"Brother Chen, why is your hometown called Shitou Ridge? It's such a strange name."
After crossing the last river, we followed a winding mountain road around two hills and saw the village. The girls sitting behind the off-road vehicle saw the place and turned their attention to the village in front of them.
, the village in front of you is actually not much different from other mountain villages, they are all the same. If there is a difference, it is the strange-sounding village name Shitou Ridge. Although the other women are very surprised by the name of the village, they
But none of them were embarrassed to open their mouths and ask Chen Ran. Only Wang Zhenzhen didn't feel embarrassed at all, and she called Chen Ran so affectionately. Fortunately, everyone got used to it along the way, and the most they could do was roll their eyes secretly.
"Because our village is on a mountain, there is a large stone on the top of the mountain. The stone looks like a lion's head, so it is called Lion's Head Ridge."
Chen Ran didn't pay much attention to Wang Zhenzhen's enthusiasm. When he heard her ask, he answered her question casually. In fact, in addition to the name Shitou Ridge, his hometown also has another name, and this name is Shitou Ridge.
The reason why Miaoling is called such a name is that, like Lion Head Ridge, there is a small stone temple next to the Lion Head Ridge on the top of the mountain. However, this stone temple has collapsed now. Due to this
This has become less popular these days, so no one cares about it anymore.
In fact, in the early years, villages in mountain villages usually had a stone temple in each village, especially the villages at the foot of the mountain. This was the same as the villages on the seaside. The villages on the seaside would have a stone temple like the Poseidon and Dragon King.
The same is true for the villages at the foot of the mountain. It may be a mountain temple, or it may be a San Dawang temple, with the San Dawang temple being the most common. The San Dawang is also the monster in the mountain. The villagers don’t care whether the monster is good or evil.
, Besides, in that era, monsters were not all evil. To the villagers, monsters were also gods. It was only after watching too much TV in the past twenty years that monsters seemed to be scary devils.
In fact, the name Shitou Ridge is not strange. Only people who are used to living in cities will find it a bit strange. For people in remote mountainous areas, it is not strange at all, because most of the names of the villages are the same.
Those that are directly named after places are named after this hillside or that mountain. Aren’t they all named like this?
As he spoke, Chen Ran's off-road vehicle entered the village. Since Shitou Ridge was built on a mountain ridge, the houses were built from low to high towards the mountain, with winding roads in the middle.
A village road, the whole village road is uphill, and the houses on both sides are also on the hills.
The off-road vehicle climbed to the first hilltop and turned left, which was Chen Ran's grandfather's house.
Grandpa Chen Ran’s house only has a big yard with no gate. The SUV parked in the yard and a few people came out of the house.
Chen Ran hadn't been back for two years, but the appearance in his memory was clear. After getting off the car, he hurriedly walked up to him and called: "Grandpa."
Chen Ran can remember them because most of them have not changed much, they are just a lot older, but Chen Ran is different. Chen Ran has changed so much. The few people who came out were startled and hesitated for a while before they turned to Chen Ran.
Ran recognized him: "It's Chen Ran, Uncle Li, the boss of your second son's family is back."
"It's this kid A Ran." Chen Ran's grandfather also recognized Chen Ran and grinned happily.
"Look how tall this child has grown. Baby, are you the only one back?" Chen Ran's grandma is almost seventy years old now, and her memory and eyesight are both bad. After listening to what others said, she
Knowing that his eldest grandson was back, he immediately pulled Chen Ran affectionately and wouldn't let go.
"Grandma, I'm the only one who's back. Little sister Xiaowen will be back in a while."
Chen Ran's heart was a little trembling. He has never come back since he went to college, and he has never come back during the holidays. Besides being inconvenient, there is another reason why he has not come back, and that is him and his
Grandparents don't have deep feelings.
He only lived in his hometown for a few years. Although he was very young during those years, it was the time for long memories. However, in his memory, his grandparents were only Chen Min's grandparents, and even
It's Chen Xiaowen's grandparents, but not his grandparents. This idea is very strange, but in fact it is like this. The main reason is that his grandparents were too partial at that time and did not regard him as a grandson at all. This may be related to him.
Regarding his father Chen Ping, when he has memories, it happened to be when Chen Ping and his family separated. That period was naturally the Cold War period. The customs in the family were very traditional. The eldest son was usually the one who carried on the family line, and everything in the family was divided.
The boss and his father, Chen Ping, could be said to have settled down naked. It was not until they had Chen Xiaowen that the relationship eased. Needless to say, there were ups and downs afterwards.
What happened in the past is all in the past, so let’s not talk about it anymore. No matter how bad the elders did, I am still a junior, and I have to do what I have to do, not to mention that the feelings in my bones cannot be dissolved no matter what.
When Chen Ran's grandma pulled him and talked excitedly, Guo Hai, Wang Shien, Bai Bingyan, Mu school beauty, Chen Huijuan, and Wang Zhenzhen also got out of the car. Chen Ran's grandfather and several people from the village hurriedly stepped forward.
