Since coming to Fenghua Villa, Yue'er feels that her life is very fulfilling, and she has been working hard every day to exercise and work hard, and gradually, her body has begun to become stronger.

Moreover, the people in Fenghua Villa are very simple and enthusiastic, no one has ever looked down on him, and no one thinks he is a waste because he can't cultivate martial souls.

Whether it was the villagers around the villa or the children playing in the countryside, they were very polite to him, making Yue'er feel as if this was his hometown, and making him feel that this place was far more comfortable than the palace.

In a few days, Yue'er had fallen in love with this beautiful mountain villa, only occasionally thinking of her father, her brother, and her mother.

It's just that he knows that he can't go back, he doesn't want to be looked down upon anymore, he doesn't want to discredit his father anymore, and he has fallen in love with this place, even if it is a daughter, he will not change it.

He even thought that if he could die in this beautiful mountain villa in the future, it would be a blessing to find a beautiful place to bury his bones.

Early this morning, Yue'er ran towards the mountain as usual, and when she ran to the foot of the mountain, she happened to see an old woman carrying water.

The bucket was heavy, and the grandmother's body was thin, and she staggered and felt like she was crumbling.

Yue'er couldn't help but say, quickened her pace, and ran over.

"Grandma, I'll help you carry it. Yue'er hurriedly took the bucket, thinking that the bucket was not very heavy, but when Yue'er took it with her own hands, she found that the bucket was much heavier than an ordinary bucket.

The outer layer of the bucket is wrapped in iron sheets, and the weight of the water is sixty or seventy pounds.

And Yue'er himself weighs only sixty-six pounds, and this bucket of water is heavier than his body.

Yue'er gritted her teeth and carried the bucket, her pretty face was flushed, but he didn't regret it, such a heavy bucket was so heavy even for him as a child, let alone this white-haired grandmother?

"Little baby, give it to me, you can't lift it, you're still young, and you're still growing your body. The old grandmother said distressedly.

"It's okay, grandma, I can lift it. Yue'er gritted her teeth and persevered, and her little body shook and walked forward.

The old grandmother shook her head with a smile, she originally thought that he wouldn't last long, but she didn't think that Yue'er would insist on walking a long way.

"Baby, put it down, it's already a long way, and your body can't hold it. The old woman came up and shouted.

"It's okay, I can hold on a little longer. Yue'er said to her grandmother.

Yue'er and the old grandmother alternately carried buckets and walked for a long distance until they finally arrived at a small dilapidated courtyard.

There is only the old grandmother living here, there is not a single neighbor around, even the nearest village is dozens of miles away from here, and this small courtyard is far away from the mountain road, and in the dense forest, if you don't come and go often, I'm afraid you will get lost.

Yue'er helped the old grandmother pour water into the water tank, looking at the miserable little courtyard, and suddenly felt a little desolate in her heart.

"Grandma, are you alone here?" Yue'er asked, looking at her grandmother.

The old grandmother took out a bowl of sweet potato porridge from the thatched hut and handed it to Yue'er, "Yes, I live alone here, and there is nothing to entertain you, don't be surprised." ”

"Grandma, you are too polite, in fact, I can't eat such fragrant sweet potato porridge in the village. Yue'er took the sweet potato porridge with a smile and sniffed it with her little nose, and suddenly a burst of sweet potato fragrance came to her nose.

"Seeing that you look so white and clean, why can't you even eat sweet potato porridge?" asked the old woman strangely.

"Don't hide it from my grandmother, in fact, I am sick, maybe I won't live long, even if I eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, it is in vain, eat some coarse tea and light rice, but feel more down-to-earth. Yue'er smiled and said.

The old grandmother was stunned and looked at Yue'er strangely, "What kind of disease does the baby have, why is it so serious?"

"I don't know, but I've heard people say that it's innate, and how long you can live depends on creation. Yue'er smiled and said, she had already looked down on life and death.

"Hey... is also a hard-working baby. The old woman sighed helplessly and said.

"Grandma, why are you the only one living here?" Grandpa, don't you have any sons and daughters?" Yue'er asked strangely.

"Hey..."The old grandmother sighed helplessly, "My wife died in the early years of the army, and we only have one son, who was also killed in the battle of Jiuli seven years ago, and now I am the only old woman left in the family." ”

The old woman said, her eyes infinitely sad.

Hearing what happened to the old grandmother, Yue'er's heart was also very depressed, an old man has no relatives, what a bleak thing?

"Then why don't you live in the village? Yue'er asked strangely.

"Why don't I want to live in the village? However, there are taxes to be paid in the village, and I, an old woman, cannot afford to pay such heavy taxes, and I have no son to serve as a soldier, so I have to hide in the mountains. The old woman said helplessly.

When Yue'er heard her grandmother's story, the sage book she had read in the palace of Fengyue City instantly appeared in her mind, and she told the story of "harsh government is fiercer than a tiger".

The story is that an old lady hid in the mountains in order to avoid harsh taxes, and as a result, her family was eaten by tigers, and she herself was always at risk of being eaten by tigers, but she was still reluctant to move down the mountain, just to avoid harsh taxes, so the sage concluded that harsh government is more powerful than fierce tigers.

At that time, Yue'er just thought that this was a story told by the saints in ancient times, but she didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen in reality.

In order to avoid paying taxes, the old grandmother actually lived alone in the mountains, which was really pitiful.

After sympathizing with the old grandmother, Yue'er felt strange again, this Fenghua Villa, the land within a radius of thousands of miles is the territory of Feng Bo, it stands to reason that everything here should be managed by Feng Bo?

Why does Feng Bo charge such a high tax?

Can't we be kind to the people?

The more Yue'er thought about it, the more angry she became, it turned out that Feng Bo was a sanctimonious hypocrite, who seemed to be very frugal on the surface, and he was not kind to the people at all in private.

Yue'er said goodbye to her grandmother angrily, and returned to Fenghua Villa with her own questions.

At this time, it was noon, and Wufeng was eating in the back hall.

There are only a few vegetarian dishes on the table, and the dishes are mainly vegetables, and there is no meat at all.

"Why did you come back so early?" Wufeng asked strangely after seeing Yue'er.

"Hmph, I said you were a benevolent elder, but I didn't expect you to be a sanctimonious hypocrite!" Yue'er said as she stared at Feng Bo.

Wufeng was slightly stunned, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and looked at Yue'er with a calm and angry gaze: "Why do you say this?"