Thirty-five years of Daxia

There is an old courtyard in the center of the bustling Jiangcheng. There are not many ancient buildings like this. And if you can have such a large courtyard in such a place, you will naturally not be an ordinary person.

Today, young people will only be surprised when passing by this place, or are curious about the owner of this yard, which seems a bit out of place with the city, but the older generation still remembers that twenty or thirty years ago, this place was once the main hall of the Longmen, a gang that was famous in Daxia.

However, Daxia has been established for more than 30 years, and Jiangcheng is still one of the most prosperous cities in Daxia. However, the gangs of all sizes in Jiangcheng have been the same yesterday, and few people mention it.

The former Longmen was completely disbanded twenty years ago and replaced by Longmen Business. It is mainly involved in shipping, machinery, shipbuilding and other industries, and its head is said to be a child of the Long family in Northeast China.

Because the leader of the Longmen who whitewasted Longmen from a gang organization to a commercial group, Long Boyun, who once dominated Jiangcheng, was unmarried and had no children for life.

The weather was clear that day. At the door of the old Long family house, which was always quiet and solemn, was a young couple who looked twenty-seven or twenty years old. Behind the couple were there a few men and women in black standing with their heads down, and the atmosphere was a bit dull, as if they were waiting for someone.

After a while, several cars drove over from the end of the street and slowly stopped at the gate. The young couple immediately went up to meet them.

First, a middle-aged man in his forties walked out of the car. The man was calm and obviously not an ordinary person. He didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly to the person coming up, turned around and opened the door of the back seat, leaned over and helped someone out from inside.

The one who was helped get out of the car was a gray-haired lady. She was wearing a cheongsam with a light makeup. Although time inevitably left traces on her face, she still couldn't hide her former glory.

"Ms. Shang." The young couple hurried forward, and the man said respectfully: "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay, I'm idle now." Ms. Shang said: "How is he? Has anyone seen him?"

The man said: "Uncle Fu and Aunt Leng came to see each other yesterday. There are also some old friends who have been dating for many years. My parents may not arrive in the afternoon."

Ms. Shang nodded and said nothing. The man respectfully turned sideways and invited her in.

This was the first time my wife who was following him saw Ms. Shang, and she couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Although it was my first time meeting, for her, Ms. Shang also heard a big legend since she was a child.

She is the leader of the Feiyun Association, which once worked side by side with Longmen, and is also the founder of Feiyun Group. She is a well-known independent woman and businesswoman in Daxia. It is said that she was once the lover of the leader of Longmen when she was young - Shang Feiyun.

In today's Daxia, women's independence and equality have long been a well-known consensus. However, in the hearts of the younger generation, there are still several insurmountable peaks.

The first female president of Daxia - Ms. Zhuo Lin.

The chief weapons expert of Daxia, the first female military consultant, the founder of modern special operations, and the chairman of the Fu Group - Leng Sa.

There is also the first Feiyun Association, the founder of Feiyun Group - Shang Feiyun.

Compared with Ms. Zhuo Lin and Leng Sa, Shang Feiyun seems to be slightly inferior in terms of identity and achievements, but Shang Feiyun has established hundreds of girls' schools throughout Daxia in the past 20 years. He personally went to relatively backward areas to build schools to help women who are interested in independence and self-reliance and provide them with help.

She and outstanding women such as Leng Sa jointly formed an organization dedicated to providing assistance to women in the society, which is personally in charge of the management of the work.

She was unmarried all her life. Although it was rumored that she had a partner, she had never given birth to a child. She is now nearly seventy years old but she is still busy.

Such a woman is naturally worthy of respect from anyone.

Shang Feiyun stepped into Long Boyun's room alone, and there was almost no sound in the room.

Long Boyun lay calmly on the wide bed, and his wrinkled face could vaguely see his youthful appearance. However, Long Boyun was once a handsome man in Jiangcheng, and was a figure who could compete with the famous popular actresses at that time. Now that he is old this year, he can only be an old man with wrinkles on his face.

As if he heard the sound of footsteps, Long Boyun slowly opened his eyes.

After looking at Shang Feiyun for a while, he whispered: "You are here..."

Shang Feiyun was silent for a moment before nodding, slowly walked to his bed and sat down.

"Are you here to send me my last journey?" Long Boyun asked with a smile, as if he didn't care at all that he was about to reach the end of his life, and there was still a bright light in his eyes.

Shang Feiyun said: "I didn't expect... you would walk in front of me."

In terms of age, they are actually almost the same. Shang Feiyun worked hard in his early years and had not been idle for many years, and his health was definitely not as good as Long Boyun.

But what happened in this world is so unpredictable. It was just a sudden illness at the end of last year. It was only a few months before Long Boyun was about to arrive.

Long Boyun said: "I am not a loss at my age. In my early years... when I was licking blood from the knife, I never thought about the day I could lie on the bed and die of sleep."

Shang Feiyun remained silent, and Long Boyun stopped talking.

In fact, they have known each other for nearly fifty years, but they have been together for less than a year.

They have been separated for too long, and it seems... nothing to say.

"I came to you... I want to ask you." I don't know how long it was silent in the room, but Long Boyun said slowly: "I heard from someone that you bought a cemetery for yourself in Chuncheng."

Shang Feiyun was stunned and looked at him in surprise.

Long Boyun smiled, "I want to ask...I am dead, can I occupy a piece of land next to your cemetery?"

Seeing that Shang Feiyun did not answer, Long Boyun said, "We agreed to settle in Chuncheng for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately, we didn't stay for three months."

Shang Feiyun's calm eyes finally stirred up a wave, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes that still seemed young. "Long Boyun is already a thing of the past, why bother?"

