Song Zhu’er could not figure out at first, how it was packed away by her mother, there is no logic to it at all.
Although her character originated from her mother, but also not to the New Year’s Day to run to other people’s homes, forgive Song Zhu’er shameless, also feel that such behaviour is very shameful.
Until she arrived in Shudu, only to receive a phone call from Sister Zhuang, saying that she is helping Song Zhu’er to support a poverty alleviation project, benefiting the countryside at the same time, to enhance her image.
After all, Song Zhu’er’s image really needed to be boosted too much.
The object of support is in the vicinity of Li Tiezhu’s hometown, the specifics she did not hear too understand, roughly is the mountain speciality products such as external sales.
She can go to Li Tiezhu’s home to play for two days, and then go to the support of the township to stroll around, as an inspection, the actual work is done by the broker team, she only need to show up.
In this way, Song Zhu’er came to Li Tiezhu’s home to play, it is also considered a good reason.
Only, she completely underestimated the horror of these mountain roads, steep needless to say, all the altitude of more than a thousand mountains, the road is naturally not flat. The road is naturally not flat. It’s okay that the curves are many and sharp, but why is the road only two and a half metres wide? And it’s still an uneven dirt road.
When Li Tiezhu drove the overbearing speed on the mountain road, Song Zhu’er heart attack is almost scared out, several times, sitting in the passenger seat she thought she was going to be thrown to the bottom of the cliff.
Originally not car sick Song Zhu’er, and scared and dizzy, the whole person is a little deficient.
This trip, Song Zhu’er Li Tiezhu has a new understanding, she used to know that Li Tiezhu’s family is poor, but did not know so poor.
She never knew that the real countryside is so remote and bitter.
Before returning to the village, Li Tiezhu took her to visit his primary school, which is a two-storey brick building, Li Tiezhu said that when he went to school there was no building, summer leakage of rain and winter leakage of wind, the new school building was built only in the last few years.
They were outside the school fence, but also met a few small children over the fence to go in to steal workbooks.
Song Zhu’er lamented, “They are poor, but they all love learning so much!”
Li Tiezhu said, “The ones who really love to study are doing homework or helping out at home, only the ones who don’t love to study go over the fence into the school to steal workbooks and chalk, and, almost every two or three years, a child breaks an arm or leg.”
Songzhu’er: “Ah! So miserable?”
Li Tiezhu said, “It’s not tragic, after recuperating from the injury there are two more severe beatings from parents and teachers, that’s tragic.”
Song Zhu’er tsked: “Your place is amazing.”
After arriving at the village entrance, Li Tiezhu said he wanted to surprise Song Zhu’er and jumped out of the car to greet a group of villagers, Song Zhu’er followed suit and tried to talk to the villagers but they were too embarrassed to talk to her, especially the men.
In the end, Li Tiezhu bought two boxes of something and got back on the car and left.
The car went over a small depression, passed a turnback curve, and stopped next to a six-wheeled tractor on a dirt apron.
There has been a bunch of people waiting, Song Zhu’er saw the figure of Aunt Liu and Liu Xiaohua, and suddenly got nervous, a kind of ugly daughter-in-law to see the in-laws of the sense of panic, and even wanted to sit in the car to return the same way.
Song Zhu’er looked at Li Tiezhu, full of helplessness: “Tiezhu ……”
Li Tiezhu took out a plastic bag of cheap biscuits and candies and handed it to Song Zhu’er: “It’s okay, get off the car and share some with the kids.”
Said Li Tiezhu got out of the car.
Song Zhu’er still could not gather courage, Li Tiezhu opened the car door for her, helped her out of the car.
Tie Tou Wa total wa red face, because, around twenty or thirty people are watching. Tuping stood ten or so, the tractor pickpocket three children, the left courtyard wall riding two, the right ridge is still squatting in the four or five old men who smoke dry cigarettes.
How to live in the spotlight, encountered this situation, but also some fear.
