When Old Liu heard Boss Cheng say that they were going to Chengjia Village, he simply followed him since he had nothing to do.

A group of five people, armed with axes and hoes, drove a horse-drawn carriage towards the former Chengjia Village.

The carriage was halfway through its journey and could not move forward as the road into the village was destroyed by the flood. They had no choice but to leave the third son, Liu Shuisheng, behind to guard the carriage.

Several people carried tools and moved forward carefully.

The road, which was not wide to begin with, was not only washed away beyond recognition, but was also overgrown with weeds and vines.

Fortunately, it is winter now, the vines and grasses have withered, and the snakes and insects have hibernated.

As we walked, we cleared the messy vines and branches to the sides. It took us nearly an hour to finally enter the village.

We also encountered several piles of unidentified bones on the way, which must have been swept in by the flood.

Several people dug a few pits nearby and buried the bones.

I don’t know if they are someone they know, but even if they don’t, there is no reason to ignore them if they meet.

It’s the New Year, time for them to be laid to rest.

Old Man Liu looked at the newly added small mounds and said to Boss Cheng with deep emotion: "If you hadn't notified us to evacuate, there would be no Liu family in this world. I'm afraid we would have been like them, wandering in some corner and turning into piles of bones."

"Dad, it's New Year's Day, don't say such things. We are all fine now. Don't mention the past. It will only cause more trouble. Those who survive a disaster will have good fortune in the future. We should look forward. Your good fortune is still to come!"

The former Chengjia Village has completely changed now.

The old mud brick houses are no longer visible, and are all buried under thick mud and sand.

Even the hundreds-year-old trees at the entrance of the village were broken in half, leaving only a small section of the bare trunk, and no one knew where the treetops had gone.

One cannot help but sigh that the power of nature is terrifying and mysterious, and it can easily erase all traces.

Fortunately, the graves of his grandparents and ancestors were all halfway up the mountain. Although they were also washed away by the flood, at least they were not buried and he still found them.

The ancestors are still there, the roots are still there, and this finally gives him some comfort.

After Liu distributed the gifts she brought to her three sisters-in-law, she held up two sets of new clothes and said to Xu, "Mother, I made a new set of clothes for you and father. Let's go into the room and try them on to see if they fit you."

"You, what can I say to you? Are you worried that I won't have new clothes to wear? Your three sisters-in-law are filial. They each made a set of clothes for us two old people before the New Year. Don't always think about us. You should be more filial to your parents-in-law.

And that pork, wow, it must be about 20 to 30 kilograms. Aren’t you living a normal life?

The same goes for tea oil. Wouldn't it be better to keep it and sell it? This big jar can sell for a lot of money. How could we dare to eat such precious oil?

The same goes for the candies. They don't look cheap. White sugar costs 500 coins per pound, so this big bag of candies must cost several taels of silver.

You don't have to send the cloth. Your three brothers made some money with your Cheng family. They bought some cloth to make new clothes before the New Year. If you don't believe me, just look. Everyone in our family, young and old, is wearing new clothes without patches.

Your life is better now, and mother is happy for you, but you must not always think about stealing things from your mother's house. If you keep doing this, it won't be long before you have emptied all the gold and silver.

Now that your brother and his family are able to make money, our life has become more comfortable.

Now we have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, and live in a big blue brick house. I am already very content.

Just focus on serving your parents-in-law and don't worry about us, okay?"

Seeing her daughter bringing back so many good things lavishly, Mrs. Xu was afraid that her daughter would displease her in-laws, so she kept nagging her.

"Oh, my mother, I woke up. These things were prepared by my mother-in-law. The three of us sisters-in-law each got an identical portion."

When Xu heard that it was Zhang who prepared it, she stopped talking and started trying on the clothes seriously.

Outside, Cheng Jinwen and his three brothers were playing wildly in the fields with the children from the Liu family and other families in the village.

I also shared the candies I got yesterday with them.

The children had never seen such beautiful and delicious candies before. They took a few bites and then carefully wrapped them in candy paper, not wanting to eat them all at once.

It’s a courtesy to reciprocate. Since they have accepted the candies from the Cheng brothers, they also want to share their most precious toys with them.

--firecracker.

The unexploded firecrackers from the New Year are children’s favorite toys.

They lit the fuse of the firecrackers, threw them far away and covered their ears.

boom--

The loud explosion echoed in the village, startling the sparrows in the fields and causing them to fly into the air chirping.

It adds a bit of liveliness to the empty Liujia Village.

"It's so boring to play like this, just watch me!"

At this time, Cheng Jinwu came out to make trouble again.

He looked left and right, and finally saw a pile of cow dung in the middle of the road not far away. He ran up and stuck the firecrackers on the cow dung.

The Liu family had an ox cart, which was mainly used to transport tea oil seeds and harvested soybeans.

This cow has been a great help to their family.

Most of the villagers were gone, and the land became empty.

They re-plowed the uncultivated land and planted rapeseed. Without the cow, they would not have been able to plow so much land.

After setting off the firecrackers, Cheng Jinwu turned around and shouted to the crowd.

"I'm going to light a fire, run away quickly, or don't blame me if your clothes get dirty!"

After everyone had gone far away, Cheng Jinwu took out a tinderbox and started to light the fire.

Cheng Jinwen suddenly saw the carriage coming from the opposite direction and hurriedly shouted to Cheng Jinwu: "Jinwu, don't start the engine, stop now."

Obviously, it was too late, Cheng Jinwu had already covered his ears and ran towards him.

boom--

It was raining cow dung from the sky.

"Ah! Who is it? Who did it?"

An angry roar sounded. Hearing a voice that couldn't be more familiar, Cheng Jinwu paused, staggered a few steps, and almost fell on his back.

"Ah! It's over, cousin. The cow dung exploded on my uncle!"

"Cheng! Jin! Wu! It's you again!"

Boss Cheng's hair, face, body, and entire body were covered with dots of cow dung.

Too shameful!

Looking at his guilty son, his face turned green and he felt like he was about to explode with anger.

He called his name with gnashing teeth and was about to rush forward to beat them up.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! Calm down first. Third brother, go back and ask them to boil some hot water. Ask your sister-in-law to find a set of my clothes for Zezhong to change into. Brother-in-law, go back and change your clothes first. The children are disobedient. I will go and teach them a lesson."

While pulling Boss Cheng, Liu Shisheng winked at Cheng Jinwu and the others, asking them to find a place to hide first.

When the incident happened, Boss Cheng was driving the carriage and sitting in the front, and the four of them, father and son, were sitting in the carriage, so only Boss Cheng and the carriage were in trouble.

Cheng Jinwu and his friends waited until lunch was ready at noon, and only returned dejectedly after Jiang had called them back many times.

The four brothers hesitated and hid behind their cousins ​​like thieves.

After entering the door, they felt a cold murderous aura. They saw Boss Cheng wearing ill-fitting clothes, standing behind the door with half-closed eyes, staring at them.

Boss Cheng is nearly six feet tall, or about 1.9 meters.

Liu Shisheng was much shorter than him, and his clothes looked like cropped trousers on Cheng Lao Da.

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