The heavy rain finally stopped after half a day, and the flash flood slowly weakened after the rain stopped, and finally disappeared.

As soon as the rain stopped, Chen Qi asked Yi Tianhu to take him to worship his parents, at that time, the flash flood had not receded, Yi Tianhu and Meng Bufan were easy to persuade, and now seeing that the flash flood had receded, Chen Qi was going to go again.

"Qi'er, it's going to be dark now, although the flash flood is gone, but the mountain road after the rain is muddy, and we haven't prepared worship supplies, let's go tomorrow." Meng Bufan persuaded.

"Yes, we understand your current mood, I also very much want to go and tell your parents your news now, but we also have to depend on the situation, if you go now, it will be dark in the place, you can't see anything, how can you worship? Now follow me back to the village, the village is not very far from here, the road is easier, go back and we will prepare the items for the memorial service, I will take you tomorrow, we will solemnly worship your parents." Yi Tianhu also persuaded.

"Yes, Chen Qi, you just listen to Master and Uncle Yi. Meng Xiaofan also persuaded.

Under the persuasion of Chen Qi, he gave up the idea of worshiping his parents now, although he desperately wanted to go, wanted to see the place where he was born, and wanted to see the place where his parents were buried, but he also knew that Meng Bufan and Yi Tianhu were right, since they wanted to worship their parents, they should be formally worshipped, so he nodded to Meng Bufan and Yi Tianhu.

Seeing that Chen Qi agreed with him, Yi Tianhu beckoned everyone, took those few living creatures, and walked towards the village on the muddy mountain road while the sky was not completely dark.

When he arrived at Yingge Village, Yi Tianhu instructed the other villagers to return the living creatures to their owners, and then arranged for a few people to prepare items for tomorrow's worship, and then took Chen Qi and the three back to their homes.

When they arrived at Yi's house, Yi Tianhu introduced Chen Qi and them to his wife, and Yi's wife was very happy to know that the son of the righteous brother and his wife was still alive, and she burst into tears with excitement, and it was easy to calm down and hurry to prepare dinner.

Dinner was served in a very homely atmosphere. After dinner, everyone sat together and talked. Yi Tianhu has a son and a daughter, the daughter is eighteen years old and has been married, although the son is only sixteen years old, but he has been in the army for two years with Yi Tianhu's eldest brother Yi Tianxiong.

Speaking late, Yi Tianhu arranged for Meng Bufan's master and apprentice to go to the guest room to rest, while he accompanied Chen Qi in another room. Chen Qi couldn't sleep, so Yi Tianhu told him about his parents' past.

Although he slept very late, the next morning, Chen Qi still got up early in the morning, washed up, and began to meditate and practice.

After breakfast, Yi Tianhu called a few villagers, carried the worship supplies, took Chen Qi and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice, went out of Yingge Village, and walked to the place where Chen Qi's parents were buried, and Yi's wife also went along.

Due to the heavy rain that fell for half a day yesterday, the mountain road was very muddy, and it was almost noon before everyone arrived at the place under the leadership of Yi Tianhu.

It is no longer obvious that it was once a village, but it is connected to the nearby mountain and has become part of the mountain. Due to the long period of time, it has been overgrown with various trees, flowers and plants.

"Qi'er, this is it. Yi Tianhu said, "Your village is not big, this mountain was washed down by the rain, burying the entire village deeply, and so far, except for you, no other survivors have been found." ”

Chen Qi looked at this mountain, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, it was this mountain that buried his biological parents, buried his homeland, and his parents gave him a second life when he was in danger. With a "plop", Chen Qi knelt on the ground and buckled his head three times at the mountain.

"Dad~, mother~, the child has come to see you. Chen Qi burst into tears.

When the people on the side saw this scene, they couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.

Yi Tianhu commanded several villagers who followed. After finding a suitable place to place the items used in the memorial service, Chen Qi also put on filial piety clothes, knelt down again to worship, lit candles and incense, and burned paper money.

Yi Tianhu picked up a jar of wine and opened it, held it with both hands, and said loudly: "Big brother, sister-in-law! Eighteen years ago, my brother didn't catch up with Qi'er's 100-day wine, and today my brother took Qi'er to make up for it, although it is no longer a 100-day wine, but this wine should be drunk more, because Qi'er is still here, and has grown up, and has practiced martial arts.

After Yi Tianhu finished speaking, he sprinkled the wine in the altar to the ground, and when there was about half of the altar left, he raised his neck and drank it in one go.

