"Kelly, Audrey, this is the room where Jonas was born. Unfortunately, everything in the room is gone. ”

A staff member said: "Mr. Zhou, Ms. Caroline, Designer Biloha moved most of the furniture to the basement before he died. So, there should probably still be some of your old furniture there. ”

There was only one man in Zhou Nan, and he immediately said, "I'll take a look." ”

But the result is very regrettable, in the basement, except for a few large wooden wardrobes, the rest of the furniture is also gone.

It had been eleven years since they had been gone, and after Biloha had died the year before, there had been no one to take care of it.

Especially after the ups and downs of the regime, there have been several owners here, and the house is still there, but a lot has changed inside.

Now the protection of the house is not bad, but this is also based on the fact that everyone knows that this building is Zhou Nan's home, so it is protected again.

After participating in the celebration, Zhou Nan wanted to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Not only did this matter not be hindered in any way, but it also provided all kinds of conveniences.

As soon as they returned to Green Island, Zhou Nan and the others couldn't wait to come here.

Claudio was ten years old when he left, and he still remembered everything here, and when he saw everything here, he still seemed very kind.

"Brother Jonas, I remember you taking us to the beach to pick up clams, I haven't eaten clam soup in a long time."

The reception staff of the city government is also very fluent in German, and said with a smile: "Tonight, we have arranged an original Green Island flavor seafood feast for everyone, which is guaranteed to remind you of the old days." Mr. Zhou, let's go to the place where we are staying first, your relatives in China have all come here today. ”

"Thank you for your arrangement." Zhou Nan nodded, turned to the upstairs and shouted, "Mother Caroline, Audrey, it's time for us to leave." ”

Caroline was still a little reluctant to leave, and said regretfully: "Jonas, it would be nice if we could stay here for one night!" ”

That being said, Caroline also knew it was unrealistic. There is not even furniture here, just empty rooms. And if you want to buy furniture, buy a bed, there is no place to buy it now.

What's more, they are a group of more than 20 people, and after they move in, they will definitely be known by the citizens, and with Zhou Nan's reputation, I am afraid that this place will be crushed by the people who heard the news.

Everyone left the small building guarded by the soldiers, got on the bus again, and came to the No. 9 villa on Shanhaiguan Road, where Zhou Nan and his party were arranged.

Before he got out of the car, Zhou Nan saw two cousins and several nephews and nieces waiting in the yard, and his nose couldn't help but be a little sour.

I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but the love of blood will never be severed.

Although in another life, he didn't get along very well with most of his relatives.

His grandfather fled from the Central Plains and came to Green Island, but he had no food and clothing, and he gritted his teeth to go to the mountains to become a Taoist priest.

But in the village below the mountain, after meeting his grandmother, he became a son-in-law, and planted grain and vegetables for the Taoist temple with his grandmother's father.

His grandfather gave birth to six children, grew up three, and the rest died. His father Zhou Dazhuang was originally the fifth, but he became the third.

Zhou Nan's aunt and uncle were several years older than his father, and his father was blind when he was young and went to Europe to work as a Chinese laborer for a few years, so he got married late.

The uncle died early and gave birth to two sons, both of whom were more than ten years older than Zhou Nan. Although they are cousins, they haven't lived together since they were children, and their feelings for each other are relatively weak.

But after all, they are relatives, and in another life, Zhou Nan came back with a disability with nothing, and they helped Zhou Nan settle down.

It's just that Zhou Nan's previous movements will be criticized later, and they have to draw a line with Zhou Nan for the sake of their families.

Although the cousin's son Tianzhu is a generation behind Zhou Nan, he is only four years younger than Zhou Nan.

Because he had not studied, Tianzhu admired and was close to his uncle, who was only a few years older, in another life. When Zhou Nan was the most miserable, he couldn't eat, and he relied on him for relief.

After the reform and opening up, Zhou Nan's life got better, and he began to become rich by writing and painting, and later became the Taiqing Palace and a signboard of Taoism.

There are special cars in and out, and the contacts are all provincial and municipal leaders, and even leaders of the capital.

Zhou Nan likes to be quiet, and the nephew of the teacher gave Zhou Nan a small courtyard halfway up the mountain behind the Taoist temple to Zhou Nan to live, and also sent two little Taoist priests to serve him.

The small courtyard is not large, but it is not small, there are eleven houses, and there is a yard where you can grow vegetables. Zhou Nan also took the Tianzhu family to his side as his companion, and Zhou Nan also covered the school tuition of several great-grandchildren.

