Taiping listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door, his eyes quickly looked at the whole room, and saw a rusty firewood knife in the corner, so he quickly picked it up and squeezed it tightly in the palm of his hand.

At this moment, the visitor had already walked to the door, and with a gentle push, the tattered wooden door "creaked" and opened in response.

Taiping frowned and looked warily at the person standing at the door.

It was a middle-aged man, with sallow skin, wrinkles carved on his face, and his hair was dry and gray, but his eyes were still bright.

Taiping could see at a glance that this was an ordinary mountain man who had suffered from wind and frost, and looking at the patches on his clothes, I was afraid that his life was quite poor.

Not only that, but his own clothes were also tattered, with patches in many places, but more places were torn, but there was not even a patch.

When the visitor saw the firewood knife he was holding tightly in his hand, he complained dissatisfiedly: "Do you know vigilance now? Why don't you even know how to lock the door? What if the beast comes? ”

As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his arms and threw it directly into Taiping's arms: "This is your aunt's branding, take it and eat it." ”

The cloth bag is hard, and it has a lot of weight in my arms, like a stone.

Taiping, however, instinctively inhaled and clutched the cloth bag tightly in his hand—he could smell the smell of food coming from the cloth bag.

Because of the hot weather, and the other party has been holding the cloth bag in his arms, the cloth bag is still hot, but the aroma of the food is mixed with the salty smell of sweat, which is really not good.

If it was before, Taiping would definitely be too lazy to look at it with disgust. However, he was very hungry at this moment, and he had to bow his head under the eaves, so he only resisted slightly for a moment, and then quickly opened the cloth bag, picked up a piece of bread and took a bite of it.

After biting down, Taiping was shocked again - this thing is so hard!

Fortunately, his body seems to have gotten used to it, but it doesn't stop biting completely, but chewing is really laborious, and the taste is very bad.

The cake is made of buckwheat flour, but the wheat flour is not ground fine enough, the grains are quite coarse, not to mention uneven at all, and there is a lot of rough wheat husk mixed in it, and it scratches the throat when you eat it.

The biscuits are very dry, only slightly oily on the surface, and the inside is dry and hard, not even a little minced meat.

Taiping chewed hard, after all, he grew up in the palace and knew a lot of medical science. He is afraid that his current body has been hungry for a long time, and it is even likely that he will starve to death directly, this cake is too dry, it is not good for the stomach, he has to chew as much as possible, in order to reduce the damage to the stomach.

Of course, it would be better if you could soak it in hot soup and eat it softly.

Taiping couldn't help but sigh, he missed the imperial food in the palace, especially the He family's own handmade.

As soon as he thought of He's, Taiping sighed even more. He never thought that He Aya would be the reincarnation of Empress Yuan!

As a result, just after a few sighs, Taiping suddenly remembered one thing - before he disappeared, he left a letter for He Aya!

In that letter, he gave all the explanations that should be explained! What's so good now, the last time he turned into a tiger and went back, He Aya forced him to wear a hat and clothes, if he went back this time......

Taiping was so frightened that he shuddered - if he went back this time, He Aya wouldn't have to pick his skin?

The middle-aged man couldn't help but shake his head again when he saw Taiping's stupidity, and then he suddenly said, "Shanzi, how long do you plan to stay here?" ”

"Huh?" Taiping looked at the middle-aged man in surprise, and suddenly had a guess in his heart-could it be that this Shanzi stayed in this place for some reason? This is not his home?

He really didn't know what to say, for fear that he would make a mistake and arouse the suspicion of the other party, so he just looked at the middle-aged man silently, waiting for him to continue.

The middle-aged man didn't think much about it, and continued: "Shanzi, it's not that my uncle said you, you are young now, you can't spoil yourself all your life for the sake of a woman, right?" Listen to your uncle's persuasion, go back to the village with your uncle, live a good life in the future, and when you save enough money, your uncle will help you marry a daughter-in-law. Xinghua has been dead for so many years, so don't think about her. ”

Taiping listened to this man's words, and finally pieced together a rough truth - Shanzi, the original owner of his body, stayed in this place because a woman named Xinghua died.

This man is infatuated.

