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Chapter 106: Cutting the Mountains and Breaking the Formation (Part 2)

Thinking of this, Xu Changqing stepped forward to go to the village office, but when he arrived at the door, someone knocked on the door outside. When he opened the door, he saw an old farmer with a dry tobacco pipe on his waist and a bedding blanket on his back. {Chinese.

When the old farmer saw Xu Changqing, he was not as surprised as those young people. He was just stunned. Then he showed a hint of sympathy in his eyes. Then he laughed twice and said, "My sister Gu is not considerate. You will leave you here and leave. I heard from Xiao Sun, who was sending coal fire, say that you didn't bring anything when you came, and you didn't have any bedding or clothes. I will take the extra bedding from my house for you to use. I will find you some clothes for changing clothes later..."

"Wait!" Xu Changqing was also the first time he encountered such a self-professional and enthusiastic person. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then interrupted him, saying, "The old man may have misunderstood. I am not the educated youth assigned to the countryside here, but just an ordinary traveler, wanting to see where I have been before."

"Uh! I don't understand this clearly." The old farmer was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly, but walked into the house with the bedding and said, "But the same thing is the same. Whether you are an educated youth who went to the countryside or a relaxing traveler, since you came to our Taohua Township, we can't let you freeze and starve. You can always use the bedding here. When you leave, put it here. Maybe the educated youth who live here can also use it in the future." As he said, he did not allow Xu Changqing to object and put the bedding on the simple bamboo bed, skillfully spread it open. Then he saw that there was no fire in the house, and he said, "It seems that you should be a person living in a big city, right? They all use made coal blocks, and have never used this kind of earth coal ball. I don't know how to make a fire. Let me ignite the fire for you!"

"No! Really no!" Faced with such an enthusiastic person, Xu Changqing was really unable to resist. Before he took action, he quickly pulled him and said, "I am not afraid of the cold, but I can't stand the smell of coal balls. So there was no fire."

When the old farmer heard this, he looked at Xu Changqing in surprise. After all, it was so cold here that people couldn't help but want to hold on to the fire in their arms. There was still someone who couldn't stand the smell of coal balls and didn't make fire. However, when his eyes fell on Xu Changqing's burned face, he seemed to think of something, and a sudden look appeared on his face, and then patted his forehead. He said, "Look at me, since I don't like to make fire, don't make fire! Wait a minute, I'll ask you to bring a thermos bottle and drink more hot water to warm your body."

Seeing the old farmer's appearance, Xu Changqing understood that the other party misunderstood that he was burned, so he was afraid of the flames and did not dare to make a fire. He did not explain much about this, and let it go.

After putting down the bedding, the old farmer did not leave. Instead, he found two stools and sat down, took off the tobacco pipe, skillfully put on the tobacco, lit it, took a sip, and then asked Xu Changqing, "Old man, my name is Chen Guixin, the village chief here, haven't you asked the comrade's surname yet?"

Seeing the old farmer's behavior, Xu Changqing wanted to laugh a little. He understood that the old farmer's delivery of bedding was fake, but it was real to find out the details. It was just that his methods were a bit clumsy and he didn't grasp the rhythm enough. But his enthusiasm was not fake, which made Xu Changqing not feel any discomfort and did not feel any disgusted.

"My name is Xu Changqing." Xu Changqing said without hiding his name.

"Xu Changqing?" The old farmer was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and looked at Xu Changqing with a strange look for a long time.

With such an obvious reaction, how could Xu Changqing not know what the old farmer was thinking, but he didn't say it out loud, but asked, "Why is there any problem with my name?"

"It's nothing, but there was a person in Taohua Township who had the same name as you. When you heard your name, you just thought of him." The old farmer came to his senses and explained, but the doubt on his face did not fade, and he muttered to himself as he thought, "Can't... no, no..."

Although Xu Changqing has a special status in Chen Jiachong, his true identity and status are not known to ordinary people. For ordinary people in Chen Jiachong, he is just a guardian of a charity village. However, because the Chen family respects him, the people who are not aware of the Chen Jiachong will at least show respectful attitudes on the surface.

Because of the turbulent situation in China, Shaoguan is a major military brigade that goes north and south, which makes the war disasters in this area far more than other places. Even if Chen Jiachong is protected by the Chen family, it is difficult to resist the war disasters. A large number of people who settled here are wandering in foreign lands. In addition, famine, plague and other disasters have caused very few local people to be born and raised in Taohua Township, and this old farmer is one of them, and he is also a person who has a little understanding of Xu Changqing.

