Chapter 41 the bell is ringing

The sunshine is new every day. The sunshine that morning was very different from usual, and there was a smell of raw beans in the sunshine that day.The scent contains a trace of unripe greenness and astringent bitterness, and the astringent bitterness contains new fragrance.Farmers know that it is spring again, it is a new breath from the earth, and the seedlings are new crops.The freshness and the rawness are scattered in the air, and they are also brought out by the sunlight. These are the variables of Vientiane. When the bell rang, Liu Hanxiang was standing on the big rolling pan in the village.It was the first time for her to stand so high, and it was also the first time for her to become the head of this large village with a population of 3,000.When Ya was standing here, she was already the village head and branch secretary.The bells are rippling over the village street, stirring the hearts of the people and the life of Shangliang Village.

The moment Liu Hanxiang stepped onto the big grinder, the bell in her heart rang.That sound is no less than that old bell hanging on the old locust tree!Standing on the millstone and looking at the village street, she seemed to see the road she had walked, the days of Shangliang Village, the still bitterness and the ferocity of the tile-roofed animal head.Villagers were walking towards her in twos and threes, still with their sleeves folded, lazy and numb in the chilly spring.The men held hand-twisted cigarettes in their mouths, turned their scorched lips, and spit one mouthful at a time; the women held or nursed their children, their skirts were disheveled, and they chattered, pissing and shitting all the way, and the dogs followed them. On the side, to eat the shit that was pulled halfway... Most of them don't think about the road ahead, and they don't seem to want to think too much about it.Of course, it's not like they haven't thought about it, so what?That can only be blamed on bad luck, God entrusted them to be born in the countryside.If he was born in the city, or in the home of a dignitary, it would be another scene.There are also some shrewd and calculating ones, but they just escaped one or two families and walked on the asphalt road... so what?

For a long time, she has been thinking about a problem. There was an old saying in the past: To be poor is to be poor enough to have backbone.Thinking about it now, this sentence is very narcotic.If you are poor, how can you have backbone? "Bone" is bone, "qi" is qi, bone is hard, qi is soft, how can there be "spine qi"?It can be seen how reluctant it is to use Qi as a bone! If the "bone" is broken, is the "qi" still there?The so-called "backbone" is nothing more than a sham after a broken bone.What's more, this "backbone" is also forced out, it is "face", and it is a strong spirit.On the plus side, it was meant to change.If you continue to be poor until you are poor to the bone, where does your "spine" come from?If you are poor, if you go up, the result will be struggle or plunder;This is all visible.In fact, that poverty is most likely to produce poisonous gas and malice... If it does not change, the result will be a swarm of chaotic bees biting each other!

For Liu Hanxiang, this is one of the most important days for her and the most important choice she has made in her life.For her to live, she must live with dignity.She once loved someone like that, and had a beautiful longing... Now, she wants to spread this love on this land! Therefore, when she was standing on the big grinding pan, she was dressed very decently, and it could even be said to be extremely colorful.She presents herself in front of the villagers, presenting the beauty of a woman!In the cold spring, amidst the piles of dark old cotton-padded jackets, she is like a bright pomegranate blooming on a mill, a flower in full bloom.She wore a rose red sweater on her upper body, a pair of black Verdin trousers with trouser seams on her lower body, a pair of flat leather shoes with straps on her feet, and white lined socks, which were dazzlingly beautiful.Of course, this is already her best "equipment".Speaking of which, this suit was originally worn on the day she was going to get married... Now, she is wearing her "dowry" to take office, and what she wants to present to the villagers is her full splendor.She stood there quietly, facing the wind, upright but solemn.Yes, she wants to start with herself, starting today, and tell them what life is.

For this day, she has made a lot of preparations.Almost no one knew what she had experienced in the city... Now, she has read the account books of the village, which is a land of 1.98 square kilometers.She also checked the county chronicles. According to the county chronicles, this is a land where the north and the south meet. The soil has moderate acid-base content, the soil is dark and yellowish, and the climate is moderate, which is good for plant growth.Ordinarily, such a large piece of land is bordered by a river to the east, how could life be lived in such a way? !Why do generations of descendants still dream of "escape"? !However, if she hadn't had such a painful experience and hadn't been disillusioned, she would have left... At that time, her greatest ideal was just to be an officer's wife.Really, escape the country and go live for one.This was her—all a woman ever dreamed of!Thinking about it now, she was still ashamed of herself in her heart.

Now, when she is standing here, how vast is that 1.98 square kilometers!There are hills in the south, slopes in the north, hills in the west, and rivers in the east. When the sun rises, the endless flat, clouds and rosy clouds are magnificent!At such a moment, she seemed to be lifted up by something, with a kind of elegance, a feeling of soaring!The field of vision in front of me is so open, the slightly chilly wind is so clear, the wheat fields in the distance are dark green, the birds are chirping on the rows of telephone poles, the trees are already purple and green, and the buds are beeping. The cornbreads hanging on the wall are chubby, one by one, with a golden light, swirls of smoke and dust are born under the dog's legs, and even the dripping water from the eaves adds a bit of warmth —So, she said to herself, start here.

