The old beggar looked at his grandson who was crying in front of him at this time, and then thought back to what he had just said, and couldn't help but feel a sense of distress, in addition to that, there was also that endless guilt.

If he hadn't forced this child from his parents to stay in the first place, then maybe he wouldn't have been cut off by those thugs of the demon clan.

It's just that the old beggar himself knew in his heart that if he hadn't done that at the beginning, maybe the child in front of him, who had no blood relationship with him, would have been beaten to death by his unconscionable parents.

The old beggar knew how much the grandson in front of him longed to have the same healthy body as children of the same age, and he named him Ping'an in the first place, so why didn't he hope that he would be safe and secure for the rest of his life?

But when the old beggar took a look at the peculiar collar he wore around his neck, he felt that his hope might have been a luxury from the beginning.

Even if he was miserable in his heart, the old beggar did not reveal the pain in his heart on his face, and still said in a tone that was not salty or light: "Okay, grandpa promised you! But you have to remember what you just said." ”

After hearing this, Ping An opened his mouth full of loess and cheered: "Thank you, grandpa! Ping An will definitely do what he says!"

Seeing this, the old beggar walked without saying a word to the place where the little beggar had found his body before in the sarcastic eyes of the other old beggars.

"Peace, hurry up and follow your grandfather, he is going to the river to pick up treasures...... Haha......" After a short, skinny old beggar finished laughing, the rest of the old beggars also laughed unscrupulously at the pair of grandfathers and grandsons who were going to salvage the corpses.

Because in their eyes, they have really seen too many births, old ages, sicknesses and deaths, so they look at death very lightly. And in the eyes of these old beggars, who were already hungry with their chests against their backs, instead of spending their energy to go to the river to salvage a useless corpse, it was better to bask in the sun by the river for a while, and then go home to eat wild vegetables.

It's just that the young Ping'an doesn't understand why the old man just said this, and he doesn't understand why the rest of the people make fun of his grandfather and himself...... He just wanted to hurry to the river to help his grandfather salvage the dead child, but unfortunately he was so anxious that he was so tired that he fell a few more times.

Besides, the old beggar, who had already walked to the corpse, turned a deaf ear to the ridicule of the rest of the old beggars. At this time, he was about to bend down to salvage the corpse of the child floating in the river, but the old beggar was really taken aback by this bending.

I saw the corpse of a child floating in the river, and the face looked no different from that of a child who was sleeping normally, and there was no sign of death at all.

The old beggar reached out to probe the child's breath in shock, and this probe almost made his rapidly beating heart almost pop out of his throat.

Obviously, the child floating on the surface of the river was not dead at this time, but the old beggar was very cautious when he found out about it.

I saw that the old beggar first suppressed the panic in his heart, and then peeked at the old beggars who were still lying on the river beach basking in the sun. When he found that they were staring at him, the old beggar secretly said "not good" in his heart, and at the same time, he thought worriedly:

"Don't let those old guys know that this kid is alive, or they'll go out of their way to snatch it...... It's just that for now, we still have to think of a good way to get this kid ashore......"

Just when the old beggar was at a loss, his grandson also jumped to his side. I saw that the little beggar was just about to squat down to help his grandfather, but because his body was not stable, he fell into the river at once. The little beggar fell, and the splash of the river mixed with the mud enveloped himself and the children in the river.

Seeing this, the old beggar suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and at the same time secretly said in his heart: "God really helps me!"

......

"Smack!"

"Kill you, a thing that is not enough to achieve and more to lose......"

The old beggar pretended to be safe and at the same time covered the child's face with mud. When he had done all this, the old beggar deliberately threw peace on the shore again, and then picked up the child from the river with a very reluctant expression.

The old beggar glared at Ping'an, who had just struggled to get up, and then pretended to be annoyed and scolded: "What gets in the way, why don't you hurry up and go home and stay!"

After the old beggar finished scolding, he ignored the grievances and wept peace, but walked towards their dilapidated house with the child in his arms. Seeing this, Ping An immediately wiped his tears and followed.

......

In this piece of land in Xiangyang Town, there are broken walls and ruins everywhere you look. In a corner of a wall that happened to be used to hide from the wind, the old beggar arrived at their home in peace. That's right, the corner in front of them that can only shelter from the wind, but not the rain, is their home.

