when they reached home the gates and doors had long since vanished , and the people of the village were all strangers to them . they crowded about the scholars and asked who they might be . " we are liu tschen and yuan dschau . only a few days ago we went into the hills to pick herbs ! " with that a servant came hastening up and looked at them . at last he fell at liu tschen 's feet with great joy and cried : " yes , you are really my master ! since you went away , and we had no news of any kind regarding you some seventy years or more have passed . "
crowded about the scholars and asked who they might be .
what did the people of the village do when they saw the two scholars ?
what did the people of the village do when they saw the two scholars ?