"Oh, you're from the production team, right?"
Nan Qu greeted him politely, "Good morning, sir." Then he asked his question, "Sir, I've come here to inquire about someone. Do you know Granny Liu?"
Before Nan Qu could finish speaking, the gatekeeper suddenly became furious: "I don't know, get out! Don't get in my way, get out!"
Nan Qu was taken aback, but said thank you and left.
Afterwards, Nanqu went to the village's "information center," a place where the older villagers gathered to chat. It was also the place where everyone knew the most about the village.
When Nanqu arrived, everyone was chatting and laughing. But when Nanqu asked about "Grandma Liu," everyone's faces turned ugly.
"Pah, what a terrible woman she is, why bother asking her?"
Upon hearing this, Nanqu realized that the gatekeeper had spoken fluent Mandarin.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Nan Qu didn't want to be scolded away again, so she quickly changed the subject: "I just heard the school gatekeeper speak fluent Mandarin. Did he study it?"
When it comes to the gatekeeper, everyone is more willing to talk to Nan Qu, probably because they know that Nan Qu is from out of town. When they speak to her, they try to use Sichuan dialect, which sounds a bit awkward.
However, Nanqu also understood it.
It turns out that the gatekeeper is over eighty years old. He was among the last group of educated youth sent to the countryside. He is also the only surviving educated youth in the village today.
Listening to the lively conversation in the village, Nanqu realized that as long as "Grandma Liu" wasn't mentioned, these people were quite easy to talk to.
So she changed the subject: "Our Wushan Village is the most beautiful and cleanest village I've ever seen. When I came here this morning, I saw that the roads connecting the village to the outside world are paved with stones. Back then, everyone must have put in a lot of effort to make these, right?"
After Nan Qu finished speaking, the elderly men and women present, though not angry, had somewhat complicated expressions. Finally, someone started speaking, and the others couldn't help but join in.
To tell this story, we have to go back a long time. This village wasn't originally called Wushan Village, but Wuzhai.
Upon hearing this, Nanqu suddenly thought of a girl from her memory. It was she who made her fall in love with the clothing of that ethnic group, which is why she specially made the clothing they wore this time.
Nan Qu remembers that the girl seemed to have mentioned that she came from Wuzhai.
However, the girl at that time was the holy maiden of the witch village, the kind who truly knew witchcraft. At least, she couldn't keep any secrets from that girl, which shows how powerful she was.
However, she had said that the people of Wuzhai would not reveal other people's secrets, otherwise they would be punished by heaven. She was reassured.
Nan Qu looked into her eyes and finally believed her.
Later, the girl left, and it's said she went back home. She never came out again.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Nanqu listened to the village elders reminiscing about the past and learned that the village had once had a saintess named Adi, who was the most beautiful girl in the village at the time.
Unfortunately, Adidas was born in the wrong era, encountering the most unfriendly time and the most vicious people.
During that particular era, the outside world was destroying the Four Olds and opposing feudal superstition. Their Wuzhai village was transformed into Wushan Village at that time. To protect Adi, the villagers sent her up the mountain and would bring her food every day.
Everything changed when educated youth sent down to the village arrived.
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