's not surprising if you are too polite. If Teacher Ruan knows that you are here, the world will feel at ease."

Mrs. Ruan was eager to see her long-lost husband, so she hurriedly asked, "Then can we go now?"

The village chief said: "Hey, there is no hurry now. You have just arrived, and you must be very tired from the long journey. You should rest for a while. Teacher Ruan is buried on the mountain. It takes a lot of energy to climb up. It is better to have lunch first. Let's go up the mountain together to worship him, and prepare some sacrifices by the way."

Ruan Zheng was calmer, and after hearing what the village chief said, he felt that it was reasonable, so he advised his mother not to worry.

The village chief said to Ruan Xishi: "Shizi, you and A Ze will cook for the guests first, and I will prepare the chicken and tea wine for the worship. In the afternoon, we will go to the mountains to see your grandfather."

When Ruan Xishi heard that she was going to pay homage to her grandfather, she obliged the village chief to say, "Okay, I'll cook right away, and you, Uncle Gao, can stay at our house to eat."

The village chief got up and waved his hands and said, "I won't eat with you. I'll go back and kill a chicken, let my mother-in-law break some treasures, and come back to you in the afternoon."

Ruan Xishi sent him to the door and said, "Okay, then I will trouble Uncle Gao."

The village head said with a smile: "What's the trouble? Don't worry about it. Your grandpa's business is our business. It's our duty to help. It's you who work hard at noon to cook a meal for the guests so that people can eat and drink well. After all, they can be regarded as your grandma and uncle, be kind to others."

Ruan Xishi nodded again and again: "I will."

Grandpa's relatives, that is his relatives, Ruan Xishi has long regarded Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng as a family.

After sending the village chief away, Ruan Xishi went into the house and poured hot water for them, and then said to them: "Grandma, please sit down and rest for a while, we will cook for you, is there anything you want or can't eat? "

Ruan Zheng replied: "My mother is getting old and her teeth are bad, can I trouble you to cook a pot of porridge for her?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "Of course, is there anything else you want to eat?"

Mrs. Ruan saw his well-behaved and sensible appearance, and the more she saw him, the more she liked him, and she was as loving as she was her young grandson, and said to him kindly: "No, just cook and eat whatever you want, don't worry too much about it." We are sorry to trouble you."

Ruan Xishi hurriedly said: "No trouble, no trouble, filial piety to the elders is what we should do. Then you rest first, and we will bring the meal in after a while."

If you want to cook, you have to get the vegetables back first. Ruan Xishi was going to pick the vegetables in the vegetable field, so she sent Lu Ze to buy some fresh pork from the pork guy and come back. The division of labor and cooperation will cook the rice early, and go to worship early after the meal is delicious. grandfather.

When the two were preparing lunch in the kitchen, they talked about grandpa's past and relatives. Ruan Xishi sighed and said to Lu Ze with regret: "I didn't expect grandpa to be so beautiful before, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time. The village is a small place where talent is buried. If he had lived in peace and prosperity back then, he might be an old professor at a well-known university now, retired and raised flowers and amusing birds at home to enjoy the rest of his life."

If it is in a modern living environment, grandpa will definitely live longer and be happier in his later years. Whenever Ruan Xishi thinks of this, he feels sorry for grandpa.

Lu Ze comforted him and said: "Some things are unavoidable. Think about it, so many people were killed back then, but grandpa survived. Compared with those who died tragically, he was actually very lucky. And he When he came to the village, he met so many warm-hearted villagers in the village, and he was able to continue his teaching career. Although he was not rich and rich, but he lived his life peacefully and smoothly, and he lived to the end of his life. In his eighties, he is already a very blessed old man."

When Ruan Xi thought about it, it seemed that what Lu Ze said made sense. Grandpa was able to live peacefully in the village until he was eighty years old. He was already much luckier than those who died unexpectedly, and he also found himself. If there is no grandpa, Then maybe there is no him in the world for a long time, no matter who it is for, it seems to be fortunate.

Lunch was ready soon, Ruan Xishi brought the dishes into the living room, greeted Mrs. Ruan and said, "It's time to eat."

Mrs. Ruan saw that he brought a large plate full of dishes, and was afraid that he would burn his hands, so she wanted to get up and go to help. Seeing this, Ruan Xishi hurriedly said: "No need to help, I'll be fine, you take your seats first, and I'll take your place in a while." Bring in the food."

Seeing the two of them coming in and out bringing in several dishes, Mrs. Ruan said shamelessly, "We took the liberty of visiting and didn't bring any gifts, and you worked so hard to cook for us. I'm really sorry."

Ruan Xishi served them a meal, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm very happy that you can find me, as long as you recognize grandpa, no matter how hard you work, I will be happy."

