don't go near that tree

Chapter 52

In order to facilitate farmland irrigation, there is a large well in almost every direction in the village.

The so-called well is just a deep ditch dug in a certain open space, about ten meters deep, to store rainwater.

These wells don't have very shallow edges, and if you don't mind slipping into them, you will be in the abyss.

The most deadly thing is that there are no protective measures around these wells. When ignorant children approach, these wells will become a huge human-swallowing well.

Wu Chun crouched down slowly holding his head.

"Wu Chun? Are you okay?"

As Xu Shiyao said, he squatted down next to Wu Chun and let Wu Chun lean on him.

"I think the first thing I should do is not to build roads, I should first solve the problem of these wells."

Wu Chun's eyes had already started to get a little moist.

Life is like this, it is so fragile that sometimes it has quietly left before you have time to react.

Just some departures that could have been avoided.

This is definitely not the first time that something like this has happened in Shili Village. Maybe there will be cannibalism incidents in these wells every year, so after the disappearance of a child, everyone will unanimously think of going in the same direction.

In addition to the relatively large wells in the four directions of the village, there are also many large and small wells in the village.

Different from the four wells, the wells inside the village are all cut with bricks and tiles, and there are still a few wells that still play a role in solving the water resources of the villagers in the village. The other few wells seem to be abandoned. The area around the wellhead has been covered by weeds. From the outside, it is completely invisible. There will be a well under the weeds.

And these wells have no covers, and are distributed inside the village. Compared with the four wells, they pose a greater safety hazard.

Over the years, the people who have been eaten by these wells, ranging from the elderly to children, may no longer be able to count.

"These man-eating wells must be rectified." Wu Chun muttered.

"Shall we go up and talk?" Xu Shiyao asked.

It's not a problem for the two of them to squat here all the time. There are still people in the village gathering not far away. If someone passes by and sees Wu Chun squatting here alone in the middle of the night, there will always be some discomfort. Good thing.

Wu Chun nodded. Before he got up, he felt himself being hugged by the waist.

Wu Chun was only taken aback for a moment, then he naturally put his arms around Xu Shiyao with his hands, resting his forehead on Xu Shiyao's chest, and slowly closed his eyes.

It's always easy to be exhausted about life, the exhaustion of powerlessness.

It took only a few minutes to go down the mountain to the top of the mountain, and Wu Chun also took advantage of those few minutes to think about some things.

After sitting on the tree, Wu Chun was still leaning on Xu Shiyao's arms.

Xu Shiyao's hands were gently kneading between his temples.

"What do you want to do?" Xu Shiyao asked softly.

"It's impossible to fill up these wells. We still need to rely on them to irrigate the farmland in the village." Wu Chun sighed slowly as he spoke. , two stone slabs can cover it, that is, the four outside, and the best way is to repair the protective fence."

"You need money, right?" Xu Shiyao asked softly.

"You even know this now?" Wu Chun asked with a light smile.

He rarely mentioned the concept of "wealth" to Xu Shiyao, maybe Xu Shiyao had come into contact with it in the past few years, but money was very important to people, but to Xu Shiyao, it seemed useless.

Xu Shiyao doesn't need it at all, and he usually doesn't take useless things to heart.

"You often mentioned this word when you talked with the village chief, so I wrote it down. Every time you said what you were going to do, the first thing you mentioned was money."

"It's hard to do things without money."

Wu Chun sighed heavily again.

"The wells inside the village are okay. I can still afford the stone slabs, but those outside the village. It is not a small project to build a protective fence. I can't do it myself."

Manpower and material resources are not what Wu Chun can afford at present.

"Don't worry, Wu Chun."

Xu Shiyao comforted in a low voice, put his mouth next to Wu Chun's ear, and said softly, with a distressed tone, "Tomorrow, I will go to the village chief and try to figure out a solution with several people. There will always be some different ideas. It is not suitable for a person to fight hard."

"What about you?" Wu Chun asked with a smile, "Isn't it because I have been carrying it silently for five years?"

Thinking of this, Wu Chun felt a little uncomfortable.

"That's different." Xu Shiyao said with a low smile.

"Why is it different?"

"I didn't have a choice at that time. After you appeared, when I encountered some problems, I rarely solved them by myself. I always stayed with you."

"You know the benefits of someone helping you." Wu Chun said with a smile, "You didn't say anything at the beginning, and I had to inquire and ask myself to know what you want to do."

"Yes, so now you too."

Wu Chun was taken aback for a moment, then he heard Xu Shiyao continue to whisper in his ear, "Maybe there are many people who want to help you, but if you don't tell them, how will others know. In fact, you can expand the number of people you communicate with, and you can't just limit yourself to the village chief. After all, your original intention is to let the people here live well, so you have to understand what they need in the long term and what they need in the short term, including this matter. I think you should discuss it with the villagers. Will definitely support you, no one will not be moved by the loss of life."

