Chapter 12: The Red War's Hometown

Zhaojia Village is at least a hundred kilometers away from Yong'an Town, but there is a direct road from here, and there are caravans and caravans that come and go from various villages outside the town.

Zhaojia Village, where Chi Zhan's parents lived.

Just out of the mountains, Wang An didn't know where he was going, so the first thing he did was to visit Chi Zhan's parents, and at the same time take advantage of his leisure time to plan his future.

Outside the town, there were caravans and caravans from time to time.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang An decided to follow the caravan to Zhaojia Village.

There are a lot of caravans and caravans coming and going in Yong'an Town, but not many go to Zhaojia Village, and even if there are, they are not willing to take Wang An.

In this turbulent era, there are often horse thieves, no one wants to take Wang An with a powerless person to accompany him, even if he has the ability to take it, he is not willing to take this risk, people are separated from each other, and no one can guarantee whether Wang An is the internal response of a certain group of bandits.

It is not uncommon in this area to take a person with him because of a momentary soft-heartedness, and finally find out that the other party is a horse thief, so the current caravan is very cautious.

It is said that there is no endless road, and just when Wang An was planning to go to Zhaojia Village alone, a caravan was willing to take him forward.

The leader of the caravan was a middle-aged man forty miles away, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a simple face, his eyes were particularly eye-catching, and his temples were bulging, and he was carrying a stick-like object wrapped in cloth behind him.

Wang An told him that he went to Zhaojia Village to visit relatives, and he was afraid of encountering horse thieves, so he wanted to beg them to take a ride.

For some reason, after looking at Wang An, the man agreed.

On the way, Wang An learned from other people that the team leader was named Li Biao, and they planned to go to Zhaojia Village this time to buy precious raw materials such as tiger bones and bear paws.

"Bear's paw! Good bear's paw! Don't miss ...... when you pass by"

"Hundred years of wild mountain ginseng, come and take a look......"

Although the geographical location of Zhaojia Village is remote, it cannot stand the attraction of rich resources, and merchants can be seen everywhere.

At this moment, Wang An walked into Zhaojia Village with the Li family caravan.

There is a market dedicated to trading in the village, and it is bustling with the shouts of hawkers.

Zhaojia Village, as the name suggests, most of the people here have the surname Zhao. Wang An found a random person in the bazaar and knew where Chi Zhan's home was.

Coming to the door of a somewhat dilapidated house, Wang An knocked on the door vigorously.

"Who are you looking for?" The one who came out to open the door was a teenager who looked like a tiger, and he looked at Wang An with a confused expression.

"May I ask if this is Chiyan's home?" Wang An said to the child with a smile.

"Yes, yes, my father is Chiyan......." Before the child could finish speaking, a neutral voice came from inside the room.

"Nian'er, who?"

The boy shouted back inside. "Dad, it's a guest, I'm looking for you. ”

After speaking, he turned back to Wang An and said, "Son, please go inside." ”

Coming to the hall, next to the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the hall sat a middle-aged man in his forties, the middle-aged man was tall and big, and he could vaguely see that he was somewhat similar to Chi Zhan.

Seeing Wang An coming in, the man got up directly and arched his hand to Wang An.

"Childe is sitting here, I don't know what Childe is doing to find the old man. Chi Yan's eyes were obviously a little wary, but he still very politely invited Wang An to take a seat.

"Nian'er, hurry up and serve tea. ”

The boy nodded vigorously, and ran into the side hall with a puff of smoke.

"In Xia Wang'an, entrusted by my old friend Chi Zhan, I have come to visit you. Wang An said without hurry.

"Oh, that rebel has been gone for more than ten years, and he still thinks of my old bones. Where is he?" Chi Yan looked calm, but the hand that grabbed the edge of the table betrayed the shock in his heart.

"Big Brother Chi can't get out of something wrong, so he has no choice but to entrust him to his younger brother. Don't blame the old man. ”

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"Dad, the tea is here!" the kid named Chi Yan carried a teapot and made a steaming cup of tea for Chi Yan and Wang An.

"Nian'er, you go to your mother's place, and your father will talk to the guests for a while. ”

After the boy left, Chi Yanfu said to Wang An.

"Is Zhan'er dead?" there was sadness in his eyes.

Wang An was silent.

"At the beginning, I advised him not to pursue immortality, but he didn't listen to me. Now ......" Speaking of emotion, Chiyan Lao burst into tears.

Wang An didn't know how to comfort this white-haired man to send a black-haired old man.

Wang An finally just told Chiyan that Chi Zhan walked very peacefully, and when he died, he only worried about his father and mother.

He told Chi Yan that Chi Zhan had chased what he wanted, and he had no regrets.

One old and one young, chatted intermittently in the hall for half an hour. The little boy named Nian'er appeared again, and it was time for him to go to dinner for Chiyan Life.

After some communication with Chi Yan, Wang An already knew that this son was called Chi Nianzhan and was Chi Yan's youngest son. Seven or eight years out of the Red War. When there was no news, they gave birth to a child.

Looking at his name, Wang An seemed to understand everything.

A moment later a woman in her thirties came to the hall, dressed in burlap and with a kind smile on her face.

After Chi Yan's introduction, Wang An knew that this woman was Chi Zhan's mother. After an introduction, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of politeness. But finally she remembered what was going on, and hurriedly urged Chi Nianzhan to add dishes and chopsticks to start eating.

Chi Yan's family lacked labor, so life was a little embarrassing. There were only three dishes and one soup served. There is a meat dish that seems to be wild boar bacon, which smells fragrant and appetizing.

After a long time in the cave, Wang An didn't know the taste of salt, and now Wang An feels that everything he eats is very fragrant.

Looking at the appearance of eating with relish, Mrs. Chi was very happy.

After the meal, Mrs. Chi also came to ask Wang An where Chizhan was now, and Mrs. Chi, who knew the truth, suddenly cried profusely.

Wang An finally stayed at Chiyan's house.

In advance, Wang An instructed the little golden turtle to change into the color of an ordinary pet turtle, and strictly forbade her to speak outside, so from this moment on, Xiao Jin quietly slept in Wang An's arms.

At night, Wang An took the dozens of taels of silver he exchanged to Chiyan and his wife, but so much silver made Chiyan and his wife take a big jump, and insisted on shaking their heads and not accepting it. You must know that their family's annual expenses are only four or five taels of silver.

Many people in the village are also wealthy, but the bottom is still very poor. It's impossible to go hunting alone like Chiyan, and it's very risky to form a team to divide into small groups.

Until Wang An solemnly told him that this was what Chi Zhan asked him to bring back, if he didn't accept it. and they have fallen into unrighteousness. Chiyan and his wife reluctantly accepted it.