Los Angeles West Station.

Wang Dagou got out of the car and was about to cross it. He would hire a carriage in the city and drive home for a long time.

"Home?" Wang Dagou, who was standing at the door of the car dealership, was stunned, then grinned, scratched his head happily and muttered: "That's right, we're home right now."

"Xiawangpo, are you leaving now? If you don't want to go, don't go." The shopkeeper looked at the sky outside. It was almost dark, and it was already late at night.

There are bandits in the mountains, and if some people get killed late at night, the little money they make won't be enough to give him a headache.

The two silver dollars were thrown up and then dropped. The crisp sound they made when they were smashed together made the boss' eyes widen. "Let's go, let's go now."

I found a clever young man and brought out the best carriage, spread it with cotton mats, put two futons on top, and the carriage was on the road.

"Guest, you have to drive in the middle of the night. Aren't you afraid of meeting bandits in the mountains?" Driving was boring. Seeing Wang Dagou's good-natured face, the young man asked casually.

"It's okay. If you encounter bandits, just run away first." Wang Dagou lifted up the car curtain and hung it on the shed, looking around and looking around. He felt happy everywhere he looked.

Back then, he took this same road, riding in a donkey cart with a group of old and young men who had no hope of survival and no hope for their families.

The young man driving the bus blushed, and it was clear that Wang Dagou had revealed his thoughts.

However, compared with life, good or bad are secondary. Seeing the good of others, the young man still gave more instructions: "Don't resist the bandits when you meet them. Give them what they want. At most, they will be beaten and let go. However, you

This body is too strong."

If you are too strong, you may be spotted by the bandit leader and be caught in the mountains and used as a lackey.

While we were talking, it got dark. The young man was not upset and walked forward in the dark without getting lost at all.

It sounds strange, but actually it’s not strange at all these days.

If you run in the same place for months and months, for more than ten years, anyone can remember it.

Not to mention the road, even if there are a few potholes on the road, they are all imprinted in my mind.

Along the way, I passed by several hills where bandits might be hiding. I was very lucky and nothing happened.

In the middle of the night, I could finally see Xiawangpo from a distance, and the half-dead old locust tree was still there.

Just looking at it, it looks like nothing has changed.

"There are not many people in this village now. Back then it was a big village with more than 200 people." The young man pursed his lips and couldn't continue.

Wang Dagou didn't even hear what he said, so he jumped off the carriage and walked towards the old locust tree.

Standing under the tree, I touched the dry and wrinkled bark.

I didn't want to cry, but I really wanted to laugh, the kind that was sweet from the bottom of my heart.

My heart, which had been restless along the way, calmed down and felt at ease.

After standing under the tree for a while, Wang Dagou walked down the slope. The old locust tree stood on the slope, and the village was at the bottom of the slope. Most of the people there were named Wang, so it was called Xiawang Slope.

Ding.

After walking around the old locust tree and walking forward, Wang Dagou stopped again when his feet slipped and he almost fell.

Turn around and squat down.

I touched it with my hand and found two palm-sized pits, shallow in front and deep in the back, as if someone had made them deliberately. "Weird."

Scratching his head and wondering, Wang Dagou continued walking down the slope, with the carriage following behind.

He didn't dare to go back alone in the middle of the night. Besides, he had to take them back!

Dazhuangzi, which had a population of more than 200 at the time, now has only a dozen or so left.

The young man driving the bus said that they were all old people who could not walk, did not want to leave, and were not afraid of dying.

Sons, wives, and some even grandchildren, the whole family is gone.

Go, where to go?

Counting the days, it has been 5 years since he left!

His memory of home was a little fuzzy, but as long as he walked forward, he knew where to go, and he stood at the door of his home without missing a beat.

Half of the muddy wall collapsed. I don't know if the straw hut fell into the house or was blown away by the wind. A few rotten logs were stuck on it.

The half door kept beating on the threshold in the night wind, making a clanging sound, and the green grass all around made it a bit alarming.

Push the door and go in.

There was a kang made of earthenware, two small horses with broken legs, hooks on the wall made with wooden wedges, and the stove made of earthenware was full of holes, which he had smashed with stones before he left.

It was no different from when he left, except for a thick layer of dust. He sat cross-legged on the kang, and Wang Dagou didn't say anything, just sitting there.

The young man outside felt a little sleepy. Thinking that this ghost village had no oil or water at all, and the bandits would definitely not come, he dozed off against the frame of the car.

When Wang Dagou came out again, the boy had already fallen into the car and was lying down snoring.

Wang Dagou smiled and didn't care, and walked to the east end of the village. There was a lonely house over there, which was the place he was looking for.

When I came to the door, it was bolted and there was no lock on it. I couldn't afford it.

After Wang Dagou heard that there was no movement in the room, he raised his hand and finally knocked.

Bang, bang.

After two calls, there was no answer from the house. After thinking for a while, Wang Dagou took off the door bolt and opened the door.

On the earthen kang, a board supported by wooden sticks is the table, with two porcelain bowls placed on it. There is an earthen plate stove next to the window, which can be seen at a glance.

It seemed like there were still people living there. "It means it's still there," Wang Dagou said a little excited.

But there was no one there this early in the morning, and where was her silly brother?

The girl's name is Da Niu, and she has a younger brother named Wang Goucheng, whose real name is Wang De.

Back then, his father was a teacher in the village. He was educated and had a baby son, so he quickly gave him a famous name.

It's a pity that I didn't realize until I was older that my son was stupid.

The father was also stupid, but his family was still relatively wealthy at that time and had enough food, so he just gritted his teeth and continued to raise his son, since he was still his own son after all.

Later, there was a war.

The teacher died, the carpenter died, the bricklayer died, and the farmer died.

There were more than 200 people in the village, more than 1,000 people, but in the end, less than 100 people survived.

Later, the traffickers came.

I want to leave wherever I can, I want to find a peaceful place to live my life honestly, and I also want to leave this sad place forever.

Wang Dagou couldn't tell whether Danniu wanted to leave at that time, but now he probably knows that she probably wants to leave.

Just for the sake of Wang Gou Sheng, I stayed.

When his father died, he held Da Niu's hand and kept telling her, 'Take your brother with you, take your brother with you, take him with you wherever you go.'

Da Niu took note of it, so after the trafficker said, "Go away, you fool", she said nothing more.

Da Niu is a person who accepts death. If her father asks her to take her brother with her wherever he goes, she must listen and remember that if his brother cannot leave, she will not leave.

Wang Dagou didn't want to leave at first. He had made a baby engagement with Da Niu and said he would stay with her to take care of Wang De.

The big girl didn't say anything, she smiled, her eyebrows still as pretty as crescent moons.

The next day, she signed up for Wang Dagou, and the trafficker thrust copper coins into his hand, and he only found out about it.

"What on earth are you thinking? Erdu said that if you are hungry, you can't help it. If you can't help it, it's like you can't help it." He rushed to Da Niu's house and slapped the money on the kang. Wang Dagou sat on the edge and sulked.
Chapter completed!