Passing by a private house with earthen walls and black tiles on the way, Brother Niu suddenly stopped.
I thought something had happened and stopped.
I saw Brother Niu hesitate for a moment, and then ran towards the house.
I originally wanted to follow him and have a look, but when he ran to the door of the house, he took out a key from his pocket.
Apparently, this should be Brother Niu's home.
He hurried in to get something.
I didn't know the local customs, and I didn't know whether I should enter someone's house without being invited by the owner, so I stood on the road and watched silently.
After Brother Niu entered the house, there was a jingling sound in the house.
It felt like he was looking for something.
After a short while, the noise suddenly stopped.
Brother Niu was holding a narrow instrument that was more than a foot long.
Budai rushed over.
He locked the door very quickly, rushed to me like a gust of wind, thrust the bag in his hand toward me, and said with a smile: "I gave it to you."
"Why are you suddenly giving me something?"
I smiled and opened the bag out of curiosity.
Inside is a very thick cigarette rod.
I don’t need to smell the smell to know that this thing is old.
There are traces of polishing in the center of the cigarette rod, as well as the cigarette holder and the cigarette pot.
The light is relatively dark, so I can only It can be seen that the entire cigarette rod is engraved with long and thin lines, which seem to form a special totem.
Lao Chen came up to me, carefully looked at the cigarette rod in my hand, and then stretched out the index finger of his right hand and tapped the cigarette rod.
At first I thought the cigarette rod was made of steel or copper fingers, but when Lao Chen hit the cigarette rod, it made a dull "bang bang" sound, which was rhymeless and had no residual sound.
Then Lao Chen took out the small flashlight he carried with him and shined a light on the cigarette rod.
The area hit by the flashlight reflected a soft and dazzling luster.
Lao Chen put away the flashlight and said to me: "It's pure gold."
I weighed the cigarette rod in my hand.
It weighed at least half a kilogram.
I didn't dare to accept such a valuable thing casually, so I stuffed the cigarette rod into the bag, stretched out my hand, and handed the bag to Brother Niu: " It’s too valuable, I can’t accept it.”
Brother Niu quickly waved his hand: "It's not a valuable thing.
It was left by my grandfather.
There are many people at home.
The teacher doesn't let me smoke.
It's useless if I keep it, but I can't take it out."
I can only give this to my benefactor’s son.”
I weighed the cigarette rod and said to him: "This cigarette rod is made of pure gold.
You can exchange it for a lot of money if you take it outside.
Since you are keeping it of no use, just exchange it for the money and give it to the people in the village."
People repair their houses.”
As I said that, I was about to force the bag into Brother Niu's hand, but this move made Brother Niu unhappy.
He pushed my wrist hard and frowned fiercely: "If you don't accept it, You just don’t want to be my friend.”
I smiled helplessly: "I still make friends, but I can't accept things."
Brother Niu quickly took two steps back, looking at me from a distance with a sullen face.
Only then did I realize that what he just said was serious.
From his eyes, I could feel the deep displeasure.
Next, I needed Brother Niu to assist me when walking around the village.
Now I didn’t dare to completely go against his wishes.
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In desperation, I could only say “Okay” and put the bag on my belt.
Brother Niu then restored the smile on his face and continued walking deeper into the village with us.
The scene just now was all seen by Li Huaishan from behind.
He seemed to like the clean and enthusiastic young man in front of him.
He took the initiative to roll down the window and chatted with Brother Niu: "Hey, Brother Niu, are you in the village?"
What do you do?
Why do the villagers react like that every time I hear someone call out your name?"
Brother Niu didn't quite understand what Li Huaishan said, so he turned around and asked me: "What do you mean?"
I explained as he said: "The first time I heard someone calling your name, the villagers changed their formation and tried to form a two-meter encirclement around me.
I could see that the actual combat experience of the villagers Inadequately, under normal circumstances, one would not think of rounding up Restrict my movements.
The second time someone called your name, I was running towards the village using Tengyunbu.
The villagers behind me probably had never seen such an erratic figure, and they all froze in place, but they As soon as I heard your name, I immediately stopped dazed and ran towards me with all my strength."
Brother Niu scratched his scalp, curled his lips and said, "I probably understand what you mean.
Before becoming the leader, I was now a guard in the village.
Recently, in order to catch the colorful tiger, I often led everyone to practice, so everyone They all look up to me.”
The word "respectable" in his words should have many meanings.
Respect and admiration are on the one hand.
Judging from the previous actions of the villagers, Brother Niu seems to have given them a spiritual power buried deep in their hearts.