"Let's rediscover ourselves," she said. "Let's save ourselves," she said. She said: "If there are flowers in your heart, flowers will bloom on the ground." She said: "What I wear is my dowry. Today, I 'sent' myself." She said: "From today onwards, I am no longer a woman. Don't think of me as a woman. Duties are gender-neutral. Just call me Xianggu." She said: "During my tenure, if you take an extra penny from the village or eat an extra grain, you will spit on me. Everyone can spit on me." She said: "Actually, life can be lived well. We have to start with ourselves and let life blossom."

She said: "Trust me. Give me five years. After five years, if our days still don't bloom, I will come down myself." The villagers stood there in darkness, still dazed and numb.In the crowd, few people seemed to understand what she said, and they didn't quite understand the meaning of what she said.She is already the village head, what else?However, there was one word that they understood, and that was "send".In Shangliang, "send" means "the girl goes out", which means to marry off.So, who did she marry herself to?This is obviously an irony, or an angry statement.Therefore, people interpreted "send" as an angry sentence for the time being... This is her declaration!However, at this time, no one understood her thoughts, and no one could understand what she said.However, she stood there condescendingly, her beauty, her brilliance, and her flower-like vividness really made people stunned!When people looked up at her, their mouths almost salivated... This is a flower on the beam!In a certain sense, she is better than her mother, who was once nicknamed "Ten Li Xiang", she was a famous beauty with a radius of tens of miles.However, her mother still does not have her "foreign style". In Shangliang, people often regard "different" as something foreign, which is called "foreign style".She is really "foreign style"!When has she been seen like this? Who dared to stare at her like this in the early years?But now, all the men, women and children in the village are looking at her so obsessively, that's a look at beauty, isn't this a living fairy?

Then she said, "Go and plant trees." This was the last word she uttered, and after she finished speaking, she jumped off the grinding pan.Only then did people see that there was a polished shovel next to the milling pan. She picked up the shovel and strode forward alone. There was some commotion in the crowd first, so is the meeting over?Those women who are breastfeeding their children, as well as those elderly men, look at me and I look at you, asking each other in a daze, what are you talking about?What is she talking about? ...Yes, people still have a lot of doubts, a lot of ignorance, and a lot of trance.Many people did not understand what she said.There are so many people, chattering, and most of them didn't hear clearly.However, she had already moved forward, her voice was not high, she did not explain anything, and as soon as she finished speaking, she walked forward, carrying a shovel.

However, young people followed suit.The first ones to follow were those strong guys who had been cursing and cursing all day long!Ten or twenty strong young men with the might of a tiger rushed forward, shouting loudly: "Let's go, let's go!" Although, after returning from the city, she talked with her father for a whole day and night, and she finally convinced him... Moreover, according to her father's experience, she also found some people in private and talked with them about her thoughts.However, they still didn't fully understand what she said while standing on the grinding pan, but they were excited, a little inexplicably excited... Beauty can indeed conquer people, and they were convinced by her beauty.They just believed her.Maybe, there are still small thoughts in my heart, what if, isn't it?

The girls followed suit.The girls followed in groups, and suddenly there was a hint of envy in their hearts, and there was also a hint of jealousy.Look, how free and easy she is, how straightforward!As soon as she stood there, she stood up as a role model for a woman.Yes, it is no longer comparable, and there is no way to compare, and there is only learning.I really want to learn her appearance, learn her posture, learn her dress... Country girls are very good at imitating, and they imitate quietly in their hearts.Not to mention those who are thoughtful, want to save face, and want to live a good life-they just raise their spirits, and their xinxing will be adjusted accordingly, just go! The latter is "following".Those middle-aged and elderly people behind, those women, those who are hard of hearing, those who talk about gossip and household chores, hardly heard what she said.However, when they saw people walking, they all followed them, like a flock of sheep, with their heads against their heads, asking as they walked, "What are you talking about?" Someone said, "Tree." Then asked: " Tree?" He said, "Tree." No one asked how the tree came to be; no one asked what the fruit would be if it was planted.Once they believe in this person, all they can do is follow along. Only one person did not move, and that was her father. Originally, Liu Guodou was still a little worried. As a resigned party secretary, he was worried that his daughter would not be able to hold back.He thought, if there was a "Lengtouqing" or something who jumped out and threw some "cannon", then he would still stand up and speak out.With his reputation and decades of experience, he can help his daughter to town.However, when his daughter just stood on the grinder, he immediately understood that his worries were unnecessary.He even had some disappointment and jealousy!He suddenly discovered that a person's energy is actually very limited.Once a person leaves power, you are nothing, you are just a little old man squatting at the base of the wall to bask in the warmth... Thinking of this makes him feel even more painful.The sun shone on his eyelids, and his eyes were pierced with golden flowers, and he couldn't see anything clearly.He murmured: "Old, old." However, he didn't understand, how could his daughter speak like this?Some things she said made it difficult for him, who had seen a lot of world experience, to listen, but she actually said that, and people believed it? ! ... In the end, it wasn't that he didn't want to stand up, but he couldn't stand up anymore, and he didn't have any strength left.He was suddenly frightened.It was the daughter who frightened him.The daughter is too daring, the daughter scared him so much that he couldn't stand up!Is the daughter mad?Otherwise, in a village where the ancestors have grown food for generations, she said, go plant trees.Can planting trees feed the whole village? !