Chapter 220 222 Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road
Author: Zhou Ji’s Nine-Life Sick Cat
Chapter 220 222 Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road
After hearing this, Zhao Xiaohui's eyes lit up. It would be great to go to the provincial capital. The people in the city were so decent. Lin Yuezhen was a changed person when she went to the city. When she went there, she would become as fashionable as Xiaolan.
Zhao Xiaohui thought of this and turned around Lin Guodong: "Guodong, Xiaolan, this is a good idea."
Lin Guodong turned his head and glared at her: "My sister-in-law has gone to help mom cook, so you should go and help too."
The ignorant mother-in-law, Xiaolan has already done everything, so we just go out and pick up the bargains. How can we have such a big face?
"Oh!" Zhao Xiaohui glared at Lin Guodong dissatisfied and walked away slowly.
Lin Changyou looked at the Lin Guoliang brothers: "What do you think about Xiaolan's words?"
Brother Lin Guoliang looked at each other and said, "Dad, I think we will just follow our agreement. Xiaolan will help us manage the shop and we will be satisfied with some bonuses."
Chief Lin nodded slightly and looked back at Lin Lan: "He who can do the hard work, I will work hard for you in the future."
"Dad, why are you so polite to me?" Lin Changyou said this, and Lin Lan had no choice but to agree.
After discussing the matter of the shop, Lin Guoliang rode to his father-in-law's house to borrow a mule, and Lin Lan also went to the kitchen to help.
At night, Li Xiangyang and Xiaodouzi stayed in Lin Guoqiang's room, Lin Changyou stayed in Lin Guozhu's room, and Lin Lan and Wu Shufen shared a room.
After the mother and daughter went to bed, Wu Shufen said to her: "Your father originally wanted to let Xiuqing and the eldest brother manage the shop after it opened. We would take the second child and Xiaohui at home, and hire two more people to take care of the pig farm.
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"Later I thought about it and felt it was inappropriate. One of the brothers was in the city and the other was working at home. As time went by, even if Guodong had no idea, Xiaohui would definitely do it."
"If Guodong and Xiaohui were to visit the shop, given Zhao Xiaohui's money-grubbing temperament, it would be like a mouse falling into a rice vat. In that case, it would be better to rent the shop to someone else and collect rent."
After hearing this, Lin Lan laughed and said: "Then you are not afraid that my big rat will empty the shop."
Wu Shufen slapped her angrily: "My own daughter, I know that although you were a bit lazy in the past, you were never greedy for money, otherwise you wouldn't have married that short-lived guy Yang Lao Yao."
Lin Lan thinks that all parents in the world are the same, and they always think that their children are the best in the world.
"Mom, how could my aunt marry in a mountain like Shishanling?"
"Alas!" Wu Shufen sighed, "My mother was married in the mountains, and the old man gave her to my eldest brother-in-law behind my mother's back. There was a famine one year when my mother was a child, and my eldest brother-in-law's family carried two baskets of red potatoes. Here comes the ginger taro, you
Grandpa asked him to take my sister away. When I was a child, your aunt was the best to me. Without her, I might not be here anymore."
Lin Lan also sighed after hearing this, not knowing what to say.
Early the next morning, Lin Lan and Wu Shufen got up early and made egg pancakes and boiled eggs to eat on the road. After breakfast, Lin Lan left Xiaodouzi behind and, together with Li Xiangyang and Lin Guoliang, took the mule and set off for Shishanling.
Shiling Mountain is in the mountains inside Shilian. After leaving the group and entering the mountain, the mountain road in the early morning was a bit slippery, and the cold wind made my face hurt like a knife.
Lin Lan took out the scarf and handed it to Li Xiangyang: "Here you go."
Li Xiangyang smiled and shook his head, "No, you'll feel warm after walking for a while." He extended his hand to her and said, "Come on, I'll pull you along!"
"I can do it on my own." Lin Lan wrapped his face with a scarf, leaving only his eyes and nose exposed, and followed Lin Guoliang up the mountain.
