Xu Han tapped Zhao Yunyun's head. "You silly girl. You should have sent someone to call us. You've been here alone for so long. Have you come back for dinner yet?"
Zhao Yunyun chuckled, "I ate. As soon as I arrived, they prepared food and hot water for me. Look, I've already taken a shower."
After saying that, Zhao Yunyun playfully spun around in front of Xu Han.
Xu Han smiled as she looked at her, thinking, "It's been years, and this girl's personality hasn't changed at all. She's still as lively and adorable as before. That's wonderful."
Lu Chuan interjected at this opportune moment, "It's cold outside, you should go inside first."
After saying that, he went to have the food set out.
After they finished dinner, Xu Han said to Zhao Yunyun, "Yunhua went back to the mountains yesterday, let's go back tomorrow too."
You should get some rest tonight. We can talk about it tomorrow.
Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest miss you too. They're all looking forward to your return. We'll go home first thing tomorrow morning.
Zhao Yunyun nodded in agreement. She was exhausted after traveling for half a month, so she didn't refuse and went straight back to her room to rest.
After Zhao Yunyun left, Xu Han had someone summon Li Wen and Juxiang.
"My husband and I will go back to the mountains first thing tomorrow morning."
These next few days, Li Wen will be in charge of managing the mountain produce shop and the tavern, while Juxiang, you will continue to be in charge of the work at the temporary workshop.
With the Lunar New Year approaching, the shop must be very busy these days. You all need to keep a close eye on things and make sure nothing goes wrong.
If anything happens, discuss it together. If you really can't solve it, send someone back to me.
Xu Han paused, picked up the water glass next to her, took a sip, and continued, "You will all go back to the mountains for the Spring Festival this year."
"I'll have Han Qi come to pick you up on the 29th of the lunar year. Until then, the shop will operate as usual, everything will remain the same."
The two nodded in agreement and then talked about some problems they had recently encountered. Xu Han answered them one by one and then told them to go back and rest.
The next morning, Xu Han and the other two took the supplies they had bought the day before, and Han Qi drove the carriage, and the four of them returned to the deep mountains.
Perhaps it was because she hadn't been home for so long, but from the moment she stepped out of the hospital, Xu Han's heart started pounding.
I don't know if it's because I'm looking forward to the recent changes in the mountains, or because I'm excited to see my two children soon.
Regardless of the reason, she was really looking forward to it.
Han Qi escorted the three to the boat stop, then drove the carriage back to the nearby village.
First, leave the carriage at someone's house and pay them three or four coins a day. That family will take good care of the horse.
Once Han Qi returned, Xu Han had Lu Chuan start rowing the boat, and the group began their journey back.
After what seemed like an eternity, the boat finally reached the shore. Xu Han watched the smoke rising from the chimneys in the distance, her heart pounding even faster.
They kept urging Lu Chuan to hurry up and move to the back.
Because they brought too much stuff, it would be too heavy for everyone to carry it all back. So they decided that Han Qi would stay here and the others would go back to call for help.
Han Qi naturally had no objection to this. Three of the four were masters, so it was natural for him to stay behind and guard them.
He hadn't returned for over a month, and the path that had been repaired had become wider and smoother, covered with tracks left by rolling, presumably repaired by the Taoist priest and his team.
"This road is really well built. It's been compacted with stone rollers, so there won't be much mud even on rainy days."
Lu Chuan had returned before and knew that the road had been repaired long ago. He replied to Xu Han, "The Taoist priest and his men used stone rollers to press it down."
When compacting the soil, they even sprinkled a layer of gravel on top, so that we wouldn't be delayed in going out on rainy days.
Xu Han smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Not bad, not bad, that's thoughtful."
The group talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at their destination.
Looking into the distance, Xu Han saw that all the houses on the other side of the valley had been built, and even the walls around the courtyards had been erected.
Once fully built, it turned out to be several times larger than the old house.
In the fields not far away, a group of people were clearing land, and you could hear them laughing and talking from time to time.
The closer Xu Han got to home, the wider her smile became. She thought to herself, "It's so much better to be home; even the air here is so much fresher than in the county town."
Zhao Yunyun stared in disbelief ever since she came in.
She really didn't know that in just a few years since she left, the changes in the mountains would be so great.
It's no longer the empty, deserted place it used to be.
On the contrary, now deep in the mountains, wisps of smoke rise slowly from chimneys, and the calls of chickens, ducks, and geese fill the air, creating a scene reminiscent of a paradise on earth.
Especially up close, you can see that a lot of thought went into every scene. It's truly a beautiful sight at every turn.
Of course, this kind of beauty is different from the kind of beauty that is artificially decorated. The beauty here is all natural and integrated with nature, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Calling it a paradise is no exaggeration. After several years of restoration, the scenery here shows no trace of the natural disasters that occurred before, nor any signs of the damage caused by war.
As the three of them approached, the people working in the fields also noticed them.
One by one, they quickly stopped what they were doing and began to greet each other.
Xu Han smiled slightly, "We've been away from home for a while, is everything alright at home?"
Everyone started talking at once, and what they all said was that everything was fine at home.
Xu Han exchanged a few pleasantries with them and checked on their progress in clearing the land.
It has to be said that more people means more work. In just this short period of time, Xu Han estimated that they had already cleared about 10 acres of land.
This progress is actually quite fast, not slow at all.
Although there is now a lot of land at the foot of the mountain, who would complain about having too little land in this day and age!
All the land in the mountains that can be reclaimed should be reclaimed, and the land in the mountains can be left for these people to cultivate.
The land at the foot of the mountain will be managed by a few smart and capable people, while the rest will be leased to nearby people or hired laborers to help with the work.
If all else fails, just spend money to buy a group of strong laborers to farm the land. There are plenty of ways to do this, so the land will never be abandoned.
After giving it a quick glance, Xu Han hurried home.
Before leaving, Lu Chuan made sure to arrange for someone to drive an oxcart to pick up Han Qi.
Perhaps the two children heard the dog barking and knew that they had returned, because before Xu Han and the others even arrived at their destination, the two children rushed out of the house.
As she ran, she shouted, "Mother, Mother, Father, Aunt Yun!"
Although the children may not remember Zhao Yunyun's appearance clearly, they all know that they have an Aunt Yunyun who loves them very much.
The reason was simple: Zhao Yunyun often had things delivered back to her, and her family members frequently mentioned it, so the two children became familiar with each other.
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