Chapter 716: Xiao Lou listened to the spring rain overnight
Feng Qingyan did not stop, and hurried all the way to the west.
After meeting the five young beggars, he finally saw people on the ground. However, the people of the demon clan he met were all skinny......
Like a wild dog, they forage for food.
However, due to the existence of dead soil, plants on the land are very scarce, and most of the land cannot be used to grow food.
So food is very scarce.
He sighed.
At this moment, he pondered, is there a way to get the demons to leave this place, if they can really leave, will Ku Tutian accept their existence?
But now he is only partially gone, and he still doesn't know if the land of the demons is all dead land.
Maybe there's still a place to live?
He traveled tens of thousands of miles, only sporadically seeing a few villages, growing half-dead food in a land filled with death.
The green of these villages adds up to the hundreds of miles of forests that I encountered earlier.
If the 100 miles of forest can be cultivated reasonably, it should be able to support a city of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of people.
It's a pity that no one has ever discovered the existence of the forest before.
Face the eternal dead ground beneath the dirt.
He couldn't help it.
He can save one or two people, or even one or two hundred people, but he can't save the entire demon race......
He sighed and continued westward.
The land of the demon race is infinite, and he has flown tens of thousands of miles, but he has not yet reached the end. And the people of the demon race who met on the road all added up to only tens of thousands of people.
One small town, hundreds of small villages.
They all live in poverty.
For some reason, when he looked at it, he was inexplicably sad.
At this moment, he was passing through a dilapidated village, which seemed to be uninhabited for a long time. He saw that the whole village, with only sporadic weeds growing, could no longer be cultivated, and the original villagers had moved away.
Well?
When he crossed the ruined village and walked a few miles.
He saw that in a valley below, there were fields carved out, and a thin, short old man was trying to turn the fields with a wooden hoe.
In the field next to it, there was also a little girl of seven or eight years old, pulling out scattered weeds.
And the crops in the field are half dead......
Whether it is a little girl or a thin old man, the clothes on her body are very shabby and skinny. Moreover, every time the old man turned over the hoe, he had to stop and rest for a while before he had the strength to continue turning the earth.
Feng Qingyan stood quietly in the sky.
The crops in the fields carved out of the valley have not grown very well, and many of them have died for no reason.
Of course Feng Qingyan knew.
This is because of the breath of death seeping out.
Not far from the valley, there is a cave with traces of life, which seems to be the residence of the old man and the girl.
"Grandpaβ"
When Feng Qingyan lost his mind, he heard the anxious cry of the little girl.
When I looked, I saw that the old man had fallen to the ground at some point, and the little girl ran anxiously, tripped over the turned dirt from time to time.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"
The little girl pulled the old man and shouted in a panic, but the old man didn't move, "Grandpa, are you hungry?"
At this moment, the little girl seemed to remember something, so she ran towards the cave, and ran back with a clay pot in her hand.
And the water in the clay pot is spilled from time to time.
By the time she arrived, half of the water in the pot had been spilled.
"Grandpa, water, drink water. β
The little girl held the clay pot and poured water into the old man's mouth.
After the old man was filled with water, he slowly woke up, opened his eyes, and said, "Grandpa is fine, it's okay." β
"Grandpa. β
The little girl cried with tears in her eyes, "Grandpa, IβI'll find you something to eat." β
"No, grandpa isn't hungry. The old man shook his head and said with a weak look, "It's a pity that this good field is becoming more and more uncultivable." β
The little girl continued to feed water into the old man's mouth.
The old man drank slowly, drank all the water in the clay pot, and his eyes were a little bright, and said, "Grandpa will be fine after resting for a while." β
"Oh. β
The little girl nodded, and took the pot back to the cave.
But at this moment, the old man didn't know what the little girl was looking for in the cave, and about half an hour later, the little girl took out a small pot of paste, ran to the old man with excitement on her face, and said, "Grandpa, there is something to eat." β
The old man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he became angry and said, "You boiled all the seeds?"
The little girl was stunned.
She didn't seem to have seen her grandfather get so angry.
"You boiled the seeds?"
The old man threw away the hoe and ran over, looked at the paste in the clay pot, his face became even more ugly, and he said angrily: "Did you boil the seeds?"
"IβI don't know ......"
The little girl said in fear.
At this moment, the old man frantically rushed back to the cave, and after a while, he came out of despair, looking at the little girl who had done something wrong, and was silent for a long time.
"Grandpa, eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's cold. β
The little girl held the clay pot and walked back cautiously so as not to fall off.
"Grandpa is not hungry, you can eat. β
The old man stared blankly at the paste in the clay pot.
"Grandpa, this is what Xiaolou cooked for you, grandpa hasn't eaten for several days. The little girl licked her lips and looked at the paste in the clay pot.
However, she had already eaten it yesterday.
