If a person carries too many stories, then many small things in life can evoke painful memories in his heart. Of course, Pei Zonghao must belong to this category of people.

At this moment, Xiao Rong'er jumped in from outside the door.

"Grandpa, the chicken is already in the pot!"

The old man smiled at the corner of his mouth, and the afterglow flashed in his cloudy eyes, this simple glance contained something that could not be said in a thousand words. There is love, reluctance, worry, and a large part of unwillingness.

All of this naturally did not escape Pei Zonghao's eyes, "Xiao Rong'er, do you have radishes at home?" My brother has liked radish stewed chicken the most since he was a child, if so, can you cut a little and put it in?"

Hearing Pei Zonghao's words, Xiao Rong'er replied with a smile on her face, "Yes, then I'll go." ”

After Xiao Rong'er left, Pei Zonghao's eyes flashed black, and a pair of pupils instantly became a black circle, which was exactly what the first layer of the Reincarnation Netherworld Pupil looked like when it was completed.

Pei Zonghao's eyes underwent this change, and he was naturally seen by the old man, the old man couldn't help it, he trembled with fright, and his wrinkled face was full of horror.

"Old man, don't be afraid, this is my pupil technique. ”

When the old man heard this, he didn't dare to speak, let alone do anything else, because the experience of nearly seventy years of experience had told him that in the face of the young man in front of him, what he did was in vain.

Pei Zonghao used the reincarnation pupil to sweep up and down the old man's body, and then put away the reincarnation pupil, "Old man, your body is no longer good, and you won't live long." ”

Hearing Pei Zonghao's words, the old man's cloudy eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, "Young man, your voice is smaller, your voice is smaller, don't be heard by Xiao Rong'er!"

The old man stretched out his right hand and shook it vigorously, signaling Pei Zonghao not to speak so loudly, because of this matter, he had been hiding it from Xiao Rong'er, and he was afraid that Xiao Rong'er would be sad if she found out.

He was even more afraid that after he left, the lonely little Rong'er would be helpless from now on, and there would be no one to rely on him.

Pei Zonghao's reincarnation netherworld pupil can see through all illusions within a radius of thousands of miles, can see through mountains and rocks, when the first layer of the reincarnation netherworld pupil is completed, it can even analyze the structure of flowers and trees, birds and beasts clearly, under the reincarnation nether pupil, the old man's physical condition is naturally unable to hide Pei Zonghao's eyes.

Pei Zonghao didn't want to do this, but he saw too many things in the old man's eyes before, so he couldn't hold back.

"Old man, I conclude that with your physical condition, you will not live for half a year at most. ”

Hearing Pei Zonghao's words, the old man stretched out his sleeves that had been ground into roving again, and wiped a handful of tears from the corners of his eyes, "Is it so fast, I always thought I could last two years." ”

The old man paused for a long time before he continued: "Is it just a luxury that two years is just a wish?"

The three of them in the living room were silent for a long time, nothing happened, Xiao Rong'er had already cut the radish and put it in the pot, and ran back again, sitting next to the old man with a pair of big eyes, flashing with smart light, and began to look at Pei Zonghao and Mu Xueye carefully.

"Big brother and big sister, are you from outside?"

"Yes. Pei Zonghao replied with a smile.

Hearing Pei Zonghao's answer, Xiao Rong'er lowered her head, thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Is the outside world very big?"

"It's huge. ”

"How big?"

Faced with Xiao Rong'er's question, Pei Zonghao thought about it and replied: "The big one is boundless. ”

"Huh, how big is the boundless?"

Xiao Rong'er, who is not yet six years old this year, does not have a qualitative understanding of the word "boundless", but the smart Xiao Rong'er can feel it in Pei Zonghao's tone, and boundless must be very big.

"Boundless, that is, big without boundary. ”

Xiao Rong'er heard Pei Zonghao's explanation, and her little head instantly drooped weakly, and the previous excitement disappeared all of a sudden, at this time, it was like an eggplant that had been beaten by frost, wilting.

Seeing this situation, Mu Xueye beside Pei Zonghao couldn't help but speak, "Rong'er, what's wrong with you?"

may still be in the sadness and has not eased up, Xiao Rong'er is still silent and does not answer Mu Xueye's words.

The old man took Xiao Rong'er into his arms, took Mu Xueye's words and said: "Xiao Rong'er has always wanted to go to find her mother, if the outside world is too big, she is afraid that she will not be able to find her mother, so she should be sad now." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he pretended to have nothing to do, smiled, patted Xiao Rong'er's vest with his hand, and comforted Xiao Rong'er with a kind face.

"Grandpa, the neighbors say that my mother is a ruthless woman, is that really the case?"

Xiao Rong'er raised her head at this time, and her small eyes were already filled with tears.

"You, don't listen to their nonsense, your mother went to find your father back then. ”

The old man didn't want Xiao Rong'er to fall into the explicit and naked lives of adults since she was a child, and he had always hidden Xiao Rong'er's mother's affairs.

