Luohu Village is the largest among the surrounding villages.
Most of the houses are compactly clustered together, while some are scattered scattered.
Unlike the mud houses in Su Jianmin's hometown, the houses here are all made of wood.
Luo Zhongqiang said that these houses are at least two stories high, and no one lives on the bottom floor, only on the upper floor.
"No one lives on the first floor?" Su Jianmin asked curiously, "What is the first floor used for?"
"Like the hall in the middle of the first floor, we are specially used to worship the ancestors' tablets. Some of the other rooms are used for eating or entertaining guests, some are for storing sundries, and there is another room for storing firewood and cooking.
I also want a room..."
Having said this, Luo Zhongqiang thought for a while and said: "Oh, yes, there is also a very important latrine. You may have to build this again by yourself. Stay away from the kitchen. We built it ourselves."
Bai Lu was surprised, "You have your own hut?"
"Of course there are latrines!" Luo Zhongqiang said without hesitation, and looked at Bai Lu, frowning in confusion, "Why do you ask that? Don't you have latrines in the houses in big cities?"
"No, no, I thought people in rural areas went to pig pens... I didn't expect it was different here."
"Pig pen? Hey, how can it be so dirty? We all build the huts ourselves. If you want help, I can come over and help you build it tomorrow. It's very simple." Luo Zhongqiang said with a warm smile.
Jin Bao couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, you are so different from those in your village!
When we asked them questions just now, they ignored us at all, and you were actually willing to come and help our family build a hut."
"Little sister, don't blame them. In fact, they are very nice people, but...hey..."
Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Jin Bao was confused, "What is it?"
Luo Zhongqiang hesitated for a while and then told a story about the village's development in recent years.
Originally, Luohu Village was not only not poor, but also lived quite well by growing bayberries. However, because the bayberries were sold not to locals, but to Hong Kong across the sea, they were severely criticized a few years ago.
Some people said that there was something wrong with the development direction of Luohu Village and that the money earned came from improper sources. Overnight, dozens of people came and burned hundreds of acres of bayberry trees with torches. They said it was to allow the villagers to work pragmatically and not to
Thinking of taking shortcuts.
"Now we don't even have enough to eat, and you still plant bayberries that ordinary people can't afford. You really have no ideological awareness." After educating them, they severely criticized the production team leader before everyone left.
When Luo Zhongqiang told this, he sighed and said: "My father is so scared that he dares to plant bayberries again. Not only the bayberries, but the remaining ten acres of orange orchards have also been cut down and turned into fish ponds and rice."
The yield of rice is average, far less good than that of bayberry.
After paying for the public food, the remaining food distributed to all of us was simply not enough to eat.
At first, everyone still had some money left by selling bayberries, but now they don’t even have enough to eat. If it weren’t for selling the fish in the fish pond to the aquatic products company, they could get an extra three to five yuan a month.
Oh, I guess someone has already died of hunger."
Su Jianmin sighed helplessly: "Hey, I really don't know how to explain this."
"Now most people in our village can only eat two meals a day. The families without young adults are the worst off. They have less work points and less money. They can only eat one meal a day, or even one meal every two days.
So last week they learned from my dad that a local family was coming to our village to jump in the queue, and six people came at once, four of them were men, young and strong, and they were furious at that time.
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After all, if you think about it, the number of fish in this fish pond is unlikely to increase, so the money they receive every month will definitely be less."
After listening to Luo Zhongqiang's explanation of the causes and consequences, Su Jianmin understood: "It's true..."
"Brother," Jinbao asked, "why are you willing to help us? Logically speaking, the money you receive has also become less. You should hate us as much as they do, right?"
"Ah?" Luo Zhongqiang scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed twice, "Actually, I don't understand either. I haven't thought about it that much. Anyway, I think you are pretty good, so I just want to help you."
While speaking, he had already led the Su family to the front of the old wooden house.
Behind the house is a river that flows around Luohu Village, and the air is filled with a moist feeling.
There are no lights at night, so it looks a bit eerie. As soon as you enter the door, you can faintly smell a mixture of musty and dust.
"It's very late today. You guys should just make do with it for the night and tidy up tomorrow." Luo Zhongqiang said.
"Ronald, thank you so much!" Su Jianmin thanked him from the bottom of his heart again, "If it weren't for you, we really don't know what we would do."
"Don't be so polite, we will be from the same village from now on..."
After saying this, Luo Zhongqiang hesitated for a while, and then reminded: "That's right, you call me Aqiang. Everyone in the village calls me that. The most people in our village are named Luo. If you call me Xiao Luo, everyone will call me Aqiang."
I don’t know who your name is, haha.”
"Okay, thank you, Aqiang," remembering that he hadn't introduced himself yet, Su Jianmin introduced his family to Luo Zhongqiang, and finally took his daughter and said, "This is my daughter Jinbao."
"Jinbao, that's a nice name."
After laughing and chatting for a while, Luo Zhongqiang waved goodbye and left first.
Bai Lu opened all the windows and wanted to ventilate the house. "I'm used to the dry weather in Jinghai City, but it's a bit strange to come here all of a sudden. It feels like the wind blowing against my face is carrying water vapor. It's really humid."
"The south is definitely more humid than the north. Wife, we have to learn to get used to it..."
Bai Lu nodded, "Well, don't worry. I'm not that squeamish. I've been mentally prepared for it. In fact, this place is much better than I imagined. At least I don't have to go to the pigsty to go to the toilet."
"It seems that you are really frightened by the pigs in my hometown, and you have a psychological shadow."
While the couple was joking, Su Xiaosi and Su Xiaowu had already excitedly ran upstairs. The wooden floor instantly heard a "creak" sound, which frightened Bai Lu and said hurriedly: "Don't run away, this house is very old, be careful with the stairs."
it is bad!"
"Okay!" Su Xiaosi finished speaking loudly, and then shouted again, "Mom, Dad, Jinbao, Third Brother, come up quickly. It's so big here, with many rooms! There's a big balcony here.
, you can see a lot of stars!”
Jinbao heard this and was about to go upstairs when her father picked her up.
"I'll carry you. The stairs are too steep, narrow and small. Jinbao, your legs are short and it's difficult to walk."
Su Jianmin said this, and was about to carry Jinbao up the stairs, but found that he was the one who had difficulty walking. The stairs were too unfriendly to tall people, but Jinbao, with his short legs, could probably walk easily.
I can run upstairs easily.
"Hahaha, dad, you have to bend down to go upstairs," Su Xiaosi stood at the top of the stairs and laughed loudly, "Hurry up and put Jinbao down, be careful not to drop Jinbao, hahaha..."
Su Jianmin's cheeks turned red and he glared at Xiaosi. He was afraid that he might really cause Jinbao to fall. After putting his daughter down, he stood on the first floor with a flashlight and reminded: "Jinbao, be careful, raise your legs, right?"
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After confirming that his wife and Wen Nian were all safely up the stairs, he ducked to the second floor.
Different from the darkness on the first floor, which was clearly at night, the second floor seemed particularly open and bright, with windows on all sides. Every room was connected to a balcony where you could overlook the distant scenery.
The family walked to the balcony, and Jinbao stood in the middle, standing on tiptoes, with his hands on the fence, sighing softly, "Is this our future home?"