Chapter 376: Current Situation of Kaoshan Village
In the small noodle shop, Li Yi, the black-faced man and others were talking. ReadМ
"Brother, have there been any changes in Kaoshan Village over the years?"
The black-faced man thought that Li Yi had been to Kaoshan Village before, so he sighed and said: "That's it, it's all for survival. Those who have the strength will go to work in the two big cities of Guangdong and Beijing. One year I’ve only come back once, but we can’t leave all the young people in the village. Otherwise, who will take care of the remaining children, women, and old people?”
After taking a sip of noodle soup, the black-faced man said again: "So we discussed it. Not all the young people in the village can leave. Some of them must stay to take care of these people in the village. At least don't let the same person The old people, children and girls in the village were bullied by other villages! "
Li Yi nodded when he heard this and said with deep approval: "Yes, that's the truth. How many of you are staying?"
The black-faced man wiped the sweat on his face with a tattered towel hanging around his neck and said: "There are a total of twelve or thirteen people left. There are more than two hundred people in the village, and fifty or sixty young people have left. These We have to take care of people’s families. When they come back, they will give us part of the money they earn from working. This is what we have agreed upon!”
Clicking his tongue, Li Yi secretly thought about it. In fact, this is a good idea.
However, when these people go out to work, they can only superficially support their families. If they want to fundamentally change their situation, they need to take a long-term approach.
The black-faced man seemed to have started talking, and continued: "Looking at the young boss's appearance, and knowing our brother Tiezhu, he should be a good person. Brother Tiezhu's status in our village is nothing to say, how many brothers do we have?" He was the one who gathered them all, and the business of reselling medicinal materials was also started by Brother Tiezhu and his sister-in-law, so Brother Tiezhu is definitely this one!"
As he spoke, the black-faced man gave Li Yi a thumbs up.
Li Yi nodded. Yes, this is exactly Yang Tiezhu's character. Even a stranger like himself came to rescue him. He didn't even know whether he was a good person or a bad person, so he brought him home.
He also used part of the few rice at home to cook porridge for himself. For this alone, Li Yi owed Yang Tiezhu a lot of favor!
If Yang Tiezhu hadn't given him a helping hand at that time, he would have froze to death in that dark and dark alley, let alone time travel!
Li Yi said with a smile: "I didn't expect Brother Tiezhu to have such a method. I have to get to know him well this time when I go up the mountain!"
Hearing this, the black-faced man asked curiously: "What did you come to see Brother Tiezhu for? I haven't had time to ask you yet!"
Slowly putting away the smile on his face, Li Yi's expression suddenly became serious: "I'm here to ask Brother Tiezhu for help! I want to buy a batch of medicinal materials!"
This statement was something Li Yi just came up with. After all, this timeline is completely different from when he traveled back through time.
At this time, Yang Tiezhu had never seen Li Yi at all. If Li Yi rashly said that he was here to help him, anyone with some ideas would probably become suspicious.
I'm not familiar with you, why do you help me for no reason?
So Li Yi secretly kept an eye on it. Anyway, he didn't look like an ordinary person in this outfit. He just acted like the boss!
Let’s wait until we see the current scene of Kaoshan Village to talk about the rest!
When Yang Tiezhu rescued Li Yi before, it was in December 1991, and now it is May 1992. Li Yi is also curious about what the Kaoshan Village looks like now.
Is it still the same as before, with not even a decent house in the village, and the roofs of all the houses being built with adobe and straw?
The black-faced man and others ate very quickly, and he didn't want Li Yi to wait impatiently. After two bowls of noodles, he stood up, patted his clothes, and said with a smile: "Let's go, little boss, let's go up the mountain!"
"This donkey cart has just returned from hauling medicinal materials and mountain goods. It's a little dirty. How about I find you a mat?"
Li Yi smiled and shook his head, but he was open-minded: "It's okay. I used to be a child of a poor family, and my parents were both factory workers. I wouldn't walk out of the station because I was afraid of getting dirty! Let's go!"
The black-faced man saw Li Yi sitting directly on the donkey cart. He didn't care about the valuable-looking clothes. His eyes softened a little. Then he gave Li Yi a thumbs up and drove the donkey cart toward the mountain. Go inside.
These men were not idle along the way. They sang folk songs while driving, all to tunes that Li Yi had never heard before. However, although the sky was gloomy, the mountain road was a bit difficult to walk, and the mist made it difficult to walk. The road was a bit strange, but under the loud singing of these men, the very difficult mountain road was no longer so boring.
After nearly an hour and a half, Li Yi saw a few lights lighting up at the foot of a foggy mountain ahead.
"Little boss, we're here! This is the mountain village!"
Li Yi jumped down from the donkey cart neatly, not forgetting to pick up the cigarettes, firewood, and cans he brought. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother. You go back first. I'll visit Brother Tiezhu at his home." one time!"
The black-faced man nodded, waved his hand and said, "Little boss, just go and do your work!"
Li Yi smiled and nodded, then turned and walked towards the village head.
The village seemed very quiet at night. The tradition of working from sunrise to sunset was still maintained here, because kerosene lamps were still used here. The wicks in the kerosene lamps were twisted out bit by bit by their own families. If they wasted a little more, they would feel sorry for half a day.
In fact, thirty years later, some places still just started using electric lights. Although it sounds incredible, this is the fact.
According to his vague memory, Li Yi came to a familiar poplar tree at the head of the village. Looking at the couplets that had been used for several springs, he slowly pursed his lips.
Li Yi himself is a person who values friendship and loyalty, especially after losing the most important person once.
This house has not changed much. If you have to distinguish it, there is a crack in the door beam, part of the loess on the wall has fallen off, and the small vegetable garden in the yard is also a little messy.
Li Yi sighed and stepped forward and knocked gently on the wooden door of the house.
They didn't dare to use too much force, fearing that the wooden door, which was almost 70 years old, would be unable to bear the weight and fall off the door frame.
At first, there was no movement in the room, until Li Yi knocked on the door for the second time, and then a light voice came from inside:
"Who is it?"
Hearing this, Li Yi said in a deep voice: "I'm here to buy medicinal herbs! Tiezhu... Is Yang Tiezhu here?"