When it came to entertaining, Guo Hai was also an acquaintance, and soon he became mingled with several people, and even greeted Chen Ran's grandfather cheerfully: "Uncle, do you remember me? That summer, I followed you up the mountain to dig out the hornet's nest."
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Bai Bingyan and the other girls heard this interestingly and looked over with smiles.
"I remember you were going to treat your mother, right? Is your mother cured now?" Grandpa Chen Ran's memory is pretty good, and he remembered it after thinking about it.
Guo Hai grinned: "Okay, it's already healed." What he was talking about was when he was in his third year of high school. He heard from others that hornet's nest and Dendrobium officinale could cure fucking diseases, so he and Chen Ran
They secretly went to Chen Ran's hometown to get it. Chen Ran's grandfather paid for the hornet's nest at that time.
"grandmother."
After the school beauty Mu got out of the car, she was embarrassed and nervous. After hesitating for a long time, she finally gathered up the courage, walked to Chen Ran, and followed Chen Ran with a crisp cry, her pretty face flushed, and she was very flustered.
"Aran, this girl is so beautiful, who are you?" The school beauty Mu was so beautiful, like a fairy, Grandma Chen Ran was a little dazzled by the sight, smacked her lips, and then looked uncertainly
Got Chen Ran.
"Grandma, this is the granddaughter-in-law your eldest grandson has found for you. How is it? Is she pretty?" Before Chen Ran could answer, Guo Hai took the conversation carelessly, causing everyone present to laugh.
, but to be honest, the beauty of Mu School is indeed beautiful, like a flower, and several young and old men dare not look at her.
The old lady also nodded repeatedly: "Beautiful, beautiful." After saying that, she let go of Chen Ran's hand and enthusiastically grabbed the hand of the school beauty Mu.
Chen Ran smiled faintly and asked the school beauty Mu to talk to the old lady. Then he greeted the others. These people were also from the village, and he had some impressions.
After saying hello, I asked Guo Hai and Wang Shien to move out the boxes of gifts bought in the car. Several people from the village also came to help.
He had to go hiking later. Chen Ran moved all the gifts into the house. Seeing that there was no one else in the house, he told his grandfather which gifts were for his family. His family,
That is, his grandfather's house, his uncle's house, and his brother-in-law's house. In fact, it is a big family, because his uncle is a bachelor, and he basically eats and drinks at his grandfather's house.
In addition to gifts for your own family, other gifts such as good cigarettes and good wine are given to every house in the village. Two good cigarettes and a box of good wine are given to each house. There are only a dozen or so in the whole village, so it is not too much. This is
It is a custom here that when people from out of town come back, they usually bring something and give it to each house, but they are just not as generous as Chen Ran.
"A Ran, why do you bring so much for them? Your dad gave them a cigarette when he came back last time." Chen Ran's grandfather was obviously reluctant to part with it. He could still tell that these cigarettes and alcohol were all good things.
, and Chen Ping also came back some time ago. Now everyone in the village knows that Chen Ran's family is prosperous. Chen Ping also brought something with him when he came back, so Chen Ran can just not take it now. After all, it belongs to the family.
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"Grandpa, it's okay, take them all."
Chen Ran didn't pay much attention to this matter. Why would he use it if he didn't give it away and keep it after he brought it all back?
"Okay." Chen Ran's grandfather has a good temper and is a good man. Chen Ran has said so, so let's do it this way. Anyway, it will make his face look good.
Chen Ran hummed, and then asked: "Grandpa, why haven't you seen my uncle and uncle? Are they not at home?" His uncle and his grandfather both lived in a big courtyard.
The eldest son and the third son are in the city, and Chen Ping is in the county. He is the only uncle at home, so there is no need to separate the family.
"We've all gone up the mountain. An archaeological team came yesterday and said they wanted to go up the mountain for archeology. They asked your uncle to go up the mountain with them. Your uncle also went with him. Well, the cars are parked over there."
Upon hearing Chen Ran's question, Chen Ran's grandfather smacked his lips and said, and walked out of the room and pointed to Chen Ran.
"Archaeology team?"
Chen Ran was startled, and then asked strangely: "What kind of archeology do we have here?"
This place is nothing but a mountain. In such a poor mountain, it is impossible for anyone to choose a tomb here. Besides, this is not a historic site. They have already explored all the places on the mountain, except for an authentic battlefield.
, there is nothing else. It is difficult to enter the primitive jungle, so it is even more impossible.
As for why the archaeological team called his uncle, Chen Ran was not surprised, because his uncle was the village party secretary in the village, and he had a high prestige in the village. It could be said that the brothers of his father's generation had a lot of hope in the past.
My uncle, this archaeological team has stationed in the village, so naturally they have to ask the village party secretary for help.
Chen Ran followed him out and looked in the direction his grandfather was pointing, and found that there were indeed three cars parked under the slope behind the house...
"Who knows what happened? They asked us if there was any Wusong Mountain here. Your uncle said there was no, so they asked us if there was a lake in the mountains here..." When Chen Ran was wondering, something came to his ears.