At this time, seeing Tianzhu waiting in the courtyard with his new daughter-in-law with some restraint, Zhou Nan also had to sigh at the strong inertia of fate.

He remembered that in another life, Tianzhu married this daughter-in-law, and he made a lot of efforts. Without him in this life, Tianzhu still married this nephew and daughter-in-law home.

Is his role not obvious, or has the line of fate changed?

Zhou Nan didn't know either.

Received by the government into this luxurious villa, they were a little nervous and excited.

Although the news in China is blocked, two years ago, they could often read about Zhou Nan in the newspapers and know that he has become a big man abroad.

At that time, the government took great care of their family. asked people to protect the house where Zhou Nan originally lived, arranged for Tianzhu to guard it, and paid food and money every month.

It's just that the sky changed some time ago, and they were afraid, so they cleaned up the softness in the house and returned to the old house in Yakou Village, Shanmen, Taiqing Palace.

This time, I heard that Zhou Nan was back, and they were all more excited.

Especially Tianzhu, when he was a child, he was four years younger than Zhou Nan, and every time he went into the city, he liked to play with this uncle. Now at home, there are still several toys that Zhou Nan gave him.

There were a lot of people who were welcomed, and almost all the people with heads and faces came. Although Zhou Nan was a little tired of these entertainments, he could only accompany them to greet them first.

When I met these relatives, there was no excitement and crying scenes. After all, they haven't been separated for a long time, and there is another layer in between.

Zhou Nan cooperated with the leaders to socialize, but Caroline and Audrey talked to them more.

Caroline and most of them knew each other, and Caroline also remembered the pillar of heaven that had grown up. Even Claudio had a slight impression of Tianzhu, a nephew who was older than her.

Due to its unique history, Green Island is not uncommon to foreigners.

Tianzhu often went to Hoffman's house to play when he was a child, and he still remembered Caroline and Claudio, but he was a little curious about Audrey's little aunt.

Although Audrey had not met Zhou Nan's relatives, most of them had seen the photos and asked about everyone in Zhou Nan's family, and everyone brought different gifts.

Since Zhou Nan returned to his hometown, of course, he had to give some gifts.

One of the most valuable gifts he gave was a cheque for four million Swiss francs.

He forgot when he had seen a book of party history that said that the foreign exchange during the founding of the People's Republic of China was only $200,000.

The four million Swiss francs are equivalent to one million dollars, which is nominally to build a road for the hometown, but in fact it is to find a way to donate some money.

Nowadays, the dollar is not an international currency, and the recognition is not so high. And because Switzerland is a neutral country, it is very well recognized by both the East and the West, and the gold content of the Swiss franc is even higher than that of the US dollar.

Of course, Zhou Nan's generosity was also highly appreciated by everyone, and everyone gathered together, and all kinds of seafood feasts came up without money.

In this era, seafood is indeed cheap, and the novelty news of not having enough to eat and eating hairy crabs as rice in later generations is just the norm in this era.

For the people of this era, strength is not valuable. A worker can live well with one dollar a day, and a few cents a day for a peasant.

Seafood can be retrieved from the sea with a little effort, so it's not worth much. Moreover, seafood is not as good as meat, noodles can fill the stomach, and in this coastal area, ordinary food is not popular at all.

After the dinner, everyone said goodbye one by one and left the space to Zhou Nan's family.

Zhou Nan talked to them for a while, and then he realized that most of the things in the old house were still there, but they were moved to the countryside by Tianzhu.

This is not a big surprise.

In Zhou Nan's plan, he will not decorate this house, nor will he live in it, and will continue to leave it as it is.

No matter how well it is decorated, it will be outdated after decades.

The next day, the people of the city government took Tianzhu and they went back to arrange a place for Zhou Nan and the more than 20 people to live, and Zhou Nan had another day of entertainment in the city.

Then he also took a sum of money and asked Chen Hanlin, who came to Green Island with him, to buy some rice, flour, oil, salt, and various fabrics, and prepare to go back to give gifts.

Early in the morning of the third day, I took a ro-ro ship from the trestle and went to the countryside to worship my ancestors.

Taiqing Palace is not close to the city, it is 40 kilometers away. At this time, there is no main road, so it is more convenient to walk from the sea.

The Taiqing Palace had a large sphere of influence in the past, and almost all of the mountains and land belonged to the Taiqing Palace.

