The old man asked Lu Yu: "You are far away, why did you come here?" What's the matter here? ”

Lu Yu smiled, glanced at Lan Shaofang quietly, and then said, "It's a little something, I want to ask the old man about something." ”

"What's the matter? I heard from Jinhua County that we came from Changding County, hundreds of miles. "The old man will also be curious.

Lu Yu felt that this was not a place to talk, thought about it, and said, "Old man, we are traveling overnight, can we go to your mansion to ask for a bowl of water to drink?" ”

Yan Xiding added: "One bowl is not enough, four bowls." ”

"It's nothing to drink a bowl of water, there is not much food at this time, and there is no shortage of water." Of course, the old man and the old woman are husband and wife, the two looked at each other, and the old man said: "Let's go, let's go, it's nothing anyway, just listen to your young people from outside, talk about things outside." ”

Lu Yu thanked the four of them and followed the old couple to their home. These two old people's families are very good, not because of their mansions, but because their family actually has five people, a total of three generations, which is an extremely rare and rare thing.

The old man's son and daughter-in-law are in their forties, but their grandson is less than ten years old, and the family looks healthy, but they don't look energetic, after all, the world has only been thawed for a short time, and almost all of them seem to have a layer of gray in their eyes.

Lu Yu put down the basket and took out the greens and cabbage inside, which made the eyes of the old man's family light up.

The old man was very happy, and asked Lu Yu with a smile, where did he get this dish, but I haven't seen this good thing in this area.

Lu Yu didn't answer, and said with a smile: "Your mansion is full of people, and it's very good." ”

"Hehe, it's not complete, there were more than a few people in my family before." The old man obviously didn't want to talk more about his family, and asked Lu Yu again: "What, what are you going to inquire about?" ”

Lu Yu nodded, looked at Lan Shaofang on the side, pondered for a moment, and said, "About sixteen or seventeen years ago, your village wasn't like it is now, right?" ”

"Of course not, even five or six years ago, our village was not what it is now." The old man sighed and said: "At that time, our village was called prosperous, our village has more than 280 households, a total of more than 1,200 people, there are many old people and children, outside the village. , there are people everywhere, that's what makes it lively. ”

"Well, yes, it's the same everywhere, and we're not much better off there." Lu Yu wanted to ask about what happened more than ten years ago, not five or six years ago, after a pause, he said, "Seventeen or eighteen years ago, was there a big man in your village?" ”

The old man said without thinking: "No, eighteen years ago, we had a lot of people here, and there were no big people. ”

Lu Yu was about to ask again, but he heard the old woman say, "More than ten years ago, wasn't that family very powerful?" ”

"Which one?" Lu Yu and Lao Weng were almost in unison.

But after the old man asked, he seemed to remember something, nodded, and said: "Their family, eighteen years ago was not bad, twenty-eight years ago it was so-so." ”

"Hey, their family is still so-so, so what are you?" The old woman obviously didn't agree with the old man's words, and said: "Ten or twenty years ago, there was a family in our neighborhood that was quite passable. ”

The old man said: "Yes, I remember, that family is very good, and it can be regarded as the richest and most powerful family in our village." Speaking of which, that family and we are sent down by the same ancestor, and the surname is Lan. ”

"Which family in our village is not surnamed Lan? Counting upwards, not all of you in your village surnamed Lan are the same ancestor. The old woman doesn't seem to give her husband any "face".

"That's right, our village, it's all sent by one family. Our ancestors surnamed Lan don't know from which generation they started to settle here, and the branches and leaves have been scattered from generation to generation, and thousands of people have finally been handed down, what is that...... Let's grow in the foliage. The old man seemed to know a little bit of text, he sighed, and said: "It's a pity, these natural disasters have continued for many years, and there are few people in our village surnamed Lan." ”

The old woman also sighed and said: "Originally, the year before last year, everyone thought that everything would be fine, and the weather would be better, but who knows, on this bad day in August last year, he was going to snow, and the crops could not be harvested, and at the end of the year, the weather was suddenly colder, and every well was frozen, and the doors could not be opened." Alas, my old bones are quite hard and I survived, but it's a pity that my children didn't survive. Speaking of this, the old woman's eyes were already slightly red, but she had not yet shed tears.

