On the way to Sai Jinhua's house, Lu Tianlong had a brief chat with Xiang Xiaoying, and finally understood the reason why she appeared here.
It turns out that three girls, Xiang Xiaoying, Wang Meimei and Li Qiu, go to remote mountainous areas to teach as volunteers every year.
A few days ago, everyone separated in the Kingdom of Will. They originally went to the Kingdom of Britain, but after arriving, for some reason, Li Qiu said that she felt a little unwell and wanted to go back to China.
After a brief discussion, they packed up and returned.
The two girls, Wang Meimei and Li Qiu, went home respectively, while Xiang Xiaoying came to this small village in a remote mountainous area to teach as a volunteer teacher according to her previous plan.
"You girl once again made me look at you differently."
6 Tianlong gave Xiang Xiaoying a thumbs up and praised from the bottom of his heart.
If their travels of thousands of miles before were part of tourism, then it is really remarkable that they can now work as support teachers in such difficult conditions and persist for so many years.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter, I just want to contribute my own strength to the development of China."
Xiang Xiaoying was very happy to be praised by Lu Tianlong. She stuck out her tongue and replied playfully and humbly.
"That's right, girl Sakura is doing well. Look at how many girls at such a young age can come to a remote place like ours. How many girls can do that?"
Sai Jinhua next to her was also full of praise for Xiang Xiaoying.
After a brief chat, Lu Tianlong knew that Xiang Xiaoying had just been here for two days, and because there was no place to stay, the village director here arranged to stay at Sai Jinhua's house.
After two days of getting along, the two got on with their tempers and became sisters who talked about everything.
While chatting, we soon arrived at the door of Sai Jinhua's house.
It was a very dilapidated gate, almost made of some stones. It had no appearance at all. There were two door panels hanging on it to form the gate.
The yard is not big, and there are three stone houses in the back. They look to be quite old, and there is a thick layer of moss hanging on them in some places.
Although the yard is small and simple, it is clean and tidy. There are not even a few weeds on the stone path leading to the room.
"Okay, Sakura, take Tianlong to the room to rest first, and I'll make you some food."
Seeing that it was already getting late, Sai Jinhua said as she prepared to walk towards the side room next to her.
"Wait a minute, Sister Sai, you just sprained your foot and it's inconvenient to move now. Let me take a look at it first!" Lu Tianlong stopped Sai Jinhua and asked.
"Yes, Sister Jinhua, Brother 6 is amazing. My friend's ankle sprained a few days ago. He pinched it a few times and it was fine. You should try it quickly..." Xiang Xiaoying was also working hard next to her.
Nodding, she knew very well about Lu Tianlong's treatment of Li Qiu's ankle.
"No, no, it's just a sprained ankle, it's no big deal..." Sai Jinhua waved her hand directly and refused without thinking.
But Xiang Xiaoying next to her was reluctant. She didn't know whether she wanted Lu Tianlong to show off her mortal medical skills in front of Sai Jinhua, or she had other ideas.
Anyway, I didn't care what happened when I went up, I held Sai Jinhua and walked towards the inner room.
Lu Tianlong thought she was being polite and also tried to persuade her. After a while, Sai Jinhua finally couldn't bear their request anymore and nodded in agreement.
The light in the room was very dark, and Xianlong Village was poorer than previously imagined.
It's almost like living a primitive life where transportation is basically based on walking, communication is basically based on roaring, heating is basically based on shivering, and security is basically dependent on dogs.
Let alone a color TV, a refrigerator and a washing machine, even if you have one, you won't be able to use it.
Xianlong Village has just received electricity in the past two years, but because it is so remote, the electricity project consumes a lot of money.
In addition, there will inevitably be minor problems during the process, so although the officials have been making unremitting adjustments, power outages are a common occurrence in Xianlong Village.
It is not uncommon for a stop to last for three to five days.
Therefore, every household still has the most primitive kerosene lamp, which does not burn kerosene. It is said to be a special kind of tree sap on Xianlong Mountain. When it is lit, it will emit bursts of special aroma, which feels very good.
"Sister Jinhua, please sit on the kang first, and I will help you take off your shoes."
Xiang Xiaoying helped Sai Jinhua onto the kang, then bent down and went directly to help Sai Jinhua take off her shoes.
Sai Jinhua was so anxious that she almost jumped off the kang. She had just gone to the mountain to chop firewood. Now her shoes were full of mud and water. How could she ask Xiang Xiaoying to help take them off?
"Sister Jinhua, please don't be polite. I regard you as my biological sister."
Xiang Xiaoying was also stubborn and took off Sai Jinhua's shoes regardless of her obstruction.
Revealing two pairs of socks with almost the same patches underneath, Xiang Xiaoying felt sad again when she saw this scene, and turned her head away with slightly red eye circles.
"Haha, it doesn't look like the injury is serious. Just rub it a little and it should be fine soon."
Lu Tianlong broke the dull atmosphere, walked forward with a smile, sat on the kang naturally, reached out and picked up Sai Jinhua's ankle and put it on his lap.