Wu Chun looked at Xu Shiyao in shock. A while ago, the other party still had only a half-knowledge about the human world. He never expected that after such a short period of time, he was able to express his own opinions and opinions on certain things, and even expressed his opinions in a word. of.

Wu Chun remembered that the village chief once said: Xu Shiyao was the first person he valued.

In the past, Wu Chun could understand the words of the village chief. After all, after death, he could still stubbornly leave his soul here to guard silently. It has already shown that the other party is not an ordinary person. , stick to it.

And now, Wu Chun understands that to accomplish something, perseverance alone is not enough.

Xu Shiyao was able to do certain things not only because he had stronger perseverance than ordinary people, but also because of his pace of seeing things and the depth of his thinking.

Wu Chun thinks that his four years of study have made him mature a lot. He is indeed not as impulsive as he was four years ago, and has learned to endure some things. It's just that compared with Xu Shiyao, what he considers is still somewhat different. lacking.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Seeing Wu Chun staring at him without blinking, Xu Shiyao asked with a smile.

"It's nothing, it's just." Wu Chun said for a while, he smiled, stood up suddenly, and quickly planted a kiss on Xu Shiyao's side cheek, "How long does it take to be qualified to be side by side with you?"

"I can't say that, but Wu Chun, you have to know that the road you want to take should not exceed the actual situation of this village, understand?"

"I understand." Wu Chun said with a smile, "Tomorrow I will follow your instructions."

After Wu Chun finished speaking, he leaned against Xu Shiyao's arms again.

"Some long-term dreams seem a little illusory. You can first achieve a more realistic one. After all, big dreams are also piled up with small dreams. Some things can't be achieved overnight. As long as they are things, there will be corresponding ones. So don't worry Wu Chun, let's take our time."

"Yes, I understand." Wu Chun replied in a low voice.

At this moment, his mood eased a lot, "I'll rest for a while, and I'll go back later."

Wu Chun said so, perhaps because Xu Shiyao's arms were too comfortable, Wu Chun actually fell asleep.

After this sleep, I slept until dawn the next day.

When Wu Chun woke up and found himself lying on the bed of his grandfather's house, he thought for a moment that he was dreaming.

"How did I come back last night? How come I have no memory."

Wu Chun was still sitting on the bed in a daze, until his grandfather knocked on the door, Wu Chun's consciousness gradually came back.

"Chun Chun, are you tired these days?"

"It's okay Grandpa, I'm not very tired." Wu Chun said with a smile.

"I'll go home when I feel too tired in the future. It's a big deal to do it the next day. I can't fall asleep outside again. It's dangerous."

"Last night, Grandpa, you..."

Wu Chun didn't know what to say for a moment, seeing what Grandpa meant, he carried himself back from Ten Mile Mountain last night?

If this is the case, then I slept really well enough to die.

Wu Chun laughed at himself and said, Grandpa's body is not as good as it was four years ago, and now it takes a lot of effort to move some things. In this situation, he didn't wake up, which is really a bit terrible.

Just when Wu Chun blamed himself, Wu Chun heard his grandfather say again, "No, that child sent you back."

"what!"

It is no exaggeration to say that Wu Chun was close to shouting.

Why was Xu Shiyao bumped into by his grandfather when he sent him back?

Why is grandpa still so calm when he bumps into him?

"Don't be so excited, Chunchun, it was grandpa who saw that you hadn't come back, so he thought about going out to have a look. The moon was very bright last night, so grandpa didn't have a flashlight. As a result, as soon as grandpa went out, he saw that you seemed to be raped by someone. Holding him in his arms, but grandpa couldn't see that person, so he thought, maybe that child sent you back."

"Grandpa, have you talked to him yet?" Wu Chun asked anxiously.

"Grandpa can't communicate with him, so I can only quickly turn off the lights in the house, and then open the door to let him in. He puts you on the bed, and I don't know if he left, so I didn't dare to turn on the lights. , for fear of hurting him."

Grandpa sighed slowly as he spoke, "I don't know what time that child left last night."

"Grandpa didn't turn on the lights all night last night?" Wu Chun asked.

"It didn't open, and the door didn't close. I wasn't sure if the child was still there. I didn't dare to turn on the light. I even burned some paper money for the door god, begging the door god not to hurt the child."

Hearing this, Wu Chun let out a low laugh.

"What's the matter, Chunchun?"

"It's nothing." Wu Chun said with a smile, got up and walked outside, and continued, "Grandpa, don't worry, with him here, I won't be in danger no matter how late I stay outside."

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