Panlong Village is located northeast of Longzhai Town and can be reached by walking in about half an hour.
The village is backed by a large mountain called Elephant Trunk Ridge, and in front is an unnamed river. The entire village is laid out in a straight line.
There are two bridges open to traffic in and out of the village, located at the head and middle of the village.
Since the bridge in the village was newly built by the government and is wider, flatter and safer, the villagers like to cross the river on this bridge. Even if the villagers at the head of the village go around a little, they will not feel tired.
This bridge was named Panlong Bridge by the government, which directly connected with the name of the village, which was regarded as correcting the name of the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, there is a river embankment sightseeing belt built along the river. You can walk on it to eat after dinner, so the bridge has become a gathering place for villagers after dinner.
In online parlance, this bridge is the information exchange center of Panlong Village. As long as everything big or small comes here, it will be known to the whole village.
Therefore, the villagers affectionately call this place the 'Bridgehead Meeting'.
The most hotly discussed matter at the 'Bridgehead Meeting' recently was, of course, the sudden stationing of a small army in the village some time ago.
The number of this unit is about a hundred. They are stationed by the river at the end of the village. They have also built barracks. It seems that they plan to stay there for a long time.
Even if the villagers asked the village chief to ask the leader why they came to this ungrateful place, the answer they received was only four words: "No comment!"
The villagers were simple and honest, and after looking for several children who had read books, they realized that 'no comment' meant nothing could be said.
At this time, the villagers, who are best at all kinds of conjectures, began to use their brains to speculate on the purpose of this army coming here.
After the villagers discussed several versions on the bridge, there are only two versions that are most convincing now:
First, some kind of strategic ore appeared in the mountains behind the village, so this unit came here to protect it on the spot to avoid being dug up;
The second is that someone in the village has committed a serious crime. They came to camp in advance and waited for the person to come back so that they could catch him in one fell swoop.
Although there are various other versions, apart from these two, they are basically difficult to convince.
After all, in a small and quiet village like theirs, no matter how big something happened, it wouldn't be enough for the troops to mobilize like this.
Of these two statements, although the first statement is the most acceptable, the second statement also has a certain market.
Moreover, the villagers also rumored that the guy with a nose and eyes said that the guy who committed the big thing was the kid from the Ling family.
The basis is that the guy used to be a prostitute and gambler in Jiangzhou, and he owed a lot of debt. The loan sharks called his parents and said that if he didn't pay back the money, they would take off his arm.
In the end, the old couple borrowed money all over the village and hurried to Jiangzhou to settle the matter.
But everyone in the village could clearly see the expressions on the old couple's faces when they came back.
In addition, in the past two or three years, the old couple and their daughter had worked hard to make money, but their lives were still so miserable, which made them even more convinced that Ling Yi, that bastard, must still be gambling.
In addition, the bastard hadn't come back for several years, so everyone had to guess that he must have done something illegal and disorderly outside, so he couldn't come back.
It is precisely because of these criminal records that after the troops arrived, the villagers naturally connected the two incidents.
Although most people believed that Ling Yi was not qualified to alarm the troops, some people still believed in this.
And the reason is very simple. If it weren't for arresting Ling Yi, there would be no need for them to keep it secret from the villagers.
As for which of these two versions is the truth, the 'Bridgehead Conference' obviously cannot give an answer.
But this at least proves that the 'Bridgehead Meeting' has become an indispensable part of the villagers' lives.
However, the 'Qiaotou Meeting' also has business hours, which are usually from after dinner to an hour after dark. After all, at other times, the villagers are busy with farm work in the fields.
But today was an exception. It was only around three o'clock in the afternoon, but the courtyard of a household behind the bridge was filled with people.
"Ji Lanying, what do you mean? My son drives a car worth hundreds of thousands, and I will steal your leeks?"
A harsh and harsh voice sounded in the yard. It was the hostess of this family, her name was Peng Aiping.
At this time, she was pointing at the brand new Zotye SUV parked in the yard, which actually cost only tens of thousands of yuan, and yelled loudly and bossily.
The middle-aged woman named Ji Lanying is Ling Yi's biological mother.
I saw that she was short in stature and was carrying a bamboo cage on her back. The wrinkles on her face were completely inconsistent with her current age. She was clearly in her early fifties, but she looked as old as sixty or seventy years old.
Her mouth was tilted to the right. This was because when she was pregnant with Ling Yi, she had a tumor in her ear. In order to save Ling Yi, she refused to take medicine, so she endured the severe pain for ten months.
As a result, the tumor grew larger and larger, and finally compressed the facial nerve, directly causing complete necrosis of the left facial nerve, and the mouth tilted uncontrollably to the right.
Some gossipy women in the village love to make fun of her, especially after Ling Yi started drinking and gambling in the past two or three years. They always pretend to feel sorry for her: for such an unfilial son, they put themselves in this state. It's really not worth it for you.
And she always smiled, said nothing, and then went home to cry alone.
Nowadays, even in the middle of winter, she only wears a few single clothes, trying to use extra clothes to resist the cold winter.
