Liang Chuan, Sun Houpu and others got drunk and returned to Xinghua at dawn.
This place has become a bit unfamiliar to him.
When I was studying in the past, I could never understand what the ancients felt: when a young boy left home, his local pronunciation remained unchanged and his hair on his temples faded away.
I just feel that this is the arrogance of the ancients, but I don't want to experience it myself, so I also make it up.
Looking at the familiar houses from back then, some of which have been renovated, I feel happy for them. When I see a dog wandering into someone’s house, and pheasants flying from the beams, I will silently sigh in my heart. It seems that I passed by this house with my artiste back then. Their home was quite lively, but why did it deteriorate so quickly in just a few years? .
The grass and trees are sprouting new leaves, and people are no longer young. When I took a group of people around me out of these mountains, they were all the same young men and high-spirited. Now when I come back, I don’t say what my achievements are, but there is always something in my heart. There is a touch of sadness!
I missed the years, the growth of my children, the youth of my wife and daughter, and the romance of the mountains and forests.
Looking at the sugar cane in the field, the old ends can still be seen rotting in the field, but the new sugar cane leaves have already sprouted. Looking around, there is a vast sea of sugar cane.
Some people have planted lychees, longans, and grapefruits in the mountains and forests, and many people have planted sweet potatoes on the slopes of the mountains.
The original land was so precious that no one would be willing to use it to grow crops that could not be used as food. .
But now there are more of these scenes.
The population seems to have increased a lot. Children's voices can be heard everywhere, but the names of these dolls are unknown.
Children who don't recognize each other laugh and ask where the guest is from.
After crossing the Nanxi River, almost all the elderly people would recognize Liang Chuan. This was the most powerful person to come out of Xinghua in the past few hundred years. He was not a great person at all.
In the eyes of the old man, fame is still the right path. The land is thin and pines and cypresses are planted, and the poor children study, learn literature and martial arts, and their goods go to the emperor's family.
How can a child recognize people? In the past few years, Liang Chuan's time in this land can be counted on both hands.
The first time he returned home that year was from the island country, and he vaguely remembered the grand welcome he received.
Compared with before, it was much deserted now, but Liang Chuan felt relieved. I used to feel that if I was not the most dazzling one among the crowd, I would not be considered successful.
Now that I think about it, it feels good to be forgotten. The burden is much lighter. Liang Chuan knows in his heart that some people will never forget him. This has always been Liang Chuan's motivation.
Someone said it very well, when a person truly disappears from this world, the people who miss him are completely gone. From that moment on, this person is truly dead.
At Shima Qiaotou and Longshui Temple, Liang Chuan entered the temple and lit three sticks of incense.
Later, Yi Niang paid for this temple and invited master craftsmen from Luocheng to replace two dragon pillars. A double dragon playing with beads came to the door, which calmed the torrential flood. The temple is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are fruits and vegetables on the table all year round. Some children often come to the temple to eat the offerings, and their family members beat them again and again, but they still can't stop the drool from flowing down.
The road across the river is now paved with water-covered stone surfaces, all the way to Helu.
Several nearby villages all donated money or provided manpower and material resources. Under the leadership of Yi Niang, the road was built into a perfect shape. ..
This kind of road is terrible. Looking at the whole Quanzhou Prefecture, except for Qingyuan County, that is, there are such roads in the prefectural city. It is rare in other places.
When he came back that year, Zhijun was all here. Now Liang Chuan has been walking for a long time without seeing anyone.
In the past, there were many people, and Liang Chuan felt uncomfortable, but now it is empty and deserted. The gap in Liang Chuan is also huge, and there is quite a sense of desolation as if people are leaving for tea.
When he came back this time, he didn't bring many people with him. He only brought Wu Yong and Nong's brothers, all of whom were new faces. Now there are many more strangers coming and going in Xinghua than before. Most of them came to the market to sell goods, and some Many people came here to look for work. They didn't stay much, and the people in the village were not surprised.
Shitou and Sun Houpu stayed at Sun's house. Shitou basically stayed at the Qingyuan branch to deal with escorts.
Bureau's big and small affairs.
Although the Qingyuan Branch is a state-level and county-level escort bureau, its location in the southeast is also very important. Qingyuan also sends out a very large number of escorts every day, but its importance is far less than that of the main escort bureaus in Lufu and Bianjing. But because it is the hometown of General Shitou, the escort chief, and the economy here is extremely active, the escort agency in Qingyuan has the style of the Southern General Administration.
Shitou didn't want to stay alone in the north. In a word, the north was not peaceful now, so he and Sun Houpu decisively returned to the south.
Now that Sun Houpu has a child, the family cannot be left unattended. Although he has a deep relationship with Liang Chuan, they understand each other. Liang Chuan knows that Sun Houpu's arrival is of no use, it is just an extra pair of chopsticks.
Zhaodi also wants to come over, but his workshop is doing very well now, and he has hired many more apprentices in the past few years. With the help of escort agencies and chambers of commerce, they sell their good knives to all over the country. Zhaodi basically doesn't need himself now. I started to accompany Fang Wan every day, and worked with Fang Tianding to improve some common people's iron tools.
