The next morning, Aunt Hua and Chen Erlang's wife came early. When they saw An Ran's face, their eyes were red.
"You've been away for several years. Although you don't live in the village, our village is all thanks to you. In the past few years, the whole village has gained more income by growing medicinal materials. Even in bad years, Come over here."
Aunt Hua wiped away her tears and held An Ran's hand.
Sister Chen hurriedly came over and advised, "Aunt Hua, stop doing this. Grandma always talked about you when she was in the capital. We will stay longer this time when we come back, so we will have plenty of time to talk."
Chen Erlang's daughter-in-law said, "Grandma, you look pretty good these past few years. You have no acquaintances in the capital, and Aunt Hua and I are worried about whether you will get used to it." ?.?????.???
An Ran also wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "As you said, I just feel uncomfortable there. It's only in Xiaxi Village that I feel like I'm at home."
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Aunt Fu opened the door, and several women from the village came over.
Sister Chen hurriedly welcomed the people in, served snacks and tea to Luo Ya, and asked everyone to sit down.
An Ran chatting with a few people in the village felt much easier than dealing with those people and things in the big house.
When it was almost noon, someone knocked on the courtyard door again. Uncle Fu opened the door and saw that it was Ding Changsong from Fucheng who came with someone.
Uncle Fu recognized Ding Changsong and hurriedly saluted, "Second Master, it's you who are here. Come in quickly."
Ding Changsong threw the horse to the entourage behind him and asked, "Is sister-in-law here?"
"Yes, yes, it's in the house. Old lady, go and inform the eldest grandma."
Ding Changsong entered the courtyard alone and saw An Ran coming out to greet him.
"I've met my sister-in-law."
"Stop being so polite. You're on duty, so why are you still free to come here?"
Ding Changsong smiled and said, "I took a break from my busy schedule to come here. After knowing that my sister-in-law had arrived, I originally wanted to send someone over to take a look. In the end, I thought, since I was going to the military camp here in the next two days, I simply didn't send someone over first. "
An Ran smiled and said, "Of course it's an important errand, but don't delay your business just to come here."
At this time, everyone in the room saw a distinguished guest arriving and got busy to say goodbye.
Sister Chen, along with Dongmei and Chuxia, took out all the gifts for everyone, one package for each family. After everyone declined, they accepted and left.
Chen Erlang's daughter-in-law walked at the end and said, "Grandma, let's take our leave now. If you have anything or need help here, just say so."
An Ran said hurriedly, "Look what the second sister-in-law said, I won't be polite to you if something happens. Come back when you have time."
After everyone came out, they saw a large carriage parked outside. There was a lot of stuff on the carriage and it was guarded by several guards.
The village women didn't dare to look at it and hurriedly took the things An Ran gave them and returned to the village.
After everyone left, An Ran invited Ding Changsong into the main room, and Sister Chen hurriedly served refreshments to the two of them.
"Sister-in-law, my eldest brother quietly sent me a letter. There is a lot of shortage of things in the countryside. I have prepared a batch of daily necessities for you from Fucheng. You can ask someone to collect them."
"Why bother you? You're already busy enough as an errand. If I don't have enough, let them go to the town to buy it."
Ding Changsong said, "If there are any good things in this town, the adults will make do with it, but the children cannot be wronged. Sister-in-law, where are the children? Are they not here?"
An Ran smiled and said, "A lot of people from the village came to see me today. The three of them looked at each other and got impatient to sit with us, so they went to Mr. Lin's house."
An Ran shouted out the door, "Sister Chen, ask Uncle Fu and Uncle Gao to collect the things brought by the second uncle, and then go to Mr. Lin's house to pick up the three children, and tell them that their second uncle is here."
After Sister Chen saluted, she went out to make arrangements, and then went to the small house next to her to pick up the children.
After a while, Ziheng came back with his younger brothers and sisters.
"Nephew, niece has met my second uncle." The three people said in unison.
Ding Changsong laughed and said, "It seems like we are buddies, especially Zi Zhuo and Xiao Shitou. They are so similar."
Zizhuo has heard this a lot in the past few days, and is even more curious about the eldest brother he has never met before. Is it really so similar to him?
An Ran smiled and said, "Actually, all three of their brothers look like your eldest brother, but Ziheng has a better personality than Xiao Shitou, and is not as irritable and difficult to discipline as Xiao Shitou."
Changsong also smiled and said, "I think Zi Zhuo and Xiao Shitou have the same spirit. They are both fearless."
Zizhuo asked, "Second uncle, have you seen my eldest brother?"
Ding Changsong chuckled and said, "Of course I have met your eldest brother. I also lived in the village back then and taught your eldest brother kung fu. In order to thank me, your eldest brother even treated me to your mother's meat pie."
Speaking of this, An Ran also laughed.
At that time, something happened to the Ding family, and some members of the Ding family lived in the countryside. It was only later that An Ran understood that Ding Changhe had deliberately arranged for them to live here, and also wanted to protect the two of them.
At that time, Ding Changhe was not at home sometimes, so he asked Ding Changsong and Ding Changchuan to teach Little Stone Kung Fu.
Xiao Shitou resented the Ding family at that time. Although he wanted to learn skills, he didn't want to owe them any favors. So he asked An Ran to fry the meat cakes and cook the food, and treat the two uncles to eat, which was a return of favor.
At that time, Ding Changsong and Ding Changchuan didn't know Xiao Shitou very well. They thought that their nephew was close to them, and they were happy for a while.
Speaking of the past, An Ran smiled and said, "Then today
