Danhua Continent, Nanyang Country, Prayer Rain Village, Summer.

The plane trees were roosted with a few jackdaws, crumbling with a sad whimper, and the wind came from the southeast, raising the rolling yellow sand and falling on the branches, causing ripples.

This village is located in Changchen Prefecture, just north of the Nanyang Empire, due to successive droughts, the village has not harvested for 15 years, the people have been displaced, starvation is everywhere, and the remaining villagers have all gone out to beg for food in order to survive.

There is a three-person family at the east end of the village, the head of the household and his wife are both over 70 years old, and now only one grandson is their only hope of survival.

Maybe it's the mercy of God, every time they go out to beg for food, they can get it, although each time it is not enough for three people to eat, they are very content.

The golden wheel rose as usual, and the willows on the side of the road were only dry trunks, which looked like dried corpses.

"Grandpa, how long will it take for us to get to town?"

The boy looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years of age, and was of an extremely ordinary appearance, with a thin body, shaggy hair, a yellow face, and the cloth shoes on his feet that could not be repaired.

The old man coughed twice, and said in a trembling voice: "Good grandson, you will be there in three minutes." Then he glanced back and said, "Old woman, hurry up and keep up, your footsteps are not as good as a few days ago."

The old woman spoke, "You two go away, I have the strength." ”

The boy ran to the old woman, "Grandma, when you come to the town, you can rest, and your grandson will beg for food, and when your grandson grows up, he will earn a lot of silver taels, so that you can eat fish and meat three times a day."

The old woman smiled with satisfaction and stroked the young man's head, "Okay, okay, grandma will wait until that day."

The three of them walked towards the south with a unified step.

On the main street of Qiman Town, there are many pedestrians, most of them are neatly dressed, and acquaintances bow and say hello when they meet.

The doors of the shops on both sides of the road are open to welcome the passing merchants.

One of the most lively is the crowd surging in a street corner, constantly cheering.

The young man was fascinated by this scene, forgot his hunger for a while, and squeezed into the innermost part of the crowd to watch, anxious for the old couple to follow.

I saw two shirtless men juggling, one of whom was lying on the ground with a large stone on his chest.

The white-faced man held a hammer in his hand and shouted in a sonorous voice, "Thanks to the love of all the villagers, our brothers are desperate and are disturbed here." If you can win everyone's pleasure today, don't forget to reward a little money in order to make a living." After speaking, the white-faced man rounded the hammer and threw it at the stone.

Listening to the sound of "bang", the stone opened in half in response, and suddenly the crowd applauded and cheered together. Immediately, a sky full of copper coins fell from the sky.

The young man was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a strange thing when he was so old, and he couldn't help but applaud.

The boy was amazed and completely forgot about his hunger.

After the crowd dispersed, the two big men picked up all the copper coins, and the young man stood in place awkwardly, at a loss.

"Little brother, you're hungry, come, you can keep this little money. ”

The young man saw that the white-faced man actually took all the copper coins he had just gotten.

The boy said three times in a row, "No, no, no, this is your money, I can't take it."

"Everyone is at the bottom of this society, so why distinguish between you and me? The white-faced man insisted on laughing.

The young man shook his head again and again, "Thank you, my grandfather said that money is taken care of and taken in a proper way."

Hearing the young man's answer, the old couple not far away looked at each other and smiled.

The black-faced man laughed when he heard this, "Hey, I can't see it, you kid has a bit of ambition, it's admirable." "It's your relatives who are standing behind you, right?"

The boy nodded firmly and said, "That's right, my grandparents are the people who love me the most in the world."

The white-faced man deliberately said in order to let him take the money, "My brother and I have been here for some time to make a living, and we have seen many people dressed like you, and according to them, there is a disaster in their hometown, and they have no choice but to go out to beg for food. If you're not mistaken, you're from the same place as them, right?So, since you can all go out and beg for food, what's wrong with accepting money from someone else?"

The young man was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, yes, leftovers are acceptable, why can't you take the money?

Then, the boy's gaze turned to his grandfather.

The old man came to him with a smile and said, "Thank you again for the righteousness of the two strong men, our ancestors and grandchildren have depended on each other for fifteen years, the grandchildren are young, and you have all seen our situation, I don't let him accept other people's money, in order to warn him, life is in the world, money is not the only way to live." ”

After hearing this, the white-faced man respectfully said, "Today, I am fortunate to hear the old gentleman's teachings, which really makes our brothers embarrassed, and the old gentleman can still look at the world like this in a desperate situation, which is really admirable to the juniors." ”

The black-faced man said, "As the old gentleman said, money is something outside the body, and why can't the old gentleman stand the things outside the body?"

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, well, since this is the case, the old man will accept this thing outside his body today." ”

The boy was confused and didn't understand why his grandfather did this.

The black-faced man said goodbye to the old man: "I hope the old man takes care, after hearing the old man's unique opinion, my two brothers have found a new direction in life and decided to find another way out, so say goodbye!" After speaking, he walked away empty-handed.

The young man was a little puzzled: "Grandpa, didn't you say that other people's money is unacceptable.....?

The old man said solemnly: "Yes, grandpa said it." Then, he walked forward.

The boy threw his doubts to the old woman not far away, and said, "Grandma, what is the matter?"

The old woman replied, "Let's just follow your grandfather." ”

Soon the old man walked into a temple called "Datong", and without hesitation, poured the money given by the two strong men into the merit box.

The young man understood his grandfather's move, and said in his heart that whatever was outside his body was in anyone's hands.

