The elderly and children

For nine days in the cold winter, the cold wind swept up the dead leaves and some small dead branches on the road...

On this deserted road, the uninhabited villages in front and behind look very bleak, and there are few pedestrians on the road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Wow! Wow! ......" The child's loud cry echoed on the silent official road where only the sound of the wind remained.

I saw a sashimi naked baby with his eyes closed, lying on the side of the road hissing and crying exhaustedly, I don't know if it was frozen or hungry, maybe both. Next to the baby is also snuggled up to a gray wolf that is not very strong, warming the child with his own hair, his body is a little trembling, I don't know if he is afraid or what, but the gray wolf's eyes show a respectful light, and the whole picture and coordination are weird.

It's been two days, and a few people pass by on the road, and when they see the baby and the gray wolf, they just shake their heads, not knowing whether they are afraid of the gray wolf or affected by the war. In this turbulent and unstable situation, the people are not very wealthy, and they can't even support their own children, let alone adopt one more child.

From a distance, the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground: "Da ....."

The voice was getting closer, it was an old horse, carrying an old man over half a hundred years old.

The baby seemed to feel that someone was coming, and the cessation of crying became louder again, as if she was crying in anticipation of the old man taking her away......

The cry and the gray wolf attracted the old man's attention, and then the child opened his eyes, his head leaning against the wolf's body, and a pair of watery eyes looked at the old man with a clean and expectant gaze......

In this cold weather, the old man stopped his horse, and was touched by the clean and pure gaze of the old man, and planned to take the child away.

The old man was originally a general who left the country, called Liyan. Now that the war has become a big deal, only the new king is left to stabilize the world. The old man was old, and his left leg was injured in a battle, and he was not able to take advantage of it, and he walked with a slight limp. Unwilling to enter the court, he resigned and returned to his hometown, preparing to find a village in this remote place and spend his last days in peace.

But I met this child on the road: "Fate! The old man just sighed desolately.

Slowly turned over from the old horse, limping towards the child, it seems that in such weather, the child is in such a place, either abandoned, or the parents are no longer there, and the heart is not sorry for the child.

When the gray wolf saw the old man coming, he got up and stepped back. The old man saw that the gray wolf showed no signs of attacking, so he picked up the child, pulled the robe on his body and subconsciously blocked the cold wind for the child, turned around and walked to the old horse waiting on the side, took out a shirt from the small burden on the horse's back to wrap the child, and turned it back on the horse's back with difficulty.

Looking up, the gray wolf turned around and looked at the child reluctantly, and then looked at the old man expectantly, as if expecting the old man to take good care of the child. Slowly retreated to the woods not far away, and finally ran into the depths of the forest and did not come back......

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The years are the same, and they will pass. Thou hast raised me young, but thou hast grown old...

Ten years have passed......

"Nine-year-old, nine-year-old, it's time to come back for dinner....." the old man's kind and warm voice sounded.

"Grandpa, Chu Chu is back.." I saw Jiu Chu dragging a bundle of firewood, the clothes on his body were a little ill-fitting and worn, some dirty hair was combed with two small braids, tied crookedly with thatch, but his face was full of bright smiles. The little body was pulling very hard, pulling towards the kitchen.

Liyan and Jiuchu have been dependent on each other for ten years, and Liyan is a little older than ten years ago, and his back is a little lumped. When the old man was young, Rong Ma never married a wife and had children in his life, and picking up the early nine days can be regarded as the fate of God, and accompanying him to live a day is a day.

When I first picked up the ninth year, I had never raised a child, and I was always in a hurry, making the child hurt or have some bruises, but the child never cried, even if the tears were rolling in the eyes, he did not cry out loud. Children are sensible from an early age and know how to do what they can. Thinking of this, the old man's eyes turned a little red, and he was very moved.

"At the beginning, you don't have to work so hard, there is still a lot of firewood in the kitchen, you can go and play with the friends in the village," the old man said gently, not wanting the child to have a happy life.

"Grandpa, it's okay, I'm afraid that it will rain and we will run out of firewood. Grandpa, let's go! Let's go to dinner. Jiu Chu replied seriously.

Jiu Chu scooped up water, washed his hands and face, and walked to the main house.

The house is very simple, the house is covered with thatch, and it is time to renovate, because Liyan is old, and the two have no money, so they have not renovated for a long time.

Although the house is simple, it is very clean inside. On the shabby table was a stack of green vegetables, two black coarse grain steamed buns, and two bowls of very thin porridge. Two benches nestled neatly against the table, and a dustpan hung from the shabby walls. Next to each other are the rooms of the two masters.

Li Yan leaned against the door, and the kitchen on the right was waiting for Jiu Chu to eat.....