Chapter 27 Can't Go Back
Xiaochen had a rare dream all night, dreaming of all the past.
In my dream, the children in the village always call him "the broom star... the nemesis... the wild child..."
Those children always throw things at him. They obviously want to avoid them, but they can't hide them no matter how hard they want to cry.
He called grandpa loudly, but grandpa didn't hear it. He just stood there, someone smashed something, scolded...
Until the morning Wenyou pushed Xiaochen to wake up, "Brother Xiaochen, Brother Xiaochen, what's wrong with you? I kept hearing you call me no, no..."
It turned out that Wenyou was afraid that Xiaochen would be frozen, so he came and slept with Xiaochen and moved the charcoal basin over. Because they often slept together, Lu prepared a charcoal basin for them during the day.
Xiaochen gasped and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "It's okay, I've had a nightmare, fortunately you woke me up..."
"I'm late today than usual. I'm just having a rest, and my mother didn't come to urge us. Where do you think we'll go today? Are you going to the house of Zhengyan? These days, Zhengyan often mentions it, saying that he has hired a martial arts master."
Boys of this age are always curious about learning martial arts. What's more, Wen You, who doesn't like reading at all, is very curious about Xiao Zhengyan's martial arts master.
Xiaochen came to his senses and shook his head. "Last night, my grandfather told me to go to visit my father and others to the grave. Grandpa has always dreamed about it these days..."
"Okay, then when the next time I rest, let's go and have a look... Was it going after breakfast?" Wenyou was a little disappointed, and didn't want to leave Xiaochen alone and go to Qian Mansion. He was very entangled...
He was mingling with Wenyou all day long. Xiaochen naturally knew that Wenyou had read it many times. "Or, you go and take me to see it first if you have the chance?" Xiaochen didn't want to sweep away Wenyou's excitement.
Wen You shook his head and said, "Zhengyan is not the legitimate son of the Qian family, but Mrs. Qian's nephew. We'll have trouble with Zhengyan when we go. Then we'll go together. The Qian family is no better than our family..."
The Qian Mansion has a large territory and many rules, so it is no wonder that Xiao Zhengyan always wants to run to the Tang family.
"Yeah. OK!" Xiaochen didn't say much politeness. He knew that Xiao Zhengyan's temperament was the most strong and did not want to trouble others.
Wenyou rubbed his hands and finally got up. "Why don't you think I'll ask my mother if I can go with you?"
Xiaochen was a little hesitant. Although he was quite happy that Wenyou would go with him, he was afraid that he would be embarrassed. He just had a vague hope that for so many years, others had long forgotten what he looked like. Or, those who knew him had grown up and became sensible and would no longer laugh at people...
"That's all, I'll ask my mother later..." Wenyou ran out.
Mrs. Lu was cleaning the table. She and Tang Dahai got up early and had eaten porridge.
"Mom, Xiaochen said he wanted to go to Hewan Village with Grandpa Qiu. I'm idle anyway. Can I go with them..." Wenyou asked after Lu.
Mrs. Lu also knew what Xiaochen and the others were doing, but she was not relieved that the grandfather and grandson would go back like this. After hesitating for a while, she agreed, "Okay. But you can't go to the grave..."
"Mom, I know. Grandpa Qiu will also tell me about this, but he knows much more than you!" Wenyou went back to the house to tell Xiaochen when he heard that Lü agreed.
After eating buns with meat, Xiaochen carried the dishes and paper money to worship. Wenyou helped Lao Qiutou and took the shortcut to Hewan Village. Fortunately, it has not snowed these days, and the two villages are close, so it doesn’t take much effort...
Let’s talk about yesterday. Lao Qiu took medicine and slept soundly. He was full of energy when he woke up in the morning.
Wenyou stood from afar, watching Xiaochen bent down and pull out the dead grass beside the grave. Grandpa Qiu was holding the incense and muttering something.
After three rounds of wine, Grandpa Qiu asked Xiaochen to burn paper money and was still saying this by the side.
When Wenyou came to his senses, Xiaochen had already come down to support Grandpa Qiu, and Grandpa Qiu looked relaxed.
"You may not have been back for a long time. Let's go and see if our former house and the acre of land are abandoned?" Lao Qiu also knew that the village could take back the acre of land for so many years. But it was not yet five years old.
It is rare to see my grandfather in such a high mood, and Xiaochen is not able to let go of the fun.
"Grandpa Qiu, didn't your house be overwhelmed by heavy snow?"
Wenyou still remembers that it was snowing that year, Tang Dahai carried Grandpa Qiu back and followed the thin Xiaochen. Although he was bigger than Wenyou, he was so thin. At that time, life in the Tang family was not easy, so everyone supported each other and passed a few years.