The old beggar gently placed the child in his arms on the ground, first roughly wiped the mud from the child's face with his hands, and then hunched him over and slapped him a few times.

Ping'an, who was originally aggrieved and crying, didn't know if it was because of curiosity or concern, so he stopped crying and quietly looked at the child lying on the ground.

"Ahem......"

When the old beggar slapped it several times, I saw that the child suddenly coughed violently, and the colleague who was coughing immediately spit out a lot of water.

"Master...... Grandpa, look! He's still alive......" He exclaimed in disbelief when he saw the child open his eyes.

It's just that Ping'an didn't know his scream, which made his grandfather's heart almost pop out of his voice again......

The old beggar didn't wait for Ping An to finish speaking, so he covered his mouth without saying anything, and then instructed with a panicked expression: "Good boy, remember that you must not tell the news that this child is still alive, otherwise our grandfather and grandson and he will be in great trouble!"

After seeing the cowardly nod of his grandson, who was covering his mouth, the old beggar let go of his hand with some fear. It was only then that the grandfather and grandson began to carefully examine the child lying on the ground.

I saw that the child had long shawl hair, his eyes were bright, and a pale face was vaguely hidden under the dirt that had not yet been wiped off his face.

It didn't take long for the child lying on the ground to wake up.

"Good boy, what's your name?" asked the old beggar with a kind face.

After listening to the old beggar's question, the child, who looked a little confused, shook his head slowly, and then said to himself, "What is my name......

When the old beggar saw this, he immediately secretly said "not good" in his heart, and then asked again tentatively: "Good boy, do you know where you come from?"

"Where do I come from?" said the child, still looking sluggish, repeating what the old beggar had just asked himself......

The old beggar's heart was already half cold, but just when he was worried, he heard his grandson ask softly: "Brother, if you are alone outside, then your father and mother will miss you very much, right? If they can't find you, they will be very anxious......

"Father...... Mother ......" The child held his head and wept bitterly before he could finish speaking, crying and crying, "My head hurts so much......

Looking at the child who was holding his head in pain at this time, Ping An himself was anxious to burst into tears, and then hurriedly crawled to the child's side and hugged the child and said, "Brother is good, don't cry! If you don't cry, your head won't hurt......"

After the child was held safely, due to the diversion of attention, his head did not hurt as much as just now.

After the old beggar witnessed this scene in front of him, Rao was like those old beggars who had seen more of the warmth and coldness of the people in this world, but he was still moved by the purest care between the two children in front of him.

"Good boy, don't think about it when you have a headache! Grandpa will cook some wild vegetables for you two to eat. ”

......

At this time, the old beggar was absentmindedly cooking wild vegetables, and at the same time thought in his heart:

"Now that the news that this child is not dead, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide it all the time, if those old guys knew that they had an extra child with sound limbs here, they would definitely try all means to grab it...... How can I resist this old bone on my own......"

The old beggar who was in deep thought didn't notice that the wild vegetables were boiled, but he reminded Ping'an after seeing it: "Grandpa, the vegetables are almost rotten......"

"Oooh...... Grandpa, I'll give it to you both to eat!" the old beggar said, and then he tossed out two broken bowls from under the haystack in the corner, and then put the wild vegetables into the bowls with the soup and gave them to Ping'an and the child.

"Grandpa, why don't you eat it?" Ping'an asked cautiously while holding the broken bowl containing half a bowl of wild vegetable soup and drinking it contentedly.

"Good boy, eat quickly, grandpa is not hungry......"

Although Ping An was young, he also saw that his grandfather had something on his mind.

"Grandpa, don't worry! This time Ping An will definitely do what you say...... will leave Xiangyang Town to beg in the heavenly capital. Young Ping An tried to comfort his grandfather.

After Ping'an finished speaking, he woke up the dreamer with a word, and the old beggar, who was still worried about the child's affairs, had a plan in his heart after hearing it.

......

"Good boy, in the future, your name will be Pingfan, and the one next to you is your brother, his name is Ping'an. ”

After the old beggar finished speaking, the child muttered, "Ordinary ......"

"It's so good! Grandpa, I'll have a younger brother in the future...... Ping'an on the side said excitedly after hearing this.

The child looked at the old beggar with a loving face, then at the excited peace, and then called softly, "Grandpa...... Brother ......"