1novels Chapter 84
Chapter 84
Standing on the barren land, Li Xinyuan completely understood what a certain person called the backcountry.
The car only drove halfway up the mountain and stopped on the side of the road, because the condition of walking further up was very bad.After walking several kilometers, the two finally came to a village.The houses in the village are all built with stones from the mountain. Due to the lack of soil, there are few big trees or even shrubs around the village. Only some tenacious weeds and vines grow between the rocks.
The sudden appearance of Li Xinyuan and Zhou Ye made several old people who were chatting under the loofah outside the house look over curiously.
"You are...the little blackie from Zhou's family, right?" An elderly man suddenly said to Zhou Ye.
"Yes, Third Uncle." Zhou Ye went up to meet him.
"It's really you kid, what wind brought you back?" the old man grabbed Zhou Ye's hand and asked.
"Passing by, bring your friends back to have a look." Zhou Ye glanced at Li Xinyuan carefully and replied, the people here are simple and honest, I'm afraid these people won't be able to accept it.
"This is your friend? What's your name, young man?"
"My name is Li Xinyuan, third uncle." Li Xinyuan replied with a smile.
"Quick, sit inside, it's hot outside." The old man pulled the two of them towards his residence.
When he came to the old man's house, Li Xinyuan looked at the empty house with no furniture, and looked at Zhou Ye.
"Third Uncle, don't be busy, we'll just come back and have a look, and we'll be leaving in a while."
"That's okay, why don't you have to stay for one night before leaving! Your house has been well preserved, wait a minute, I will go find the key." The old man entered a room inside.
Not long after, the old man came out with a key, led Zhou Ye and the others to walk tens of meters and stopped in front of a dilapidated house, and used the key to open the dusty iron lock.
The room was also empty with no furniture, the table was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the corners were full of cobwebs.
"This house has never been opened since your grandfather passed away. You can stay at the third uncle's house at night, and I am the only one at home anyway." The old man suggested, except for them, the elderly people in the village who are unwilling After leaving, other people have already gone to other places. It is rare for anyone to come here, but two of them came here today, how could he be unhappy.
"Third Uncle, thank you for your kindness. I think we should just live here. He hasn't come back for so many years, so why should he live in his own home, don't you think so?" Li Xinyuan politely rejected the old man's kindness for Zhou Ye.
"Hehe, look at me, I'm so happy that I forgot about this." The old man smiled embarrassedly.
"From what you said, you also have good intentions." Li Xinyuan said with a smile.
"What a good boy, by the way, I'll get you things and clean up the house." The old man said and hurried to his home.
"Thank you third uncle." Li Xinyuan said after following the old man.
After more than an hour, the room was cleaned out by two people. In fact, it was just some dust, and there was no furniture, so it was cleaned after a sweep.
Looking at the setting sun, Zhou Ye took Li Xinyuan's hand to a place not far from the village.
The graves were located among the rocks, and Zhou Ye stopped in front of one of them.
"It's here." Zhou Ye said without emotion.
On the two tombs next to each other, the words filled with paint on them have faded, but Li Xinyuan can still distinguish the man's name.
"Xin! What are you doing?!" Zhou Ye was shocked by Li Xinyuan's sudden behavior and roared angrily.