novelaction Chapter 1266: The Great Heaven and Earth
Chapter 1266: The Great Heaven and Earth
Zhou Dacang proudly said to the old lady, "Mom, I found my eldest and second brothers. I did what I promised you!"
After saying this, his eyes became red.
They came to Yunli County again. Zhou Guo pointed to the fork in the road and said to Zhou Su, "You got separated from us here."
Zhou Su nodded. How could he forget?
Zhou Guo and the old man went back to the same valley and caught a lot of fish. They cooked them in the same way as before, but the taste was not as good.
After crossing the river, we went to the fruit forest.
The tree is still there, but the fruit has been picked.
Everyone felt very sorry, as the fruit was precious. In the past, they earned a lot of food from it and sold it for a lot of money.
Zhou Guo didn't feel it was a pity. It was much better for them to be discovered and picked by people than to rot in the wild mountains and forests.
The graves they had buried along the way were now overgrown with weeds and small trees and could not be found without careful searching.
Fortunately, they had a lot of people, and when they buried the body, they had memorized the characteristics of the surrounding area. Although so many years have passed, many places have changed, but the big rocks and trees are still there, and with so many people, it is not difficult to find the body.
Old Zhou's grave was among the first to be buried. Zhou Guo remembered the surrounding terrain very clearly, so he found it easily.
Over the years, the grave has been overgrown with weeds.
The Zhou family members took knives and cleaned the grave bit by bit. Zhou Guo took the opportunity to grab a handful of soil from the grave and wrapped it in a handkerchief.
After arriving here, they also have to go to the village to see what the village they left is like now.
When we came back, we took back the graves along the way.
Actually, this place is not far from the village.
As we got closer to the village, the scenery along the way gradually became familiar, and the noisy team slowly quieted down.
Even the talkative little kid stopped talking.
The old man who had been carried all the way and was unconscious suddenly woke up without anyone noticing.
Zhou Guo said: "Li Zheng, look, we are almost home."
The old village head actually nodded, his eyes fixed on the scenery along the way, his eyes full of nostalgia. This was the place where he had lived his entire life, from birth to growing up, to getting married and having children, and having grandchildren...
As the village got closer, everyone became excited again, pointing at the wasteland along the way and saying, "That's my family's land. No one has been cultivating it for so many years."
When they reached the entrance of the village, the place where they had left, the group of people couldn't help but stop.
Zhou Guo looked at the entrance of the village, which felt familiar yet unfamiliar. She had started her journey from here and had walked a long way until today.
"Oh, it's been so many years, I didn't expect that I could come back. Come on, everyone go back and check on your own houses."
"Go, go, go, go and see my house, see if it's still there."
Everyone entered the village in a noisy manner and headed towards their own homes.
The old village head regained his spirits and was able to sit up. He spoke in a hoarse voice and said to his son, "Come, help me down."
Everyone was so surprised that they all said, "Village head, it turns out that the old place is still the best place to live. Look how everything has improved since you came back!"
Having said that, everyone was very sad, probably knowing that this was his last gasp. However, fortunately, he came back, and it fulfilled his wish.
Everyone went their separate ways, each heading towards their own homes.
After entering the village, everyone found that there were not many people in the village. Many houses had been burned down by fire, leaving a pitch-black ruin. In the ruins, there were weeds as tall as people. It turned out that the homes had been gone long ago.
Everyone stood at their doorsteps and cried.
The Zhou family's house is still there, but the house is very dilapidated and the other half has collapsed. However, the apricot tree in the yard is still there.
The yard is very clean, with firewood piled in the corner, giving it a strong breath of life.
The whole family entered the yard and kept looking around.
Zhou Dafu said: "What a pity, our house was quite nice at first, how come it became like this?"
"Who are you?" A child, about five or six years old, walked out of the room.
After a while, another woman came out of the house. Seeing so many people, she was startled and said cautiously: "Gentlemen..."
Zhou Guo said, "Don't be afraid. We are the original owners of this house. We came back to take a look. When did you move in?"
When the woman heard that they were the original owners, she became even more panicked. They wanted to take the house back, and they would have no place to live.
Li came forward and said, "Don't be afraid, we just came back to take a look."
While they were talking, Zhou Suli had already brought Li Lai, Li Wang and Xiaohua to climb up the apricot tree in the yard.
There are not many apricots left, and the ones left are all crooked and cracked, scattered here and there, but a few people are still picking them enthusiastically.
