In late autumn, the sunset shone on the yellow reeds, and the evening breeze gradually rose, and the white reed flowers scattered in the wind, drifting aimlessly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Beside the info wild road, a few evening crows screamed, and people were so cold to hear. At this moment, the lonely young man couldn't help but look back frequently, looking back at the distant village that had long been blurred, and his eyes were full of reluctant attachment. But he had to leave, because what had happened before had changed his life completely, and he would never be able to go home.

The village where the teenager is located is located in a remote mountain village in Lutong County, western Zhejiang, because the surname of this place has been Chen for generations, so it has always been called Chenjia Village. As of today's departure, he has been in Chenjia Village for thirteen years. For him, the best childhood of his life was born here, and likewise, the most tragic encounter of his life also happened here.

The young man's surname is Yang Mingzhan, but he is not surnamed Chen from Chenjia Village. Because he was the adopted son of a loyal and honest old couple in the village, he didn't belong here. Thirteen years ago, on a snowy night, an old Taoist gave him to a middle-aged couple in the village who had no children and no daughters for adoption, and the boy became attached to Chenjia Village. This middle-aged couple is also half a hundred children, so they are naturally overjoyed, and although their family is poor, they have always taken care of their teenagers. Born in a farming family, it is normal to do some housework or do some work to help the family, but Chen Zhan has not done much farming in his memory. Because his parents love him too much, they would rather work more at night than let their son suffer a little. What's even more commendable is that the old couple shrunk their clothes and dieted and sent Chen Zhan to a private school, because the old couple knew that children in the countryside had to study to be successful. In the eyes of the other neighboring children, this was a luxury. Chen Zhan's childhood was mostly spent in the fragrance of books and ink, but he was also a conscious and sensible child, his husband worked hard to study when he taught, and when he returned home, he tried his best to do what he could to help his parents. Although the family is poor, they are also happy. But all happiness ends with a fire at the age of thirteen.

The villagers of Chenjia Village have cultivated the fields of the Zhao squire, who is said to be the descendant of an imperial relative during the Song Taizu period, and the fields of Chenjia Village and several surrounding villages are said to be his. In order to facilitate the collection of rent and the management of the fields, Squire Zhao deliberately built his house at the intersection of these villages, but all the villagers who cultivated his fields had to hand over half of the harvest of the season as field rent. If we add the official grain collected by the government, a family often only gets one-third of its own use after a season's hard work, and food and clothing cannot be guaranteed. But all this is something that Squire Zhao will not ignore. In his opinion, he is willing to rent out the land, and the farmers also cultivate the land voluntarily, and no one owes anyone, as long as he collects his own land rent, everything will be fine.

Shortly after the New Year, a cadre came to the village with a number of soldiers, saying that the barbarians had invaded the territory, the border was tight, and it was necessary to urgently replenish the strong men, so they came to recruit soldiers with official documents from the court and the state capital. At first, it was the county government officials who read the books at the entrance of the village, reading official documents, such as serving the country, going into battle to kill the enemy, and exempting from taxes. However, there are only a few dozen households in Chenjia Village, and after several previous surveys, most of the remaining are old and small, and they are really a little young. The only few young people in the village also chose to escape into the rivers and lakes a year ago. This made it difficult for the officials, but the number of recruits could not be transferred, and the future of the officials and officers and soldiers in charge of this matter was worrying. As a result, the curtain became a strong man, and he began to designate candidates directly according to his age. If there is no twenty-year-old, catch the thirty-year-old, and if there is no thirty-year-old, the forty-year-old will do. And this time, the record of the curtain was broken again. Chen Zhan's father, Chen Tongfu, who had passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and several of his fifty-year-old men were all recruited, because there was really no one to recruit, otherwise they would turn to those children who were not enough to be crowned.

At this time, it was a painful thing to learn that the family had been selected, because her mother, Wang Shufen, remembered that none of the people who were recruited from here had ever returned. Life and death are uncertain, the future is bleak, how not to make people sad and sad, a woman is even more tearful.

Chen Zhan was also reluctant to let his father leave, but he was still young and didn't understand so many things, and he only hoped that his father could return as soon as possible. At the urging of the official family, the old father Chen Tongfu and his wife packed their bags and set off after explaining the family. Before leaving, he specifically told Yang Zhan that he was going to serve the country and add glory. Chen Zhan kept looking at the distant backs of his father and several other neighbors until he became one with the sky.

