【Chapter 392】
Three days ago, Li Li and his group entered the village in the rain, and no one in the village dared to take in this group of burly men who came from afar. Only Chen Fang, the village chief, saw Li Li and others' outfits, looked carefully, and then did not ask Li Li and his group's identity and origin. For some reason, the whole family moved out of the house and vacate their own ancestral home and let Li Li and others live there.
Moreover, he also gave a hu of grain from his home to Li Li and others, and led Ma Yunluo to indicate the vegetable fields and poultry outside his yard, and specifically stated that he could use it at will.
A hu of grain is 3,000 stones. In addition, the Chen family's ancestral home, which can accommodate hundreds of people, and the house construction pattern are quite particular. It is not difficult to see that the old man Chen Fang has a wealthy family and can be called a local rich family. He is nearly 70 years old, with gray hair and kind eyebrows, but his waist is not bent and his back is not hunched, and his ears are clear and bright, not like a farmer who farms all year round. He is the village master, and the villagers respect him very much. When they see outsiders entering the village, they invite him out as soon as they see him. This shows that he has a lot of prestige in the village.
After Li Li and others moved into the Chen family's ancestral home, they learned from the maids and servants that Chen Fang was indeed from the ancestral home here. However, he was an official in Runan County before. He resigned from his official position five years ago and returned to the village with his entourage and maids to renovate the Chen family's ancestral home. Since then, he has lived here forever. Because he is knowledgeable, easy-going, and fair in his work, he often helps his neighbors, so he was elected as the village chief by the villagers.
Because of this, Mr. Chen Fang has a very good reputation in the village, and can be said to be a return to his roots and benefiting his hometown.
"Oh, Mr. Chen is here, please take your seat!"
In the main hall, when Li Li saw Chen Fang walking in with a heroic young man dressed in a hunter, he was slightly surprised and stood up with a smile on his face to greet him.
"How dare you bother the young man and get up to greet him? You're so polite!" Seeing Li Li walking to the door to greet him quickly, Chen Fang was talking while hurriedly pulling the young man behind him to bow and salute. The handsome young man seemed to have a look of unwillingness on his face, but he was forced to bow and salute under Chen Fang's pull.
"Mr. Chen, don't be polite. The next group came to disturb him. You vacate the house without saying a word and gave us food. Such kindness really made Wenchang very grateful. I don't know how to repay the old man!" Li Li was quick-eyed and without waiting for Chen Fang to bow to him, he leaned over and held him down.
After Chen Fang sat down, Li Li waved his hand to signal the young man to sit down, but saw that the man was indifferent and still stood stubbornly in the middle of the main hall. In response, Li Li smiled slightly disinterestedly, and immediately sat next to Chen Fang with a smile, saying in harmony: "This time, we came in the rain late at night. If the old man had not been generous to help me, I was afraid that my brother's cold disease would not be cured in time, and I might be in danger of life. Now we are living in the Chen family's courtyard, occupying the magpie's nest, but letting the old man stay at the neighbor's house. I feel really uneasy!"
"Young Master is so serious." Chen Fangqian waved his hand gently and said with a smile: "Young Master can live in the ancestral home of the Chen family this time, which is a great blessing for my Chen family and the old man. It is a glorious way! Hahaha??????"
Li Li was slightly stunned, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he bowed and said with a smile: "The old man is so proud. Wenchang is so ashamed!"
After hearing this, Chen Fang's smile did not diminish at all, but instead became stronger. But seeing him gently stroked his foot-long beard, looking at Li Li with a smile, and said meaningfully: "I have been an official in the county before. In my early years, I have been a county magistrate, a small school guarding the city, a military marquis. I was nearly vague and abandoned Wu and became a county magistrate and became a county magistrate. After that, I have been a county magistrate of four counties for more than ten consecutive years, and then transferred to the county magistrate, the chief clerk of the county government, and a sixty-year-old minister. Five years ago, at the beginning of the world, I had a foreshadowing that the troubled times were coming, so I brought back the money I had accumulated over the years to return to my hometown. To put it bluntly, I was living in seclusion and living in seclusion.
Looking at everything in the past, I have been an official for decades, and when I resigned, I was just a county magistrate. I have been mediocre for more than 40 years, but I have no talent. I have no character and I have no guilt. I have no sons. I have a daughter in my early years, and my son-in-law is also a member of the Chen clan. I don’t think so, three years ago, my daughter and son-in-law suffered an injustice and both died of illness in prison. Now I am a person over 70 years old, with no children and no children, and I am alone and helpless. I can only guard the Chen family’s old house, survive and say "
Seeing that Chen Fang seemed to be still not finished, Li Li knew that his next words were the key, so he smiled and nodded, and listened to Chen Fang's words with his ears.
Sure enough, Chen Fang paused a little, then he took a breath and continued, "Fortunately, the young master came to the rain. When I first saw the young master, I saw that the young master was extraordinary, with dragons and tigers, and his every move showed the style of a superior. After careful observation, I found that the young master was handsome and beautiful, with deep eyes, unfathomable, with heroic spirits in his eyebrows, and his words and deeds were extremely majestic. Such a god-given domineering person is the only one in my life, and he can be regarded as a god.
