The little ancestor of the family

When she reached the entrance of the cave, she found that the starlight outside was shining brightly, especially the seven stars, which seemed to be burning.

A familiar figure stood at the entrance of the cave, looking up at the starry sky.

"Zuo Hang?"

Ye Xinran was very surprised.

"Why are you here? Where is this?"

Zuo Hang looked at her with a smile, "This is the way we go back! I said I would wait for you and take you home."

"But I don't want to go back."

Ye Xinran flatly refused.

She had already promised Xiao Huaian that she would not leave without saying goodbye, so she would not go back on her word.

"But if you miss this opportunity, you may never have a chance to go back again."

Zuo Hang sighed, "I have waited for this opportunity for more than a hundred years. You don't have an immortal constitution, so you can't wait for another hundred years."

"Since you said you won't go back, there's no need to wait."

Ye Xinran frowned as she watched the fog growing thicker beneath her feet.

"Maybe you really live well here." Zuo Hang shook his head helplessly.

"When I first came here, some people were nice to me, but as time went by, those who were nice to me gradually left. It's too boring to be left alone wandering around, so I really want to go back."

"There are benefits to going back."

Ye Xinran nodded.

“It’s been over a hundred years, and I don’t know how fast the world over there is changing. Maybe nothing has changed, or maybe a lot of things have changed.

Aren't you afraid that you will face a strange world when you return?"

she reminded.

"It's okay if it's strange."

Zuo Hang looked up at the sky and saw a glimmer of light coming out of the obscured moon, so he turned back and said to Ye Xinran:

"If you don't want to come with me, just keep walking along the cave. When you reach the end, you can go back."

"Good. Then you're all good!"

After Ye Xinran finished speaking, she glanced at the moon that was about to break out of the mist, and ran into the cave without looking back.

She ran very fast, and even though it was dark all around and she could hardly see anything, she refused to stop for even a moment.

Because she was afraid. She was afraid that if she slowed down, she would not be able to return to Xiao Huaian.

She didn't know how long she ran in the dark, and when she almost thought she was being tricked, her feet suddenly felt empty.

Ye Xinran's whole body fell downwards.

The feeling of weightlessness made her feel uneasy and she didn't know where she would fall.

Suddenly there was a bang and she felt a sharp pain in her body. At the same time, she felt her body fall to the ground.

"Xinran, how are you?"

An anxious voice sounded in my ears.

Ye Xinran opened her eyes and found herself lying in Xiao Huaian's arms.

"What happened just now?"

Ye Xinran has completely lost the ability to think.

"Your body suddenly became hot just now, and I couldn't wake you up no matter how hard I called you. I went out to get some water to wipe your body, but when I turned around, you were gone."

Xiao Huaian was still frightened. "I went out to look for you, but when I found no trace of you, I came back here to wait, fearing that you wouldn't be able to find me when you came back. Then you suddenly appeared and fell into my arms."

"So that's it."

Ye Xinran rubbed her forehead and sat up with her arms.

"I seemed to have had a dream just now. In the dream, Zuo Hang said he wanted to take me home. After I refused, he came back."

"This is not a dream!"

Xiao Huaian was a little scared.

"You really left and came back!"

Ye Xinran smiled weakly, "See, I've already said it, I won't leave secretly, even if something unforeseen happens, I will definitely find a way to come back."

"I understand. No matter what happens in the future, I will never doubt that you want to leave."

Xiao Huaian finally felt relieved.

The moon in the sky finally broke through the barrier of dark clouds and shone its light on the earth again.

Ye Xinran looked up and found that the seven stars shining in the east had also dimmed and gradually disappeared.

It's passed.

Ye Xinran sighed, suddenly thought of something, and immediately touched her arm.

The mark on the arm is still there.

She was also relieved.

As long as the space is still there, she will have an extra layer of security, and this security will definitely make her life better in this era.

……

A few days later, Ye Xinran and Xiao Huaian set out again, preparing to visit Jiangling area.

Lu Changqing looked at the two of them eagerly: "Sister, brother-in-law, I still need to work on this car for a while, so I won't go with you."

