After chatting politely with Zhao Yuntao for a few words, Xu Boan hung up the phone.
Xu Jiancheng and Tang Rongzhi and his wife had already gone to the village brigade headquarters to discuss matters related to demolition compensation.
Because he was answering the phone, Xu Boan hadn't gotten out of the car yet.
Looking at the quiet old village in front of him, Xu Bo'an was filled with thoughts.
It is often said that when people reach middle age, they tend to become nostalgic. When they reach old age, they spend most of the day nostalgic.
Xu Bo'an also discovered that since he got older, he did have a lot more nostalgia.
Either seeing things and thinking about people, or seeing people and thinking about things.
The village where Xu Bo'an's grandmother lives is called Tangjiaping. When she was a child, because her parents were busy, Xu Bo'an lived in her maternal grandparents' house for a long time.
When Xu Boan was a primary school student, every winter and summer vacation he spent was closely related to this place.
Go up the mountain to catch grasshoppers, climb trees to dig out bird's nests, go down to the river to catch small fish, dig pits to bake potatoes...
In Xu Bo'an's childhood memories, half of his happy time stayed here.
At that time, the village was very lively, especially when there was a temple fair, and the whole family, old and young, would go out together. They didn’t necessarily have to buy anything, but they had to feel the atmosphere. It was so lively.
While he was reminiscing about the old days, Xu Boan heard something strange coming from the car window.
Xu Bo'an frowned slightly, turned around and saw a big head leaning close to the car window, covering his eyes with his hand, and looking into the car with a smile.
After seeing the other party's face clearly, Xu Bo'an's expression softened and he greeted: "Brother Baozi!"
The man giggled "hehehe" and waved his hands vigorously, but didn't say anything.
Xu Boan casually took out a box of cigarettes from the armrest box, then got out of the car and walked over.
Brother Baozi's name is roughly Tang Xiaobao. Generally speaking, he is the "village guard" of Tangjiaping Village.
Tang Xiaobao is an orphan. From the time Xu Boan met him, he lived in a dilapidated old home.
Although the courtyard is not small, the walls of the courtyard have almost collapsed. Even the doors and windows of the cave house were covered with oil paper to protect them from the wind with help from the village.
As for meals, most of them are home-cooked meals delivered to your doorstep by people in the village.
I just don’t know what Tang Xiaobao will do after the village is demolished.
Tang Xiaobao should be five or six years older than Xu Boan. Although he has intellectual problems, he is a kind person.
Xu Boan remembers that when he was a child in Tangjiaping Village, Tang Xiaobao often played behind a group of their friends.
Although he has to do things slowly, he is very protective of these friends.
No matter what kind of work you have to do, do it quickly.
Xu Bo'an remembered that when he was playing in the mountains once when he was a child, he had a dispute with the children from another village over grabbing a cicada. Faced with the overwhelming number of people on the other side, Tang Xiaobao was very stubborn in protecting his little friend, even if he was the first to bear the brunt. Even though he was beaten, he didn't take a step back.
"Brother Baozi, take it!" As Xu Boan spoke, he threw a box of cigarettes to Tang Xiaobao.
Tang Xiaobao does not smoke, but when Xu Boan came back a few years ago, he saw that Tang Xiaobao always had a pack of cigarettes in his pocket.
My mother, Tang Rongzhi, told me that it was given to me by a friend from the past, so that Tang Xiaobao could use it in exchange for food at the canteen in the village.
The sales department in the village is not as formal as outside. In the village, you can not only buy whole packs of cigarettes, but also sell loose cigarettes.
Xu Bo'an happened to bring peach cakes and other pastries at that time, so he gave some to Tang Xiaobao.
Xu Bo'an didn't bring anything to eat when he came back this time, so he thought of giving Tang Xiaobao some food in exchange for Box of Cigarettes.
Tang Xiaobao clumsily stretched out his hands and followed in a panic, but in the end he couldn't catch it. He hurriedly squatted down, picked up the cigarette case and wiped it carefully.
When Xu Boan saw this, he immediately regretted that he should have handed it over personally.
Tang Xiaobao wiped the cigarette clean, handed it back with a smile, and said: "I dropped it...here!"
Xu Bo'an reached out and grabbed Tang Xiaobao's hand and said, "I'll give it to you in exchange for cake."
The cakes in the village are not the exquisite and beautiful cream birthday cakes, but the pure cakes without cream about the size of a small fist. In some places, they are also called Caozi cakes.
