Chapter 2043: Mountain Village, Field

Looking at the mountain village in front of him, Li Yan was excited. His consciousness suddenly spread out, and in an instant, it covered a radius of dozens of miles. After a moment, a smile appeared on his lips.

"It turns out that they are all busy in the fields." In his consciousness, he instantly found the location of his family, but he didn't recognize a young woman and a child in the group. But in an instant, he thought of what the Blood Leaf Sect monk Xu Shi said just now, and thought that they should be his sister-in-law and nephew.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yan looked at the two women beside him, pointed to the side of the mountain village in front of him, "Let's go there." After saying that, he took the lead and ran quickly.

After Gong Chenying and Zhao Min looked at each other, they knew that Li Yan had found his relatives, so they quickened their pace and followed him. However, when they thought of meeting Li Yan's family in a while, the two women's heartbeats accelerated for no reason, especially Gong Chenying, who felt that her body was shaking a little.

Under a row of thick shades in the fields, Changbo and his friends had finished lunch. The woman called Xiaoyu and Li Yan's mother were cleaning up the dishes, Changbo was teasing his grandson, and Li Wei was talking to the three or two neighbors passing by about this year's harvest and the situation.

At this moment, three people were walking towards this side from a distance, attracting the attention of the villagers in the nearby fields and Li Wei and his friends, because the clothes of these three people were completely different from theirs. Although they were far away, they could still be seen to be people in brocade and luxurious clothes.

Li Wei stopped talking to the three people around him, and at the same time, some villagers in the fields in the distance who were straightening up and wiping the sweat from their foreheads also noticed the three people coming. Here, except for Li Yan's mother and Xiaoyu who were cleaning up the dishes, even Changbo picked up Xiaowu and looked at the newcomers.

The mountain village is remote, and few outsiders come here on weekdays, so once a stranger enters the mountain, it is easy to attract the attention of the locals.

Here, the current Qingshanai commander sent a lieutenant general a few years ago, nominally to check the number of people in the village. What was strange was that the lieutenant general actually proposed to go to the village ancestral hall to see the belt left by Li Yan. After looking at the belt for a long time, the lieutenant general finally gave Li Guoxin a strange order, ordering their village to pay only 40% of taxes every year in the future. This order immediately stunned all the villagers. A reduction of 60% in taxes is not just a simple increase in grain reserves for the mountain village, but the benefits have increased sharply several times, especially with the accumulation of time in the future, they will be richer than other surrounding villages. But these villagers are not stupid people. Seeing that the lieutenant general said this after seeing the belt left by Li Yan, it means that this matter must be related to the belt.

The lieutenant general left after leaving his message. This incident made the village lively. Even the belt, which should have been gradually forgotten with the passage of time, was mentioned again. However, when Changbo's family learned about this, they did not feel happy at all. Instead, Li Yan's mother ran to the ancestral hall and cried for half a day looking at the belt.

A few days after this incident, there was no official announcement posted at the entrance of the village. This made Li Guoxin think that the lieutenant general just said it casually, or forgot about it and did not notify the local county government. However, he did not dare to go to the county government to ask. The matter of reducing taxes was so important. A careless word would implicate the village. As the village chief, he was also responsible for resisting taxes and taxes. It would be very easy for him to be arrested and imprisoned.

However, when the harvest season came and the county government came to collect grain, the whole village seemed to have forgotten about it. The yamen runner took out a notice and posted it at the entrance of the village. It stated that only 40% of the taxes in previous years would be collected. The seal was not signed by the county government official, but by the commander of Qingshanai.

This caused a sensation in the mountain village, and Li Guoxin was even more excited. After the yamen runner left, Li Guoxin thought about it and set two orders in the village. One was that from now on, every household in the village would give one stone of harvest in summer and autumn to Changbo's family; the second was that Changbo's family would have a share of the harvest in the mountains even if Li Wei followed them. After his order came out, although some people in the village were silent at first, there was no opposition afterwards. Everyone knew it well, and one stone per family was too little for saving taxes.

But after everyone agreed to Li Guoxin's order, Chang Bo refused to do it. He was upright and stubborn by nature, and he went directly to Li Guoxin, saying that his ancestors had lived here for generations, but how could he lose his moral integrity because of a little petty profit.

As the village chief, Li Guoxin knew the great source of this blessing. After repeated persuasion, Chang Bo finally considered that he was old and Li Wei was half disabled, and it was really not easy to support a family. In the end, he changed the first item and did not share the food with any family, but asked for five more acres of land. As for the hunting in the mountains, Li Wei really couldn't go with him, and the old and young in the family also needed to eat meat, so he agreed. Chang Bo's prestige in the village increased several times by this move, and from then on, every year when offering sacrifices to the ancestors, wine and meat tributes would be placed in front of the forgotten belt.

The impact brought about by this is far more than that. As life in the mountain village becomes better and better, its reputation is also growing. Even the neighboring villages within a hundred miles have known about it. Many villagers hope that their daughters can marry here, and for this reason they keep asking matchmakers to come everywhere, hoping to get a large dowry and give their daughters a good home. For a time, unmarried men in the village have become popular.

During this busy farming season, a stranger came into the mountain, which was also extremely eye-catching. This made the villagers who discovered it look at the stranger with confusion.

As the three people on the path continued to approach, even Xiaoyu and Li Yan felt the difference in the atmosphere, and then they raised their eyes and looked at everyone in confusion.

"Grandpa, grandpa, who are they? Their clothes are...