Between the mountain gate and the beach, there is a large hilly area, and although the toast here is not fertile, it still produces some grain and vegetables every year.

Zhou Nan's grandfather helped the Taoist Temple grow food, not only his grandfather, but more than a dozen families in the entire Yakou Village all worked for the Taoist Temple, which was equivalent to a tenant.

Taoist temples have a conscience than the landlords, and these tenants can not only have a full stomach every year, but also learn to read and even learn martial arts from the Taoist priests.

His father, Zhou Dazhuang, learned a good martial art from the Taoist priests, but he was not easy to do his duty, so during the First World War, he went to Europe to work as a Chinese laborer for a few years.

It was also because he learned a little French in Europe that he was later taken by the old Hoffman who came to Green Island to do business and was accepted as a helper.

Therefore, Zhou Dazhuang and Zhou Nan have been living in the city, and their relationship with their cousin is not close.

But after all, blood is thicker than water, Zhou Nan's mother died of illness, and later Zhou Dazhuang was shot by the Japanese, and finally was sent back to Yakou Village for burial, and was buried in the mountain forest on the left side of the mountain gate of Taiqing Palace.

This ro-ro ship is not big, and the speed is not fast, and it took two hours to drive to Yakou Village.

At present, it is still a three-day zone, and more than a dozen families have depended on each other for generations, and the relationship is very close.

A few years later, it was divided into a large village in the back mountain, Qingshan Village, and there were many more residents here, and the relationship was no longer as harmonious as before.

Although he returned to his hometown, Zhou Nan did not feel any pride.

He didn't even dare to give them too much money, although his fate had changed, but he couldn't be sure of the situation behind him. If you give too much now, it may become a sin in the future.

The gifts they brought back were all sent out, and surrounded by the big guys, Zhou Nan and them were placed in the Hanlin Courtyard on the side of the Sanguan Hall of the Taiqing Palace.

Audrey is very curious about everything here and even has a pilgrimage mentality.

She felt that there were countless things she wanted to say to Zhou Nan, but Zhou Nan had been too busy and socialized too much.

It wasn't until he settled in the Taiqing Palace that Zhou Nan was a little more relaxed.

His parents' graves are located at the foot of the hill on the edge of the farmland, which is very secluded and unexplored in later generations.

Because when he left Green Island, his father died less than a year ago. They have the custom of erecting a monument for three years, so they didn't even erect a tombstone in the first place.

When Zhou Nan came back this time, in addition to repairing the tomb, he also had a plan to erect a monument.

However, he knew that in the next twenty years, because of the remoteness and closure of this place, although the impact was not large, it was not without impact, so he decided to find a strong tombstone.

With the help of the city government, Zhou Nan found a huge granite and wrote it himself, asking the master to engrave the inscription he wrote.

In the past few days of preparation, they have been living in Taiqing Palace, and Zhou Nan took Audrey to visit the entire old mountain and enjoy the beautiful scenery around her.

The scenery here is very different from Switzerland, which is dark and beautiful, but here it is bright and spectacular.

Standing on the top of a rocky mountain and looking at the sea and sky in the east, there is always a feeling of being out of the dust.

Facing several masters of the Taoist temple, Zhou Nan's feelings were the most complicated.

He didn't dare to donate, so he could only buy a lot of food for them. He didn't even dare to tell them that he still had two boxes of Taoist scriptures in his hand, which also included more than a dozen rare books from the Southern Song Dynasty.

If they asked Zhou Nan why he didn't send these Taoist scriptures back, Zhou Nan couldn't answer at all.

These sutras will definitely be returned to their original owners in the future, but the time has not yet come.

On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to the graves of his parents, the graves of his grandparents and uncles were also renovated.

In front of the heavy tombstone, Zhou Nan and Audrey knelt side by side and respectfully kowtowed to their parents three times.

Audrey relaxed as if she had fulfilled a wish.

She didn't know the people in the tomb, but she was grateful to them for giving birth to Jonas in this world and giving her the best happiness.

"Jonas, it's beautiful, but it's also too poor. In the future, we can come back often to pay tribute to our parents and help them. ”

Zhou Nan nodded and smiled: "Yes, when we are all old, we will not be able to do anything, and we can even settle here, what do you think?" ”

Thinking of the picture of both of them with gray hair and wrinkles decades later, Audrey couldn't help but smile sweetly.