Artifact

Touxiang Village in the early thirties and forties of the last century also had a scene, it is said that the local copper mine had dug out a mud Bodhisattva, at that time, but on the fifteenth day of the first month, the good men and women of the neighboring towns must go to Touxiang Village to burn a pillar of incense.

Over time, the name of Touxiang Village was called.

It's just that after the new government came to power, it vigorously broke superstition and paid attention to science, so Touxiang Village gradually fell lonely, and because of the low local productivity, after the copper mine was exhausted, because it was located in the mountains, the transportation was inconvenient, and it relied on the sky for food, so it became one of the local poor villages.

Up to now, although the township has opened up a dirt road to Touxiang Village, it is still very backward because the local farmers are mainly engaged in agriculture and there is no other means to get rich.

For example, electricity is available in the village, but only a few families are willing to use it at night, and most of them still have oil lamps in their homes – the symbol of the wealthiest people in the village is buying a motorcycle.

As young and middle-aged laborers flee the area, most of the remaining people in Touxiang Village are elderly people and left-behind children, and you can imagine how difficult their lives are.

Throughout the year, the old people in the village are in a state of isolation except for the Chinese New Year when they send people to the town to buy some New Year's goods.

To this day, only the old people of Touxiang Village will visit the copper mine from time to time, nostalgic for the mud bodhisattva who was shoveled off in the crazy era, and the lively scene when the neighbors trampled the dirt road at the head of the village on the fifteenth day of the new year.

There is a pond at the entrance of Touxiang Village, and the children in the village often play pigweed by the pond, and on this day, a few children are playing and working, and suddenly they hear the sound of cars at the end of the dirt road, which can't help but cause a commotion.

"Look! It's a car!".

"Wow, who's going to recruit you?"

"Go back and call someone! The big boss must be here!".

A few years ago, a boss from the south came to the village to recruit workers, and he drove a car, which made the people in the village envious, and dozens of young people went to work in the factory at once.

As the children hula cheered towards the village, a muddy jeep stopped at the entrance of the village.

Night Thirteen jumped out of the car one by one, stretched, he looked at Touxiang Village, the whole village compared with more than 20 years ago, the layout has not changed much, the only difference is the dirt road under his feet.

The

dirt road stretches all the way to the entrance of the village, and then you enter a narrow dirt road, which turns into a muddy pond when it rains, and ordinary cars can't drive it at all.

Even Yi Qing's four-wheel drive jeep had to stop at the entrance to the village, and she didn't want to venture inside—in case she got stuck, it wasn't cheap to call a tow truck here.

Yi Qing turned off the engine and got out of the car, glaring at Ye Thirteen: "You sleep comfortably in the back seat! You Long'er and I take turns driving, so the rugged mountain road has been driven for a night!".

Although You Long'er has dark circles under her eyes, she is in good spirits, I think it was because she taught the relationship that killed Matt Hao Shao hard last night, she looked east and west, everything seemed very novel.

Vanilla hadn't woken up yet, and Night Thirteen didn't worry that she was alone in the car, so he simply carried her on his back, and everyone followed Night Thirteen to the village one after another.

As soon as he entered the village, a dozen and a half children walked out surrounded by a few old men and old women, led by a short old man wearing a shabby military coat and a blue-blue old-fashioned suit, stretching out his hand to greet the night thirteen:

"Boss, where did you come from?".

Night Thirteen was just about to talk, and Yi Qing on the side grabbed it: "We came to the mountains to play by car, and when we saw that there was a village here, we came down to take a turn and play." "

The old man looked dazed: "What is it on a road trip? I am the village chief here, our village, the most famous is the headless mud bodhisattva, you are here to burn incense, right?"

Yi Qing nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, we are here to burn incense!"

Saying this, she elbowed You Long'er, You Long'er also understood, and immediately took out a stack of large tickets and handed it over: "Grandpa the village chief, the scenery of this village is very good, we plan to play here for a few days, I don't know if there is a place to live?"

When the old man saw a little girl casually taking out a few thousand yuan, he was immediately dazzled - a peasant family can't earn a few thousand yuan a year when he is busy, and the boss from the city is so generous!

He hurriedly said: "It's not that much! two or three hundred is enough, and I will immediately arrange someone to clean up the house for you...... We don't have anything in Touxiang Village, it's just that there are many empty houses...... Alas, the offspring have all gone out to work, wow......

".

The old man was chattering, and a black and strong aunt came from the side, and snatched the banknote from You Long'er's hand.

She looked at the old man: "Father-in-law, you are an old fool, the big boss from the city is here to enjoy it! What is this money? Bosses, am I right?"

Yi Qing smiled and nodded: "It's good to clean up the house, we will stay for three or four days at most, and we will leave when we are tired of playing." "

The aunt put the banknotes in her pocket and smiled all over her face: "What I said is that our people in the mountains are very sincere......! Hurry up, go and clean up Aunt Liu's house in Dongtou! And you, steel eggs! Go and catch two chickens and stew ......

."

The group of half-grown children gathered around Vanilla and refused to leave, and the aunt leaned over to take a look, and it turned out that Vanilla gave them candy and chocolate one by one, so she raised her thick legs and kicked the boys on the buttocks one by one, and the children immediately dispersed.

The aunt shouted at the old man again: "Father-in-law, you take a few bosses to the Mud Bodhisattva Temple first, and I will come after arranging the accommodation and lunch...... Bosses, just follow my father-in-law!".

The old man was supposed to be the village chief here, but since his daughter-in-law, the black aunt, appeared, only her rough voice was left here.

The old man also seemed to be used to being disciplined by his daughter-in-law, and he waved his hand at everyone: "Bosses, come with me, I'll take you around the village." "

The group really pretended to be tourists and followed behind the old village chief.

Night Thirteen complained to Yi Qing: "Why don't you let me find out, you are so troublesome like this!".

Yi Qing twisted Ye Thirteen: "What do you know? If the prescription left by your grandfather is very important, and there is a party in the village who is still alive, wouldn't it be a surprise to the snake?"

You Long'er also agreed with Yi Qing's point of view for the first time: "My dear, what this female devil said is right, anyway, you just let us out! Problems that can be solved with money are not problems!".

On the contrary, Vanilla was a little sullen and muttered alone

"What kind of headless mud bodhisattva are you looking at?!It's scary, you shouldn't be able to sleep at night!".