Fujian, which has been trapped in the scorching heat for a long time, finally ushered in a heavy rain, and the heavy rain finally reduced the heat a lot. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, Lin Yanchao happened to return to his hometown to show his tomb.

Lin Yanchao sat in the sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain, and looked out, it was almost the beginning of the morning at this moment, the sky was slightly bright in the distance, and the dark clouds were stacked nearby, and the drizzle was poured on the Fujian water in front of him.

On the other side of the Fujian River is his hometown Hongtang Township.

Lin Yanchao, who was born and grew up in Si, remembers nursery rhymes, moonlight, and shines on the pond. Ride a bamboo horse and cross the Hongtang. The water depth of Hongtang cannot be crossed, and the lady holds the boat to pick it up. Ask Lang Long, ask Lang Short, and ask Lang when he will return.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think of the days when he left his hometown and went out to study, and everything was so unreal when he closed his eyes. In this era, the traffic is blocked, although it is only a dozen miles away from the provincial capital, but the vast majority of villagers have never been to the city once in their lives.

Lin Yanchao was able to go from walking out of a small mountain village to finally becoming an official in Beijing at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which was like a dream in the eyes of the villagers.

The sedan chair crossed the bridge, and Lin Yanchao returned to his hometown this time to follow the light car, except for himself, it was Chen Jichuan, the sedan chair driver, and several long-term entourages in the family.

Lin Yanchao didn't enter the village, but went to the tomb first, and the old village chief had already brought the clansmen in the village to wait on the road.

After getting off the sedan chair, Lin Yanchao saw the old village chief and his relatives saluting him together.

Lin Yanchao's eyes swept away, the people present were a little familiar, they hadn't seen each other for many years, they were inevitably unfamiliar, everyone had also changed, and their relatives might not necessarily recognize them, not to mention the relatives who hadn't seen each other for many years?

In the past, these people would call Lin Yanchao a tide, but today they shrank back, not to mention calling his name, and they don't even know where to put their hands and feet.

Lin Yanchao smiled, the third uncle, and the fifth aunt called over one by one. The restraint of everyone was a little less, and several juniors stepped forward to salute Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao was slightly surprised when he saw it, and the old village chief helped one of them and introduced: "This is a child of this village, he passed the government examination last year, and this time the champion is here, we let him come to see the world." “

Seeing that the other party was only thirteen or fourteen years old and was already a child, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but admire it. Lin Yanchao nodded and said a few words, but there was also a point of rewarding the clan relatives and later learning.

Then the old village chief put on Lin Yanchao's robe, handed over a few freshly chopped wild bamboos, and went up the mountain with one of them. Whether it is an official or a wanderer, they need to show their tombs when they return to their hometowns, and they also have the intention of repaying the original and respecting the ancestors.

The rain kept falling, so the mountain road was very muddy, Lin Yanchao stepped on the yellow mud to go up the mountain, and swept the tomb of his ancestors and father Lin Ding.

Lin Yanchao's father, Lin Dingnai, was born in Xiucai, and died with his wife in order to save the villagers when the Japanese invaded and plundered. The villagers are grateful to Lin Ding and his wife for often sacrificing and sweeping.

The old village chief and his neighbors were beside Lin Yanchao, and they talked a lot about his parents back then, and they were very emotional. Lin Yanchao listened to everyone's words, and in his heart, he also had a little impression of Lin Ding and his wife, who had never met after crossing over.

After the yellow burning, Lin Yanchao went down the mountain. Returning to his hometown, Lin Yanchao wanted to feast in the township and give back to the clansmen. Therefore, the village banquet was held in the ancestral hall to invite the people of the village.

The ancestral hall is very lively, the cooks, the village women are busy with the village banquet, although the rain is heavy outside, but the ancestral hall stove is covered with a canopy, not drenched at all, stacked like a high steamer, the village chefs turn the pot and spoon, the flame seedlings rise from the stove, after the sound of squeaking boiling oil under the pot, it is a burst of fireworks.

Lin Yanchao changed out of his wet clothes, put on his regular clothes, and sat in the ancestral hall chatting with the old people in the clan. Lin Yanchao talked to the old people in the clan about the shortcomings of the family, the harvest of the fields, and the question of karma and the method of reading for the next generation.

Outside the ancestral hall, more than a dozen children wearing open crotch pants snuggled up to the door and watched from afar by the window.

At noon, the village women began to serve the food, and the faded red lacquered wooden table was full of vegetables, local chickens and ducks, and fresh aquatic products from the river, which were placed on the table one by one. The liquor is a green and red yellow wine brewed in the village. The table of the banquet in the ancestral hall is full, regardless of the old and the young are on the table, and the ancestral hall is full of people for a while, and it is particularly lively.

After three rounds of drinking, Lin Yanchao toasted table by table. Everyone laughed and praised, Lin Yanchao became such a big official, but he didn't have the slightest arrogance.

The banquet was almost over, Lin Yanchao was already slightly drunk, said hello in advance, and went back to the ancestral house to rest.

As for the villagers, they were busy packing the leftovers on the table and going home. The villagers are frugal, and the wine and food at the banquet must be taken home and stewed hot, and eaten hot, sometimes for several days.

This sleep was not until the next morning, Lin Yanchao woke up, and slept in the ancestral house at home, as if he had returned to the time when he was studying in social studies.

According to today's plan, Lin Yanchao is going to Hongtang Social School to have a look.

Lin Yanchao had just eaten breakfast, and saw the old village chief come in a hurry, and told Lin Yanchao that there were many official sedan chairs parked at the entrance of the village.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he didn't notify the local government when he went to the countryside this time, he just wanted to go home and have a look alone.

But the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop!

Before, Lu Dashun repeatedly asked Lin Yanchao when he would return to his hometown.

Lin Yanchao didn't mean to tell him. He knew that even if he explained to Lu Dashun, don't alarm the place, but in this case, the officials of our court have always understood it in reverse.

Don't alarm the place, that is, understand that you don't alarm the place, give me a try.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, if you come, you will be safe, and you can't when you arrive, so drive people out.

looked at the old village chief's nervous face.

Lin Yanchao calmly ordered, don't worry, people's parents are also flesh and blood, not so mysterious.

The old village chief said at a loss: "Our small village, not to mention the parents and officials, even the county officials are too lazy to come on weekdays, we don't know how to greet them, so we don't lose the courtesy, I heard that we want to use loess to pave the road." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "Everyone has arrived at the entrance of the village, it is too late for the loess mat road, you first let the villagers clean the road into the village, and then the old squire will come out to greet you on the side of the road, and I will do the following things." ”

When the old village chief saw Lin Yanchao's determined look, he couldn't help but admire and said that our Yanchao is a source of life and has seen the world. The old village chief forgot at this time that Lin Yanchao was also a member of the imperial court at this moment.

After Lin Yanchao unhurriedly freshened up and changed his clothes, he went out and came to the entrance of the village.

At this time, the sedan chair had already stopped at the entrance of the village, and the rest of the officials, the chief attendants, and the messengers were standing full. More than a dozen officials were talking to the old village chief and other squires at the entrance of the village. But seeing that the old village chief and the villagers were all excited.

Lin Yanchao saw it, no wonder everyone was so excited, it turned out that Li Yinglan, the prefect of Fuzhou, Lu Dashun, the magistrate of Houguan County, and a large number of officials from the second-level yamen of the prefecture and county had arrived.

The two provinces of the prefecture and the county are the same, which is such a privilege for a small village. (To be continued.) )