After this fruitful trip to the Peach Blossom Land, Ryan and his family met up with his parents in Qiantang. However, according to Ryan's grandfather, it might take some time to hold an engagement ceremony, so the four parents were busy during this period.
After his own work, he rushed over first with his two juniors so that he could take a look at the collection of books at home.
"Our family can be considered a alchemist family in Chang'an with a history of five to six hundred years." Ryan's grandfather said with pride on the plane. "Our family has been engaged in the production of various magical plants for hundreds of years.
Cultivation work, now they supply 1/3 of the raw materials for herbal potions in the north of China."
"The magic family in China must be worth looking forward to." Hermione said happily through the phoenix mark on her arm. "At least in the UK, I have no chance to visit those wizard family manors, let alone you invited me
's parents."
After the plane landed, they stayed in the People's Building for one night. As Ryan's hometown for two lifetimes, Chang'an in the mid-1990s was far less prosperous than 20 years later. In the early morning, everyone was still woken up by the sound of traffic bells on the street. Under the background of bicycles
The motor vehicle lane seemed very empty. Although private vehicles had appeared at this time, there were still scattered cars on the street.
Riding in a rented old jeep, everyone drove bumpily to the south. More than an hour later, they saw a majestic and continuous mountain range appearing in front of them as if they were very close at hand.
"We're almost there." Ryan's grandfather, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said as he looked at the Qinling Mountains in front of him. Sure enough, the car stopped after driving for more than half an hour. After Hermione got out of the car, she found that there were mountains in the valley below the road shoulder.
A beautiful small mountain village, with smoke curling up from the village, and I even saw a man driving a cow to work in the fields on the river beach.
"We're here right now? But I think this is no different from an ordinary village." Hermione said as she looked at the mountain village.
"Of course there is no difference." Ryan's grandfather came up from behind. "In China, there is no traditional wizard manor in the West where pure alchemists live. Here, traditional alchemists are used to living with people who are related by blood.
If the same area has a long history, it will form villages where ethnic groups live together."
"It's incredible." Hermione looked at the villages in the valley below the mountain with excitement. "This is a completely different world!"
After entering the village, under the guidance of his grandfather, Ryan began to greet many villagers. Only then did Ryan realize that he was in the middle position in the village. Among his peers, there were basically people who were two generations older than him and twice younger than him.
The numbers above are quite comparable.
Finally they came to the big house that served as the village committee. The house was simple and unpretentious. The only difference compared to other houses in the village was that the walls of this house were made of blue bricks, unlike most of the houses in the village.
That's an adobe house with tile roofs.
"What are we doing here?" Ryan asked curiously. Because the layout of the house is no different from most local village committee offices in this era: there is a brown desk next to the window, and a large
The two drawers were locked with iron locks. There were several portfolios and notebooks on the desk, and there was a small cabinet of the same color behind the chair. Other than that, the room was empty. I didn't realize it until I entered the door.
There is also a wooden frame with a washbasin in the blind spot before the door, and a small pile of farm tools behind the door.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Ryan's grandfather looked at the anxious Ryan and said, "You have to learn to wait. Only by slow work can you get good work."
After saying that, he took out a hoe from the corner, and then pressed the hoe against a mark on the wall. The back wall of the house immediately looked like the wall of the Leaky Cauldron. The bricks began to move around with the depression as the core.
A small hole first appeared in the top, and then slowly expanded into a brick arch that could allow two people to pass side by side.
"Come in." Ryan's grandfather greeted. "Inside is the family ancestral hall, and your engagement ceremony will be held here. The elders helped calculate the days, and it happened to be a good day after twenty-one days, which matched your birth dates.
During this period, you two will live in the wing on the east side. You will go out to eat at lunch. When your uncle comes in the afternoon, ask him to take you around Chang'an, which is the core area for the alchemists of the Celestial Dynasty.
.”
"By the way, take this." Grandfather saw Ryan and Hermione walking into the wing to put their luggage and handed Ryan a wooden sign: "This is the ID tag. You can go to the back room to read. But you
My little daughter-in-law cannot enter for the time being, and she needs to wait until her name is added to the family tree after the engagement ceremony before these restrictions can be lifted."
When Ryan was adopted as a child, his name was already recorded in the family tree. This is why even though he is only an adopted son, his treatment is no different from that of a biological child.
After saying goodbye to his grandfather who was eager to go to the village to chat with his old friends, Ryan walked into the wing room assigned to him. The decoration here was very similar to the style of the hotel outside, except that it was two wooden beds or coffee tables and stools.
Everything looks old and beautifully made.
But what is unexpected is that there is an old TV of more than ten inches on the table. Of course, this old TV refers to the 40-inch rear-projection large color TV that Ryan had at home in his previous life. In this era, this small
Color TV can be regarded as a fashionable product. What is even more shocking is that there can be a color TV in a place like this.
There is a button installed on the side of the TV. Turn it left to see TV programs for ordinary people, and turn it right to see the programs of Celestial Alchemist TV. However, in this era, the Alchemists’ programs include news and lectures, with interruptions from time to time.
Popular science programs and movies and videos for ordinary people.
"There is no such good thing in the UK." Hermione said a little depressed after watching the TV show. "The living conditions of Muggles in the UK are better and more advanced than here. But the life of wizards seems like a stay.
100 years ago, the only thing I found strange was where did the wizards in the Celestial Dynasty get their electricity?"
"As far as I know, they have mastered the method of using magic to generate electricity." Ryan said, "This is much less difficult than modifying a television. I think the only reason why there is no wizard TV station in the UK is because there are too few people and they are not familiar with televisions.
The demand is even less. Whether you open a wizard TV station or sell TV sets to wizards, you will only lose money. You have to know that it is technically impossible to make a magic radio that can be used in Hogwarts.
It is possible that there is a normal functioning TV set in the world, so the only possibility that the British wizarding world does not have this thing is because it is not needed.”
After going out to the village to have lunch, Ryan and Hermione visited the ancestral hall together. The main room where the tablets and other things were usually kept was closed, so they just looked at the layout outside. In addition to seeing a lot of
Apart from magical defense, many houses have no clue what they are used for.
Originally, they planned to take a rest after visiting, but at this moment Lane's grandfather walked in with an old man who looked very similar to her.
"Our Liang En has grown so big. In the past, when I looked at your photos, you were still a little guy with a waist no taller than your grandfather. Now you are about to get married." Ryan's uncle said.
My uncle is the younger brother of Ryan's grandfather. Unlike his grandfather who does not know magic, he has a very good talent in magic. After graduating from Kunlun College, he went to the Celestial Alchemist Academy in Chang'an to study for three years, and then stayed at the school.
As a teacher. According to the previous plan, Ryan and the others would follow him to appreciate the scenery of the magical world in China during the period before their engagement.
"Are you ready?" Ryan's uncle was a straightforward man. "If you are ready, let's set off."