"What about you?" Long Boyun looked at her and smiled.

This time, after being silent for a longer time, Shang Feiyun's voice finally sounded in the room, "Whatever you want."

"Thanks."

An hour later, Shang Feiyun slowly walked out of the room.

Ms. Shang, who is still calm and steadily, has been tempered by time.

He personally sent Shang Feiyun away, and the young man returned to the room.

"uncle."

Long Boyun smiled faintly and said, "Yi Chen, she agreed. I am dead and buried me in Spring City."

The young man... Long Yichen whispered: "Yes, uncle."

As if there was no last concern, Long Boyun's face was completely relaxed.

"You go out, I want to sleep for a while."

Long Yichen nodded, "Uncle, please rest for a while, I'll go out first."

After pulling the quilt on his body for him, Long Yichen retreated silently.

After leaving the Long family, Shang Feiyun did not return to Yongcheng immediately, but moved into the merchant's villa in Jiangcheng.

Since she returned to the villa, she sat alone in the room, without saying anything, and without seeing anyone.

When the sunset was setting, Shang Moyan pushed the door and walked in next to her and whispered: "Sister, the Lord of Longmen passed away half an hour ago."

Shang Feiyun nodded, "I understand, you go and rest."

"Sister." Shang Moyan looked at the man who was like his mother and sister with some concern.

Although it was already the year of destiny, Shang Moyan felt that he still could not understand what kind of relationship these two people were. He once thought that they would be together one day, and he kept trying his best to convince himself not to stop him. He was ignorant when he was young, but year after year he would think that his true enemy would have died. If his sister was willing, how could he stop her confidant and make her alone for the rest of her life?

However, he has not waited for that day until now.

Seeing that Shang Feiyun obviously didn't want to speak, Shang Moyan had to nod and whisper: "Okay, sister, you should rest early too."

Shang Moyan retreated silently, closed the door and left the space for Shang Feiyun alone.

Shang Feiyun leaned against the window and looked out the window. The sunset gradually fell and the temperature also dropped. She seemed to want to absorb the warmth, and raised her hand to tighten the shawl on her shoulders.

She and Long Boyun knew each other only seventeen years old.

The merchants and the Long family are both famous underworld forces in the south, so they are naturally familiar with each other, but she and Long Boyun have never seen each other in the past ten years.

Long Boyun, as the well-deserved future inheritance of Longmen, was highly expected by the leader of Longmen at that time. He was sent to the north for training since childhood and returned to Jiangcheng only after he was eighteen years old. The merchant was far away in Yongcheng, and the head of the Chamber of Commerce never thought of letting her daughter inherit the position of Feiyun Association, so naturally she would not participate in the affairs of the gang.

If everything goes well, Long Boyun should naturally become the new generation of sect leader of Longmen. Shang Feiyun will marry her father's carefully selected husband at the right age, and live a peaceful and smooth life from then on.

But sometimes things in the world are so impermanent.

When he was seventeen years old, Shang Feiyun went to Jiangcheng with his father to celebrate the birthday of the Longmen Sect leader. However, the legendary young master of Longmen did not appear at the birthday party. Instead, when Shang Feiyun was playing in Jiangcheng, he saw Long Boyun fighting with people in the most popular opera troupe in Jiangcheng at that time.

Shang Feiyun also practiced martial arts since childhood. He was restrained by his father for too long. Now he finally came out to play and felt chivalrous. He actually fought with Long Boyun in an unknown way.

This was originally just a brief encounter between young people. If they had exchanged their real names at that time, and if Long Boyun had not missed his father's birthday party, perhaps the entanglements that followed decades would have ceased to exist.

However, there are not so many ifs in this world.

When she was 19 years old, Shang Feiyun refused the future husband chosen by her father for her. After persuading her father but failed, the proud business lady packed up her fines and embarked on a journey to escape engagement.

That was the second time in Shang Feiyun left Yongcheng in his life. On the way south, she met Long Boyun, who also ran away from home.

Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, they still remember each other. Two equally proud young girls heading south together, wanting to pursue the freedom in their hearts.

Or, they all want to protest against their father in such a childish way.

In fact, she couldn't remember how she fell in love with Long Boyun, as if she was because she had been with her side and had similar personalities, or maybe it was because she fought side by side when she met a bandit, or just looked back at each other inadvertently.

In short, when they arrived at Chuncheng, a thousand miles away from Jiangcheng and Yongcheng, they had already confirmed that they were the ones who would stay together for the rest of their lives.

Chuncheng is a beautiful small town southwest of Daxia. It is far from the administrative and commercial center of Daxia and is surrounded by various ethnic groups. In times of inconvenient transportation, only merchants and scholars traveling thousands of miles away are often the only ones who come and go here.

They settled in the small town, and they worked and sunset like the locals in the spring city. Long Boyun would find some temporary workers during the day, or help people settle accounts and write letters. Shang Feiyun sometimes went out to work with him, and sometimes learned the local girl with the girl from his neighbors.

They all have ambitions and have not mentioned their families, but they also know that they will not stay in Spring City for a long time, so they are not looking for a long-term and stable job.

When they are free, they will also discuss when they will go back and how to convince each other's family after they go back. After all, running away from home will not really solve the problem, and they will not really never go back for the rest of their lives.

On a sunny day in late spring, Long Boyun proposed to her on a small hill outside the wilderness of the spring city.

She seemed to blush at the time, and after a while she quickly took the flower and asked, "What if my father doesn't agree?"

The proud boy didn't care, "I'm so good, why would your father disagree? If he really disagrees, I'll take you to elope."
To be continued...