I think the reason why this happened is not only because Brother Niu is indeed a capable person, but also because he is the leader of the next generation.
Even Brother Niu himself said that the lingering poison of slavery has long been ingrained in the hearts of villagers.
I asked Brother Niu: "Have the iron rods of the villagers been coated with black medicine?
Also, I remember what you said when you chased me, outsiders who enter the village will be cursed."
Before I could finish speaking, Brother Niu smiled awkwardly: "That's what I said nonsense to scare you.
Black medicine is a poison that only Awu can prepare.
It's not on other people's sticks.
Awu is a very good person."
A woman who knows how to mix poison, even the teacher said her poison is powerful. " Hearing this, I couldn't help but frown.
The stick was coated with poison, which could poison me through my clothes.
I don’t know what the girl named Awu was thinking when she swung the iron stick.
Is she vicious by nature or did she do it unintentionally?
Brother Niu seemed to see the doubts in my heart and said to me proactively: "Awu must not have done it on purpose."
I gave Brother Niu a smile: "Of course she is not."
It was a long road from the entrance to the deepest part of the stockade.
We walked for a long time before Brother Niu pointed to a three-story building on the mountainside and told me that it was the big house.
Where the leader lives.
Brother Niu said that he should have lived there originally, but the witch Rennuo refused to let him go.
The witch said that people in the village should be equal now, and nobles should not live in big houses, and people who had been slaves in the past should not live with them.
The animals lived together, so they led the tribe to rebuild the stockade, so that everyone lived in houses of the same height and size.
Despite what Brother Niu said, I discovered on the way here that the houses the villagers live in are still different.
Although they are all made of hard earth rammed walls, the roofs of some houses are only compacted and paved with multiple layers of thatch.
For example, the house where Brother Niu lives has very neat black tiles on the roof, with black tiles Most houses with thatched roofs have a small window in the wall, while houses with thatched roofs have only four solid walls.
In fact, needless to say about others, the place where Nora Dawu lives alone is different from others.
The building called the Mud Tower is probably the only wooden building in the entire village besides the big house.
The big house is also built with solid wood, but it is not a wooden structure.
In a three-story building, the walls on the first floor are made of very thick hard soil, and from the second floor onwards, they are made of large wooden boards.
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The walls are spliced together, and there are no windows on the bottom floor.
There is a large fire pit in the middle of the room, and a very large stove in the corner of the room.
As soon as Brother Niu entered the big room, he immediately added firewood to the fire pit, lit up the bonfire, and then lit the stove and helped us boil hot water.
Lao Chen asked Brother Niu why there were no windows on the first floor.
Brother Niu said that the locals were not used to living in houses with windows.
Only a few would open a window in the wall to steal air.
By the way, that term is called a dark house with a bright stove.
Brother Niu said that local people do not pursue lighting and transparency in the room, and like to live in darker houses, but there must be a bright fire in the house.
This is the so-called dark house and bright stove.
After the bonfire was lit, Brother Niu set up a wooden stand on the fire pit, took the cups and sheets from the second floor, and put them on the stand to bake.
Speaking of which, the local climate is a little dry.
Although it is not as good as the loess slope in Xihaigu, there is no moisture at all.
Brother Niu put so much effort into making several beddings, not to get rid of moisture, but just to let us sleep at night.
Gotta stay warm.
During this period, Li Huaishan had been repairing cars outside, while Brother Niu, Lao Chen and I were cleaning on the second floor.
There was no electricity here and we could only use oil lamps for lighting.
It was not easy to clean such a huge house in the middle of the night.
Fortunately, someone should come and take care of this place frequently.
Except for a little dust on the ground, there is nothing to clean.
After cleaning the entire second floor, Brother Niu asked me if I wanted to clean the top floor as well.
I asked him what was on the top floor, and he said that it was also a guest room just like the second floor.
I said there was no need to clean, and Brother Niu let out a long yawn and said he was tired too.
Let us have a good rest.
When we wake up tomorrow, we can go to Zhaikou to find him.
He also said, if If there are still enough livestock for spring plowing, the great witch Nora will host a banquet for me at noon tomorrow.
Then the sheep and chickens will be slaughtered in the village, and he can also have a feast.
When Brother Niu left, Li Huaishan happened to come in with a bag of food.
This time we came, we brought a total of five luggage bags.
When the trunk was opened, there were only one bag for daily necessities and one bag for books. fell out.
Fortunately, the other three bags were not damaged, especially the one containing food.
Otherwise, the three of us would be hungry tonight.
After eating something hastily, I guessed that Brother Niu had gone far away, so I left the big room, and while the night was getting dark, I quietly walked toward the mud-tile tower
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