Chapter 418: Returning to Qingshan, meeting old friends
Xinglong seventeenth year, Huaixu.
The hot summer has arrived, and the chirping of cicadas can be heard in the mountains and forests, as if they are very close, but there is nowhere to follow.
Perhaps the wonder of nature lies here. What you see and hear is nature. You can see it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears, but there is nowhere to follow it.
The summer wind blew up, inexplicably blowing up some gravel, but I didn't know where it came from. In the blink of an eye, the gravel piled up, turning into a green shirt, and revealing his face.
Chen Changsheng opened his eyes and looked at the world again, as if it had not changed.
Stretched out, feeling anxious all day long.
After swaying for a while, Mr. Qingshan seemed to be thirsty, and then he walked non-stop towards the distant city.
After wandering through the dream, Chen Changsheng found that a lot had changed when he came to this city on the green hills again.
The rebels guarding the city gate disappeared, and the chilling atmosphere was lost in the torrent of time.
Things are different and people are different, we have long been used to it.
Not wanting to care about what happened in Qingshan City, Chen Changsheng walked towards the wine shop in his memory.
Li Laoer, the owner of the wine shop, grew a beard and looked much more powerful. However, he looked more like a butcher than a wine shop owner.
"Drink."
"Come on!!"
Li Laoer heard the sound and ran over.
As he walked, he said: "How much wine do you want to drink? Have you brought a wine bottle?"
"Two liang, wine bottle...I forgot to bring it."
When Li Laoer raised his head, he was suddenly stunned.
"Hey, you..."
Li Laoer came back to his senses, was startled, and said: "You're not, you're not..."
"Mr. Chen, it's you!!"
Li Laoer finally remembered how to address the person in front of him.
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Brother Li would still remember Chen after so long."
"Remember, remember!"
Li Laoer said: "I remember the book "Nie Xiaoqian" that Mr. Chen talked about, right "Nie Xiaoqian"!"
Chen Changsheng said: "It seems that Brother Li didn't hear it back then."
"I didn't hear Mr. Chen say it at the time, but later I heard Mr. Cao say it. It was only after listening to it that I realized why he said it so vividly."
Li Laoer smiled and chatted with his husband, even forgetting about drinking.
The two chatted for a long time.
Where have you been, where have you come back from, are you still living in Chuanfeng Alley without talking about books?
When old friends meet, they always talk about a lot of irrelevant things, not because they talk a lot, but because they suddenly want to talk more.
Often things in the alley are the most humane places.
"well!"
Li Laoer slapped his head and said, "Look at my memory, I even forgot to get Mr. Chen a drink. I'll buy you a drink today. Mr. Chen can't take any more money."
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then Chen really doesn't need to empty his wallet."
It seems that there are certain things that matter whether you give me the money or not.
But in Chen Changsheng's opinion, there is no need to give it anymore.
"This is right!"
Li Laoer smiled. He had known this gentleman for a long time and finally gave him a bottle of wine.
After leaving Li Laoer, Chen Changsheng walked towards Chuanfeng Alley with the wine in hand.
The pharmacy outside the alley is still open.
But at this point, the doctor squatting at the door eating noodles could not be seen.
Chen Changsheng thought he would visit again later, so he entered the alley first.
"Sister, hurry up!"
When he reached the corner, he was suddenly hit by someone.
"Ouch."
The child in front of him almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Chen Changsheng had quick eyes and quick hands and caught the child.
"Safety!!"
Ruyi exclaimed, hurried forward, squatted down and looked at Ping An, and said anxiously: "Are you hurt? Does it hurt?"
Ping An shook his head and said: "I didn't fall, it doesn't hurt."
Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief.
But there was a sound coming from above the head.
"You've grown so tall."
Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Ping An had hit someone, and quickly said: "I'm sorry, Ping An..."
But when she saw the green shirt, she was stunned.
"Uncle Chen!"
She recognized him immediately.
Probably because Uncle Chen has always been wearing the same green shirt and has never changed. Even his appearance is exactly the same as when he left.
Ping An paused and looked up.
"ah!"
Ping An exclaimed and ran away.
As he ran, he shouted.
"Mother! Mother!!"
"Mother!"
"Uncle Chen is back! Uncle Chen is back!"
Six-year-old Ping An ran wildly and rushed into the house.
Ruyi couldn't help but smile as she watched Ping An run away.
Chen Changsheng smiled and muttered: "The peace in Chen's memory seems to have never been so panicked..."
Ruyi came back to her senses and said: "My mother said that when peace is great, people tend to make a fuss."
"What about Ruyi?" Chen Changsheng asked.
Ruyi looked at Uncle Chen in front of her and said with a smile: "Probably..."
"Growing a little taller?"
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but smile, and then he picked up Ruyi with one hand and put it on his arm.
"Let's go and see what your mother is busy with."
Ruyi was startled, and then started laughing along with her husband.
She didn't know why she was laughing, but she was very happy.
After entering the door.
Chen Changsheng met Wang Sanniang who was wearing plain clothes.
Now that Qingshan City is at peace, Wang Sanniang no longer acts ugly, but after years of hard work, she is now full of weather, with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and calluses on her hands.
"Brother Chen! It's really Brother Chen!"
Wang Sanniang was naturally happy to see Chen Changsheng return.
"How is Sanniang doing lately?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"Okay, everything is fine, life is peaceful." Wang Sanniang responded with a smile.
After sitting down, I couldn't finish talking.
Just like Li Laoer in the wine shop, he talked about his family life.
Ping An and Ruyi were listening on the sidelines, chiming in a few words from time to time. They were very happy that Uncle Chen was back.
For this reason, Wang Sanniang went to the market to buy some pork and came back, mixed the noodles and made dumplings.
Chen Changsheng knew it after seeing the meat filling.
It seems that these days are really peaceful.
Back then, these dumplings were still stuffed with vegetables.
Wang Sanniang made the dumplings, and Ruyi and Ping An also came to help.
Chen Changsheng wanted to wrap up two of them.
But Wang Sanniang pushed her away and said: "The gentleman in the academy said that a gentleman stays far away from the kitchen."
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said: "Chen is not a gentleman. Mr. Academy has no control over me."
With that said, he got started.
Wang Sanniang couldn't persuade her no matter how hard she tried, so she had no choice but to smile helplessly.
Ruyi was very serious about wrapping the dumplings, and her face was covered with white flour, which looked like a little cat.
"Why doesn't the bag look as good as my mother's?"
"Uncle Chen's bag seems to be more beautiful than my mother's."
Ping An nodded and agreed: "Uncle Chen is so awesome."
Chen Changsheng asked: "Is there any?"
Ruyi said seriously: "Yes."
"Then the Ruyi bag doesn't look good?"
"Well, it doesn't look good."
"But Chen thinks it looks good."
"Uncle Chen..."
"Um?"
"Ruyi is eight years old and is no longer a child. Uncle Chen can no longer coax Ruyi the way he used to coax children."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng laughed and said, "Isn't eight years old a child anymore?"
Ruyi snorted lightly and said, "It's not the case anyway."