C309 Xuan De Furnace
C309 Xuan De Furnace
The entire village's red brick and blue roof had long since been eliminated, and the old house had been abandoned for a long time. In front of the house was a field of mud, surrounded by a fence on the east side. Inside the fence were small sheds that seemed to have been planted with something.
When Yang Bo walked over, he saw Mother of Yang carrying a dustpan out with rice in it.
"Mom!" Yang Bo called out, he had called out this name for more than twenty years, and even if his father appeared, he would not be able to accept it.
Mother of Yang raised his head. After not seeing him for two months, her hair had actually already turned gray. She squinted as she looked at Yang Bo.
Yang Bo immediately ran over, "Mom, are you alright?"
Mother of Yang shook his head, "Nothing."
She squatted down to pick up the rice.
Yang Bo stopped her, "Forget it, I'm already dirty."
Mother of Yang was stunned, "I'll pick it up and feed it to the chickens!"
Yang Bo helped Mother of Yang keep the rice. Mother of Yang raised his head and looked at him, "Have you eaten?"
"Nope." Yang Bo said.
"I'll go get you a bowl of noodles!" The Mother of Yang said, and turned to the kitchen.
The kitchen was a newly built hut on the outside with no shelter on all sides. Inside the shed, there was a gas stove, Mother of Yang was busy inside, Yang Bo had no choice but to enter the room.
When Yang Bo walked in, he could smell a moldy smell. There were already many people who had not stayed in this place before, so even if Mother of Yang was cleaned, it could not hide the damp atmosphere. Yang Bo could even see that the corners of the square table in the room had already turned black.
The tiled room was separated by a room, and the rest of the rooms were connected. The place was empty, with only a bed and a wardrobe in the corner, and in the middle of the room, there was a buddhist shrine, offering up a porcelain white Statue of Bodhisattva of Guan Yin.
Mother of Yang brought in the bowl of rice and apologized: "The conditions here are simple, you can make do with a meal first. I'll go buy some dishes later!"
Yang Bo found a chair and sat down, "There's no need to busy yourself, I can just casually eat."
After he finished speaking, he took the bowl and chopsticks and began to eat.
After eating two mouthfuls of noodles, Yang Bo took out a boiled egg from within. His nose was slightly sour, he still remembered how, when he was young, he was often unwilling to eat eggs, and how Mother of Yang always forced him to eat them.
"When did you come back?" Yang Bo asked in a low voice.
Mother of Yang lowered his head and was somewhat silent, "It's been almost a month."
Yang Bo hesitated, "How can we sell our houses in the county?"
Mother of Yang lowered his head and did not speak.
Yang Bo was startled, but in the end he did not ask. Even if the Mother of Yang did not say it, he knew that the Mother of Yang wanted to leave more money, so when the father and son duo of the Father of Yang come out, it would be more convenient. Last year, Father of Yang was critically ill and couldn't even bear to sell his house, and now that he had sold his house, Yang Bo suddenly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
The taste of the noodles was very familiar, it had not changed for 20 years, causing his stomach to feel warm after eating it. However, looking at the living environment of Mother of Yang, he did not feel comfortable.
"Come back to the city with me!" Yang Bo said.
The Mother of Yang shook his head, "Forget it, it's good for me to live here by myself. The old neighbors are still here, I don't have time to hang out with them!"
"The house is leaking, so it's not very convenient to live here. I don't see any heat in the house, it's too cold at night." Yang Bo continued.
"It's fine, just bask in the sunlight for a while longer." The Mother of Yang insisted.
Yang Bo looked towards Mother of Yang. Seeing that her face was filled with stubbornness, he knew that she must have been harboring a grudge in her heart, because she had always felt that Yang Bo had the ability to fish out this father and son pair.
Yang Bo did indeed have the ability to do so, so he did not explain any further.
After finishing the noodles, Yang Bo stood up, went out to wash the dishes, and said to Mother of Yang: "I'm going out for a walk!"
Mother of Yang nodded and did not get up. He sat on the small stool at the entrance and basked in the the sun.
Yang Bo thought about a solution. Even though he did not want to see the Yang father and son duo, the Mother of Yang had treated him quite well.
Most of the families in the village had already built new buildings, but at the western end of the village, there were still two tiled buildings. One was their house, and the other was the temple on the ground.
The temple was very small, only about twenty or thirty square meters in size. This temple had been demolished in the 1960s, and after reform and opening up, it was built by the villagers, only on a much smaller scale.
On both sides of the door of the temple hung a couplet, "The temple's small sacred art is great, the sky is high and the moon is long", the characters were filled with energy. When Yang Bo was young, he also came here to play and steal the fruits on the table.
In the middle of the temple, worship of the land god, the land god benevolent face, the form of affability. "In front of the statue of the land god, there was an incense burner. It was covered with ashes, and there was still a lingering fragrance coming from it.
Yang Bo swept a glance and was about to turn around to leave when he was suddenly stunned, because he discovered that the two ears on the two sides of the censer were actually in the shape of an elephant. If one were to look carefully, they would see that the elephant head had thick eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and a long nose.
Yang Bo's eyes lit up, and a circle of light quickly formed. Seeing the thickness of the light circle, Yang Bo was extremely shocked, it was actually the Xuande Furnace! Furthermore, it was the Furnace of the year of the Great Ming, the genuine Xuande Furnace!
Yang Bo really wanted to rush over and take the Xuande Furnace away, but he raised his head and looked outside. He saw an old lady standing not far away, looking towards him, as if she was a thief.
Yang Bo slowly walked out, but he was still thinking about how he could take away the censer. Placing the treasure here, it was simply a waste of a heavenly resource.
Yang Bo did not stay any longer. He turned around and returned home, thinking about how to find a reason.
After returning home, Yang Bo saw the Mother of Yang behind his house. He immediately walked over, saw the Mother of Yang pulling up the garlic seedlings, and said towards him: "There aren't any dishes at home. I'll pull up some garlic seedlings for you to fry some eggs for you."
Yang Bo's nose soured, and he hurriedly turned his head to acknowledge.
A piece of cloth was used to cover the back of the house. Yang Bo looked over and saw a coffin below him. He was surprised and immediately turned around and asked: "Mom, why is there a coffin?"
Mother of Yang glanced at it, "This was left behind by your grandfather in the past. When your grandfather was buried, your father was not willing to use it, and said that it was to be left for him."
Yang Bo looked at the coffin and suddenly remembered that the old man in the countryside had the habit of preparing the coffin, but Father of Yang was not the type to be a human being!
— — The content is from [Mick Read]