Old woman: "I don't know exactly when, I only remember listening to my grandfather when I was very young, in his grandfather's time, the land here could still produce a lot of food, and there were trees, birds, birds and animals on the mountains, and then I don't know how it became less and less, and gradually it became barren."
While Su Xin was chatting with the old woman here, the woman tidied up the house, and then came out with a sewing basket, all of which were the most torn linen, and fortunately her patience and dexterity barely allowed the child to cover his shame.
The little girl stood beside her for a while, and then carried a basket about the size of herself to the barren slope next to her to collect firewood, whatever the leaves of withered grass and leaves.
After all, what the old woman said just now is just a legend passed down by word of mouth, and I don't know how many generations it has been passed on.
As they chatted, almost all the nearby farmhouses gathered around.
The main thing is to see Su Xin, an outsider, and because he wants to ask a little bit about these endless legends, he actually took out so many good things, which is very curious, and of course very hot-eyed.
Su Xin saw that everyone was very enthusiastic, and although the information that might be obtained from their mouths was similar, she did not want to discourage them.
So he said: "Everyone can tell me all the legends and stories they know about these thousand peaks, of course, as long as you think things are more bizarre here, I will give you the corresponding reward." ” As soon as everyone heard it, there was still food to take in the peasant array, which was simply a pie-in-the-sky thing.
Ling'er looked at Su Xin and knew that this guy was just trying to find an excuse.
Like a crazy sweeper before, she stuffed all kinds of food into the gourd space, although she knew that she also had this habit of hiding rats before, but she didn't expect the other party to take them all out.
Su Xin knew that the little thing he took out was a drop in the bucket compared to the poor life here, and it could only solve a temporary urgent need.
But as the old woman said just now, the environment continues to be bad, and they have only two ways, either to leave their homeland or to starve to death here.
In the later conversations, Su Xin also learned that this old woman was not really patriarchal.
Of course, at that moment, she did have the intention to favor her grandson, the fundamental reason is that here the man is the main labor force of the family, and her son and daughter-in-law only have this one son, that is to say, in the future, she still expects her grandson to grow up and support the whole family, if her body collapses now, then as for her granddaughter, although she has been treated harshly, she can still live in such an environment, except for being thin, there are no scars and disabilities on her body In general, life is not easy, and as for the rest, don't expect too much.
Su Xin is just an outsider, he has not lived the life of others, and he can't bear the life of so many people, so he is not qualified to do anything.
The girl she just entered the yard before said that she was a blessed person, which can be regarded as a kind of point, if they can listen to it, it is really a "blessed source"; If not, then even if she gives more now, it will be in vain.
More and more people gathered in the courtyard, and it was even more lively than a meeting in Murakami.
After chatting and chatting, it was evening, and Su Xin was temporarily stored in the sea of knowledge no matter what these people said.
Thinking about the huge temple, or grotto, she saw two days ago, and asked, "Who of you knows that there is a huge grotto over there, full of murals of all kinds of people?"
In the courtyard, which was originally very lively and noisy, I heard Su Xin's words and suddenly quieted down.
At this time, an old man said mysteriously: "Then you really saw that demon cave" Devil's Cave Su Xin repeated.
The people around couldn't help but say: "Yes, I heard that anyone who saw the demon cave didn't end well."
The person next to him hurriedly restrained the person's words, after all, he was short of hands, and he just took so many good things from the other party, and now he said that people "have no good end", isn't he cursing people.
The old man took over, "This girl, we countrymen speak more straightforwardly, don't take it to heart."
That place is really evil."
Su Xin looked like a stream, and followed the other party's words and asked: "Then tell me, how evil is that place, do you know when it was built?"
Everyone looked at each other, clasped their hands, and shook their heads, "I don't know about this, it seems to have been there all along."
Old man: "Actually, the one who knows our Qianshan Village best is Uncle Qiang, who is an old Xiucai, and he used to tell stories to the children in the village.
Later, when he was old, his son took him to live in the town and rarely returned. ” This Qianshan Village used to be a very large village, and it was also the closest village to the border.
Su Xin asked for directions, and then took his leave and left.
At this time, everyone was carrying the "reward" given by Su Xin in their hands, smiling and very enthusiastic, saying that what stories she wanted to hear in the future, as long as they knew, they would know everything.
As he left, the sun set on the thousand peaks, and the undulating peaks rose like waves, and in the swirling, the peaks seemed to be really surging water waves, like a dream. led the horse from the sheep intestine path at the head of the yard, and met the returning man of the house, carrying the flat and trembling and walking, and the little girl sitting in the frame in front of him was going out to collect firewood before.
In the back, the back basket and the basket are heavy together, with only a small half basket of unknown leaves and grass roots and a little dead grass.
The little girl had a happy smile on her face and was saying, "Dad, what I said is true, I have eaten enough today, and my mother has filled me with a lot of rice porridge."
The man laughed, "Dad was lucky today, he actually found two voles in the col over there, and when Dad got it out and stewed it in the wild vegetable soup."
"Daddy is the best" The two talked and laughed all the way, if it weren't for seeing their yellow and thin faces with their own eyes, they would not have imagined that their lives had reached the brink of life and death.
It was only when they got close that they noticed Su Xin.
After a moment's pause, the girl turned her head to look at Su Xin, her eyes shining like a jewel that had been dusted away.
Su Xin hurriedly led the horse to the side and let the two of them pass.
As the last rays of the setting sun were receding into the Thousand Peaks, Su Xin came to the town and found the old Xiucai named Qiangbo.
Su Xin said that he was a collector of excerpts, and that he heard that the other party knew a lot of legends about the Thousand Peaks, so he came to find them.
When she introduced herself, she naturally handed over the prepared "souvenir"
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