Tang Xiaobao still laughed and said: "You can eat cigarettes, you can eat them, I have them!"
While talking, he patted the small pocket on his clothes.
Xu Bo'an observed Tang Xiaobao carefully and finally sighed.
If it is a physical illness, Xu Bo'an can still treat it, but there is no solution for Tang Xiaobao's situation!
…
After staying in the countryside for two days, Xu Boan returned to Dongjiang.
The parents had to stay in the village to continue confirming the demolition-related matters and filling in the documents, so they did not leave with Xu Boan.
Because he had been resting on the big kang with everyone in the village for the past two days, Xu Boan did not have any special time to pay attention to the world of bonsai.
I just took the time to take a look at the situation around Kaoshan Village. Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and there was nothing to worry about.
Early on Monday morning, Xu Boan did not go home because he had to hold a group video conference, and went directly to Dongjiang Second Construction.
At the meeting, Su Tai read out the news in the industry, read out the latest requirements for safe and civilized construction, and warned all cadres and workers to strictly implement relevant rules and regulations, and to think in one place and work hard in one place. Ensure that the projects it undertakes will become benchmark projects in the construction field in the province.
…
After the meeting, Xu Bo'an returned to the office and waited for the heads of departments to report on their work before locking the door and calling out the bonsai.
In the bonsai, on the platform halfway up the mountain where the mountain temple is located, Jin Dajian and his people are still building the temple in an orderly manner.
Chen Shishi concentrated on painting on the doors and windows.
In the backing village at the foot of the mountain, the villagers, under the leadership of Li Kanshan, cultivated a large area of fields.
The rows of fields are neat and uniform, and they look particularly spectacular.
In the courtyard in the middle of the earth building, some women were spinning silk using the cotton gloves that Xu Boan had given them before.
In the forest nearby, Li Wufu and some people were training the wild wolves.
More people are chopping firewood in the woods. For villagers, firewood is an essential and fastest-consuming daily necessity in life.
On the city wall in the distance, a group of small people guarding the city were also responsible, pacing in a decent manner, patrolling the city wall.
Xu Bo'an nodded with satisfaction and focused his attention on Li Wufu and the others who were training wild wolves in the forest.
Under Li Wufu's training, those wolves were able to understand simple instructions.
Especially the leader of the wolf pack, who was as big as a calf, was actually able to carry Li Wufu through the mountains and forests quickly, like a horse or a cheetah.
Xu Boan saw it and was filled with envy.
Look at this mount, how majestic and domineering it is. My own Ford Raptor pales in comparison to this giant wolf.
After staring at the giant wolf for a while, Xu Boan reluctantly focused his attention on the construction progress of the mountain temple.
Although the technological civilization of the Da Jing Dynasty was relatively backward, Xu Bo'an could not help but be impressed by their woodworking skills.
Xu Boan saw with his own eyes that Jin Dajian tightly assembled the pieces of wood together without using a single nail or rope. The fit was as if they were grown in the original ecology and had never been cross-sectionally processed.
The two young men who followed Jin Dajian on the side also looked at Jin Dajian's actions with emotion, and said with envy: "Brother Dajian, your skills are amazing. When will we learn skills like yours?"
"Yes, Brother Jin, if I can have this skill, my mother will definitely not worry about me marrying a wife."
Jin Dajian looked up at the two of them with a smile, and joked: "What are you thinking? It's impossible to get a wife in this age with such skills, otherwise I wouldn't work as a miner in the black gold mine."
The young man next to him stuck out his tongue and said: "Brother Jin, if you say so, I will go directly to work as a miner, and I will save several years of detours!"
Jin Dajian sighed and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you are not desperate, don't go to the mines to suffer. When the time comes, be careful that you will make money but not spend it! If I hadn't been unable to raise two children at home, I wouldn't have said anything. Don’t take any chances there.”
The young man from before also said: "Brother Da Jian, there is no shortage of food and drink in the mountain village now. We brothers will definitely be able to support our families by learning the craft from you. We will not go to the mines."
Another young man who said he wanted to go to the mine also said: "Yes, Brother Jin, I was just joking. I still want to learn the craft from you. My mother said last night that I will follow you and work hard for the mountain god. Grandpa Mountain God will definitely not treat us badly."
Jin Dajian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "That's right! Being blessed by the mountain god is a blessing brought by our many lifetimes of virtue. Go and help scoop up another bucket of water. The weather is too hot. , I don’t know when it will rain again.”
