The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 637
Fugitive slave!What a trick!Chen Liulang frowned when he heard this, and someone knew Siping, so the person chasing Siping should not be someone else?After all, knowing that Siping has been following him can't be someone else, but those unfilial self, unexpectedly found him?

And what does it mean to be a fugitive slave?Although Siping has always followed him when he went out these years, like a long-term follower, and Siping has always treated his family members respectfully, like a slave, but he definitely did not regard Siping as a slave.

Looking at Siping's young age at the beginning, he felt that there was a future for cultivation. Chen Liulang has always been willing to study hard for his own people. He once wanted Siping to study hard, and maybe he could find a new path.

One must know that the children of the Chen family were sent to study one by one, but they found that they were not the kind of people who could study.Then he naturally wants to subsidize Siping, which can be regarded as an investment.

It's just that he never thought that Siping was unwilling to stay at home to study, and said that he would go on the road with Chen Liulang. In addition, Chen Liulang also found that his wife and children didn't like Siping, so he took Siping on the road together.

He will always remember the scene when he rescued the little Siping. At that time, the child was skinny and skinny, but he was regarded as quasi-food by the refugees. At that time, when he faced the bad luck, his face was numb and he had no reaction at all. , perhaps appointed.

He was also stupid when Chen Liulang rescued him, he didn't react at all, and after being dragged into the car by Chen Liulang, he gradually showed a little expression after watching those who were not human beings gradually move away.

On the night when Siping was rescued, as a child, he cried and fell asleep, his little hand tightly grasping Chen Liulang's clothes. As a father, he found his heart softened for the first time.

Although he had become a father a long time ago, for some reason, he didn't cultivate any feelings after getting along with his sons. The sons were more willing to be with their mothers, and he was a stranger to them.

He spends most of his time outside all year round, and spends little time with his children, so that he ends up becoming a stranger, feeling out of place with the people he should be closest to.

The appearance of Siping made Chen Liulang, who had always thought that he had no potential to be a father, like this child from the bottom of his heart, and felt like a real old father, so he didn't let the child sign a contract of sale.

He didn't tell other people about this. After all, people who can be used as confidantes according to the rules can only rest assured if they sign a contract of sale. Siping is a special case, a very rare case.

It is impossible for him to turn all the slaves into free men. The mainstream of society is such a rule. As an ordinary person, he should not challenge the social rules, so he did not tell others that Siping has always been a free man.

Siping asked him about this later, and he told Siping: He regarded Siping as his nephew and would not let him sign a contract of sale. He hoped that Siping would marry a good wife and have his own home.

After hearing this, Siping cried a lot. Why didn't he regard Chen Liulang as his relative?It's good not to be a slave.He no longer pursued to sign any contract of sale, but he became more diligent, and he was always willing to go out with Chen Liulang.

Facts have proved that Chen Liulang didn't miss him. At his most dangerous moment, Siping took him to escape, and he always tried his best to help Chen Liulang in normal times.

In Chen Liulang's view, Siping is his child, so he is absolutely not happy to hear that Siping is a fugitive slave. How can a person who has not even signed the contract of sale be a fugitive slave?

He stood there watching, and saw Siping running in the front, followed by those people with something in them, trying to beat Siping down, each of them was vicious.

Fortunately, Siping met Ling Xiao after he arrived in Zhuangzi, and he learned how to fight with Ling Xiao. His skills were much stronger than before, so he was not caught.

Even so, Siping still couldn't bear it because there were many people following him this time. Fortunately, he found that those people were not far away from Zhuangzi when they caught up, so he had to run away to Zhuangzi.

He knows that this is the place of Mrs. Seven, and the people in the village should know him, and no matter how you look at it, it should have the advantage of being home.And if there is a long way to go, it shouldn't be a big deal.

All the men in the village knew Siping, so they naturally wanted to help Siping, so they secretly gave him some trouble. The other party naturally saw it, and the incident of escaped slaves broke out.The people in Zhuangzi didn't know what it was like to escape slaves, but they belonged to the side with more people, which made those people a little jealous.

After Chen Liulang saw it clearly, he was in a state of rage. He couldn't bear it and shouted: "Who dares to come to Chenjiazhuang to make trouble? I don't even look at whose territory this is."

While talking, he walked out slowly, and when Siping saw him, he shook his head and said repeatedly: "Master, don't come out." Although Chen Liulang's condition has improved, Siping still does not want Chen Liulang and his children to come out. By the way, people who are convalescent should guard against arrogance and impetuosity.

