On both sides of the road in the village, there lived a family, each of which was brightly lit, and in the brightly lit house, you could vaguely see the busy figures, and it was obvious that every family in the village was cooking dinner.

Smoke curled from the top of the village, and it was pitch black outside, and even then a glimmer of light could be seen outside the village, like fireflies in the night.

"Brother Zhiyuan, when we arrive, that's my house." Not far outside the village, there was a handsome boy and a six-year-old child leading a scalper. This handsome young man and this six-year-old child holding the ox were Long Zhiyuan and Chu Chen, of whom Chu Chen pointed to the direction where there was a glimmer of light in the darkness not far away. Long Zhiyuan looked in the direction Chu Chen pointed, only to see the brightly lit village looming in the darkness.

Long Zhiyuan looked in the direction of the village, showed a thoughtful expression, and didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "Let's go!" After finishing speaking, he took the lead and walked forward.

Chu Chen looked at Long Zhiyuan's back and shouted, "Brother Zhiyuan, wait for me."

"Wow, it's so fragrant!" Long Zhiyuan and Chu Chen walked on the road of the village, and Chu Chen said happily.

With a "grunt", Long Zhiyuan smelled the fragrance of vegetables emanating from the village and suddenly remembered that Long Zhiyuan was hungry.

"Brother Zhiyuan, are you hungry?" Chu Chen asked with a smile at Long Zhiyuan after hearing the strange noise.

After hearing Chu Chen's words, Long Zhiyuan said embarrassedly: "Well, I am indeed very hungry." It's no wonder that after all, I haven't eaten for a day, and I'm hungry for anyone.

"Brother Zhiyuan, then let's go quickly, just go home for dinner." Chu Chen proposed to Long Zhiyuan.

"Okay," Long Zhiyuan replied happily after hearing Chu Chen's words.

After finishing speaking, Long Zhiyuan and Chu Chen quickened their pace and walked forward, and the two of them kept walking along this road until they reached the end of the road, stopping in front of the door of a room, which was simple and quiet, long and kind, ancient and soft. The house is made of red brick and cement, the roof is white, with many delicate carvings on it, and the white walls are painted with old cracks. Long Zhiyuan looked at this ancient room and was silent for a moment and said, "How many years is this room old?"

After hearing Long Zhiyuan's words, he was surprised and didn't know why he asked this question, but he still replied: "According to my father, this room is a thousand years old." A thousand years is equivalent to living ten generations for mortals, after all, the life span of mortals is only short, a hundred years of birth, old age, sickness and death are the eternal laws of nature, no one has ever been able to escape the laws of nature, but for this room to have a thousand years of history is quite remarkable, if other rooms can have a history of a hundred years, it is already very good, you can see the tenacity and hardness of this house.

"A thousand years? It's really ancient!" I originally thought that this room was only five hundred years old at most, but I didn't expect to underestimate it, Long Zhiyuan said with a sigh. After getting along with Chu Chen on this day, I learned from Chu Chen's mouth what the concept of a thousand years is, and I also know the gap between a hundred years and a thousand years.

"Brother Zhiyuan, wait for me." Chu Chen said to Long Zhiyuan. Without waiting for Long Zhiyuan to agree, after speaking, he led the ox to the wooden stake not far from the house, walked to the wooden stake, tied the ox to the stake, and then returned to the original place and said to Long Zhiyuan: "Brother Zhiyuan, let's go in"!

"Hmm". Long Zhiyuan nodded.

After Chu Chen saw Long Zhiyuan agree, he stepped forward and pushed open the door of the house and shouted, "Father, mother, I'm back."

The moment the door was opened, the two people who were busy in the room stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the door, one of these two people was a middle-aged man, medium height, wearing a pair of blue cloth spills, a wide cowhide belt around his waist, a bare upper body, short hair, a round face on the plate, a pair of shrewd, deep eyes flashing under the wide thick eyebrows, very eye-catching. At this time, he was taking firewood to add to the stove, apparently cooking.

The other was a middle-aged woman, tall, with soft black hair and a ponytail. The snow-white melon seed face, a pair of dark and shiny eyes flashed under the slender eyebrows, revealing a bright light. Wearing a red and yellow apron and light green leggings, she set off her delicate figure. At this time, she was rolling dough with a rolling pin, and there was a pot of stuffing next to her, obviously making dumplings.

This middle-aged man and middle-aged woman are Chu Chen's father, Chu Yongping, and mother, Li Yuyan.

"Chen'er, I'm tired when I'm back, come into the house, mother makes your favorite dumplings." Li Yuyan looked at Chu Chen who was standing at the door and said with a smile.

"Yes, Mother". Chu Chen replied. Then he walked towards the house, and Long Zhiyuan followed Chu Chen into the house.

At this time, Chu Yongping noticed Long Zhiyuan, who followed Chu Chen into the house, and said.

"That's right, Chen'er will introduce us to you!" After Chu Yongping reminded Li Yuyan, he noticed that Long Zhiyuan echoed.

After hearing the words of his father and mother, Chu Chen said: "This is Long Zhiyuan's brother, and he is a friend that the child met on the road." Chu Chen probably talked about how he met Long Zhiyuan, but he didn't say where he was from. Then he introduced Long Zhiyuan: "This is my father Chu Yongping and mother Li Yuyan."

After Chu Chen finished introducing, Long Zhiyuan clasped his fists at Chu Yongping and Li Yuyan and saluted: "The younger generation has seen Uncle Chu and Aunt Li."

Seeing Long Zhiyuan saluting, Chu Yongping stepped forward and held up Long Zhiyuan, who saluted, and said: "Children don't have to be polite, since you are Chen'er's friend, then we are a family."

"Okay, let's talk about eating dumplings after dinner." Li Yuyan looked at Long Zhiyuan and Chu Yongping and said.

"Yes, I forgot to take the child to try your aunt's handiwork." Chu Yongping said to Long Zhiyuan.

"Good". Long Zhiyuan replied. So Long Zhiyuan and Chu Yongping walked forward.

Long Zhiyuan and Chu Chen sat at the table and waited for the dumplings to be served, and after a while, the hot dumplings were served, so the two saw the hot dumplings with bright eyes, and then devoured them, and after a while, a plate of dumplings was eaten up by them, it seemed that they hadn't eaten for a day, and they were very hungry, Chu Yongping and Li Yuyan saw that the two of them had eaten a plate of dumplings, so they went to the pot and put two plates of dumplings respectively.