Chapter 22 Homecoming
Hometown is the immortal land in everyone’s dream!
The food here is the most delicious, the water here is the sweetest, the people here are the simplest, the flowers here are the most beautiful, and if possible, the pigs here all have a big smile.
Yun Zheng hasn't been sleeping so happily for a long time. He smelled the wet wind and was soaring freely in his dream. The green earth seemed to have no end, and every grass there was shaking happily.
"Tofu, fried tofu--'
A familiar hawking sound suddenly caught Yun Zheng from his deepest dream. He sniffed, and regardless of Lu Qingying's surprised gaze, he suddenly rushed down from the carriage, opened his mouth and said, "Old dirty man, give me ten pieces of tofu, wipe my hands first and then make it!"
The old man who roasted tofu looked up at Yun Zheng, looked at him for a long time before he recognized him and shouted angrily: "Let's go away, the old man's tofu is not sold to you."
Yun Zheng rolled up his sleeves and scolded, "You are dirty and you are not allowed to say anything. If you say something irrelevant, I will smash your stall."
Lu Qingying and Ge Qiuyan were already laughing so hard that they could only exhale when they hugged each other, but not inhale. For the first time, they saw their invincible husband suffer such neglect.
Yun Er was not particular about it. He gave the dirty old man a big smile and sat opposite him, rubbing his hands and waiting for the dirty old man to bake tofu. He didn't like the fried tofu, but he just liked the edamame tofu that was slowly baked with charcoal fire.
The old man grinned Yun Er with a smile. The young man looked handsome and comfortable with a smile, unlike the evil and evil bastard.
"I have loved eating the tofu you baked since I was a child. When I was in Tokyo, I made the bacon a few times, and it was always not as delicious as you did."
The old man looked up at the bacon that was jumping over and laughed: "The little girl still wants to steal the old man's recipe, hahaha, can't it? This edamame is not fragrant anywhere from the water here!"
The bacon was salivating as the baked tofu was constantly bubbled and emitting heat. He was holding a small plate and waiting next to him. Qin State held his own identity and couldn't do anything to eat in the street.
The old man baked a large plate, Yun Zheng snatched it over, threw a few copper coins and walked towards the carriage cursingly. The old man was not angry, because Yun Zheng gave more money, he didn't intend to get angry.
Yun Zheng walked closer to the carriage, shook the tofu in his hands at his wives and said, "The old guy is still so dirty. If you have a delicate stomach, don't eat it."
After saying that, he picked up a piece of hot tofu with a bamboo stick and stuffed it into his mouth, making him grinning.
After the carriage entered Dousha Pass, Yun Zheng was reluctant to walk. Now the city pass is more than three times larger. There are shops on both sides of the street that can’t be seen at first sight. More than a dozen shopkeepers were standing respectfully at the door of the shop, waiting for the arrival of the owner.
Yun Zheng naturally ignored these things. Liu Dutou, the current Liu County Magistrate Liu Xi bent down early and stood in a bluestone archway waiting for Yun Zheng's arrival.
Yun Zheng took half a plate of roasted tofu and walked to Liu Dutou while eating, saying, "No, Liu Tou. Dousha Guan has changed a lot under your control. It's only been seven or eight years."
County Magistrate Liu quickly waved his hand and said, "The Marquis is going to be ashamed of killing the lower officials. If it weren't for your strong support, how could Doushaguan look like today."
Yun Zheng stuffed a piece of tofu into his mouth and looked up and down. This guy changed a lot. His past rash aura was gone at all. He looked like a county magistrate with a thirsty belly.
Yun Zheng was very satisfied with this. He stuffed the tofu plate in his hand into Liu Dutou and said, "Eat, why are you polite to me? You don't wear official uniforms. You don't treat me like an outsider. OK, the heat that used to eat pig intestines together back then has come back."
Liu Dutou trembled and threw a piece of tofu into his mouth and swallowed it. He smiled and said, "The Marquis is working hard and has made great contributions. Now he has returned to his hometown. The official specially prepared a little wine in Xinghualou. He also asked the Marquis to enjoy the glory."
Yun Zheng laughed and patted Liu Du's shoulder on the shoulder and said, "Who said that he was returning to his hometown, and he was driven back by others? What are his own words? I won't go to the banquet at Xinghualou, so as not to cause trouble for your little wife. When I returned to Dousha Pass, I was determined to go back to Dousha Village. I couldn't wait for a moment."
Liu Dutou sighed and said, "No matter what kind of storm is there in the ninth level of heaven, you have the final say in the Marquis of our Dousha County."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "It is enough to have this heart. In fact, you have felt a little wronged over the years. With your achievements, you should have been promoted. I forcibly appointed you as a seventh-rank magistrate in Dousha County, and I feel wronged."
Liu Dutou laughed and said, "It's the sixth rank. Xiaguan's rank is now the sixth rank. Dousha County is now a big county with 20,000 yuan in Ding households. The tax paid every year is second only to Chengdu and Luzhou. If Xiaguan can attract more mountain people to go down the mountain, once the population of Dousha Pass grows to 30,000 yuan, Dousha County will naturally become the prefectural government. Hehe, Xiaguan will be a veritable prefect.