Zhou Guo stood under the tree, looked up at the people on the tree, and said to Zhou Xing beside him: "Sister, do you still remember that you picked apricots for me that year?"
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "How could you not remember? I was working in the house and saw you drooling over the apricots on the tree. I picked the yellowest one for you, but you were reluctant to eat it and held it for a whole day. It was very convenient."
Zhou Guo's mouth twitched slightly. Is she reluctant to eat it?
After talking with them, Li learned that this family had moved in a year ago. When they moved in, there were signs of a burn in the house, and there was nothing inside, including the door and bed. Fortunately, the walls were still usable, and they could live in it by putting up a thatched roof. It was still better than many other houses.
Zhou Mai said, "Mom, I remember when we left, we hid a lot of things in the mountains. I don't know if those things are still there."
Yes, when they left, they hid everything they couldn’t take with them.
……
Everyone looked at the things in the yard. Over the years, many of them had rotted and could not be used. Even the plow tools were rusted.
Zhou Dafu and others squatted down and stroked these things one by one with tears in their eyes. These were the things they had used for their entire lives.
Zhou Guo said: "Dad, uncle, you can take these things back."
Zhou Dafu's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head and said, "Forget it. If you take these things to the capital, won't it embarrass you? You will be laughed at."
Zhou Dacai was really tempted, but hesitant after hearing this.
Zhou Dacang said, "Who dares to laugh at her now? If you want to take it, just take it. This plowshare is something that Dad has treasured all his life."
Zhou Su and others picked the few apricots left on the tree and gave one to each person.
Unlike when we fled, the apricots at this time are particularly sweet and delicious.
After checking the house, the Zhou family went to the ancestral tomb. Zhou Guo took out the handkerchief in his arms and placed it solemnly in front of the Zhou family's ancestral tomb.
The other members of the Zhou family looked at the dirt in the handkerchief and were slightly stunned. So this is how the dirt was used.
……
The three Zhou Dafu brothers knelt in front, followed by Li and Xu, and behind them were Zhou Guo and others...
The Zhou family members knelt on the ground.
Burn paper and offer incense.
They decided not to move the ancestral tomb. Since their family was in the present state, it was better not to move the ancestral tomb.
The family stayed in the ancestral tomb for an hour. When they came out, the village head's family came hurriedly to tell them that the village head had passed away and his last wish was to be buried in the village, in the ancestral tomb.
The house of the village head was also occupied by someone else, and that family was willing to give up the house to hold the funeral of the old village head.
The funeral was simple and he was buried in two days in the ancestral grave that Lao Lizheng had always loved. When he died, he left with a smile on his face, as he had got what he wanted.
There were originally sixty or seventy households in the village, but now there are only seven or eight. These seven or eight families came later. I heard that someone came back before, but died a few days later and was buried by them.
A group of people lived in the village for three days and left reluctantly on the fourth day. No matter how reluctant they were, this was no longer their home. Their home was now in the north, and they could come back once in their lifetime. For them, this was already very satisfying.
After they left, the county government received the news. When people rushed over, they had already left.
The people living in the Zhou family's house were asked to move out and relocated, and the Zhou family's house was renovated. They were very active in doing this good thing to establish good relations with the Zhou family.
After the graves scattered on the road were moved back, the Zhou family returned to the capital.
Several men in the Zhou family have made their engagements and are getting married.
Zhou, Mai and others got married, each with a courtyard. Zhou Suli and Li Wang and Li Lai also got engaged.
The Zhou family is truly large in population.
She returned to her own Prince Yan's Mansion, and the old man also moved in. He thought it would be better for him to follow his apprentice.
Zhou Guo said, "Master, I will be leaving tomorrow. Once I leave, you will be the only one in this huge mansion. It will be so quiet. Why don't you stay with my father and the others? That would be great."
The old man shook his head, "I'm not clean. Your father can come to your place eight times a day. He's just short of living here."
Zhou Dacai came in from outside and said, "Sir, I brought you something good. Let's have a couple of drinks."
Zhou Guo shook his head and stood up. "Then you guys go ahead and do your work. I'm going to the palace now."
"What are you going to the palace for?" Zhou Dacai had just arrived and saw his daughter was about to leave.
Zhou Guo said: "I have to go on a long journey to say hello to my father, the emperor and my mother."
In the afternoon, Zhou Guo came out of the palace with a bunch of things. The next morning, he left the capital with the girls Dashu and Xiaoshu and a group of personal soldiers.
Waiting for her outside is a vast world.
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