Chapter 269 - 269 269. Sesame Leaf Confused Noodles_1
Chapter 269 - 269 269. Sesame Leaf Confused Noodles_1
?Chapter 269: 269. Sesame Leaf Confused Noodles_1 Chapter 269: 269. Sesame Leaf Confused Noodles_1 Dusk descended, and the village gradually began to fill with the smoke of cooking fires.
In this slowly-paced old village, the middle-aged and elderly who were left behind still happily embraced the slow rhythm of the past. The slightly younger ones might use gas stoves, but the older generation still used earthen stoves.
Thus, at mealtime, each household’s smoke curled upward, accompanied by the dark night tinged with a hint of mysterious blue, settling everyone’s soul from the inside out.
But… the tranquil crowd clearly did not include Song Sancheng.
He had spent the day with Qiaoqiao, grunting and groaning as he turned over a good stretch of land, watching the child earnestly plant the corn and sorghum according to his instructions, before he shouldered his hoe and headed home.
On the way, he made a point to circle back and check on his old family home.
That house had accompanied him for 20 years, a full 20 years!
The white paint on the walls was freshened up six years ago, the asbestos shingles on the roof were hastily patched up three years ago after a strong wind had torn off a couple of them, and the dining room and kitchen on the left had been slowly adjusted in location and expanded over time.
The tool shed was previously filled with his assorted tools and fishing rods.
And now…
He tossed a towel into a basin of water, wrung it out, and then wiped the sweat from his body,
“Building a house nowadays is quite a big deal!”
His booming voice contained both amazement and anticipation, “It’s only been half a day’s work, and that house has been demolished to its bits, the bricks, tiles, and chunks of cement all piled aside by the shovel of a bulldozer.”
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