At this moment, Lu Tianlong could clearly feel that Sai Jinhua's whole body was shaking violently.
He looked up in confusion, only to see that her face was already blushing with embarrassment, which was so obvious even in the dim room.
"Could it be..."
6 Tianlong's heart moved.
Could it be that Sai Jinhua has not been touched by another man since her husband died on the wedding day?
I'll go, if that were really the case, it would be really lively.
6 Tianlong also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Sai Jinhua's husband died unexpectedly on the day of their wedding, and he might not even have touched Sai Jinhua's body.
Now, he was touched first.
But now that she had reached this point, it was too late to regret it. Lu Tianlong simply felt heartbroken and began to gently knead the affected area.
The force is neither light nor heavy, it should feel pretty good.
Anyway, Sai Jinhua, who was sitting on the kang, gritted her teeth at first, but then she didn't know whether it was because of pain or something else, but she started to make a faint sound from her mouth.
Xiang Xiaoying next to her didn't know why, and asked Lu Tianlong to be gentler, saying that he must have hurt Sister Jinhua.
6 Tianlong knew in his heart that Sai Jinhua was not in pain, it was just that he had been lonely for too long.
After pressing the button for her in a serious manner, Sai Jinhua ran out in a hurry and got into the small kitchen to cook dinner.
Xiang Xiaoying originally wanted to go in to help, but Sai Jinhua pushed her out unceremoniously and asked her to chat with Lu Tianlong.
The light in the room was too dark, so Lu Tianlong and Xiang Xiaoying came to the yard together and found two rocks to sit down on.
"Brother Lu, you haven't told me yet, why did you come to Xianlong Village?" Xiang Xiaoying looked at Lu Tianlong curiously.
"Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to go out for a walk, so I just found a place. By some chance, I ended up here."
"But I came at the right time. I never thought you would be here."
Lu Tianlong smiled and spoke, feeling in his heart that fate is really a wonderful thing.
"Yes, if we hadn't been in contact, I would have thought you followed me here?" Xiang Xiaoying said with a smile.
"Have you been staying here for the past two days?"
6 Tianlong just heard Xiang Xiaoying talk about the situation of this village. There are a total of two to three hundred households and more than a thousand people. The village is not too small.
But they are too poor and completely disconnected from the outside world. Many children here do not go to school at all, because if they want to go to school, they have to walk almost a day to the primary school in Xianlong Town.
There used to be a school in the village, but it was almost abandoned and no one wanted to be a teacher in such a quiet place.
"Yes, the school is in disrepair and there is really no place for people to live there. In addition, for safety reasons, the village director took me to Sister Jinhua."
"That's right, it's safe enough to live here. The way she held her waist with her left hand and held the knife in her right hand just now, she was really a womanly man." The scene just now flashed through Lu Tianlong's mind and he said with a smile.
"Women are all forced out..."
Xiang Xiaoying glanced towards the kitchen and sighed softly, her tone a little sad.
"I have learned some things about Sister Jinhua from Sister Jinhua and other villagers in the past two days. She is really pitiful."
"On the day of the wedding, her husband died unexpectedly. This was already a great sorrow, but people in the village actually called her a broom star and said that her husband was killed by her."
"Sister Jinhua has a stubborn temper. Since she married into this family, she is considered to be a member of this family."
"One person takes care of his sick father-in-law and provides them with care until they die. It was only a few years ago that the whole thing was completed."
"In the process, she encountered ostracism, glares and all kinds of sarcasm from the villagers. I really don't know how she got here."
As Xiang Xiaoying spoke, her eye circles began to turn red. Lu Tianlong next to her also opened his eyes wide when he heard this, and his heart was filled with shock.
No wonder the villagers had such indifferent expressions when he and Sai Jinhua were chasing each other at the entrance of the village. It turned out that there was such a thing going on inside.
He also completely changed his view of Sai Jinhua, who can truly be called a martyr.
"This is still good. Although this place is poor, some people are bad."
"I heard from Sister Jinhua that there are just a few people who pretend to be enthusiastic and help her do this and that. They come to her when they have nothing to do. They just want to find an opportunity to do something to her."
"In addition, there are some gangsters in the village who almost raped Sister Jinhua several times."
Xiang Xiaoying continued to speak, and Lu Tianlong continued to listen, feeling even more complicated.
No wonder when he tried to reach out to help Sai Jinhua, he would be chased and attacked. Thinking about it, there were so many men around her who were trying to take advantage of her. I'm afraid she could only use this method to defend herself.
As she said herself, if it were a little softer, it would be destroyed by those beasts that eat people without spitting out bones.
"Brother Lu, you said that China is developing so well now, how can there be a place like this, and how can there be such people?"
"I really want to be like the poem, where thousands of mansions will be built, and the poor people in the world will be happy..."
Xiang Xiaoying held her cheek and stared blankly at the towering mountains in front of her. Sai Jinhua was still busy in the kitchen, and she could vaguely smell the aroma.
"Bang!"
At this moment, the courtyard door was kicked open by someone from outside.