Even the main city is in ruins, and the surrounding villages can only get worse. Their appearance in Changzhou City is enough to be eye-catching, let alone go to Dongshan Village.

Originally, I thought that I would go straight to Dongshan Village the next day to make a quick decision, but now I had to change my plan. Low-key, must be low-key!

After discussion, Qiao Lan and Ye Feitian decided to take only two people with them, as for who was left behind, it was self-evident.

Feng San said a lot, and they all talked about the pier all the way, and the two formed a "deep" friendship. It couldn't be more fitting for the two of them to stay.

While having breakfast, Qiao Lan announced today's arrangements. Feng San is free to do this, but he is quite dissatisfied with not being able to move freely. "Young Master Qiao, you better take me with you. Stay in this inn, I'm going to die of boredom. Feng San couldn't sit still, he didn't know that this was the reason why Qiao Lan didn't take him.

"Xiao wolf and Xiao dog can't even get out of the house, what else do you want?" Qiao Lan picked up a white-flour steamed bun, broke a small piece and put it in her mouth to chew slowly: The food in this inn is not good, but the steamed bun is well done, soft and delicious.

"I ......" Feng San wanted to say, I am a human being, how can a dog compare with me, but he stopped, in Qiao Gongzi's mind, even his own young master is not as good as those two dogs, and saying that by himself is tantamount to humiliating himself.

"Your young master can say it, everything is just on my orders...... "Well, the pickles are also well done, and it would be better if you could add some spicy sauce."

"Okay, I'm not going. I'll just help you look at those two little things. "As for whether or not you want to stay in this place, I have the final say.

Feng Er, who was able to go with him, still didn't speak, he always asked him to do whatever he wanted. But just because he doesn't speak doesn't mean he doesn't have ideas. He's just hiding it deeper. Even if he didn't deliberately inquire, he could integrate the whole thing through some clues, so that he could report to the young master when he went back.

Qiao Lan didn't deliberately avoid Feng Er, Feng San, she knew the ability of Feng Qixiang's people, such a thing can't be hidden from them, so it's better to be open.

In order to keep a low profile, Qiao Lan even changed into an extremely simple coat and set off for Dongshan Village in the northern suburbs of Changzhou City in a small carriage rented by Ye Feitian. Feng Er didn't ride a horse either, and kept up with light work.

Qiao Lan didn't know. As soon as they left on the front foot. Feng San, this guy carried Xiao Wolf in his left hand and Xiao Dog in his right hand, performing light skills, and he didn't know where to go.

"Wang!" I'm going to bite you to death!

"Help." The host, we were kidnapped.

The pony carriage did not go far. Qiao Lan's hearing is very sensitive because of her mental power, and she vaguely heard the wails of her two little pets. But by the time she concentrated and diverged her spiritual power, Feng San was already far away, so she didn't find out that her little pet was "kidnapped", she just thought it was someone else's dog barking......

Tutun still rode his little donkey, walking a little slowly, and the speed of the horizontal and vertical carriage was not fast, and everyone slowly shook together.

Qiao Lan was not in a hurry, but was a little curious about Tutun's identity. Tutun only talked to Ye Feitian, and it was obvious that they knew each other, and they had a good relationship.

When entering the confines of Dongshan Village, Qiao Lan looked out from her carriage. Although they were ready to do so, looking at the large piece of land that was said to belong to Dongshan Village, they were shocked to realize that the situation was more serious than they had imagined.

From her "professional" perspective, Qiao Lan concluded that the reason why Dongshan Village is so poor is not only because of the war, but also because of the soil here.

It's all saline-alkali land, and it's good to be able to grow things, but even if they are planted, the growth is not good, and the yield is even lower.

Qiao Lan sat in the carriage and simply took out Yang Yingfeng's "Farming Book" and looked through it, in fact, she roughly remembered the content of this notebook, as if it did not involve the treatment of saline-alkali land. Thinking about it, what Yang Yingfeng recorded in his notebook was his experience in establishing a pollution-free farm, and that piece of land, although it was not fertile land at the beginning, was by no means close to saline-alkali land.

She patiently flipped through the notebook from beginning to end, but in the end she couldn't find any usable information, so she had to give up, close the notebook and put it back in space.

At the entrance of Dongshan Village, a group of people gather every day to chat, but today it is windy, a little cold, and there are not many people, only a few people. From time to time, one of the middle-aged men looked at the intersection out of the village.

"Qiao Goro, what do you see? ”

"It's not going to be an old friend. ”

"Go to the side!" The middle-aged man was impatient to deal with these idlers, he had important business to do today.

A man and a donkey appeared, this person has been to Dongshan Village many times, and the people of Dongshan Village know him as a tutun in Changzhou City.

"Huh, who's behind it?"

Behind Tutun, a small carriage came from the entrance of the village.

The middle-aged man was suddenly shocked, broke away from the crowd to catch up, greeted Tutun in front of him, and greeted Ye Feitian, who was driving.

Qiao Lan heard Tutun call the middle-aged man Fifth Brother Qiao, knowing that he was Qiao's family, she thought that Ye Feitian would tell her to get out of the car to say hello, but he didn't, but under the guidance of the middle-aged man, he drove slowly into the village.

Followed by a group of people who want to see the excitement.