After his father left, all the housework was on his mother, Chen Zhan couldn't look past it, and he wanted to do something but couldn't do it. Fortunately, there is a Mrs. Zheng in the neighborhood, and her granddaughter Chen Xu'er often comes to help. Chen Xu'er is one year older than Yang Zhan, and she is very beautiful before she reaches the age of Lu, especially the delicate little face, which is as delicate as a flower when she smiles. She is Chen Zhan's childhood sweetheart's playmate, Chen Zhan has always affectionately called her sister Su'er, in addition to helping with some farm work, Chen Su'er is also very caring for Yang Zhan, and asked him to go to the creek to fish in his spare time, and go to the mountains to pick mushrooms together. Chen Zhan likes to look at Sister Xu'er's smiling like a flower, and she is fascinated every time she watches it. And every now and then, Chen Su'er will shyly lower her forehead, but she doesn't dodge.

Chen Xu'er only lives with her grandmother Mrs. Zheng, perhaps because of sympathy, Chen Zhan's family has also taken good care of the grandparents and grandchildren of the neighbor since childhood. It is said that her father was also drafted out that year, but he never returned.

Since my father enlisted, my mother has always been watching at the door, expecting to see the shadow of my father's return, and so on for half a year. Finally, one day, the official led a few people to the entrance of the village, and they pushed a wheelbarrow with gray jars on it......

It turned out that not long after Chen Tongfu and others arrived in the army to report, they were urgently dispatched to the border to support, but they were ambushed on the way, and no one survived. Among the troops who came later, there happened to be acquaintances from neighboring villages who helped collect the corpses. So there is a soul at this moment to return to his hometown. The officials compared the records on the paper one by one and distributed the ashes, and then left in a hurry, and for a moment the mountains were filled with weeping and wailing.

Chen Tongfu's death hit Wang Shufen like a bolt from the blue, and Wang Shufen couldn't afford to be sick. The whole family was in a predicament. Chen Zhan understood that he was going to carry this family, and the first thing he did was to go to Mr. Private School, explain the family changes, and then put forward the idea of dropping out. Seeing that he was so filial, Mr. Private School could only agree to Chen Zhan and return the rest of his scholarship to him. Chen Zhan was very happy, because these copper plates were just enough for his mother's medical treatment.

Chen Zhan invited Langzhong for his mother, but was scolded by his mother, because Yang Zhan dropped out of school without permission, and because Chen Zhan took his education to hire a doctor. Chen Zhan only listened but didn't speak.

After Lang Zhong finished his diagnosis, he wrote down a prescription, taught Chen Zhan how to boil Chinese medicine, and repeatedly told him not to irritate the patient. Chen Zhan promised one by one. Seeing that his mother was still angry, Chen Zhan knelt on the ground and said slowly: "My mother is seriously ill, Zhan'er wants to do things to support you and cure your illness." My mother was moved to tears.

A few days later, Squire Zhao took his entourage to collect rent from all over the village, after Chen Zhan's father left, his mother couldn't complete the cultivation alone, and after falling ill, the countryside was even more barren, what to pay the rent?

"Master Zhao, you are gracious, this year's harvest is not good, my mother is sick again, can you give a few days?" the young Chen Zhan begged. Squire Zhao has seen too much of such a scene, and it can't arouse the slightest pity from him at all. After investigating around, Squire Zhao's subordinates found a few copper plates saved by Chen Zhan, and immediately scolded and scraped them: "This is not money, and you still deny it?"

"That's my mother's life-saving money, please don't take it?" Chen Zhan pleaded, but it was to no avail.

Squire Zhao and his subordinates rummaged through the jars and jars in the house to see if there were other gains. Chen Zhan was unrelenting, pulling Squire Zhao's sleeve and asking him to leave the copper plate.

This move made Squire Zhao not very annoying, and threw Chen Zhan into the corner, Chen Zhan hit his head on the table, and spilled a bowl of medicine on the table to the ground. This is a medicine prescribed by Lang Zhong last time, and it was spilled before my mother had time to drink it. Chen Zhan hurriedly picked up the broken bowl to see if there was any unspilled medicinal juice left on it. But it was all in vain, there was no extra medicinal juice on the broken bowl, and there were drops of Chen Zhan's tears on it.

Seeing that there was nothing else, the group went to other homes to collect rent, and only the terminally ill mother and helpless Chen Zhan were left in the house.

After losing the last few copper plates and running out of medicine, Wang Shufen's condition deteriorated sharply, and it seemed that she would not be able to last a few days. At this moment, Wang Shufen stopped Chen Zhan and said that she had something to explain, and Chen Zhan waited respectfully on the edge of the bed.

