Windy: The leisurely life of the village owner

Chapter 18 Memories at Home
The two of them opened the car windows and sniffed the faint fragrance of flowers in the air.

There is a piece of lyrical music playing in the car, and the scenery outside the window is so comfortable.

After driving for more than ten minutes, a familiar small stone bridge finally appeared in front of us.

Looking at the familiar stone bridge in his memory, Xie Linfeng's expression couldn't help but become a little confused.

This is the entrance of Yunmiao Village, and also the doorstep of my predecessor’s home.

One side of the stone bridge connects the gravel road into the village. The gravel road is not wide, only about two meters.

If you enter the village from here, there is no way for a car to drive directly in.

However, in the past two years, the village has also been connected to a road, so you can go directly around from the road on the side.

Because Yunmiao Village belongs to the area of ​​ancient buildings, the roads in the village do not lead to the interior of the village.

At the end of the stone bridge on the side, there is a newly built road that can lead directly to the other end of the village.

Xie Zhiyao's house is at the other end of the village. If you take the path directly, it only takes a few minutes.

However, Xie Zhiyao did not choose to drive the car to the newly built highway. Instead, he parked on this side of the stone bridge.

As the vehicle stopped, the two of them opened the doors and came outside.

First of all, what comes into view is a tall courtyard wall, with a tall house number standing in the middle of the courtyard wall.

On the sect, there are four big characters written in regular script, which is called: Youfeng Villa!
Yes, this is the former home of Xie Linfeng, the Youfeng Villa built by his grandfather.

The courtyard walls of the villa are covered with ivy, and everything is green at first glance.

The gate of the villa is made of iron fence. At this time, the gate is closed tightly, and only a corner of the villa inside can be seen through the iron fence.

The first thing that catches the eye is a fountain rockery that has stopped working.

Perhaps it had been abandoned for a long time, but the rockery at this time was actually covered with moss.

Xie Linfeng picked up his backpack and walked directly towards the gate of the villa. Seeing this, Xie Zhiyao quickly followed behind.

After Xie Linfeng noticed Xie Zhiyao's actions, he couldn't help turning his head and chuckled:
"Ayao, you don't have to follow me, just send your own salute back first."

"Just drive the car back, and then return the car later after you put away your luggage!"

Hearing this, Xie Zhiyao nodded slightly and said, "That's okay, but you're here."

While talking, Xie Zhiyao looked at the already somewhat desolate villa inside the gate, and the meaning was self-evident.

Hearing this, Xie Linfeng chuckled and said, "I'm fine here, no need for help!"

"Although it looks a little desolate outside, the place inside should be quite clean."

"After my grandfather passed away, he once asked Aunt Feng in the village to help clean up every once in a while."

"I still pay a few hundred yuan to Aunt Feng every month as a salary for helping her clean!"

"Oh?" Xie Zhiyao was stunned when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect this to happen.

Xie Zhiyao was naturally very familiar with Aunt Feng. After all, she was Xie Qiang's mother.

Xie Linfeng, Xie Zhiyao, Xie Qiang and Yang Guanjun grew up together.

Not just them, but also several other people of the same age, such as Yang Xu, the uncle in the play, and so on.

However, the best players were Xie Linfeng, Xie Zhiyao, Xie Qiang and Yang Guanjun.

Moreover, since Xie Qiang came in four years ago, Xie Linfeng also gave Aunt Feng a "salary" increase.

The original monthly salary of 600 yuan was increased to 800 yuan by Xie Linfeng.

It’s not that Xie Linfeng is stingy and doesn’t give him a bigger raise.On the contrary, Aunt Feng would not accept the increase. After all, people have self-esteem.

Especially in the case of Aunt Feng's house, Xie Qiang already felt a bit "inferior" because of Xie Qiang's entrance.

If Xie Linfeng gave her a little more salary increase, Aunt Feng might think that Xie Linfeng was pitying her.

Therefore, Xie Linfeng could only find an excuse for social progress and an increase in overall wages.

I reluctantly gave her an increase of 200 yuan a month, which can be regarded as doing my best.

After all, Aunt Feng's job only requires helping to clean the residence every other week.

This job is already considered very high for ordinary rural people.

No matter how high it is, it becomes unreasonable.
Hearing this, Xie Zhiyao pondered for a while, seeming to be thinking of Xie Qiang, with a trace of regret on his face.

In fact, Xie Qiang has a good personality and is quite polite in dealing with others.

Before that incident, people in the village had a good impression of him, and he was considered filial to Aunt Feng and Uncle Cang.

It's a pity that, like Yang Guanjun, he is not good at studying and both only went to high school.

Luckily for Yang Guanjun, his family had some connections in the city, so they sent Yang Guanjun to the city to learn cooking skills.

Xie Qiang's family didn't have that kind of relationship, so they could only find him a warehouse job in the town.

Originally, this kind of work was not bad, and it was usually easy after all, although the salary was not high.

However, the cost of living in the village is not high, and that salary is more than enough.

Moreover, the job is in the town, and when you are not far from the village, you can still help the family with farm work.

Unfortunately, the fault lies in the fact that Xie Qiang is soft-tempered and attaches great importance to the so-called "loyalty in the world."

After working, I somehow got acquainted with a group of social youths in the town.

These people are all unemployed people in the town, or they are too busy to work easily.

Under the instigation of those people, Xie Qiang stepped into the abyss of violating the law step by step.
Because the amount of theft was huge, he was directly sentenced to 6 years. How many six years are there in life?
This is still the case with Grandpa Xie Linfeng helping to smooth things over.

This is slightly different from the original work. In the original work, it seems that the sentence was eight years.

It wasn't until the plot started, when Xie Zhiyao was 32 years old, that Xie Qiang came out.

Now, according to time calculation, Xie Qiang should be out in two years.

By then, Xie Zhiyao will only be 30 years old, which is equivalent to two years too early.

Thinking of this, Xie Linfeng couldn't help but secretly said:
It seems that because of the existence of his family, the original plot has changed slightly.

However, these changes are just minor details and have little impact on the main plot.

No, Xie Zhiyao still chose to return to his hometown to start a business, and it seemed to be earlier than before.

The original work did not mention the specific time when Xie Zhiyao started his business.

However, according to Xie Linfeng's guess, Xie Zhiyao should have written it a little earlier than the original work.

After all, Huang Xinxin, the college student village official at the time, said that she had been here for two years, and Xie Zhiyao had just returned home to start a business at that time.

It can be inferred from this that the time when Xie Zhiyao returned home to start a business should be between the ages of 29 and 30.

Now, Xie Zhiyao has chosen to return to his hometown at the age of 28, 1-2 years earlier than in the original work.

This little change may have been brought about by the original owner’s family.
(End of this chapter)