There were endless carriages, horses and pedestrians on the official road, and the willow trees beside the road were green. Occasionally, a carriage could drive past and bring out a bunch of dust.

Lao Wang waved the thin donkey driving, turned around and continued to say to Su Cheng:

"Kaizhou is a good place, close to the Yellow River, good water, and easy to recover from injuries."

Su Cheng shook his head helplessly, lay down in the carriage, and told Lao Wang:

"I am in poor health now and cannot fight with others. If I fight with others, I will immediately get blood stagnant in my internal organs and blood bleed in my seven orifices. If you don't want me to die and be chased by the court, you have to protect me."

When Lao Wang heard this, his face changed drastically. He pinched Su Cheng's hand and carefully took the pulse.

"Good things get so hard, I said it won't be so easy for me to meet a peerless genius, and let me pass on my martial arts."

"I'm old and I have to be a bodyguard for others."

The donkey cart continued to walk, passed Zhuozhou and walked to Baoding Prefecture, passed Shunde Prefecture, passed Guangping Prefecture, and finally arrived at Daming Prefecture.

From Dunqiu, they finally arrived in Kaizhou.

The feelings of the hometown are even more timid and dare not ask the people. When they see the familiar scenes of their hometown, the feelings of the hometown in Su Cheng's mind become stronger and stronger. The familiar scene awakens the familiar feelings, and the memories of relatives and neighbors in his mind become heavier.

After leaving Kaizhou City, Sucheng stood on a carriage for the first time and pointed to an official road towards the east:

"All this road goes east and you can reach my house."

Lao Wang looked at the official road full of deep ruts and fell into deep thought.

Why are the roads in Kaizhou so bad?

Su Cheng was sick and could not work hard. Lao Wang had to stick out his butt and push the donkey cart and Su Cheng out of deep ruts.

The donkey cart occasionally passes through the ruts with water, and the skinny donkey likes to walk along the water. The wheels rotate and stir up a ball of mud and water, splashing Lao Wang's head and body.

Su Cheng lay on the donkey cart and said to Lao Wang with a smile:

"Lao Wang pushes the cart, your posture is wrong, your posture is wrong."

Lao Wang didn’t understand what driving was, but according to what Su Cheng said, it would be fine.

As the road approached Yangcun, the road finally got better. Although the official road became much narrower, there were no longer deep ruts. The skinny donkey could pull the two of them forward with a little force.

Lao Wang sat on the shaft and said sarcastically:

"Along the way, you Kaizhou has the worst road, the entire Daming Prefecture, no, the entire Beizhili, you Kaizhou has the worst road, don't you local officials know how to repair it?"

"Your Yangcun is OK. Although this road is narrow, it is not as bad as the main road in Kaizhou. The local government is still doing its best."

Su Cheng sneered at him:

"If the road is not broken, it means that the local government has done its best. You, Lao Wang, are still the people in the martial arts world who have traveled around the world. You don't even know this. Our Yang Village is poor and there is no big cart to walk on, so you will naturally not be able to crush this road."

"It has nothing to do with the government's efforts!"

The two of them chatted, and the donkey cart finally walked to the entrance of Yangcun Village.

After more than half a month of night stay, the two finally returned to their hometown in Sucheng.

It was approaching evening, the sun sets west, and the fields were quiet, and the crops in the surrounding farmland had been harvested. There were piles of large and small grains in the threshing farm at the entrance of the village.

Every household has a blank door, and blue smoke comes out of the chimney. It is the latest time of the day again.

The donkey cart walked through the dilapidated streets and arrived at the first alley. Familiar memories surged into my heart. Su Cheng's heart seemed to be touched by something lightly, and he couldn't help himself.

On the left side of the alley, a new house was built at Cao Mazi's house, and on the right, the fence of the Yang Er's house was tightly built. The second uncle's house was still the same, and it had not changed at all for several years.

Next to it is Sucheng's home.

The fence is crooked and the wood door is tied together with several wooden sticks. The main house is a loess house, black tiles and yellow walls, green fences, several farm tools, a well, and a small farmyard scene.

"Squeak"

The door of the main house was pushed open, and the woman with a willow basket in her arms walked out lightly, her eyes facing Su Cheng standing at the door.

"Big brother?"

There were inquiries, questions, surprises, and a hint of fear in the woman's voice.

After walking a few steps to the wooden door, looking at the donkey cart outside the yard, Lao Wang looked up at the sky, and finally turned his eyes to Su Cheng:

"Brother, is it really you?"

Su Cheng was a little confused. What does his own girl mean? What are you afraid of when I go home?

"Bai Yan, it's me, where is your second brother?"

"Pu"

The wicker basket fell to the ground.

Two lines of clear tears fell on Su Baiyan's wheat-colored cheeks. The surprise in Su Baiyan's tone overshadowed everything and threw herself into Su Cheng's arms.

"Brother, you are finally back!"

"Yang Er said you are dead. The postman who used to bring money to our family hasn't been here for half a year. My second brother went to the county to ask, and he also said that you might have died on the grassland."

"Brother, are you really still alive?"

Su Baiyan cried with pear blossoms and her little face turned into tears.

Su Cheng helped Su Baiyan up, wiped the tears from her cheeks, and said to Lao Wang next to him in anger:

"I'm not dead yet. The county officials deceived their superiors and subordinates like this. Looking back, how I dealt with them."

Su Baiyan's crying attracted neighbors to come out. When they saw Sucheng, all the neighbors were like ghosts and took a breath.

The second uncle of the neighbor was bold:

"City boss, if you die in the northern grassland, you will die. You can't come back and harm others."

Second aunt gave the second uncle a broken mind:

"It's not dark yet, why are you crazy? This is a good person in Renda City, why are you a ghost?"

"Big City, why are you back? Didn't you say that the Beijing camp soldiers will not be allowed to return home for three to five years? How did you come back?"

The neighbors around him stopped talking.

The Ming Dynasty strictly controlled military households. When deserters were caught, they were basically sentenced. Neighbors who were hiding and did not report them were deemed guilty.

For a moment, the neighbors were a little scared, "Dacheng really became a deserter."

Su Cheng said with a smile:

"I was seriously injured, and the adults approved my leave."

As he said that, Su Cheng pointed to Lao Wang next to him:

"This is the guard sent by the adults to send me home. I have been walking on the road for almost a month. If I walked faster, I am still lying in the car and can't move."

All the neighbors felt relieved when they heard this.

It is common for serious injuries to return home. The head of the King of the next door, who was seriously injured, returned home. His legs are still lame now.

It was dark, and the neighbors said a few words and then scattered and went home, but they couldn't help but talk about it before leaving.

"The old Su family is over this time. The big city is injured and it is difficult to get married."

"I have looked down on him since I was a child. I've been seriously injured and returned home. This life is over."

"There are many people who are injured and return home. Isn't Xie Laosan the same? What's wrong with Dacheng going home after being injured? I will still be a hero in a few days."

"In the future, I don't have any contact with the Old Su family. I'm afraid I can't even do farm work when I get injured in the Dacheng. Erhe is a lazy guy again, and the Old Su family is over."

Su Baiyan led the two of them into the house. The second son Su He received the news and came back excitedly. He was carrying two palm-sized grass carp in his hand, and his feet and legs were covered with mud.

"Brother, I caught two grass carp in the river, which just happened to welcome you."
Chapter completed!