"Zhan'er, I know that my mother's time is running out, and I have something important to tell you. Wang Shufen said slowly.

Chen Zhan didn't want his mother to say anything negative, but his mother insisted that Chen Zhan listen attentively.

"Zhan'er, your original surname was Yang, not Chen. The mother said after a moment of contemplation.

"Thirteen years ago, an old Taoist who claimed to be Chixiao Guan Chifu Sansi took pity on my wife and my wife for being childless for half a hundred years, so he sent you to us to raise, when you were just a month old. Mother recalled, her face began to overflow with joy, the happiness of ordinary people is timeless: "Adopting Zhan'er is the happiest thing in my life with your father. ”

Yang Zhan was stunned, but he always felt the kindness and love of his adoptive parents, and he didn't seem to want to hear about these things.

"Zhan'er, you have to listen attentively. Mother persuaded: "Listen to the old Taoist, your own father is Yang Shengqing, a talented son of Gusu, and your mother is Fang Tingzhi, the daughter of the former military department. Later, he was wronged and hunted down. Your father entrusted the old Taoist on his deathbed to hand over a piece of jade pendant to you. Mother said, and pulled out a piece of jasper jade from the cotton bush between the pillows. This jadeite is bright and transparent, full of color, and is absolutely valuable, but no matter how hard Wang Shufen's family is, they have not used it to replace the money, which is really commendable.

When Yang Zhan heard this, he began to arouse his attention to his biological parents.

"Originally, I was going to wait until you became an adult, but now I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until then. You remember, the old Taoist who sent you here is Fu Sansi of the Chixiao Temple of Wutai Mountain. He is your savior, and you must go to him for yourself in the future. Mother said with difficulty.

Yang Zhan only nodded and asked his mother to recuperate. Wang Shufen explained clearly, slept peacefully, and never woke up. lost his beloved parents one after another in a short period of time, where could the young Yang Zhan stand it. After burying his mother, Yang Zhan was trapped in the house alone for a long time and it was difficult to escape, and his adoptive parents worked hard all their lives, but they still loved themselves so much, but they never reciprocated. The more Yang Zhan thought about it, the more he blamed himself.

Yang Zhan was in the house, listening to Squire Zhao and his party urging rent at Chen Xu'er's house, and vaguely heard that if he couldn't pay it within a few days, he would let Chen Xu'er go to his house to be a maid.

"It's these people who have caused their parents to work hard all their lives and can't be happy, and it's the evil squire who beat his mother's life-saving medicine, otherwise his mother wouldn't have died...... "The more Yang Zhan thought about it, the more sad he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so a thought of revenge came to mind.

That night, a fire broke out in Squire Zhao's house, and more than ten people from the Zhao family were all killed. The fire also burned all the deeds of the Zhao family, and also burned Yang Zhan's way home forever.

Yang Zhan left Chenjia Village overnight and ran all the way, and he didn't know how far he had gone, he didn't dare to turn back, for fear of being caught up, until the next evening, Yang Zhan was hungry and sleepy, and he realized that he had been running for a day and a night. When I look back, I don't know where my home is. "The gradual frost and wind are tight, the Guan River is cold, and the afterglow is the building" is just like a vivid portrayal of this situation.

The government came to track down this time, but everyone didn't know about it. The fire in Zhao's family was treated as an accident, although it was found that Yang Zhan was missing, but the official family could not find evidence of arson and murder of a teenager, not to mention that Yang Zhan has always had a good reputation, such an inference is somewhat unbelievable. Due to the loss of the land deed and the death of the Zhao family, all the land was confiscated and continued to be leased to the villagers of several villages for cultivation, and they only needed to pay the taxes stipulated by the government. This is much lower than the previous requirements of the evil squire, and it can be regarded as a meritorious thing that Yang Zhan did for the nearby villagers by mistake.

Chenjiacun's memories of Yang Zhan began to fade away, but Chen Xu'er preferred to believe that Yang Zhan had just left the country, despite the speculation that Yang Zhan had died in the fire.

In the evening, at the entrance of the village, under the yellow locust tree, a petite body looked into the distance, she was waiting, but she never saw the person come back.

"Go home, kid. Chen Zhan, this kid is afraid that he will not come back. The old lady sighed and said to her granddaughter. The old man's experience is rich and accurate, she knows that it was Chen Zhan who burned Squire Zhao's house, and she also knows that Chen Zhan must go away at this moment, and even in this life.