After coming to Shanghai, Liu Yong's family lived a comfortable life.

Liu Yongniang invited a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the back room on the ground floor of the house, got up every morning, and sat there "Amitabha, Amitabha", sometimes no one heard clearly what was being read in his mouth.

Ying's sister-in-law is still mainly responsible for cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, etc., and sometimes goes out to buy groceries.

Hong Ying lives in another building with two children, and the ground floor has basically become the world of the two children, and the living room, the floor, the table, and the sofa are full of children's toys. Sometimes, Hong Ying has just cleaned up, and they throw this and that thing everywhere. Fortunately, if someone has something to look for Liu Yong, they won't find here. At night, before going to bed, Dongmei and Qiumei nested on Hong Ying's left and right, listening to Hong Ying telling them stories, sleeping, Hong Ying's bed was left and right, and they each slept in their own small bed. It's like a "paradise", that is, they have a three-person world.

The whole family is only together during meals.

Every time he eats, Liu Yong always smiles and looks at his two innocent and lively daughters. Liu Yong smiled and said: Which of the two of you doesn't listen to Auntie?

Dongmei said: My sister doesn't listen to her aunt.

Qiu Mei pouted and said: It's my sister who doesn't listen to her aunt. The sister threw the doll on the ground, and the aunt told her to pick it up, but she didn't pick it up.

Hong Ying said with a smile; Both of them listened to their aunt. Two people compete to see who eats faster.

The two children desperately used a spoon to bring food to their mouths. The family is happy, and life is stable.

After all, Nanxun is their production base, "Liu Zhengmao Silk Line" is still operating normally, and Liu Yong occasionally returns to Nanxun.

Liu Yong was in the old mansion, walking from room to room, the table and the floor were covered with dust, and the yard was overgrown with weeds. The desolation of the old mansion makes the society even more desolate. There are few pedestrians on the street, and the once prosperous scene is gone, and only a few cigarette paper shops and stalls are barely open on the street. Wealthy families have basically migrated to Shanghai, and ordinary families have also gone to other places to seek refuge with relatives and friends. The rest are only a few who have nothing in the first place, and there is no place to go, there is no money, only a few old ones, whether the "spear" comes, or the "short grass", it doesn't matter, it is fate.

Even the small advance Taiping army wondered, how could a huge town in the south of the Yangtze River be so sparsely populated? Occasionally, I saw a few pedestrians on the street, all of whom were ragged and dragged their children and daughters to flee. They pried open doors and windows to enter the house, and it looked like a large house with high walls and deep courtyards, and the house was basically empty. There was nothing of value, there was nothing to take, nothing was found, so he simply set fire to the house and burned it; A few more runs, the same goes for them, and then there are fewer houses.

The only thing in Nanxun is the "aid station", which has not reduced the liveliness of the past, but it seems busier than in the past, and more and more people have fled, but fortunately, it can still operate normally.

It was drizzling and dark, and only the lights showed the existence of this small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Liu Yong stood on the Tongjin Bridge, sighed to the sky, looked at the drizzle in the distance, the burned house was still smoking, and saw that Nanxun has become so desolate now, Liu Yong's rain and tears are intertwined. He reached out and wiped the rain and tears from his face. I thought: If the Taiping army really completely occupies Nanxun, then the once prosperous Nanxun will definitely become a ruin, there is no doubt. The family property handed down by the old-timers ends here. This situation, as an ordinary person, is really powerless. Fortunately, everyone was there, and fortunately, the Nanxun people at that time were walking fast.

In the darkness, a faint black shadow broke Liu Yong's train of thought.

Liu Yong asked: Who?

The black shadow slowly approached Liu Yong, Liu Yong looked at it and called out in surprise: Third father-in-law, it's you.

The third father-in-law turned out to be a neighbor of Liu Yong's family.

When the third father-in-law saw that it was Liu Yong, he was also pleasantly surprised: Ah Yong, why is it so coincidental, it's you, when did you come back?

Liu Yong said: There is something in the factory, and I will come back today to take a look.

The third father-in-law also said dissatisfiedly: Oh, look at it, what kind of world is this, how many people can you see in Nanxun Town? I heard that a few days ago, several "spears" burned down the Xu family's house. A few days ago, a husband and wife went to Nanxun in the morning to sell vegetables, only to sell a few copper plates, and happened to meet a few "spears", all of which were snatched by the "spears", but fortunately they were not injured. I heard that the "spears" are all red eyebrows and green eyes, and they are "invulnerable", which is quite scary. A look of trepidation.

Liu Yong said: "Spear" is also a human being, and "invulnerability" is just a talk. As long as it is a human being, it will not be "invulnerable". So where do you live now?

The third father-in-law said helplessly: We are now living in Wu Xiao's aunt's house in the countryside, and it has been three months. Anyway, as an old man, it doesn't matter if I touch a 'spear'.

Liu Yong said: Oh, so that's the case. Then be careful on the road.

The third father-in-law also said: Then you should be careful.

Liu Yong nodded to the third father-in-law, and the two said goodbye.

When Liu Yong returned to Shanghai, he went to Gu Fuchang's house.

Gu Fuchang was sitting on the sofa with a heavy worry and smoking a cigarette. Seeing Liu Yong coming in, he got up to greet him. Say, "Come, sit here."

After Liu Yong sat down, he said straight to the point: I recently went back to Nanxun, and Nanxun is simply unimaginable now. There are basically no people on the streets, and at night, the ghosts do not dare to come out, and the 'spears' come from time to time, and the common people do not dare to go out, and several houses are burned down.

Gu Fuchang sighed and said: God doesn't open his eyes to see what kind of life the people live. The people are bored, they can't go back to their hometowns, and they can't see their parents.

Liu Yong also said: Now the price of Nanxun is soaring, Nanxun rice stores have all closed, in Nanxun is basically no longer able to buy rice, some sell rice privately, a stone costs 120 oceans, it is simply eating silver.

Gu Fuchang sighed, and said: I don't know when this kind of day is a head. Fortunately, they were all transferred to Shanghai at the beginning, and the people were quite peaceful. But I still have a career in my hometown, and the foundation is still there, so I can't just go once.

Liu Yong said: What my father-in-law said is reasonable. However, in my opinion, judging from the current situation, it is a matter of time before the Taiping army completely occupies Nanxun, and the county government and the state government have become empty shelves, and many officials have fled for their lives. The imperial court basically seemed powerless to resist.

Gu Fuchang said with a sigh: A government that does not think about the people will end sooner or later. In this way, you meet people and tell them that they should try not to go back to Nanxun if they have nothing to do. If you go, you should also pay attention to safety.