This time, Huangtian lived up to his wishes and finally took the right path. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at the land that appeared in front of him, as well as the sparse population, Tao Bao knew that he had finally arrived in the countryside.

At this time, it was already evening, and after running for a day with Sarah, even if he had internal strength, Tao Bao was not lightly tired.

The path under his feet could only accommodate carriages, and the road was paved with many stones, and since it was a sunny day, the road was dry, so he put Sarah down and let her go on her own.

Seeing that Tao Bao kept shaking her arms, Sarah looked at her with concern, "Mom, are you tired?" Sarah gives you candy. ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of maltose that he hadn't eaten in the morning from his dirty clothes pocket and handed it to Tao Bao, looking at her expectantly.

The sugar had been stained with the velvet thread in his clothes, Tao Bao took the sugar, felt a stickiness on his fingertips, struggled a few times, and finally couldn't get out of his mouth.

But the child had good intentions, and it would be too hurtful to throw it directly, so she pretended to put the candy in her mouth and chew it, but in fact she put the candy cube into the space, planning to find an opportunity to throw it out again.

Seeing Tao Bao eat, Sarah was satisfied, and happily jumped in front.

Passing through a large area of land, scattered houses appeared in front of him, calling for Sarah, who was happy in front of her, Tao Bao took out the rice noodles and pot, tied the two together with the half of the sheet, resisted the upper shoulder, and then pulled Sarah to the village.

I don't know if it's because I'm not busy farming now or because it's a time of war, and the village is very deserted, Tao Bao knocked on the doors of two houses in a row, but no one was home.

The house was built according to the mountain, Tao Bao counted, there were eleven houses here, and there were no people in the bottom two, so she had to continue to go up.

Just as he was about to knock on the third door, the door of the opposite house opened.

A gray-haired old woman and a little boy walked out, the little boy looked like two or three years old, younger than Sarah, a little afraid of people, hiding behind the old woman, seeing the old woman walking towards Tao Bao, he did not follow forward, but hid behind the door and quietly looked at Tao Bao and the two.

"Miss, are you here to find someone?" The old woman smiled kindly, which made people not be vigilant.

Tao Bao stretched out his hand to take Sarah in his hand, and his eyes motioned for her not to speak, and then explained to the old woman in front of him:

"Yes, we are here to find someone, my husband died on the battlefield, only me and my daughter are left, now the world is chaotic, I dare not stay by myself, so I thought about coming over to my sister, she said that she was married here, so I came here."

After Tao Bao finished speaking, he looked at the surrounding houses sadly and helplessly, as if he wanted to find out where his sister was.

The old woman looked suspiciously at Sarah, who had a dirty face, then at Tao Bao, who was too clean, and finally when she saw what was on Tao Bao's shoulder, she was a little convinced.

It's a pot and a rice, although adults and children don't look so compatible, but the similar appearance proves that the two are indeed mother and daughter.

After thinking about it, the old woman Mary asked with concern: "Everyone calls me Granny Mary, what do you call Miss?" What's your sister's name, and maybe I can tell you where her family is? ”

Tao Bao looked at Granny Mary gratefully, "Granny Mary, my name is Tao Bao, if you are not used to it, you can call me Tao, this is my daughter Sarah, she has a bad voice and doesn't like to talk, my sister's name is Ruth, Mother-in-law, do you know where her home is?" ”

Ruth's name Tao Bao said casually, but unexpectedly, Granny Mary suddenly realized when she heard it, and looked at her with a sympathetic face:

"You're Ruth's sister? From the countryside over there? ”

Although Tao Bao was not at all, she nodded very seriously and looked at Granny Mary excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes, that's from over there, Mother-in-law, have you seen my sister?" ”

Seeing that Tao Bao was so excited and happy, thinking of Ruth, Granny Mary looked at her sympathetically:

"My poor girl, I'm very sorry, your sister died two years ago, her husband died of illness and her son Hoth also left the village, I heard that he went to the army, there has been no news of Hoss for almost a year, perhaps, he has died on the battlefield."

"What?" Tao Bao looked like he couldn't stand the blow, and covered his chest in despair, "Oh, why, why is this happening!" ”

Sarah tilted her head and looked at Tao Bao in confusion, she didn't understand German, she didn't understand what was wrong with her mother, she only knew that her mother was sad now, and hurriedly hugged her mother's thigh and cried.

