sbdcsierra Chapter 199 The soul returns to its hometown
Chapter 199 The soul returns to its hometown
When Ye Changyan heard the call from the master, he quickly stood up from the field. When Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei saw Ye Changyan nod at them, they quickly followed him and walked towards the edge of the field.
Ye Changyan walked along the edge of the field to the roadside and started asking the village head.
"Uncle Shuanzhu, what is the situation now?"
Li Zhiping was a little out of breath from running. He calmed down a little and started talking.
"Li Baolin and his friends just came back from Liangzhou. Before they had time to go home, they went straight to the farm to look for you. I happened to run into them and told them that you had moved. I took them to your new yard and knocked at the door for a long time, but no one was there. So your aunt and I went to look for you in your fields separately."
Li Zhiping looked at Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei, brother and sister, and continued.
"Li Baolin and his team have already brought back the father of these two children. I heard from Li Baolin that there is also a letter brought back by Lord Xue from Liangzhou."
Hearing Li Zhiping say this, Fang Xiaomei's tears immediately fell and Fang Xiaotong's eyes also turned red.
Ye Changyan patted Fang Xiaotong on the shoulder and then ran towards Mr. Cai who was working in the field.
After a while, Mr. Cai came to the roadside with the help of Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng, and Lu Tingfeng followed closely behind.
The group then simply washed themselves in a paddy field by the roadside and headed back.
Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei wished they could grow a pair of wings and fly back immediately. Seeing their anxious faces, Ye Changyan asked Lu Tingfeng to take them away first, and they would rush back later.
Li Zhiping walked in front, and Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng, supporting Mr. Cai, followed closely behind. When they returned to the Ye family's yard, they saw Fang Xiaotong holding a jar and Fang Xiaomei holding a wooden box about two feet long. The brother and sister were kneeling on the open space outside the gate of the Ye family's yard.
Lu Tingfeng was standing next to the brother and sister, and there were four people standing on the other side. Ye Changyan only knew Li Baolin. The remaining three were a burly young man, a middle-aged man, and a young man in his twenties who looked somewhat like Li Baolin. This should be Li Baolin's eldest son, Li Rongxu.
Seeing that the gate of his courtyard was open, Ye Changyan hurriedly called Li Baolin and others into the yard.
Li Baolin had a solemn expression on his face. He quickly came to Ye Changyan and spoke to him in a low voice.
"We brought back the ashes of the father of these two children. For a person who died in a foreign land, it is best not to bring his ashes into someone else's home, as this would cause the soul to get lost and not be able to return home. Of course, it would also be a very bad thing for the host family if the ashes were brought into their home."
Although Ye Changyan did not believe in ghosts and gods originally, this matter involved whether Fang Xiaotong and his sister's deceased father could return to their hometown, so Ye Changyan became cautious.
He turned sideways and cast an inquiring look at Mr. Cai, and then heard what Mr. Cai said.
"Since this little boy Fang has already taken Tingfeng as his master, I think it would be better for Tingfeng to take these two children on a trip. If we set off now and drive a carriage, we should be able to get back before dark."
After hearing what Mr. Cai said, Ye Changyan and Li Baolin both nodded in agreement.
So Ye Changyan walked towards the direction of Fang Xiaotong and his sister, and then spoke to Lu Tingfeng.
"Brother Lu, since Xiaotong and Xiaomei's father has been brought back, please drive the carriage and take them back so that they can be buried properly."
Seeing Lu Tingfeng nodded, he stood up to lead the carriage, and then Ye Changyan looked at the brother and sister with red eyes.
"Take these fifty taels of silver and go back to ask your relatives, friends, and neighbors to help bury your father properly. Buy as many things as possible. With the remaining money, you can prepare a few simple banquets to leave a memory for your relatives, friends, and neighbors."
As he spoke, Ye Changyan handed the five silver ingots he had taken out to Fang Xiaotong.
Fang Xiaotong and his sister gently placed the jar and wooden box in their hands beside them, kowtowed and knelt before Ye Changyan, then took the silver handed to them by Ye Changyan, then picked up the jar and wooden box again and stepped onto the carriage led by Lu Tingfeng.
Lu Tingfeng simply greeted them, waved his whip, and drove the carriage away.
Seeing the carriage going away, Li Baolin winked at the young man beside him, and the young man knelt down in front of Ye Changyan with a plop.
Ye Changyan was a little stunned. He didn't understand the situation for a while before he listened to Li Baolin's introduction.
"Mr. Ye, this is the good-for-nothing eldest son of my family, Li Rongxu."
Li Baolin turned around and said to Li Rongxu.
"This is the Ye family scholar husband who saw through your deception."
As soon as Li Baolin finished speaking, Li Rongxu and Ye Changyan kowtowed.
"Thank you, Mr. Scholar, for saving my life."
Ye Changyan hurried forward and helped Li Rongxu up.
"This is impossible."
Then Li Baolin pointed at Li Rongxu and Mr. Cai and Liang Jingcheng beside Ye Changyan.
"This is Mr. Cai who wrote the letter of recommendation to Mr. Xue, and this is Mr. Liang who helped raise money."
Before Li Baolin finished speaking, Li Rongxu knelt down in front of Mr. Cai and Liang Jingcheng and kowtowed to them.
"Thank you Mr. Cai and Mr. Liang for your help."
Liang Jingcheng hurriedly leaned over and helped Li Rongxu up.
Mr. Cai looked at Li Rongxu and began to comfort him.
"This child, why bother with such a big gift, as long as the person is okay!"
Zhang went in another direction to look for someone, but didn't find anyone, so he hurried back and happened to see this scene.
"Aunt Zhang, you've made such a long trip for nothing. Come on, come on, everyone, sit in the yard."
When Ye Changyan saw Zhang had also returned, he hurriedly invited everyone into the yard.
The crowd did not refuse anymore and walked into the Ye family's yard.
Li Baolin felt that the courtyard was magnificent when he was outside the door. He was even more surprised when he walked into the courtyard. He knew that the third branch of the Ye family had only separated for a short period of half a year.
In just half a year, the third branch of the Ye family bought dozens of acres of land and built such a magnificent mansion, which really surprised Li Baolin.
Everyone entered the Ye family's yard. Ye Changyan hurried to get some stools. Seeing this, Zhang also hurried forward to help. After everyone was seated, Zhang smiled at Ye Changyan and ran to the kitchen to boil water.
Ye Changyan hurriedly brought out cakes and candies from the house and invited everyone to eat.
After Li Baolin and others were polite, they listened to him introduce himself to Ye Changyan and others.
"This is my brother-in-law, Hu Qian, and this is my cousin, Li Baoqiang. They accompanied me to Liangzhou."
After Hu Qian and Li Baoqiang briefly greeted Ye Changyan and his disciples, Li Baolin carefully took out a letter from his bag and handed it to Mr. Cai.
"Mr. Cai, this is a letter from Mr. Xue."