Chapter 1387 Xieyang Village
Zhang Song said: "I don't think that old gentleman is from Penghao."
The driver couldn't help but ask: "What does Penghaoren mean?"
Zhang Song said: "Grassroots!"
Mrs. Zhou lived in Nanling Xieyang Village. When she arrived, she realized that this place had become a scenic spot. All outside vehicles were required to park in the parking lot at the entrance of the village. The entrance fee was RMB 30 per person.
Xu Chunliang wanted to buy a ticket, but he saw the ticket office posted a sign saying that entry is free at 6pm. He looked at the time and saw that there was still half an hour left, so he didn't want to waste the money. A few people walked around the entrance of the village. Xu Chunliang helped Ye Qingya I took a few photos, and my photography skills have improved a lot recently.
When the time came, they entered the village.
The ticket gate was empty, and red lanterns were hung along the way. The Zhou family lived in an old house in the southeast, very close to the ancestral hall.
Because the scenic spot has not been open to the public for a long time, there are not many people there. Occasionally, local villagers can be seen coming up to ask if they want to stay.
Zhang Song had been here before. At that time, there had not been any commercial development here, and everything remained original. Zhang Song found the Zhou family based on his past impressions.
The door was open, and several people entered with gifts. Two native dogs, one yellow and one white, stood up from the ground warily.
Zhang Song said loudly: "Auntie, we are here to see you."
A middle-aged woman heard the sound and came out. She was Mrs. Zhou's niece. She usually acted as a nanny. When she saw the guests, she hurriedly went to the house to invite the old lady out.
When Mrs. Zhou saw Zhang Song and then Xu Chunliang, she was so happy that her wrinkles were blooming like chrysanthemums: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Xu, oh, it's really you. I'm telling you that you kids don't even come to see me."
Ye Qingya also called Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou looked at Ye Qingya. She had never seen her before. When she saw Ye Qingya following Xu Chunliang, she thought she was Xu Chunliang's partner. She smiled and held Ye Qingya's hand: " Oh, this girl is so handsome and pure. You are so lucky. You must call me when you get married. "
One sentence made Ye Qingya blush.
Zhang Songxin said that the old lady was confused, and it was not his turn to explain. Xu Chunliang told the old lady Zhou about his relationship with Ye Qingya, but the old lady Zhou did not understand. She nodded repeatedly and said: "Sister Okay, sister, the junior girl holds the gold brick, the older girl knows how to care for others.”
Xu Chunliang stopped explaining. The more he explained, the more confused he became.
Mrs. Zhou asked her niece to cook and invited the guests to the main room for tea.
Zhang Song asked the driver to put down the gifts, some of which he prepared and some Xu Chunliang bought.
Mrs. Zhou said: "It's hard to come here. If you stay a few more days, I have plenty of room in my house."
Zhang Song said: "Auntie, I have a meeting tomorrow."
Mrs. Zhou said: "You go on your own, let Chunliang stay for a few more days."
Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "I'll stay for two days and go back with Brother Zhang's car the day after tomorrow."
Mrs. Zhou knew that they all had jobs and did not force them to stay.
That night, a few people had a local meal at Zhou's house, and the old lady specially brought out home-brewed rice wine for them to drink. According to the old lady, the Zhou family is considered a well-known family in the local area and has produced Jinshi scholars.
During the meal, the old lady made a special call to her son. Secretary Zhou was very happy to hear that Zhang Song and Xu Chunliang went to his hometown. Zhang Song used the drunkenness to have a long chat with Secretary Zhou on the hotline.
Ye Qingya drank a few glasses of rice wine and felt a little drunk, so she went to rest early.
Mrs. Zhou mentioned that her grandsons Zhou Deming and Zhen Chun came over to spend the New Year with the old lady this year. The old lady was originally very happy, but she heard that her grandson planned to find a job in Xiangjiang after graduating with a master's degree. She couldn't help but think more about it and chatted with Xu Chunliang. I couldn't help sighing about this.
Xu Chunliang knew that the old lady still wanted her grandson to come back to her, so he gave her some guidance and checked her pulse. She found that the old lady was in good health.
The next morning, Zhang Song left Xieyang Village early for a meeting and made an appointment with Xu Chunliang to pick him up the next morning.
Xu Chunliang saw Zhang Song off and saw Ye Qingya had finished washing and came to the yard. He smiled and said, "So early?"
Ye Qingya said: "I drank too much yesterday, did I lose my temper?"
Xu Chunliang said: "How could a sane person like you lose your composure?"
Ye Qingya took a look at the time and saw that it was only half past six. She suggested going for a walk in the village. The two of them walked along the path and soon came to the pond at the entrance of the village. Basically, there is a pond in small mountain villages in Nanwan.
In the early morning, a layer of milky white morning mist enveloped the pond. There was a stone archway standing on the south side of the pond, and a Wenfeng Pagoda on the hill to the west.
Ye Qingya became interested and asked to go to the tower to have a look. Xu Chunliang accompanied her up the stairs.
Xu Chunliang looked in the direction she pointed and saw Du Changwen on the list of donations for rebuilding the inscription. The first person on the list was Du Changwen.
Ye Qingya said: "I wonder if this Du Changwen is the one we saw yesterday?" Xu Chunliang smiled and said: "Who else could it be if it wasn't him?"
Ye Qingya said: "In this way, the world is really small enough."