With so many people following, naturally it would not be silent, Qiao Lan sat in the carriage, let go of her mental power, and paid attention to the surrounding environment, and at the same time, the conversation of people outside also came to her ears word for word.

"Isn't it the Tutun of Changzhou City ahead? He came running again. Who was sitting in the car? The second child of the Qiao family also came out to greet him in person. ”

"We just saw him looking at the entrance of the village, and then we came over, and you don't know that his person, like the gourd with no mouth, asked for a long time, and didn't say a word of. ”

"In that direction, isn't it Uncle Qiao's house, could it be a relative of Uncle Qiao's family?"

"Who knows, out of nowhere. The Qiao family didn't leak any wind before. ”

The discussion outside the carriage never stopped, but intensified.

The scale of Dongshan Village is not small, but many houses are in decline, and many houses have collapsed, but from those broken ruins, you can see the glory of the past.

Time goes back to two or three years ago, when the Dingyuan Army was still guarding southern Xinjiang. Although there was a war, sometimes affecting the side of Changzhou City, it was not serious, but the Dingyuan army was withdrawn, and the dormant southern barbarians were ready to move, and the thieves were rampant...... Many people have died, and many more have left their homes in search of a way out......

A huge village, with only a population of more than 300 remaining. Originally, Dongshan Village had the most Wu surnames and Liu surnames, but now the Qiao family has become the largest clan in Dongshan Village. There are 180 people. It accounts for more than half of Dongshan Village.

The Qiao clan is not without other ways out, but it is difficult to leave their homeland, and there are still many lonely widows, so they have to leak the boat and carry the wine in the middle of the stream. Barely pulling so many people forward.

The most populated. But the land occupied is the least. Seeing life get harder and harder. Suddenly, the news said that Qiao Yuanlu, who had died in the clan, also had a son outside, and he had a small achievement, and it was even more rare that he was willing to help the Qiao clan. This news is undoubtedly a great joy for the Qiao clan after a long drought.

People are willing to help the Qiao clan, and if they don't quickly recognize the people, they are the children and grandchildren of the Qiao family, how can they be left behind. Recognizing a descendant and getting help, why not kill two birds with one stone.

Qiao Lan asked for a low-key confession, and the Qiao clan also agreed, but not a few people knew.

In the west of Dongshan Village, in front of a spacious but dilapidated courtyard, several people were stretching their necks to look, and when they saw the carriage coming, they were excited, however, seeing the simple carriage and the simple coachman in front of the carriage, they were a little lost, they thought that Qiao Yi, who came back to recognize his relatives, would be more beautiful, if his own situation was also average, how could he help the clan?

Perhaps seeing the disappointment on everyone's faces, the old man at the head shouted, "What are you doing with this expression?!" It's a good thing that the baby is back. Don't think about what you don't have. ”

"That's right, it's not easy for the baby to come back this time, we have to open up. The others chimed in, "yes, yes!"

The man at the head is called Qiao Yuancheng, who is the uncle of the hall that Qiao Lan is about to recognize in the name of "Qiao Yi", and the person who picked up Qiao Lan at the entrance of the village is called Qiao Chonghe, who is Qiao Yuancheng's youngest son, ranked fifth, and can be regarded as the cousin of "Qiao Yi", and "Qiao Lan" If he really wants to be ranked in the clan, he must be ranked forty-five......

There are still two old people above Qiao Yuancheng, but they are already old, and it is Qiao Yuancheng who is now in charge of the Qiao family's clan.

That being said, Qiao Yuancheng's heart is not so open, the thirty acres of sacrificial land placed by "Qiao Lan" have been assigned to the name of the Qiao clan, but if "Qiao Yi" is to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, then they must not be able to accept those donations.

Ye Feitian saluted the group a little and then turned around and lifted the curtain, "Master, it's here!"

Qiao Lan got out of the car, although she was not dressed well, she could still see that she was a pampered young man. She bowed formally to a few people, "Qiao Yi has seen a few uncles and uncles. ”

Several people were stunned by her formal greeting, and they didn't know how to respond, so they could only wave their hands again and again and say no.

Qiao Yuancheng can be regarded as having seen the world, so he stepped forward and gave in to courtesy, "Family, no need to be polite." ”

"Hello in the lobby!" Ye Feitian had already quietly told Qiao Lan who this person was.

"Uh...... Okay!good!good!" Qiao Yuancheng said three good words in a row, in fact, he was also a little nervous, there had never been such a well-educated person in the family, "Go in...... Go in, all in, don't stick to the door. ”

The courtyard has been carefully cleaned and looks quite tidy, but the dilapidation is dilapidated, and it cannot be organized without major repairs.

After passing through a large courtyard and walking all the way to the hall inside, there were two elderly old men Qiao Mufeng and Qiao Linfeng, who were the elders of the Qiao clan.

Qiao Lan only knew that one of the people on the seat was the eldest grandfather and the other was the second grandfather, but he didn't know which one was which, so he simply stood in the middle and saluted. She still performed the formal prostration, but did not bow down, because it was not her immediate elder who was seated. "Qiao Yi has seen the eldest grandfather and the second grandfather. Two grandfathers are well!"

Looking at the pretty little boy in front of them, the two old men suddenly wet their eyes and wiped the corners of their eyes with trembling hands.

"It's good to be back. Over the years, I have suffered your little baby. ”

"In the vein of the fourth brother, there is still hope, and there is still hope......" (to be continued......)