When Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying were walking in Yantai Mountain, they didn't expect to meet a tour group of returned overseas Chinese.

A female tour guide led a group of middle-aged and elderly people in front of the former sites of various foreign consulates and introduced: "This is the largest consulate in those years. ”

Tourists are amazed by the bungalows.

"The quality of this house is really good, after so many years, it hasn't fallen yet."

"When I was a kid, I used to come here to play."

"You grew up here, too."

"My family used to work for the consulate."

Seeing that there was a tour guide, Zhou Xiaoying pulled Li Duoyu into the team, pretended to be a member of the tour group, followed the tour guide, and listened to her explanation.

These old people are all sighing: "What a change." ”

To Li Duoyu's surprise, the tour guide took them to an old house called "Li Yuan".

This old house is different from the western-style house, it is a traditional Chinese building, with three entrances and three exits, and it is a truly wealthy and noble family.

Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying followed the tour group into the courtyard.

The female tour guide began to introduce: "The owner of this Li Garden, who was the president of the Rongcheng Chamber of Commerce, Li Jianan, was very prestigious in the local area back then.

He had four children.

The eldest son, Li Zhiren.

second son, Li Zhihong.

Li Duoyu looked at the wooden board on the wall, which was actually carved with simple character relationships.

What he didn't expect at all was that he actually saw a familiar name on this plank.

And that name, Li Duoyu has seen in the Li family ancestral hall in Xiasha Village.

Li Duoyu couldn't help but ask: "Can you ask, this fourth elder of the Li family, Li Ruixiang, why is there no one below?" ”

The tour guide replied with a smile: "You really asked the right person, if it weren't for me today, I guess no one really knows this history." ”

"This Li Ruixiang has a son named Li Zihao, who studied in the Ship Master School in his early years and was the first wave of teenagers in my country to study abroad.

After Li Zihao returned to China, not long after, he supported the reform with some people, and later after the reform failed, he was chased and killed by the Qing government at that time, and fled by boat overnight. ”

"It is precisely because of this incident that the Li family was implicated, and the head of the Li family at that time had to stand up and announce that he had severed relations with them, so Li Ruixiang did not have relevant information about his heirs."

Li Duoyu suddenly realized that if there was only one Li Ruixiang, it might be a coincidence.

But if even Li Zihao has it, then there is a chance that it will be nine times out of ten, no wonder it is on a poor island like Dandan Island.

The old lady can come out with so many small yellow croaker, it turns out that the origin is really not simple.

Li Duoyu couldn't help asking: "Later, did Li Ruixiang's descendants come back to recognize each other?" ”

The female guide smiled: "I don't know about this, you have to ask the current descendants of the Li family to know." ”

"That's it, where are the descendants of the Li family now, why don't they live here?"

When Li Duoyu asked, an aunt in the team smiled and said: "Young man, I haven't been beaten by anyone since I saw your house, such a big yard, at that time, who dared to live in it, it must be donated to the country." ”

The female tour guide smiled and said: "I don't know about this, I heard that some of the descendants of the Li family went abroad, and some stayed in Rongcheng." ”

An aunt looked at Li Duoyu and couldn't help asking, "Young man, are you related to the Li family, why did you ask so clearly." ”

"No, I'm just a little curious."

"In this way, when I was a child, I had contact with the Li family, and I found that you looked a little like them, with long faces and high noses."

"Maybe it's a coincidence."

After this tour guide's explanation, the doubts that have plagued Li Duoyu for many years have finally been solved.

It turned out that Taigong was so powerful back then, not only did he stay in school, but he also changed the law.

But Li Duoyu always felt that if things were so simple, the old lady might have recognized her ancestors and returned to her ancestors back then.

I didn't tell my descendants where the ancestors of the Li family came from until I died, but this kind of thing, just let it go, just know where the roots are, it doesn't matter if you recognize it or not.

After coming out of Li Yuan.

Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying left the tour group, waved goodbye to this group of uncles and aunts, and came to the highest place in Yantai Mountain.

The two of them sat on the stone bench, looking at the river and the Banyan City, where they could take in most of the Banyan City, and even the Uta and White Pagoda not far away.

The two tallest buildings in the distance, the Wujiang Hotel and the Foreign Trade Center Hotel, are currently places to receive foreigners and returned overseas Chinese.

Li Duoyu remembered that the nephew of Lao Zhang, a fishmonger at Qingkou Wharf, was a purchaser in the hotel of the Foreign Trade Center.

In winter.

The wind by the river was blowing, it was still a little cold, and Zhou Xiaoying couldn't help but rub her hands.

Seeing this, Li Duoyu directly lifted her clothes and put her hand on her stomach.

"Why, be warm."

Zhou Xiaoying hurriedly pulled it out and scolded: "You have a cold and stomach ache at night, I won't get up to cook ginger soup for you." ”

Li Duoyu grinned, and then suddenly asked, "Xiaoying, you said that we will have money in the future, do you want to come to the city to teach and live?" ”

Zhou Xiaoying thought about it seriously, and then shook her head: "The city is good, but it's a little uncomfortable, and I feel better in the village." ”

"Don't you want your children to have a better living and learning environment?"

Zhou Xiaoying asked rhetorically: "Then what do you think is the best living environment for children?" ”

He has never taken a child, and he has taught a child, and he doesn't know what to say in an instant.

Zhou Xiaoying said lightly: "I think, there is a stable home, parents are by your side, husband and wife are harmonious and do not quarrel, there is a correct outlook on life and value orientation, for children, this is the best living environment." ”

After hearing these words.

Li Duoyu finally knew why so many students came to see her off for the last time when she left in her previous life.

With a sour nose, he hugged Zhou Xiaoying in his arms on the spot: "This is too easy, I will always be by your side." ”

Zhou Xiaoying, who was suddenly hugged, was like a frightened rabbit, and hurriedly looked around, but fortunately, there were more trees nearby, and no one saw it.

"I'm not ashamed of you."

"The gentleman is frank, the villain is a relative, I hug you, that's right, what's there to be ashamed of."

As soon as Li Duoyu said this, Zhou Xiaoying suddenly felt that what he said seemed to be very reasonable.

The two sat quietly for a while.

Zhou Xiaoying stood up: "Let's go, it's not early, let's go back to the island." ”

"No more sitting."

"No, little Tutu may be hungry, I'll go back and milk some milk for him."

"Okay, then I'll go buy a string of sugar gourds for Chubby Dun."

And just after Li Duoyu and the others left Rongcheng, they were in a red brick dormitory in Rongcheng.

Jiang Yuqin said to the gift money that had just returned: "Jinchuan, now that we have also received the certificate, do you want to go back to your village to hold a banquet." ”

Li Jinchuan frowned and said, "Didn't you say a few days ago that you didn't plan to do it in our village?" ”

"A few days ago, how can it be the same now, Jinchuan, I tell you, we are husband and wife now, you have to think about this family, you also saw it today, just those people who know Duoyu, we can be rich and wealthy if we climb any one, we must have a good relationship with Duoyu."

After hearing this, Li Jinchuan frowned.

Jiang Yuqin continued: "Let's buy some New Year goods when we have time in these two days, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, let's take Xiaomin and go back to the island to celebrate the New Year with Daddy and Auntie." ”

Li Jinchuan naturally knew why Jiang Yuqin's head and tail had changed so much suddenly, he was entangled and said, "Okay, then you can arrange it." ”

(End of chapter)