Chapter 14: Arrival at the Village

Chapter 14: Arrival at the Village

"Brother, it's me."

"Youcai? Youcai is back! Why did you get home so late? Come in quickly." Lin Youfu hurriedly opened the two doors of the courtyard to make it easier for the mule cart to enter the yard.

"Hey? Who's on the cart? She doesn't look like my sister-in-law." It was too dark, and Lin Youfu could only see a thin person holding a lantern and sitting on the mule cart.

"Let's close the door first." Lin Youcai hurriedly led the mule inside and stopped by the courtyard wall.

Lin Youfu held up the oil lamp in his hand and shone it forward. In the dim light, he finally saw who got off the mule cart. "Is this... Lin... Xian... Xianwen?" He then shouted in surprise, "Dad, Mom! Look, who's back!!!"

"The fourth brother and his wife are back? Why did you two get home so late?" The old woman's voice came with surprise and confusion.

Lin Youcai quickly stopped his elder brother Lin Youfu, "Shh! Keep your voice down! We'll talk about this later. There are cars behind us that can't get in. Hurry up and remove the wooden beams on the gate."

"What are you tearing down? Why are you tearing down the door beam as soon as you come back?" The old woman came closer and was stunned when she saw the happy smile on her fourth son's face when he came back.

"Old Four, you come home so late, is there something urgent?!" Old Man Lin lagged behind Old Lady Wang by a few steps and walked towards Si'er.

"Dad, Mom, let's talk later." Lin Youcai pulled his eldest brother and the second brother who had just walked in front of him, "Second brother, please bring a ladder and an axe over!"

Everyone in the yard looked out the dark door, all stunned, confused. A huge straw curtain? ?

Lin Youcai found a hatchet and looked at the people who were still standing there and said anxiously, "Don't just stare, help us quickly! If we alert the villagers, we'll be in trouble!"

As soon as he walked out of the door, the third brother Lin Youxiang heard someone asking for an axe, so he turned around and got the axe. He approached the gate and looked at the tall car outside the gate. His mouth opened wide. "Fourth brother, what is this... what is it?"

The second brother, Lin Yougui, brought a ladder and placed it against the wall. He looked outside the yard and said, "Fourth brother, this... this..." He then looked at the mule in the yard and said, "Can the mule pull two carts back?"

"It's only a few steps into the yard. Dapeng, find a rope and the four of us brothers will pull it into the yard." Lin Youfu called his eldest son Lin Xianpeng to find a rope, intending for the brothers to pull the car outside the yard.

Lin Youcai quickly said, "Dapeng, don't go. Listen to me..."

Chen Huiqin got out of the RV, opened the straw curtain, and walked into the yard, "Lin Youcai, hurry up, the car can't get in."

Old Master Lin held his pipe and looked at the person who suddenly came out from the straw curtain. When he walked into the yard and saw who it was, he opened his eyes wide in shock, "..Old. Fourth. Wife? You..You..?"

Lin Youcai put a wooden ladder on the earth wall. Seeing that he was about to climb up with a hatchet in hand, Lin Youfu came to his senses and hurried forward to hold his brother. "I'll do it, I'll do it!"

The wooden beams of the courtyard gate made by ourselves had been exposed to the sun and rain for many years. With just a few blows of the axe, they were taken down and thrown under the courtyard wall.

Everyone saw Lin Youcai standing aside, gesturing to the outside of the yard, and the engine roared, and the "big car" outside the door started to move on its own. Everyone in the yard was so scared that they immediately hid to the side.

The RV finally entered the yard and parked on one side of the yard.

Chen Huiqin sighed in her heart, fortunately the gate was just not high enough, but wide enough, so she could just remove the wooden beams on the gate, otherwise she would have to dismantle the gate. Fortunately, the gate was a homemade wooden door, so it was easy to dismantle.

Chen Huiqin closed the wooden door of the yard. Although there was no door beam, it did not affect its use. It just looked a bit empty and strange at the top.

"Buddha bless you! Buddha bless you! My grandson, let grandma take a good look at him." Old Mrs. Wang held Li Hao's hand tightly, and with the light of the lantern in his hand, she looked up and down at her grandson who had been lost and found.

"It's good to find it, it's good to find it." Old man Lin smacked his pipe and looked at Lin Xianwen with a smile. Thinking of something, he turned around and looked at the two cars, then at the fourth brother and his wife, frowned, and asked Li Hao: "Xianwen, where is your sister?"

Lin Xianwen, also known as Li Hao, pointed at the RV and said, "It's in the car!"

Everyone followed his direction and looked towards the straw curtained car parked against the wall, only to see Lin Youcai lifting the straw curtain and saying something.

In the blink of an eye, a child came out from behind the straw curtain and walked over with Lin Youcai.

As soon as Li Ai got off the car, she saw a yard full of adults and children, looking around curiously. The light from the oil lamps and lanterns was limited, and she could only see a lot of people, big and small. She followed her father to the two elderly people and gritted her teeth and called out, "Grandpa, Grandma."

"Hey hey." The two old men responded quickly.

Old lady Wang came closer to Li Ai, "Zi Su! It's girl Zi Su! It must be the Bodhisattva's miracle! It must be the Bodhisattva's miracle! The fourth son's two children are finally found!" Old lady Wang clasped her hands together and wiped her eyes and nose.

