In the north of Zhao Kingdom, Daqingshan, in the autumn breeze season, most of the rattans on the mountain are dry, and the fallen leaves are falling down the river.
There are three county towns under the Daqing Mountain. Among them, Yunjie County is the most prosperous. The town is small, but it is very lively. If it is the day to go to the market on weekdays, the crowds of people from nearby mountain villages make the crowd here.
On this day, a young man wearing a clean blue scribe's gown silently walked into Yunjie County with emotion. There were familiar faces, but his appearance was strange. He is Meng Hao. .
Walking on familiar streets, passing houses and shops, and walking in the mortal world, Meng Hao thinks of too many past events. Here are the memories of his childhood, the loneliness of his youth, and the persistence of his reading. , Has his unforgettable past.
"This is Miss Sun Jia's boudoir..." Meng Hao walked outside a compound, and when he looked at it, the high wall there seemed to be a bit short now. He remembered that behind the high wall, it was Miss Sun Jia His residence, here a few years ago, was the place he fantasized about.
He fantasized many times whether he would be favored by his grandson one day, and promised the legendary and beautiful Miss Sun Jia to be his wife.
At this moment, three years have passed, it seems that it is not long, but Meng Hao feels like a world away.
He shook his head with emotion. When he was about to leave, suddenly the door of Sun's house opened. As soon as he was lifted out of the sedan chair, Meng Hao stopped in his footsteps. When he visited the compound many times, he wanted to see that one. Miss Sun’s Fangrong’s impulse, at this moment, her eyes were like electricity. Amidst the ups and downs of the wind-blown curtain, she saw a fat woman sitting inside. There were a lot of spots on her face, and she was not too old. , Meng Hao was taken aback after seeing it.
If it hadn't been for this woman's personal servant Meng Hao who had some impression, he would definitely not believe that the other party was Miss Sun Jia.
For a long time, when the sedan chair went away, Meng Hao stopped and regretted it in his heart.
"I personally destroyed the lover of my dream... The sage is right, don't look at any evil, you shouldn't watch, you shouldn't watch." Meng Hao shook his head, with regret, and walked away.
Until midday, Meng Hao stared blankly at a small house not far away. The house looked very dilapidated, with people living in it, and noises came from the house.
Here, it used to be Meng Hao's ancestral home, but he was really unable to survive that year, so he sold it. In this ancestral home, he recorded his past happiness and beauty, as well as the bitterness and strength after his parents disappeared.
This scene of the past came to Meng Hao's mind, and Meng Hao stood there until dusk.
In silence, Meng Hao came to the door of the ancestral house, raised his hand, and knocked on the door.
The banging knock on the door stopped the noise that had been quarreling for the whole afternoon. Not long after, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man with a weathered face frowned and looked at Meng Hao.
"Who are you looking for, what's the matter."
"Is it Uncle Li..." Meng Hao looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said softly.
"You..." The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Meng Hao carefully, and suddenly his eyes showed weirdness.
"Meng Hao? You... Didn't you disappear, come in quickly." With surprise on his face, the middle-aged man dragged Meng Hao into the house.
"Old lady, look who this is."
Inside the house, a middle-aged woman was sitting there with tears in her eyes, but after hearing the voice, she saw Meng Hao at a glance. She was also taken aback for a while, and quickly got up, with surprise in her eyes.
"It's really Meng Hao..."
"You kid, why didn't you say anything back then, just let your aunt have a look. I haven't seen him in the past few years. He has grown taller. Alas, he is still so thin. You have suffered a lot these years." This woman He quickly stepped forward and looked at Meng Hao with joy in his eyes, and he had forgotten the quarrel of the afternoon.
"Sit down quickly. Auntie will cook some dishes for you. Don't leave when you come back. Although you sold this ancestral house to your Uncle Li, this is your home." This woman has a happy smile on her face. He looked at Meng Hao kindly, glared at the man, and went to the kitchen.
After a while, a table of dishes was brought up. Meng Hao looked at the couple in front of him and saw the kindness in their expressions. He thought that after his parents disappeared, he would have been more difficult if it were not for Li Shu and Aunt Li’s help. .
"The harvest has been poor in recent years, and the house at home is used by my kid to marry a wife. If you are empty here, we will move in." Aunt Li picked up vegetables for Meng Hao and said kindly at Meng Hao.
"Where have you been in the past few years, your uncle and I have searched nearby, but never found you."
Hearing the words of the couple in front of him, Meng Hao felt warm in his heart. He only said that he had gone to study art in another place, without going into details. Until the meal was over, Meng Hao stood up and bowed deeply to the two of them.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Li, I want to buy this ancestral house. After all, it was left to me by my parents. This is the silver. You can live there first and take care of it for me." Meng Hao took out the silver pair from his arms and placed it. Aside.