So he didn't come, because Heibi has gotten a little old over the years. The lifespan of dogs is far less than that of humans. It has been almost ten years. Heibi now just lies down and bask in the sun for a while every day, and moves to a tree when the sun is strong. In the shade, quietly waiting for the end of his life.
Therefore, there were not many people here in Qingyuan who came with Liang Chuan, and the journey was quite peaceful.
Liang Chuan was watching all the way, fearing that someone would jump out of the grass. He still remembered that Xiaocheng boy loved to do such ridiculous things!
It's been a few years, I don't know if this guy has improved. .
When Liang Chuan walked to the intersection of Shanshui Village, he suddenly noticed that there was a group of people in the field not far away. They seemed to be wearing official uniforms and were pouring something. .
'Nong Yao, go and see what those people are doing?
Upon hearing this, Nong Yao followed quietly and stood behind the crowd of onlookers for a long time before running over.
'It seems to be telling the owner of that land that they are not allowed to grow sugar cane!
At that time, Liang Chuan used some methods to get some sugar cane from Qingyuan and Lingnan back to Guangnan. Before the sugar cane could be harvested, the war started again, so they peasants knew this sweet crop to some extent!
Planting sugar cane was not allowed. Liang Chuan frowned slightly when he heard this.
'What kind of overbearing rule is this? Who made it?
Wu Yong knew that Liang Chuan was in a bad mood as soon as he heard it. However, Liang Chuan had not been here for many years, and he was not an official now. He was facing people from the government, so he was afraid that he would get into trouble.
'Do you want me to go ask what's going on?
Wu Yong is relatively stable in his work, has a lot of experience, and knows how to deal with the government.
Liang Chuan shook his head and said, "No need. I'll let others ask later. Let's go back to Helu first."
The further we walked towards Helu, the more sugar cane was planted in the fields. It turned out to be a good thing. The local people earned many times the money from the fields every year by relying on these sugar canes. Moreover, sugar cane did not need to be planted. If you take more care of it, you don't have to worry about pests or anything like that. As long as there is water, the growth will be the same!
But if you look closely, you can see that many sugar cane fields have been destroyed to a greater or lesser extent, and this is not uncommon.
It's only autumn now, and it's not the sugarcane harvesting season yet. Is it true that the government doesn't want the private sector to grow sugarcane?
Before he figured out the real situation, Liang Chuan didn't want to act rashly, and Quan Dang didn't see anything.
Suddenly a bullock cart appeared in front of it. The old bull was as slow as a snail, but the driver was not in a hurry. He was holding the bull rope in his hand and never waved the bull whip.
'Master Baozheng!
Liang Chuan took a look and saw that it was not the old guy He Baozheng. The cow was still the same old guy. Like Heibi, he was older and his steps were not as fast as before. It’s just that cows live longer than dogs, so they can also help He Baozheng with some farm work.
When He Baozheng saw it, he jumped out of the car with excitement, pulled Liang Chuan and said: "I'm going to Qing Dynasty that day."
We will pick you up at the source port. There are too many people to be polite to you. Now that we see you coming back, we are relieved.
Liang Chuan frowned and said, "Hey, what are you worried about?"
He Baozheng said with emotion: "The news has reached us, and they all say that you are dead. They say it with both nose and eyes!"
He Baozheng called softly to the side of the car and said, "Xiaocheng, you have been looking forward to your father's return. Why are you silent now that your father is back?"
A man fell off the bullock cart. He was not much smaller than the adults of Nong's brothers, but still far behind himself. He had a strong body, sharp features on his face, and despite his age, he had a majestic aura!
'you. . Are you Liang Xiaocheng?
Liang Chuan could hardly believe his eyes. When he followed him to Guangnan, this boy was still a young boy with a small short bow on his back. It had only been a few years. What kind of spirit did Yi Niang give him? The elixir of medicine grows so fast!
When Liang Xiaocheng saw his father, he didn't know whether he was shy or excited, but his face turned red and he was speechless!
It took a long time to hear a word pop out of his mouth: 'Dad!
Liang Chuan hugged him over, held him under his arm and said, "Didn't you still ask us for money before, but now you have become a good person?"
In the past, this boy had a strong head and a tough mind, doing things with all his strength and without using his brain. Everyone said that the eldest son of the Liang family was a martial artist, while the second son looked a bit like Liang Chuan and liked to read. .
'Dad, you lost your money!
Liang Chuan lowered his head and saw that the lack of strength in his hands allowed Liang Xiaocheng to take advantage of it and retract his head. The rubbing made his face feel hot and he bared his teeth!
The child suddenly burst into tears as he cried. The older and younger children stood there and cried.
Everyone who sees this scene is stunned for a moment, but everyone understands that this child has been wronged over the years. Every family has a father who scolds them. Just the two children of the Liang family, the eldest and the second, everyone scolded them. No dad!
