While eating noodles, Fang Chang chatted with the young man for a long time.

The young man's name is Xie Jiaping. He has been engaged in the porter business for some time. The young man is as skilled as his father in the journey between the two mansions.

Xie Jiaping also inherited the habit of his father Xie Guang'an. Every time he returned to Huaifeng Mansion from Long'an Mansion, he would stay in Huqiao Town and eat one or two mutton noodles. If his wife and children wanted to eat Fuhu cakes, he would take a few home from Huqiao Town.

However, Xie Jiaping also expanded his new business.

"Originally, there were only people who hired me to bring goods between big cities like Long'an Mansion and Huaifeng Mansion. Now the medicinal materials produced in Linxi Village in Shanli are selling better and better, and Huqiao Town has become more and more prosperous. Huqiao Town is getting bigger and bigger. Now there are often cargo business starting from Huqiao Town or to Huqiao Town."

Xie Jiaping's income was more than Xie Guang'an back then, so he ate noodles with an extra fried egg. After eating and drinking, he pulled the shoulder pole next to him, gently carried it on his shoulder, and then said goodbye to Fangchang before leaving the town and heading west along the official road.

Fang Chang would also get up and prepare to continue traveling.

The children I saw in Huqiao Town that year have grown up and become grandpas as fast as they are. I don’t know what the scene will be like next time I come back.

Of course, for him, these things in the world are unstoppable, just like the rising and setting sun, which is something that the world keeps happening and will continue. In the rolling yellow dust, joy, anger, sorrow, birth, old age, sickness and death are all links of the movement between heaven and earth, and are also the corners of nature and itself.

…………

After Fang Chang left Huqiao Town, he did not continue to move forward, but turned east.

Huqiao Town is a distance to the west from the official road adjacent to Linxi Village, so Fang Chang walked like this and passed Linxi Village again. However, he did not stop and only walked slowly to the east with the speed of ordinary passers-by.

Next to it is Yunzhong Mountain, with dense wood plants on the hillside, which are difficult to pass through in most places.

However, there are still small roads leading into the mountains. Although most of the roads are deserted and few people walk, there are wide roads near the Mountain Temple, and pedestrians enter and exit. Some people even set up a stall at the Sanchao intersection to sell some tea, hard snacks, and incense and candles.

When passers-by buy water and food here to quench their thirst and hunger, the stall owner will instigate them to go up the mountain to worship the mountain god and ask for some blessings to protect the safety of the road. However, some people are always persuaded to buy incense and candles to go to the mountain to worship.

The temple in Zhangshan God is very popular, and several families have settled here, including Hu Yun and his wife who have recently returned to Yunzhongshan. However, there is no unified name here. People around him will still call this place "Mountain God Temple". Perhaps in a few years, there will be a more formal name here, called XX Village or XX Town.

Fang Chang followed the official road and went eastward. When the sky was almost dark, he entered Long'an Mansion.

This is the city, and the city is very large, but over time, the buildings inside have become a little crowded. Fang Chang found the largest restaurant in the city, called "Heshunju", ordered a table of food and ate it all, and then searched for an inn next to the restaurant for a night.

He did not stay in Long'an Prefecture City for much, so he set off the next day and continued on the road.

In addition to the east gate of Long'an Prefecture City, Fang Chang chose a slightly northerly road. The surrounding terrain is flat, with dense networks of farmlands and prosperous traffic. He even saw someone carrying a boat on the river and carrying people through the bridge columns under his feet.

After living in seclusion for more than ten years, Fang Chang's mentality became more peaceful.

This time when he went down the mountain, he did not rush at full speed as before, but walked slowly at the speed of an ordinary pedestrian road. The road and the roadside were full of scenery. Whether it was mountains, rocks, fields, or the pedestrians, cars and horses passing by, Fang Chang observed or listened with interest, and enjoyed it.

Nowadays, the world is very peaceful. Even the fusion of the two worlds is like this. There is no need to worry because the time is too slow. After all, the response plan is already on the right track.

In the evening, there was no village or shop around, but there was a small land temple on the roadside. Although it was old, it was not broken. At least the roof and windows were intact. The land in the middle could also show some of the original colors. On the white altar, there were ashes of incense and candles remaining.

It seemed that it was raining outside, so many pedestrians came here and took advantage of the houses here to hide.

In fact, the conditions of this small temple on the roadside are already considered luxurious for pedestrians. After all, Fang Chang had seen many people traveling around the world. Many times, when people encounter nights on the roadside, they always look for shelter to catch fire. Even if they stay overnight, there will be no cover for their heads. If they encounter heavy rain, they can only admit that they are unlucky.

Someone found an old brazier and searched for some firewood from outside to ignite it. The jumping firelight not only illuminates it, but also makes everyone's hearts feel more comfortable to rest. However, firewood is not easy to find. After all, for the people in the world, fuel is the first thing in daily life, "fire, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea", even before the rice.

Fang Chang followed everyone into the temple, and he found a corner to sit down.

After many people came in, they worshiped the statue on the altar twice before entering the house. If they had the conditions, they would take out some fragments and offer them to the statue in front of the statue - of course, it was useless.

However, Fang Chang could clearly feel that the land here had been secretly protecting the people in the temple. In his vision, the land god statues on the altar even shone a little. The land magic power here is very good, after all, they have such a large temple and are close to the official road.

Fang Chang remembers that the most shabby god he had ever seen was just taken out from the mountain wall, a shrine of only one or two feet in size. Similarly, the land of mountain gods in the wilderness is also very common.

He did not disturb the land here, but sat silently in the corner and observed the words and deeds of these people.

Boom-

It started raining outside, and the wind blew in, causing the light jumping in the brazier to tremble.

Everyone was very quiet, listening to the wind and rain outside silently, and even talking quietly. Everyone took turns changing their positions and used the dry food they brought with them to satisfy their hunger.

There was a person who looked like a student next to him. Seeing Fang Chang's temperament, he felt quite close, so he came up and whispered: "Where did this big brother do what?"

Fang Chang smiled and said, "I am going to find someone with destiny."

After hearing this, the student raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh? This is quite ancient. I wonder if I am considered a destined person?"

After a little look, Fang Chang also said: "Of course, it's considered a destiny person. After all, you can meet this small temple on a stormy night and chat with each other, so you can naturally be very destined."
Chapter completed!