Ye Xinran nodded: "I have already told the driver that once you finish what you are doing, you should set off directly back to the capital. By then, we will also be going back."

"it is good!"

Lu Changqing and Chen Yan nodded obediently.

They also learned a lot during this trip and have no problem traveling on their own.

A few days later, Xiao Huaian and Ye Xinran appeared on the pipeline leading to Jiangling.

The scenery along the way is breathtaking.

In addition to traveling and enjoying the scenery, the two of them also discovered another thing.

It turned out that Chang'an had kept its word and had begun dispatching personnel to build a road from the Jiangnan area to the capital.

Xiao Huaian got off the car and asked around, and found out that many of the workers were refugees from various places.

They are very satisfied with their current job. As long as they work for four hours every day, they can get a full meal in return. Not only porridge, but also steamed buns and pickles. The food is much better than what they had to eat while begging while wandering around.

"The official told us that as long as we work hard to build the road, we will be called first when there is work in the future. If we don't want to go somewhere else, the county government here can still issue documents. We will be the citizens here in the future."

The person who said this had pride in his eyes.

They were finally no longer the looked-down-upon refugees, and from then on, they were upright citizens of Daliang.

"Changan's method is very good."

In the carriage, Xiao Huaian and Ye Xinran were filled with emotion.

"At first I thought it would be difficult and expensive to promote it, but when you calculate it this way, it's much more cost-effective than giving out porridge to help the poor."

Ye Xinran lowered the curtain of the car window and looked back at Xiao Huaian, "They are all citizens of Daliang, they should have lived a stable life.

Just like controlling floods, it is better to drain than to block. The people’s demands have always been simple. As long as they have enough food and drink and a stable place to live, who would want to rebel and cause trouble? "

Xiao Huaian looked at the person in front of him seriously, "To this day, I still think that meeting you is the luckiest thing for me and Daliang. If it weren't for you, Chang'an wouldn't have so many novel ideas."

Ye Xinran shook her head. "It's Chang'an himself who has the ability to understand and is a good candidate to be an emperor."

……

Two months later, the two returned to Beijing.

By that time, Lu Changqing and Chen Yan had already returned from the northern border.

The bicycles they made were very popular in northern Xinjiang. After Zhao Yun tried riding one, he immediately summoned the blacksmiths and carpenters in the city to make a batch of them according to this style for the people to use.

Lu Changqing was also not idle. After returning to the capital, he began to study harvesting machines.

"This time when I went out, I found that many places have vast land and sparse population. If there were machines to assist in harvesting, the yield could be increased."

With Chen Yan's help, Lu Changqing was much faster in drawing blueprints and studying details.

Ye Xinran will also help them when they need it.

Changan still has new ideas every day as before.

Recently, a lot of new people have been added to the Cabinet to record the emperor's ideas and send people to study the feasibility of these methods.

Prince Rui has had a lot of free time recently.

One is that many things are on the right track and he doesn't need to worry about everything.

Another thing is that he has already figured out Chang'an's temper.

Whenever Chang'an suddenly proposed an idea during the morning court without prior notice, it must be something he wanted to achieve after careful consideration.

If Chang'an discussed it with the ministers in private, it means that he himself has not thought it through yet and needs the ministers in the cabinet to study it.

After the monarch and his subjects had gotten along well, everything fell into place, and King Rui finally didn't have to live in fear every day.

However, Xiao Huaian and Ye Xinran seemed to be addicted to traveling.

From time to time, he would find excuses to leave the capital. In the past six months, he was away from the capital for five months.

Fortunately, Ye Xinran was always thinking about the autumn harvest.

In October, she rushed back to the capital from faraway Jizhou and led everyone to store the corn in the warehouse.

The corn yield was very high this year. Ye Xinran asked the people on the farm to pick out all the corns with full grains, dry them and keep them as seeds. The rest was ground into flour and grits, allowing the people on the farm to eat corn porridge and corn cakes for the first time.