"This..." Uncle Li hesitated, looked at his wife, Aunt Li was silent, and nodded after a long while.
"You are right, this is left to you by your parents, this house is yours, but your Uncle Li and I are getting older, since you said that, we live here.
We don't need the silver. We watched you grow up, just like our own children, how can we ask for your silver. "Aunt Li put the silver pair in Meng Hao's hands and said decisively.
Meng Hao was silent, and once again clasped his fists and bowed deeply.
He did not live here, but took some of the things from his home in his memory, bid farewell to the couple in the middle of the night, turned and walked into the night, he did not take the silver, and put it on the bed.
In the inn in Yunjie County, Meng Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the night sky outside the window, and sighed slightly after a long time.
"I'm no longer a mortal person, but I have thoughts that are hard to cut. Since the cuts continue, just stay..." Meng Hao closed his eyes in silence.
In the early morning of the next day, Meng Hao found Wang’s carpenter’s shop in Yunjie County. He looked at the old Wang’s wrinkled face and was sitting there in a daze. There was a wooden sculpture in front of him. Wang Youcai, you can see that uncle Wang's expression hides the unbearable sadness.
Meng Hao was silent. He didn't know if Wang Youcai really died. After becoming an inner disciple, he found Xiaohu again and went to the cliff where Wang Youcai fell, without seeing any clues.
Sigh lightly at this moment, Meng Hao walked into the carpenter's shop.
Uncle Wang raised his head when he noticed someone coming, but when he saw Meng Hao, he was taken aback, rubbed his eyes carefully, and immediately stood up trembling violently.
"You... Are you... Meng Hao?"
"Uncle Wang, it's me." Meng Hao looked at the old man in front of him, and quickly stepped forward to hold him.
"Where is Youcai? Did you disappear together back then? Where was he..." Uncle Wang always remembered the few days when Wang Youcai disappeared, and Meng Hao of Yunjie County also disappeared. Seeing Meng Hao at this moment, he was immediately excited.
"Brother Youcai can't come back now, let me send a letter to tell you that he will be back in a few years. Don't worry, Brother Youcai is going to live well." Meng Hao smiled and said, holding on to him. Uncle Wang sat in a chair and accompanied him to say this. During the period, he said that he was taken away to study art, but Wang Youcai was very smart and learned art more deeply, so he didn't come back.
Uncle Wang shed tears of excitement, listening to Meng Hao's words and nodding his head, even the wrinkles on his face seemed to be loosened, especially Meng Hao's talking about all the interesting things, which made him smile.
"That kid was smart when he was young. He didn't want to learn carpentry craftsmanship with me. He thought about other things all day long. Well, he can go out to study crafts. This is a good thing." Uncle Wang smiled more and more. At noon, Meng Meng Hao didn't stay, and left here while Uncle Wang personally sent it out.
Little Tiger and Little Fatty, they are not from Yunjie County, but in two nearby counties. Little Tiger is not very familiar with Meng Hao, and the other party should be fine, but Little Fatty, Meng Hao must go to each other’s home. Report safety.
Thinking that Little Fatty is now in the Southern Territory, Meng Hao felt a little emotional.
In the middle of the day, Meng Hao went to find Zhou Yuanwai, but he could not find it. The investigation revealed that Zhou Yuanwai's family had left here more than half a year ago. It is said that they had moved to the capital of Zhao State. Meng Hao did not continue searching and left. Yunjie County.
There are memories of his past here, but Meng Hao knows that from the moment he stepped into the Patriarch Sect, his own path was in the entire Zhao Kingdom and the entire Southern Territory.
He left silently, with only some pots and quilts in the storage bag. Those pots and bowls were bought by his father back then, and those quilts were sewn by his mother in the past. These are extremely precious to Meng Hao.
In addition to Yunjie County, there are Yunhai County and Yunkai County in the three county towns under Daqing Mountain. The little fat man’s home is in Yunkai County.
This county is smaller than Yunjie. Although it is not as prosperous as it is, it has a lot of surrounding areas, so there are many rich people, especially a few big rich people, and they also have a lot of wealth in other counties.
Little Fatty’s father is the famous rich man Li in Yunkai County. According to Little Fatty’s triumphant statement, there are hundreds of long-term workers in his family, and the family’s yard takes an hour to complete, maid servant It's a lot more.
His chamber pots are all made of silver, and the quilts are all bought from the capital city of Zhao State. He has been a maidservant warming the bed since he was a child, and it is still like this when he grows up. I can’t remember how many maidservants touched during the period. As for the marriage that he never forgets, according to his statement, it is a lady of the famous scholarly family in Yunkai County. It is very beautiful. It is because his father did not know how much thought and cost he had spent, which made it successful. .
Thinking of Little Fatty's proud expression back then, Meng Hao smiled on his face and walked into Yunkai County.