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There were traces of insect and rat bites on the dilapidated wood, and the faint light penetrated every hole in the firewood room, but it still could not dispel the darkness, until the sun gradually rose, and the gradually brighter sunlight seemed to shine on the firewood room with a dazzling heat, a small area that could not hide from the sun at all.
"Longevity, how can this make people live. ”
The drought for six months in a row is also a misery for the people in the city, there is no rain, there is no water in the well, even large families have to face the problem of water shortage, the host family has no water to drink, who cares if the people below are thirsty?
Regardless of whether the throat is smoking, the work that should be done is indispensable, except for some places that require water, which can be omitted at this time, but the floating dust that has to be wiped every day, and the stove that has to be raised every day, will inevitably increase the impetuousness of this great drought.
The dry lips have burst skin, and there is a pain in the deep cracks that cannot be ignored, and every subtle lip opening action will feel the existence of pain, like the pervasive sunlight and temperature, which makes people irritable.
"Go, the flower hall hasn't been cleaned yet, don't be lazy!"
There was a blow on the back, and the woman with the floating dust did not exert much strength, but this time the whipping was really not light.
The young child was a little unbearable, stumbling for a while, there was no water to drink for a long time, and there was not enough food, and every second of exposure to the sun seemed to be overdrawing life, and the whole person was about to be vaporized.
He didn't say anything, and the straightened lip line made the pain recur, but he didn't even furrow his eyebrows, and quietly followed the woman's instructions to go to the flower hall.
The grass and trees in the courtyard have long since died, and there has not been a drop of rain for six months, and even the trees with deep roots in the earth cannot stand such a drought, and have already shed their leaves, and its bark has been secretly taken away by those who cannot bear the hunger.
The host will not care, at the beginning, they may still be in the mood to be able to see this bright and sunny weather, but when such good weather lasts for more than half a year, I am afraid they are the first to scold, who wants such good weather?
"Arnold, hurry up, or you'll be scolded again. ”
Walking with the child is a beautiful little boy, he has a very simple name "branch", tree branches, he and the child's identity is the same, not an ordinary servant, but the master's family and the maid's child, of course, in this era, such a child is only a slave, if the treatment is better, you can receive the corresponding education with their brothers-in-law, but as a brother-in-law's servant status.
For a lifetime, if there is no accident, it is such an identity, their daughter is an ordinary slave, and their son can still have the opportunity to study with the brother-in-law's son-in-law, still as a servant.
For a lifetime, for a lifetime, there will be no accidents, not even the identity of the side branch, so it will continue.
Thinking about it, it seems quite unreasonable, obviously they have half of the same bloodline, just because of their mother's humble status, they can't hold their heads up for the rest of their lives, they can only be lowly slaves.
But in this era, it is very reasonable, because the son is more precious than the mother.
The most interesting point is that these concubines, oh, there is no word concubine in this era, but it probably means that they are born children, they have no concept of each other being brothers at all, they are all like born children, complete servility, servility in the bones.
"Well, good. Arnold replied softly, and quickened his pace obediently.
No one has come to the flower hall for a long time, since the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the plants and trees are dead, no one has the leisure to come to the flower hall to enjoy the flowers, and naturally no one will care about whether it is clean or not.
The two of them quickly swept over, and then they both put down the broom, after all, they are only five or six years old, how much responsibility can they have to clean up, and everyone has a lazy heart.
"Goo-"
The long roar in his stomach made Zhi'er a little embarrassed, and he smiled at Arnold and said, "Are you hungry?"
Arnold touched his stomach, deflated, he should feel hungry, but he could bear it better.
There is no aura in this world, and the development is too slow, so it is not possible to cultivate the immortal exercises, and as for the cultivation of spiritual power, this aspect cannot replace food in a short period of time and complete the role of Bigu.
"I've heard that the Great Witch said that it will rain in another month, and that it will be fine then. ”
Zhi'er is very superstitious about the Great Witch, and there is a kind of faith in his eyes, and there is an indescribable brilliance on his little face, which has been rapidly emaciating during this time.
Arnold nodded, he had never seen the Great Witch, but he had also heard of the other party's various prestige, this era is an era of ignorance, in addition to the king, there is also the Great Witch, and the Great Witch is equivalent to the existence of the national teacher, communicating with heaven and earth, ghosts and gods.