"Starting next year, corn will be widely promoted, especially in areas where rice is not suitable. By replacing sorghum with corn, people will have more food in their granaries."

Ye Xinran told King Rui her thoughts.

King Rui looked at the ears of corn and knew how much this new food would change people's lives.

Farmers who originally could only harvest 100 kilograms of grain may be able to harvest over 1,000 kilograms next year.

This change will be a historic turning point for both the people and Daliang.

……

Three years later, Xiao Huaian and Ye Xinran had traveled to every inch of Daliang.

During this period, they returned to Yunbian Village twice and saw that the villagers were living a prosperous life.

Although the head of the village was never able to include Ye Xinran in the family tree of Yunbian Village, he had someone write a short biography for Ye Xinran and placed it in the ancestral hall so that the children in the village could review it often and always remember this benefactor of Yunbian Village.

After leaving Yunbian Village, they also visited the elusive old man of the Leng family.

The old man was very satisfied with his granddaughter and grandson-in-law, and he kept them by his side for some time, which was a rare occasion.

However, the two old men were used to freedom, so when they were heading to their next destination, they drove Ye Xinran and the others out.

"I really envy my grandparents' lives. Can we be like them and travel around the world?"

Ye Xinran discussed with Xiao Huaian.

"As long as I'm with you, you can do whatever you want." Xiao Huaian naturally agreed.

From then on, the two lived a life like a fairy couple.

No one knows where they come from or their true identities.

But wherever they have lived, the people around them will always remember these two people as kind and capable people.

……

In the twelfth month of the fifth year, the two suddenly returned to the capital.

This time there were not just two of them, Xiao Huaian was also holding the hands of two children who had just learned to walk.

Leng Qingyu was extremely surprised and cried and laughed while hugging her daughter.

However, her attention was soon drawn to the two children, and she had no time to pay attention to the two adults.

"Your mother misses you very much. The last time you wrote to me saying you were going to take the children back to Beijing, she started counting the days."

Zhong Yujian said on the side.

"I miss my mother a lot when I'm away. I haven't been back for a long time. Thanks to Uncle Zhong for taking care of my mother." Ye Xinran was very grateful.

"What are you talking about? Your mother agreed to let me take care of her, so I have to thank you for this!"

Zhong Yujian smiled very kindly.

Before they could say a few words, someone outside shouted, "The Emperor has arrived! The Emperor has arrived!"

As soon as the words fell, the door curtain was lifted.

Just as Ye Xinran was about to salute, Changan quickly stepped forward to support her, "Aunt, why are you being so polite to me?

We are a family once the door is closed. If any of you are polite to me today, I will be angry!"

It was a rare occasion for the family to get together, so everyone was not polite and sat together to have a lively reunion dinner.

The excitement lasted from the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month.

After the fifteenth, Ye Xinran and Xiao Huaian will set out again.

"When can you return to the capital and settle down?" Leng Qingyu was reluctant to let you go.

"In a few years, when we have visited several neighboring small countries, we will come back and settle down." Ye Xinran promised.

"Daliang is no longer what it used to be, and the Leng family's business is growing bigger and bigger. Your brother is obsessed with studying his machines every day. I have handed over most of the business to your sister-in-law." Leng Qingyu said.

"My sister-in-law is a capable person. Mother, please teach her more. I will enjoy the good life with her in the future."

Ye Xinran still held her mother's arm and rocked gently, just like before.

"You, I really can't do anything about you."

Leng Qingyu tapped her forehead.

"Remember, no matter where you go, Mom is always waiting for you at home."

"Okay!" Ye Xinran agreed.

……

Another five years passed, and Ye Xinran returned to the capital with her child and settled down as she had said.

From then on, these young people in the capital finally got to see the legendary virtuous king and queen.

Everyone knows that the virtuous king is a powerful figure, and the virtuous princess beside him is even more extraordinary.

But both of them are very low-key, rarely ask about state affairs, and rarely interact with the powerful.

Only people of a certain age know that the current peace and prosperity in the world is inextricably linked to these two people.

There are legends about them everywhere, but no legend can truly depict the story of the two.

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