"Sister Aiping, please calm down, that's not what I meant." Ji Lanying looked at Peng Aiping with a sad face. When she spoke, she still had a smile on her face, for fear of offending Peng Aiping.
"That's not what you mean? Then what do you mean? My son makes so much money, do you think it is necessary for me to steal your food? Do you think you can talk nonsense just by twisting your mouth?"
Peng Aiping scolded sternly, her face turned red, attracting the surrounding villagers to watch.
And she obviously didn't know where she heard the word "crooked", and she didn't care whether it was appropriate to use it here. Anyway, there was a word "crooked", so she used it.
Ji Lanying had no confidence due to the recent troops stationed in the village, and her son was so unsatisfactory. Being scolded by Peng Aiping, her momentum was even weaker.
"Sister Aiping, don't be angry. I didn't say you stole vegetables. I just wanted to tell you that next time you go to cut leeks, can you not cut them all at the root? If you cut them all at the root, the leeks will die easily. You also know , I just grow some vegetables and sell them to make money. If I die..."
Ji Lanying's voice became softer and softer when she spoke. When she spoke later, people standing in the front row couldn't hear what she was saying unless they listened carefully.
But even though she was so humble, Peng Aiping still interrupted her rudely, and pointed at her nose in front of everyone and shouted: "Ji Lanying, don't be so shameless. My son is so rich, he will go Stealing a piece of leeks from you?"
Extremely homeless!
This is the most vicious thing in the village.
When Ji Lanying heard this, her body trembled obviously, and then she thought of her son's appearance. She was indeed similar to Juehu, and tears immediately came out.
But her son is not dead after all, and now he is being cursed so viciously. She, who has always been kind, can be bullied and insulted no matter how much, but she cannot curse her son to death.
So she opened her eyes wide on the spot and glared at Peng Aiping: "Who do you say is a homeless person? Who do you say is a homeless person? You are the homeless person, and your whole family is a homeless person!"
As she spoke, she was about to tear Peng Aiping's face off, but was stopped by the villagers who had quick eyesight and quick hands.
But after they stopped her, they did not try to persuade her. Instead, they all turned to look at Peng Aiping, frowned and said, "Peng Aiping, we are all from the same village. Are you too venomous?"
"Yes, you often go to Lan Ying's house to pick some vegetables on weekdays. Even I can't stand it when you talk about Lan Ying like that."
"Hurry up and apologize to Lan Ying. It's true that you don't pick up the pot, and you don't talk like that."
Faced with everyone's persuasion, Peng Aiping not only refused to apologize, but even yelled more fiercely: "What do you mean by each of you?
With his son's virtue, he will be beaten to death sooner or later. What's wrong with her being destitute? I am doing this for her own good, so that she can be mentally prepared in advance. Speaking of which, she has to thank me! "
"What my son is like, it's because I didn't educate him well. It's not your thief's turn to make irresponsible remarks." Ji Lanying's face was filled with tears. Even though her heart was bruised and bruised, she was still protecting her son.
"Who do you think is the thief? Tell me clearly today, otherwise you will never get out of this place!" Peng Aiping was furious in an instant.
She is known to everyone in the village to be the most vain person. She loves to show off how promising her son is. She wants everyone to praise her for being rich and her son for being filial. How can she be called a thief?
Hearing this, Ji Lanying broke away from everyone's pull, took out a sickle from the cage on her back, and handed it to the villager on the side: "I picked up this sickle in my leek field, Luo Meiyu, you know how to read, you Look at the words written on the handle of this sickle?"
The village woman named Luo Meiyu took the sickle, glanced at it, and blurted out: "Luo Qiguo."
When the onlookers heard the name, they immediately looked at Peng Aiping with complaints.
The villagers of Panlong Village have a habit of engraving their son's name on the clothing when buying it. This way, even if the clothing is borrowed, it can be easily retrieved.
Moreover, the fathers would only engrave the son's name, because it was to be passed on to the son. As for the daughter, in their eyes, they were losers and were not qualified to inherit the family items.
And Luo Qiguo is Peng Aiping's son, and he is also the most promising kid in Panlong Village in her opinion.
"My son has really pissed me off recently. He actually bought a car for hundreds of thousands, and he doesn't know how to save at all." This is what Peng Aiping has been saying to everyone in recent times, and everyone's ears can almost hear it. .
Everyone knew that she was vain, so they didn't refute, they just watched her pretending to be cool.
But Ji Lanying was sincere and thought she was really angry, so she comforted her with her own sadness: "Sister Aiping, don't be angry. My son bought something more expensive before, and I have been feeling distressed for a long time."
Her original intention was to comfort Peng Aiping, but she ended up being resented by Peng Aiping. She always disliked her and found trouble with her at every turn.
This time I finally got the chance, so I used the topic to my advantage, but I didn't expect that I was greedy. When I left, I held a large handful of leeks, but forgot the sickle in the field.
Seeing everyone's disdainful looks, Peng Aiping rolled her eyes and suddenly had an idea, and actually said:
"Okay Ji Lanying, let me tell you why my sickle is missing. It turns out you stole it! Dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes. The sons born from mice can dig holes. No wonder your son has become a bad gambler. Damn it, it turns out I learned this from your crooked mouth!"
