"I just want to buy a little bit of time for what he's going to do."

When the old man heard this, he didn't say anything immediately, but he lowered his eyes in silence, as if he was thinking deeply, and I sat there waiting for his response, and when I looked down inadvertently, I saw his two legs, almost all of them below the ankles were mud, although he had paced a lot at the door, but when he walked in, he still left two lines of mud footprints.

I couldn't help but think of Liu Qinghan.

When he entered the court, he was always criticized for "mud legs", and he himself was deeply ashamed, but now I look at the appearance of this old man's two mud legs, but I don't feel anything wrong at all, but I am quite close.

At this time, the old man Ma raised his head and looked at me.

I also hurriedly looked at him, he seemed to feel my gaze on his leg just now, and he also looked down at it, and then said with a smile: "The eldest lady should know that the old man was born in cloth, and until now, he is just a mud leg." ”

I don't know why he turned to this, and I don't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, he didn't want me to answer, and he continued: "Miss, and Honggu, including the people of the Yan family in Chengdu, you do big things every day, but none of you know what a farmer is better than the old man and me. ”

“……”

"There are only two things in the eyes of a farmer, the ground he sees when he bends down to plough and the sky he sees when he looks up."

“……”

"The earth has a seed and a harvest, but the sky is moody."

I suddenly realized that the "sky" he spoke of may not be an ordinary sky, but-

I was about to say something, but he had already felt it in advance, raised his hand to stop me from speaking, and continued to say by himself: "And those who have always been officials and politicians have exploited and poured out the peasants, and have no heart! ”

My heart jumped: "Old man......"

Aunt Hong was also so nervous next to her that she couldn't take a breath, but she was afraid that the next moment, Old Man Ma would reject us mercilessly.

After the old man himself finished saying that, he was silent for a while, and after gradually his breath stabilized, he raised his head to look at me and said: "The old man has lived for so many years, and all he sees are such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, oppressing the people......"

"Old man."

I was about to confess to him, when I heard him say slowly: "But I have never seen any official who would really treat the common people as heaven and bow down." ”

“……”

"If you are an emperor, there is even more."

“……”

"This emperor is the first."

“……！”

I was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that what Mr. Ma said was that at the beginning of the year, Pei Yuanhao met Zha Bixing after the pro-ploughing ceremony, and in the end, Chang Taishi was deposed, Nangong Jinhong's ambition was exposed to the public, and he knelt down to the people of the world to plead guilty.

I didn't expect that Old Man Ma would mention this matter at this time, and I didn't expect that he would know about it.

I couldn't help but say, "You know this? ”

Old Man Ma laughed and said: "Bad things spread thousands of miles, and good things may not go out." Besides, an emperor kneeling down in front of the people to plead guilty, this is something that has never happened in all dynasties, but I am afraid that now, it is already known at home. ”

“……”

"His new policy has not been implemented in Xichuan, so I don't know; But he is willing to kneel to all the people in the world, which means that he at least knows that the common people are heavier than him, and for this point, the old man also knows what to do. ”

My heart skipped a beat, and I saw him look up at me and smile solemnly, "I'm willing to help Miss." ”

I laughed with joy.

"Thank you, old man!"

Seeing that I was about to get up from the stool, Aunt Hong hurriedly reached out to help me, and she also said to Old Man Ma with a smile on her face: "The old man is really a clear-eyed person, the eldest lady and the head of the family plan to do so, that's right." ”

When she said this, Old Man Ma shook his head, but he didn't care about her.

He said to me, "Well, the eldest lady knows, when will they arrive?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "They already know I'm coming, I guess, it's been these two days." ”

Old Man Ma thought about it, then nodded and said, "I know." ”

After speaking, he stood up: "Then, the eldest lady has a good rest, take advantage of the injury before they come, I will go down first and let them prepare, let's welcome the guests." ”

I nodded, and watched as he walked out slowly, walked out the door, bent down to pick up the hat he had placed in the corner, put it on his head, and plunged headlong into the dense rain outside.

It was only at this point that I breathed a long sigh of relief.

Aunt Hong helped me sit back at the table, and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, the old man is an understanding person." ”

I looked up and smiled at her, "Thanks to you, Aunt Hong, if it weren't for you, Old Man Ma might not be so easily moved by me." ”

"Don't say that, Miss," Aunt Hong shook her head and said, "He may not really listen to my words." This old man Ma, don't look old, he is not confused at all, he has an idea in his heart. ”

I nodded, as Aunt Hong said, what she said may not be believed by Old Man Ma, and even what I just said may not have any effect. I think he had already made up his mind, and when he came to ask me, it was just to see my attitude.

