The master and apprentice were unhurried, touring the mountains and rivers all the way, and the carriage entered Xijindu on the day before the new year.

Jiang Yuqing saw a group of children roasting something around a fire in the rice field after harvesting on the roadside.

Jiang Yuqing guessed that he was either roasting millet or roasting sweet potatoes.

The girl was so playful that she immediately stopped the carriage and told her master to go back first, and she played with the children for a while before going home.

Doctor Qiu has always felt that the little apprentice is too sensible, and there are no friends of the same age around him who can talk to him, so he has less vitality and happiness that a young man should have.

It's rare for her to have fun, so she won't stop it. Then he smiled and said, "Go ahead, play for a while and come back!" ”

At the same time, the children saw her carriage.

Today's Xijindu is the richest village in Qingzhou, not to mention that every household has a donkey cart and a mule cart or something, at least this carriage is really not uncommon.

It's just strange that there are very beautiful deer walking next to the carriage, which is rare.

Just when the children were curious, the carriage approached, but suddenly stopped, and jumped out of the carriage a very beautiful young lady wearing a pink dress and a lotus flower.

Jiang Yuqing jumped off the roadbed with Bai Xiaoshi, and then jumped over a trench to the fire and asked the children: "What are you baking, can I play with you?" ”

A little boy asked curiously, "Who are you?" And where did it come from? Jiang Yuqing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The children were not very old, about five, six, seven or eight years old.

The last time she returned to her hometown was five years ago, and the children were either just born or would have been so young that even their memories would have been forgotten.

It probably corresponds to the verse: "Children don't know each other when they see each other, and they smile and ask where the guests come from".

Jiang Yuqing smiled, took out a handful of silk candy from the small bag he carried, distributed it to the children, and said, "I am also from this village."

It's just that I've been out and about, and I rarely come home, so you don't know me. ”

The children were very happy to get the candy, and quickly accepted this good-looking and generous young lady.

Jiang Yuqing cooked himself, pulled a handful of straw scattered in the field, put it under his buttocks, and sat down around the fire.

What is rare is that the sun is very good today, and there is no wind, and the green smoke is not smoking.

The boy who had spoken to her before pulled out a blackened sweet potato from the fire, wrapped it in a dried banana leaf and handed it to her, saying, "Sister, this is for you, it's delicious." “

Jiang Yuqing didn't dislike it, took the sweet potato and peeled it, blew it and ate it.

Maybe the fire was too urgent, and she didn't turn over the noodles, and the sweet potatoes were burned black on one side and still sandwiched on the other side, and she still finished eating.

When the boy saw that she had finished eating, he happily handed her a handful of rice flowers that he had picked up very cleanly.

After Jiang Yuqing thanked him, he asked, "What is your name and how old are you?" ”

The little boy said: "My name is Jiang Linyou, and I am six years old this year. ”

He was the child of his own family.

"Lin's generation? Then you can't call me sister, you have to call me aunt, I should be the same generation as your father. ”

The little boy didn't know much about the affairs of his generation, so he touched his head in confusion and said, "My father's name is Andy." ”

Jiang Yuqing was happy when he heard it: "It turns out that you are the son of Andy's brother." I am the granddaughter of your third old lady's family, my name is Jiang Yuqing! ”

The children's eyes widened in surprise when they heard this, and Jiang Linyou jumped up and shouted happily: "I know, you are the aunt of our family's county lord."

My grandfather said, you are amazing, you are the most powerful girl in our Great Xia! ”

Jiang Yu Qingle said: "Really? You're pretty good, too. Have you read all of them? ”

The children said in unison, "Read it." ”

Some said that they had already recognized a lot of words, some said that they could read three hundred thousand, and some said that they wanted to be like her brother and grow up to be the champion.

Jiang Yuqing praised them one by one, and took out a few gadgets from his bag and gave them to them as encouragement.

Jiang Yuqing and the children burned two handfuls of rice to eat, and there was a faint shout from the direction of the village entrance.

Jiang Yuqing knew that this was the end of today's event. got up to say goodbye to the children, and rode Bai Xiaoshi to the house.

was only halfway there, and collided with my grandmother Lao Hu and my second aunt Zhu.

Jiang Yuqing jumped off the back of the deer and happily rushed over and hugged them: "Grandma, second uncle, I want to kill you." ”

Zhu said with tears in his eyes: "We miss you too." You are a bad girl, you haven't come home to see it for so many years, and you have grown into a big girl. ”

The village road where people came and went was really not a place to talk, and the three of them kissed each other for a while and then walked back.

Zhu Shi saw Bai Xiaoshi and said happily: "Yo, our Xiaoshi has also come back, and he has grown up, and he is still so beautiful!" ”

Bai Xiaoshi said "yo", which was counted as a response.

When he met the elders in the village on the way, Jiang Yuqing also greeted them one by one.

So everyone knew that the granddaughter of the county lord of the old Jiang family had returned.

When Jiang Yuqing arrived at the door, he found that except for those who were not at home when they went out, the rest were waiting for her at the door.

Her grandfather, second uncle, third sister-in-law, and one-year-old nephew Lin Ye, as well as the descendants of the family, etc.

I haven't seen you for many years, and naturally it's a good time to greet you.

Ask about several other elders in the family. Lao Hu said that today is the 60th birthday of his aunt's father. Her uncle Jiang Wenkang went to the Lin family to celebrate his birthday.

The third brother Jiang Yuhu went out to collect the accounts, the fourth brother Jiang Yuhai and the fifth brother Jiang Yuming went out to study and did not return, and the letter said that he would not come back for the New Year this year.

