After autumn, the leaves fall in the city, and autumn is everywhere.

Changyun River is still green, passing through the east of the city, it seems to be contaminated with that separation, and it will never return. But it fed many ordinary people in the city.

A simple carriage stopped at the gate of the city, and a young man, dressed in a green coat, took out the customs clearance document from his sleeve and handed it to the guards guarding the city. The middle-aged guard flipped through the papers, looked up at the poor and sour youth, yo, it's still back from the capital, it's not close, why is it like this. casually returned some tattered documents to the man, waved his hand, and signaled for release.

The young man sat in the driver's seat, and the old horse did not move quickly, and the wheels slowly turned. Passing through the bridge cave under the city, a ray of sunlight hit his face, and the young man stretched out his hand to cover it slightly, looking up at the sky, with a smile between the corners of his mouth and his eyebrows. After a seven-year absence, I'm back.

But autumn is good, and the river flows from the east.

The city name Jingcheng, not big, but not small, people in and out of there are more than 20,000 people, most of them are engaged in Jingcheng since ancient times is very famous porcelain industry, of course, there are also a lot of businessmen, borrowing the porcelain industry to do business with the Quartet, many are rich and a party. It seems that they are all concentrating on porcelain making, and none of the scholars who went out of Jingcheng have been able to become big officials, but not many people care, as long as their lives are stable, it doesn't matter if they have a promising scholar.

The city was divided into many squares, where most of the people lived, while wealthy families bought land and started new houses. The road between the squares is the territory of the peddlers' pawns, and occasionally the city gentlemen rush through on horseback, and the pedestrians only dare to avoid and whisper two sentences of scolding. After the prefect Xu took office, he didn't care about these evil deeds, thinking that those old men with thousands of dollars in money settled it with money, but at least the prefect did not interfere with the daily routine of the people, which is a great luck. There was an article that came to the imperial court about the inaction of officials to make the people well-being, and the man who listened to the world from the south praised him very much, and many officials followed suit, and although the result was effective, it did not lead to great governance.

The man in the green shirt came to a mansion that had not been repaired for a long time, stopped his horse and got off the car and walked to the high door, the red paint on the door has fallen off a lot after the wind and rain, but the door god and the couplet pasted on the door are very intact. On the plaque, the word "Chu Mansion" is written. Grabbed the knocker and buckled it a few times, shouting, "Is anyone home?" Lu Liu? There was no response in the room. The man snorted. A letter was sent back from home before, telling my father and mother that he was about to leave Beijing and return to his hometown, why was there no one at home? He shook his head slightly, maybe he had something to go out.

He untied the old horse from the carriage, found another place to tie it up, and planned to hike to Qingxuan, who often went before leaving home, to watch, and talk to the old watchman who was full of fireworks about some people or things he had personally experienced over the years.

In the face of the autumn wind, many places in the city have changed, but there is no change here, the same bluestone road, the same smoke on the top of every house, but the boy is no longer a teenager. The young man's thoughts drifted to the sky, and he was suddenly interrupted by a "young master", the young man looked over, and shouted with a smile: "Little Liu, I'm back." A man dressed in cloth and the same age as the young man ran over, followed by a little baby about seven or eight years old, look carefully, this child is still a little similar to the young man between his eyebrows and eyes, he ran out of breath, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Hey, Lu Liu, slow down, wait for me!" ”

Stopping in front of the young man, Lu Liu looked at this familiar and somewhat strange young man, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and those words that had already been drafted seemed to run with long legs, leaving only Lu Liuyi standing in front of the young man who was always smiling, and the young man stretched out his hand to the top of Lu Liu's head twice, and then turned to his head, it seemed to be about the same, how can this work, so he gently gave Lu Liu an elbow, and said with a smile: "It's okay, now they are as tall as me, and you won't eat less after I leave." ”

Lu Liu touched his head embarrassedly, how did the young master know, okay, worthy of being a young master, just about to say a few words, Lu Liu felt that his legs were hugged, and he looked down, eh, it turned out to be the little young master, hurriedly leaned over to appease the angry child, then patted his head, got up and said: "Oh, young master, this is the little young master, he was only so old when you went to the capital, do you remember?" The young man looked down at the child, his eyebrows and eyes were delicate, his lips were ruddy, and he looked very pleasant, he rubbed the child's head and smiled: "Naturally, I remember that my name is Chu Xiqing, right, brother." ”

Chu Xiqing looked at the elder brother in front of him who he hadn't seen for seven years, let go of Lu Liu's thigh, blinked his eyes, and said, "You are my eldest brother who hasn't come back for seven years?" Is it called Chu Xuping? Oh, big brother, what is it like in the capital, I've been shopping all over the city, find time to take me to the capital to see. The child's "shopping" is naturally a lap down and it's over.

Chu Xuping couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Over there in the capital, there is actually nothing interesting, that is, eat more, the houses are more beautiful, and there are more people, although there are also those strange people and strange things, but it is not interesting to look at it every day, the real interesting thing is still in the book, I remember that the previous letter said that you have finished learning the "Thousand Character Text", recite it to me." ”

Chu Xiqing frowned, his little face was full of embarrassment, okay, could it be that he colluded with Mr. Xuejuku, and hurriedly smiled: "Hey, big brother, you have been bumpy all the way, you are hungry, I bought the pastries here, they are delicious, you can taste them." As he spoke, he took out the pastry wrapped in cloth from his clothes, tiptoed and handed it to Chu Xuping, Chu Xuping took the pastry, tasted it, and said with a smile: "It's really good, where to buy it, go back and buy some." ”

Chu Xiqing grinned and said, "Yes, yes, big brother, you go and persuade your mother to buy more, your mother has never bought less." Chu Xuping finished eating a piece of pastry, clapped his hands, and said, "Yes, you can memorize a "Thousand Character Text" first, and I'll listen to it." Chu Xiqing's face suddenly darkened. Lu Liu covered his mouth and laughed on the side.