Xu Chunliang's eyes continued to look down the list, and unexpectedly found another familiar name on it - Tang Jingwei.
Xu Chun was startled. Tang Jingwei and Du Changwen appeared on the same list at the same time. Although it can only prove that they both donated money to rebuild Wenfeng Pagoda, there is a high possibility that the two knew each other.
Xu Chunliang did not find Tang Jinglun's name on it. He probably did not participate in this event. At the end of the list, he actually saw Qiao Yuanjiang's name.
Ye Qingya discovered Qiao Yuanjiang's name almost at the same time as Xu Chunliang, and whispered: "Uncle's name is also on it." Although she and Qiao Rulong have divorced, she still calls Qiao Yuanjiang uncle as a habit.
Xu Chunliang said: "I don't know if they know each other. If they have known each other for a long time, they have been friends for decades." He knew in his heart that Qiao Yuanjiang and the Tang brothers had known each other for a long time, but he didn't know whether Qiao Yuanjiang and Du Changwen knew each other. Well, in this case, it is no accident that Du Changwen appears in the exhibition.
Not long after the plaque on Wenfeng Pagoda was changed, the door of the pagoda was locked, making it impossible to check out from the main entrance. Ye Qingya suggested going down the mountain, Xu Chunliang asked her to wait, and with a slight jump, he grabbed the cornice of the second floor of the pagoda, and then a The kite turned over and entered the second floor platform. This was because he deliberately concealed his skills and did not want Ye Qingya to be too surprised.
When Ye Qingya wanted to stop him, Xu Chunliang had already entered the tower, so she had to stand outside to look out for Xu Chunliang.
Wenfeng Tower has a total of seven floors. It has not been cleaned for a long time and is covered with cobwebs and dust. The reason why Xu Chunliang wanted to enter it to find out was to see if he could find other relevant clues.
When I arrived on the fifth floor, I saw a long-decayed plaque on the floor. Although the paint was peeling off, the writing on it could still be read clearly.
Above are four characters - The writing style is at its peak. Although there is no signature, Xu Chunliang may have concluded from the style of the font that these four characters were written by monk Tonghui.
In other words, monk Tonghui also participated in the reconstruction of Wenfeng Pagoda.
Xu Chunliang took photos with his mobile phone, continued to the seventh floor, and found nothing else. Then he returned along the original route. When he went down to the fourth floor, he heard someone talking.
Looking through the window, I saw an old man with a red armband talking to Ye Qingya, his voice was quite stern: "Have you bought a ticket?"
What Ye Qingya was worried about was not the ticket checking, but Xu Chunliang, who was still in the tower. If Xu Chunliang came out now, wouldn't he be caught by the old man checking the tickets? She turned her back to Wenfeng Tower and waved her delicate hands. The intention was to remind Xu Chunliang not to come out in a hurry, and to explain to the old man that he entered the village last night and did not need to buy a ticket.
The old man said: "Last night was last night. You must buy a ticket to visit the village today."
Xu Chunliang quietly jumped from the other side of the tower, like a dead leaf falling lightly on the platform of the tower base. He pretended to be nonchalant and walked around from behind the tower: "Master, I have something to say."
The old man glared at Xu Chunliang and said unceremoniously: "What's there to say? If you evade the fare, you have to pay for it. Since this is your first time, you won't be fined."
Ye Qingya secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Xu Chunliang had come out. She didn't want to get entangled in such a trivial matter, not to mention she didn't have much money to begin with. When she was about to pay for the replacement ticket, Xu Chunliang was not happy: "We are visiting relatives. ”
The old man was doubtful: "That's what fare evaders say. You're so young, why don't you tell the truth?"
Xu Chunliang originally didn't want to argue with this old man, but what he said was too unpleasant, so he reported Mrs. Zhou's name.
After hearing this, the old man asked Xu Chunliang to call Mrs. Zhou. Xu Chunliang had no choice but to make a phone call and tell Mrs. Zhou the situation.
When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she came to life and asked Xu Chunliang to call the old man and scolded the old man. The Zhou family's status in Xieyang Village was not low.
The old man named Zhou had to call Mrs. Zhou aunt according to his seniority. He was asking for trouble. After being scolded, he had to apologize to Xu Chunliang and the others.
Ye Qingya was very tolerant and said with a smile: "You don't know us, so just make it clear now."
Xu Chunliang said deliberately: "Do you still need to make up the votes?"
The old man shook his head like a rattle: "What tickets did my family buy? Have you gone up to the tower? I'll get the key to open the door. You can overlook the whole village by going to the top of the tower."
Ye Qingya glanced at Xu Chunliang and said to herself that he had just been there. The strange thing was that she saw him climb in but didn't see when he came down.
Xu Chunliang said: "I'm not going, uncle. I want to ask something. Is Du Changwen from this village?"
The old man said: "Du Changwen?"
Xu Chunliang pointed to the list of donations for rebuilding Wenfeng Pagoda, and the old man realized: "You are talking about Widow Li's son. He is from this village and went to Xiangjiang in the 1970s."
Xu Chunliang said: "It was not easy to go out at that time, right?"
The old man said: "Isn't that right? I heard that he came across the country illegally, but he later made a fortune, so he returned home in fine clothes."
The old man looked a little disdainful of Du Changwen.
Xu Chunliang said: "Did he call for the reconstruction of Wenfeng Tower?"
(End of chapter)