In addition, among the young master's entourage, except for the scholar who was occasionally cold, they were all sturdy and murderous intent. Even the girl Yunluo who followed the young master was not an ordinary woman. She was not only as beautiful as a fairy, but also had agile skills. Every frown and smile slightly exuded the spirit of conquering the battlefield.
As a servant, how could the master of the servant and maid be a merchant? Therefore, I am willing to free up the house for the young master and others to live in, and also gave a hu of food from my family to my master, saying that I always take it at will. The reason why I did this was because I asked for something or asked for something. I wonder if the young master could agree?"
Listening to Chen Fang's words sideways, Li Li always looked as usual, and even added two cups of hot tea to Chen Fang. Li Li seemed to have expected what Chen Fang said, without any surprise, with a calm expression, humble and polite expression.
"Uncle Chen is well versed in the world and has been an official for many years and has seen countless people. The costumes of the next group of people are naturally not hidden from your old eyes. However, the old man can see our identity and whereabouts by just one encounter. It really makes me admire him and sigh that he is not as good as he is. I don't know what the old man is, as long as it is within Wenchang's ability, it will definitely not disappoint you. The old man might as well tell him bluntly."
After hearing this, Chen Fang looked very happy and said with a little excited expression: "I thanked the young master for fulfilling his grace. Since this is the case, I said bluntly."
While speaking, Chen Fang paused a little. After calming down, he called out a heroic young man standing in the center of the main hall and said to Li Li: "Young Master, this is Lao Jiu's grandson, the same surname as Lao Jiu, and his courtesy name is Shuzhi. He just passed the ritual of Guanzhi. This son was honest and taciturn. Although he followed Lao Jiu to study literature and study since childhood, he preferred military tactics and martial arts. He usually liked to be chivalrous and righteous, causing trouble.
Three years ago, my grandson met a member of the Yuan family in the county town forcibly robbing a girl on the street, so he tried to stop him. Unexpectedly, he took too much action, which led to dozens of Yuan family members being beaten to death and injured on the spot, and even killed the Yuan family member. As soon as this matter was reported, the Yuan family was willing to give up, so the county magistrate sent county soldiers to capture his old daughter, and his son-in-law was imprisoned, and posted an arrest notice to search for Shu Zhi everywhere. At that time, Shu Zhi learned that his parents were arrested, and was about to surrender, but unexpectedly, my poor daughter and son-in-law were beaten to death by the Yuan family members on the night they were imprisoned.
I have been an official in the county government for many years, and I promoted many minor officials, so they secretly passed on the murder of my uncle and his parents. Therefore, I stopped him and did not let him surrender to the government office.
Now I am a twilight person. The white-haired man sent a black-haired man and had no direct descendants. Only this grandson made me feel at ease, for fear that he would go astray and delay his great years. Therefore, I begged for a shame and asked my grandson to keep me, who would listen, and let the young master send him. I do not ask him to achieve great success in the future and shine on his family. I only hope that he will no longer follow his surname, marry and have children, and live a peaceful life. I wonder if the young master can fulfill my thoughts?”
When Li Li first heard of Chen Da’s name, he felt a little familiar, but he couldn’t remember when he had heard this name. He even looked at the young man in front of him in a hunter outfit.
But he saw his facial features, thick eyebrows, tiger eyes, and a stubborn look, and his eyebrows were filled with a stubborn and unyielding look. He was obviously a mighty and unyielding man. He was about eight feet and two inches tall, and his figure was not strong, but he was extremely strong and strong. Under his crude animal skin and soft armor, his whole body was filled with powerful power of the explosive surname; his appearance was Zhouzheng, thick eyebrows, tiger eyes, and was quite majestic.
With Li Li's eyesight, it can be seen from Chen Dao's bulging arms and a pair of calloused palms that he is extraordinary in martial arts and agile in his hands. It is estimated that he has at least the strong combat power of the top level of the top of the warrior. In other words, Chen Dao's martial arts are roughly the same as Duan Wei who Li Li brought with him this time. As for whom the two of them are stronger, only after a competition can we tell the difference.
"When Chendao, Uncle Chen, was it him?" When he looked at Chendao carefully, a very familiar but unfamiliar memory suddenly flashed in Li Li's mind, and then he compared the biography of the characters in his mind with the person in front of him and gradually merged them together.
After a moment, a look of joy appeared on Li Li's face, and a smile of accustomed to the surname appeared on the corner of his mouth. At this time, many dusty memories emerged in his mind, which made him finally remember who the slightly immature and tender heroic man was in front of him.
Chen Dao, whose courtesy name was Shuzhi, was from Runan County. He was born and had a tough surname, and was upright in Bing's surname, loyal, righteous and honest. Later generations called him "General Bai Li".
——————————————(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!