"Grandpa, my mother has been looking for me for almost a year, and I haven't found my father yet?" Ran Wen

Xiao Rong'er's voice was choked at this time, and her tears began to flow uncontrollably.

"I shouldn't have found it, you just heard what the big brother said, the outside world is very big, so big that it is boundless, and it is actually very difficult to find a person in such a big world. ”

"So, Xiao Rong'er, you have to wait patiently, maybe one day your mother will find your father, and the two of them will come back together. ”

When the old man said this, he couldn't help but tilt his head, trying not to let Xiao Rong'er discover the fluorescence in his eyes.

"But grandpa, I miss them so much!"

After Xiao Rong'er finished speaking, she buried her head in the old man's arms and began to cry, she didn't care that there were outsiders at this time.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Rong'er doesn't cry, maybe they'll come back tomorrow. ”

The old man changed his face to the safety of the little granddaughter in his arms, such a scene has appeared more than once in the lives of the two.

After coming over for a long time, the old man gently lifted Xiao Rong'er's forehead, "Okay, don't cry, go and see if the chicken soup is good, the guests are still waiting to drink it." ”

When Xiao Rong'er heard this, she stretched out her sleeve to wipe the tears on her face and ran out of the door, leaving everything before her in a hurry. Maybe it was because she was worried that the water in the pot would dry up and the chicken soup would be mushy, so she didn't have time to be pretentious at all, and ran away.

After Xiao Rong'er left, Pei Zonghao spoke again, "Old man, doesn't he know about your son?"

"I don't know, I haven't told her the truth. Maybe the neighbors sometimes tease her and tell her about the wind, but she didn't get an affirmative answer from me, and Xiao Rong'er has always been skeptical. ”

"Then after your son sacrificed his life for the country, did the imperial court's pension be paid on time?"

Hearing Pei Zonghao's question, the old man returned without concealment, "It's good, we have been living on these pensions for the past two years." But then, I don't know why, it stopped being distributed half a year ago. ”

"But I heard that there is no silver in the imperial treasury now, and I can't afford it. ”

"Then didn't you go to the local yamen to ask for it?"

In fact, Pei Zonghao knew that in the past two years, Dayu had consumed a lot of military supplies in the battle against Daqin, and most of the silver deposits in the treasury had been used to build military equipment.

"Nope. ”

"Oh, then why don't you go and ask for it?" Hearing the old man's answer, Pei Zonghao continued to ask.

"Well, there are several other houses in the village like me, and no one has been there. ”

Hearing the old man's words, Pei Zonghao was a little confused, "Why didn't you go?"

"Half a year ago, when the government sent someone to send the pension, it had already explained in advance that the imperial court was now short of funds, and the pension may have to be stopped, and when the war ended in the future, the imperial court would not be able to give it. ”

"Oh, I see. Pei Zonghao nodded lightly, with such an expression on his face.

"Then, old man, your son died in battle, have you ever hated the court?"

Facing Pei Zonghao's question, the old man said with a straight face: "Don't hate, although my family only has a lone seedling in Feng'er, but it was indeed me who encouraged him to join the army back then!"

"Ah, then why are you?" Hearing the old man's words, Pei Zonghao suddenly felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

"Young man, you don't know, in my time, the tyrannical Qin ruled the world, and the people at that time lived a life that was simply worse than pigs and dogs! Later, Dayu overthrew the tyrannical Qin rule, and our common people finally had a peaceful life for decades. ”

"Since Dayu took charge of the country, he has done a lot of good things for our people!"

"Our Fengyu Village, back then, not only had to face the harshness and exploitation of Daqin, but also worried about the demon beasts in the mountains all day long, that day was simply miserable. ”

"Since the founding of Dayu, everything has been fine later!"

"The imperial court sent an army into the mountains, encircled and suppressed the demon beasts on a large scale, and strangled all the demon beasts! Later, when the army finished clearing the demon beasts, they also took the initiative to help us build the current Fengyu Village! This gave our Fengyu Village a stable life!"

"Our Fengyu Village can have today, it is all from the Longen given by the Dayu court!"

"So! When the imperial court conscripted soldiers, I was the first to stand up and let my family join the army!"

Hearing the old man talk so much, Pei Zonghao finally knew what the reason for all this was.

"Old man, you're really amazing. However, your originally happy family has now fallen to such a point, don't you regret it?"

"No regrets! If there is no Dayu! The days to come will return to the dark days of decades ago, not only our generation! It is very likely that even Xiao Rong'er and their generation, and more likely Xiao Rong'er and their next generation, from generation to generation, will be oppressed by the evil government!"

Pei Zonghao can see that the old man in front of him must have no talent, and it is estimated that all the ink in his stomach is poured out, and he may not be able to write an article. But Pei Zonghao didn't expect that the old man in front of him would be so deeply righteous.

As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, it seems that this sage's words are not false at all!