Chapter 1 Return to the ancestral home after being unemployed

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"Second uncle, come back when you're so free."

"The company will come back from vacation for a few days."

Carrying his simple duffel bag, he walked on the way back to his ancestral home. I met some villagers, and Chen Ming had been questioned several times.

Chen Ming has been working in T City since graduating from university, and his work has not been smooth due to various reasons, and he has always been troubled by the leaders, so he simply resigned.

Shake your ass and leave, do whoever you want!

The rent in this big city is ridiculously high, every inch of land is expensive, and without a job, you can't afford food and housing.

Distraught, I bought a ticket to go back to my ancestral house and decided to stay for a while to relax.

Chen Ming's ancestral house is a small village in a small town under the jurisdiction of T City, called Longwan Village.

There is still a legend about the name of this village, and there is a very famous Feilong Lake in the village.

According to the older generation, this lake was once infested with flying dragons, and the lake meandered around the village, so it was named Longwan Village.

Chen Ming walked all the way along the village road to the ancestral house located in the deepest part of the village, and met many villagers who greeted him, and even some elderly people affectionately called him "second uncle".

It can be seen that Chen Ming has a high rank in the village.

"Finally home..."

Chen Ming felt pretty good, and his mood was beautiful.

This ancestral house was left to him by his grandfather.

He grew up with his grandfather with a handful of and urine since he was a child, and he never saw his parents since he was born, and when he graduated from college, his grandfather passed away, leaving him nothing but this ancestral house. I slept peacefully.

The courtyard of the ancestral house is not small, spacious and bright.

It is said that in his early years, his family was a landlord class, and because his family had some connections with city leaders, he was very popular.

Even in times of turmoil, with the help of nobles, the ancestral house was well preserved and not destroyed.

With this real estate, although Chen Ming knows that he can't afford to buy a corner of the house in T City after selling the property, this can make him feel at home.

I took out the key that I hadn't used in years, and opened the lock, which had rusted on the surface due to the wind and sun all year round.

Chen Ming pushed open the slightly dilapidated door and walked in, and a quaint atmosphere greeted him.

The floor is paved with green bricks, and the red brick walls are covered with some moss.

The long arched corridor is crawled with green vines, quiet and quaint, and there is a dark smell that does not live all year round.

Walking into the front yard, Chen Ming's mind had many memories of living with his grandfather in the past.

Looking at himself who is now lonely and lonely, he really has a feeling that things are wrong, and he closes the door of the ancestral house casually.

Walking all the way inside, passing by the front yard, the front hall, and coming to the back of the residence, where there is a lot of dust due to the perennial absence.

Fortunately, although it has been uninhabited for a long time, the village is still connected to electricity, and if it is simply cleaned, it can be lived.

Although Longwan Village is remote, the village has already had running water, and because Chen Ming works outside all the year round, the village has not connected his family to running water.

However, there is an old well in the backyard of the ancestral house, and the water is sweet and sweet, which tastes better than the mineral water in the city. Especially in the hot summer, drinking a sip of clear well water is cool from head to toe, and it is very refreshing.

Chen Ming put down the luggage on his back and began to clean the room, because it had been uninhabited for a long time, and dust fell all over the furniture and bed.

It's getting late, so let's clean it briefly, so I can rest tonight and clean it carefully tomorrow.

Fetch some water, clean up your bed, and get rid of the dusty area.

Chen Ming thought about it for a while, and then found a wooden bucket from the house, which was used to carry water back then.

When I came to the backyard, I was greeted by two large locust trees not far away. The locust tree has dense branches and leaves, and the trunk is very thick, so you can tell that it is some years old at a glance.

There is also a swing that Chen Ming often plays on it, although the wooden planks on the swing have been worn out by the baptism of wind and rain, and the ropes are also worn, but it does not affect the use. There are also several small wooden benches and a small wooden horse with very intricate carvings, which his grandfather made for him to play with when he was a child.

Not far away, in the middle of the courtyard, was the well that was known to all the people.

According to my grandfather, this ancient well is older than this yard and this house, and it is because of this well that the ancestors built their ancestral house around it.

What exactly is the statement, Chen Ming is unknown.

However, according to my childhood memories, no matter who in the village has a headache and brain fever, or is unwell, they will come to ask for some water from the ancient well.

And when people do that, they tend to get better very quickly.

Since his grandfather passed away, Chen Ming has never returned, and when he left, he sealed it with gravel.

Chen Ming looked at the stone well sealed by rubble and remembered the events of his childhood.

It didn't take too long to recall the past, and I was stupid for a while, and suddenly came to my senses.

Chen Ming cleaned up the rubble with his hands and feet, removing the rubble, revealing a large wooden lid underneath, which was covered with dust and leaves, sweeping away the fallen leaves and dust on it.

Chen Ming gently lifted the wooden lid and looked inside through the light, and the ancient well was filled with a faint golden light, which looked very mysterious and clear.

The reason why this stone well is sealed with gravel and wooden cover is because no one has come back to this house once in 800 years to prevent dirty things from falling into the well and affecting the water quality, and over time it has become like this.

After a great deal of effort to clean up the rubble, Chen Ming was going to pick up some water, but he was thirsty and the room needed to be cleaned, so he hung the barrel on a rope and threw it into the well.

"Peng"

"Plop"

The barrel then fell into the water, but the sound was unusual!

What a strange sound! How can this barrel be so heavy?

A big question mark appeared in Chen Ming's head??? It was as if he had thrown down not a barrel with nothing, but a heavy lead ball that had sunk directly to the bottom.

What's going on? Why is this happening?

However, at this moment, there was a huge pull at one end of the rope! Before Chen Ming could react, he was pulled into the well with a thud, and the whole person quickly sank to the bottom of the water.

"Plop!"

I heard a louder noise, which was the sound of Chen Ming falling into the water and his body smashing into the water.

Without any superfluous movements, Chen Ming disappeared at the bottom of the well before he could even struggle.

At this time, the courtyard of the ancestral house became very quiet again, except for the ancient well in the center of the courtyard, which emitted a shimmering golden light, which was particularly sacred.

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