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Chapter 120:
This tribe, which is basically only left-behind by middle-aged and elderly people, and may all relocate in a few years is blocked by a deep fault zone.
The place where Ye SiLan was injured and rescued was near there, but the living environment is difficult.
However, in the village of the former tribe, there are many long-lived old people.
The old man Ye SiLan knows who always guards the small broken temple is said to be over 130 years old.
Of course, because there is no official statistics, there is no record of birth, and there is no way to verify this age. After all, people in their 130s can apply for world records. How could it appear so easily?
Especially some grandfathers and grandmothers also said that the old man is actually more than 130 years old, maybe more than 150 years old, and few young people believe it.
But according to Ye SiLan’s observation, there are several centenarians in the village, and many in their 80s and 90s. In proportion to the total population, it is not an exaggeration to say a longevity village.
But when we separated a few years ago, the old man who handed Hua Tang to her was still in good spirits. He was cheerful, and there was no problem at all.
Ye SiLan couldn't help feeling a bit sad now when she heard that the old man had left shortly after she left, but she was patted on the shoulder by the grandmother before she showed her sadness, and waved her hand after smiling.
There is no need for the younger generation to shed tears for fun.
The customs here in the village are not the same as those outside. The old man who lived more than a hundred years of pain and disaster died peacefully in his sleep, and then was sent away by the younger generations holding hands, and should not be disturbed with tears.
The grandmother’s articulation is not very neat, but she is very enthusiastic, even if her accent is too heavy, she gestures to let Ye SiLan live in her house.
Ye SiLan has traveled too many places in the past few decades, and there will be many Fang Yan.
It's just that such a small village hidden in the mountains has its own customs and culture, and has little contact with the outside world, and the overall language expression is relatively independent, so she needs to guess and be fooled.
She lived here when she was recuperating from her injury, and she had felt the confusion that she didn't understand at all.
But fortunately, the grandmother's gestures were very good, Ye SiLan also remembered some basic words, and started to talk as soon as he was old and young.
Yes, Ye SiLan knew that looking at her 60-year-old grandmother, when she was 89 years old this year, she was a little bit stunned. She was indeed "less" in front of the 89-year-old grandmother.
Now there is a village relocation policy. This small village is too remote and there is no way to develop the surrounding area. It can only be relocated and the government will return the resettlement houses.
It's just that the older people are reluctant to leave here, insisting on staying, eating corn and sweet potatoes, drinking mountain spring water, and their bodies are quite tough.
Knowing that Ye SiLan came for the ruined temple, the grandma clapped her hands and swiftly pulled Ye SiLan and passed.
From the gestures of the grandmother, Ye SiLan can be considered to understand that the dilapidated history of this ruined temple is at least 90 years.
In my grandma’s impression, this temple is ruined, and no one goes to worship, only a few elderly people in the village are willing to clean it.
However, following the death of the elder who gave Hua Tang to Ye SiLan, the last insider also left.
If the house doesn't live, it will soon be ruined, and the temple will be about the same. If there is no one to tidy up, it will quickly go bad.
Grandma took Ye SiLan around, but she saw nothing except the broken walls and tiles.
When Ye SiLan took Hua Tang away, she clearly saw a cat statue in the temple. She was very impressed, because there are very few cat worshippers in China, so she looked at it a few more times.
But now there is nothing, no trace of cats at all.
It's rare for a younger generation to come, grandma likes to chat, even if the language is not so smooth, watching Ye SiLan feel a little depressed, she pulls her to tell stories.
I don't know if she has noticed that there are no cats in the village, no matter if it is a few years ago or now.
Because they don't pay attention to raising cats here, they raise other animals, but they don't raise cats.
Speaking of this, my grandmother is a bit proud. Although she doesn't raise cats, her village has never been harmed by mice. She has lived for nearly ninety years and has never seen it once.
"Huh? Really?" Ye SiLan thought about it carefully. It seemed that she hadn't seen the locals raise cats, but she thought it was because the place was too small and the population was small. Come, obviously different from other places.
You must know that rodent prevention is basically the standing knowledge of farmers, and farmers keep more cats for the purpose of catching mice, otherwise the harvest of a year will be more than half of the rat disaster.
Seeing Ye SiLan's surprised look, she told a story she had heard when she was a child. She said that this place was not a tribe before, but an official family for Maohu Temple. Later it became a tribe and now it is a village.
Where the cat is, where can the mouse dare to come, so no mouse can be seen in the village.
It's just that the young people in the village didn't really believe this story. They felt that the absence of mice might be related to the terrain or water quality. Anyway, they didn't believe it was a cat shocking story. It was a story of an old man coaxing a child.
