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Zhang Song said, "I don't think that old man is from Penghao either."

The driver couldn't help asking, "What does Penghao mean?"

Zhang Song said, "Grassroots!"

Old lady Zhou lived in Nanling Xiayang Village. When she arrived, she realized that it had become a scenic spot. All vehicles from outside were required to park in the parking lot at the entrance of the village. The ticket price was thirty yuan per person.

Xu Chunliang wanted to buy a ticket, but saw that the ticket office said that free entry was allowed at 6 pm. He looked at the time and saw that there was still half an hour left, so he didn't want to spend the money in vain. Several people walked around the entrance of the village. Xu Chunliang took a few photos for Ye Qingya. His photography skills have improved a lot recently.

When the time came, they walked into the village.

The ticket gate was empty, and red lanterns were hung along the way. The Zhou family lived in an old house in the southeast, very close to the ancestral hall.

Because the scenic spot was open to the public not long ago, there were not many people. Occasionally, local villagers would come up and ask if they wanted to stay.

Zhang Song had been here before. At that time, there was no commercial development here, and everything remained original. Zhang Song found the Zhou family based on his past impressions.

The door was open, and several people came in with gifts. Two dogs, one yellow and one white, stood up from the ground vigilantly.

Zhang Song shouted: "Auntie, we are here to see you."

A middle-aged woman came out upon hearing the voice. She was the niece of Mrs. Zhou. She usually acted as a nanny. Seeing the guests, she hurriedly went to the house to invite the old lady out.

Mrs. Zhou saw Zhang Song and Xu Chunliang, and her face was full of wrinkles like chrysanthemums blooming: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Xu, oh, it's really you. I was just thinking about you kids not coming to see me."

Ye Qingya also called Auntie Zhou. Mrs. Zhou looked at Ye Qingya. She had never seen her before. Seeing Ye Qingya following Xu Chunliang, she only thought that she was Xu Chunliang's girlfriend. She smiled and held Ye Qingya's hand: "Oh, this girl is so pretty, Chunliang, you are so lucky. When you get married, you must call me."

This sentence made Ye Qingya blush.

Zhang Song thought that the old lady was confused and had randomly matched couples. It was not his turn to explain. Xu Chunliang told Old Lady Zhou about his relationship with Ye Qingya, but Old Lady Zhou did not understand. She nodded and said, "Hello, sister, hello. A girl three years older than you is a treasure. Girls know how to love others when they grow up."

Xu Chunliang did not explain. The more he explained, the more confused it became.

Old Lady Zhou asked her niece to cook and invited the guests to the main hall for tea.

Zhang Song asked the driver to put down the gifts, some of which he prepared and some bought by Xu Chunliang.

Old Lady Zhou said, "It's not easy to come here. You can stay a few more days. There is plenty of room in my house."

Zhang Song said, "Auntie, I have a meeting tomorrow."

Old Lady Zhou said, "You go, let Chunliang stay a few more days."

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "I'll stay for two days, and go back with Brother Zhang's car the day after tomorrow."

Old Lady Zhou knew that they all had jobs, so she did not force them to stay.

That night, several people had a local meal at Zhou's house, and the old lady specially took out her homemade rice wine for them to drink. According to the old lady, the Zhou family is also a famous family in the local area, and they once produced a Jinshi.

During the meal, the old lady called her son. Secretary Zhou was also very happy to hear that Zhang Song and Xu Chunliang went to his hometown. Zhang Song took advantage of the wine to have a long hotline conversation with Secretary Zhou.

Ye Qingya drank a few glasses of rice wine and felt a little drunk, so she went to rest early.

Old lady Zhou mentioned her grandson Zhou Deming and Zhen Chun. This year, the two of them came to accompany the old lady for the New Year. The old lady was very happy, but when she heard that her grandson planned to find a job in Hong Kong after graduating with a master's degree, she couldn't help but feel worried. She couldn't help sighing when she talked about this with Xu Chunliang.

Xu Chunliang knew that the old lady still wanted her grandson to come back to her side, so he gave her a good advice and checked the old lady's pulse. The old lady was in good health.

The next morning, Zhang Song left Xieyang Village early to attend a meeting and made an appointment with Xu Chunliang to pick him up the next morning.

After Xu Chunliang sent Zhang Song away, he saw Ye Qingya had finished washing and came to the yard, and smiled: "So early?"

Ye Qingya said: "I drank too much yesterday, I lost my composure, didn't I?"

Xu Chunliang said: "How could someone as rational and sober as you lose your composure?"

Ye Qingya glanced at the time, it was only half past six, and suggested going for a walk in the village. The two walked along the path and soon came to the pond at the entrance of the village. There is basically a pond in the small mountain villages in southern Anhui.

In the early morning, the pond was shrouded in a layer of milky white morning mist. There was a stone archway to the south of the pond, and a Wenfeng Tower on the hill to the west.

Ye Qingya was in the mood and suggested going to the tower to take a look. Xu Chunliang accompanied her up the steps.

After walking up more than a hundred steps, they have arrived at the Wenfeng Pagoda. The old pagoda was destroyed in the 1970s, and the one they saw now was rebuilt at the end of the last century. Ye Qingya looked at the inscription on the reconstruction and suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Chunliang, look."

Xu Chunliang looked in the direction she pointed and saw the list of donations for the reconstruction of the inscription. The first person on the list was Du Changwen.

Ye Qingya said: "I wonder if this Du Changwen is the one we saw yesterday?"

