Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 309 Follow Up the Mountain

"Aunt Li, you misunderstood. I don't plan to buy any land. Even if I do, I won't buy the abandoned land over there."

Just like she said, the head of the village has so much land, why should he buy wasteland and reclaim it?

Ji Wenhe walked over to help wash the dishes.

Zhou Xiaoyu looked up and lowered her voice, "The headman's two sons are not coming back, and I don't know what to do with the family's land in the future."

Li Chunhong shook her head: "Who knows? I think one of them has to come back. But if they really don't want to come back, the head of the village can't do anything. We are going to replace them with someone else in the village."

Then he continued, "If our village really wants to elect a village head, who do you plan to elect?"

"Can I abstain? I just don't want to vote. I don't want to get involved in this."

The candidate for the village head should be good at dealing with people, be able to talk to anyone, not be stage-frightened, and be able to build good relationships with everyone.

Among Shen Erniu's generation, apart from the village head's family, Shen Qingyang's son Shen Xiucheng had some connections, so this person was a good candidate.

There seems to be no suitable candidate in Shen Rongshan's generation.

Feeling that no one was suitable to be elected, Ji Wenhe did not want to participate in the vote.

Zhou Xiaoyu replied: "It's okay, forget it, it's too early for us to talk about this, maybe someone in their family is willing to come back."

Yes, it’s too early to say this now, let’s wait and see.

After helping to clean up, Ji Wenhe saw Shen Rongshan walking up the mountain and hurried over: "Brother Shen, wait for me, I'll go with you."

I turned around when I heard her voice: "Don't follow me. It's hard to walk on the mountain. There are a lot of bugs. Go home."

"It's okay. I'll go help you. I'll take the twigs back to dry and use as firewood."

The grass in the field has been cut and there is not much work to do. I'm just sitting at home anyway, so I might as well come over and help.

"Wen He." Shen Rongshan had no choice but to hold her hand. "Follow me closely. Don't walk around. There are many snakes on the mountain."

Ji Wenhe flinched and swallowed, "It shouldn't be such a coincidence that I run into him."

Follow his footsteps and keep looking left and right, especially under your feet.

Seeing her frightened look, he persuaded her again: "Wen He, go back. There are many snakes in the mountains. You might run into one."

"And snakes don't just live on the ground. They also hang on trees and in haystacks. Sometimes when you turn over a haystack, you'll find a nest of snakes inside."

"Eh~" Ji Wenhe rubbed his arms, "I have goose bumps all over my body. Don't try to scare me back with a snake. One more person means more strength. Let's move faster."

The thought of turning over the haystack and seeing a nest of snakes made my scalp tingle and I felt sick all over.

"Okay, I won't scare you anymore." Shen Rongshan squeezed her hand. "Snakes will run away when they see people. If you don't hurt it, it won't come to bite you."

"Brother Shen, are there any giant pythons in our mountains whose bodies are thicker than human thighs? Have you ever seen one?"

He shook his head: "I haven't seen one, but I have seen snakes as thick as my arm. It's common for us hunters to encounter snakes when we go hunting in the mountains. We just stay away from them."

The last time he went into the mountains to hunt a blind bear, the snake that entangled him was as thick as his arm. It was also his bad luck. It was very dark at the time, and his eyes and vigilance were on the blind bear. As soon as he stepped into the haystack, the snake entangled his legs.

"When we were little, we loved to run to the mountains. The older generation would scare us, saying there were pythons thicker than trees in the mountains."

"That must be a giant python." Ji Wenhe shook his body. "I don't think there are pythons that thick on the mountain, otherwise I would move it away overnight."

Shen Rongshan comforted him, "There are no snakes that thick. Don't be afraid. Our ancestors have lived here for generations, and I have never heard of the older generation seeing one."

"Even snakes as thick as my arm were only encountered when I went hunting in the mountains. People living down in the mountains have never seen them. They heard about them from others."

"Brother Shen, are you afraid of snakes?"

"Don't worry, snake meat is edible."

"Then what are you afraid of?" she asked curiously.

"fear death."

Ji Wenhe looked at him with a smile: "Everyone is afraid of death, I am afraid of it too, except for this, for example, I am afraid of something."

Shen Rongshan looked at her sideways and said, "I'm afraid of you."

"Am I a thing?"

"You are nothing." Then he reacted and said quickly, "I mean, I'm afraid you'll leave me. I'm not saying you are nothing. No, I mean..."

The more you explain, the more confusing it gets.

Seeing him scratching his head, I chuckled, "I'm just teasing you. I know what you mean."

Holding his arm, she continued walking forward: "After being on the battlefield, you have seen more cruel things, so you will become braver and no longer afraid of what you were afraid of before."

Shen Rongshan nodded: "It's like this, everyone in the village says I'm brave, but before I went to the battlefield, I was afraid to go into the mountains to hunt."

"I was afraid of encountering wolves or blind bears. I was afraid of getting injured in the mountains and not being able to come back alive. I was also afraid of many things, but I stopped being afraid later."

He is not born brave and is not afraid of anything.

Ji Wenhe understood: "Brother Shen, can you tell me about your entry into the military camp?"

She had always been curious and wanted to know about his past.

When they arrived at the tree-cutting site, Shen Rongshan helped her sit on the tree stump, and he sat beside her, put his arms around her waist, and spoke slowly.

"We were taken to the military camp and lived with livestock. No, we were worse than the livestock. They ate better than us."

"During the war, we were at the front. Those who disobeyed would be killed on the spot. We could only charge forward desperately to survive in the rain of swords and spears..."

He did not tell her about the bloody and cruel scenes on the battlefield, but simply glossed over them.

Ji Wenhe listened quietly.

When there is a shortage of men on the battlefield and a large number of troops are needed, the imperial court will issue a conscription order. If you are more polite, the recruiter will be nice and tell you the various benefits of being a soldier, what the government will give out, and will select the best candidates.

There is also a more brutal type, who arrests anyone they see, such as the county magistrate in their town.

For ordinary people, they have no right to resist, and they cannot resist.

When a general achieves success, there are piles of white bones behind him.

Shen Rongshan looked ahead, sadness welling up in his eyes: "I made many friends in the military camp, and we supported each other. In the end, I was the only one left alive."

When I saw them falling beside me with blood splattered on their faces, I realized at that moment that I could not save anyone and had to watch them die one by one in front of me.

Ji Wenhe grabbed his hand and turned to look at him: "Brother Shen, it's all in the past. I believe they will be reborn into a good family in the next life and live a peaceful and stable life."

Maybe they think so too. Without war, and being with their families, even though they are poor, having their families around is enough.

"Yeah." He closed his eyes, opened them again, and regained his clarity. "Go to work. Take that pile of twigs back."