As for the Marquis who said he would go to another place to become an official, the officials had never thought about it, so they planned to stay in Dousha County as the county magistrate, and gradually watched the unknown Dousha County become an important town in the southwest."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "You have become an official and your horizons have become wider. This is a good thing. You can understand the principle that you would rather not be a phoenix tail.
You should have received the imperial decree from the court and know my purpose. From now on, I will immediately build the Steam Gorge Military Camp. I will build my own White Tiger Festival Hall there. At the beginning of next spring, my army will enter Steam Gorge and take over the Yuanshan Camp at the same time.
I'll ask you now, is the Doushaguan military camp completed?"
Liu Dutou hurriedly said, "The construction has been completed. At the foot of Baiyun Mountain, Chengdu Prefecture has made all preparations. The armour warehouse, gunpowder warehouse, grain warehouse, and logistics warehouse have been completed. Six days ago, all the supplies from Chengdu Prefecture have been put into the warehouse. Please check it."
Yun Zheng called Zhao Yan and Zhao Yannian, and ordered Liang Ji, Peng Jiu, Tiger, Leopard, and Bobo to follow him into the military camp. Su Shi and Yun Er were responsible for inspecting the supplies in Chengdu Prefecture, and at the same time announced that the royal family members could rest for ten days, and the next step of military training would begin in ten days.
The team was filled with joy. County Magistrate Liu personally led them to the military camp, while Yun Zheng took his family out of Dousha Pass and followed the familiar road to Dousha Village.
There was little change. The dirt road turned into a bluestone road. A water diversion canal was specially built on the side of the road. The spring water flowing down the mountain finally merged into a huge mountain pond along the water diversion canal.
Standing halfway up the mountain, you saw the small village that Yun Zheng was obsessed with. Yun Zheng stopped halfway up the mountain and sat in a carriage with Lu Qingying to look at the village at the foot of the mountain.
It's so quiet here...
Yun Zheng raised his hand and pointed to the most dazzling brick and tile building in the village and said to Lu Qingying: "It's our house. I found someone to build it after I made the first big money. Most of the time it was used as a school. There was a bamboo building behind the tile house, but unfortunately, the bamboo building collapsed last year, and the old patriarch decided to build a small building there. Knowing that I didn't like the bamboo building, I specially built a wooden building. It was built by all the people in the village, and no one outsider was useless.
There is more than acre of land in our family on the mountain opposite. I used to grow some barley there. It grows well and I can always harvest 600 kilograms of barley every year. I know, just this yield makes the old patriarch want to break every land in our family...
At that time, bacon was still raising silkworms in the bamboo building, cattle under the bamboo building, and two pigs were still there. When spring silkworms sprouted silk and formed cocoons, every household could not sleep. Everyone gathered together to help each other, otherwise they would not be able to draw out good silk threads…”
Lu Qingying stood beside her husband and listened to his story silently, with a happy smile on her face. This is her husband's happiness and her happiness.
She held her husband's hand and smiled, "Let's go home!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "It's really time to go back."
First, I walked into a large mulberry forest. The mulberry trees here grew extremely tall. In winter, there were no leaves, only some dry branches thorning into the sky.
The figure of the mulberry picking girl could not be seen on the mulberry tree, so naturally they could not hear their laughter. The wooden bridge under the mulberry tree turned into a solid stone bridge and left its original location, which made Yun Zheng feel a little regretful.
"In the past, when you stand on the wooden bridge, you can see the white thighs of the mulberry picking woman on the mulberry tree..."
"Tu!" Lu Qingying despised him without hesitation.
An old man with thick bones and white hair sat outside the high wall of the village. He saw Yun Zheng coming from afar and wanted to stand up, but for some reason he sat down again.
Yun Zheng took two steps and came to the old man and knelt on his knees and said, "Dousha Village man Ding Yunzheng is back."
The old man nodded, and tremblingly helped Lu Qingying, who was also kneeling on the ground, look up and down, "Slim and look good, but it's not easy to raise."
Lu Qingying smiled and said, "The old patriarch Wan'an, the wife has given birth to two children for the Yun family, one son and one daughter, both of whom are strong and lively."
"Where are Hutou and Chou Ya? Carry it over and show it to me." The old patriarch seemed to remember that Yun Zheng was still kneeling there and asked him to get up and go and take the child over.
Ge Qiuyan hurried over with his three children. The old patriarch's expressionless face suddenly burst into laughter. He took turns to hold the three children and refused to let go. He turned to Yun Zheng and said, "Look clearly, this is the treasure. Every year, he always sends some useless money and food back to come back. People in the village have hands and feet, and even without the help you give you, they will not starve to death."
Yun Zheng quickly bowed and admitted his mistake.
The old patriarch sighed and said, "There are more people in the village, but fewer people stay in the village. Only we, a group of immortals, are still guarding the huge village.
Boy, why are you back?"
The old patriarch spoke, and the turbid tears rolled down his snow-white beard. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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