Early the next morning, they left the village quietly.

When the villagers recovered from their grief, they found that their benefactor had already left. They had not even had time to ask the name of the benefactor.

Alan was excited and worried because he was going home. He was excited to see his parents. He was worried that three years had passed. He didn't know what happened to his parents now.

It took three or four days for Alan to walk at that time, but they took a carriage, which was much faster, so within two days, they came to the path leading to Alan village.

The path separated from the main road was rugged, and there was a deep ditch, so it was obviously impossible to pass the carriage.

And here is the road Alan is very familiar with, she pointed to the front, said: "from this path past, half a day to our village."

Xu Qing plans to send Alan back to the village, so that a pregnant woman can go so far, she is not at ease.

Xu Qing asks Hu Ling to wait for her on the main road with her child. She and Li Changting will send Alan home and come back immediately.

Along the way, Alan excitedly pulls Xu Qing to introduce the scenery to her. Li Changting leads the horse behind.

"In fact, there is a big river in front of our village. It's a big river. All the men in our village are very good at water. They can swim better than fish in the water."

"Our village used to rely on fishing for a living, because our village is surrounded by mountains, there are not many fields, and I can't grow much food. Before the natural disaster, I had a good life. After the natural disaster, the village was in chaos, and then it gradually got better. It's a pity that I married out. Now I don't know what's going on in the village."

"In fact, the man I married was very good. He was honest, capable and gentle, but his life was not good."

Thinking of the past, Alan sighs, but in a flash she throws away her worries and recovers her energy, and continues to tell Xu Qing about their village.

Xu Qing thinks that it is the cheerful character of Alan that makes her strong enough to survive in the environment of Shanshui village and keep a healthy attitude all the time.

In the middle of the walk, Xu Qing asked Alan to stop and have a rest. They ate something to supplement themselves.

As the sun was setting, they finally came to Alan's hometown, a small village not far from the river, called Jiangbian village.

Under the setting sun, simple farmhouses scattered at the foot of the mountain, rising smoke curl, beautiful like a picture.

"That's my home!" Alan pointed to a house with a fence in the distance and exclaimed excitedly. Then he trotted toward the house.

"Slow down!" Xu Qing was startled, and quickly caught up with her, "don't run, be careful of the child!"

"It's OK, it's OK." Alan took Xu Qing, "go, I'll take you to my house."

"Dad? Mother? " Alan yelled at the house from a distance.

A woman with gray hair and a scarf ran out. Seeing her daughter coming back not far away, she exclaimed excitedly: "Alan, it's Alan! Come out, her father

Alan hugged her parents and began to cry, as if she was going to cry out all these years of grievances. Her parents were also in tears.

Xu Qing beckons to Li Changting. Li Changting takes down a bamboo basket from the horse's back and hands it to Xu Qing. Xu Qing doesn't say anything, but quietly puts it under the eaves.

"Alan, we're going." Xu Qingdao.

Alan then remembered that Xu Qing was still there, and even said: "come in and have tea and dinner before you go!"

"No, they are still waiting for us, Hu Ling." Xu Qing waved his hand with a smile, "goodbye."

Alan looked at her and nodded: "well, be careful on the way, and Thank you

Li Changting put Xu Qing on his horse and rode away with her.

As the horse ran along the path, Xu Qing looked at the village again and saw a group of men walking back from the river with their bare arms and fishing nets. They were stepping on the sunset and their faces were bright and happy.

Alan waved goodbye to Xu Qing at the gate of the courtyard and heard her mother say, "Alan, is this bamboo basket yours?"

Alan came over doubtfully, opened the lid of the bamboo basket and took out the contents one by one.

A big bag of eggs, five bacon, and ten Liang silver.

Alan couldn't help reddening his eyes again.

Li Changting and Xu Qing rode fast back to the main road. After a short distance, they saw Hu Ling's carriage.

Hu Ling quickly waved: "we've finished the dishes. We're waiting for you to come back and stir fry!"

"What kind of food?" Xu Qing dismounted and washed his hands with a spoonful of water.

Hu Ling: "let's have a braised potato. Don't fry carrots any more. I don't like carrots. I've soaked mushrooms. You can do it by yourself."

Xu Qingbai gave him a look: "it's good for children to eat carrots."

Hu Ling is not sensitive to the sweet and greasy carrots: "there are no carrots anyway."

Xu Qing: "go and slice the mushrooms. There's nothing to build. Just stir fry them."

After that, Xu Qing poured oil and began to fry potatoes.After dinner, the children went to bed. Hu Ling looked at the map and said, "tomorrow we will pass a small town. It's like a water town."

Xu Qing: "how do you know?"

Hu Ling pointed to the map: "it indicates the location of the town on a river, so I guess it's water town. After this town, we can go back to the official road."

After confirming the route, Xu Qing and Li Changting went back to the carriage to have a rest.

Early in the morning, they cooked porridge. Everyone used porridge with pancakes. After eating, they went on the road.

At noon, the group stopped to have a meal and have a rest. At this time, Ji said, "ah, I remember, I know this town!"

Xu Qing: "what?"

Mr. Ji: "this town is called Shuilong town. It used to be a place full of bandits. It's a place full of good and bad people. There are all kinds of people. I heard that their murderers don't break the law. Once they throw their bodies into the river, they'll be done."

Hu Ling picks eyebrow: "still have such place, do you know?" He looked at Li Changting.

Li Changting shook his head: "I haven't heard of it.

Mr. Ji: "although there is a mixture of good and bad, there is no order at all. Otherwise, it is impossible for us to exist quietly for so many years, but do we really want to pass?"

Hu Ling: "now it's too late to change the way. I can only fight in front."

Ji is a little worried: "I know you are not afraid of anything, but there are so many children here. What if there is a good or bad thing?"

Hu Ling: "then why don't we go to explore the way first?"

Li Changting agreed: "it's OK."

Hu Ling took five people, Li Changting also took Xu Qing, and they rode to the front town.

But half an hour later, they arrived at the entrance of the town.

And as soon as they entered the small town, Xu Qing and his family realized the chaos here.

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