Although the old farmer looks like he is as old as his seventies or eighties, he is actually only in his early fifties and less than sixty years old. When he was sensible, Xu Changqing had already left the Chen family to fight against Taohua Mountain. His deep impression of the name Xu Changqing came from the absurd stories his parents told his son when they were alive. The old farmer did not have the surname Chen, but because his family has been hired farmers, long-term workers, and slaves of the Chen family for generations, he was named the master's surname to show closeness. Because of this, their family also has some knowledge of some unknown secrets of the Chen family, and Taohuashan Yizhuang, a special existence that is closely related to the Chen family, is also included.

When the old farmer was a child, he was a boy at a water and land magic meeting to guide the way for wandering ghosts and ghosts. Because he was very young, his memory was already very blurred, but he believed in ghosts and gods more than others, because he had seen Xu Changqing cast spells with his own eyes. Although that memory was not very clear, when his mother told his son a story, the memory deepened again. A few days ago, some strange things happened in the village, which made him remember some things from the past again. Now, the outsider who was burned out of recognition in front of him said such a familiar name, which made him think a lot.

When I just heard this name, the old farmer couldn't help but associate the person in front of me with the Xu Changqing in my memory, but then thought it was impossible. Because if calculated based on the age of the person in my memory, he had lived to be at least ten years old now. Although the person in front of me was burned and could not tell his age from his appearance, he could only hear his voice at most twenty or thirty years old, not old at all, and it was absolutely impossible that he was the person in his memory.

Seeing that the old farmer seemed to be in memory, Xu Changqing did not disturb him, but sat quietly waiting for the other party to recover. He had already guessed that the old farmer must have seen him in the past, but just like an eagle could not see the ants underground clearly, he also did not take the time to pay attention or remember any passerby around him, so he didn't know what the old farmer knew him under what circumstances, so he could only vaguely guess that it might have something to do with the Chen family.

"Haha! When people get old, they like to recall the past. It is really rude to let the guests sit here wither." After a while, the old farmer recovered from a trance and smiled awkwardly, eased the atmosphere around them, and then said straightforwardly: "I heard that Comrade Xu has lived here for a while before, maybe we still know each other."

"Maybe!" Xu Changqing vaguely, turned to look at the direction of Taohua Mountain, and said, "I still remember the scene of peach blossoms back then. I originally wanted to come and see it, but... it was a pity!"

"Yes! What a pity!" Perhaps because he was infected by Xu Changqing's emotions, the old farmer couldn't help but say what he said, but then realized that it was inappropriate, so he immediately added: "But no matter how beautiful the peach blossom scenery looks, it can't fill your stomach. Now it has been changed to fields. The food every year is enough for the villagers to eat two meals a day, which is much better than when it was in the old society."

"It is the right way for the country to take people first." Xu Changqing seemed to have no initial anger, but calmed down and thought about the problem. After the old farmer talked about the transformation of Taohua Mountain, he nodded in agreement. Then he asked: "There is something I want to ask the old man. I remember that there is a big peach tree growing extremely magically on Taohua Mountain. It is said that this big peach tree seems to be the mother clock of all the peach trees in this mountain. I don't know the big peach tree back then..."

"The big peach tree has been sent to the capital, so it's not clear where it is planted." The old farmer replied without thinking much: "It's a pity that some people said that such a big peach tree was cut down like this. Later, it happened to be the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Some people suggested that this thing be given to the country by our hometown. This matter was reported to the city, and it seemed that it was also attached great importance to it. It also sent an army and some plant-based intellectuals to assist in the transplantation of this peach tree."

"Is it transplanted to the capital?" Xu Changqing was slightly stunned for a moment, and soon a hint of relief appeared on his face. He vaguely guessed in his heart that the big peach tree should have realized that the disaster was coming. Staying in Taohua Mountain would only be destroyed by humanitarian power. It would be better to abandon everything here and get a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, when the village name cut down the big peach tree, even if the humanitarian power suppressed it, if the big peach tree, which had already merged with the spiritual veins here, would have fought to the death, it would probably be a loss-winning ending, and it would definitely not be as unscathed as it is now.

"Is it possible that there is any connection?" Xu Changqing's suspicious nature reminded him that after hearing about Chen Yingning, he temporarily changed his decision to go south, but instead went north. Now there is another reason to go north, which makes him involuntarily wonder if there will be any connection, or being controlled by some invisible force, etc.

After mentioning the big peach tree, the old farmer frowned slightly as if he was worried. He looked at Xu Changqing, who looked thoughtful with confusion, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
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