Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Hundred Ruins Are Waiting to Be Rebuilt

With the help of foreigners, Zuo Zongtang recovered Nanxun in less than half a month, ending the three-year rule of the Taiping Army in Nanxun.

The people of Nanxun in Shanghai have returned to Nanxun one after another to revive their family business. The factory has been reopened, and the store has been opened. Nanxun Town is in ruins.

Liu Yongniang was not accustomed to the water and soil in Jiaxing, and was accompanied by Liu Yong's aunt and cousin Xiaoju and returned to Nanxun early. Liu Yong also returned to Nanxun with Dongmei, Qiumei and some helpers.

Early the next morning, the whole family went to worship in front of Liu Huanzhang's grave, Liu Yongniang and Xiao Juniang cried miserably in front of the grave, and seemed to pour out all the grievances of these years of displacement.

Liu Yong kowtowed in front of his father's grave, and silently muttered in his heart: Daddy, if you have a spirit under the spring, you will bless our Liu family to be safe and sound.

Dongmei and Qiumei also kowtowed in front of their grandfather's grave and made a wish.

The second thing after returning to Nanxun was to go to Phantom to move Yuhui's grave back to Nanxun and bury it in the ancestral grave of the Liu family.

On the third day, Liu Yong took Dongmei and Qiumei and more than a dozen small workers to Phantom.

When they arrived at the illusion, they arrived at the Shen family first. Dongmei and Qiumei are both sensible and brought a lot of delicious food to their grandfather.

Shen Yonglin saw the two nieces smiling from ear to ear, and said with a smile, I haven't seen you for a few years, they are all big girls, it seems that my old man is about to see his great-grandson.

Dongmei and Qiumei entered their grandfather's house, and they couldn't find Hong Ying left and right, so they asked Shen's father: Grandpa, where did my mother go, why didn't you see her?

Shen's father said: Half a month ago, I heard that Nanxun had recovered, and I heard that his parents were very sick, so she was not at ease, so she went back to Jili Village.

Qiu Mei said angrily: Maybe she deliberately avoided us and avoided us.

Dongmei felt that Qiumei was right, Hong Yingmu's mother must have known that the Liu family would definitely come to Phantom to move the grave after Nanxun's recovery, so she avoided it.

Liu Yong didn't mention Hong Ying at all, the two families held a grave relocation ceremony, hired a few big boats, and transported the coffin to Nanxun, when the coffin was transported away, Shen's father was grief-stricken, and he was even more sad than when Yuhui died. Liu Yong was not worried about his father-in-law, so he had to take him to Nanxun.

Shen's father refused, but Dongmei and Qiumei held him hostage left and right, asked the maids to pack up for him, and persuaded him to get on the boat. But after Yuhui's tomb was completed, he felt that he was not used to living in Nanxun, and sneaked back to his hometown.

After moving the grave, Liu Yongniang proposed to repair the house as soon as possible, Liu Yong felt ashamed, so he was obedient to his mother, and he acquired adjacent plots to expand the foundation of the house. Because the south plot is a large family surnamed Zhuang, no matter how many silver dollars they have, they will not sell their property.

Liu Yong specially invited Mr. Feng Shui, Mr. Feng Shui said: Facing north and south, there is a wall in front of it, and there is water in front of the door, but there is a tendency to gather wealth. Therefore, Liu Yong obeyed Mr. Feng Shui.

Liu Yong specially spent a high price to find craftsmen to rebuild Liu's house. His mother loved the French-style Western-style buildings in the French Concession in Shanghai, and Liu Yong instructed the craftsmen to hide a Western-style building in the interior of the Chinese courtyard, with red brick exterior walls, French fireplaces, window panes and floor tiles custom-made from France. Standing on the western-style building, you can see the sun rising in the morning, so it is called 'Dongshengkaku'. There is also a huge lotus pond downstairs, and the surrounding pavilions are just right.

The construction period of Liu's house is very long, but Liu Yong is almost crossing his fingers to live, he is afraid that something will happen to him before the house is built, so he is anxious every day.

Nanxun was in ruins, silk industry peers gathered together, grinding their hands and looking forward to the future, they recommended Liu Yong to be the new president of the Silk Industry Association, but Liu Yong pushed but had to take over.

Liu Yong proposed: Over the years, we have gone all the way hard, all thanks to our concerted efforts to get through all kinds of difficulties, now everyone has a little money in their hands, may wish to build a silk industry hall, for the guild office, deliberations, to safeguard the interests of silk merchants, it is not only our silk industry peers of the mother's home, but also the spirit of our Nanxun silk merchants, on behalf of our Xun businessmen's image.

