In the depths of the Taihang Mountains, there was an unknown small mountain village. The reason why this mountain village was small was not because there were few people in this village and the distribution area was small. It was because there was only one surname in this small mountain village before the liberation, and that was the surname Gao.
The geographical location of this small village was quite unique. It could be said that it was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there was only a road between the two mountains in the south. It was this road that became the exit of the village. However, the back of the village, which was behind the mountain in the north, was closely followed by a national road that ran through the east and west. It was also a traffic artery. Therefore, although this small village looked a little isolated, its economy had never been too backward. Although the people here lived a self-sufficient life, the traditional lifestyle of the people of the Chinese Dynasty relied on mountains and rivers. The adjacent road had invigorated the entire village's economy. In addition, this small mountain village had rich and unique specialties. Of course, the main reason was that there was no shortage of water here.
It would not be an exaggeration to describe this small mountain village as surrounded by green mountains and green water. Due to the abundance of water, the mountains surrounding this small mountain village were lush and the vegetation was very lush. Every year, from the moment the spring breeze blew, the surrounding mountains would be green and dripping. From north to south, there were three streams of water that passed through the village. One of them passed through the middle of the village, dividing the village into two parts. As for the other two rivers, one was close to the mountain in the west, and the other was close to the mountain in the east. The three rivers converged at the southern end of the village, forming a river. It flowed south along the mountain ridge in the west. The river water was clear and sweet. Therefore, it might be because of the water. In addition to the three streams, the village also had a distinctive feature. There were weeping willows on both sides of each stream. If you were willing to go forward and wrap your arms around them, you would find that these willow trees were very thick and strong. It was almost impossible for a person to carry them all. Not only that, but these willow trees were also very old. In the early 1920s, not many people in the village could tell who planted these willow trees in that era. Or maybe it was wild and later grew into this shape because of man-made management.
Although this small village was surrounded by high mountains, it was not narrow. Instead, it was surrounded by mountains that formed a fertile farmland of thousands of acres. However, in this small village, due to the abundance of water, as long as there was soil, as long as the area was large enough, it could be called fertile land. Therefore, there was an old saying passed down in this village, which was that as long as people were not lazy, they would produce gold.
Such an excellent geographical location, such a relatively isolated place with fertile soil, such a strange small mountain village, also had a rather unique name-High Willow Village.
The origin of this village's name was also quite legendary. It was said that there was a family here in the late Song Dynasty, and they were brothers. The brothers had come here to escape. Back then, when the two brothers escaped here, they didn't know where they had settled down. In a moment of desperation, they fled here. Looking at the terrain here, it was not easy to be discovered by the enemy. In addition, the natural conditions here were very superior. After discussion, the two brothers decided to temporarily stay here.
The reason why these two brothers chose such an isolated place to settle down was because these two brothers had a great background. It turned out that these two brothers were the descendants of Yue Fei's general Gao Chong. After Gao Chong sacrificed himself at Ox-Head Mountain, his wife brought his two sons back to their hometown. However, after the Jin Kingdom defeated the Song army, they marched south. First, the land north of the Yellow River, then the land north of the Yangtze River, had all fallen into the hands of the Jin people. Wu Shu, the fourth wolf lord, suddenly thought of Gao Chong. Although Gao Chong was dead, he must have descendants. Gao Chong was so powerful, so his descendants must be very impressive as well. Because as the saying goes, a tiger father would not have a dog son. Therefore, Wu Shu ordered the arrest of Gao Chong's descendants. At that time, Wu Shu's idea was for my use. However, Gao Chong's descendants did not buy Wu Shu's words. In his anger, Wu Shu had a devious thought, which was that if he was not useful to him, he had to get rid of him. Therefore, after the two brothers received the news, they led their families to escape through the night. After a bumpy journey, they finally hid in the mountains and escaped from the eyes and ears of the Wu. Finally, after a series of twists and turns, they arrived here. Seeing that the environment here was very suitable for survival, they decided to settle down here. Moreover, other than the direct descendants, the group of people were all servants. Therefore, there was no one with a different surname. Moreover, there were many willow trees here, so they called the village High Willow Village.
In the 20th century, in the early 20s, this village still had only one surname. Only the people here often went out to exchange materials and trade. Very few outsiders came here to buy and sell living items. It was said that this was also a rule passed down from their ancestors. This was because when the village had just been established, the outside world had already been controlled by the golden man. In order to not leak the secrets of this place, only the people here were allowed to exchange essential living materials outside, but outsiders were not allowed to come in. Therefore, although there was a big town 30 miles away from the village, which was considered the core of the economic and political culture of this area, they did not know that there was already a village here. Only when people heard that the Jin Kingdom had been destroyed did outsiders come in to trade goods. However, there were very few of them. Most of the time, it was the people here who carried the goods out for trade.
However, in the early 1920s, although it looked like a village on the surface, it had actually become two villages. Because the village was divided into two parts. The west of the river belonged to his brother. Therefore, the west of the river was actually inhabited by his brother and his tenants, family members, and long-term workers. There were a total of 40 to 50 households. The part of Hedong belonged to his younger brother. Of course, Hedong was mainly inhabited by his younger brother's family, who were long-term workers, short-term workers, and tenants. However, these two brothers weren't blood brothers, but uncles. Their fathers were blood brothers. However, because the people in the west of the river were ranked higher than those in the east of the river, people still called those in the west of the river the eldest and those in the east of the river the second.
