Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 114 Returning Hometown
The car did not enter the village, but went directly to the cemetery. The Yang family's ancestral tombs were buried together.

"Dad, guess what I just saw?" Yang Zhenyu's cousin from his uncle's family hurried home.

"You are already an adult now, but you are always so reckless. What a person." Yang Zhenyu's cousin Yang Liangchun glared at his son and said.

"Yes, yes, be more steady." Yang Xuecai nodded repeatedly.

"Tell me, what happened?" Yang Zhenyu's uncle nodded.

"I just saw the kid from my second uncle's family. It seemed like he came back to visit my second uncle's grave." Yang Xuecai said.

"Did you see it clearly?"

"I saw it clearly. Although his appearance has changed a little after several years, his overall image has not changed. And his aunt is with him. I saw her when I came to visit the grave last year." Yang Xuecai nodded.

"He hasn't come back for several years. Everyone said he died outside. How come he suddenly comes back?" Yang Zhenyu's uncle said with a frown.

"I'm not sure. I saw that they seemed to be driving back in a car. The car was not far from the ancestral grave, so it should be theirs." Yang Xuecai said.

This village is also quite interesting, mainly because there are two major surnames, one is Yang and the other is Chen. The Yang family is the village chief, and the Chen family is the branch secretary.

Yang Zhenyu lived in his house for half a month that year, but Chen Mancang really liked this boy Yang Zhenyu.

"Yes, it's me. Is the old man still in good health?" Yang Zhenyu asked.

As for the relationship between the two sides, although it cannot be said to be bad, it is not good either.

"Is the old branch secretary at home?" Yang Zhenyu shouted as he entered the room.

"The old man has been talking about you a lot in the past few years. Zhenyu, sister, let's go inside and talk. The old man is reading a book at this time." Chen Mancang said.

On the other hand, after visiting the grave, Yang Zhenyu left the ancestral tomb and went to the old branch secretary's house. He still had to repay the kindness of taking him in.

"What can we do? Let's go find the village chief."

"Uncle Mancang, it's me, Zhenyu, don't you remember me?" Yang Zhenyu looked at Chen Mancang and greeted him with a smile.

Then he looked at the woman next to him and asked, "Are you Caiying?"

"Is it really you? You didn't come back to visit for so many years. People said you were dead outside. I'm glad you're still alive." Chen Mancang was very excited.

Chen Mancang nodded as if he had thought of something.

"Is it possible that it has become developed in just a few years?"

"Who are you?" A man in his forties looked at Yang Zhenyu curiously.

"Zhenyu? From Hongyi's family at the east end of the village?" Chen Mancang recalled and remembered this person.

"Don't worry, Uncle Mancang, help me move the things down. I haven't been back for so many years, so bring some delicious food to the old man." Yang Zhenyu greeted Chen Mancang.

"What should we do now?" Yang Xuecai said.

Maybe Dayi's mother had returned to her hometown, or maybe she was thinking of her brother and sister-in-law. She still looked a little sad, but she just nodded and said, "Brother Mancang, it's me. I'm here with Zhenyu to visit the graves of Hongyi and Caijuan."

Chen Mancang had seen Yang Zhenyu's car a long time ago, but he couldn't be sure until Yang Zhenyu said anything.

How old is Yang Zhenyu? Is he old enough to drive a car?
"Good boy, you've really made progress. You can even drive this car." Chen Mancang said happily.

"I'm from the factory. I came back to visit my mother's grave, so I borrowed the factory car." Yang Zhenyu waved his hands and said, "That's amazing." Chen Mancang didn't know what the factory car was for, nor what it meant to be able to drive a factory car. He was just an honest farmer.

"Uncle Mancang, please hold these for me." Yang Zhenyu handed the gifts he had prepared in advance to Chen Mancang, and then carried half a bag of flour and a few pounds of pork himself.

"Why did you get so many things? It must have cost a lot of money, right?" Chen Mancang felt embarrassed. He didn't have the nerve to carry all these things back home.

"Take it, I'll go see the old branch secretary." Yang Zhenyu said with a straight face.

"This..." Chen Mancang still hesitated.

"Take it. This is Zhenyu's gift. It's all for the old branch secretary." An old lady got out of the car and said.

"Old Party Secretary, are you still reading?" Yang Zhenyu came to the old Party Secretary's room and said.

"Ah? Are you... from Hongyi's family?" The old branch secretary recognized Yang Zhenyu after just a moment of hesitation.

"By the way, are you still in good health?" Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"It's okay. I'm a doctor after all, and I exercise a lot every day." said the old branch secretary.

After hearing what the old branch secretary said, Yang Zhenyu laughed.

As an old branch secretary who practices traditional Chinese medicine, he is naturally good at health preservation. Although he is only in his sixties, he looks full of energy and vitality.

"Have you come back to visit the graves of Hongyi and his wife?" asked the old branch secretary.

"Well, I haven't been back for so many years. Now I have a family and a career, so I have to come back to visit them." Yang Zhenyu nodded.

"You are a filial child. It would be good for you to come back and visit. When are you planning to go back?" said the old branch secretary with a smile.

"I'll be leaving in a moment. There's still a lot of work waiting for me to do in the factory."

"You have made progress, little kid. You have made a name for yourself in school. Your parents can now feel at ease. There is no benefit in staying in this village. You have to work hard all day long. It is better to go out and try your luck."

"You are right. We should try our luck out there while we are still young. Besides, isn't the purpose of studying to change our destiny?" Yang Zhenyu laughed.

Thinking back to those days, it was the old branch secretary who told him not to give up studying. Only studying could change his destiny and only studying could help him succeed. Otherwise, even if he stayed in the production team, he would only be earning work points and enduring hardships.

After trying for a few days, Yang Zhenyu, who had never suffered such great hardship in his later life, became determined to study hard. It was also at that time that the plug-in came and made studying as easy as drinking water for him.

An old lady came in and looked at the old Party secretary: "Uncle Hongnian, you are still as strong as ever."

The old secretary stared at the aunt for a while and sighed, "Girl Caiying? Let's just let it go. No one had extra food back then."

"Yes, it's all over." After hearing what the old branch secretary said, the aunt was stunned for a moment, then regained her composure.

When Yang Zhenyu heard what they said, he didn't quite understand what it said, but he knew it was probably related to what happened to his second aunt back then.

Yang Zhenyu's grandfather had one son and two daughters. The eldest daughter is Yang Zhenyu's aunt Yang Caiying, and the second son is Yang Zhenyu's father Yang Hongyi.

When he first came here, Yang Zhenyu heard from the old branch secretary that his father had a younger sister named Yang Huaying, but she died at the age of seven because the family ran out of food.

Looking at the silent aunt, Yang Zhenyu patted her hands and said a few words of comfort.

(End of this chapter)