As soon as he got out of the examination room, Zhou Mengyuan gave himself a score in his heart that he didn't have a chance to score with the emperor list, he was depressed, he was in no mood to participate in the "National Unification Celebration", and he didn't play the beautiful scenery of Luoyang, so he hurriedly packed his luggage and hurriedly embarked on the road home.

Trekking through mountains and rivers, on the way, I was hit by a vicious cold, and I was bedridden in the inn for several days, eating, drinking, and sleeping, taking medicine and seeking medical treatment, and I quickly lacked my pocket, so I had to sell the donkey that had served me for many years with the help of well-wishers, and returned to my hometown on foot.

When people encounter difficulties, they know the beauty of the warm hometown of home!

What Zhou Mengyuan wants to see most at the moment is his family!

After more than a month of back and forth, the shoes when I went to Beijing have long been lost, and a thin layer of spare bottoms has been worn out, and the heels can be seen.

Dusty, unkempt, a few immature beards with sparse chins that were more than half an inch, a fine black satin coat on his shoulders, staggering around his legs like lead, and a dry stick that was not bent and straightened in his right hand, begging for food, with longing, grievances and vicissitudes of life in his eyes, walked step by step towards the entrance of the village.

From afar, I saw a few people standing sparsely on the village road, both men and women, presumably chatting and gossiping.

I really want to shout for the word to go back, and let my parents come out to meet each other, including the blind grandmother who can't see anything.

However, his mouth was dry, his throat was on fire with a faint burning pain, and he couldn't shout out loud after taking a few breaths.

Those people were just chatting, and they hadn't noticed that Zhou Mengyuan had approached the entrance of the village. However, the two family dogs playing in the shade of the trees were the first to discover that the "stranger" was about to enter the village to beg, and they barked wildly and rushed over with the high-pitched howl of the guardian party ruthlessly driving away outsiders, wrinkling their noses, revealing a pair of sharp canine teeth.

said "Go, go, I'm Zhou Mengyuan, I'm my own person", while waving a stick to prevent the family dog from approaching.

How do you know that the family dog does not understand human language, and when it is strong, it is strong, and it is more fierce when it pounces and barks wildly.

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"It seems that Mengyuan, the youngest son of the Zhou family, has returned?"

"No, it won't. People ride donkeys. ”

The chatters were reminded by the dog, and their eyes unanimously turned to Zhou Mengyuan's embarrassed appearance, and they speculated and discussed.

"Little Black Flower is back!"

A middle-aged tenor shouted, and the two family dogs whined and returned to their owners as if they had insulted their mission.

"It's the son of the Zhou family, it's Mengyuan. ”

"Hurry up and get out of the way! ”

Zhou Mengyuan came from the east, his home was in the west of the village, and he had to pass through these chatters when he went home.

It's funny in my heart. My surname Zhou is so embarrassed is temporary, when I go home to have a full meal and take a shower, and change into a satin dress, you will know each other.

When he came to the gate, Zhou Mengyuan was surprised to find that the two bluestone lions that had been squatting on both sides of the gate since he could remember had been replaced by the current two bluestone turtle beasts, and the horse-tethered stake had also been replaced with a more delicately carved monkey head, and the previous one pillar had become two pillars, and the upper horse platform was equipped next to it.

Touching the lifelike monkey head and admiring the craftsmanship of the craftsmen, I suddenly remembered the donkey that I sold, and a faint sadness swept through my heart.

He sighed and pushed the door in.

When I looked up, I couldn't help but feel like five thunderbolts thundering on the top, and my brain was buzzing and shattering.

Oh my God! How could it be?

Zhou Mengyuan's tired eyes widened when he landed.

The "Zhou Mansion" on the door is gone, replaced by the eye-catching, yellow-lettered "Qijia Compound" on a black background.

What's going on?

What's going on!

Hurriedly pushed the door hard, trying to get in quickly to find out.

However, the door was closed, and instead there was a sharp knock on the knocker.

No one was heard, but there was a barking of dogs.

The sound of the dog biting was straightforward, vigorous and powerful, and it was clearly from the dantian. Apparently not her own puppy, but a big, sturdy female dog.

Where did the family move?

It's such a big move that I have to wait for me to come back.

It won't be... ？

At the beginning of the new dynasty, the emperor was busy with big things. Although Cathay is still unsafe, the people are still unsafe, and unforeseen things often happen. Zhou Mengyuan felt a hint of foreboding, kept repeating "impossible" in his mouth, and shook his head desperately, wanting to throw this inexplicable premonition out of thousands of miles away.