...It was so dazzling that Xiao Wu couldn’t see clearly. "While everyone was watching, a clear child's voice sounded. Xiao Wu blinked his two big eyes, broke away from Chang Bo's arms, pointed at the three people who were coming, and said, this is his first time. Seeing such beautiful-colored clothes, which were completely different from the khaki coarse cloth clothes in the village, shone with the unique luster of silk and satin in the sun, which made his eyes dazzle.

"Xiao Wu, be good, don't dare to talk nonsense." After hearing this, Chang Bo hurriedly covered Xiao Wu's mouth with a big rough hand. He was a person who had been here before. He knew that those wealthy young men had extremely domineering tempers. He didn't know when Then he would get furious, how dare he let his grandson continue talking.

The surrounding villagers all thought the same thing, but immediately some people's expressions changed greatly, because Xiao Wu's voice suddenly appeared, it was very loud when everyone around him was silent, and the three young men headed by him, He obviously paused for a moment, then quickened his pace again and headed straight to the fields of Chang Bo's family.

When Li Wei saw this, sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. He didn't know why the other party listened to Xiao Wu's words and came straight to his family. The purpose was very obvious. Although he complained in his heart, he was filled with anger. , limped, took a step, and was already blocking the way of his father and Xiao Wu. Xiaoyu on the other side turned pale at this time. They have all heard of the evil deeds of some noble sons, and they only act according to their own likes and dislikes. , which makes no sense at all.

Li Wei stepped forward. Although there was fear in Chang Bo's eyes behind him, he could only sigh in his heart. He put Xiao Wu in his arms on the ground, and then pushed Li Wei's shoulder, trying to push him behind him, but at this moment But Li Wei seemed to have taken root. With one move from Chang Bo, he only moved his shoulder slightly.

"Dad, it's okay. It's just a child's words. I'll just talk to him." Li Wei turned around and smiled at Chang Bo, then looked at the person again.

While Xiao Wu was being placed on the ground, Xiao Yu had already hugged her into her arms. She was trembling as she looked at Li Wei in front of her, her eyes full of worry, but she bit her lip.

Chang Bo also slowly walked to his son's side. The villagers who were chatting with Li Wei hesitated for a moment, thinking of the benefits that Chang Bo's family had brought to them, and they slowly gathered around. A dozen villagers in the field had already stopped working and kept looking over here.

Li Wei looked at the first person, who was almost a head taller than him. He had long hair and a burly figure. He had an indescribable elegance in his rich clothes. He had already strode over. In just a few breaths, he was almost there. In front of him, Li Wei took a deep breath and saluted the visitor with cupped fists.

"This young master has invited me, my son is young, just now..." Just as he was speaking, his words slowly stopped, and there was a look of doubt on his face, because he had already seen After getting a clear look at the appearance of the person who came, this person's face was filled with excitement and his eyes were even more smiling.

A scowl? And he found an extremely familiar feeling on this man's face.

"You...you..." Li Wei was confused, and carefully looked at the person in front of him. His mind was shaken, and the doubts in his eyes became more intense.

"Third brother, it's me..." The man stopped in front of Li Wei, his expression became more and more excited, and then he spoke, but his voice was choked. After he spoke, his eyes fell on the ricket next to Li Wei. Old man, at this moment the old man is looking blankly at the visitor.

"Dad, I am Lao Wu, Lao Wu." Li Yan had a lump in his throat. He looked at the old man who was much shorter than himself, had many wrinkles, and was much older. With a "pop", he was already kneeling on his knees. On the field stalks covered with wheat stubble and dust, his face was instantly covered with tears.

His two very short words and his kneeling made the surrounding people hear pindrops, as if the whole world had stopped.

Li Wei still maintained the posture of cupping his hands, but his head moved involuntarily with Li Yan. His face was full of disbelief. He looked at the young man so close to him, and his mind was in confusion. After Chang Bo was stunned for a moment, he rubbed his eyes fiercely with his big rough hands. He did this action countless times in his dreams, but every time he woke up, it was just a dream. When he woke up, I always feel extremely disappointed and burst into tears.

Just when everyone was stunned, a heart-wrenching cry came from behind Chang Bo, and then an old woman stumbled over and ran over, "Wu'er, are you really the fifth child?"

The old woman stumbled and jumped over the crowd like crazy. When she saw the young man kneeling on the ground and looking up at her, she recognized Li Yan at a glance. It was her. She thought about the fifth child she cared about in her dream, no matter how much Li Yan had changed, she recognized him at a glance, and with a hoarse cry, she had already thrown herself on Li Yan.

"Lao Wu, it's really Lao Wu, my Wu'er... Wu Wu Wu..." As she rambled, her eyes were already dim, and suddenly she stretched out her withered old hand and stroked Li Yan's face. He kept chanting in his mouth.

"God, you can't wake me up from my dream. Please let me do it for a little longer. This, this, this is Lao Wu, these eyes, this nose, this mouth, this is Lao Wu, this is Lao Wu, wu wu wu …”

The cry echoed in the air, like sobbing and complaining, the loving mother was helpless with tears in her eyes...

"Old Five, Old Five, it's really you!" Li Wei had woken up from his confusion at this time, and stepped in front of Li Yan, looking at his face full of tears being held by his mother.

"Third brother, it's me, it's really me." Li Yan choked in his throat, turned his head and looked at Li Wei with tears in his eyes.

"Little bastard, little bastard, you little bastard..." Chang Bo stood there without moving, just staring at Li Yan in front of him, with turbid tears flowing down his face full of ravines, like a dry ditch in the northwest after rain, and kept muttering a sentence.