The two young men immediately stood up and ran towards the barrel not far away.
Jin Dajian smiled and scolded: "You two, don't be reckless, lest you scare the saint girl."
The so-called saint is naturally Chen Shishi.
Ever since Xu Boan admitted this identity by following Li Kanshan's misunderstanding, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Shishi's status as a transcendent and outstanding saint has been faked.
Only Chen Shishi is present in the courtyard of the Shanshen Temple.
Because men and women were different, Jin Dajian asked people to let him out of the yard.
All the finished door, window and wall panels will be brought here for Chen Shishi to paint as appropriate.
But the small pool in the yard has the only source of water here.
Therefore, every time people come to fetch water, they cannot avoid meeting Chen Shishi.
This has also become a tacit secret agreement among several young men.
Let alone courtesans, these people are not even seen in fair-looking and lightly dressed young women.
A country girl is not like a girl from the city who was raised in a boudoir where no one knows her. She is not like a rich lady who is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is not like a girl from a music studio who is professional and charming with every look and smile.
Women in the countryside pay attention to having a thick waist and round hips, so that they can work, have children, and take care of their children.
Therefore, when they see a beautiful courtesan, these people feel as if they are all buzzing, which is very comfortable.
So after two days, going to the mountain temple yard to fetch water has become a fat job in the eyes of these young men.
Soon, in the eyes of another slow runner, a man who successfully grabbed the bucket happily ran towards the yard with the bucket.
After taking a few deep breaths outside the temple gate to calm down his excitement for a while, the young man entered the courtyard with a blushing face and greeted Chen Shishi unnaturally: "Saint girl, Brother Jin asked me to fetch a bucket of water. "
Chen Shishi glanced sideways, smiled sweetly, and whispered to the young man: "You can do it for yourself, you don't need to inform me."
This young man couldn't bear the expression of the beautiful oiran. He immediately became even more reserved. He smiled and thanked Chen Shishi. He was about to go forward to fetch water, but he didn't notice an upturned stone under his feet. Immediately he stumbled and rolled around awkwardly before standing up.
Chen Shishi hurriedly stood up and walked over, stretched out a piece of silk in her hand and handed it over, saying: "Brother, wipe the blood on your knees quickly!"
Only then did the young man see that his knee had been bruised. When he saw Chen Shishi's silk, he did not dare to reach out and pick it up.
He waved his hand and said with a blushing face: "It's okay, holy girl. It's a small problem. Don't dirty your handkerchief."
As he spoke, the young man shrank quickly, gritted his teeth and stood up, limpingly picked up the bucket and walked towards the pool.
In today's society, men and women are not close to each other.
Seeing the young man acting like this, Chen Shishi couldn't say anything else, so she had to turn back and continue painting.
The young man gritted his teeth and forced himself to fetch a bucket of water. When he limped out of the gate of the Shanshen Temple, he couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly squatted down.
Looking at his ankle, he saw a big blue bulge, which was obviously a sprain.
In comparison, a scrape on my knee is no big deal.
The young man who had not grabbed the bucket before was still waiting not far away. Seeing his companion's abnormality, he hurriedly came over, helped carry the bucket, and helped his companion back to Jin Dajian.
"What's going on?" Jin Dajian asked and saw the young man's swollen ankle.
"Ah! This is really troublesome. It's going to hurt your muscles and bones all day long. It would be better if you put some ice on it." Jin Dajian said with a worried look.
He also knew that in this damn weather, the ground was peeling from the sun, and even water was scarce. How could he find ice cubes?
Xu Bo'an's eyes lit up after paying attention here.
Ice cubes?
This is easy to say. I have a refrigerator here, so I can’t get as much ice cubes as I want?
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an went to the suite to open the refrigerator and took out a silicone ice tray that had already frozen ice cubes.
The ice cubes frozen in this way are not only regular in shape, but most importantly, very thin and crisp, making them easy to bite and easy to mix with drinks to melt and cool down quickly.
Now in Xu Bo'an's eyes, thin ice cubes are more convenient for little people to use in bonsai.
With a slight twist, six hollow ice cubes the size of thumb knuckles were squeezed out and poured into a disposable paper cup.
Just as he was about to close the refrigerator, Xu Boan saw another can of beer placed aside.
Boy, what does it feel like to take a sip of cold beer while working in the hot summer!
Absolutely cool!
Thinking of this, Xu Bo'an took out another beer and then closed the refrigerator.
(End of chapter)
