Niujia Village is located in a relatively gentle hillside in the Danchuan Gorge, although it is only a hill distance from Jiang Wangchen's old house, but the mountain road is winding, a hundred steps and nine folds, when they arrive at the entrance of Niujia Village, the night sky is already full of stars.

In the darkness, the outline of the village is faint, and the pattern of rows of old thatched huts is scattered, exactly the same as the scene in Jiang Wangchen's childhood memories, not the same. can't help but make him delusional, whether time is forgotten by the village, or the village is forgotten by time.

Jiang Wangchen knocked on the old village chief's thatched hut, and as the door was gently pushed open, an old man in a cotton jacket appeared in the crack of the door with a lantern, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's so late, whose child hasn't slept yet!"

"Grandpa Niu, it's me, Jiang Wangchen, I'm back......"

The old man was still sleepy when he was woken up, and he was old again, so he didn't think about it for a while, and said, "Our Niujia Village is surnamed Niu." Where did Jiang Wangchen come from, Hugh wanted to mess around, hurry home and sleep. ”

"Grandpa, you forgot, I am Jiang Wangchen of Jiang Songshui's family, I used to come to your house to play, think about it again. ”

"Oh...... It's Xiaochen...... It's been a few years, and when you've grown so big, where can you still recognize it...... Hurry up and come inside. Grandpa Niu suddenly remembered, and called excitedly: "Old woman, hurry up, Xiaochen is back......"

"Grandpa, it's so late, don't wake up grandma!" Jiang Wangchen didn't expect Grandpa Niu to be so enthusiastic, a little overwhelmed, and he couldn't help it.

"It's okay! I'm here so late, the journey must be dusty, let grandma cook you a bowl of noodles, and rest when you're full." Grandpa Niu quipped: "I remember that when you were a child, your favorite food was the longevity noodles cooked by your grandmother, and every time your mother didn't let you come, saying that she was afraid that we would spoil you." Oh, by the way, what about Song Shui? Why didn't I come with you. ”

Jiang Wangchen replied indifferently: "Mother, she died of illness five years ago......"

Grandpa Niu sighed and said, "Song Shui's health is not good. I'm going to run around again, hey...... So that you do not suffer the sins of this world. Then he turned to look at Hua Youyou with kind eyes and said, "It's a pity that she can't see you grow so big, and she took such a peugeot girl." ”

"The younger generation Hua Youyou has seen Grandpa Niu......" Hua Youyou's voice was sweet and gentle.

"Eh, good ......," Grandpa Niu responded kindly.

Jiang Wangchen helplessly explained: "Grandpa, you misunderstood, Hua Youyou is just my friend, not what you think." ”

Grandpa Niu ignored Jiang Wangchen and said, "Xiaohua, treat grandpa as your own home in the future, don't be restrained, Xiaochen was also so polite before." ”

After a while, Grandma Milk brought out two extra-large bowls of seafood longevity noodles, and specially prepared a lamb bone soup for Xiaoxing, who was so excited that he rolled around. After everyone had eaten, they went to rest, and the day, after the lights went out, ended quietly.

Early the next morning, the door of the village chief was already crowded with villagers who had heard the news. Niujia Village is isolated from the world all year round, only occasionally when exchanging some daily necessities, will go to the nearby Yancheng to purchase, Jiang Wangchen's return, for this peaceful village, is undoubtedly a great news, his childhood friends are now grown up, heard that he is back, but also early in the morning to visit.

Jiang Wangchen pushed open the door in the noise, and the bustling crowd in the courtyard suddenly rushed over and surrounded him tightly.

"Wangchen, it's me...... Niu Erhu ......"

"Xiaochen, I'm your brother, Niu Zhuang, ......"

"Where have you been running all these years, and you won't come back to see!"

In the midst of the villagers' shouting, the village chief shouted: "Everyone get out of the way, how can you answer Xiaochen like this......?"

Under the organization of the village chief, everyone formed a circle around the bench, squeezed Jiang Wangchen in the middle, and began to pull up the routine.

Niu Erhu was the first to speak: "Wangchen, where have you been in the past few years...... Why don't you come back and say a word, so that everyone can prepare a lot of wine and meat for you. ”

Niu Erhu and Jiang Wangchen are of the same age, and they were also friends when they were children, Jiang Wangchen smiled and said: "I have been in the border city demon army for the past few years...... I only retired from the army this year, so I thought about coming back to see everyone. ”

"That must be a good skill, remember to teach us too, after you leave, the village will be much calmer...... I still remember that your gang took us to steal the eggs of the third sister-in-law's house every day, but as soon as you left, without your harassment, this hen couldn't lay eggs, don't you blame?" Niu Zhuang finished speaking, carrying a basket of eggs and handing it to Jiang Wangchen and said: "The third sister-in-law said, you like to eat eggs so much, specially prepared for you, she has rheumatic legs and feet, and she can't give it to you personally, so ask me to bring it to you." ”

Jiang Wangchen took the basket, his eyes were a little moist, and said, "What do you mean by that, you said that the whole village was restless at that time because of me?"

This joke made everyone laugh.

Several elders smiled and said: "That's not it, you said that you, riding pigs, climbing trees, stealing eggs, poking birds' nests, which of them have not been done." ”

Jiang Wangchen followed the words, recalling the life of Niujia Village when he first came to Niujia Village as a child, if it weren't for this worry-free time of frolicking every day, he would not have walked out of the shadow of his father's departure so quickly. Looking back on the past now, for these simple folks, my heart is even more indescribably moved and warm.

