The locust tree is the only one in Sanshi Village.

Perhaps because of the rarity, it grows extremely lush every year, and the spikes of locust flowers hang down one by one.

When it comes to the flowering season, many people in the village go to hunt locust flowers, and they bring it back either to steam the nest head or to cook.

"Yes. Qin Fan lowered his head and said angrily.

The house under the locust tree was originally owned by the family, but because they could not stay in the village, they sold it to the neighboring villagers at a low price.

No wonder Jin Ju was reluctant to talk about this matter just now, for the old people in the village, the house is the place where the leaves return to their roots, and losing the house is equivalent to losing everything.

"People have been back for two or three days, saying that they are in this place to retire, and I don't know what bad luck has fallen, and people have been carried back. ”

Seeing that there was no emotional ups and downs on his face, Jin Ju flicked his apron and turned back to the kitchen.

The last time he passed by the Qin family's old mansion, Qin Fan deliberately looked inside a few more times, the door was closed, and there were weeds growing everywhere.

Unexpectedly, the neighboring villagers who bought the house so soon had already returned, and they still planned to live for a long time.

His face was gloomy, and he lowered his head to stare at the broken stone slab beneath his feet, and a sense of melancholy arose in his heart.

The old mansion carries all the memories of his childhood to adolescence, but unfortunately after returning to Sanshi Village, everything is no longer the same.

"If you're curious, why don't we go and have a look?" Yao Xin asked him tentatively beside him.

There is only such a large place in Sanshi Village, even if you add people from neighboring villages, you are familiar with the surrounding area.

What's more, the family that bought the Qin family's old mansion had also come to their house before.

"Will people let us go?" Qin Fan looked up, and really wanted to see what the old mansion had become now.

Yao Xin nodded, and went to the corner of the wall to cross the basket: "Yes, the villagers, I haven't seen you for so many years, no matter who goes, they must welcome it!"

She deliberately went to the kitchen, dug up a lot of sweet potatoes from the stone cellar, and picked a fresh cabbage in the yard to put on the basket.

Although they are all from the village, they are also courteous, and it is impossible to leave empty-handed, as evidenced by the two handfuls of fruit candy on the table.

Seeing the excitement on her face, Qin Fan really wanted to take a look at it.

It has been five years since he left Sanshi Village, and Qin Fan has not seen the old mansion again for five years.

But that house has always haunted him.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them walked to the concrete road outside the courtyard, all the way to the place where the locust tree bloomed.

"I don't feel very good at my mother's face, I remember that the person who bought your house back then was not much older than my parents, why did he suddenly come back at this time?"

Yao Xin wondered, the people in the village pay attention to the fallen leaves, and they must have come back after doing nothing in the city.

Otherwise, facing the loess all day long, and trying to dig up a piece of money in the ground, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

"My aunt just said that they are coming back to support the elderly, so maybe the money is enough. ”

Neither of them had listened carefully to what Jin Ju had to say, and when they reached the house under the locust tree, the gate was open, and a woman was squatting in the yard to cut weeds.

Her hands moved slowly, not like she was cutting weeds, but like she was harvesting extremely precious herbs.

The man turned his back but couldn't see his face, the yard had been roughly groomed, except for a few weed stakes left in the cracks in the wall.

"Auntie!"

Yao Xin glanced back at Qin Fan, turned around and shouted into the courtyard.

She was smart, and she had grown up in the village, and when she shouted so crisply, the woman immediately stood up.

"Ah, isn't this the girl of the Yao family? they have grown so big and become a big girl!"

Li Yuxiang turned her head and saw Yao Xin with a happy smile on her face.

But when she saw Qin Fan, this smile immediately couldn't be hung up, and it drooped down in an instant.

"Auntie, when you first came to my house, I was at the head of the village, and I didn't have time to greet you, thinking that I hadn't seen you for so many years, so I dug some sweet potatoes from the cellar and came to you!"

These expressions on her face were too naked, and Qin Fan felt that it was not a good feeling in his heart.

"You are considerate when you are a child, and I said that your mother is so blessed!"

Seeing the cabbage and sweet potatoes on her basket, Li Yuxiang led people into the door.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Qin Fan immediately felt a sense of familiarity about the old mansion.

He looked around the courtyard, and nothing had changed, except for the peeling skin of the walls and the cracks in the corners of the walls, the rest of which were exactly the same as when he left.

Yao Xin and Li Yuxiang were talking beside them, and Qin Fan acted as a transparent person, looking at the old mansion with only his own eyes.

It was as if he couldn't get enough of the place, and the five years of missing memories made him desperate to get to know it thoroughly.

"Come in and sit down, it's getting sunshine outside. Li Yuxiang beckoned.

Seeing Qin Fan's probing appearance, he sighed secretly, turned around and went to the kitchen again, and poured two cups of tea.

Their house is well oriented, facing north and south, ventilated on all sides, and in less than half an afternoon, the sun recedes from the courtyard.

The hall was shady and cool, as if you were in an air-conditioned room.

Maybe it's because there haven't been people living here for a long time, there is not much popularity here, and when he enters the hall, Qin Fan feels cold and cold.

"Auntie, did you come back alone this time, why didn't you see Uncle Li?"

Yao Xin lowered his head and drank tea, and like Qin Fan, he looked around at the house.

A house that I haven't lived in for many years, and there are still many cobwebs in the corners that haven't had time to be cleaned up.

It's very cold here, and as soon as people sit in, they immediately feel the huge temperature difference between inside and outside.

"I'm back, if it weren't for your Uncle Li, we would have to work in the city for a few more years. Li Yuxiang sighed and glanced up the second floor.

They really had no choice but to go back to their hometown to live in peace.

The Li family and his wife have the same surname, which was not allowed in the previous village, so the two worked together to earn some money, and happened to come home to buy this house.

The two of them had no children, only supported each other to live, and like many people in the village, they entered the factory at a young age, earned enough money and then came back to settle down to support the elderly.

In the midst of her babbling words, Qin Fan and the two of them learned that Li Yuxiang's husband was working in a factory in the city, and his legs and feet were accidentally crushed by the machine.

Since then, he has fallen ill, and after two months of recuperation, he did not get better, and the factory gave a subsidy to let people return to their hometowns for the elderly.

"It's really evil, so many people working in that computer room, he was the only one who was smashed!"