While speaking, Siping was about to get off his mule and stop those people.And the people who had been chasing Siping also saw Chen Liulang, and some people felt that something was wrong, their eyes narrowed slightly, and they had plans in their hearts.

Some people saw Chen Liulang and immediately recognized who it was. They knew in their hearts that he was really not dead and was alive, but he was standing under the sun, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the sun.

There were also people who didn't know Chen Liulang at all, but they all looked at the newcomer with a bit of scrutiny, but they could see and deal with this mud-legged guy who shouldn't be from the countryside.

At this time, the people in Zhuangzi also organized one after another, and ran over with various agricultural tools, all of them were aggressive, which made those people feel that something was wrong.

Siping arrived in front of Chen Liulang and just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Chen Liulang, "They will come to find them sooner or later, and now they find them very late, just to explain clearly to them."

After speaking, he took a step forward and stood in front of Siping, looking at those who were chasing Siping, he said: "I want to see who wants to treat Siping as a fugitive slave? I don't know when Siping joined the slavery." membership?"

At this time, someone who always thought that Chen Liulang was dead finally recognized Chen Liulang. He felt a little stunned at this moment. How is this possible?Wasn't Chen Liulang burned to death?Even the account has been canceled, so who is standing here now?

Are you not afraid of the sun these days?Can't!Unless it's not tricky!The people who thought of this looked at Chen Liulang again, and he was sure he was a human!Because there is a shadow.

There were also people who met Chen Liulang's eyes, and saw that the older Chen Liulang had a ruddy complexion and looked very young. Those who felt that something was wrong rushed down to the ground to salute, "See you, master."

Chen Liulang ignored them, but looked at the last rider with his hands behind his back. He said that it was his youngest son. At this moment, he looked at his father standing there in a daze, but found that he was living a very nourishing life.

For a while, he didn't know what to say, because he found that his father looked fine, and he thought that his father would not dare to go out. Unexpectedly, his father dared to come out to meet people, which was really unexpected.

He came back to his senses gradually, and suddenly realized that he was thinking about one thing just now, why Siping came here, and now he suddenly understood that this is my aunt's territory.

In the past two years, my aunt just severed ties with them, but she didn't call the door, making them think that my father was afraid of death. My aunt didn't have much relationship with them in the first place. If my father wasn't around, my aunt would naturally despair of them. , unwilling to take care of myself.

During this period of time, the brothers were getting worse and worse. It turned out that when the father was there, although he didn't come back very often, he had money as soon as he came back.life will be better.

Now they find a place to sit and eat without money.I will often recall the good days when my father was still there and their family was taken care of by their aunt.

But this good day was spoiled by themselves, and they didn't dare to go to see their aunt. After getting worse, they wondered if their father had private wealth?
You must know that after the death of the mother, the father did not remarry, and there was no concubine room. No matter how you look at it, you feel that your father has some surplus money in his hands. It is a pity that they did not care about such things when his father came home. .

Later, I was in a hurry to deal with the possible problems of my father being burned to death, so as to prevent outsiders from picking up the real situation and finding them to settle accounts. As a result, when everyone didn't think about father's other money at all, they only thought that they would finally get rid of it. You need to act in front of your father, and you can spend your money as you want.

They are used to living a good life, and each of them feels that they are in charge of their own affairs, and it is very cool that no one is suppressing them.But it was so expensive, and relatives and friends helped to spend the money, it was really a waste of money.

After living for a while, the children and grandchildren, who are used to being extravagant, found a problem: the rest of their own money is not enough to spend, and the situation of the Chen family is even worse without the help of the aunt.

After thinking about it, they regretted it a little. They shouldn't have pretended not to see it just because the yard was on fire. Although they thought that strange appearance represented their father's own sins, children should not be too ruthless sometimes.

If they go to save people, I believe their father will favor themselves.But at that time, they were all huddled in their respective houses, and they didn't think about helping each other at all, and they didn't see what their father brought when he left.

This is because after they separated, they found that the family's money was not as much as they had imagined, so they had to wonder if it was possible that their father had a lot of money?

The reason why they think so is because they know that Chen Liulang is really stingy. Not only is he stingy to himself, but he also asks his family to save money every day, but he himself will take out a sum of money every few years, that is his private money.

And this time the family didn't have that sum of money, could it be that he kept it for himself?They all figured that their father still had a sum of money, and it would be great if they could get it.

If Chen Liulang knew what they were thinking, he would insist on killing those bastards. This family only flourished in his generation, and he is indeed the kind of stingy person who is used to living a hard life.

