Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2519 Homecoming
It seems like a huge discount, but the common people don't buy it.Tian Liangkong was so weak that he couldn't use it, he was helpless.Fortunately, Hou Qing recently visited various places in Nanhai County in order to carry out "rural sanitation training".The two of them are companions, but it can be regarded as joy in bitterness.

"Sister Qing, it would be great if this scholar could become a teacher..."

"You stupid goose! Do you know who he is?" Hou Qing asked with a smile.

"who?"

"He is Kuang Lu! Kuang Lu!" Hou Qing said, "The famous gentleman in Guangzhou! He came to be our teacher, that's why the sun comes out from the west!"

"A big gentleman? I don't think he looks like him. He is very easy-going, and he even wrote Spring Festival couplets for everyone, and he was the first to donate."

"Whoever said that a gentry has a green face and fangs." Hou Qing said, "Kuang Lu is not an ordinary gentry, and the Senate also attaches great importance to him-after you go back, you have to write a report to the city government and tell them that Kuang Lu is back. "

"Is he some kind of reactionary character?"

"Well, it's hard to say that he is a reactionary. Anyway, he is an important person." Hou Qing actually couldn't tell what was important about Kuang Lu. She just saw Kuang Lu's name on the list of important gentry sent out by the Government Affairs Council. .

"Then you have to write it quickly. But how do you know?"

"You never read the papers?"

"Documents?" Tian Liang scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "I'm not very good at reading, it seems troublesome."

"How did you become a captain?" Hou Qing sighed helplessly, "The company commander also has a lot of paperwork to do."

"There is a lieutenant in the company who graduated from a military academy. He did all these things..."

"You are doing a good job as the shopkeeper."

"Oh, so you're here to be the principal..." Tian Liang was dejected.

"Even if you are the principal, you have to work hard. If you can't even read the documents, how will you do things in the future?" Hou Qing was a little anxious, "Well, I will help you study the documents when I have time in the evening. You know a few more words."

Kuang Lu's master and servant left Dali and headed south all the way.In a few days, he arrived outside Guangzhou.It was the time when the Little Ice River was raging. Even though it was south of the Five Ridges, the weather was as cold and bleak as the cold wave in the north.The verdant trees in previous years appear dry and wilted this year, with yellow leaves all over the ground nearby and decaying grass in the distance.

Looking forward to my hometown, there is a scene of depression and chills.Then imagine that the country is full of wars and chaos, the people are in dire straits, and the court is full of chaos... I have emptied my country's ambitions and failed to share the worries of the king. Instead, I had to live in another country for several years because of fighting for a moment...

Can't help feeling sad, eyes slightly wet.Seeing that the city wall has been revealed, Guangzhou, which I have been thinking about day and night, is in front of my eyes.

But what kind of Guangzhou is this?It is no longer the Guangzhou Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, but the "Special City of Guangzhou" of the thieves.Goodbye at this time, I really have a special feeling in my heart.

Above the city tower, the banners of the bandits fluttered, and the infantry patrolled with guns. Below the city tower, there were arresters in black and short coats, watching the people's vehicles entering and leaving the city gate, and stopping them from time to time for inspection.

People of Subjugation, that's about it.

"Master, it's getting late, let's go to the city quickly." Kuang Yan reminded.

"Let's go."

Kuang Lu was in a bitter mood, so she settled the money, sent away the long-line mules and porters rented by Wei, and entered the city on foot from the Great North Gate with her servants.

His home is in Xianlin Lane next to the Temple of Five Immortals in Guangzhou.This day is exactly the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month in the old calendar, and it is the day when every family quits the stove. In 1636, the weather was good throughout the year, and the Senate made large-scale construction projects in Guangzhou and other places, and made a lot of capital construction and industrial investment, so the market in Guangzhou was quite prosperous.A scene of prosperity on the street.

Cizao is one of the most important days in the twelfth lunar month, and the streets are very lively with people coming and going.

The "New Life Movement" started in 1635, and the city was demolished and rebuilt again. The appearance of Guangzhou has changed greatly since Kuang Lu left.

Kuang Lu walked all the way, seeing such a change, he felt mixed emotions.Suddenly, Kuang Yan shouted, "Could it be that the second master is here?"

Looking up, a handsome young man was rushing towards him in a two-wheeled rickshaw. He jumped out of the car before he could see him, came to him, knelt down on the ground, hugged Kuang Lu and cried loudly. Kuang Lu also cried loudly.Although the passers-by didn't know why, they also sighed for it-in troubled times, life and death have seen too much, and the feeling of family reunion and reunion is even more unusual.

"Eryu, why are you doing this? It's unseemly in public." Although Kuang Lu reprimanded her, she couldn't restrain the smile on her face.

Eryu cried and said: "Knowing that my brother is in trouble, our brother misses him all the time. Uncle misses him so much that he always asks us, wondering when you will come back. In the past few years, only a few words of letters have returned. Brother, you are really cruel..."

"Speak as you speak, how can you be like a little girl!" Kuang Lu suppressed tears and said, "I miss my father and your brothers all the time outside, but it is inconvenient to write letters, and I am wandering, so it is difficult to find someone to entrust letters to... All these years, the family has been taken care of by my younger brothers..."