There is also a big yellow dog wagging its tail to rub Li Tiezhu, was Li Tiezhu kicked away, ow barked a voice.
Song Zhu’er sat in the car to sit a little soft legs, Li Tiezhu almost with a hug to help him out of the car.
She heard a burst of snickering, several rural women with aprons carrying dolls, laughing uncontrollably and talking seven times:
“Hear tell this girl child is also a star.”
“Oh, she’s so white!”
“Good-looking, just do not know in the bed head have the strength to serve men.”
“Look at the man at the head of your house, his eyes are falling out.”
“Too skinny, definitely not good for childbearing ……”
“The main thing is that her arse is small and her milk is not big.”
“You know a hammer, other people’s dolls are eating milk powder le, foreign milk powder.”
“Her clothes are really nice, at least seven or eight hundred a piece, right?”
Song Zhu’er cheeks rolling hot, you can not speak a little quieter?
She carries a plastic bag and goes to distribute snacks to a few children on the tractor, the children are dirty, some with frostbite all over their faces, even their ears are rotting off, stretching their carrot-like hands to receive the snacks, never saying thank you, shyly and inferiorly avoiding the gaze, quietly eating up, and even fighting over grabbing a biscuit.
Songzhu’er gave two jellies to a little girl of two or three with wildflowers skimming her head, “What’s your name?”
The little girl struggled to sit in the mud, Songzhuer was startled and rushed to hug her, then the little girl cried out with a wow, a huge snot bubble coming out of her nostrils.
A woman came over and picked up the little girl and said to Song Zhuer, “The little child recognises …… life.”
Song Zhu’er was embarrassed, “I’m sorry! I didn’t want to scare her to tears …… I just saw that she looked quite cute, what’s her name?”
The woman said, “Called Erniu.”
Song Zhu’er: “Ah! That’s a nice name.”
The woman gets a little bolder, “I’ve seen you on TV, Hot Claw! The fights were so fierce.”
Song Zhu’er scratched her head and said happily, “Hey hey hey …… how old are you?”
Woman: “I’m nineteen this year.”
Song Zhu’er: “Is Erniu your sister?”
Woman: “It’s my lewa.”
Song Zhu’er mood instantly fell back to the bottom, nose slightly sour, smile far-fetched: “Oh, quite lovely ……”
At this time, a few other women also came around, do not speak is simply surrounded by Song Zhuer look, eyes straight hook, no malice, but a pure curiosity.
Song Zhu’er felt very uncomfortable, just like they were strolling through the zoo.
Good in Liu Xiaohua reaction fast, kill out of the siege came up to hold Song Zhu’er’s arm, to the group of women roared: “See what to see? Get out of the way!”
The women really have to get out of the way, but also seven words scolded Liu Xiaohua do not know the rules of shouting, Liu Xiaohua and they yelled, but also friendly, there is a woman from the home to put forward a large basket of pumpkin seeds to Liu Xiaohua, said it is for Li Tiezhu’s new daughter-in-law to eat.
There is a trembling old granny, give Song Zhu’er two earth sugar cane, rambling very much:
“We’re in the mountains, we’re very remote, very poor, and we don’t have much to eat. You are a girl child from the city, the hospitality is not good ah …… Zhu Zi people are very good, since childhood, good behaviour, his old man is also industrious …….”
The old grandmother pulled Song Zhu’er s hand and said for half a day, and finally carried a basket and left.
Song Zhu’er asked, “Who is this grandmother?”
Liu Xiaohua: “I don’t know, anyway, not a relative of their family.”
Song Zhu’er thought the people here were so warm and simple.
Afterwards, a group of young boys who gathered around were beaten away by Liu Xiaohua with a stone: “Sister-in-law, this is how our rural people are, they are dumb and can’t speak but they are all very nice. Look, they love you!”
Song Zhu’er: “Really?”
Liu Xiaohua said, “When my mother and I came here a few days ago, there were a lot of onlookers, but they weren’t this enthusiastic. Look there are even people giving you things!”
