Chapter 450: Homesickness
"Erlang, I want to go back to Chang'an!" Mrs. Wei Wu said to her husband at night.
"Yeah!" Yang Erlang hugged his wife.
"My parents are old, and I'm worried about them being left alone to take care of them on the road! You two should go back first. I'll finish my work at the end of the year and return to Chang'an!"
"Really?" Madam Wei Wu was surprised. "Then what about my brothers and the others?"
"Sister-in-law will go back to Chang'an with you first, and my brother and I will be back at the end of the year." Yang Erlang thought for a while and said.
"Let's go back to Chang'an and settle down in the suburbs. We can buy a house and make vermicelli, soybean oil, and soy sauce to support ourselves.
If I could buy a mountain, raise bees and pigs, and replicate the life here, I could live a wonderful life in less than two years."
"Well! Then, you should tell your parents-in-law?" said Mrs. Wei Wu.
"Don't worry, I will discuss it with my parents tomorrow!" Yang Erlang patted his wife.
His wife was from the Wei family of Duling, Jingzhao. Tracing back to her roots, she was of the same clan as Su Laosan's wife Wei Zhen'er.
The Wei family is a prominent family in the capital, so the two can only be considered as being from the same clan, and their generations cannot be sorted out. If you sort them out, they are one generation apart.
After breakfast the next day, Yang Erlang called his brother, sister-in-law, and parents who were busy working in the fields.
"Father, mother, why don't you let your sister-in-law and Xiang Niang go with you so that they can take care of you on the road." Yang Erlang said.
Mrs. Wang, who had been depressed these days, suddenly brightened up her eyes and looked at her parents-in-law eagerly.
The Wang family has no old friends in Chang'an, but their two sons are both in the Yixing County Mansion. With the support of the Yixing County Mansion, their future prospects are not bad.
My parents-in-law will leave sooner or later. Either they will return to Chang'an to return to their roots, or they will spend the rest of their lives in this desolate village.
But her son would take root in Chang'an, so she naturally had to go to Chang'an.
Her honest husband just lets her stay at home with peace of mind, but her parents-in-law, husband and son are all away, so what is she supposed to take care of?
The couple rarely had a cold war and were sulking.
Her brother-in-law's words touched her heart.
"Everyone leaving? What should we do with the land? No one will go back to Huanggou Village?" asked old man Yang.
"No! Hu Zi, A Mu, Asang are in Chang'an, why should we stay here?" Yang Erlang said decisively.
"Let's move our household registration back to Chang'an, settle down in Chang'an County or Wannian County, buy a house outside the city, and set up a workshop. Are we still worried that we won't be able to support ourselves?
At worst, I can set up a stall in the city and sell snacks, which will definitely support my family."
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, when a person's household registration was moved, the land had to be returned to the place of household registration and redistributed to the place of relocation. If there was no extra land in the place of relocation, the person could only rent other people's land and cultivate it.
"What about you?" asked Old Man Yang.
"At the end of the year, my brother and I will resign and return to Chang'an!" Yang Erlang replied.
"Second brother! Are we going back to Chang'an too?" Yang Dalang was very surprised.
"Of course, brother. If we don't go back, how can we rely on our sisters-in-law, Sister-in-law and Xiangniang? Without a man at home, won't people bully us?"
Yang Erlang also wanted to return to Chang'an. He wondered which of the young men who had ridden with him in those days were still alive?
"Okay!" Old man Yang said silently.
My wife and I don't have much time left, and I can't not have someone by our side to see us off.
I have made a lot of money this year. No matter how expensive the things in Changan are, I can still handle them and make ends meet for some time.
Then we made follow-up arrangements. The second crop of rice had just been planted at the end of August, so we had to ask the Wang and Wei families for help in taking care of it to prevent the weeds from growing too much.
"What, you all want to go back to Chang'an?" Old man Wang was shocked when he heard the news.
It was expected that Old Man Yang and his wife would return to Chang'an. They were relatives of the Su family, so it was reasonable for them to travel together.
But the two brothers Yang Dalang and Yang Erlang have also left, leaving only some nephews and nephews. Who will be in charge in the future?
"Well! The children are all in Chang'an, I'm really worried!" said old man Yang.
"Then who will manage the village?" asked Old Man Zheng.
"You can choose for yourselves!" Old man Yang suddenly felt his shoulders lighten, the heaviness was gone, and he felt free from the burden of being an official.
"You old rascal are quite smart. You can easily escape by slipping away. But we old bones don't have much energy left?" Old man Wang cursed.
I'm so envious and jealous! I have a family friend to rely on, so I have a place to stay when I go back.
Unlike at home, Ah He had to rely on the relationship with Old Zheng to stay at the residence of Li, the General of the Left Guard.
There's no way to get over this huge relationship, no matter how thick-skinned you are!
Not to mention himself, even Old Man Zheng was too embarrassed to go over.
Alas, I probably won’t be able to return to Chang’an in this life!
Thinking of this, Old Man Wang's shoulders slumped and he became quite dejected.
"We are all old and can't do the work anymore. Why don't we choose the younger generation? They can help while we are still here." Old man Zheng suggested.
"Choose, choose! Each family chooses a younger generation, and we all take a break. I'll also go for a walk around Chang'an! It's time to close my eyes when I come back!"
A glimmer of unwillingness flashed in Old Man Wang's eyes.
"Yes, choose, choose! Let's go back to Chang'an for a walk!" Old man Zhao quickly agreed.
So at noon that day, after lunch, the villagers gathered together on the dam of the vermicelli factory.
They all looked confused and didn't know what was going on.
When Old Man Yang talked about electing village elders and a village head, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Without any sign, all the village elders were about to step down. What was going on?
In this election, the Zhou, Song, and Qin families each nominated one person to sit in on the meeting.
But looking at those white-haired old people, I suddenly realized that it was time to let them rest.
Finally, a new generation of village elders was born, including Pei Sanlang, Wang Sanlang, Zheng Silang, Zhao Erlang, Xie Dalang, Qin Tieniu, Zhou Wulang, Song Erlang, and Yang Liulang.
Yang Liulang is the nephew of Old Man Yang.
The Su family moved away and was not included in the list, but everyone was used to looking for Su Ying when they had something to do, so it didn't matter whether the Su family was on the list or not.
This election meeting for village elders made the villagers realize that some situations have quietly changed, and some things and some people will never come back.
"Aying!" The old men called Su Ying.
"What's the matter?" Su Ying knew that the change of leadership was triggered by Old Man Yang's return to Chang'an, so what else could be going on now?
"Well, well, can you give us a ride?" Several elderly people looked eager and expectant.
This was their last time to see Chang'an, and they would be buried in the cemetery of Huanggou Village.
"You all want to go back to Chang'an?" Su Ying was surprised.
Chang'an has no one to rely on, and his grandchildren are still in school. Who will take care of them?
"We'll go take a look and come back soon! We won't cause trouble for the children! We'll just cause trouble for you!" Old Man Zheng joked.
"Mr. Zheng, you're too polite. It's just a small favor, not a big deal! But are you all feeling well?" Su Ying said worriedly.
If one person falls on the road, the entire team has to stop.
It seems that this study tour really brings together the elderly, the weak, women and children, and Su Ying feels under great pressure.
I wanted to refuse, but looking at their gray hair, I couldn't bring myself to say no.
She understood the feeling of homesickness! Just like her now, she wanted to return to the modern world, but there was no way back.
"Okay, you guys arrange the family affairs properly, prepare the warm things for the road and the capital, as well as the commonly used cold and diarrhea medicines!" Su Ying finally agreed.
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