"Wenyou has a good memory. The house has collapsed long ago. I just want to go back and see if it has been taken back by the village over the years..." Lao Qiu said calmly, but he still minded in his heart. After all, he has grown up there until he was old since childhood...
"Well, I also want to see where Xiaochen lived..." Wenyou supported Grandpa Qiu and echoed.
Xiaochen was nervously carrying the basket and following Lao Qiu's side, listening to Wenyou and grandpa talking and laughing, but he couldn't laugh.
Lao Qiu walked a familiar road, "This road was like this a few years ago, and it has not changed at all..."
"This is Yao Da's house, and the one next to it is our house..." Lao Qiu's eyes widened, not convinced!
"Your house has not collapsed, your village has been repaired for you?" Wen You followed Grandpa Qiu's hand and looked over. The brand new yard stood there.
Lao Qiu held Wen You's support and walked quickly to the new yard, feeling a little unbelievable. He didn't think the village had rebuilt the yard for them so kindly.
Then, the only possibility is that others have occupied his homestead...
"Who are you? Why are you standing in front of my yard? But what's the matter?" A bride asked, dressed up in the yard. She came out to take a look when she heard the sound of talking. Sure enough, someone was there.
"Sister-in-law, who is living here? I originally remembered that it was an old man and a child..." Lao Qiu didn't want to cause trouble, so he endured it.
"Old man, my boss is not at home, so I can't invite you in and sit in! Why don't you go to my mother-in-law to sit for a while?" The bride felt a little reluctant on this cold day.
"Sister-in-law, which family is your mother-in-law?" Lao Qiu wanted to know who it was.
"Here, right next door, everyone in the village called Yao Jia..."
"Oh..." Lao Qiu suddenly realized. In fact, he knew that even if there was no home in the village, he could get a homestead. The only one who could occupy his homestead was naturally his only neighbor, Yao Jiao.
"What about the old man who lived in the past..." Lao Qiu asked relentlessly, without saying that he wanted to go into the house to sit, nor did he move to the next yard.
"I have been married for less than two years, and I don't know what happened before. I just heard that in a heavy snow a few years ago, the two grandparents and grandchildren were frozen to death, and some people said they were taken away by relatives. However, there was no one under the house..." The bride said carefully.
Wenyou understood this now. "That's true. If someone dies, you won't occupy other people's homesteads! Is this the village in your village not concerned about these? If this person comes back, you will be allowed to occupy other people's homesteads?"
The bride smiled with a good temper and asked Wenyou's bad tone.
"Forget it, let's go..." Lao Qiu was a little powerless and was excited. He said he wanted to leave, but he looked disappointed.
"Old guy, who are you talking to? If you ask you to work, you will just be procrastinating!" Yao Da's wife cursed loudly in the next yard.
"Mom, these foreigners are asking about the previous family in this yard and saying that we have occupied their homestead..." the bride said softly.
"Bah! Just the Qiu family with no descendants, if my Yao family had not been upright and stood upright, I would never have dared to live in his yard in this village! Who dared to live in this village?
A disaster star, a few of the village were injured in the snow a few years ago, and only the Lao Qiu family was so disastrous. I didn’t know what evil I had committed in my previous life. I couldn’t walk on this world well!
Don't mention Lao Qiu's family to me in the future, you don't understand the rules at all!" After saying that, he entered the house in a panic.
"Xiaochen, don't pull me, what are you pulling me to do! How dare he do that shrew!" Wenyou couldn't break free from Xiaochen and was furious.
Lao Qiu shook his head, "Wenyou, don't be angry. Xiaochen and I were told like this every day before. There is nothing to be angry about, and I am used to it! Do you think anyone can be like yours, and there is no taboo at all, accepting our grandfather and grandson..."
"But, Grandpa Qiu, they occupied your homestead and didn't even say a word! It's not sure that the acre of land was occupied by his family!" Xiaochen was even more angry when he thought of this and wanted to smash the yard.
"The little sister-in-law said it, thinking that our grandfather and grandson had died in the ski resort..." Old Qiu sighed, not knowing what to say.
I don’t really mind, I just don’t know what I can say. Remove all the scars from the past, then take them back to the homestead and repeat the past days?
To be honest, Lao Qiu didn't want to go back to live his previous life, there was no warmth at all. The people in the village avoided the two of them. Some ugly words were not shy and could be said in front of them...
I forgive him for being selfish. He just wants to watch Xiaochen grow up and get married. He can have a peaceful old age. The family can talk and laugh, and some can care about him...
Wen You turned around and saw Xiaochen begging eyes, lowered his head and said without saying a word, sucking his nose, crying, and saying, "Grandpa, let's go home, we will never come again in the future!"
"Well, I will never come again..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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