Chapter 902: Pingling County

Pingling County, Sichuan Province. Google search reading

This small county is actually not as big as a town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is called Pingling County because it was originally two towns. However, as time goes by, the population of this town becomes smaller and smaller, and most of the people They all moved out because there was really no future for them to stay here.

As the saying goes, those who rely on the mountains rely on the water to eat. However, in recent years, there are almost no traces of the mountain products on the mountains. The living creatures have almost fled. It seems that they have also noticed that the feng shui of this place is not very good, so they are looking for a way out. A group of people are left behind who are unwilling to leave. They have stayed here for generations in order to preserve their ancestral heritage. Their living standards can roughly reach the levels of the early 1980s. This is the result of the efforts of two generations of county magistrates.

The previous county magistrate became ill due to overwork and left last year. After taking office, this term magistrate also tried his best. Some people say that this term magistrate was unsuccessful in officialdom because he offended someone. Throw it into this barren little mountain village.

The county magistrate is not old, he looks to be around thirty years old. I dare not say more, but he must have some experience, and he is different from the old county magistrate. The old county magistrate is always very serious. This young county magistrate is very serious about Everyone is smiling and very gentle.

He has been in office for more than a year, and the people in the county also admire the county magistrate because he has applied for road construction many times with the superiors. Just two months ago, the funding and approval came down.

There is an endless distance between the small county town and the nearest city outside, which is Hedong City. They are all dirt roads. When it rains, you can't walk very far. After it rains, it becomes even muddy, making it impossible to walk.

There were several times when I was really forced to go to the city to sell goods. A man in his forties, who had a wife and children at home, drove a donkey cart on the road before the rain stopped, and the result was... There was no news for two days, and finally only the donkey came back on his own.

After searching for more than a day, I found the man's figure under the mountain road, but it was hopeless.

The road was slippery on a rainy day and I couldn't see the road clearly. The donkey cart got stuck in the mud and couldn't move. When the man got out of the car to deal with it, he stepped on the air and rolled down the path and hit a rock. If he had been treated in time at that time, In fact, there is no problem, but it is a pity that Hanzi only has himself and a donkey next to him.

When the rope finally broke, the donkey ran back on his own.

The impact of this incident is actually not big or small. In the eyes of people in the city, it is just one missing stall in the bustling market. But to people in the county, especially to the people in the Hanzi family For me, it was like the sky was falling.

So when the county magistrate, who had just taken office for more than a year, said that the superiors had actually approved the road construction, the residents of the county were not to mention how happy they were.

It was at this time that Suolongqi and Tang Lan came to the county town.

Suolongqi knew about the existence of this county when he happened to overhear the chatter of stall owners in the market in the city. It turned out that there was a poor county some distance away on a mountain road, which was famous far and near. Zhong, I heard that the feng shui in that place seems to be bad, and even the school has been closed. Now the new county magistrate has rebuilt the school and built roads at the same time. But from the opinions of these stall owners, it seems that not Do you really want people from that county to come to the city?

Suolongqi, who had experienced many storms and waves, became interested at that time and wanted to know the reason, so he asked around.

After a few sentences, Suolongqi roughly understood the ins and outs.

It turns out that there was an earthquake in this county a few years ago. Because it is poor and it is very close to Partridge Mountain, usually no one goes to Partridge Mountain. It is said that there is something bad in the mountain. In Suolongqi's opinion, Of course it's nonsense, but I heard that the earthquake in the county town was caused by a few men who went into the mountain and took something they shouldn't have, which made the thing in Partridge Mountain angry, and then the earthquake started.

Not long after the earthquake passed, the conscientious old county magistrate collapsed at his job. Because of this incident, some uneducated people in the city kept it secret and spread it from person to person. In the end, I came to a conclusion that was simply nonsense.

But there are still some people who believe it. It has to be said that the truth of this incident has opened Soronqi's eyes.

But now that he found out that there was such a place, Suolongqi certainly wanted to go and see it. This time he didn’t bring many people, but Tang Lan said that he must come and see it. Solongqi couldn’t convince her, so he had to let her go. She followed.

Walking out of a wealthy home to a place where life is difficult, walking on muddy or winding paths, Suolongqi felt a little uncomfortable at first, but since Li Yi gave it to him task, he must complete it.

As time went by, Soronqi gradually fell in love with this feeling, feeling that his life had not been perfect until now.

Director Suo certainly knew what his son was going to do. After Suo Longqi went back last time, Director Suo had a medium-long conversation with his son and didn't ask many questions.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

Soronqi's answer was simple.

"I know, I'm living well."

Director Suo was stunned for a moment and said, "Can't you run your clothing store well? Why are you running around?"

Soronqi's answer was still simple.

"It's true that I need to run a clothing store, but I can't just keep running around the clothing store, right? I have to see how other people in this world live!"

Then there was a long silence, and then Director Suo asked: "Do you feel tired? Is it hard?"

Originally, he thought Suo Longqi would deny it, but he admitted it openly.

"Of course I am tired, Dad. I'm not saying that you don't know how difficult it is to walk on that mountain road! It must be hard, in that kind of place, you can't buy food even if you have money! It's too hard..."

Director Suo sighed and said, "Then why do you still want to go?"

Suo Longqi also sighed and said, "It is precisely because I have been there once that I want to say that when I was depressed, there were still many people in this world who had tried their best just to live! Hardship and tiredness are not important anymore."

From then on, Director Suo did not make any comments on every decision made by Suo Longqi.

The child grew up so suddenly that Director Suo was a little unprepared, but it was a good thing after all.

It seems that witnessing the suffering firsthand had a profound impact on his son.