Seeing this, Chen Qi couldn't help but leave tears while burning the paper.

After Chen Qi worshiped his father and mother, he began to worship the villagers who died at the same time, until the end of the Shen period.

"Father-in-law, Uncle Meng," Chen Qi looked at the two elders, "I want to be here for my father and mother for a month, Uncle Meng, you take Xiaofan out of the mountain first, and I will go to Yunzhou City in a month, and then we will meet there." ”

Meng Bufan nodded and said, "Okay!"

Chen Qi said to Yi Tianhu again: "Father-in-law, I won't be leaving here today, please send someone to send me some food and bedding after my father-in-law goes back." ”

Yi Tianhu looked around and said, "I can't live here, or you go back to the village with me today, and I'll bring someone to help you build a house tomorrow." ”

Chen Qi said: "This is not needed, I will build it later, it is not troublesome, my father-in-law only needs to send someone to send food and bedding tomorrow." ”

"Can you do it yourself?"

Chen Qi nodded.

"Why don't I stay with Xiaofan. Meng Bufan said.

"Thank you Uncle Meng for your kindness, you and Xiaofan have been walking through the mountains and forests with me for many days, and now that I have found my father, you should follow my father-in-law back to the village, rest for one night, and rise out of the mountain tomorrow." ”

Seeing that Chen Qi said resolutely, everyone stopped persuading each other, and then said goodbye, leaving him here alone, and the rest of the people returned to Yingge Village under the leadership of Yi Tianhu.

After everyone left, Chen Qi refilled the incense, burned some paper money, sat quietly for a while, and then picked up the Tianwen Sword and went to a forest in the distance.

If Meng Xiaofan was here, he would definitely be able to see with his own eyes how sharp the Tianwen Sword, which was not at all inconspicuous, and the trees with the thickness of a fist, Chen Qi only flicked it, and then separated from the root, and then looked at the broken place, it was very smooth.

Chen Qi cut down a few trees and dragged them back, and built a simple wooden house at a corner of the mountain. After the main body was erected, dry grass and dry branches were found to repair it, and it was finally completed at dusk.

Chen Qi shook the wooden house, it was very firm, and there was no problem with this wooden house to block the general wind and rain. Chen Qi went to cut down some trees again and set up a simple bed in the wooden house.

As soon as all this was done, Yi Tianhu and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice arrived, bringing food, bedding, and some other necessities of life.

Chen Qi was very moved, "You can send it tomorrow, there is really no need to send it in a hurry tonight, I have martial arts, let alone one night, even a few more days will not hurt." ”

Yi Tianhu said: "If we can come, we won't let you suffer more for this night." ”

"Yes," Meng Bufan also said, "We have nothing to do in the stockade, we will be separated tomorrow, and we will accompany you for the night tonight." ”

After speaking, they put all the things they brought in the wooden house that Chen Qi had built.

From the beginning of the worship, Chen Qi has not let the incense break, he is guarding on the side at night, Yi Tianhu and Meng Bufan have been with him, Chen Qi persuaded the three of them to rest several times, but they were all refused.

Yi Tianhu told Chen Qi a lot of things about his parents, which made the image of his parents more and more perfect in Chen Qi's heart.

The next day, Yi Tianhu and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice bid farewell to Chen Qi, Yi returned to the village, and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice went out of the mountain.

For the next month, Chen Qi stayed in the mountains, burning incense and paper for his parents and fellow villagers every day, and then meditating and practicing. Occasionally, he found that there was an upright stone next to him, about a foot high, shaped like a huge stone tablet, originally he also wanted to find a stone tablet to commemorate his parents and fellow villagers, but now with this huge natural stone tablet, he directly used it.

Yi Tianhu came to visit Chen Qi every few days, replenished some food for him, and chatted with him to relieve his boredom. After Chen Qi found the stone stele, he asked Yi Tianhu to bring him the tools for chiseling when he came back.

After the tools were brought, Chen Qi immediately began to chisel. Because he has extremely high requirements for the stele, he carves it with great care and meticulousness.

More than ten days later, the stele was chiseled, and it was engraved with "The Tomb of My Father Chen Yongping, My Mother Dong Jingwen and the Villagers of Chenjia Village" and then Chen Qi's own name and year, month and day.

After the tombstone was chiseled, Chen Qi found a flat square stone and placed it in front of the tablet to use as an incense case.

In the days that followed, Chen Qi engraved on the back of the tombstone some of the deeds that Yi told him about Chenjia Village and the martyrdom of the whole village.

With these things done, the time of January has arrived.