The sixth brother Jiang Yushan's classmate got married today and invited him to be a concubine.

After sitting for the meeting, Jiang Yuqing began to distribute gifts to her family, all of which were rare and special products from various places that she had bought all over the country over the years.

Especially Xiao Linye, who met for the first time, in addition to many novel small toys, Jiang Yuqing also gave him a peace jade talisman, which is now basically the standard configuration of the Jiang family.

Jiang Yuqing also told everyone about the things in Fuzhou.

Talk about the specialties of Fuzhou and the fun of catching the sea. Talk about how difficult the life of the people of Fuzhou was under the scourge of the Japanese invaders.

Talking about those intelligent dolphins in the defense of Fuzhou and the blue whales as big as the island.

When they heard that a blue whale could smash a big ship with a few tails, everyone's mouths were open and couldn't close for a long time.

At the end, Old Man Jiang smashed it and said, "If you catch such a big fish, take it with salt, and make it into dried fish, isn't it enough for a lifetime of meat?" ”

Old Hu snorted at him and said, "What are you doing to catch it, it's a lot of effort."

How good it would be if you moved it directly to the stomach. When you want to eat, you can cut the meat and stew it at any time, not only is it fresh, but even the salt of the cured meat is saved, how good. ”

There was a muffled laugh in the room.

Later, when they learned that Yan Deyin also gave birth to a healthy boy, everyone was overjoyed.

Especially Lao Hu, his teeth are bottomless with laughter. The family is rich and rich, and the children and grandchildren are full, she is a real old feudal king.

At noon, the second aunt Zhu personally cooked a large table of good dishes, and washed the dust for the master and apprentice.

I haven't eaten the authentic taste of my hometown for many years, and Jiang Yuqing can't help but eat it.

After resting for a while, Jiang Yuqing immediately came to the vegetable patch behind.

I saw that the vegetable field was planted with some vegetables such as radishes, cabbage, etc., which are common in winter.

Then he turned over some open space with a hoe, sprinkled some other vegetable seeds, poured spiritual spring water, and gave birth to a little bit.

When the New Year comes, some of them will eat.

The rice that the family has is grown in their own fields. Although they are all refined white rice, they are not as good as the spiritual rice produced in the spiritual realm.

The spiritual rice left by Jiang Yuqing last time he came back has long been eaten after several years of consumption.

So she added another batch to the family's granary, which was enough for the family to eat for another two or three years.

A batch of self-made wine, other fruit wines, and other good wines in the spiritual realm were also brought out.

Whether it's eating at home or keeping it for guests, it's indispensable.

After such a busy afternoon, not only did I not feel tired, but I felt extra comfortable and relaxed. It was a sense of security and steadiness that rose from the bottom of my heart.

The elders who had gone out in the evening all returned, and everyone was overjoyed to see their precious granddaughter (niece/sister) who had not been seen for a long time coming home.

Old man Jiang asked cautiously: "Good baby, you will come back now, you have to go out at home for the New Year, right?" ”

Jiang Yuqing said: "Yes, grandpa." I plan to stay at home for a while longer, and then I'll go to Beijing after the first month! ”

Old man Jiang immediately said happily: "That feeling is good!" ”

The next day, after the Year of the Stove, the family cleaned up, Jiang Yuqing had nothing to do, so he said to the elders and took Bai Xiaoshi around the village.

After a night of fermentation last night, everyone knew she was back. I saw her come out to play, and they pulled her back to drink tea and snacks and chat.

In particular, the clan elders in the village seem to be particularly interested in some of the great (eight) things (hexagrams) of the emperor (emperor).

For example, they will ask how old the emperor is, how many sons and daughters he has.

Jiang Yuqing said that His Majesty now has two princes and three princesses.

One of the clan elders said, why didn't this emperor have more sons, so much of a big family business?

Another immediately retorted: "What are you doing with so many births, in case you fight for the country, it is not us ordinary people who will suffer." ”

Jiang Yuqing was afraid that they would say something terrible again, so he hurriedly stopped: "Don't talk about it, the princess, this is a big crime to talk about the royal family, and you will be punished by prison and board." ”

That's what scared them. Jiang Yuqing hurriedly changed the topic.

There were too many people who invited her, in order not to favor one over the other, Jiang Yuqing had to sit here for a while, drink a cup of tea in that house, turn down in the morning, and drink a stomach of water. It's really hard to resist.

If she weren't an immortal cultivator, I'm afraid the toilet would have run several times.

In the afternoon, she took Bai Xiaoshi to walk around the village.

I went to see the Qingjiang River, which is much shallower because of the dry season, and the pebbles and the tall bitter willow trees with fallen leaves all over the riverside, and the small boats with a few leaves tied to the trees.

The artemisia on Shazhou has withered and yellowed, but the roots of the artemisia have re-sprouted. It can be seen that the banks of the Qingjiang River in winter are not all depressed, but more full of hope for spring.

The empty fields along the river are already overgrown with green grass and wild vegetables such as shepherd's cabbage, cauliflower, and grass grass.

Jiang Yuqing even found a nest of green grass mushrooms, which could be used to make a bowl of fresh soup when he picked it up.

In the distance, shepherd boys who have been grazing during the winter vacation, driving their cattle, sheep or big animals such as donkeys and snails here, while grazing and roasting sweet potatoes on a fire.

In the wilderness, from time to time there were bursts of cheerful laughter and the chirping of cattle.

The air is filled with the smell of joy, tranquility, relaxation and freedom. This kind of taste is probably the sense of belonging given by the hometown!