Old Man Lin smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed: "It's been more than a year! The two children are finally found!" He looked at Si'er, "Go thank the Bodhisattva tomorrow morning, tell our ancestors, and tell our clansmen and fellow villagers!"

The second son, Lin Yougui, nodded and said, "Yes! Yes!" Lin Yougui's wife, Yang, stood beside them, looked at the two children, and nodded.

The eldest brother, Lin Youfu, patted his fourth brother and said, "The two children have finally been found! You and your sister-in-law have finally gotten what you deserved after all the hard work! Good fortune is yet to come!"

The third brother, Lin Youxiang, continued, “As the old saying goes, if you survive a great disaster, you will have good fortune in the future.”

"The fourth brother's family will be blessed in the future." Lin Youxiang's wife, Feng, came over with a smile.

Lin Youfu's wife, Lu, smiled and said, "I said that the fourth brother's family is blessed! God bless you!"

Everyone was talking, and the yard was suddenly filled with noise.

Lin Youcai hurriedly said: "Shh! Shh! Shh! Keep your voice down!"

Old Man Lin frowned, wondering what was wrong with the fourth child. He said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you hushing? The two children have been missing for more than a year. It's a great joy to find them back! We must worship the gods and ancestors and tell our relatives and neighbors."

Lin Youcai said anxiously, "No, Dad, Mom, brothers and sisters-in-law, I have something to say, let's go inside and talk, let's go inside and talk!"

Old Lady Wang clapped her hands and said, "I'm so happy that I forgot. You four haven't eaten yet, right? My eldest daughter-in-law!"

"Hey, Mom! Can I go cook noodles for my fourth brother's family?" Lin Youfu's wife, Lu, quickly responded to her mother-in-law.

"Okay." Old Lady Wang said as she pulled Lin Xianwen and Lin Zisu towards the main room.

The room was dark. Old Lady Wang let go of their hands, fumbled for a tinder, and lit the oil lamp on the table. She turned around and looked at the two children, "Come in quickly."

"Yougui, go get a handful of moxa leaves, light them and use them to repel mosquitoes." Old Man Lin looked at his son behind him and gave the order.

Lin Youcai quickly said, "Wait a minute, Dad, stop smoking. The smoke will affect your conversation."

Old Man Lin felt that the fourth child was very abnormal today. Was he so happy to find his children that he became stupid? Or was there something else going on? "What do you want to say? Is it about the two children or something else?"

Lin Youfu's eyes widened as he thought of something: "Could it be that others are unwilling to release the two children? Do they want money?" Then he looked at the two children, but both children were brought back, this...

Lin Youcai waved his hand, "No!"

Chen Huiqin couldn't help but said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Everyone in the room's heart skipped a beat, and they had a bad feeling.

Old Lady Wang leaned forward and looked at Si'er, "Old Si, where did you find these two children?"

Old Man Lin: "Yes, since the day the two children were lost, our family has been looking for them, relatives and friends have helped to look for them, and we have paid people to look for them. We have searched everywhere, near and far, but we just can't find them."

Lin Youfu couldn't help but move closer to Lin Youcai, "Old Four, tell me! How did you find it?"

Chen Huiqin said directly: "We have something to tell you today when we return to the village. We met these two children on the way back to the village!"

Everyone was shocked!

Old Man Lin said in disbelief: "This... this... this is really the blessing of the gods!"

Old Lady Wang put her hands together and said, "The Bodhisattva has appeared! The Bodhisattva has appeared! Tomorrow I will buy more incense, candles, paper money, candies, and cakes, and pray properly!"

Footsteps were heard outside the house, "Youcai, Xianglan, it's time to eat noodles!" Lu came in carrying two bowls of noodles, followed by her two daughters, each carrying a bowl of noodles into the main room.

Lin Cuihe handed the bowl of noodles to Lin Zisu, "Sister, you must be hungry. Come, have some noodles."

"Xianwen, eat noodles." Lin Xiatao handed the bowl of noodles to Lin Xianwen, turned to look at Lin Zisu, then looked at Lin Xianwen, and the two siblings really came back.

Shen Xianglan, also known as Chen Huiqin, took the bowl of noodles and said to her sister-in-law with a smile: "Thank you, sister-in-law, for busying us so late at night."

Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "We are a family. I cooked a bowl of noodles for you. Why should I say thank you?"

Lin Youcai picked up the bowl of noodles and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said, "You two are very polite. Come and eat! The noodles are cooked. I rinsed them with cold water so they won't burn your mouth."

Old Lady Wang said sternly: "Eat your food quickly. We are family and should not have different opinions."

Shen Xianglan looked at her children and said, "Eat quickly. We will be busy after that."

Lin Youcai picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

When everyone in the room heard this, they were stunned and looked at the fourth brother and his wife in confusion.

Lin Zisu held the bowl of noodles and sighed in her heart, it was really clear soup noodles in the literal sense. The first bite was rough multi-grain noodles, with just a little salt and pickles in it.

Although the taste was not very good, the noodles were not hot after being rinsed with cold water, and the temperature was just right. After all, it was almost 9 o'clock in the evening, and the family of four was so hungry that they finished all the noodles in no time.

Lin Youcai stacked the four bowls together, and Lin Cuihe stepped forward to take the bowls: "Fourth Uncle, let me take them."

Lin Youcai handed the bowl to his niece and turned to look at everyone, "Then let's talk about the matter quickly."