The ninth day of the first month, the eleventh to the capital, the eleventh day of the first month and the departure from the capital, today is thirteen, the road of five days, people and cattle are exhausted to the extreme. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he got home, the coachman collected the fare of 800 copper plates and left immediately.

Xie Yujiao leaned on crutches, went into the kitchen to boil hot water, soaked old man Qu in hot water, and burned the stove.

The grandfather and grandson then took boiled water, nibbled on two flatbreads bought on the road, and went to bed to rest.

Old man Qu was already old, and after a few days of traveling, he was also very tired, and he snored when he turned his head.

Xie Yujiao failed to defect to Li Tianlei, and she was very unconfident about her future life, and she didn't sleep well all night because of the warm stove and the heavy heart of the roast.

In the morning, she got up early, boiled porridge, and baked two cakes. Old Man Qu sat on the table and ate breakfast.

Seeing Xie Yujiao's lack of energy, Old Man Qu didn't feel good in his heart, put down the cake in his hand, and persuaded:

"Girl, it's okay, you can rest assured that you can live here with grandpa, without the surname Li, let's find a way again." Grandpa will also try his best to help you, if you can't go back to Rongzhou in a short time, let's take your time, if you can't go back this year, you will go back next year, if you can't go back next year, you will be the year after tomorrow, if you can't go back in three years, you will be five years, and if you can't go back in five years, you will be ten years. Anyway, now your family should also receive your peace letter, as long as you are well, your father and mother are not so worried, let's send a letter back to Rongzhou in a few days, tell them that you are fine, but you can't go back for a short time, so let them not worry too much. ”

"Although grandpa is old now, he can still afford to raise an extra granddaughter, so you don't have to worry."

"In the past, grandpa was alone and didn't care about anything, but now there is a granddaughter like you, grandpa doesn't say let you wear gold and silver, at least you don't need to worry about eating and drinking, you can live with peace of mind."

"Or maybe you don't look down on grandpa here, what other plans do you have?"

Xie Yujiao had already prepared for a long-term struggle, but after the old man's explanation, the gloom on her face instantly dissipated, and she returned to her former optimism.

"No, grandpa, how could I look down on you here, you kindly took me in for more than a month, treating me like a granddaughter, Yujiao has long recognized you as a grandfather in her heart. Grandpa, you are still willing to take Yujiao in, to be honest, Yujiao really doesn't know how to repay you for being old. ”

"Grandpa doesn't need you to repay anything, as long as you are good and return to your father and mother as soon as possible, you are happy, and grandpa is happy for you."

"Grandpa......!" Xie Yujiao said as she spoke, tears of joy fell involuntarily.

"Okay, don't cry anymore, what a beautiful little girl, it won't look good if your eyes are swollen from crying."

"Well, grandpa"

"Eat it, the porridge is cold"

The grandfather and grandson happily started breakfast.

After eating, after putting away the dishes and chopsticks, Xie Yujiao went back to the room and took out a small bag and put it in front of Old Man Qu.

"Grandpa, this is all the silver on my body, originally I found twenty-seven taels of silver and more than a hundred copper plates from the abductor, it took more than one or two some time ago, and after I was injured, you only took one or two to pay for the consultation, and I went to the capital for two taels of silver these days, and now there are twenty-three taels and thirty-two copper plates."

"In the past, I gave you money and you didn't accept it, let me eat and live for nothing, but now since I want to live in the future, you are my grandfather and the head of the family, and the money should be handed over to you for safekeeping."

Old man Qu listened to Xie Yujiao's words, didn't look at the bag with the silver bill, and silently weaved the basket in his hand.

After a while, he spoke slowly and said, "Okay, since you gave me the money, I'll take it." In the past, my old man was alone, thinking that one day he would fall on the kang and go, so he didn't have any extra plans. Now that you recognize me as a grandfather, then I have to plan for your future. Old man, I used to rely on my young skills to go into the mountains to hunt and dig some herbs to sell to make a living. On this kind of day, I have eaten the last meal but not the next, and the family has no grain in stock. In the future, we will live a life, and we can't let you go hungry all day and night. I thought, let's just buy three or five acres of land, rent it to others to plant, or we can grow it ourselves, and it can be regarded as a fixed yield. Usually, I go into the mountains to hunt some prey, and dig some herbs in exchange for some daily expenses. ”

"Okay, Yujiao listens to grandpa, grandpa's thinking will definitely not be wrong."

"Little girl, don't be happy too early, wait to live a hard life with grandpa"

"If there is a hard life, we will try to live a better life, it is better than not being able to live, isn't it grandpa?"

"Okay, I'll go to the village chief when I'm tomorrow and ask him to pay attention to whether there is any land sale nearby."

Old man Qu looked at his house again and said, "Our house looks like it's about to collapse, so let's just wait for the weather to warm up, let's tear down the house and build a few new ones."

"Grandpa, we only have more than 20 taels of silver here, not more than 200 taels" Xie Yujiao sat aside, listening to Grandpa Qu's plan, crying and laughing.

The old man stopped what he was doing, turned his head and glared at her, pretending to be angry, "I know, don't be a grandfather and don't know how to count." Then he began to calculate how much silver he would need to cover the expenses: "Seventy-eight twenty-one acres of fertile land, four or five twenty-one acres of dry land, one or two twenty-one acres cheaper in mountainous land, and cheaper in wasteland." We can't afford to buy fertile land, so we have to buy dry land, don't buy more, just buy five acres. As for the house, it's good to build a few rooms enough for the two of us to live, five or six taels should be enough, and a few taels should be left for expenses. Girl, do you see what Grandpa hasn't counted?"

"Grandpa, according to your old calculations, don't say twenty taels, even thirty taels is not enough."

"It's not enough, it's so bad."

"At least ten taels of difference"

"Oh, ten taels less. It's okay, the house is churning, and everything that should be sold is enough," the old man said indifferently.

"Grandpa, what is so valuable in the family," Xie Yujiao thought about the skins he saved years ago, the old man had already exchanged them for money to buy New Year's goods, and now this home is really a family with four walls, what else can be worth ten taels of silver?

"Girl, go and turn over the rattan basket in the corner of the house, there should be a black wooden box in it, take it out"

"Oh" Xie Yujiao listened to her grandfather's words, and went into the house with a cane to turn around, and she didn't know what she could turn out, she was very curious.

There is indeed a tattered rattan basket in the left corner of the house, which is some old man's tattered clothes and other miscellaneous items, which are piled up like this because they are not dried much, and when Xie Yujiao is churning, a musty smell comes to her nose, and Xie Yujiao, who is choking, retreats again and again.

"Grandpa, how long have you been piling up these clothes, have you washed them or not?" Xie Yujiao shouted at the old man outside.

"Huh? What's wrong, does it stink? Just throw bubbles in the river another day."

Xie Yujiao listened to her grandfather's words, and didn't know what to say for a while, so she had to pinch her nose and drag the rattan basket out and turn it to the ground.

In a pile of moldy and smelly clothes, I really found a black square wooden box.

Xie Yujiao brought the box to Old Man Qu, "Grandpa, it's this box."