"Do you remember where this is?"
Soon, they arrived at a wasteland covered with weeds.
“Here…”
Looking at the dilapidated scene in front of him, Cheng Kang felt a little heartbroken.
This was the former Cheng family mansion, the richest landlord Cheng’s home within hundreds of miles.
"It seems you still remember it!"
Cheng Shun glanced at Cheng Kang and smiled bitterly.
"Brother Kangzi, not long after you left, the Cheng family mansion caught fire. Many people were burned to death, and Brother Shunzi almost didn't escape."
Zhang Lizheng said with a frown on his face.
"What?"
Cheng Kang was shocked.
"A few days after you left, many of the servants resigned. When Uncle Hu left, he told me to keep the deeds to our houses close to me. Then one night, I dreamed of a raging sea of fire. I woke up in shock, and it turned out that there was fire everywhere."
"By then, I had no time to look for the property deeds. All I could think about was escaping. After I escaped, I was unconscious for a few days. When I woke up, our home was gone. The house was completely burned down, and nothing was left."
"It was Grandpa Zhang who took me to get a new title deed, but the house was gone, so the title deed couldn't be reissued. At the time, I didn't plan to rebuild the house. I just planned to wait for you to come back, but I waited for thirty-six years!"
Cheng Shun stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the overgrown land belonging to their Cheng family, and spoke calmly.
The Grandpa Zhang he mentioned was the grandfather of Zhang Lizheng, who was also the Lizheng of Xinghua Village.
Cheng Shun has always had a good relationship with the Zhang family, which is also because the Zhang family has taken good care of Cheng Shun since the generation of his grandfather, the village head.
The house burned down, and all the valuables, including banknotes and silver, were gone. During the days when Cheng Shun was unconscious, his former servants came and took away everything.
When Cheng Shun woke up, he found that everything was gone except dozens of acres of land.
It was a huge blow to him at the time, and he didn't even want to study anymore.
It took him almost two years to finally listen to the advice of the village head and marry Jiang from Dalinzi Village.
After Jiang got married, her optimistic and positive attitude infected Cheng Shun, and Cheng Shun began to cheer up again.
He didn't plan to study anymore and decided to farm with Jiang.
The couple then walked hand in hand for thirty-four years, during which time they also experienced many difficulties.
"Shunzi, I was wrong. I should have taken you with me from the beginning."
Cheng Kang cried.
The two brothers chatted for a whole day yesterday, but they didn't talk about the period before Cheng Shun got married. They only talked about the situation at home after Jiang came into the family.
Cheng Kang had never thought that this would happen again and was heartbroken.
"There's no such thing as the past. Everything is in the past, and I'm living a good life now. I don't want to think too much about it. But I'm leaving this piece of land to you. You are the eldest son and grandson of the Cheng family. No matter how rich you are now, no matter how much stuff you took away from the family, this piece of land of the Cheng family is yours. Don't even think about snatching those dozens of acres from me!"
Cheng Shun looked stingy.
Zhang Lizheng breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Shunzi was indeed not the same Brother Shunzi as before.
"I won't fight with you! But I also want to make it clear to you that half of everything I have now is yours. Let's go back and settle these tonight. You can't refuse them. If you don't, I'll give them to Awen, Awu and the others!"
Cheng Kang wiped away his tears and said very firmly.
"Then can you still be my uncle?"
Cheng Shun said unhappily.
"Sure, anything is possible with just a word from you, Shunzi!"
Cheng Kang didn't seem to be joking at all.
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