In the distance, the desolate village was filled with only a few new houses, and it was more appropriate to call it a wasteland than a village.

"It's become like this, all these flat lands, you made them, right?" Trampled on the ground under his feet, which was flat and smooth, clearly man-made.

Looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, Lu Tianhui sighed: "Yes, only by bulldozing the land can the whole team be able to clean up the corpses in the village for a long time." ”

Lu Tianhui still remembers the scene at that time, the tragic villagers were lying on the side of the road, the corpses were eaten by wild dogs and crows, and only white bones were left where they were gnawed.

"I'm still thinking about whether I can find someone I know, it seems that I'm thinking too much, let's go back to Chuanling Town, it's really just a trip." Su Qingyan laughed at himself twice and began to walk back.

Lu Tianhui caught up: "Qingyan, don't you go to Bailong Mountain?" ”

"I haven't climbed a mountain for a long time, and I guess I'll have to shout tired when I get to the mountainside, and it's not interesting to go." Su Qingyan shook the hem of her skirt, and the dust on the weeds stained her clothes, setting off a cloud of dust.

The original downtown area of the town was also re-zoned and planned, and Su Qingyan saw a small noodle stall in the place where rouge gouache used to be sold, and happened to be hungry, so he walked up.

"Uncle, how much do you have noodles here?"

The old man who cooked the noodles smiled kindly: "Two copper plates and a bowl, not expensive or expensive." ”

"Okay, then bring us two bowls."

gave the money, and was just about to sit down, when he heard the old man shouting at her excitedly: "You are, you are Mrs. Su?" ”

Met an acquaintance again?

Su Qingyan looked back in surprise, nervous and excited: "You know me?" ”

The old man was so excited that he almost cried: "You are the Su lady who sells corn porridge, right, I had to come to your stall every day to drink porridge, it was the most fragrant and sweet porridge I have ever drunk."

"It's me, it's me." Su Qingyan smiled, "I'm the lady who sells corn porridge, I didn't expect to come back and see the old man." ”

The old man wiped his tears, choked twice, and said sadly: "When Xiliang called, he was just in time for me to visit relatives in Songcheng, and I escaped. ”

Su Qingyan comforted softly: "Uncle, you are not sad, the two countries negotiated peace, and this kind of thing will never happen again." ”

"Later, I heard that Chuanling Town was restored, and I rushed back from Songcheng, which is where our ancestors lived for several lifetimes, and we can't just abandon it."

The steaming noodles are out of the pot, and looking at the white noodles, the old man's mood is better.

"Come, Su Niangzi, old man, I have been cooking noodles for decades, and only my noodles are the authentic taste of Chuanling Town."

Facing the breeze, Su Qingyan rubbed his palms and picked up chopsticks.

The tender noodles were rolled up with mellow soup and touched the tip of her tongue, and Su Qingyan hooked the corners of her lips with satisfaction, this taste was familiar to her, and it could only be eaten in Chuanling Town.

Taking advantage of the time to eat noodles, the old man chatted with them about family life.

"Su Niangzi, do you want to stay in the town when you come back this time?"

Su Qingyan said: "We also heard that Chuanling Town has been restored and renovated, so we came back to see, we have settled in the capital all these years, everything is fine, relatives and friends are there." ”

"It's good, it's good, as long as you have relatives with you, it's good no matter where you are." The old man nodded, and talked about the new mayor, "When Xiliang invaded, this Mayor Lu refused to surrender and joined the enemy army, he was really a dog official, and now there is a new mayor, who is a kind and upright person, much better than before." ”

"It's just ......," said the old man, who suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Su Qingyan chewed the noodles and looked up and asked.

Looking at the road in the distance, the old man said slowly: "Su Niangzi's previous mansion seems to have been sold, and it has been replaced by a new owner, have you seen it when you come back this time?" ”

Holding the noodle bowl and taking a sip of soup, Su Qingyan wiped his mouth with satisfaction: "See, when I went back to the house just now, I almost made an unpleasant scene, but fortunately, I explained it clearly, people bought it with money, and we have real estate in the capital, which is a trivial matter." ”

The old man said again: "The He family, compared with the previous He family, is not as good as the previous one." ”

"It's the same as the previous ......" Su Qingyan was skeptical, "In the past, the He family in the town was just a rich family with a little money, and the children and grandchildren were high-profile, but it didn't hurt the heavens and reason, what happened to the He family now?" ”

"It's really not a bad thing, they moved from other cities, good merchants, come to such a small place, there is no other reason than to make money."

The topic gradually turned aside, Su Qingyan already felt that Master He was not a good person, and listening to the old man's words, he suddenly lowered his impression again.

Lu Tianhui put down his chopsticks and asked seriously: "Fishing for gold, a small township that has been affected by the war, what gold can be fished?" ”

The old man smiled indifferently and said eloquently: "Chuanling Town has been warned, and now it is restored, and the land and houses are redistributed, it is a good time to make money. ”

"Also, when Su Niangzi cultivated corn, she was rewarded by His Majesty, and the whole town knew about it, and I heard that the rewards of that box were gold, silver and jewelry, and the most valuable thing was not the house, but the box."

The box, the box had already been brought back to the capital by them, and there was nothing in the He Mansion.

Su Qingyan almost thought that he had listened to the stubble.

"You mean that Master He bought the He Mansion and came for this box?"

The old man hooked the corners of his mouth meaningfully, and whispered: "The town is full of outsiders from other places, I don't know much, and Master He is not high-profile, these are just speculations in the market, Su Niangzi listened to my old man casually, and it passed." ”

Su Qingyan really wanted to tell the old man that once this kind of thing was spoken, it would be difficult to take it back.

Wiping the grease off his mouth, Su Qingyan looked back: "Uncle, thank you for your face." ”

"Walk slowly, walk slowly."

After eating the noodles, the two walked in the direction of Dongyi Street.

Su Qingyan's eyebrows were tightly locked, and his appearance was very serious.

Lu Tianhui thought in the back: "Qingyan, do you believe the words of that old man?" Is Master He really a bad guy? ”

Su Qingyan twitched the corners of her mouth, the tone of this question was a little childish.

"He Mansion has been robbed by Xiliang soldiers, valuable things have been robbed, the box was not scraped away because it was hidden in the soil, Master He is a businessman, he should not be so stupid, he has lived in the mansion for so long, there is no harvest, I will definitely believe that the things were taken away by the Xiliang people."

Lu Tianhui pursed his lips and said unhappily: "I shouldn't have agreed to stay in Hefu just now, I agreed now, and I can't go if I don't go." ”

"I'm sorry." Su Qingyan blinked, his watery pupils looked at him weakly, and Lu Tianhui's heart trembled.

She also regretted it a little, she was really impulsive just now, and she quickly agreed.

It's all strangers who meet for the first time, and there is really not much trust to talk about.

"Ahem."

Su Qingyan, this girl, even if she makes a mistake, she can't be fierce.

Lu Tianhui pinched the corners of his clothes awkwardly, thinking of a way to coax Su Qingyan: "It's okay, with me, the house is full of ordinary domestic servants, I have the Bai family knife, and I can kill it." ”

"That's good." Su Qingyan simply spread his hands, looking like he was not afraid of death, "It's not that I haven't seen the big scene of being surrounded, and when something really happens, use your identity to deter you, after all, you can't be an official in vain, and you have to play a role at a critical moment." ”