Mu Yi poured a glass of wine for Mu Yi and also poured a glass of wine for himself.

Muyi felt a little embarrassed when he took the wine Buha brought to him. He drank it, but he was afraid of getting drunk and causing trouble. If he didn't drink, he would lose Buha's "face". This was definitely undesirable.

"Mu Yi, you are welcome to come to my house and have fun." Buha sincerely invited Mu Yi to drink.

Mu Yi: "Buha. Nice to meet you. If it weren't for you today, I wouldn't know how to get rid of those dogs. Logically speaking, I should toast you three glasses of wine. It's just that I have a census task today.

This work is in a hurry. The mayor of Ke wants to finish it in two days. How about I say a favor today. When the work is completed, I will treat you to a few drinks. How about it?"

Buha picked up the wine and said, "Our Yi family has a rule. When you enter a house, you are always greeted by guests. When entertaining guests, you first serve the wine. So, you must drink this glass of wine no matter what."

Having said that, Mu Yi will not be able to survive without drinking this glass of wine. If he only drinks this glass of wine, Mu Yi will still have no problem and can control himself. But Mu Yi knows that if he drinks this glass of wine,

If so, that would be at least three glasses of wine in a row. If he drank all three glasses of wine, why would he be doing census work? Mu Yi must have collapsed directly.

Mu Yi: "Brother Buha, I'm really sorry. It's not that I'm pretending not to drink, it's that my drinking capacity is really bad. You may not understand me now, but I will never make any mistakes. In the future, you will

You will understand that what I said is true. Today's glass of wine is the first time we have met. No matter what, I drank this glass of wine. But, please forgive me. I will only drink this glass of wine. Other wines

Let’s drink it after completing the census task.”

Buha looked at the township cadre Mu Yi in front of him, who was not much older than his son, and agreed to him simply. "Okay! It's up to you. Let's drink this glass first and save the other wine for later.

"After that, he stretched out his wine glass and touched the wooden cup, and then drank the wine in the wooden cup.

Mu Yi also drank all the wine in his glass.

After Buha handed the jug and cup to his younger son, he took the wooden stick and started the census.

Buha introduced to Muyi some basic information about the second group. There are 21 households in the second group and 133 people, among whom there are more men than women. The specific number has not been counted. The houses in the second group are basically

They are all built along this mountain ridge. Several families have to climb over the mountain ridge, and they are on the other side. A little further over the mountain ridge is the boundary of Erhakou.

Buha's house is located just on the middle and lower slopes of the ridge, and other people's houses are located on the middle and upper slopes of the ridge. There is a wide spot on the high ridge above Buha's house that is almost two meters wide.

In some narrow places, the road may be less than one meter long. The road extends all the way to the highest point of the mountain ridge. Each house is connected to the road by a path that is more than a foot long.

Buha took Muyi and walked up from house to house. He looked at several houses but no one was at home. Finally, he saw someone in one house, but it was just an old Musu.

Muyi and Buha quickly walked up and greeted old Musu warmly.

When Lao Musu saw a guest coming to his home, he welcomed him excitedly. Because Lao Musu only knew Buha and did not know the young Han Chinese who followed Buha. So while saying welcome, Lao Musu also curiously talked a lot.

Muyi.

Because Lao Musu couldn't speak Chinese, he could only ask Buha in Yi dialect.

"Buha, who is this Han? What is he doing here at my house?"

Buha: "Uncle, this Han is a cadre of the township government. His name is Mu Yi, and he is the cadre who oversees our village of Varado. He is here to conduct the census."

Lao Musu: "Census? What is a census?"

Buha: "The census means that the government wants to know how many people are in your family and what their situation is."

When Mu saw that Buha was talking a lot to Lao Musu, but he couldn't understand it, even though he had a smile on his face, he felt a little anxious. He couldn't help but ask Buha, "Buha, are you and Lao Musu here?"

What are you talking about?"

"Oh. Old Musu asked me who you are and why you came to their house? I simply introduced you to him. Tell him that you are a cadre in our township and you are responsible for our village of Varado. Come to his house today

It’s a census.”

Muyi was very satisfied with Buha's introduction.

Lao Musu wanted to invite Mu Yi to sit in the house. Mu Yi and Buha followed Lao Musu into the house. But as soon as they entered the house, Mu Yi felt it was dark. Although it was broad daylight, there was no electric light in the house.

In addition, the roof of Lao Musu is the same as the roofs of other houses. It is a tile roof, so the lighting in the house is very poor. The light outside the house is much stronger than inside. So as soon as you enter the house, the contrast between light and dark is

It is particularly strong. This is why Mu Yi clearly felt his eyes go dark as soon as he entered the room.

The layout of Lao Musu's home was almost exactly the same as that of other fellow villagers. Mu Yi took out the census form from his schoolbag and prepared to ask about the situation. This was when he discovered a problem, the census form was not very clear in such dim light.

Buha seemed to have noticed this problem and quickly asked: "Is it a little unclear?"

Mu Yi: "Yes. I can't see clearly."

"Buha, let's take the bench outside and sit on it. Fill it up outside."

The three of them went out from the house again, each carrying a small bench. In the courtyard, Mu Yi began to ask Lao Musu some basic questions. As soon as Mu asked a question, Buha translated a question in Yi dialect. Waiting for Lao Mu Su

Su answered, and Buha translated it in Chinese for Mu Yi.

Soon Mu Yi discovered a new problem. That was that Old Musu could not clearly tell the names of everyone in the family, nor could he tell the specific age of each person, let alone the date of birth. This was

A bad situation. What to do? Mu Yi was very anxious. Seeing that Lao Mu Su couldn't answer Mu Yi's questions in a hurry, he was also very anxious.

What should we do? How to solve these problems? At this time, Mu Yi suddenly thought of something - "household registration book". Yes, it is the household registration book. The household registration book shall prevail. Mu Yi quickly told Buha, let's

Lao Musu found the "household registration book".

Lao Musu went home and rummaged through the boxes, and finally found out his household registration book. He saw Lao Musu using his hands like old pine branches, tremblingly and carefully, from the plastic bags wrapped in layers.

He took out the household registration book and handed it slowly to Mu Yi.

Mu Yi took the "household registration book" and began to fill in the census form carefully according to the information registered in the "household registration book". He also completed the registration of many items. At least the name, date of birth, etc. were exactly the same as the "household registration book".

"The registrations are consistent.

As for houses and the like, I can only estimate and write down one. Anyway, the error is not that big.

The census of the old Mu Su family has basically been completed. However, Mu Yi has not seen all his family members. He still feels uneasy. However, the time of the work task is very tight. There is no way, and we have to continue to carry out the work.

Work.
Chapter completed!