But Ye SiLan paid attention to these stories and carefully studied the folklore stories in various places. In fact, some sources or corresponding events can be found. Even if some are exaggerated or fictitious, it is enough to find a little.
Seeing Ye SiLan's interest in the story, after grandma took her home, she made a cup of milk powder alone, and then talked about it for almost a day and a half.
Folklore stories are largely educational, persuasive and even intimidating. Except for some of the content that has been spread too much, most of them are passed on by word of mouth. The elders teach them to children, let them know what to do and not to do. what.
Correspondingly, the folklore stories by the sea rarely involve deserts, camels, and Populus euphratica, and most of them are hainus and dragon kings.
Inland folklore stories are mostly mountain gods, land and the like, and rarely involve seaweed, shrimp, crab or big fish.
In the story told by the grandmother, the frequency of cats is actually very high, which is obviously different from folk stories in other places.
As a result, Ye SiLan really heard something special.
The story is simple. There is a cat curiously squatting at the door of a childless couple’s home, listening to the host teach other children to read, the hostess teaches other women to weave, not only imitating the teaching to the villagers further away, She was deeply moved and became a baby, and appeared at the gate of the courtyard, fulfilling the couple's wish for a child.
The essence of the story is studious and industrious, believing that kindness is rewarded, but Ye SiLan can't help thinking, is it true that cats become more and more curious about people's lives, and one day they will become humans?
Of course, ordinary cats may not believe it, but non-ordinary cats might give it a try.
Lying on a wooden bed at night, Ye SiLan rarely can't sleep, otherwise the signal here is not good, she wants to call Hua Tang a video to see what the black cat is doing.
It is a rare visit to the village. Ye SiLan has learned some massage techniques before, and helped her grandma and several other elderly people to press twice, and then write down some obvious senile diseases, and plan to contact the nearest hospital after going out. It took a few days to leave.
Although she didn't find any definite news, she still found something out of the story she told Ye SiLan.
You know, Hua Tang spends more time with people than with cats. To be more precise, there is no plush that has so many social needs of Hua Tang.
Unwilling to be raised by the family, every day in the community in Yurou Township, Hua Tang itself is communicating with different residents.
If you think about Hua Tang's life carefully, there is not much difference between it and ordinary people, even three meals a day should be more punctual.
Is it true that Hua Tang is becoming more and more human-like, and one day he will switch to a new identity?
Ye SiLan was surprised by his bold speculation. He felt that it was impossible to rely solely on his own imagination, but couldn't help thinking, what if it was true?
Hua Tang is not an ordinary cat, it's just that it's usually special, and it's all hidden by Round Dudu.
So, when Hua Tang had just finished his literacy course and could finally throw away his tablet to appreciate the rainbow farts that others gave to evil cats, Ye SiLan came back specially.
"Hua Tang learned so fast?"
The black cat looked up proudly, of course.
"Can you know so many words? That's amazing!"
Boast, continue boasting, Hua Tang lays in Ye SiLan's arms, waiting for the boast.
"Then take a look at these classes too? They are all very interesting, Hua Tang is the smartest!"
Ye SiLan immediately took out the same tablet, but the memory was upgraded, and it was packed with various courses. It was gentle but firm in front of Hua Tang.
Had it not been for Hua Tang to recognize all the common words in a short time, Ye SiLan would not put such a heavy learning pressure on the cat.
But there is no way, she knows Hua Tang too much, and before all the pressure is taken out at the beginning, Hua Tang can definitely take care of her secretly.
Sure enough, Hua Tang's triumphant little expression hadn't recovered before he was hit by reality and looked at Ye SiLan in disbelief.
Hua Tang's eyesight is very good, and she saw a lot of Dangdang course videos at a glance, even more than her collection on this tablet.
Ye SiLan had already collected a batch of courses before, but Hua Tang saw the literacy, and left everything else there.
But now look at the one in Ye SiLan's hands. Hua Tang would rather learn the original one, at least that little one.
Taking care of the kitty ball with one hand, Ye SiLan knows Hua Tang, and Hua Tang also knows Ye SiLan. Seeing her irresistible expression, the black cat resolutely pushed away the tablet in her hand and pressed her tablet tightly. .
She doesn't learn that, she has to learn this from herself, don't let her tablet leave!
When the question is whether to choose more or less, Hua Tang can easily ignore the hidden option.
"This tablet is better, and the lessons inside are particularly interesting." Ye SiLan concealed his smile of successful routines under his eyes, and seriously pushed the tablet forward in his hand, unwillingly trying to get Hua Tang to use more of this one. .
No, using his best, Hua Tang firmly pushed back, dragging the tablet and jumping back to the top of the cabinet.
Okay, don't disturb the evil cat's study, just concentrate.