Posthumous Photo

Author: Erzi Congzhou

Posthumous Photo

Logically speaking, this place belongs to Qianzhou, and even if there are achievements, it has nothing to do with Fourth Cousin, a cadre in Shuzhong, but Fourth Cousin still extended his hand here.

According to the villagers, Su Xiucai walked with wind, and his spirit was different from ordinary people.

Not only is he good at farm work, but even the "old man" of the hunting team is very convinced. In his words, this kid can be used as a dog when he goes hunting in the mountains!

It just so happens that the old man is still the captain of the brigade, so he can only be punished by force, not by force.

In the end, the team held their noses and built the school.

From then on, after the children in Swan Township finished primary school here, some would go to Hutou Fengming to attend junior high school, and then return to Xishui to attend high school.

After learning that Zhou Zhi was Su Xiucai's nephew, the villagers came out one after another to surround them. Here they inquired about Su Xiucai's situation, while there they had rolled out bean curd and cooked bacon. They could not go down the mountain without eating a meal.

This situation is how people in the village receive distinguished guests. Zhou Zhi encountered it once when he was sending his grandmother to Dajing Township.

It's just that this time, being able to receive such treatment just because of his status as fourth cousin's uncle and nephew is a bit unexpected.

After further research, I found out that this school still exists today, and the current teachers have been replaced by middle-aged people who receive the county's private teacher allowance.

The teachers were away during the holidays, so the village elders took Zhou Zhi and his party to visit the classrooms, teaching and research offices, and a large dormitory room for dormitory students.

The conditions are very difficult, but the fellow villagers are very satisfied.

There was a popular saying in later generations on the Internet that the Jewish nation is the nation that values ​​education the most.

Zhou Zhi sneered at this statement. The nation that values ​​education most in the world should be the Chinese nation.

How many ethnic groups have families whose education expenses account for a proportion of their family income that is comparable to that of Chinese families?

The favorite evidence used by such articles is to use the number of Nobel Prize winners to illustrate the importance that Jews attach to education.

The Chinese have none, so the Chinese have failed in education.

In fact, this statement cannot be refuted at all. Zhou Zhi would like to ask, if this logic is followed, then the ratio of men to women who have won the Nobel Prize is very different. There is almost one woman for every eighteen men. Does this also mean that men

And what about the huge disparity in women’s educational levels in the West?

It's obviously untenable.

In the same way, there is also a famous "Reflection Party" that claims that China should be grateful to the West, because any knowledge that laid the foundation for modern science and technology is all the result of the West, without the participation of the East.

Therefore, China should thank the West. When the Chinese people use these knowledge, they should thank their modern disciplines and thank these knowledge for laying the foundation for the development of the modern world.

Their most famous saying is: If there was no Western civilized society, there would be no mobile phones, computers, cars, airplanes, or even ceramic toilets for you to use the toilet.

Zhou Zhi later saw similar jokes like this on the Internet, and he couldn't help but reply: Sorry, ceramics were indeed invented by the Chinese. According to your logic, Westerners are sitting on the floor using the ceramic technology invented in China.

When you are on the toilet, are you the same as you are now, spraying feces and giving thanks at the same time?

This is a typical fool eating steamed buns. When the sixth one is full, the fool shakes his head and says he knew the sixth one was full, so why bother eating the first five.

The foundation of modern science is mathematics, but...even the most basic Arabic numerals in modern mathematics are oriental.

The so-called Arabic numerals are actually just Indian numerals passed from Arabia. Their predecessors were Brahman numerals and were born in the Indian continent.

So there is no need to talk about ceramic papermaking. Let us follow the logic of the "reflection party" and finally find that... what should be reflected on is still... the West?

No matter what, just because Zhou Zhi's fourth cousin and nephew were treated like distinguished guests in this village, it should be scorned to say that Chinese people do not value education.

The beans on the mountain are all "adzuki beans" grown on barren loess. They have a high fat content, and the bean curd produced is very fragrant.

The seasoning used here is Ciba chili, which is prepared by burning green chili peppers on a charcoal fire until the shell looks like tiger skin, tearing off the outermost layer of waxy skin and pounding it into roasted chili pepper sauce.

Then I couldn't escape the drink again. People said that this is not a toast to you, but a toast to Su Xiucai. You are just a tool to drink on my behalf.

At this moment, Zhou Zhi came up with a very disrespectful thought. Anyway, we are drinking on behalf of others, so can we water the ground and let the landowner do it for us?

Fortunately, this meal has now become a group activity in the village. Zhou Zhi thought of a clever way to escape, and we all took a group photo!

Taking photos will become a very serious event in some poor areas in another twenty years.

Photography requires professional talent, and as a professional, you must be thoughtful and sober.

In addition to group photos, Zhou Zhi also took dignified and solemn "standard photos" of all the elderly in the village. After they came down from the mountain, they had to be developed into large photos and sent to them for future funerals.

There is no need to be taboo about this, and the elderly are very happy. Nowadays in the countryside, it is very important to make coffins, tombstones, and shrouds in advance.

Some coffins even stayed in the main room for decades and were painted every few years to show the family's tyrannical financial strength and the filial piety of their children and grandchildren.

Such a "high-end" thing as a posthumous photo was subject to restrictions before, and the elderly would never dare to think about it.

As soon as Zhou Zhi hesitantly brought up the concept of "zhengzhao", the village elders also understood it and immediately thought of its most meaningful use. Several old people murmured a few words quietly, and they were all overjoyed.

So they stopped drinking, and each went home and took out their best clothes to put on. The entire village was made of wood, and there was no whitewashed wall anywhere. Finally, Zhou Zhi came up with an idea and took out a pair of clothes from a certain house.

Just put the quilt on the bed, hang it on the wall with the lining facing out, and let the juniors hold it tightly, and that's it.

This was a lively event, and Zhou Zhi and his friends finally managed to escape. However, behind the backpacks going down the mountain, there was another big pig leg.

In the village, people who had elderly people taking pictures all gave Zhou Zhi a "thank you gift", which included a lot of pig legs.

Zhou Zhi declined, and only took the pork legs from the village chief's family, who was also the oldest family in the village, saying that he was lucky to have a birthday.

Having such a family-like experience in the depths of the mountains is also an education for the friends. At least they can truly understand the profound meaning and specific practices behind the word "gratitude". They have experienced both theory and practice.

I think this trip was not in vain.

In addition to this episode in Liangfeng Village, the friends also experienced the unique natural scenery around the Swan Pond.

Especially the caves that no one has drilled before, with the help of battery lights and indicator ropes, I found a famous local cave to experience it.

The name of this cave is simple and crude, it is called "Big Dongzi".

Zhou Zhi used two bundles of 400-meter reflective nylon ropes to explore the depth of 800 meters before not daring to go any further. According to Dingding, this was the deepest record.

Even after walking 800 meters deep, the space is still very large. In addition to tunnels and corridors, there are several large squares, stalactites, stone fields and other strange landscapes inside the cave.

As for how deep the hole is, there is no way of knowing.
Chapter completed!