Seeing that Sarah was just humming and crying and didn't speak, Tao Bao continued to act with confidence, lifted the rice and pot on his shoulder, and hugged Sarah.

"My sister, why did you die suddenly, no wonder I haven't received your letters, so that's the case, now only me and Sarah are left alone, now in this world, how can I live, ah! Oh my sister! ”

Mother-in-law Mary looked at Tao Bao's mother and daughter crying like this, and her heart was also tightened, and finally saw Tao Bao's voice was quieter, and hurriedly persuaded:

"My poor girl, I know you're sad now, but Ruth has gone to heaven, and we're still in the world, it's certainly not easy for you to take Sarah with a woman, what are your plans next?"

Tao Bao sniffed, wiped the tears that hurt from his thighs, and choked up: "I'll take it, take Sarah, and go back again, it's too dangerous, on the way, I've been robbed of things by robbers, documents and jewelry have been robbed, I, I don't know where else to go." ”

When Sarah saw that her mother began to cry again, the villain suddenly burst into tears, and the little poor woman was very uncomfortable to see Granny Mary.

"Mother, let them stay at Ruth's house." A woman walked out, picking up the little boy peeking by the door and walking towards Tao Bao.

She nodded to Granny Mary and turned her gaze to Tao Bao: "Miss, the key to Ruth's house is in our house, and it's not safe outside, why don't you stay at your sister's house first?" ”

Tao Bao wiped away his tears and coaxed Sarah to stop crying, but then he raised his eyes to look at the woman, "Can we stay here?" ”

Granny Mary breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course, my poor girl. ”

So, just like that, by chance, Tao Bao got the key to the house of someone she didn't even know.

Dinner was eaten at Granny Mary's house, and during the conversation, Tao Bao set out the information he wanted, there were eleven families in this village, and three of them had moved to the city, and the family died and left, that is, Ruth's family.

The remaining seven families were all old people and children, as well as women, and now during the war years, all young and adult men were forcibly conscripted into the battlefield, and now there are less than twenty people left in the entire village.

The woman was Elsa Marie's eldest daughter-in-law, and the youngest boy was her grandson, Ruhl, who had just turned three.

Mother-in-law Mary's husband has long since died, and she has two sons, both of whom have been recruited into the army, and now live with her daughter-in-law, Aisha, and grandson.

The people in the village are afraid of outsiders, so when Tao Bao's voice sounded in the village, everyone closed the doors and windows, worried about causing unnecessary trouble.

Sarah has always remembered Tao Bao's instructions, and during the time she spent with Granny Mary's family, she didn't say a word except to make a noise during dinner, even if Ruhl came to play with her, she also played with him obediently, and didn't talk much.

Tao Bao was very satisfied with this performance, and after opening the door of Ruth's house with the key, he rewarded Sarah with a bottle of juice, the kind packaged in a cardboard box.

Plugging in the straw and handing it to Sarah, telling her to wait where she was, Tao Bao took out his flashlight and began to look for candles at Ruth's house.

The house is a wooden structure, the first floor is very spacious, there is a living room and kitchen, and there are two rooms, one of which is a mess with a pile of things, I think it should be a utility room, and the other room is a bedroom, and the bed is empty.

There was a large cabinet inside, which was locked, Tao Bao directly ripped the lock off the cabinet, opened the cabinet, and inside were a few pieces of clothes and a few quilts.

There was an attic on the second floor of the house, and there were two rooms on it, and Tao Bao hurriedly looked at it, and then came downstairs.

I didn't find candles, but I found two lanterns by the fireplace, went to the kitchen, and found oil and matches in the cupboard.

Lighting two horse lanterns, Tao Bao carried them back to the living room, and Sarah was sitting on the rice bag with juice in her hand and waiting.

Tao Bao felt that this girl was so bold, ordinary children would cry when they stayed alone in the dark, but Sarah was not afraid at all, but thinking that she could hide under the bed alone without saying a word, Tao Bao no longer felt strange.

Children who grow up in this environment are not comparable to the flowers in those greenhouses.