I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 81
"Father, whose family's old grave is this? Is it from our Nanwa'ao? It has been deserted for as long as I can remember, and it has been more than 30 years."

A man in rags asked the old man next to him.

"Of course it's from our township. It's been too long. I guess it should belong to He Sanqiao's family. A few years ago, Nanwa'ao encountered a severe famine. He Sanqiao and his wife starved to death, leaving behind a son named He Anwen. , played with your father since childhood"

"Don't talk nonsense, He Anwen was arrested on the [-]th and [-]th. It is said that he was exiled to the army. How many years has he been dead?" said an old man next to him.

The onlookers talked a lot. After all, Nanwa'ao, a remote village like Nanwa'ao, had never had any big shots. They were all guessing who the grave-crying person was.

"Feng Lang, let's stay a few more days this time, your grandparents' graves are almost gone," He Anwen said.

After decades of not coming back, the tomb has turned into a small tomb bag. The Loess Plateau is very windy and sandy. Maybe in some years even these tomb bags will be blown to the ground and then planted with crops.

"I listen to you. When I return to Taiyuan Mansion, I will find someone to renovate it. Then I will erect a monument for my grandparents. Let's come back and sweep it when we have time."

He Anwen nodded, even if the matter is settled like this.

After leaving the tomb, He Anwen wanted to go back to the ancestral house to have a look, but felt a little inappropriate with so many people behind him, so he asked Dou En to bring all the people he found back to Taiyuan Mansion.

Before entering the village, He Anwen found another corner to take off the clothes he was wearing, and changed them into dirty clothes that he only wore when working.

Before crossing, he lived in a high-rise building made of steel and concrete. After crossing, he lived in Kaifeng, the most prosperous city on the planet. If he hadn't come to this place called Nanwa'ao, He Shao would never have imagined how poor people really are.

A child with bare buttocks and bare feet was chasing and laughing on the dirt road. He was covered in black. When he saw strangers, he would run to the yard and hide at the door to peek through the cracks in the door.

There are collapsed walls everywhere, and He Shao touched them. They are adobe bricks made of loess and straw, and a large piece will fall off when squeezed hard.

The beams in the house are also made of wood and then covered with thatch and covered with tiles. From time to time, a few tiles will be blown down by the wind.

"Father, has this Nanwaao been like this all along?"

"Well, several generations have come here like this, broken or broken, but it is the place where I was raised, and every plant and tree has feelings"

"Did you see that well? When I was a child standing on the edge of the well and urinating in it, your grandparents beat me up a lot." He Anwen smiled and the wrinkles on his face were crowded together.

"I remember a child who fell into the well and drowned when he was playing with a wheel. It's been too long and I can't remember the name."

There are hundreds of households in Nanwa'ao, and there is a grass market in the center of the village, which is considered the most lively place. He Anwen walked towards the grass market with great interest.

Along the roadside, some people put the things they sell directly on the ground, and some people built a shed or shelf and bought everything.

Second-hand agricultural tools such as hoes, rakes, plows, pots and pans, linen, and other things sold are very simple and cheap, and the most expensive ones are only ten yuan.

He Anwen and his group are very eye-catching. No matter adults or children, almost everyone in Nanwaao is unkempt and their clothes are patched with large and small patches, only their clothes are clean and tidy.

No matter where you go, people along the way will take the initiative to get out of the way. He Anwen smiled and said thank you to everyone, and at the same time wanted to find old acquaintances in the crowd.

But after so many years, even if it is really a childhood playmate, he is completely unrecognizable now, which makes He Anwen a little disappointed.

After arriving at the old house, the whole house has collapsed, only one and a half walls have not completely collapsed.

He Anwen fumbled from his sleeve and finally took out a rusty key, and a smile appeared on the old man's face in the keyhole.

"It's really opened after all these years!"

"Master be careful"

As soon as He Anwen pushed open the door, He Si, who was beside him, sensed something was wrong, and pulled He Anwen directly to his side. The door made of rammed earth fell into disrepair after a long time, and a lump of soil fell on He Si's back.

"Is Ah Si okay?" He Anwen asked hastily.

"I'm young and my weight doesn't matter"

Pushing away dozens of kilograms of dirt bumps from his back, He Si got up and patted the dust. It didn't matter if it hit him, but it would be hard to say if it hit He Anwen.

"Father, this is too dangerous"

Seeing He Anwen, he still wanted to go into the broken house, and He Shao hurriedly stopped him.

"This is He Sanqiao's old house, who are you?"

asked an old man with gray hair behind him.

"He Sanqiao is my father, brother, do you know He Sanqiao?"

Hearing that someone mentioned He Sanqiao's name, He Anwen's heart rose and he came to the old man in three steps.

"Your father is He Sanqiao? You are..."

The old man dug out a name that had not been mentioned for many years from the deepest part of his memory.

"He Anwen are you?"

"it's me"

The happiest thing about returning to my hometown is that the people in the village still remember my parents' names and my own name. This old man is also very excited.

"He Anwen, you are Xigou? I am He Youcheng, do you remember?"

"That's right, Xigou is my nickname. You live across from my house, how can you not remember that we used to go out to pick up waste every autumn when we were young?"

The scene of the two old men holding hands, nostalgic, crying and laughing, and sitting on the threshold when tired of standing, talking to each other about the experience of these years is embarrassing.

"Feng Lang, Badger Lang, Ah Si, come here, this is your son, Uncle You Cheng." He Anwen introduced He Youcheng's son.

"Xigou, you misremembered, it's not as good as you have lived in Kaifeng City for so many years, I look at you and I'm actually four months younger than your birth month"

"Yes, come and call uncle"

"Uncle Cheng"

If you dare not give He An a face at this time, you will suffer a lot in the future.

"Okay, they are all good kids, you are a blessed one," He Youcheng said with a smile.

"I can't compare to you. Now I've become a security chief. I'm an old Laifu, and I was sad before." He Anwen patted his leg, "I've fought all over the world and lived today without tomorrow. Look at this leg." , it was discounted a few years ago when I first arrived in Kaifeng.”

"People in the city are darker than those in our village, you just broke a leg, do you remember, Niuwazi?"

"Of course I remember, when I was a child, I was often pressed and beaten by us." He Anwen was very bright when he mentioned the glorious deeds.

"This Niu Wazi's son owed a lot of debt to the cabinet shop in the city, and Niu Wazi sold the house and land to pay off the debt and didn't pay it back.

In the end, the cabinet shop didn't give anyone a way to survive, and they were forced to death. A family of three hanged on the door frame of their own house. In the end, I collected the corpses and found a sunny slope to bury them. "

"It's a pity, it's a pity" He Anwen sighed.

"Are you still going to Kaifeng City?"

"I can't go if I don't go, my son of a bitch is making a lot of trouble now, my property is in Kaifeng City and I haven't got married, if I don't follow along, I'm afraid I won't see a species until I die."

The parents' short conversations were full of strong local accents, and the two old men chatted until dusk before parting.

"Youcheng, you must go to Taiyuan Mansion to see me. I've been living in the city recently. If it doesn't work, I can come back."

He Anwen held He Youcheng's hand reluctantly to let go.

(End of this chapter)