Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong

Chapter 23
(I’ll start testing the water early tomorrow morning. Again, reading is your life! Of course, the more votes you collect and recommend, the better. Anyway, please!)
Ignoring Chuanwu and Chuanjie who were shouting in the yard, Zhu Chuanren stepped into the house with his father.

He turned on the stove first. In a short while, the room would be so steamy that the fur jacket he was wearing would no longer be able to wear it.

Zhu Kaishan took off his felt hat. Only then did Zhu Chuanren see his full face. He looked older and darker than in the TV series. His skin was so rough that he could be used as a washboard. God knows what he has gone through in these years. What.

"Sit down, Chuanren. The water will boil for a while before you can drink it."

"Hey! I'm not thirsty!"

After a pause, Zhu Chuanren said curiously:

"Dad, how did you meet Shopkeeper Xia?"

"Hey~ I asked your Uncle Chunshan to bring back the letter and the money for you to come over from Guandong. I figured out when it was time for you to arrive, so I wanted to go near the train station and wait. I happened to hear that guy asking about Zhu Kaishan all over the world. I didn't want to start a fight, but there was a voice in the dark telling me - go ahead, maybe there will be an unexpected surprise."

After a pause, he smiled and said:
"As expected, I really found you."

Zhu Chuanren couldn't stop sighing, maybe it was all fate, the flowers would not bloom if he wanted to, but the willows would make shade if he didn't want to. After searching for a month, he almost gave up, and finally they met like this.

"Stop talking about me, talk about you. Your mother told me that it was your idea to come to Kanto?"

Zhu Chuanren had known this question, so he pulled out the manuscript he had already prepared.

He considered it over and over again dozens of times along the way, and felt that there was no flaw in it.

Sure enough, Zhu Kaishan was full of praise after hearing this, and his love for Chuanren was beyond words.

"Good boy, you have really grown up. I used to think that the heir apparent in our family was the smartest, but now I see that I am still narrow-minded. Each of you children has his own advantages."

Zhu Chuanren smiled and nodded, and just as he was about to speak, Chuanwen led his two younger brothers to move things in one by one.

Xian'er was very sensible and helped as much as she could, but Wei Chunfang refused. The two of them sat on the kang hand in hand and looked back and forth at the furnishings in the room. Although they were very similar to those in their hometown, they still felt strange and good everywhere.

Touching the small dining table on the kang, Wei Chunfang smiled happily and said:

"Oh, I'm still comfortable at home. Although Shopkeeper Xia has always been very warm to us, I always feel uncomfortable. What's that word?"

Chuanjie, who happened to be carrying a baggage, heard this and said immediately:

"Mom, you want to live with someone else, right?"

"Yes, my fourth son is still educated!"

Wei Chunfang petted Chuanjie's head lovingly.

"Haha, it must be because you are comfortable at home. A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse. The old saying is true."

Zhu Kaishan said something, and when he heard the sound of the kettle, he turned over and got off the kang:
"My dear, you all sit down and don't do anything else. I'll make braised noodles for you. Put more meat in them!"

When Chuanwu heard that there was meat to eat, he immediately followed him:

"Dad, let me help you!"

This kid didn't lose his mouth when he lived in the Xia family, but he really didn't have enough meat.

Zhu Kaishan waved his hand:

"No, no one. You are all great contributors to our family. Your only task today is to rest!"

Others can sit still, but Xian'er cannot:
"Uncle, let me go help you. I'm not tired!"

Zhu Kaishan pushed her back:

"Xian'er, you sit down and go, chat with your aunt, and drink some hot water to warm yourself up. This journey is not easy for you. When I get back, I will send a message to my hometown and personally apologize to your parents and ask them. Don’t worry, when you arrive at my old Zhu’s house, I will never let you suffer!”

Xian'er's eyes were sore:
"Uncle..." "Okay, kids, stay with your aunt. I'll cook for you. Have you ever tried the braised noodles made by uncle? You have to try it today. I don't cook easily..."

Seeing Zhu Kaishan lift the curtain and walk out, Wei Chunfang couldn't hold back her tears. No one knew better than her how hard the journey was. Fortunately, they made it through.

Thinking of this, Wei Chunfang couldn't help but said to Chuanren:
"San'er, mother, thank you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know what our lives would be like now in my hometown."

Chuanren shook his head:

"Mom, thank you and we'll go out. You guys sit down, I'll go help dad and talk about something by the way."

Wei Chunfang knew that Chuanren had grown up and had many ideas, so he must go to Zhu Kaishan for the future of the family.

Compared with Chuanren's maturity, Chuanwen and Chuanwu were a little heartless. Look at their happy faces holding walnuts and melon seeds. After all, they are still children.

...

In the kitchen, Zhu Kaishan was turning the bellows to light the fire. When he heard footsteps, he couldn't help but look up:
"San'er, didn't I tell you to rest? Why did you run out?"

Zhu Chuanren carried a pile of firewood and came to the bellows:

"Dad, let me do it. You go and roll the dough."

"You child..."

Zhu Kaishan also felt that Zhu Chuanren had changed. He had ideas and would act once he had an idea. It was difficult for others to persuade him.

But thinking of the previous joke, Zhu Kaishan couldn't help but said:
"Chuanren, daddy is going to test you. How will our family go in the future?"

After saying that, he stared at Chuanren with burning eyes, with both expectation and comfort in his eyes. In the past, no one in this family told him this, and he made his own decisions alone.

"Dad, let me ask you something, is there any gold around here?"

Zhu Kaishan was shocked. He scratched his head and never expected that Chuanren would say such a sentence. He couldn't help but ask in a more serious tone:
"Gold? What do you want to do?"

"Dad, answer me first!" Zhu Chuanren said neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhu Kaishan was silent for a long time and nodded slightly:
"There is indeed gold!"

"Dad? What were your thoughts when you started the Boxer Rebellion? Did you have any thoughts of achieving something big?"

No, should I test my son, or my son test me?

Zhu Kaishan moved his lips and said:
"I did have the idea of ​​achieving a great career. As a man, when you come to this world, you have to leave something behind."

Zhu Chuanren bared his big white teeth:

"What a coincidence, I have the same idea as you."

After a pause, he threw the firewood into the fire hole:
"But it's not that great. I just want to make more money to provide myself and our family with some self-protection ability in this troubled world."

Zhu Kaishan was stunned, obviously not expecting Chuanren to say such words.

"Dad, you must know where there is gold veins in all these years in Kanto, right?"

“You want to strike for gold?”

"Well, this is the only way. If you want to quickly accumulate original capital, there is no more direct way than this."

Zhu Kaishan didn't understand the words of original capital. He only knew that Chuanren's ambition was too great!

"My child, you are still young and don't know the dangers of gold mining. Even if there is no danger, this is not something that we ordinary people can touch!"

(End of this chapter)