As a person who understands his social status very well, he has always been unwilling to spend money lavishly, because he knows that earning money is not easy, and in many cases he wished that a penny would be broken in half.

He also asked his son and daughter-in-law in the same way. If he wants to live a good life, he must increase income and reduce expenditure. If the children in the family cannot increase income, they must always reduce expenditure, right?

He also once wanted to let his sons take over what he was doing, but none of them were willing to go out to eat and sleep outside. He wanted to take them there, but he was pushing back and forth. In the end, he could not talk about it, and only Siping accompanied him.

Under such circumstances, he naturally looked at those sons who were not pleasing to the eye. Seeing that they were all popular and hot, and their bodies were fatter than his father, Chen Liuye was even more unhappy, so he had to eat well of?

In his opinion, eating meat every once in a while is enough, and the family is not very rich, so it’s fine if they don’t want to go out to earn money, and they don’t even want to farm, so what should they do?
Let him make less food when he is around. This decision made the family hate him from the bottom of their hearts, and even the grandchildren secretly dislike this not very likable grandpa.

You must know that his sons and daughters have never experienced the situation of being hungry to eat Guanyin soil, so they naturally look down on Chen Liulang's behavior, thinking that his father is too stingy, and he can't even eat a piece of meat. People's hearts are very disgusted with Chen Liulang.

Both sides look down on each other, and the younger generation can't speak out because of filial piety, otherwise they will be criticized by the elders, so they dare not speak out, but the resentment in their hearts has been accumulating.

Chen Liulang also felt uncomfortable. From his point of view, life at home is very good now, with some food and some clothing. When he was a child, he only ate two meals a day, and even if it was two meals, it was mostly porridge. If you can't eat enough, isn't it also alive?

Today's children still think the food is not good?He was completely full, and he didn't know what his family thought. It was precisely because of his stingy behavior that he and his family were farther and farther away, and they felt incompatible with each other.

But what Chen Liulang never expected was that they were more afraid of him than father-son love.But he still remembers his responsibilities, and strives to earn money and provide a good environment for his children and grandchildren.

Even when he found out that someone had stolen his purse, he forgot his age and chased him out, and refused to give up. He was almost beaten to death. Fortunately, Siping chased him and rescued Chen Liulang.

This time the injury caused his hands to be disobedient. He had to go home because of the injury. He didn't know that his family didn't want to see him. At that time, Chen Liulang also found out that something was wrong, so he gave the family's property to several children. Divided.

He was afraid that the children would fight after he left. Because he was injured on the way, he didn't make much money this time, and he asked someone to sell the last batch of goods, and he lost money in the whole process.

He took out some of the money he had saved before and distributed it to those children, and also distributed the land he had bought successively over the years to several children, so he didn't have much money in his hands.

He planned to wait for the last piece of money to arrive, and leave it to his Siping, especially Siping, who has been traveling with him all the time, so naturally he also has to give some money.

When he did this, he thought he was worthy of his child. You must know that he was originally a mud-legged person. The Chen family also belonged to the kind of self-cultivated farmers with only a few acres of land at home. family.

In the later days, my sister gradually got better after marrying into the Wei family. After earning some money outside, in addition to improving her life, she later found out that her wife liked to move good things back to her mother’s house, so she started to buy more land and some gold and silver things. Save it.

It can be said that the eldest nephew's life became better after being admitted to the scholar. Even though the eldest nephew wasted many years in the scholar, it is undeniable that ordinary local hooligans dare not offend their family.

In this regard, he always remembered his sister's kindness, and because he found that his wife didn't care much about her sister. To put it bluntly, he once thought about separating from his wife, but considering how many children there are between the couple, he gave up the idea of ​​divorcing his wife. idea.

It's just that this led to the end of the relationship between the husband and wife, as the two moved further and further apart, the relationship between him and the children began to fade away, and he gradually became reluctant to go home.

He can't accept the children's ideas, for example, in terms of food, he feels that compared with himself when he was a teenager, his life is very good.

But the children lived a different life from the very beginning, so they naturally couldn't understand their father's thoughts. There had been a lot of rifts between the two sides, but they didn't explode until Chen Liulang's illness made it impossible for the two sides to be together.

This time the outbreak of the incident finally made Chen Liulang aware of the difference between him and the children. He learned more in life by himself, because he was able to read at an older age, and later became literate under the attention of his sister. .

At that time, he could only practice calligraphy in the sand. There, children like today don’t need to worry about pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and don’t need to worry about having no money to catch up for the exam. He thinks he has completed all the tasks of being a father, although it is not perfect.

(End of this chapter)