Summer Tower.

Under the guidance of the scenic spot, Ye Zhou and his party were walking along the Xiata Ancient Road towards the depths of the Xiata River Valley.

Today is a good weather. Although the temperature is still very low, the weather is clear. According to the weather forecast, you will not choose snowy days for at least one or two days. Therefore, Ye Zhou decided to complete a long-distance hike that Chen Hao had already listed on his agenda on this day.

He wanted to stay in the camp to drink tea and check the documents, and start a new simulation by the way, but Chen Hao seemed to have predicted his idea long ago, and at the beginning of the holiday, he delivered the itinerary to his desk.

The end of that plan was a line of words written by someone.

“The Xiata Valley has a great scenery. You can walk more and see more and exercise appropriately.”

So Ye Zhou had to obey the order.

However, after actually walking on the Xiata Ancient Road, he also discovered that this was indeed a very worthwhile thing.

Although the grass has turned yellow, it is very yellow; the dark green pine forest is covered with the unmelted white snow, coupled with the clear sky and dark blue distant mountains, it is indeed of great benefit to people's spiritual recovery.

At least, walking in such a beautiful scenery, the pressure in his heart was almost reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ye Zhou thought in his heart that if there is really a san value indicator in this world, then his san value should be in a state of rapid growth - if he recruits a few more pigs to cut trees with him, it may be able to rise faster.

"We will officially enter the non-tourist area after crossing the Turks River later. The roads behind are usually only taken by professional hiking enthusiasts. We will encounter many in summer, but in this season, we are probably the only ones."

While leading the way in front, the guide introduced the surrounding scenery to the group. When he heard his words, Ye Zhou asked curiously:

“Is there any danger?”

The wizard shook his head and replied:

"It was a bit dangerous before. The main danger was getting lost and losing contact. However, this problem has not been made in the past two years. The 4g signal is covered. As long as your phone has power, you can walk back with the navigation on."

"There are still 4g in this place? Can you still open navigation?"

"Where can't you turn on navigation? Leader, now you can open your phone and see the Xiata Ancient Road on the map. According to the map, it is actually at the same level as the village road."

Ye Zhou smiled and did not take action. Instead, Ye Lan, who was standing by, turned on his phone to verify. The result was just as the guide said, the path that ran through the entire river valley was marked as a village road, and even some camping rest points were marked near the road.

"It's so amazing...but it's a bit of a waste to build a base station in such an unmanned area? How many tourists are there in a year?"

Hearing her words, the guide replied with a smile:

"This is not an unman's land. Leader, don't look at us now, but there are still some small settlements on the mountain - they are not considered villages, but residents who have not moved out yet."

"They usually rely on grazing and planting, providing tourists with some simple accommodation and catering to make a living. They can earn a lot of money during peak season, so no one forces them to do so if they don't move, just live on their own!"

Ye Zhou nodded slightly and continued to ask:

"How many residents are there?"

"I have no more than ten or twenty households, I don't count them. I don't deal with them much, only three or four families, and there are only elderly people left in the house. When I pass by, I will go over and take them to see them, ask them what daily necessities they lack, and take them to the second time."

"We are all old people. I am the same age as my parents. I can help you. Leader, are you right?"

Looking at the guide's sincere eyes, Ye Zhou replied:

"Yes. Not many people are willing to help these days. What job did you do before? What about the children of these elderly people?"

"I am a postman! I am also a postman now. Whether I am a temporary worker, I will go to work if I have work, rest if I don't have work. When I am free, I will do some tour guide work and earn some extra money---can this be said, right?"

"There is nothing that cannot be said, human nature."

Hearing Ye Zhou's answer, the guide breathed a sigh of relief and continued to answer:

"You said that the children of the elderly - in fact, there are only two families. Three of them have sons working outside, and they only come back once or twice a year; the two daughters are married, and I heard that they have just settled there and will move in a few months."

"Anyway, they are all considered empty-nest elderly people."

"That's not too difficult... I thought it was the kind without children."

The guide sighed slightly and replied:

"Leader, there are also situations you said, but to be honest, such an old man can't last long."

"It's not that I can't survive. Now that this place has been developed into a scenic spot, it's not difficult to have something to eat, but if my children are gone, the old man's spirit will dissipate, and it's boring to live."

"I have been working as a postman here for seven or eight years. When I first entered the industry, I often have some...."

Speaking of this, the guide suddenly stopped and Ye Zhou immediately understood what he meant.

In his eyes, he probably shouldn't say such so-called "negative" things in front of a leader like himself.

"It's okay, just say it. Don't worry, we are all technical. The more you say, the more we can do."

After hesitating for a while, the guide finally spoke.

"Hey... Actually, it's nothing. There are such things everywhere. But when I see them, I feel so upset."

"At that time, when I went up the mountain to deliver letters, I often saw that there was no smoke from cooking fires in some houses. At this time, I would immediately call the nearby police station to deal with it."

"Don't say I wasted police force or something. I really don't dare to go see it myself----I'm scared. The first time I was still a naughty man. I saw a herdsman who had eaten no cigarettes at home, so I opened the door and went to see it, but the result was..."

"As a result, the old lady has been dead at the dining table for several days."

"I went up and pushed my hand, my face stuck to the table."

"I'm really......oh, I won't talk about this anymore."

"Anyway, I started tourism development later, and then the widowed elderly people moved and resettled, so I never saw it again when the power was turned on and the mobile phone signal was turned on."

Ye Zhou nodded and suddenly asked:

"Did you have never seen it before, or is it really gone? Tell the truth?"

"It's really gone. At most, life is difficult, but that kind of extreme thing has never happened - the family usually has a mobile phone, so if you have any problems, you can call the emergency contact person."

"How difficult is it to the point?"

"The main reason is that I can't eat - it's not that I don't have anything to eat, but I definitely have enough food. The elderly have poor hands-on ability. Sometimes they cook a pot of rice for several days. I used to bring them some cans and the like, but I found that hey, they won't open it."

"Later, I learned my lesson. If I wanted to buy something, I would buy some ham sausages. I took a knife and took a packaging and peeled it. It was much easier than cutting vegetables and cooking on their own."

Hearing his words, Ye Zhou almost burst out from his mouth and wanted to say "The ham sausage is not nutritious", but in a flash, he swallowed it back again.

Talking about nutrition with them is really ridiculous.

At least there is a little fat and protein in the ham sausage. At least this is still near a scenic spot with a relatively high level of development. What about other places?

In more remote places and places with more scarce resources, are there still people who can’t even eat?

Development imbalance is an objective fact, and to completely change this situation, what is required is excessive, almost completely unreturned, and extremely inefficient resource investment.

Population migration is a relatively good solution, but when faced with this complex cultural environment, this is another almost impossible strategy.

So, in the final analysis, it depends on productivity development and technological progress.

There is a long way to go.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhou spoke:

"Take me to the old people's houses you mentioned to see. Anyway, it's just hiking, so it's the same wherever you go."

The guide looked at Wu Ping beside Ye Zhou, and only after seeing the latter nodding, he agreed.

So, half an hour later, the group came to the door of the simple brick house where the guide said the first remaining elderly man lived, but the scene they saw made everyone a little stunned.

The gray-haired old man was sitting at the door wiping his tears.

The guide hurriedly walked up to ask in local dialect. After a moment, he turned around and said to Ye Zhou:

"She said that her son doesn't want her anymore, and the phone can't be reached..."

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