Everyone talked about some interesting things from the past, and as they were talking, Hua Youyou and Xiaoxing walked out from behind the wooden door. The faint appearance of the flowers, coupled with Xiaoxing's eye-catching pink fur, shocked the villagers who had never seen much of the world to drop their jaws.

The village chief introduced: "Xiao Chen, this time I didn't go home empty-handed. ”

After he finished speaking, he rubbed his hands with a smile, and the pale beard was laughing into a fork, and the implication could not be more obvious.

Hua Youyou didn't refute either, and smiled sweetly during the salute: "The little girl Hua Youyou has seen the villagers and the elders. ”

Jiang Wangchen hurriedly explained: "No, no, no...... She's just my friend, not what you think. ”

But the villagers ignored his arguments, and the elders surrounded Hua Youyou, praising the handsome girl, and the children ran to mess around with Xiaoxing. In an instant, Jiang Wangchen was stranded there, as if Hua Youyou was the child who had lived in Niujia Village.

Niu Zhuang came over and patted Jiang Wangchen on the shoulder, and affirmed: "Xiaochen, you have a good eye." Then there was a slightly meaty joke.

Jiang Wangchen sneered awkwardly, it seemed that he was powerless to save the defeat. The two chatted about the past again.

Jiang Wangchen suddenly said, "Why didn't you see Sister Niu Fang?"

Niu Zhuang said: "When she heard that you were coming back, she went to the Dangu River early in the morning, saying that she wanted to catch a few of the freshest red thorn fish for you." Let you try it out. ”

When Jiang Wangchen heard this, he couldn't say the indescribable taste in his heart, and he was moved several times this day, so that he had not been warm for a long time, in this small village with simple folk customs, the nerves that were used to being tense were slowly relaxed, and that heart that was as hard as a stone was also soft in an instant, how much he wanted to open his arms to have all this simple and peaceful life, even if it was only for a few days.

"Niu Zhuang, do you know where the upper reaches of the Dangu River are?" Jiang Wangchen asked.

"I don't know, this Dangu River comes down the river from the Danchuan Mountain Gorge, and no one has ever walked up against it. ”

"Then who has been here in the village these days?" Jiang Wangchen then asked.

"How do you know?" Niu Zhuang looked at Jiang Wangchen in surprise and said, "In the past few days, the Demon Imperial Army of Yancheng has come to harass several times, saying that they want to requisition land and build a military base. Isn't this an open robbery...... This Danchuan Canyon is so big, we have to use a small piece of land in Niujia Village...... Oh yes, didn't you say that you had joined the Demon Army before, and when they came back, could you help us talk about it? ”

"I'm serving in the border city, and I have little contact with this Yan City, but even if you don't say anything about this, I will definitely do my best to help. Don't worry...... Jiang Wangchen knew that the reputation of Yancheng's Demon Imperial Army had never been very good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad. Niujia Village is another home for him, and he will never allow anyone to come and spoil it, so he agreed to Niu Zhuang's request with righteous words at the moment.

Jiang Wangchen talked a lot with Niu Zhuang again, until a call interrupted Jiang Wangchen.

"Xiao Jiangjiang, you're back......"

Jiang Wangchen couldn't remember how long this name had not been used, but when he was called like this again, he couldn't help but think that when Niu Fang finished sewing his clothes that were torn by tree branches, and when he dragged him to the stream to play, he called his name like this.

Jiang Wangchen turned around and saw a young woman, dressed in an ordinary royal blue skirt, which matched her slim figure. The green silk is pulled with a ribbon, clean and neat, completely different from the two braids in my memory, but on the goose-egg-shaped cheeks, the beautiful eyes are still looking at me with a bright smile as they did when they were young.

Jiang Wangchen rushed over directly and gave a big hug: "Sister Fang, I'm back......"

Niu Fang looked Jiang Wangchen up and down, and said: "Okay, the little Jiang Jiang who used to follow me every day has grown so big in the blink of an eye, and now he is a head taller than his sister, and now he is going to change his name to Da Jiangjiang, I heard that you also brought a girl back, but you are handsome, let my sister take a look." ”

After a few words of greeting, Jiang Wangchen and Hua Youyou were soon pulled to their home by the enthusiastic Niu Fang, Xiaoxing was taken by Niu Zhuang to wash his hair, and the villagers also dispersed and began a new day of monotonous and natural busyness.

When I came to Niu Fang's house, although the home was simple, it was also neat and clean, with clean water in the water tank, spotless tables and chairs, and dried bacon and dried fish hanging under the eaves. All of them show that this family definitely has a courteous hostess.

Hua Youyou looked at this strong breath of life, and her eyes naturally showed admiration.

Niu Fang couldn't help but smile and said: "Where can I do so much work alone, thanks to Niu Hao's help! I will kill the fish first, and when he chops the firewood, we can start cooking, a few roasted, a few steamed, to ensure deliciousness." ”

Jiang Wangchen was embarrassed to sit down, so he also went to the firewood room in the backyard to help chop firewood. A man at the pyre was facing away from him, holding aloft a knife instead of a common axe, sweat running down his arm to his shoulder blades. Seeing that his hand was up and down, the log on the pile was evenly divided into two halves with a "pop". When Chai Fu heard that someone was coming in behind him, he stopped his rough work, and when he looked back, it turned out to be a young man, this man, with clear eyebrows and beautiful smiles, only remembered that he seemed to have seen this face, but he could not remember anything, because his memory had long been bleached by the river.