Walking up the rugged and winding mountain road, the road becomes narrower and narrower, becoming more and more difficult to walk.
Seeing that she was out of breath, Li Xiangyang looked back at her: "You must be tired! Sit on the back of a mule and let the mule carry you."
"It's okay, I can still walk for a while." Lin Lan said, looking back at Li Xiangyang, and saw that he was holding the mule, walking at a leisurely pace. After walking for so long, he was still out of breath and not blushing.
"What kind of kung fu did you practice before?"
Li Xiangyang grabbed Lin Lan's wrist and pulled her up: "When I was running a pig farm in the mountains, I learned some boxing and kicking skills from an uncle who hunted in the mountains, and later learned some fighting skills from Dingbang."
"No wonder you walk more steadily than a mountain man like me."
"How can you be considered a mountain person? You haven't walked many mountain roads since you were a child. When other people's little girls go into the mountains to cut firewood and cut grass, your parents ask Guoqiang to do it. But they won't let you do it." Lin Guoliang said loudly from the front.
Lin Lan sneered: "Brother, don't make trouble!"
"Hahaha!" Lin Guoliang laughed loudly, "Don't be afraid, Xiangyang won't laugh at you. Let me tell you, after climbing a few more hills, the road ahead will be even more difficult."
After climbing over several hills, in some areas, one side is a bare stone mountain wall, and the other side is a cliff of unknown depth. The road is only half a meter wide, which is enough for one person to walk, and two people can walk side by side.
It seems a bit crowded.
Lin Lan looked at the road ahead, not even daring to glance at the cliff below, fearing that he would miss the mark and fall down, not even finding his bones.
"Xiaolan," Li Xiangyang shouted, pulling the mule for a few steps and catching up with Lin Lan, "I'll help you up and ride on the mule."
Lin Guoliang, who was walking in front, also turned back: "Xiaolan, you'd better let the mule carry you, otherwise we will have to live in the mountains tonight."
Lin Lan nodded: "Okay!"
Li Xiangyang helped Lin Lan sit on the back of the mule. He looked at her sitting stiffly on the back of the mule and said softly: "Don't look down. Look at the stone wall inside and you won't be afraid."
"Yeah!" Lin Lan agreed.
Sitting on the back of a mule, Lin Lan looked at the mountain road and thought, no wonder they say that if they want to be rich, they must first build roads. It is too difficult to travel on such mountain roads.
Following the winding mountain road, they reached the top of the mountain. The treetops on the top of the mountain were covered with a thin layer of snow. The three of them found a leeward spot, picked up some firewood and lit it, and took out a kettle from their backpacks.
, there were also several bamboo tubes, and Wu Shufen prepared eggs and meatloaf for them to bake and eat.
After eating and drinking, Lin Guoliang chopped a wooden stick, shaved off the burrs and handed it to Lin Lan: "Xiaolan, it's easier to go up the mountain than to go down. You can walk with the stick."
"Yeah!" Lin Lan took it and felt that the length was just right.
Li Xiangyang and Lin Guoliang covered the burning firewood with some soil, stamped out the flames, and prepared to go down the mountain.
Lin Guoliang still led the way down the mountain, Lin Lan walked in the middle, and Li Xiangyang followed her with the mule.
The road to the top of the mountain was steep and narrow. Lin Lan walked tremblingly with a wooden stick. She felt that it was easier to go up the mountain than to go down. When they reached a slightly flatter place, Li Xiangyang asked her to sit on the back of the mule.
After walking for more than two hours, the three of them arrived at Shishanling, located in the middle of the mountain.
The houses are built on the mountain. Most of the houses are stone houses with thatched roofs. Qiaohui's house is in the middle of the village. Walking along the road, Lin Lan saw a member of the community holding a
Red potato squatting in front of the house to eat.
It was rare for someone to come in in the mountains. The child looked at Lin Lan and the others curiously and followed them behind.
There were patches of various sizes on the clothes and trousers, as well as on the tips of the shoes. Some of them looked relatively clean, while others had snot hanging from their noses. They raised their hands to wipe them sideways, and their sleeves were black and shiny.