Chapter 32: Go home, return!

After staying two days with the Crimson Whale Gang, Lu Changsheng set off for his hometown.

Li Feiyu brought two people to accompany him.

Because Lu Changsheng planned to settle his family, he would go directly to Ruyi County and then return to Qingzhu Mountain.

Li Feiyu naturally returned with him.

Bringing two people was for the convenience of settling Lu Changsheng’s family later.

“I wonder how my parents are after I’ve been away from home for three years.”

After embarking on the journey home, Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental, experiencing the trepidation of approaching home.

After all, this was the home he had lived in for eighteen years.

Even though he had Awakened his past life memories, these first eighteen years were still a part of his life.

Six days later.

A carriage traveling on a bumpy, loess road arrived at a small mountain village.

At the village entrance stood a stone pillar with the three characters ‘Woniu Village’ written on it.

Lu Changsheng looked at the familiar scene from his memories, stopped the carriage outside the village, and walked quickly into the village alone.

He didn’t see anyone at the village entrance, but joyful music came from afar. Lu Changsheng guessed that a family was holding a festive event, and the villagers had all gone to join the fun and eat at the banquet.

He walked towards his home.

Listening to the increasingly clear music, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickened his pace.

He immediately saw a two-courtyard tiled house surrounded by a fence ahead.

The house was covered with large ‘囍’ characters, and tables were set up inside and outside the courtyard, where many villagers stood, squatted, or sat chatting.

Some were beating gongs and drums and blowing trumpets, and many children were playing happily, making it very joyful.

“Is this, my younger brother getting married?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the house in front of him, at this incredibly familiar place where he had lived for eighteen years, and felt a slight trance.

He was the third child in his family, with an older sister and an older brother above him, and a younger sister and a younger brother below him.

His younger brother was five years younger than him, now sixteen years old, and almost at the age of marriage.

“Young Master, are you looking for someone?”

At this moment, a woman with rough, dark skin, seeing Lu Changsheng approaching and looking their way, came over with a child to ask.

Looking at the woman in front of him, a surge of emotion welled up in Lu Changsheng’s heart.

After a moment of silence, his voice was a little hoarse as he said, “Sister, I am Changsheng.”

The woman in front of him was Lu Changsheng’s eldest sister.

“Changsheng?”

The woman heard this, looked at the young man who resembled a noble Young Master, and was filled with disbelief.

Then she carefully scrutinized the face, which was similar to her brother who had left home three years ago with no news, her eyes became moist, and her voice suddenly choked as she said, “Changsheng, you are Changsheng!”

“Changsheng, where did you go? You left for three years and never returned. Do you know how worried Mother and Father were about you?”

“It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back. Stupid, this is your maternal uncle, your second maternal uncle.”

The woman, with her sleeved hand, wiped her moist eyes, muttering, and said happily to the two or three-year-old child in her arms.

Then she reached out to pull Lu Changsheng into the house, but seemed afraid of dirtying Lu Changsheng’s clothes, so she withdrew her outstretched hand.

She said to Lu Changsheng, “Today happens to be Changqing’s big day. I’ll go tell Father and Mother.”

Saying this, she held the child and quickly walked into the courtyard, shouting loudly, “Father, Mother, Changsheng is back!”

“Changsheng? Who’s that?”

“That third son of old man Lu, the one who suddenly disappeared three years ago.”

“I always thought that child was strange since he was little. How come he’s back after three years?”

“He doesn’t look like he used to at all.”

“Yes, his skin is so fine and tender, he looks more noble than a Young Master from the city.”

Other villagers heard the commotion and also looked at Lu Changsheng at the entrance, discussing animatedly.

Before long, the woman led two gray-haired, weather-beaten, neatly dressed old people out of the house and looked at Lu Changsheng in the courtyard.

Lu Changsheng also looked at the two old people.

In three years, his parents had aged far more than he had imagined.

He opened his mouth slightly, his lips trembling as he called out, “Father, Mother!”

On this day, something sensational happened in the entire Woniu Village.

Old Man Lu’s third son, who had disappeared for three years, had returned home.

Normally, such a matter would not concern other villagers much, at most they would chat about it after meals.

But after this third son of the Lu family returned home, he set up hundreds of tables of continuous banquets for his younger brother’s wedding.

The banquets lasted for more than half a month, and he also built large houses and bought land for Old Man Lu’s family and his siblings.

This directly transformed the original Old Man Lu into Squire Lu.

Even the villagers of Woniu Village each received a considerable amount of celebratory money.

This matter was enough to keep Woniu Village talking for decades.

And Lu Changsheng, who was the talk of the town, left Woniu Village with Li Feiyu after staying for one day in his hometown, returning to Ruyi County City.

“Why are you leaving so soon, not staying for some more time?”

On the main road, Li Feiyu looked at Lu Changsheng beside him and asked.

“There’s nothing more to stay for. They are all well, and their future lives are worry-free, so I am relieved.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, looked at the blue sky, and said calmly.

After three years of separation, he had embarked on a path completely different from ordinary people.

Now that he had returned home, his parents and family looked at him with a hint of unfamiliarity and awe.

Therefore, after settling his parents and family, with not many worries in his heart, he chose to leave directly.

Nine days later.

Ruyi County City.

Outside the city gate.

“Hong Xiong, no need to see us off further. The mountains are high and the waters are long, we shall meet again!”

“We shall meet again!”

Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu, leading their Spirit Steeds, cupped their hands to Hong Yi in farewell.

“We shall meet again. May the Dao of Immortals be ever-green for you two Fellow Daoists!”

Hong Yi cupped his fists and bowed.

He looked much more spirited than before.

A few days ago, he showed his father, Ruyi Marquis, the thirteen Talismans Lu Changsheng had given him.

He told him that a friend of his had become a Talisman Master, and that the Marquis’s Residence could have a stable trade of Talismans with him in the future.

His father heard this and, seeing that Hong Yi had obtained the Talismans without paying Spirit Stones, believed Hong Yi’s words.

He praised him greatly, told him to maintain a good relationship with Lu Changsheng, and entrusted him with some affairs in the Marquis’s Residence.

This made Hong Yi extremely happy, and he became much more spirited.

Lu Changsheng and Li Feiyu returned the bow, then mounted their Spirit Steeds and set off.

After traveling for a while, Li Feiyu spoke, “I see that Hong Yi seems much more enthusiastic towards you.”

“Although Hong Yi comes from the Marquis’s Residence, he is only a庶子 (illegitimate son), so his life is not particularly good.”

“If he befriends me, a Talisman Master, it should help improve his standing in the residence.”

Lu Changsheng naturally knew the reason.

When he returned this time to retrieve his Spirit Steed, Hong Yi sent fifteen Spirit Stones, the payment for the previous Talismans.

And he said that because of this matter, he received praise from his father, Ruyi Marquis.

He hoped that if Lu Changsheng were to sell Talismans in the future, he could prioritize him.

Lu Changsheng naturally nodded in agreement to this.

He also thought that he could consider selling some Talismans through Hong Yi’s channel.

Otherwise, with so many Talismans on him, it would be troublesome to sell them without sufficient strength.

“Indeed, it’s too difficult to earn money for cultivation in the mortal world.”

Li Feiyu also sighed with emotion.

After chatting for a while, the two got on the main road and traveled at full speed.