Zhao Dagui followed his great-great-grandson to the door, and when he saw the two dusty teenagers, he stayed with tears in his eyes. Without him, Zhao Ping looks very much like Zhao Dafu When he was young, Zhao Dagui saw him just like he saw the eldest brother back then.

When Zhao An and Zhao Ping saw Zhao Dagui's reaction, they knew that this was the uncle and grandfather they were looking for, so they immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Zhao An/Zhao Ping, meet your uncle and grandfather." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Zhao Dagui hurriedly stepped forward to pull the two nephews up, pulled one in one hand, and asked happily, "Are you the grandson of the eldest brother?" Big brother is okay? What about your family? Are you all right? How did you come to Gangnam? Is Big Brother coming? Did something happen to my hometown? Big brother and your family are all right, right? You ......"

A series of questions fell, and Zhao An and Zhao Ping didn't know which question to answer.

Finally waiting for Zhao Dagui's questioning to stop, Zhao An hurriedly replied: "Uncle and grandfather don't have to worry, my grandfather and our family are very good, but my grandfather misses my uncle and grandfather, so I specially ordered the two of us to look for my uncle and grandfather, let's talk about the specific matters in the house." ”

"Yes, yes, let's go inside." Zhao Dagui reacted, pulled Zhao An and Zhao Ping into the house, and summoned his grandson and great-grandchildren to meet the two nephews.

Zhao An and Zhao Ping gave a salute to Zhao Dagui's wife, Zhang, and met with his third cousin and several nephews and nieces, and distributed the pastries bought on the road to several nephews and nieces as a greeting gift. The third cousin, Zhao Shan, couldn't help swallowing and foaming. Zhao An took out two more packets of pastries, one small one was handed to the third cousin, and one big one was given to the two old men.

Zhao Dagui hurriedly said: "You two children, how can you spend so much unjust money, you should keep the money for yourself." ”

Zhao Ping said with a smile: "Uncle and grandfather, the money to buy pastries was exchanged for hunting and picking herbs on the road between me and An'an, it is not worth anything, and I can earn it again after spending it." ”

"Okay, okay, you are so capable, uncle and grandfather, I am happy, the Zhao family will rely on you in the future." Zhao Dagui was overjoyed.

Zhao An smiled: "The third cousin and several nephews are also very good, and they are also the hope of our Zhao family." ”

Zhao Dagui sighed when he heard this: "I don't dare to expect them, who knows when they will leave and never come back." ”

After saying this, Zhao Dagui's family was all depressed, even the little baby who was only a few years old. Although they didn't understand Zhao Dagui's words very well, they knew that their father had left and would not come back, and they were afraid that the third uncle would be the same as their father, and he would never come back after leaving.

Zhao Ping and Zhao An didn't know the inside story and were quite puzzled, Zhao Ping opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle and grandfather, does the third cousin want to go out to make a living?" ”

"No, he was captured by the army." The third cousin, Zhao Shan, answered Zhao Ping's question, and asked suspiciously, "Didn't the place where the cousin lived?" ”

"There weren't many before, but then there were more, but we all went into hiding, and no one was arrested. However, my eldest brother and second brother, because he learned some ability, left home and served as a lieutenant in the account of Gongsun Thorn History. It's just that after so many years, they haven't sent the news home, and I don't know if they are still safe. ”

Zhao Dagui sighed when he heard this: "In this world, the future of official positions is empty, and life is the most important thing. ”

Everyone nodded.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Zhao An hurriedly said good news to mobilize the atmosphere: "Uncle and grandfather and uncle and grandmother are worried that the third cousin will be arrested, why don't you take the third cousin to live in a place where those officers and soldiers can't catch it, so that the third cousin doesn't have to be arrested." ”

Zhao Dagui said: "You mean to let us live in the mountains?" We also thought about it, but there are wild beasts in the mountains, and it is not easy to grow food in the mountains, so it is not a good choice to go into the mountains. ”

Zhao Ping said: "Uncle and grandfather, when An An was young, he discovered two kinds of food crops, which not only have high yields, but can also be grown in the barren mountains. If my uncle and grandfather moved to live in the mountains, they didn't have to worry about food. “

"Really?" Zhao Dagui asked in surprise.

Zhao Ping nodded.

Zhao Dagui began to consider the possibility of moving into the mountains to live.

Zhao An spoke: "Uncle and grandfather have thought about returning to their hometown?" My grandfather and my family now live in the mountains around our hometown, and it is much better for people from nearby villages to live together in the mountains and take care of each other. My uncle and grandfather returned to their hometown, so they could follow my grandfather and take care of each other. ”

Homecoming! How could the uncle and grandfather not think about it. It's just that he is old and too far away from his hometown, so he didn't think about returning to his hometown, but now the eldest brother's grandsons have come to the door, bringing hope, and all his thoughts about returning to his hometown have been hooked. Moreover, according to the two nephews, after returning to their hometown, they lived in the mountains, and no one came to arrest the strong man, and the third grandson could be saved, and the great-grandson was not afraid of being arrested and not returning in the future.

"Go back to your hometown, old woman, Shanzi, hurry up and pack up your belongings, let's follow our nephews back to our hometown."

"Hey, I'll pack up my belongings right away." Zhang patted her thigh and said, she is a native of Jiangnan, and she was the most reluctant to leave Jiangnan for the north, but for the sake of the only grandson and great-grandson who remained by her side, Zhang very much agreed with the family to follow Zhao Ping and Zhao An back to their hometown. Zhao Shan is naturally willing, he wants to stay with his grandfather and grandmother to be filial to the two, and he doesn't want to make the two sad if they don't go back.

After all, Zhao Dagui's family has lived in Jiangnan for decades, and there are already many relatives and friends. These relatives and friends were also scared of being arrested, and some people also had the idea of leaving, and after asking Zhao Dagui, they decided to follow Zhao Dagui to the north.

Zhao Dagui also has two married granddaughters, the eldest granddaughter is married in a nearby village, the husband's family is very similar to Zhao Dagui's family, most of the men have been arrested and left, but fortunately, the eldest grandson-in-law is still there. After thinking about it, the family decided to follow Zhao Dagui's family.

The little granddaughter is married to a hunter in the mountains, which is a little far away from Zhao Dagui's house. Zhao Dagui asked Zhao Shan to find his little granddaughter and little grandson-in-law and ask them if they would like to leave together. After all, the parents of the little grandson-in-law have passed away, so the two of them live together, so it is better to leave with the Zhao family. And the little grandson-in-law is still a hunter, and when he goes to the mountains in the north, he will be more adaptable than others.

Zhao An and Zhao Ping offered to go with Zhao Shan, they wanted to go into the mountains to hunt some prey for money, and also pick some herbs for use on the road. Zhao Dagui naturally would not refuse, and let Zhao Shan take the two of them into the mountain.

There are more and more kinds of herbs in the southern mountains, Zhao An picked them all the way, almost filling the back baskets of three people, and by the time he came to the door of Orion's house, it was already getting dark.