Mrs. Ruan also smiled kindly, and said repeatedly: "You are so obedient, Aqixiu has you by my side for so many years, I feel relieved a lot. This is a blessing from Aqixiu."

Ruan Xishi shook her head and said: "It is my blessing to meet my grandpa. If my grandpa hadn't picked me up and brought me back to raise me, I might have died in the mountains and no one knew about it."

Mrs. Ruan learned about Ruan Xishi's life experience from TV, and when Ruan Xishi mentioned it, she couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and asked with concern: "My child, what are your plans for the future? If you live too hard alone, can you Come back to City N with us, Ah Zheng, me and Ah Zheng’s family will take care of you as their own child, if you want to go to school, we also have a way for you to enter N University to study with college students.”

Hearing that going to university, Ruan Xishi had a little yearning, but only a little bit, it seemed insignificant in front of his grandfather and the village, so he still chose to stay in the village and protect his grandfather.

Lu Ze was very excited. He was still worrying about Ruan Xishi's future studies, but now that he had such good conditions in front of him, he had to make plans.Although N University is quite a distance away from their home in G City, since Teacher Ruan is from a scholarly family and his son is a well-known professor at N University, there should be many connections. When the time comes, please ask them to find someone for Ruan Xishi in G City. It shouldn't be too difficult to study in a university.

Ruan Xishi shook his head and said, "I plan to stay in the village. My grandfather and I have lived in the village for so many years, and we are already reluctant to leave."

Mrs. Ruan is also an intellectual from an educated family. After hearing this, even though she knew that Ruan Xishi was reluctant to leave because of her filial piety to her grandfather, she still disapproved and said, "How can this be done? You are young, and you are studying for further studies." How can you be wasted in a mountain nest at an important stage. Even if you don’t want to leave the village and want to continue to live a life of farming, you must first learn knowledge and keep up with the development of modern society. Times are changing, civilization is improving, It won't be long before even farming requires higher knowledge and skills, and the method of simply farming with both hands and feet will be eliminated sooner or later."

Ruan Xishi smiled wryly and said: "But I haven't formally attended a day of school, I don't even have a primary school diploma, I haven't been to junior high school, and I don't know anything. How can I take the college entrance examination? Let's forget it."

Mrs. Ruan vowed: "As long as you want to study and study hard, these are not problems. I will find a way to arrange you in. The university courses are very loose, and you can have a lot of time to make up for the missing knowledge. As long as you are enough Work hard, and you can go through college smoothly without going to school."

Ruan Xishi felt that all this was too far away from him, so he smiled and replied: "Let's talk about it, now let's eat first, and then go to pay homage to grandpa."

In the afternoon, the village head and some enthusiastic villagers came with the things they needed for the worship. The strong villagers carried shovels, hoes, chopping knives, and sacrifices, and walked ahead to open the way. Ruan Xishi Lu Zehe and the village chief walked behind to support the elderly Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng.

The mountain road is difficult to walk. Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng are old, their physical strength cannot keep up, and their bodies are not flexible. Go up and tell grandpa that they are here, but Mrs. Ruan gritted her teeth and insisted on going up to have a look. Ruan Xishi then respected her wishes, and slowly helped her up the mountain with Lu Ze.

When we got to the mountain, the villagers had already cleaned up Teacher Ruan's grave. When Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng saw this crude mound, they couldn't control it, and immediately burst into tears.

"Ah Qi, after so many years, I finally saw you. Do you still remember me? I am Axiu, your wife! You have no conscience, you promised to grow old together, live and die together , why did you leave me and go first!"

The mournful cry of the old woman made many people in the room feel unbearable when they heard it. Seeing Mrs. Ruan crying bitterly on the grave, the village chief and Ruan Xishi hurried up to persuade her.

"Teacher's wife, don't be too sad. If you are so sad, Teacher Ruan will not be at peace if she sees it, huh?"

Ruan Zheng cried for a while in front of his father's grave, and then persuaded his overreacting mother. After everyone persuaded her, Madam Ruan calmed down slowly, sobbing softly and said: "I'm fine, I'll put him on the pillar Xiang, pour a glass of wine, we haven't seen each other for so many years, he probably misses me a lot."

With the help of the villagers, sacrifices were placed in front of Teacher Ruan’s grave. Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng offered incense and bowed to Teacher Ruan in turn, poured tea and wine, said something from their hearts, and then burned paper and set off firecrackers. Leave reluctantly.

After everyone had been busy all day, Mrs. Ruan was very sorry, but she didn't know how to thank her, so the village chief properly relieved her, waved his hand and said to the person who came to help: "Everyone go to my house for dinner tonight."

Everyone would definitely not refuse to have a meal. The village head also invited Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Xishi over there. Mrs. Ruan was touched by the enthusiasm of the villagers and thanked the surrounding villagers frequently along the way.

