Because of the 10 yuan, the man in front of him was very enthusiastic towards Lu Zhiye.
Lu Zhiye waved his hands repeatedly: "Brother, I won't stay here any longer.
I rolled down the mountain, which delayed me for a day and a night. I don’t know how long it will take me to walk to see my relatives.”
Ma Bing hit his teeth, pulled Lu Zhiye in and asked, "Brother, tell me the truth, don't you have to find this relative?
Which village is he in?
These mountains are not easy to climb. For example, the mountain where our village is located has three villages located in it.
So the transportation is quite developed, but the further you go back there, the less people there are.
It’s not easy to climb the mountain, it’s a hundred times more dangerous than the mountains here.”
Lu Zhiye was a little surprised: "The letter said it was called Niutou Village, but I don't know exactly which mountain it is on. According to what you said, the road is very difficult to travel. How do they usually travel?"
The man lit a cigarette and pushed towards Lu Zhiye: "I have some impression of the place you mentioned.
I guess you got the wrong location before. His village is on Wanglang Peak. Our mountain and Wanglang Peak are the only passages to the mountains over there.
Some mountain roads have been built, but I heard that there are troops stationed there and some secret missions are being carried out.
The area between the two mountains was blocked.
Generally, people are not allowed to leave from here, so we rarely have contact with the villagers on the Wanglang Peak side.
The village over there is through a passage through another mountain."
Seeing Lu Zhiye's embarrassment, the elder brother finally said something from the bottom of his heart: "Hey, I advise you, if it's nothing important, don't go there.
Besides, there is martial law recently, and it is easy for you, a stranger, to be watched closely.
If it really doesn't work, you should rest for two days. I see you walking with a limp. Your leg must be injured, right?
Come to my house and recuperate. I'll try to find a way to get you a pass."
After his eldest brother's persuasion, Lu Zhiye also realized that if he rushed into the mountains rashly, he would definitely attract attention.
He nodded with a smile and accepted his elder brother's invitation.
Ma Bing stretched out his strong arms and put them around Lu Zhiye's shoulders: "That's right, I really have nothing to give you in return for your 10 yuan.
Now that you've been eating and drinking at my house for two days, I feel a little better.
Let me see your legs, are they okay? We still have some herbs at home, I'll apply them on you when the time comes!
By the way, what should I call you? My last name is Ma, and my name is Ma Bing, the soldier in the army.
Lu Zhiye's eyebrows turned, and he quickly said: "My name is Jinbao."
Ma Bing chuckled and said, "Looking at your name, you must be a favored child in your family. I don't know why you have to suffer this hardship all the way here!"
Lu Zhiye smiled, didn't say anything, and followed Ma Bing towards their home.
Their village is basically built on the hillside.
Lu Zhiye felt it was unsafe just by looking at it. If there was a mudslide, wouldn't all the houses collapse? ? ?
But this is other people's way of survival, and I can't say much.
When they arrived at Ma Bing's house and stood downstairs, Ma Bing shouted to his wife, "Guihua, Guihua, the guests are coming soon."
A woman in black patched clothes walked out. Her fair cheeks and demeanor were totally out of place with this place.
He glanced at Lu Zhiye with empty eyes, then looked away numbly.
Her disrespectful behavior made Ma Bing a little embarrassed: "My wife's brain is not working well.
Brother Jin, please don't be offended."
Lu Zhiye shook his head to show that he didn't care.
He looked around the house and found that it was supported by several thick wooden beams.
There is a gap of one person’s height below, and the houses are basically on the second floor.
Noticing his gaze, Ma Bing scratched his head and smiled: "Our houses are basically built like this. We can also raise some chickens and ducks below, which can also prevent mosquitoes and insects. Let's go up from this side."
Lu Zhiye had come here with Professor Qi before and seen classic buildings. Buildings like this one that reflect the wisdom of the working people are really rare.
After Ma Bing took Lu Zhiye to the second floor, he kept pouring water for him.
"You've been in the mountains for a whole day and night, you must not have eaten anything good, right?
I just caught a pheasant yesterday. I was wondering how I could be so lucky. It turns out a distinguished guest came to visit me!
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and took the cleaned and salted pheasant off the beam.
Since the woman returned to the house, she closed the door and made no sound again.
It seems that if Ma Bing is at home, he is basically the one who cleans and cooks.
Lu Zhiye's intuition told him that this woman's identity might not be simple.
Ma Bing was busy in the kitchen for a long time and finally brought out a large pot of food.
“My cooking skills aren’t that great, but it’s better than living in the mountains without a hot meal.
Come and try this pheasant, it’s really tasty.”
As he spoke, he served Lu Zhiye a bowl of mixed grain rice.
"Brother Ma, are we just having dinner together?"
Ma Bing chuckled and took out two bowls from the cupboard, one bowl filled with a portion of chicken and the other bowl filled with mixed grain rice.
In that bowl of chicken, chicken wings and chicken legs took up most of the bowl, and the mixed grain rice also rarely included sweet potatoes.
The man quickly walked to the closed door and knocked, then pushed it open and put the food in the room.
After Ma Bing came out, he scratched his head and said, "My wife is usually very shy, please don't be surprised, Brother Jin.
We don't have any children, so we don't need to wait for others. Come and taste your brother Ma's cooking."
As soon as Lu Zhiye took the first bite, he coughed twice because of the spicy taste.
This made Ma Bing laugh out loud: "We grow these peppers in our own fields, so we usually have to put two more to make them more flavorful.
I thought you couldn’t handle spicy food, so I put less in it.”
Lu Zhiye swallowed the meat in his mouth helplessly. It was too damn spicy.
He picked up the teacup beside him and took a few big sips, only then did he slowly suppress the spiciness.
After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Ma Bing said to Lu Zhiye, "No one lives in this room. I'll clean it up for you. You can have a good rest tonight."
Lu Zhiye bowed to Ma Bing and thanked him. The sky was getting dark and it was still quite cold in the mountains at night.
Ma Bing gave Lu Zhiye a brand new quilt. Just from this point, we can see that he is an honest man.
At 10 o'clock that evening, Lu Zhiye couldn't sleep and walked out of the room.
The moon in the sky is dim and the stars are sparse, which, combined with the misty mountain stream, creates a unique beauty.
Just as Lu Zhiye calmed down and thought about what to do next, he heard sporadic noises behind him.
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