Liu Yong's proposal was unanimously agreed by all the silk merchants, and everyone discussed the division of labor, some were responsible for reporting to the feudal department for approval, some were responsible for selecting the land, some were responsible for raising expenses, some were responsible for design, and some were responsible for construction. Everyone is in high spirits, a month later there will be eyebrows, the fancy plot is located next to Guanghui Palace, north and south, east and west are convenient, from the silk line is only a hundred steps away. At the same time, everyone agreed that Guanghui Palace is a symbol of Nanxun, which has a long history and should be renovated and complete.

Liu Yong was busy with the affairs of the guild, but he also forgot the troubles in his heart for the time being, seeing that Liu Zhai was about to go to Liang, in order to prepare for Shangliang wine, Liu Yong was even more busy.

Because of the entry of the Taiping Army, the Nanxun people seem to have not had a big happy event for a long time, Liu Yong took the opportunity to hold a banquet for the guests, according to his own ideas, it can be regarded as a joy for the Liu family, maybe the disaster will disappear.

On the day of Shangliang, Liu Yong borrowed the hundred tables of the Gu house to hold a feast, in addition to the silk industry peers, neighbors, and all the relatives in the town came, and Liu Yong noted on the invitation that he did not accept the congratulatory ceremony, so everyone ate happily, and before leaving, they could also take away the cake dumplings of Shangliang for reunion, symbolizing 'high school, reunion'.

Shangliang wine was placed at noon, and after everyone left, Liu Yong thanked the Gu family and prepared to go to the construction site to have a look.

On the construction site, the main beam of the main hall has been erected, and the door is wrapped in bright red silk and hung with eight copper coins. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the time of the upper beam arrived, the firecrackers were everywhere, the craftsman took the axe to install the main beam, and then threw a basket of beam steamed buns, and a large bag of silver dollars to throw down, this is called 'arhat sprinkled money'.

All around are the crowd of people watching the excitement, everyone has gone to pick up, who can grab it, it means who is blessed, who will be rich, laughing and laughing, so lively.

Liu Yong looked at the house that had begun to take shape, thinking of the ruins that had been burned by the Taiping Army everywhere in Nanxun, and he was full of emotion in his heart.

Liu Yong smiled and gave the craftsmen a reward, and after saying their hard work, he walked out of Liu's house and walked towards Sixingdai.

As soon as he walked across the junction dam bridge, Liu Yong heard a noise in front of him, and took a closer look, as if there were government officials rushing to Sixingdai, Liu Yong was weak-hearted, and thought, this is over, whether the government comes to arrest him, he doesn't dare to move forward.

I saw a team of government officials standing in front of their own Liu Shunheng Silk Line, Liu Yong's legs and stomach were weak, and he was neither walking nor retreating, and his mind was blank.

The head of the government walked into the gate of Liu Shunheng's silk store and asked: Where is Liu Yong? Tell him to come quickly.

When Liu Qian heard the news and saw these officials, he was also startled, and hurriedly asked: "Poor master, why are you doing this, is something wrong?"

The head of the government said: We are the government of Gui'an County, and the government has an emergency, so hurry up and call Liu Yong out.

Liu Qian smiled and said: Our owner is not in the silk shop, may I ask what the master is doing to find him?

The head of the official said: Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and call him to go!

Liu Gong had to go south to find Liu Yong, and as soon as he crossed the junction dam bridge, he was stopped by Liu Yong, who was hiding in the bridge.

Liu Qian exclaimed: Brother, are you here?

Liu Yong asked: What did those people come from, and where did they come from?

Liu Qian stammered: They are the officials of Gui'an County, looking for you, I don't know what is going on, I can't ask!

Liu Yong frowned and hesitated.

Liu Qian said: You should find a place to hide first, I will say that I can't find you, and I will make plans when I find out the ugly man.

Liu Yong hesitated: But my mother and they are all in the silk shop, if they can't find me, will they embarrass them?

Liu Qian hurriedly said: Brother, you better go quickly, you can't care so much.

Liu Yong said: No, no, no, anyway, I can't hide from the fifteenth day of junior high school, Liu Qi, if I have three long and two short, you will put the silk line up, and my mother will rely on you to take care of it. Liu Yong said just leave. Liu Qi couldn't stop it, so he had to follow closely.

When the leading official saw Liu Yong coming in, he immediately asked: Are you Liu Yong?

Liu Yong forced himself to calm down and said: Exactly.

The head of the government said: You go to the county government with us immediately!