The Most Simple Wish

About the dance competition, Tao Huizhen has inquired about it. There is no such competition in Mengla County, never. She ordered newspapers other than the people's daily and the ethnic newspaper of Yunnan Province from the newspaper delivery master, looking for the news she wanted in the advertisement column of the newspaper. In the information column of the latest edition of Xishuangbanna newspaper, she got what she had been looking for and wanted recently.

In May, there was a county-level and city level dance competition in Jinghong City. If you can get the place, the prize is still considerable. Also has the impact higher standard competition qualification.

This is undoubtedly an opportunity to prove Qiuhe, and it will also be the starting line of Qiuhe's growth road.

Tao Huizhen immediately took the map of Banna and drew her finger upward. Jinghong City is in the northwest of Mengla and in the middle of Banna. It's more than 100 kilometers away from Mengla County. How far is it? It's the sum of ten distances from dacha village to Mengla County.

After collecting the map, Tao Huizhen rushed to Mengla County immediately. Along the winding red clay path, all the way into the city without a rest. I dialed the contact information on the newspaper with the landline telephone of the newsstand. I got in touch with the person in charge of the dance competition. Tao Huizhen wants to introduce the situation of Qiuhe. Qiuhe has many advantages, especially in terms of peacock dance. But the other party was not interested. They told them to register at the scene one week in advance at the latest, indicating that other information had also been published in the newspaper, so there was no need to say more. Then he ended the call in a hurry, and the whole process lasted less than a minute. Tao Huizhen didn't find a chance to breathe after she said "hello". The attitude of the person in charge can almost be described as indifference. Of course, I can't rule out that he receives countless phone calls like Tao Huizhen every day. But Tao Huizhen thought, how many seats have I taken in the innumerable phone calls with such sincerity? She put down the phone and paid. Relieved, but also with a bit of loss. She is worried that the registration will not be so smooth. At the same time, she is almost ambivalent and full of confidence in Qiuhe's future. She turned around and looked at the deserted town for a while. She stood in the lower right corner of the town. The shops along the street lined up from both sides and extended to the two-story building in the distance. There were many shops, only three or five of which were open for business. When she turned around, she thought, where did all the people in this small county go? She couldn't understand for a moment. Looking at the way, she kept returning to dacha village.

On the way back to the village, the perennial herbs along the way are growing wildly. Tao Huizhen passes through a piece of paved wasteland. There were huge blocks of cement, and the gray angle steel reflected in the afternoon halo. The angles form a geometric shape. There are also bundles of cables, as well as things that look like transceivers.

Looking at these parts, a tall signal tower gradually formed in Tao Huizhen's mind. She looked up in the air and thought, maybe in the near future, her mobile phone will be able to connect in dachacun.

She went on, not far from the high-voltage tower into the eye. In the 1960s and 1970s, many remote areas did not transmit electricity. At that time, it was a challenge to transmit electricity from big cities to remote areas. It's like today's challenge to take the road from the city to the village. With the progress of the times, these difficulties will be solved.

Difficulties always exist in yesterday and in the temporary. Seeing the parts of the signal tower piled up here, Tao Huizhen was more convinced of this. She witnessed the development and change of everything around her and realized it personally.

Looking at the vast red soil wasteland and the green mountains. Tao Huizhen fell into this dilemma alone.

Towards 4:34 in the evening, Tao Huizhen finally saw the small mountain village in the hinterland. She was so tired that she couldn't walk. After resting for a while, she walked into dacha village.

On the straightest Road, which is more than 100 meters long, there is a deep knocking sound of elephant foot drum. All of a sudden, Tao Huizhen is looking for the sound source. At the same time, she had an idea in her heart: if we go to Jinghong City to compete, we need to register a week in advance. Do she and Qiuhe live in Jinghong City to wait, or do they go back to the village to wait for the competition? She was caught in this tangle.

At this time, the sound of the elephant drum came to her. The old man who lives in the deepest bamboo forest of the village appears in front of Tao Huizhen with an elephant drum on his back. It blocked Tao Huizhen's way.

"Girl, did you go to Mengla County? I heard that you want Qiuhe to take part in the Jinghong dance competition? " The old man didn't beat the elephant foot drum. But the drum face was very sensitive, even if it was just the corner of his clothes, it also made a heavy sound.

"I called and said that I would sign up a week in advance. I believe..."

"Nonsense! Fantastic The old man glared at Tao Huizhen angrily: "I tell you, it's impossible. Don't think about it. Do you think if you come from the city, others will buy you? Interesting. No one can look up to the backwater. They don't look down on us at all. Wake up. "

Tao Huizhen is standing there. She was frightened by the ferocious look of the old man. How can you suddenly be so angry? I don't know where to jump out and what to do?

"No one looks down on us. I'll take Qiuhe with me. I'm sure someone will have a good eye to see the Pearl. Gold always shines. "

The old man looked at Tao Huizhen straight, as if chewing what she said. The light of entanglement and dispute flowed in the eyes“ I don't believe it. " The old man turns his neck, his eyes always follow Tao Huizhen, like analyzing the authenticity of Tao Huizhen's words. Look from near to far.

Yes, Tao Huizhen has gone far. No one can shake her resolve. no one. Behind him came the earth shaking sound of the foot drum of the elephant. The old man beat the drum reluctantly and helplessly. The sun is setting. Her shadow was drawn in front of her.

In Tao Huizhen's impression, she has not talked to the old man. In her world, old man has no name as old Li. To her impression, the old man is lonely and stubborn. He is the most excellent craftsman in making elephant foot drum in the village at present. His story is true and false, and it has been passed to Tao Huizhen's ears.

There is a version of the story like this: when the old man was young, his skill of making elephant foot drum was outstanding. He was exiled in the city for a long time, and once thought of making elephant foot drum to gain a foothold in the city. But in the city, who will buy an elephant foot drum account? He was denied. No one there had a clear eye for pearl. He felt that he had suffered from indifference.

After several times of displacement, the old man returned to Dai township. He built a bamboo house in the bamboo forest of dacha village. Decades later, the bamboo house has been devastated, and the old man has become a shambles. He really became an old man. He never believed in miracles, but in the past few decades, he did not stop his dedication to the skill of foot drum. Maybe he's still waiting for something? No one knows. That's his story.