Although they were uncles, their ways of dealing with people were worlds apart. The eldest was simple and honest, open-minded, and had a deep heart. However, Boss's thinking was quite flexible and his management was also very good. Therefore, Boss managed Hexi in a different era from Hedong. The eldest son's wealth in the west of the river was increasing day by day. His life was also a few levels higher than the life in the east of the river. Not only that, the eldest son also left the only person with a different surname in the village, the teacher of the private school, who should have been raised by the second son, in Hexi. The only outsider was the private tutor that their grandfather had invited for their father. Later, because the second son of Hedong had a family earlier, a private school teacher taught the second son of Hedong. As the eldest son got married late, he did not have a family at that time. Therefore, after the old man of the uncle and brother died of illness, the second brother should have been responsible for the support of the private school teacher. However, because Second Brother saw that this person did not have much value left, he chased him out of the house. Coincidentally, Boss encountered this matter halfway. The eldest knew that this private school teacher was once his father's teacher and had never married in his life. If he was chased out now, he would be homeless and would only die of hunger and cold. Therefore, out of benevolence, the eldest son took in this old private school teacher and treated him like a distinguished guest.
It was the winter of that year that the weather was surprisingly warm. Although the leaves of the willows by the river had fallen and the river had frozen, there were still some naughty children playing on the ice bed on the river. However, if one observed carefully, there were some stubborn grasses at the foot of the hill facing the sun, especially a kind of broad-leaved grass. The green color of the grass had not completely faded. It was almost the end of the 6th and 9th season, but there was not a single snowflake in the sky, nor was there a strong wind. Fog was common. The winter this year could even be described as unusually warm. Just when everyone thought that the winter this year would not be cold anymore, because the 69 River was about to end and the 79 River was about to open. Moreover, people also discovered that the willows by the river had begun to turn green, and their branches were much softer than before. There were even some small sprouts that could not hold back their loneliness and began to sprout. Some ducks that could not stand the loneliness had already begun to run towards the ice that had not melted yet.
All of a sudden, people couldn't tell exactly what day it was. Anyway, it was a day more than a month after the New Year. Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the middle of the night. The wind blew so hard that almost the entire valley echoed with a wuwu wuwu sound. Moreover, when dawn came, people also found that the sky was overcast. Not only was it overcast, but it was also very, very overcast. It was so heavy that it was almost pressing down on people's heads. The temperature also dropped abruptly, to a level of coldness that people would never have imagined in the past.
Due to the sudden arrival of this cold current, most people were unwilling to go out and move. Almost everyone curled up on the brick bed and burned the charcoal basin red again. The family huddled on the brick bed and enjoyed the rare cold. The only charcoal fire brought warmth to the people. From time to time, there would be some elderly people cursing,"F * ck, what kind of weather is this? It's not cold when it's f * cking cold, but it's cold when it shouldn't be.”
It was indeed so. Not only was it cold, but it was even colder than before. It was even colder than the coldest days of the year. Because people realized that it was snowing again when it was close to lunchtime, and it was a very big snowflake. Like goose feathers, they fell down in lumps. In less than two hours, the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the boundary between the mountain and the land could no longer be seen clearly. Because the snow had already connected the mountain and the land together. As far as the eye could see, there were no longer any steep ravines. The snow had transformed them into gentle undulating curves.
Just as people were feeling puzzled by this rare weather, a baby's cry suddenly came from Boss Gao's house in the west of the river. In the most beautiful house in the west and east of the river, in the richest family in the west and east of the river, in a family that could not even be described as well-off at that time, but could even be described as extremely rich, a new life came to the world.
According to common sense, a child born into a wealthy family must be blessed with longevity. However, the birth of this child was just like the unimaginable weather this year. There were too many things that were far beyond people's expectations. First of all, almost at the same time, the private school teacher who was abandoned by the second son of Hedong also swallowed his anger. Moreover, he had only choked when he heard the first cry of a newborn baby. When he breathed his last, he unexpectedly shouted a few words,"Bitter! Bitter! Bitter! This is my fate. Bitter!"
At that time, people did not pay attention to the private school teacher's words because everyone was busy in the front yard! There was only one man, Grandpa Wei, who was following Boss Gao's orders to wait for this lonely old man in the quiet backyard, where the private school teacher insisted on staying.
In the living room of the front yard, the tall and big master who was waiting anxiously paced back and forth in frustration, waiting. Until the midwife told the good news to Grand Master Gao," Master, congratulations. Madam has given birth to a daughter. She's quite fat and strong." The midwife was about to say,"Don't worry, mother and daughter are safe." Before he could say anything, Grand Elder Gao was about to heave a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard the maid in the inner room shout,"Not good, not good. Madam is bleeding, Madam is bleeding.”
When the midwife heard this voice, she was stunned for ten minutes. Fortunately, Aunt Wei took the newborn child over. Otherwise, she would have been thrown to the ground by the stunned midwife. Think about it, what would happen if a newborn was thrown to the ground alive?
Aunt Wei, who took the child, looked at the midwife and was probably anxious. He shouted," Don't just stand there. Go and take a look. What's the situation?"”
Only then did the midwife wake up from her dream. She moved her three-inch golden lotus and rushed into Madam's room like a madman.
The reason why the midwife was stunned was that she had only encountered massive bleeding during the process of giving birth. At this time, he had to ask the master if he wanted to protect the child or the adult. However, in that era, it was pointless to ask. That was because, in that era, if a woman were to suffer from massive bleeding during childbirth, there was only one way out. There was no way to save her. Why was it so strange this year? This child was born safely. When he was born, there were no signs at all. Now that he was bleeding profusely after giving birth, wasn't this asking for his life? Not to mention massive bleeding, even if it was a horizontal fetus, he wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
Therefore, as the midwife ran into the house, she chanted Amitabha in her heart and prayed for the blessing of Buddha. This was because in that era, this kind of situation could be said to be the same as being sentenced to death. There was no way to save it.
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