"Brother, don't say any more, uncle, sister-in-law and nephew are waiting." Eryu wiped away tears, "Please follow me and return home quickly."

After all, he called the rickshaw behind to come over, tied all the luggage on the cart, and the two brothers walked back home with the servants.

Along the way, Eryu couldn't restrain her joy, and talked about many things about her family. Kuang Lu was not at home in the past few years. In addition to relying on rented rice in the countryside, several old relatives and friends also helped out from time to time.Although the life is not rich, it is not embarrassing.This somewhat made Kuang Lu, who had been wandering outside, feel a lot better.

He came to the house in no time.This mansion of the Kuang family was built after his grandfather passed the Jinshi examination, and now it looks dilapidated.The Jinshi flagpole in front of the gate is gone, only a few flagpole stones remain.Because his father was only a granary student, he failed to win the imperial examination or be awarded a Jinshi, so the family situation inevitably fell into decline.

When he lived here in the past, he came in and out, and never felt anything.The wanderer came back for many years and saw the old house again, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

But his mother living here really made him sad.Before he had time to think about it, the little boy at the door had already seen him, and rushed to the courtyard in a panic, shouting: "Here we come, we come, the uncle is back."

Kuang Lu lifted her foot to enter the door, turned around the screen wall, and saw her old father, already gray-haired, walking out with the support of two nephews.

Thinking of myself being self-willed, running afoul of the county magistrate, and having to leave my old father, wife and children to go away for several years, not only did not fulfill the way of a son, but also failed to fulfill the responsibility of a husband and father, which made them worry about themselves , I couldn't help but feel guilty in my heart, and rushed in front of my father in three steps and two steps, knelt down and cried bitterly.

Although he had already received the news that his son was coming back, Kuang Sihao realized that his son, Chao Siminian, had arrived in front of his eyes when his son came and cried bitterly. Tears continued.Everyone couldn't help sobbing when they saw this scene. For a while, no one spoke in the hall, only a small sob was heard.

After a long time, Kuang Lu looked at his father with tears in his eyes and said: "The son is unfilial, the son is guilty, and the son deserves death." As he spoke, he kowtowed and there was a sound.

Kuang's father supported his son, although he had a thousand words to say, he couldn't say a word.After a while, he said: "It's good that you come back! I don't care, it's just a pain for your wife and children! Go and have a look!"

Everyone helped Kuang's father and Kuang Lu, and persuaded him not to cry, saying that this is a happy event, don't be too sad, the body is important.The crowd comforted for a long time, and the emotions of the two finally calmed down.At this time, someone led the way and took him to the back hall to meet his wife and children.

Husband and wife haven't seen each other for many years, and seeing each other again is indispensable after a long absence.It's just that the son is not very familiar with this father who has been away from home for many years, and he is a little afraid.

This day is the day of resigning from the stove. Originally, relatives, friends and old friends were all offering sacrifices to the stove at home.Because they heard that Kuang Lu was coming back, they all came to celebrate.For a time the room was full of laughter.

Even the neighbors came out to watch.Several families had been on good terms with the Kuang family in the past, and upon hearing that he came back, they prepared gifts to congratulate him.Kuang Lu hurriedly went out to pay respects to her neighbors.While he was busy, he suddenly saw a few servants coming over with two loads of gifts from a distance, but he recognized the leader as Zhang He, who was the servant of his friend Zhang Muzhi.

Zhang He saw Kuang Lu from afar, left the servant who was carrying the burden, trotted to him and knelt down and said, "Master Kuang is safe! My master heard that he was home, so he specially prepared some local products to eat, and sealed another 200 taels of silver." Send it to the uncle to wash the dust, my lord said: "The lord will perform his filial piety at the lord's knee these few days, so I won't come over to disturb the lord today, after the new year, my lord will come to worship with a sticker."

Kuang Lu listened, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, master, I will accept all the things. Go and report to your master, I will settle the family affairs, and I will go to the house to thank you." Immediately ordered Eryu to reward money, Send them back.

After finishing the work in this room, I went back to the main hall to recount the old words and joys to my relatives and friends, and some people reported that there were old stories everywhere. I heard that he returned home and came to give gifts.Even the deceased Liang Yuanzhu's family also sent gifts.For a while, the front of Chen's house was bustling with people, and Eryu was busy, while urging the servants to count the gifts sent in the account, and at the same time rewarding the servants and porters who gave the gifts.In front of the originally deserted Kuang residence, the dull atmosphere of the past few days was swept away.

When Kuang Lu came back from the neighbor's house, suddenly several servants came over with gifts. The first one didn't come like other people's house. When he arrived at the door, he called out his name and posted a post, and just stood by and watched.Seeing Kuang Lu passing by, he immediately stepped forward, greeted him, and said in a low voice: "My master Chen Zizhuang. Master Zhi is back today, and I sent a special gift to congratulate you. Here is an invitation card." After saying that, Putting the gift list and invitation into Kuang Yan's hands, put down the gifts, and left quietly.

(End of this chapter)