The young man couldn't help but secretly admire his grandfather's style of life.

The old woman laughed in understanding.

The three grandparents returned to the street to continue begging for food, and all of them cast contemptuous looks, as if to say, if they don't spend the money, forget it, and give it all to the temple.

Seeing the sun set, the three grandparents and grandchildren only got the leftovers that one person ate. In the same way, the others are no better, after all, this is only a township, and there are too many people out begging for food.

While they were sighing, a man dressed as a domestic servant at the southern end of the street shouted, "My eldest lady has shown great favor at the gate of this house, please come with me." After saying that, all the eyes of the people were green and drowned the servants in the sea of people.

Soon the young man saw a small girl wearing a blue dress, green silk up to the waist, white skin, and a sweet smile serving porridge for the begging person, the young man was stupid, thinking, how can there be such a beautiful woman in this world, and her heart is still so kind, this must be the eldest lady mentioned by the servant just now.

Soon, each victim was given a bowl of porridge and two white-flour steamed buns.

The boy remembered that the last time he ate steamed buns, he was still in a dream, but he didn't expect to eat them again today.

After eating the food, everyone knelt down and shouted, "Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss." There were a lot of sobbing cries mixed in.

The girl who served the porridge just now was triumphant, and said in a crisp voice, "I am just the maid of our eldest lady, my young lady is kind-hearted, she heard that there are many victims in the town today, and she is very sad, and after asking my lord's permission, she thought of this way." Also, my young lady also said that from today onwards, we will give porridge to the victims for a month, and I hope you will notify your neighbors who have no food to eat, and continue to give porridge to everyone at this time and place every day, do you understand?"

I don't know who shouted among the victims: "This is the mansion outside the customs officer in our town, everyone kowtow to Master Guan and thank you." ”

Everyone knelt down and buckled their heads, and kept shouting, "Master Xie Guan, Miss Xie Guan's life-saving grace." ”

Soon after leaving the city gate, he walked to the bottom of a mountain, and the young man vaguely heard the cry of some kind of bird not far away, and when he looked up, he was actually shocked into a cold sweat, and he saw that there were a total of five birds and beasts that looked like cranes flying in the sky, and there was a cyan halo around them, and there was a person standing on each of them like cranes, all of them were dressed in white, heroic, and carrying long swords on their shoulders that the young man had never seen, all of them were about fifteen or sixteen years old, flying to the south.

Seeing this, the young man couldn't help but ask the old man, "Grandpa, are they immortals in the sky?"

The old man sighed, "I have lived in this mortal world for most of my life, and I have never seen such a magical realm. Perhaps, they are really legendary immortals, grandchildren, old women, come and worship with me. ”

In a vacant lot at the east end of the village, the two old men had fallen down to rest, and only the young man was tossing and turning on a shabby mat, thinking about the scene he had seen today, and he couldn't sleep for a long time.

The boy wondered how good he would be if he could one day be one of them......

The next day, early in the morning.

The three grandparents beckoned their neighbors to rush to the town.

The group walked in the place where the young man saw the immortal yesterday, and the young man couldn't help but tell everyone about the scene he saw yesterday, and they all worshipped.

The victims all know that there is disaster relief food in Qiman Town, so they walk extremely diligently, just at noon, they have come to Guanfu, and as far as the eye can see, the crowd is surging, and the black pressure is a large area.

Soon after the time agreed yesterday, thirty domestic servants came out of the house, they stood in a row with sticks in their hands and fierce faces, maintaining order.

People consciously lined up, because the teenager's grandparents had inconvenient legs, the three of them lined up in the last few positions, and soon, the people in front received white bread and a bowl of porridge.

When it was the turn of the three grandparents, the boy saw that there was not much food left, and when he looked back, he saw that they were all about the same age as his grandparents, so he automatically went to the last one.

Sure enough, when it was the boy's turn, there was only half a bowl of porridge left, but the boy didn't complain, took the porridge, found his grandparents in a corner and swallowed it.

Just when the porridge bottomed out, the young man smelled a fragrance, and when he looked up, he saw that it was the little maid who put grain in the Guanfu, and he quickly lowered his head in fright.

The boy immediately became nervous, it was the first time he was so close to the opposite sex when he was so old, it seemed that this little girl was going to tell him something.

The little maid squatted generously in front of the young man and said, "Hello, just now you took the initiative to walk last, causing yourself to only drink half a bowl of porridge, you have such a kind heart, my young lady sees it." ”

The young man never dared to look up at him, and thought, has your young lady seen me? Thank... Girl, I... Already... Eat one's fill.. Finish. ”

Seeing the young man's reaction, the little maid smiled slightly, and said sweetly, "Don't be nervous, this is a special reward from my young lady." With that, he handed the boy a baggage.

The young man shyly put his head into the placket of his clothes, but still replied politely, "Dare to ask the girl, what do you want to give me?"

The little maid replied, "This is the venison bun that my young lady gave you, and for the sake of your kindness, he specially instructed me to pass it on to you." ”

When the young man heard this, he immediately said, "Thank you, Miss Guan, for me." ”

Then he was embarrassed to accept the burden, "If the girl and Miss Guan need my help in the future, although I am young, I have the strength." ”

The boy still didn't look up, and the shame on his face spread to the base of his neck.

The little maid smiled slightly and replied, "Even if you have a conscience, it is not in vain that my young lady is kind, by the way, what is your name?"

The young man was very surprised, and replied in a panic, "My name is .... He Xiu. ”