Xu Chunliang smiled and said: "If not him, who else?"

Ye Qingya said: "In that case, the world is really small enough."

Xu Chunliang's eyes continued to look down the list, and he actually found another familiar name on it - Tang Jingwei.

Xu Chunliang was startled. Tang Jingwei and Du Changwen appeared on the same list at the same time. Although it only proved that they both donated to rebuild the Wenfeng Pagoda, it was very likely that the two knew each other.

Xu Chunliang did not find Tang Jinglun's name on the list, and he probably did not participate in this event. At the end of the list, he actually saw Qiao Yuanjiang's name.

Ye Qingya found Qiao Yuanjiang's name almost at the same time as Xu Chunliang, and whispered: "Uncle's name is also on it." Although she and Qiao Rulong have divorced, she still habitually calls Qiao Yuanjiang "Uncle".

Xu Chunliang said: "I don't know if they know each other. If they have known each other for a long time, they have been friends for decades." He knew in his heart that Qiao Yuanjiang and the Tang brothers had known each other for a long time, but he didn't know if Qiao Yuanjiang and Du Changwen knew each other. In this way, it was not accidental that Du Changwen appeared in the exhibition.

Not long after the plaque on the Wenfeng Tower was replaced, the tower door was locked, and it was impossible to find out from the main gate. Ye Qingya suggested going down the mountain. Xu Chunliang asked her to wait for a while. He jumped lightly and grabbed the eaves of the second floor of the pagoda. Then he turned over and entered the second-floor platform. This was still his intention to hide his skills, and he didn't want Ye Qingya to be too surprised.

When Ye Qingya wanted to speak out to stop him, Xu Chunliang had already entered the tower, so she had to stand outside to keep watch for Xu Chunliang.

Wenfeng Tower has a total of seven floors. No one has cleaned it for a long time, and it is full of cobwebs and dust. The reason why Xu Chunliang wanted to enter one of them to find out was to see if he could find other related clues.

When he came to the fifth floor, he saw a long-rotten plaque on the floor. Although the paint was peeling, the handwriting on it could still be seen clearly.

There were four words on it - Wenfeng Dingsheng. Although there was no signature, Xu Chunliang had determined from the style of the font that these four words were written by Monk Tonghui.

In other words, Monk Tonghui had also participated in the reconstruction of Wenfeng Tower that year.

Xu Chunliang took a photo with his mobile phone and continued to the seventh floor. He did not find anything else, so he returned along the original route. When he went down to the fourth floor, he heard someone talking.

Looking through the window, she saw an old man with a red armband talking to Ye Qingya, his voice was quite stern: "Have you bought a ticket?"

Ye Qingya was not worried about the ticket check, but Xu Chunliang who was still in the tower. If Xu Chunliang came out now, he would be caught by the old man who checked the ticket. She turned her back to Wenfeng Tower and waved her slender hand, intending to remind Xu Chunliang not to rush out. She explained to the old man that she entered the village last night and did not need to buy a ticket.

The old man said, "Last night was last night. You must buy a ticket to visit the village today."

Xu Chunliang quietly jumped from the other side of the tower, like a dead leaf floating on the platform of the tower base, pretending to be calm and went around the back of the tower: "Master, let's talk it over."

The old man glared at Xu Chunliang and said bluntly, "What is there to say? Those who evade the ticket must pay the ticket. Considering that it is your first time, you will not be fined."

Ye Qingya was relieved to see Xu Chunliang come out. She didn't want to get entangled in such a trivial matter, not to mention that she didn't have much money. When she was about to pay for the ticket, Xu Chunliang was not happy: "We are visiting relatives."

The old man was skeptical: "Those who evade the ticket say so. Why don't you tell the truth when you are young?"

Xu Chunliang didn't want to argue with the old man, but his words were too unpleasant to hear, so he reported the name of Mrs. Zhou.

After hearing this, the old man asked Xu Chunliang to call Old Lady Zhou. Xu Chunliang had no choice but to call and tell Old Lady Zhou about the situation.

Old Lady Zhou was very excited when she heard this. She asked Xu Chunliang to give the phone to the old man and scolded him. The Zhou family had a high status in Xieyang Village.

The old man's surname was Zhou and he had to call Old Lady Zhou "Auntie" according to his generation. He was asking for trouble. After being scolded, he had to apologize to Xu Chunliang and the others.

Ye Qingya was very tolerant and smiled, "You don't know us either. It's fine now that it's clear."

Xu Chunliang deliberately said, "Do you need to buy a ticket?"

The old man shook his head like a rattle: "Why should we buy tickets for our own family? Have you been to the tower? I'll get the key to open the door. You can overlook the scenery of the whole village from the top of the tower."

Ye Qingya glanced at Xu Chunliang and thought that he had just been there. The strange thing was that she saw him climb in, but didn't see when he came down.

Xu Chunliang said, "I'm not going, uncle. I want to ask you something. Is Du Changwen from this village?"

The old man said, "Du Changwen?"

Xu Chunliang pointed to the list of donors for the reconstruction of Wenfeng Tower, and the old man finally realized, "You mean the son of Widow Li. He is from this village and went to Hong Kong in the 1970s."

Xu Chunliang said, "It was not easy to go out at that time, right?"

The old man said, "That's right. I heard that he was an illegal immigrant, but he later made a fortune and returned home in glory."

The old man looked down on Du Changwen.

Xu Chunliang said, "He was the one who called for the reconstruction of Wenfeng Tower, right?"