Of course, it's better that way.

I don't need an ally like Yan Ruoyu, but I want to have an ally like Old Man Ma by my side.

I just said so many words, I was feeling a little thirsty in my throat, Aunt Hong had already poured me a cup of tea, I thanked her, held it in my hand and drank two sips, and remembered what I had just heard, so I asked her: "Aunt Hong, do you know why the old man gave up the errand of raising horses in Xichuan and came here to guard the ancestral hall of the Yan family?" ”

A look of doubt appeared in Aunt Hong's eyes, and she shook her head and said, "This is their older generation's business, when I went to the Yan family to do things, he was already here, and I really don't know much about their affairs." ”

"Oh......"

I nodded, and asked no more.

After resting in the house for a while, and explaining some things to the guards, I couldn't sit still again, and I couldn't rest all the time, so I went out with a cane that Aunt Hong had found for me.

Because of the rain in the morning, it was getting cooler and cooler outside, but the air was very good, and the tip of the nose smelled the freshness of the earth and the fragrance of the plants and trees in the back mountain.

Only then did I realize that there was a very spacious courtyard in front of me, and in addition to the main house where I was, there were several small tiled houses on each side, which were used for kitchen, bathing, and storage, and there was firewood piled up in the corner.

Although it is far away in Xichuan, the feeling of the country courtyard is no different from that of Jixiang Village.

I walked down the porch on crutches for a while, and Aunt Hong kept supporting me, and seeing that I was about to walk out of the courtyard gate, she asked, "Miss, where are you going?" ”

I said, "Aunt Hong, I want to go to the ancestral hall to have a look." ”

"Ancestral hall? Normally, the old man doesn't allow anyone to come near that side. ”

"I can't do it either?"

"This," she hesitated a little when she heard this: "Miss, you are a daughter." ”

“……”

Hearing this, I immediately fell silent. And Aunt Hong was worried that I would be angry, so she hurriedly said, "Miss, you know I didn't mean that-"

I glanced up at her and said with a smile, "It's okay Aunt Hong, I understand." ”

“……”

"I won't go in, I'll just look at it from a distance, okay?"

“……”

"I promise."

Hearing me say this, Aunt Hong really hurt me, so she agreed, and specially asked the two little girls who followed her to take a look, so as not to let Old Man Ma know that we were going there, and then took me to the depths of the village.

I haven't been to this Gantang village before, but the villages under the world seem to be about the same, with crowded houses, gravel paths, clean and smooth stone slabs washed by rain under the eaves, and children running around with bare buttocks.

This group of dolls has probably never seen anyone in the village, as soon as they saw me, they all gathered around me to watch the excitement, Aunt Hong couldn't drive away several times, and finally got angry, and these children scattered in a hurry.

I smiled and watched them run away, and then turned around, and was helped by Aunt Hong through a narrow alley.

As soon as we walked out of this alley, we immediately felt that a large courtyard appeared in front of us.

This yard is empty, at least dozens of feet long and horizontal from north to south, and is paved with white stone slabs, which is very different from all the scenery in the village just now, and although there are many trees planted in the village, most of them are mulberry fruit trees, but here there are two tall sycamores planted in pairs. In autumn, the ground is full of fallen leaves, and an old woman is slowly sweeping under the tree.

Behind the plane tree, stands a tall and majestic ancestral hall.

That is the Yan family ancestral hall.

This is the first time I have seen the ancestral hall of the Yan family with my own eyes, the bottom is on a high platform, higher than ordinary children, white marble paved stone steps, there are three roads, the middle one is the widest, but also exceptionally clean, probably on weekdays, few people come here.

The gate of the ancestral hall was tightly closed, and there was a wide plaque on the gate, with four big characters written on it - Yan's ancestral hall.

I was a little suffocated for a moment.

Aunt Hong held my arm, felt that I was trembling a little, so she reached out to hug me, and I said softly: "This is the ancestral hall of our Yan family." ”

"Yes."

"Father's ......"

"Yes, sir, old lady, their spiritual seats are enshrined here."

I handed the cane to Aunt Hong's hand, and bowed respectfully to the closed door of the ancestral hall.

When I stood up straight, I saw that there were two smaller halls on both sides of the site, which were quite similar to the ancestral hall, but I knew that they were not formal ancestral halls.

Because what is enshrined there is the tablet of the women of the Yan family in the past dynasties.