Chapter 1074 Big Bird Village
As it was getting dark, Sun Shan decided to spend the night in the village.
I walked a long way to get here, and if I go out again, I’m afraid I won’t be able to find a village to stay overnight before dark.
Wang Jiaxing asked the village chief again: "Village chief, is there any way to go further?"
The village chief shook his head and said, "Going forward is the back mountain of our village. There is no further road. If you want to go to the next village, you have to go out from the entrance of the village."
I'm talking about the next village, but in fact it's separated by two hills. If you want to communicate with the next village, you have to walk for half a day.
So Sun Shan and his companions stayed overnight in a place called "Big Bird Village".
When Sun Shan heard that the village was called Big Bird Village, he became curious and asked with a smile: "Village Chief, why is this village called Big Bird Village?"
Could it be that a big bird once fell here, and then it was called Big Bird Village?
Sun Shan remembered that there was a place called "Zhongluotan" town in Guangzhou.
According to legend, a large bell was transported from another place and accidentally fell into a large pond, so the place was called Zhongluotan.
Since this village is called Big Bird Village, maybe a big bird has been here before.
When the village chief saw Sun Xiucai smiling at him, he smiled politely and said, "This place used to be called Little Bird Village, but the villagers thought that Little Bird was not grand enough, so they changed the name to Big Bird Village. Haha, Big Bird Village sounds better than Little Bird Village."
Sun Shan is still with Wang Jiaxing and his gang:......
Sun Shan kept asking questions, and continued, "Why was it originally called Little Bird Village?"
Could it be that a bird had fallen here?
San Yazi from next door bravely answered first: "There are many birds flying over the hill behind our village, so we call it Little Bird Village."
Afraid that Sun Shan would not believe him, he added, "We often go to the back hill to catch birds and roast them for dinner. They are delicious."
Then he complained, "It's just that when I asked my mother for salt, she always refused to give it to me. Otherwise, roasted bird would taste better."
After saying this, he licked his lips, trying to make Sun Shan believe what he said.
The village chief saw San Yazi trying to interrupt the conversation and glared at him: "The adults are talking, why are you butting in? Go home quickly, your mother will call you home for dinner soon."
The village chief didn't mind Sanyazi interrupting the topic, but he was afraid that Sanyazi would say something wrong and offend the nobleman.
Although Mr. Sun does not look like a rich man, the many young men who protect him show his "money power" one by one.
How can you support so many people without money? This Mr. Sun is very rich.
There was also the native boy Wang who served as an interpreter. He was well-mannered, fair-skinned, and dressed in a long gown made of fine material. He was very humble and submissive to Mr. Sun, which further proved that Mr. Sun was powerful.
Although the village chief is a countryman, he is not a fool and his eyes are not blind.
Decades of life experience made him keenly aware that the scholar Sun in front of him was different.
Seeing the aggrieved look on the face of the little boy named "San Ya Zi", Sun Shan couldn't help but laugh: "Roasted birds really need salt to taste good."
When Sanyazi saw that the masters from other places all supported his opinion, he was very happy and his face was full of smiles.
Changing the subject, Sun Shan said, "But salt is precious and should not be wasted, and I certainly can't let you roast a bird to eat. Good boy, your mother did the right thing."
After hearing this, Sanyazi became visibly distressed.
The village chief said cheerfully, "San Yazi, did you hear that? The scholar has said so, so you must obey and not steal your salt to roast the bird."
The village chief chatted with Sun Shan for a while and saw his daughter-in-law preparing bedding.
Then he said, "Master Scholar, the room is ready. It is in the countryside and is rather dirty, so please don't mind."
Sun Shan shook his head repeatedly and said, "I don't mind. Thank you, Village Chief."
The village chief led his family to prepare dinner for Sun Shan and his group.
With so many people coming so suddenly, and no vegetables at home, we had to borrow from the villagers.
This scholar was quite capable. The money he gave was enough to make a lot of money.
After Sun Shan put his luggage away, Sun Dali still stayed in the room to watch over it.
When he was away from home, Sun Dali's persistence in looking after the luggage was beyond the imagination of most people. Sun Dali declared that as long as he was there, the luggage would never be lost.
Sun Shan smiled and let him do as he pleased.
Sun Shan sat in the yard of the village chief's house, looking at the vast mountains outside. He couldn't help feeling pale and powerless, as if he could not get out of the mountains no matter how hard he walked.
Wang Jiaxing acted like a younger brother and poured tea and water for Sun Shan, and took a sip.
His eyes lit up and he said, "Master, the tea roasted by the village chief is pretty good."
Sun Shan took a sip. What surprised him was not the taste of the tea itself, but the fact that he was surprised to find drinkable tea in this remote mountain village.
Sun Shan smiled and said, "The tea that I brew at home does have a unique flavor. Not bad."
Gui Ge'er was cracking walnuts for Sun Shan. These were walnuts picked up by the villagers on the mountain. When they saw that there was a distinguished guest, they took them out to entertain him.
Living off the mountains, every harvest season, the villagers always go into the mountains to look for produce.
It’s best if you can sell it for money, but if you can’t, you can have it as a snack.
The same is true in Sunjia Village.
When they were young, Sun Bomin and Su would take their older sisters to the mountains to pick wild fruits and nuts.
As for Sun Shan, due to his health reasons and being the only child, he had always been spoiled and had never been into the mountains.
Gui Ge'er handed the cracked walnuts to Sun Shan and said with a smile, "Brother Shan, try it. It's sweet and tastes good."
Sun Shan tasted it and found it was indeed delicious.
It has a sweet taste in the bitterness and a bitter taste in the sweetness, and it tastes quite delicious.
At this time, Sun Shan saw a figure passing by the gate of the yard again and couldn't help but smile.
Apart from married daughters and sons-in-law, few people come to Da Niao Village.
What's more, Sun Shan, a foreigner who can't speak the local dialect, is an even rarer guest among rare guests.
Well, the villagers knew that there were guests at the village chief’s house, so they would hang around outside the yard from time to time, trying to see who the distinguished guest was.
So that there will be gossip in the future.
The eldest grandson of the village chief was standing at the gate of the yard. When he saw some shameless villagers trying to come in and gossip, he waved his hand and drove them away.
My grandfather ordered that the villagers should not be allowed to disturb the scholar. If the scholar got angry, he might bribe the yamen runners to collect a few more buckets of rice taxes from them.
If a few more buckets of grain were collected, more people in the village would starve to death, so we must not offend the scholar.
After a while, the village chief prepared dinner for Sun Shan and his group.
A dish of fried chicken, a dish of fried bamboo shoots with bacon, and a dish of egg and wild vegetable soup. It's simple but tastes very good.
Perhaps because he was tired from walking, or perhaps because he was really hungry, Sun Shan felt that the ordinary farm meal tasted particularly delicious.
After dinner, it was time for questioning again.
Sun Shan asked, Wang Jiaxing translated, and the village chief answered.
I mainly want to know about the population, fields, income, etc. of Da Niao Village.
After asking around, Sun Shan had to sigh again.
There are not many arable lands, so the grain harvest is naturally not much, and the villagers live a hard life.
Perhaps it's not just Da Niao Village, thousands of villages are actually similar.
People all over the world are living a hard life.