Chapter 182: A hundred years of life is nothing but death
Fang Jue passed by several very "lively" places along the way.
The more typical one is Jiangling Prefecture, which is the largest city in the country. To be more precise, Jiangling Prefecture should be called "Business"; in comparison, Yueshui County has many people, which is considered wealthy, but it gives people the feeling that it is more busy.
The most appropriate thing to describe it in the word "live" is Lingshui Town.
The street is not particularly wide, and the shops and residences on both sides do not look particularly luxurious, but people come and go on the street, and dialects from all over the world can be heard everywhere, and shops and even street stalls can be seen everywhere.
There are both wealthy businessmen wearing brocade clothes and robes, high-headed horses, and hawkers wearing torn cotton jackets, old clothes, and scrambled vendors. These people gathered together and were not at all inconsistent, and they were well integrated into the noisy market.
Liu Zifeng has been traveling for more than a year. At this moment, when he returned to his hometown, he couldn't help but relax. He bought a lot of "gifts" along the way and brought them to his elders and friends. He had almost no gifts on the boat except for the personal collection of silver notes, so he could only purchase them on-site. He was always a matter of his wish.
The area in Lingshui Town is actually not large. People with a little money buy land and build houses outside the town. The same is true for the Liu family. They walked straight through Lingshui Town and saw a large area of scattered houses from afar, all of which were all high walls and black tiles. Instead, they looked more luxurious than the town, and completely opposite to the endless farmland outside ordinary rural towns.
After a while, I came to an outside a blue brick courtyard with two plaques hanging on the gate of Liu's mansion, and there was a pair of stone households at the door.
"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, open the door, I'm back!" Liu Zifeng strode forward and knocked on the door.
After a while, the door creaked open, revealing an old face full of wrinkles.
"Hey, young master, you're back!" The butler Liu was immediately happy when he saw Liu Zifeng. The old man laughed. He quickly opened the door, took Liu Zifeng's hand and looked up and down, and said with a smile: "I've been out for a year and I've lost weight, but I've become strong! Your parents miss you so much."
"Brother Liu, I'm bringing you this pot of wine." Liu Zifeng handed over a small jar of aged wine he bought on the street.
Bo Liu smiled and said, "Hey, you still miss me. I'm fine, hurry up and see my wife."
"Wait a minute." Liu Zifeng asked Fang Jue and Li Xian to get in and said to Liu Bo: "Brother Liu, these two are friends I met on the way. I almost lost my life when I encountered a great disaster on the way. It was all due to the rescue of two. Mr. Fang is still a scholar-in-law. I invite you to stay at home for a few days. You can arrange it and you must be entertained."
After saying that, he clasped his fists at Fang Jue, "Brother Fang, I've just come back. According to the etiquette, I must go back to see my parents first. You can do it yourself first. My family is not big and there are no rules. If you like it, just walk around. You can also go to the market when you are free. I have visited my parents and invite you to drink at night."
"You can do whatever you want." Fang Jue smiled.
"Then I'll leave first, Uncle Liu, you have to arrange your benefactor and live in the room next to me. Everything is the best in the house." Liu Zifeng reminded again.
"Young Master, don't worry." Uncle Liu thought for a while and whispered: "Young Master, there is something I have to report to you, you know what you want."
"What's the matter?" Liu Zifeng asked.
"Hi, it's not a big deal." Liu Bo smiled a little strangely and said, "Two months ago, the master took a concubine."
"Uh? My dad?" Liu Zifeng was stunned: "I didn't see it before, he still has this idea?"
"Hi." Uncle Liu smiled dryly, "Young Master, you know that man is a good person. He saw him selling his body on the street. After taking it back, he was very nice to this little aunt."
Liu Zifeng is not a fool either. When he heard this, he understood a lot and nodded and smiled: "I know, the old man is old, and it is a good thing to take care of multiple people. Thank you, Uncle Liu."
After saying that, he clasped his fists at Fang Jue: "Master, then I'll go first."
"good."
Liu Zifeng turned around and left with a gift. Liu Bo invited Fang Jue and Li Xian to the next yard for resettlement.
The Liu family is from a good family, but it is not considered a wealthy person. The house is a four-entry courtyard. Putting aside the front yard when entering the door, and the last large warehouse, it is equivalent to three four-entry courtyards connected together.
One of the yards is a residence, the master and his wife live in the main room, the new aunt and grandma live in the side room, and the two girls live in the lower room;
There is also a yard that has a guest room, and there are no permanent residents, and they are all family members living there.
A yard belongs to Liu Zifeng, and it was always empty, so Fang Jue was arranged to live in the side room of this yard. After a while, he sent a whole set of gooseberry bedding, fragrant wood toilet, pancreas for washing faces and hands, and heating braziers.
There are eight plates, all of which are snacks, candied fruits, and a jar of wine.
For such a rich businessman, the show is not small anymore. It can be seen that Liu Zifeng, as his only son, has a high status in the Liu family.
"I'm going to have the housekeeper." Fang Jue smiled and took out a ingot of silver, two or three taels of silver, and handed it over.
"The Master is the young master's friend. The young master has treated us very well since he was a child, so I dare not accept this."
Uncle Liu refused a few times without any falsehood, but finally stopped it. He smiled and said, "He lives in the next yard, just call Lao Liu if you have anything, or just ask a few servants at home, they are all from their hometowns, so you won't make any mistakes when doing things properly."
After Liu Bo left, Fang Jue and Li Xian washed their faces with hot water, and then went to the big bed, feeling very comfortable.
To be honest, it is difficult to go out and do everything well. Since the beginning of his trip, although they are not short of money, they are always wandering.
I have stayed in an expensive inn, a small shop on the roadside, and a sleeping in the wilderness. I even spent one night in Danyuanzi's super luxury car.
But no matter what, it is actually not as good as lying down on the big bed of "home" to relax and comfortable.
Even someone else's home.
"People say that your wife and children are warm on the bed, you will not have to worry about eating and drinking, and you will never change your life to a god. The ideal of being a teacher at that time was to have a little money and some idleness, marry a few wives, have children at home, bask in the sun in winter and take a nap in summer." Fang Jue said lazily.
"After time, I'm also annoying," said Li Xian.
Fang Jue made him laugh at his old-fashioned tone.
But he was right. Some people are restless in their bones and struggle all their lives, and they can't stop until the day they die.
Life always requires doing something you think you can't do, which is more interesting.
"After doing it, I found that I really couldn't do it?" Li Xian asked.
Chapter completed!