In Ning Xi's heart, the only one who can have a relationship with her father is the old believer. Hurriedly ran to the mountain, fortunately no one closed the mountain this time, dug out his treasured two hundred coins from the abandoned kiln and carried it in his arms, Ning Xi went to the village to find the old believer.

is completely different from the hot scene in the morning, when Ning Xi arrived at Lao Xinhakka's house, he saw that the doors and windows were closed, and there was not even one more bird in the cold.

Ning Xi had already inquired about the nature of the letter in the morning, in fact, it was similar to the modern courier, but it was much harder than the courier, because he had to send the packages of the whole village, and the villagers were working outside, all over the world, all over the world, and he went out once, he had to run all the places where there were villagers in his own village, and brought the local products given to them by the family, and the things and letters that the people outside gave to the family were also brought back by the letter. Believers, on the other hand, are paid according to the size and weight of the items.

It takes at least three months to six months for a believer to leave his hometown, and the remuneration is only enough to make ends meet, and sometimes he brings news that others do not like to hear, and he is resented, which is really a thankless job.

Ning Xi looked for an old believer, just to ask him to help him bring a message to his father, hoping that he could come back and take him away.

"Bang bang bang!" Ning Xi slapped the door vigorously, "Uncle Quanwang, open the door!" ”

His hands were red, but no one answered, Ning Xi was anxious, and couldn't help but clap harder: "Uncle Quanwang, are you at home?" Open the door! I need your help in a hurry! ”

Finally, a neighbor couldn't see it and came out to tell her: "Don't scream, there's no one in the house!" ”

"Auntie, where is the old man who believes in?"

A disdainful expression suddenly appeared on the man's face: "I don't have a face to see people, let's hide!" ”

"What's wrong, what's going on? Wasn't the morning okay? ”

The man clarified the truth, and Ning Xi knew that it was the believer's credibility that had been ruined.

Someone from the city asked the believer to bring back a piece of red silk to his home, and made a mark in the hidden place of the silk according to the pre-agreement, and just on the way back, when the believer passed by the neighboring village, he married a sister from the neighboring village to marry his daughter-in-law for a happy event, so he cut a narrow strip of red silk and used it to wrap the congratulatory gift. Unexpectedly, after the family received the red silk, they found that the secret memory was gone, so they shouted loudly, saying that the believer had withheld the items he was carrying.

The believer had no choice but to admit that he had cut a red cloth and used it, which was terrible, and the people who received the things went back to check on them, and then agreed that the things they had received were also defective, although the believer repeatedly swore that he really only had this unique time in his life to embezzle the goods, but no one wanted to believe him anymore.

The old believer was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood, and immediately went back to the house to pack a small package, locked the door and went out.

"Do you know where he's gone?"

"I don't know!" The neighbor also shook his head and sighed, he had been a neighbor with the old believer for decades, and he still had an eye for the old believer's character, but when such a thing happened, no one could help him intercede, "Look at the direction is to go up the mountain!" ”

"Then I'll go find him." Ning Xi was unwilling to give up the last shred of hope.

Sure enough, Ning Xi found the old believer on the edge of the cliff: "Uncle Quanwang, what are you doing here alone?" I've been looking for you for a long time. ”

The old believer smiled bitterly: "I have become a street rat in the village now, everyone shouts and beats, what are you still looking for me?" ”

"I want your help with something!"

"I can't protect myself now, where can I help you?"

"My aunt wants to sell me to the mountains, and my uncle doesn't want to help me, only you have seen my father, I want to ask you to help me bring a message to my father, so that he can save me."

The old believer shook his head: "I am too old to walk, and it is impossible to do the work of this believer anymore." ”

"But now only you can do me a favor!"

"Alas, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's really powerless, even if I promise to help you deliver the letter, it will take a few days to set off, go around and find your father, most of the months have passed, where is there still time."

Ning Xi said dejectedly: "Is there no hope in saying this?" ”

The old believer glanced at her: "It's a pity that such a clever little girl is." I have a bit of a friendship with the stewards of the villa, so you might as well go and beg them, maybe you can stay in the villa and do some chores, and no longer be subject to your aunt! ”

Ning Xi sighed: "If I am really willing to be a slave and a slave, I don't have to wait until today, but how can I say that I am a free body now, how can I be willing to live under others, and I can't raise my head to be a human being with my children and grandchildren?" "In this era, there is a strict hierarchy, once you are a slave, you can't get rid of your lowly status for a lifetime, and you will be inferior for life.

The old believer looked at her strangely: "I didn't expect you to be so strong at such a young age." "In fact, to be a slave of a big family, if you meet a kind-hearted rich family, your life can even be better than that of ordinary people, and some can win the favor of the master, and the master will even help you arrange the second half of your life, so many people are not humble as slaves, and there are even like Ning Xi's cousin Ning Shuanggui, and even regard being a maid as a means to climb up.

"Actually, Uncle Quanwang, you don't look like a greedy person, how can they say that you deduct the guests' belongings?"

The old believer let out a long sigh: "The old man has been innocent all his life, and he has been ruined by this last carelessness!" I've been running around all my life, and I haven't even caught up with major events such as the death of my parents and the marriage of my sister, and I finally caught up with my nephew's family affairs, and I thought that it didn't matter if I cut off a two-finger-wide strip of red cloth, and I just turned around and made up the money for others, but I didn't expect to come back and be busy, and I forgot about it for a while, which ......"

