Chapter 177 Going Home
Bozhou, Anhui Province, a little-known fourth-tier small city, is Lu Feng’s hometown.

It is located in the northwest of Huizhou Province, at the junction of Huizhou Province and Henan Province, and its area is not very large.

During the Three Kingdoms period, this place was called Qiao County. After Cao Pi became emperor, it was changed to Qiao State and established as the secondary capital of Wei State.

However, in modern times, this small city in the Central Plains has become an inconspicuous prefecture-level city and has lost its fame.

Because Liu Bo did not have a driver’s license, Lu Feng drove the more than 400 kilometers home alone.

Lu Feng set out on the road at 12 noon and drove until it was almost dark before he finally arrived.

He first sent Liu Bo home and helped carry the luggage upstairs.

After declining Liu Bo’s parents’ invitation to stay for dinner, he went downstairs, drove his car, and drove straight home.

The last time I left home was in early July.

But when I came back this time, it was already winter.

There was no parking space in the community, so Lu Feng found a spot on the roadside outside the community and parked.

Traffic police don’t come to this road often, but when they do, it’s no big deal, just issuing a few tickets.

When he finishes his current work in a few days, he will have a place to stay.

Carrying his luggage, Lu Feng entered the community, went upstairs, and returned to his doorstep.

After knocking on the door, Lu Feng shouted, “Mom!”

After a while, a middle-aged woman with a kind face pushed open the door with a smile.

“mom!”

When he saw her, Lu Feng could no longer suppress the smile on his face and smiled brightly.

This is his mother, Yan Xiufang.

“Why are you here so early? Shouldn’t we arrive after dark?”

Yan Xiufang was a little surprised, but her attention quickly shifted to Lu Feng’s face. She sighed with some distress: “Why did you lose so much weight? Didn’t you eat well at school?”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and touched Lu Feng’s cheek with a complicated look in her eyes.

“No, I’ve been exercising!”

Lu Feng smiled and picked up the box, indicating: “It seems that there is less fat on my face, but I am much stronger now than before.”

“It’s good to have meat. It’s a blessing.”

Yan Xiufang called out, “Come in, come in, I’ll cook for you.”

Lu Feng came in and changed into slippers.

Yan Xiufang quickly went to the kitchen, put on an apron, and started busy cooking.

While she was busy, she said: “I have bought all the dishes, they are all your favorites. I also said that I will prepare them now and wait for you to arrive in the evening, and then I will pick you up and you will be ready to eat.

I was just packing up when you came back…Did Liu Bo come back with you?”

“He’s back. He’s already home.”

Listening to her chatter, Lu Feng looked around the room.

This is the house where he has lived since he was a child, and it is now part of an old neighborhood.

The house is only about 60 square meters and has two bedrooms, one is his and his parents live in the master bedroom.

Because it is a walk-up building and the common area is small, it does not look crowded.

My mother is very diligent and keeps the house very clean, but it still looks old.

Many of the floor tiles have cracked, and the coffee table and sofa are also old items.

The big-butt TV was bought when my parents got married. It has been used until now and has not broken down yet.

Also old is the old standing electric fan in the corner, which is covered with a cloth cover, which is a dust cover sewn by my mother.

It’s not needed in winter, so my mother covered it to prevent dust.

There were washed clothes hanging on the balcony, as well as pots of flowers and plants.

My mother likes to grow flowers and plants, but maybe it’s winter, or maybe she didn’t bother to water them, most of the flowers and plants are dead, leaving only dry soil in the pots.

Carrying the box, Lu Feng returned to the bedroom.

The familiar desk, desk lamp, alarm clock, textbooks on the bookshelf, comics, the Four Great Classics, the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries…all the clutter on the desk was put away by my mother in the drawer, and the desktop was wiped spotless.

The bed at the back was also covered with a thick cotton mattress, and the quilt was folded and placed at the head of the bed.

Looking at all this, Lu Feng sniffed the familiar smell in the air, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, and murmured: “I’m back…”

When he was reborn, it took him a long time to accept this reality.

He was not resisting, but he just couldn’t believe it was true.

That night, he didn’t sleep a wink, for fear that if he closed his eyes, he would find out it was all a dream.

It was not until dawn that he finally confirmed that he was not dreaming and that all this was real.

Sitting down on the bed, Lu Feng looked around, then lay down with his head tilted back and stretched comfortably.

He was exhausted after driving all day.

There is a soft mattress under me, full of the smell of home.

Listening to the sound of his mother cooking in the kitchen, Lu Feng felt happier than at any time since his rebirth.

After lying down for a while, he stood up.

If he lies down any longer, he will feel sleepy.

After looking at the master bedroom, Lu Feng came to the kitchen and watched his mother chopping green onions and mixing them into the batter. He asked with a smile, “Are you making green onion pancakes?”

“Yes, I’ll give it to you first.”

As my mother was busy, she said, “That chicken needs to be fried, and there’s also a fish and braised pork, but you’re probably hungry, so I’ll make you two pancakes first.”

“Scallion pancakes are the best. I like the scallion pancakes you make. The pancakes out there are not as delicious as yours.”

Lu Feng flattered him with a smile.

“A green onion pancake, where can’t you buy it?”

My mother tutted, but she was already laughing.

Watching her cooking skillfully, Lu Feng’s gaze fell on her temples, where there were already some white hairs.

His heart ached and Lu Feng sighed secretly.

In the past two years, my mother has suffered the most. She is worried every day but has no one to talk to.

She was just an ordinary laid-off worker with little education. She worked as a pastry chef in a supermarket. Although it was hard work, she had been doing it for several years.

She knows nothing about collecting and investing.

She only knew that her husband had borrowed millions and mortgaged their house, but was cheated. Now he can’t pay it back and doesn’t know how he is going to get through the new year.

But she had no one to tell these words to, let alone Lu Feng, so she could only keep it in her heart.

This also caused her to look particularly haggard now, and she looked at least ten years older than her actual age.

However, everything is not a problem now.

Because Lu Feng is back.

This family has someone to support it.

“Here’s some smoked beef. If you’re hungry, have a bite.”

Mom took a piece of smoked beef from the bag on the chopping board, took a knife to cut a few slices, picked up a slice and put it into Lu Feng’s mouth.

Looking at Lu Feng eating with big mouthfuls, she smiled brightly.

She cut the remaining meat into slices and placed them in a small bowl. She handed it to Lu Feng and said, “Go and take a rest. It will be ready in a while.”

As she spoke, she leaned over, took out a frying pan, placed it on the gas stove, and turned on a low heat.

Lu Feng held the bowl, swallowed the beef in his mouth, and asked, “Where’s my dad?”

Hearing this question, my mother’s expression darkened, but she still answered in a calm tone: “He went out to drink with his comrades, and he probably won’t be back tonight.”

As soon as Lu Feng heard it, he knew that it must be a comrade-in-arms coming to collect a debt, so his father went to settle it.

Seeing his mother no longer smiling and cooking silently, Lu Feng asked, “How much money does my father owe in total?”

Mom stopped what she was doing, raised her head suddenly, and looked at him in astonishment: “How did you know? Did they go to the school to look for you?”

(End of this chapter)