spring duck

The village where Jiang Lai lived was called Jiangjiazhai. As the name suggests, almost every household in this village is named Jiang.

Both Jiangjiazhai and Xingshi belong to Xiangzhou Province, but although they belong to the same province, the two places are very different——

Compared with an international metropolis like Xingshi City, it looks like a small cottage on the frontier.And in recent years, most of the younger generation have gone out to work, so there are not many people left in the village. They live a life of relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on water to eat water.

Although the scenery in the village is beautiful and the folk customs are simple, the conditions are too poor and the traffic is relatively blocked, so there are not many people who come to travel.So the mountain people passing by at this moment all looked at Qu Yao, who was neatly dressed and looked like a rich man from the city, probably wondering what this handsome boy was here for.

In the winter in the south, although the wind is not as cold as in the north, it is so humid and cold that it makes people uncomfortable.Fortunately, Qu Yao didn't have the squeamishness of a young master who was worthy of his worth. He carried a huge mountaineering bag on his back, and climbed the mountain wearing the same style of mountaineering clothes as Jiang Lai, but with different colors.

Qu Yao frowned, she seemed to be a clean freak: "Have you lived in this kind of place before?"

Jiang Lai was raised by Qu Yao for three months. He was white and tender, and his breath was a little unsteady when he climbed the mountain. He put his hands on his hips: "I haven't arrived yet, and I have to cross a bridge later. Sir, are you tired? take a break?"

Qu Yao has been exercising all year round and has climbed many mountains. This amount of exercise is nothing at all. He looked at Jiang Lai, who was breathing a little shortly, reached out to lift some of his bag, and helped him to share some of the weight: "If you are tired, take a break. Son."

Jiang Lai waved his hands quickly, and exhaled heavily: "I just haven't climbed for a long time, I'm not tired, let's go quickly, it's best to cross the bridge before dark."

Originally, Qu Yao thought it was a strange custom to cross the bridge before dark. After all, Jiang Lai told him about the taboos along the way, as well as the special product of Xiangxi that the Chinese people think - Xiangxi driving corpses.In the end, he didn't know why until he actually saw the bridge in front of him.

"Tell me, this... is a bridge?" Although Qu Yao's interrogative tone was flat, her heart had already started roaring. This is the 21st century, how can there be such a bridge? !There are two rows of wooden boards in the middle of the four iron cables, and then there are cliffs and turbulent rivers below. Are you sure you won't fall if you walk up?

Jiang Lai nodded: "Let's go, it's your first time to go, I'm afraid it's not safe if it's dark."

Jiang Lai walked forward while talking, but just as he was about to step on the plank, he was pulled back by Qu Yao.Puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Qu Yao frowned: "It's not dark and it's not safe."

"Safe, safe. When I was very young, there was still a zipline between these two mountains. I hung a rope on my body, hooked on the zipline and then swung across. Just like that, you have to get out of the mountain." Sit down."

Qu Yao frowned, he never thought that Jiang Lai's life in the past was like this.

Jiang Lai suppressed a smile: "Sir, are you afraid? Are you afraid of heights?"

"You're the one who's afraid." Qu Yao's face darkened, this little duck was still in the mood to make a joke here.

Jiang Lai smiled warmly, and took Qu Yao's hand: "It's okay, I won't be afraid if I hold you."

The cold wind in the mountains was blowing in gusts, and the thick chain on the child's wrist swayed slightly from side to side, making creaking sounds.

Jiang Lai led Qu Yao to walk on the bridge, and the wooden boards made a "squeaky" sound.After crossing the bridge and not far away, there is another scene. The wooden houses stand around the stream, and people wear local clothes and carry baskets on their backs.Qu Yao was thinking about what their ducklings would look like in such clothes.

Not long after, I saw a woman with a veil holding a child warmly greeted Jiang Lai with a local accent: "Ah! Come back!"

Jiang Lai smiled: "Yeah, I'm back, Xiaobao has grown so big."

The woman teased the child: "Xiaobao still knows you?"

Xiao Bao sucked his finger and looked at Jiang Lai with big eyes. Jiang Lai took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket to amuse the child——Qu Yao bought it from an import supermarket.

When the woman saw it, she hurriedly declined: "Ah! This candy is not cheap at first glance. Isn't it a waste of money to give it to children?"

"Sister-in-law, you're welcome, Xiaobao quickly take it." Jiang Lai stuffed the candy into Xiaobao's hand, and Xiaobao looked at the beautiful candy wrapper and put it to his mouth to suck.

The woman patted Xiaobao's buttocks: "Thank you, Xiaobao!"

Jiang Lai tugged on Qu Yao's sleeve: "No need, the candy belongs to this uncle."

The woman stared at the tall and handsome man beside Jiang Lai for a moment, "Who is this?"

Jiang Lai explained: "Oh, he is..."

But Qu Yao interrupted: "I'm Jiang Lai's roommate, he works part-time and lives with me in the city, this time I'll come and play with him." Jiang spoke the local dialect, Qu Yao tried his best to just I can understand a sentence or a half, but looking at Jiang Lai's actions, it seems to be introducing himself.

Jiang Lai looked at Qu Yao in a daze, although what he said was correct, but...

Qu Yao looked back, meaning: You are so backward here, even if same-sex marriage is legal, you won’t be able to accept it, right?

Jiang Lai pouted: Don't underestimate us.

But the woman smiled: "We have beautiful mountains and clear waters here, and we have a lot to play with. Aren't you city people all interested in that...farmhouse fun? Come back and let me take you down the river to touch crabs and go up the mountain to find bamboo shoots. It's delicious." Already!"

Qu Yao nodded and said yes.

The woman suddenly remembered something: "Hey, why didn't you come back with your dad?"

Jiang Lai was puzzled: "My dad is back?"

The woman nodded: "Yes, it happened two days ago, don't you know?"

"It's broken!" Jiang Lai pulled Qu Yao and ran away: "Sister-in-law, I won't tell you for now!"

The woman didn't seem so surprised, she ran towards Jiang Lai and said, "Go, go!" Then she whispered: "Huashengzi! Jiang Lai's father beat his mother again!"