60, [revisiting the old place]
Fang Chang's original body is from Xingqing Prefecture.
After leaving Huaifeng Mansion, he continued west along the official road, and then passed the junction of the two prefectures and continued to move forward.
Then turn north at a huge locust tree and walk along the path for dozens of miles. Then you will be in the town where you are in the other world after closing your eyes and waking up again.
Including the chance encounter after waking up, the adventure of two practice books in the backpack behind me also happened in this small town.
My original body has lived here for nearly twenty years. I am familiar with every resident here, the river wells here, the small roads and farmlands here, the grass and trees here, and every building here, and... except for the new high-rise buildings there...
In short, in the original memory, this small town is all the places he has visited.
Before leaving the town, Fang Chang had already settled all the cause and effect of the original body in the town.
That doesn't take much effort.
After that, he could already be called "untainted by the world", so Fang Chang was not ready to show up to disturb the peaceful life of these neighbors.
He didn't want to leave any topic for the townspeople. Fang Chang knew the speed of the rumors deformed. If he suddenly appeared and was noticed, it would probably take a few days to go into the mouth of neighbors, he would become a monster like fourteen hands and fingers, three heads and six arms, and would steam a child every now and then.
My own cottage has been sold.
That was one of the property left after the death of his adopted father who had adopted him.
Now there is an ordinary person living in it. He came here from another place to make a living. They set up a small stall in front of the door and sold some pickled vegetables after farming every day.
The old house provides the livelihoods of these people, which is considered as the best use of the goods.
In the past, there were all the harvested millet poles, which had not yet been completely crushed, like a forest of needles. Fang Chang had an adventure, and then walked on the riverside of the cultivation road, and a crop of reeds grew. Willow leaves hang down by the river, laying a green reflection on the gentle river surface.
Erniu, the neighbor's neighbor, has married a wife and is living a life of ties. Du Xiaomei's house at the entrance of the village, has a new note on the door, proving that the only daughter of the family has been married and has arrived in a nearby village.
The old man who had been leaning there under the big tree, basking in the sun and telling stories to the children all year round, disappeared, and a touch of white appeared at his doorstep.
Wedding and funerals are common things in the world.
The quarrels, laughter, and howling children in the town are also performed here in turn, just like every day and night before.
But the above has nothing to do with Fang Chang anymore. He no longer belongs to this place, whether it is his body or soul.
When decades later, this generation passed away, no one would remember that there was a young man named Fang Chang who grew up in this small town - at that time, there would be no more marks about him here.
After quietly walking around the town, Fang Chang walked past many people, but he deliberately used his cultivation level and became as if he had integrated into this world, so that no one noticed him, let alone recognized him.
No one here should know about that time.
The original body had already inquired about everyone who might know, but everyone only knew that the taciturn but capable Lao Fang suddenly took back a baby one day and raised him to a human. The origin of the baby was not revealed until his death.
After thinking about it, the only thing that may have clues is the person who occasionally visits.
The man seemed to be as old as his foster father. Every time he came, he was dressed in black, and even his hat was black. Back then, every time he visited, his foster father would spend his original body and let him go to his neighbor's house to have meals.
The information I can know is that the man comes from Lulin Town not far away, with his surname Ji.
But later, the original body also went to Lulin Town to search for it several times, but never met it. The townsmen told the original body that the residence had been uninhabited for a long time and had long collapsed, and people did not know where to go.
But in legend, this man surnamed Ji had already entered the world early and no longer had his duty.
If the premonition is fulfilled, it is most likely that it should be on this person...
Fang Chang tightened his back and went to the outsider to leave the place where the original body grew up behind him.
I think I won't have the chance to come back here again.
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Fang Chang has also walked the road to Lulin Town many times.
Now that he has achieved a small cultivation level and is free of worries, he finally has the mood to appreciate the scenery on both sides of the road. When the original body walked this road many times before, he had no time to pay attention to both sides, but just took his own thoughts and rushed to the road.
Twenty miles passed by in a flash.
Standing at the entrance of Lulin Town, Fang Chang looked for an idle person on the side of the road, stepped forward and asked politely: "This guy is polite. Is there a family in Lulin Town whose surname is Ji?"
"Hey, why are so many people asking about Ji's surname today?"
The idle man was not stingy with guidance, nor did he return the courtesy. He pointed at the other party and said:
"There is indeed a family, and when you came, there was only one old man left in the family. He hasn't come back for many years and even the house has collapsed. Fortunately, no one has taken over the homestead."
"The old man came back recently, and he brought a lot of money alone. After we had a banquet for the neighbors, he started to recruit people to repair the house. He said it was repairing, but I think it was better than building a new one."
Fang Chang bowed again: "Thank you, my brother, for your guidance, but there is anyone besides me who asks about this old man?"
"Yes, there was a group of people in the morning. After asking here, I answered the same way. But they turned around and left without saying a word, as if I had pointed out the way for them and owed them money and food. It was really inconsiderate and even more puzzling." The idle man said, and spitted at the land at his feet.
Hey? This is actually the case.
Fang Chang secretly wrote it down, then said goodbye to the idle person, and walked towards the direction of Old Man Ji's house.
The newly built courtyard wall house also has some unique anger of new buildings. It needs a rain of autumn to become more suitable for the surrounding houses. The door is closed, but it is just bolted from the inside, proving that there should be someone inside.
Instead of visiting the townspeople, he again disappeared from the attention of the townspeople. Whenever he glanced at himself, he would always be accidentally slipped by, and no one would care that someone would act in the town.
Fang Chang looked around, jumped gently, and jumped to the roof next to him.
Then he found a comfortable position, leaned there, opened the bamboo tube around his waist and sipped the wine, and observed the quiet courtyard in front of his sight.
It was not until the evening that Fang Chang discovered that the old man surnamed Ji appeared.
The man is already very old.
Chapter completed!