"By the way, Xiaoliu, where did my mother go?" Chu Xuping turned his head and asked Lu Liu. Lu Liu replied: "Oh, today is not Madame's birthday, Madame and Chen Jin went to buy vegetables, ready to cook a table of dishes, Madame has always been frugal, but today has to be rich." I also went to Qingxuanguan to burn incense before. Madame asked me and the young master to go back first. Just right, go back and wash the dust for the young master. Chu Xuping nodded, picked up his younger brother Chu Xiqing, and said with a loud smile: "Okay, let's go home." ”

Like a dream, with the opening of the door of the house, the memories of my youth continue to emerge, there is the rainy day by the window to read the sage books, there is the lying and watching the clouds gather in the sky, and there is the day to give high ambition by the railing...... Close your eyes and take a deep breath, hide a lot of what you have experienced in the capital in the past seven years, exhale, and the young man returns.

The outside of the house looks a little shabby, but the inside of the house is very exquisite, after entering, Chu Xuping saw the study room that accompanied him for ten years at first sight, at that time the family still had some money, and invited the husband to come to teach at home. There was a rockery in the middle of the courtyard, and when he was young, Chu Xuping thought that the rockery mentioned in the book was sometimes more interesting than the real mountain, which was very right. Facing south is the main hall, and on both sides are Chu Xuping and his mother's house.

The sun was lying lazily in the courtyard, Chu Xuping stroked the wall, walked through the corridor, and walked to the main hall, looking at the main hall that was not so familiar, Chu Xuping was stunned, and then Chu Xiqing said: "Big brother, you have been away from home for seven years, and a lot of things have happened in Jingcheng, just before someone burned a porcelain, known as a rare encounter in a hundred years, there were many people for this matter at that time, and the Shengyang Building was crowded. There is also an official road that has been repaired through Jingcheng, and it is all about some strange things. ”

Chu Xuping remembered that he had seen an excellent piece of porcelain in the capital, as if it was from Jingcheng. He smiled and responded, no accident, he and this brother should not be too difficult to get along, and on the way back, he was worried about how to get along with this brother who could be said to have never met.

I was still listening to Chu Xiqing's nagging here, and the two women over there had already walked in the door talking and laughing.

Chu Xuping heard the sound and walked out, "Ping'er! You... You're back! Let my mother take a look. Seeing Chu Xuping, the older woman was first surprised, and then very happy, quickly stepped forward to hug Chu Xuping, grabbed his arm after letting go, looked up and down, and found that her son was very energetic, it seemed that he was not bullied in the capital, and he couldn't help crying when he looked at it.

Chu Xuping patted her back and said with a smile: "I'm back, mother, I'm back." ”

After a burst of tears, Chu's mother knew that it was not good to be so out of shape in front of the child, so she wiped her tears, and still said with some crying: "Ping'er, you go to rest first, my mother made you a good meal today, and you suffered in the capital." Chu Xuping shook his head with a smile: "It's not bitter, it's not bitter, it's quite taken care of in the capital, and it's actually a good life." "Life is really good, it's hard to say about the rest.

Silly boy, how can there be a good home outside, you hurry up and rest, my mother's side will be fine soon. After speaking, he took Chen Jin to the kitchen to cook vegetables, and called Lu Liu to help. Chen Jin glanced at Chu Xuping before leaving, and smiled.

Fireworks in the world can always hook the soft memories in people's hearts

Chu Xiqing returned to the room and found the wooden sword that he had made for Lu Liu. The wooden sword is not long, and the workmanship is rough, but Chu Xiqing played very happily, ran to the courtyard and slashed at the air, and after playing, he was very satisfied, nodded, put the sword on his waist, and held his hand behind, looking like a peerless master.

Chu Xuping chuckled: "Xiqing, this set of sword moves must be a grandmaster in the rivers and lakes." Chu Xiqing was a little weak-hearted, his delicate face was slightly red, and he pretended to cough twice, and said, "Hmm...... What you read in the book is not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning. After that, the two brothers kept chattering, the younger brother was a talker, and the elder brother was very good at answering, and the whole process was very harmonious.

Chu Xuping found that his younger brother's ideas were very jumpy, some serious, some very strange. "Xuping, Xiqing, it's time to eat." The mother's voice came.

There is a table of dishes on a table of eight immortals, and it is very tempting to look at. The family, except for a certain father who went out of the house shortly before Chu Xiqing was born and didn't come back, it's all over. Just talking about the number of people, in fact, it's the same. "It's still my mother's craftsmanship, better than many restaurants I ate in the capital." Listening to her son's praise, Chu's mother smiled.

After eating, the family sat and chatted, most of them were asked by Chu's mother, and Chu Xuping answered.

Before you know it, the sun is setting in the west.

The setting sun hung a purple and red curtain in the western sky, leaving a beautiful picture in the world.

Chu Xuping climbed into an attic that was not common in Jingcheng's people's homes, and it was not high. He climbed high and looked into the distance, saw the figure of an acquaintance, narrowed his eyes slightly, and pulled the corners of his mouth, okay, this is all known.

A lot of fallen leaves gather and disperse, and jackdaws are frightened.