"It's all my fault, why did I get dizzy for a moment and use the guest's belongings! I'm old, I thought I wouldn't leave after this trip, but I didn't expect that on this last trip, I would ruin the innocence of my life! ”

"Uncle, don't blame yourself too much, you have been a believer in the village for so many years, everyone knows who you are, now it's just a momentary misunderstanding, and it's okay to explain it."

The old believer shook his head: "It doesn't matter if I destroy it, but this village can't be without a believer!" Almost every family in the village has people who are out of the house, and if you can't communicate with the message, how many things will be wrong! But now even my apprentice is not willing to be a believer anymore, he has followed me twice, and he has been able to take charge on his own, and I am ready to let him go alone this time, but now even he is no longer willing to take over. ”

"Now everyone is just angry, and they will slowly remember your kindness, and there will definitely be someone who will be willing to take over your class and continue to be a believer."

The old believer smiled slightly: "It's hard for you, a little girl, to be in the mood to think about me when you encounter such a big thing." ”

"Things have come to this point, no matter how sad you are, you can't change anything, you can only see one step at a time, and it may not be that there is no turnaround, the most important thing now is to live well, uncle, are you hungry? I'm starving. ”

"You kid, it's rare to be an open-minded person."

"You wait here for a while, I'll catch the rabbits and roast them to eat, the rabbits here are very stupid, they don't know how to hide when they see people coming, and they will catch one by one."

Ningxi barbecue is a good hand, peel and clean rabbit meat with a branch to roast on the fire, keep turning and rotating, and cut a thin branch, as long as there is a fat dripping out of the rabbit, immediately prick a hole in the rabbit meat, the fat will be reabsorbed by the rabbit meat, so that the roasted rabbit meat will not be dry wood.

After a while, the rabbit meat was roasted, and Ning Xi tore a rabbit leg and handed it to the old letterman: "Uncle, eat it!" The old believer was not polite, he took it and ate it, and nodded again and again: "The little girl's craftsmanship is good, and the old man can eat such delicious things in his life, which is not in vain." ”

Ning Xi said: "The conditions are limited now, and I can't make anything good, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely make you better food." "I was so hungry that I took a big bite of the rabbit meat in my hand, although I didn't put salt, but it roasted out the unique aroma of meat, and there was no fishy shame, and I could taste a trace of sweetness under chewing.

"Uncle, you have seen a lot of light, according to your view of my craft, if you go to the city to open a restaurant, can you still do it?"

"When the old man was young, he also lived a good life for a few days, your skill, let alone opening a restaurant, even the chefs of those high-end restaurants, may not be incomparable!"

Ning Xi smiled: "I am relieved to have your words, no matter what happens in the future, I will also open my Ningxi restaurant all over the world!" ”

"Okay, the little girl has ambition!" The old believer put down the rabbit leg, picked up his package and rummaged through it, and finally took out a book, "This is for you, as a thank you for inviting me to eat this meal!" ”

Ning Xi took it suspiciously, and there were a few traditional Chinese characters on the blue cover: "Yi Yalu"? ”

"This is the only recipe written by the ancient famous chef Yi Ya, and it is the dream of those who study cooking in the world."

Ning Xi suddenly felt as if he had a thousand catties in his hands: "How can I ask for such a precious thing?" ”

"When the old man was also obtained by chance in the hands of an illiterate old woman in the countryside, it was just waste paper in the hands of the old man, and it was useless in general, only in the hands of useful people, it could play its greatest role!"

"But, it's worth a lot, I, how can I have so much money for you."

"For me, its value is your understanding of the old man, little girl, I can see that you are also quite talented in cooking, and I believe that if this book has a spirit in itself, it will definitely be willing to stay with those who need it most."

"Then I might as well be respectful, uncle, thank you, when I have a better life in the future, I will definitely take you to the city, and live a good life with delicious food and spicy food every day!"

"I'm content with your words, but unfortunately, I'm afraid the old man won't be able to wait for that day."

Only then did Ning Xi notice that the old believer's face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans were dripping down his forehead: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

The old believer said weakly: "The old man doesn't know the taste of meat all the year round, and his stomach is already extremely weak, so he can't bear it after eating so many greasy things at once." ”

"What then? It turns out that I hurt you, you must hold on, I will go to the doctor. ”

"Don't!" The old believer grabbed Ning Xi, "The old man can know you as a little friend in this life, and eat such a delicious roast rabbit meat from you, it is not in vain." Life and death are fate, the old man is already approaching, and now he is in his own place. I only ask you to wait for me to go, bury me here, and this green mountain is accompanied, the old man has been running all his life, and now he can finally keep his homeland for a long time. ”

"Uncle! Don't say that, I'll go get a doctor, and you'll be fine. ”

"Little girl, don't cry, listen to the old man's words, go to the villa, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, even if you are a slave, there will always be a day to survive, it is better than being sold to the mountains and not seeing the light of day."

Seeing the old believer slowly close his eyes, Ning Xi fell to the ground and cried, although the two met for the first time, they were the first people in the world to treat her so sincerely, so how could she not be sad.