“Then you’re still mean to them?”
“Nope! That’s the way we talk, yelling.”
“Where are we going now? Where is Tie Zhu’s house?”
“Behind that house, the one with the bamboo forest. Let’s wait for my brother first, you can’t go to the house by yourself.”
“Why?”
“It seems to be some rule that his dad can’t come and pick you up either, he has to meet you in front of the house.”
“Huh?”
Liu Xiaohua just stood aside with Song Zhu’er and waited, every now and then a snot-faced little ragamuffin ran over, and did not speak, just a dry mortar and pestle, Song Zhu’er puzzled.
Liu Xiaohua grabbed a handful of snacks and handed it to him, saying: “Go far away to play!” The boy ran away.
In fact, Li Tiezhu wants to take care of Song Zhu’er, but it is impossible to have the opportunity.
The second grandpa led the male neighbours, have rushed over, and Li Tiezhu hook shoulders and back smoking, and then around the car around, and finally, also climbed up to sit, either ask how much the car, or ask and the girl when to get married and drink wedding wine.
With great difficulty, Li Tiezhu finally got rid of the enthusiastic blind date, locked the car home.
Rural people are like this, but where someone from outside back, to get together to see the hustle and bustle, and so people to get together to smoke and chat, always delayed for more than half an hour before slowly dispersed.
Li Tiezhu back to the side, Song Zhuer finally came to life, all the way curious.
“What is this kind of?”
“Oilseed rape.”
“And this one?”
“This is cabbage.”
“The water in this pit is so dark.”
“This is manure, pig manure.”
“Vomit ……”
Li Tiezhu’s home is not far from the dirt road, turn a corner and you are there, Li Fugui and Aunt Liu greeted at the door, smiling with a rotten face. While grabbing and receiving Song Zhu’er’s box and bag, they enthusiastically introduced Li Tiezhu’s uncles and aunts to her.
The second uncle was too naive, his face was as red as a monkey’s arse, he didn’t dare to look squarely at Song Zhu’er who was like a fairy daughter, and said with a crooked neck, “Good morning.”
Song Zhu’er: “Oh! Good afternoon, Second Uncle.”
The second uncle’s face becomes even redder, so embarrassed that he has no place to go, then he backhandedly slaps Dashuang: “Why don’t you go and move the bench for your sister-in-law?”
Dashuang howled and went to carry the wooden bench.
Xiaoshuang gloated and laughed, and Second Uncle kicked him over, “Make tea!”
Third Uncle has seen some worldly experience, holding what he thought was still a dashing air, he said to Song Zhu’er, “The home is humble, I hope you don’t mind! Come in and sit down, fluffy that bright ……”
Song Zhu’er: “Thank you.”
Then, Li Tiezhu introduced Song Zhu’er to the three children.
Song Zhu’er looked at Li Tiezhu oddly: “What did you tell the family? Why do I feel wrong? Like that or something.”
Li Tiezhu shrugged: “I didn’t say anything, you have to ask Liu Xiaohua.”
Song Zhu’er: “So embarrassing!”
Li Tiezhu said, “Then if you don’t count this time, won’t you have to go through it again next time? Besides, from the last time we ate together, you don’t position yourself well.”
“You promise?”
“Or I refuse?”
“Don’t you dare!”
Song Zhu’er glared, with a little bit of arrogance on her face. Then, she suddenly said, “I finally know why you’re so keen on doing public service! In the past, I thought that a mushroom house was the real countryside.”
“Mushroom House that’s a resort! It’s a completely different concept from the countryside.”
Li Tiezhu was busy settling his and Song Zhu’er’s luggage.
Liu Xiaohua knowingly takes Song Zhu’er on a tour of the dilapidated old house and carries a piece of bone to go next door to say hello to Da Huang of the Second Grand Master’s house.
Liu Xiaohua is very experienced: “Feed it cooked first, lest it get bitten by the dog!”