"What's it called? It's called damn not dying, not damning, hehe......" The old man laughed bitterly.

Of course, Lu Yu and the four of them didn't want to listen to what the old couple said, but it was inconvenient to interrupt, so they had to listen patiently. However, Yan Xiding didn't have so many scruples, he listened to a few words, and asked: "Grandpa, grandma, aren't the big families you mentioned in the village now?" ”

"Which family?" The old man thought for a while, and then remembered what he had just said, and hurriedly said: "Oh, you said they, they are long gone, and it has been more than twenty years since they moved away." ”

"Moved away for more than 20 years? Has it been so long? Lu Yu turned his head to look at Lan Shaofang, who was trembling slightly, and thought secretly: "Could it be that Shaofang is already in her twenties, just looking small?" ”

The old woman said: "It must be more than 20 years, I remember that when their family left, the eldest of our family had not yet married, and my eldest grandson had not been born. If the eldest grandson didn't leave last year, he will be twenty-one this year, and it's time to get married. ”

The old man nodded: "I remember too, it has been more than 20 years." He suddenly turned his head and asked Lu Yu, "What's the matter, what are you asking about this?" Is it a relative of that family? ”

Lu Yu nodded and smiled: "Relatives are not counted, but my father has some friendship with the master of that family." ”

The old man asked, "Does your father have a relationship with that family?" Do you know what the owner is called? ”

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile: "I really don't know, my father also went the year before last, he said that he had such a friend in Lanlufang, Changding County, and he always wanted to visit, but because it was too far away, he never came." ”

The old man didn't seem to believe Lu Yu's words, but he didn't ask any more, only said: "Then you came more than 20 years late, they have already moved away, and after they moved out, they didn't hear back." ”

"Well, that's a pity." Lu Yu asked again: "Uncle, do you know what the master of that family calls him?" ”

"Of course I know, a villager, why don't you know what his name is. I remember his name ......" The old man didn't seem to remember the name of the owner, so he turned to his wife and asked, "What is his name, it's the man who lives in the courtyard." ”

"Lan Shixuan, didn't you say you remember?"

"Hey, that's the name." The old man said: "This Lan Shixuan, the ancestors of the previous generations were officials, and in our village surnamed Lan, their family has the best." Oh, in the middle of our village, the largest courtyard, used to be his house. ”

The largest courtyard in Lanlufang, Lu Yu had been there, and when he heard the old man mention it, he was already suspicious in his heart at this time, and he wanted to ask the two old men many questions, but for a while, he didn't know where to start.

At this time, I heard Yan Xi'an ask: "Grandparents, did you say that the largest courtyard in your village is called 'Shake Garden'?" How do you write the word 'shake'? Is it the 'Yao' of 'Yao Chi'? ”

Fortunately, the old man had read the book for three or two days, and he replied: "It's not the 'Yao' of 'Yaochi', it's the 'shake' of 'shaking', understand?" ”

"Isn't that the 'shake' of Shake Fang?" Yan Xiding's face was overjoyed, and he couldn't help it, and said to Lan Shaofang: "Shaofang, we may be ......"

"Xiding!" Lu Yu stretched out his hand to stop Yan Xiding, and asked the old man again: "Old man, did Lan Shiling's family leave our village?" ”

"Let's all go, otherwise who else will be left to take care of the house?"

Lu Yu frowned and asked, "Then I don't understand, why did he move his family?" Your village is a good place because of its terrain and mountains. ”

"I'm going to be an official." The old man said: "Didn't I say it, there were people in their family who were officials in the previous generations, although Lan Shixuan didn't become an official when he was young, he also read a lot of books, and he was considered a talented person, so one year, he was promoted to the emperor's side, and the emperor made him an official, and he was in other places." After speaking, the old man asked his wife again: "I'm not mistaken, he went to be an official." ”