When we went to the village head's house, everyone was shopping for vegetables, picking vegetables, killing chickens and ducks, no one was idle. The courtyard of the village head's house was very lively. Mrs. Ruan and Ruan Zheng were attracted by the atmosphere. Infected, finally not as sad as before. From time to time, the mother and son laughed with relief when they heard the villagers praise their husband/father.

It was already late after dinner, and the villagers packed up their things and went back to their respective houses. Only Mrs. Ruan Ruan Zheng and Ruan Xishi Lu Ze stayed at the village head's house and had something to say.

What the village head's wife meant was that it was getting so late, so Madam Ruan and Ruan Zheng were asked to stay at their house for one night. After all, they were both old and had been traveling all day. The body is overwhelmed.

"Shizai's house only has two rooms, it can't accommodate so many people. Our house has many rooms, and there are beds and quilts. Stay at our house for one night and leave tomorrow."

Madam Ruan said embarrassingly, "Would this bother you too much? We have already troubled you so much today, so why do we have the nerve to continue to bother you?"

The village head's wife smiled cheerfully: "It's nothing, no trouble, you are Mr. Ruan's family, and Mr. Ruan is our mentor, rounding up you and us are a family, all of which should be done."

Mrs. Ruan could only be grateful and said: "Thank you so much, I don't know how to thank you, you have taken care of Ruan Qi for so many years, and you are still busy with him after death, as his wife , I don’t know how to repay these kindnesses.”

The village head said: "Hey, don't meet us, our village is not happy to thank you here and there, everyone knows what you want, and you can live in our house with peace of mind. All year long."

Mrs. Ruan said: "We are here to deal with Aqi's affairs. How dare we disturb you for such a long time. We will return to N City in two days."

The village head was surprised and said: "I'm going back so soon, I finally came to our place, don't stay for a few more days, do you want to know about Teacher Ruan's past years?"

Mrs. Ruan looked at Ruan Xishi with embarrassment, and said to the village chief: "Actually, besides paying respects to Aqi, I also have an unfeeling request. I want to bring his bones back to our hometown and bury them in the ancestral grave." , it can be regarded as letting him return to his roots, recognize his ancestors and return to his clan."

She really couldn't bear her husband lying alone in the land of another country. He had been wandering all his life. After his death, he had to enter the ancestral grave in a good manner and enjoy the offerings from the descendants, but he also had to take care of Ruan Xishi and the villagers. Feeling, so she didn't dare to say it when there were too many people just now. She could only wait for people to leave and tell Ruan Xishi and the village chief to see their opinions.

This request is actually human. No matter how reluctant Ruan Xishi is, he can't bear to see his grandfather die and not even be able to return home. Compared with his adopted grandson who has no blood relationship and no support, his grandfather returned to his big family. , seems to be able to get better offerings.

Rationally, I think so, but I still feel a little reluctant in my heart. Thinking that my grandfather will be far away from him in the future, and he will rarely even have the opportunity to worship at the grave, I feel sad for a while, as if there is a piece of space left. like that.

The village chief was more sensible than him, and said directly to Mrs. Ruan, "We can all understand that you want to take Teacher Ruan back to your hometown, but Teacher Ruan has only been buried for a year, and his body may not be completely cleaned up. You have to take him now." I'm afraid I can't go back with my bones."

Mrs. Ruan remembered that the village still had primitive burials, and asked anxiously, "Then what should I do?"

The village head said: "Our custom here is that after being buried for three or five years, or even ten or 15 years, you can choose an auspicious day, open the coffin, pick out the bones inside, wash and dry them, put them in pottery poppies, and move them to Reburied in another place. If you want to bring Teacher Ruan's body back to your hometown, at least you have to wait until then, and relocation will be more convenient."

No matter how impatient Mrs. Ruan was, she had to consider the actual situation. She sighed in disappointment, and said softly, "I don't know if I can wait until then."

The village head's wife immediately said: "You must not say such depressing words, you can live a long life, of course you can wait until that day."

Ruan Zheng also nodded and said, "Yes, Mom, in order to bring Dad home, you have to take good care of your health."

Mrs. Ruan patted his hand, looked at Ruan Xishi, and asked cautiously: "Son, I want to bring your grandfather back to his hometown, do you have any objections?"

Ruan Xishi replied sensiblely: "No, I think Grandpa should also be looking forward to returning to his hometown as soon as possible."

Mrs. Ruan nodded in relief, and said with tears in her eyes: "You are such a filial child. If you don't dislike it, you can follow us to live in N City. We will definitely not treat you badly."

Ruan Xishi comforted her and said: "You don't have to worry about me. I have found my biological parents. They will take care of me. You can go back and live a good life. I will take good care of my grandfather when he is here."

Mrs. Ruan thanked again: "Thank you very much. If you need help in the future, you can come to us. We will definitely help you with all your resources."

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