The Mortal's Path to Immortality

"My son!"

At the dock of Lianhua County.

A fat middle-aged man with a round hat who looked very similar to Chen Fugui hugged Chen Fugui in his arms, tears streaming down his face.

After not seeing him for a year, he thought his son had gone wrong.

Unexpectedly, he received a letter from his son.

Now that he saw his son return with his own eyes, Chen's father and his family were extremely happy and excited.

Cao Rui was quite touched when he saw this scene.

When the father and son calmed down.

Chen Fugui took his father's hand and came to Cao Rui.

"Dad, he is the Cao Rui I told you about in the letter."

Father Chen smiled at Cao Rui: "Fugui is on the lake island thanks to your care, brother Cao."

Cao Rui waved his hand: "Uncle, you are joking. It is Fugui who takes care of me."

Father Chen heard this and began to invite: "You are far away from Luocheng, it is best for you to take care of each other. Come to my humble abode and sit for a while. I will let the carriage in the store take you home."

Cao Rui shook his head: "Uncle, I haven't been home for a year. I still want to go home to see my parents as soon as possible. Come to the mansion as a guest next time."

Father Chen nodded and stopped forcing: "He is indeed a filial and obedient child."

"Old Chen, you should take Master Cao home now."

The last sentence was said by Father Chen to his own coachman.

Chen's father runs a restaurant. His family is quite wealthy and has a coachman, which is used in the restaurant and at home.

Cao Rui did not refuse. He nodded and thanked him. After agreeing with Chen Fugui to go back to the lake island together one day, he took the Chen family's carriage.

The coachman Lao Chen waved the whip, and the carriage quickly went towards Shijia Village.

......

"Master Cao, the carriage will only stop here."

"The next narrow mountain road will probably take a cup of tea, and you need to walk on your own."

The coachman of the Chen family stopped the carriage in front of a small path in the mountains and said embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter, it's enough here."

Cao Rui got off the carriage and tightened the bag in his hand.

The snow had stopped, but the snow was still deep.

The carriage turned around and left, disappearing from Cao Rui's sight.

Cao Rui turned around, stepped on the snow, and rushed towards home step by step.

About a cup of tea time passed.

The scene of Shijia Village appeared in Cao Rui's eyes.

Compared with the day when the third cousin left, Shijia Village has not changed much.

The house of Dashan's family is still so conspicuous.

It's just that the roofs of every household are covered with a thick layer of white snow.

It was dusk, and the smoke from cooking in the village was curling.

Cao Rui came to his house with a bag and gently opened the door.

Inside the house, his parents and eldest brother were eating dinner around the table.

Seeing Cao Rui who suddenly came home.

Everyone was startled at first, and then they all showed a look of joy.

"Shiwa, you are finally back!"

"Your third cousin said that you went to a far place to be an apprentice of a traveling merchant!"

"I went to the city to look for your third cousin, but I didn't expect to have not seen him for half a year! Did he come back with you?"

......

Your parents and elder brother said one thing at a time.

Cao Rui understood the current situation.

His parents didn't know that he was abducted.

After the third cousin abducted him, he came back once and lied to his parents that he went to a far place to be an apprentice of a traveling merchant.

About half a year ago, the third cousin may have lost all his money in gambling and finally disappeared in Lianhua County.

My father went to look for the third cousin several times, but he couldn't find him.

Without getting any news about Cao Rui, his mother cried several times.

At this time, seeing Cao Rui return, the most excited person was his mother. Tears kept falling like a broken thread, and she couldn't stop it.

Cao Rui didn't know how to comfort his family.

He opened the bundle, took out the four taels of silver hidden inside, and put it on the table.

"Dad and Mom, this money is what we saved this year. Let's repair the house and marry my eldest brother." Cao Rui said.

Dozens of silver pieces were placed on the table.

The luster of the silver made his parents and eldest brother's eyes hurt.

"Shi Wa, did you earn all this money this year?" His father didn't dare to believe it.

For an ordinary apprentice, it would be good to save four or five coins in a year.

Cao Rui directly increased it tenfold.

"Well, I'm an apprentice in Luocheng now. It's a big city with high income." Cao Rui lied and didn't tell his parents that he joined the Luoshui Gang.

They are just ordinary mountain people. Knowing too much is trouble.

"Luocheng! No wonder!" His father showed a yearning look.

Luocheng is the main city of Luoshui area, with six counties under its jurisdiction, including Lianhua County.

My father only went to Luocheng once when he was young, and he still has a deep impression of its prosperity.

"I really have to thank my third cousin! Did he come back with you?" Mother said.

Hearing this, Cao Rui's face straightened.

"Dad and Mom, I have to tell you something."

"My third cousin is a bad gambler. He went to Luocheng with the help of a nobleman, and it had nothing to do with him."

Cao Rui recounted the process of how his third cousin abducted him, and the process of being rescued by Yang Ping was slightly omitted, which sounded less thrilling.

"This beast, go and settle accounts with him!" After hearing what Cao Rui said, the eldest brother was furious.

His parents were also furious.

"Isn't everything fine now?"

"Father, mother and elder brother, you don't need to seek revenge for me, you can solve your own problems."

"Besides, we don't know where the third cousin is now."

"A gambler like the third cousin may have died in a corner."

Hearing Cao Rui say this, the family gradually calmed down.

"Let's eat first."

"Shi Wa probably won't stay for a few days after returning, let's have a good New Year first." Father said.

Although the food was simple.

But Cao Rui also ate it very deliciously.

After the meal, his father carefully collected the silver Cao Rui brought back, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

"It's time to find a wife for your elder brother."

The elder brother on the side heard this and touched his neck with a red face.

Causing Cao Rui's mother to laugh.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

The New Year was spent in Shijia Village.

On the first day of the New Year, Shijia Village had an uninvited guest.

It was Chen Fugui, and also their family's coachman.

This surprised Cao Rui.

The coachman was almost drowned in the bags in his hands, and he was almost sweating from the heat of driving on the mountain road all day.

While the coachman was chatting with his parents.

Cao Rui took Chen Fugui to stroll around the village.

"Why do you have time to come and wish you a happy new year?" Cao Rui asked.

Chen Fugui's chubby face was rarely serious, "Cao Rui, I won't go to Luocheng after the New Year. My father is reluctant to let me go out to suffer, so he decided to let me return to Lianhua County to inherit the family business."

Cao Rui was slightly startled when he heard this, but he completely understood it.

"Then congratulations, Master Chen!"