Chapter 5 Wake up

There are only more than 4,000 people in Baxi Township, but they spread to the vast mountainous area as far as the eye can see, so many places see the mountains but no people, and the empty valleys are filled with the noise of sparrows and cicadas. In recent years, most young and middle-aged people have gone out to work, and went to places that were rarely heard of before, such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Fujian.The mountains seemed even more silent and desolate.In many housing estates, there are only a few old people sitting idle, and children who are in school and come home on weekends.In some houses, every house was closed, weeds blocked the roads, wild vines climbed up the wooden posts, and busy mice and rabbits did not avoid people.

When outsiders see a pile of cow dung on the side of the road, or a scarecrow on the side of a field, they will have a kind of surprise when they find rare objects: there are people here! The silence suddenly swells any sound many times over.A stranger whispers or coughs, and may be startled by his own voice.They didn't know whose loud voice was speaking for them, what kind of voice dared to risk the world's dissatisfaction and caused this terrible disaster. Many insect and grass sounds also rose from the silence.A pair of ears pulled out from the hustle and bustle of the city is a pair of awakened ears, regenerated ears, lost and recovered ears, suddenly discovering the huge hole and vastness in the ear hole, and the slenderness, fragility, subtlety and richness of various sounds of nature .As long as you stop talking, just hold down your breath, the sound of an insect at the base of a distant wall can be as loud as thunder, as eager as a drum, and as long as a wave. The two-phase echo of the voiced part hit my eardrums all the way.

I have to cover my ears quickly.