Xu Chunliang said, "Good suggestion, I'll go find a place to lay bricks when I get back."
"Take advice and you'll never go hungry."
Elder Qiao pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in. The time that has passed is hard to return to; entering this courtyard feels like stepping into a yellowed world, as memories of the past unfold like a movie in his mind.
Xu Chunliang asked, "Did you live here before?"
Elder Qiao nodded and said, "It's been years. Our family lived here, your god-grandfather's family lived in the back, and the Wang Family was in the front. Our three families moved in almost simultaneously, so our relationships are the best."
Only then did Xu Chunliang understand the longstanding connection between the three families.
Elder Qiao sighed, "Things have changed."
Xu Chunliang said, "You must have had a happy time here in the past."
Elder Qiao asked, "What makes you say that?"
"If you weren't happy, you wouldn't come back to reminisce."