All men may not trust their king, but they will not distrust their witches.
It is really very strange, as a king, in the face of such a great witch, does he not feel that his power is threatened? If the great witch has a different intention, how can he guard against it?
After saying a few words, Zhi'er felt thirsty, and his throat seemed to be smoking, and then he closed his mouth and stopped talking.
The silence did not last long, and soon new work was sent, and in this house, no one treated them as children, and all the things that should be done were not less, and as for whether they were done well or badly, if it was usual, there would naturally be people to supervise and inquire, but when it was hot, everyone wanted to move less, as if that would reduce the loss of water.
Dinner was blood, and I don't know what kind of animal's blood was served in a bowl, and it was hot, as if it had just been picked up from somewhere.
Arnold instinctively didn't want to drink, but Zhi'er was gulping, and the water represented by the blood was the most important thing compared to disgusting the roughness of the blood.
In addition to the fishy smell, there seemed to be a slight sweetness in the blood, Arnold finally drank it, his mortal body may not be able to last longer.
In the evening, when it was quiet, he listened to the breathing of the branches around him, closed his eyes, and counted the gains and losses of the previous world in his mind.
The system is not a good system, really, it can be seen from the fact that he went to slay the dragon, and the most pitiful thing is that the system also took away his body, two!
One is the body of the golden pill that he has worked hard to cultivate for a long time in the world of cultivating immortals, and the other is the body of the useless stand-in puppet after he repays the cause and effect, although it is useless, but it has also been used for so long, he feels that it is still very useful, and after repaying the cause and effect, the causal puppet seems to have some special changes, which makes him want to study more, but it's a pity......
In response to this problem, he wanted to have an in-depth communication with the system, but this system really belonged to the unintelligent Pixiu, only in and out, and he didn't want to open the system to his host at all, no matter what he used as a threat.
Hehe, what can you do in the face of such an existence? I don't want the soul to be annihilated, so let's continue to follow it through, otherwise, Arnold will never be arrogant and think that he who was selected by the system is actually very special, so let's follow honestly.
Then, it's the current world, the plot is simple and clear, the original owner's background is here, and he hasn't been a clever character all his life, there are so many people in the house, it's not his turn to mix with his brothers, so he grew up mediocre all his life, and then when the master's family was in power, he was a dogleg and helped the master's family bully men and women.
The final ending will naturally not be very good, with the destruction of the master's family, he will also be finished, which is a bit evil and evil.
In this regard, Arnold is no longer surprised, the characters he can possess always seem to be like this, you want to say that he is particularly unlucky, but not necessarily, sometimes he is also born with a high starting point, but if you want to say that he is particularly lucky, it must not be, he can always play a good card into a stinky card, and he is also born cannon fodder.
But it's not the same as ordinary cannon fodder, if it's put in the main drama, he doesn't even have the level of arousing the protagonist's hatred value, and dying is a pond fish that has been affected.
With Arnold's skills, it is extremely easy to counterattack in the face of such a situation, but it is not Arnold's style to work hard to counterattack.
Since you can live well, even if you have to change the plot, why not simply change it?
Arnold never liked thankless work, he preferred to sit on the profits of the fisherman, and if he couldn't do that, then try to get closer to this point.
And it's a pity that he has never been the kind of person with an IQ advantage, he is willing to use his brain to think about some things, but he hates those things that are too twisting and turning, so it is not so easy to be a behind-the-scenes wise man, and in the end he can only take the form of a semi-hermit to complete the task of changing the plot.
This time, it was no exception, when he saw the plot for the first time, Arnold felt that the change was very simple, he just had to leave this home and no longer be a slave.
The management of the population in this era was far less stringent than in modern times, and the so-called pursuit of fugitive slaves was basically empty talk, because slaves never went to the household register.
Especially when they are not slaves who come from buying and selling, and they don't have such a thing as a hukou, they will not be counted when the master's family is counted.
This is a good thing for Arnold, although it also means that there is no guarantee of life safety, and no one knows when he will die, but it also means that no one knows when he escapes, and no one can find him.
He is still so young, as long as he escapes for a few years, he grows up, his appearance has changed, and he is even more afraid.
At the moment before falling asleep, he thought about his plan again, and felt that it was really a flawless plan, saving time, effort and brain, it really couldn't be better. 166 Reading Network