Taiping thought secretly in his heart, but deliberately said: "But Xinghua is ...... her"

When he said this, he looked like he wanted to say something, and when the middle-aged man saw it, he felt that Taiping had been moved, but he still had a little scruple in his heart, so he continued to persuade: "What's wrong with her?" Uncle knew that she died a miserable death and was swallowed by the big insects in the mountains, but you have stayed here for so many years and hunted such a big worm, how can you take revenge. Even if you had an agreement back then, you can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

Do you have to spend your whole life for her? Shanzi, listen to your uncle's advice, your old son is just such a son as you, although they are no longer there, but when they go, they still hope that you can marry a daughter-in-law and have a fat son, you are so bad of yourself, are you worthy of them? ”

Taiping silently lowered his head and nibbled on the cake, but in his heart he gradually pieced together the whole story. It's just that I don't know if the original owner of this body, Shanzi, is dead or silent in the body.

He secretly glanced at the middle-aged man, and secretly thought about it, since the other party called himself "uncle", he must not be too old at this body.

After realizing this, Taiping couldn't help but secretly enjoy in his heart.

However, he still deliberately said: "Uncle, I'm so old, what kind of daughter-in-law do I marry?" Who can look up to me? ”

Although he said so, Taiping couldn't help but add in his heart - Aya'er will definitely not dislike me!

The middle-aged man was directly angry, and when he came over, he slapped Taiping on the shoulder. He is not too tall, and his body is thin, but his strength is great, and this slap almost missed Taiping on the ground!

Taiping's body staggered hard, and it was not easy to regain his footing, but his face was extremely ugly. He wasn't angry that the other party dared to hit him, but he suddenly realized that his current body looked tall and big, but he was very weak because he had been hungry for too long.

Taiping silently clenched his fists, took a bite of the cake and chewed it hard, secretly making up his mind in his heart - he must quickly take care of his body.

The middle-aged man looked at Taiping stumbling and almost fell, but he shook his head fiercely, glared at him and scolded angrily: "Look at you, look at you, what the hell have you become now?" What a good child used to be, for a woman, it has become like this! Are you worthy of your mother? ”

After he finished speaking, he raised his slap, but when he thought that Taiping almost fell down just now, he was reluctant to fight, so he just said: "No, you have to go back with me for everything you say today!" If you are disobedient, Uncle will never care about you in the future, so that every time I see you, Uncle feels as uncomfortable as being stabbed by a knife. ”

Taiping struggled for a while before he said, "Uncle, I've already thought about it, Xinghua has been gone for so many years, and I should live a good life." ”

As soon as he heard this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but look at Taiping suspiciously. In fact, it was not the first time he had said what he had just said, and he had said it to Shanzi several times, but unfortunately Shanzi just wanted to kill all the big insects in the mountain to avenge the tragic death of Xinghua, otherwise he would not go down the mountain.

Every time he said bitterly, Shanzi never agreed, and even sometimes he was forced to pull back, and if he was not careful, Shanzi ran back by himself.

Although he said it very well, he no longer cares about Shanzi, but after all, he is the only flesh and blood left by his brother, his brother and sister-in-law took care of him when they were alive, and now that the two are gone, there is only one son left in Shanzi to live in the world, if he doesn't help take care of him, who else can take care of him?

The beasts in this mountain are not easy to deal with, and if one is not careful, he will lose his life, and he does not dare to come often. If it weren't for the fact that he often risked money to help him over the years, Shanzi would have starved to death in the mountains.

Looking at Taiping's skinny appearance, the middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh distressedly. He also knew that Xinghua had died a tragic death, but this was all fate, who could blame him? She can only be blamed for her bad luck.

In the end, the middle-aged man asked Taiping several times, and when he saw that he had really figured it out, he put his mind at ease, patted his thigh and smiled: "This is like a man!" You are only twenty-six this year, and the days to come are still long, so come back to the village with me, and live a good life. You are so handsome, as long as you save more money, you will definitely be able to talk about a good family. When the time comes, let your daughter-in-law give birth to a few more white fat boys, and your old son and mother will be at ease below. ”

When Taiping heard this, he couldn't help but think of He's, and then he gradually blushed - he not only had a son, but even a big fat grandson!

But......

Just now this man said he was handsome? Taiping couldn't help but touch the beard on his face, this is also called Jun? Sure enough, mountain people are mountain people, and they have little knowledge.

At the thought of his beard now, Taiping even lost his appetite.

The middle-aged man was worried that he would regret it, so he quickly pulled him down the mountain. The two of them held bows and arrows, carried firewood knives, and were cautious all the way, for fear of encountering fierce beasts.

As a result, they returned to the village safely all the way, but as soon as they entered the village, the two found that the atmosphere in the village was very different. Taiping was even sharper to see that there was a team of soldiers in the village, and I was afraid that the people who came were not good!