Squeak –

The heavy, thickened Tsubaki door slowly opened one by one.

An open door is not enough to enter a person's gap.

The domestic dog that was still barking wildly was tied to the pole of the jujube tree not far from the gate with a rope, and when he saw Zhou Mengyuan, it was like seeing an enemy who had hurt him, and he became more and more crazy.

Glancing at the person who opened the door, Zhou Mengyuan's heart suddenly became cold.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man, with a big waist and a round waist, wearing a coarse cloth short-sleeved cardigan, revealing two dark and strong arms, tiger heads, a dense beard, staring at his eyes, and the urn said in a loud voice:

"Get out of here, or I'll let the dog bite you to death." ”

Where did Zhou Mengyuan, who had been blessed since he was a child, suffer such fright and insult, not to mention that at the door of his own house, he was dumbfounded for a while, and his legs trembled.

The person who opened the door was just talking about scare, and he didn't really mean to let the dog loose, so he crooked his neck and stretched out his hand to close the door.

In a hurry, I don't know where the courage and strength came from, Zhou Mengyuan stepped into the threshold more than half a foot high with one foot, and pushed the door panel with one hand.

"Big brother, don't worry, I'll ask about something and leave. ”

"What's the matter?" "The person who opened the door clearly didn't want to bother.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Mengyuan said, "Excuse me, where did the original owner of this house move to?"

"I don't know. I've just arrived. ”

"Why, can you let me in and meet my current master?"

The person who opened the door smiled coldly: "The owner and the whole family went to the mountains and rivers, and I and the dog were left." ”

Feeling that the situation was not good, he hurriedly turned around, and Zhou Mengyuan came to a family at the east entrance of the village.

This is a poor family, the yard is narrow and short, there is no door in front and back, and there are two half-grass houses on the west side, two rooms are divided into two rooms for people, and half of them are used as stove houses. The straw curtain was covered with earth, and there was not a single piece of green brick rubble on the entire house.

"Fourth Uncle, is Fourth Uncle at home?"

As soon as the voice fell, out of the door of a grass hut came a young woman with long braids, dressed in a patched blue coarse cloth shirt. Although it was a coarse cloth, although it was full of patches, the clothes were clean and decent, and it did not look ragged at all, the melon seed face was white and red, the high and straight nose was inlaid with a pair of big eyes as clear and bright as autumn water, and a pair of talking willow eyebrows were curled a few times.

It was probably Zhou Mengyuan's sudden appearance that surprised her and made her a little flustered.

The girl's surname is Zhou, Fang's name is Qinying, and her nickname is Qin'er, which was given by Mr. Zhou Mengyuan when she was a child when she studied in a private school.

"Uh-huh, my dad went to work in the fields. How did you become like this?"

Zhou Mengyuan was ashamed of himself, drooped his head and turned around to leave.

Qin'er's heart turned over the river and the sea, looking at the yard that was about to walk out of her house, the scenery of the past was gone, and the poor young master of the Zhou family at this moment was finally difficult to make up her mind.

"Brother Mengyuan, please stay, don't be in a hurry. ”

The voice was as graceful as a bird, and the sweetness and crunch stopped the frayed heels of the shoes.

After calling Zhou Mengyuan into the house, after being busy fetching water and food for a while, he took a wooden pier and sat outside the house alone, holding the long black and shiny braid on his chest and playing with it.

A gust of wind passed, and a magpie flew in, clattering and chirping on the grass roof.

This poor man's thatched hut is a rare bird of annunciation, but Qin'er, who is in turmoil at the moment, doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

A wisp of green silk, a lot of resentment!

In the dim grass house, Zhou Mengyuan had already finished washing, restored a few copies of the appearance of a rich young master, and began to eat the poor man's light rice that he had never eaten, and peeked at Qin'er's back from time to time.

I don't know how many days I haven't spoken. There is a reason for the sudden loneliness, Qin'er's timidity, and Mengyuan's shame.

Before the meal was finished, Qin'er's parents returned from the field, not to mention whether their parents were angry or not, they admitted from their hearts that their family and the Zhou family were not right, and it was natural not enough for these two children to get married if they wanted to marry against the worldly concept, so they were naturally not angry enough, and they had a long face-to-face talk on Thursday, and they talked about the horrific bloody events that happened in his family after Zhou Mengyuan left home.

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