"Grandpa doesn't eat for a few days, it's okay, you're still growing now, eat. The old man sighed, and did not blame the little girl for boiling the seeds.
If you keep this kind of seed, it will be difficult to grow food in the end.
I can't live this day.
At this moment, he was thinking, how would Xiao Lou live after he died?
Xiaolou is only nine years old.
He felt like he couldn't hold on for much longer.
If it was good to grow food, he would have to survive for a few years before dying, but in the past two years, it has been difficult to grow food on a land radius of thousands of miles.
Originally, the villagers in the village had either moved out or had starved to death.
Xiao Lou's parents starved to death because they left a mouthful of food for Xiao Lou.
In fact, the most damned should be him, after all, he is already old, not as young and strong as young people......
But Xiaolou's parents died.
The obligation to raise Xiaolou had to fall on him.
He didn't dare to leave the village easily, after all, he didn't know how long he would have to walk before he came across land where he could grow food.
And it is quite possible that he will already starve to death on the way.
Although the village is no longer suitable for farming.
However, they are still alive.
But now, I really can't survive......
At this moment, the old man was extremely sad.
He's dead.
What about Xiaolou?
"Grandpa, why are you crying?"
The little girl held the clay pot in both hands, raised it to her grandfather, and said, "Grandpa, eat quickly, just eat it." β
"Woo-"
The old man couldn't help crying.
Old tears are rampant.
"Grandpa, IβI was wrong. β
The little girl panicked and hurriedly put down the clay pot, wanting to wipe the old man's tears.
"Xiaolou. The old man squatted down and hugged the little girl, crying, "Grandpa is dead, what should you do?"
"Grandpa won't die. β
The little girl cried.
on the sky.
Feng Qingyan watched silently.
After a moment, he looked up slightly at the cursed stone mill in the depths of the heavens......
"I Feng Qingyan has returned from all kinds of suffering, but the world is still bitter, just like all kinds of suffering, I can't see the sweetness of the stars, why?" Feng Qingyan muttered, "There is bitterness in the bitter heaven, and the land of the demon clan is even more bitter, for thousands of years, bitterness has filled the ...... heaven and earth."
"More dead land, dead ......"
"I Feng Qingyan returned from all kinds of hardships, and heaven and earth are like this?"
"I Feng Qingyan has returned from all kinds of hardships, and the world is still suffering......"
"Someone once said that I have come back from all kinds of sufferings to save the suffering......"
"Ride the Voyage of Compassion and Save Sentient Beings from the Sea of Suffering......"
At this moment, for some reason, he suddenly thought about it a lot.
The brain is a little messy.
But it can be summed up in one point, that is, "infinite distance, countless people, all related to me".
He walked down from the sky.
At this time, the old man also found Feng Qingyan, vigilant and suspicious.
For the clothes of the man who came were spotless, and too clean, and he had never seen them......
Like a heavenly man.
"Uncle, 30,000 miles to the east, there is a hundred-mile forest, there are many fruit trees in the forest, and there are many pheasants, wild boars, ......."
Feng Qingyan groaned.
"Thirty thousand miles?"
The old man was stunned for a moment.
Is 30,000 miles a way that he can walk? If it's just 1,000 miles, you can consider it, 30,000 miles......
At this time, the little girl stared at Feng Qingyan curiously, without the slightest fear.
"Brother, I seem to have seen you somewhere. β
The little girl stared at Feng Qingyan Road.
Feng Qingyan smiled, then took out two peaches from the picture scroll and said, "This peach will be given to you, eat it." β
When the little girl saw the peach, her eyes immediately lit up, she kept licking her lips, and asked curiously, "This is called a peach? β
Feng Qingyan handed it over.
The little girl wanted to eat it, but looked at the old man.
After the old man nodded, the little girl immediately took it and said, "Thank you, brother." β
"You're welcome. β
Feng Qingyan smiled, and handed another peach to the old man.
"IβI don't eat. β
The old man immediately shook his head.
"It's just a peach, and there's still some in the scroll, so eat it." β
Sealing Qingyan Road.
"Thank you. β
The old man, unable to overcome his hunger at last, took the peach, touched it carefully, sniffed it, and took a careful bite.
He had only heard of peaches, but he had never eaten them.
He took a bite and savored it, his face full of enjoyment, even though his mouth was bitter. In the days of suffering, everything is bitter, but "bitterness" does not make people get used to it, and it will still be bitter......
"Is my uncle willing to go to the hundred-mile forest?"
Feng Qingyan asked.
"Can't go. β
Although the old man yearns for it very much, and some can't imagine a hundred miles of forest, but 30,000 miles of road, he can't walk at all.
"Brother, how far is 30,000 miles?"
While eating peaches, the little girl asked curiously, "Brother, there are really a hundred miles of forest, how much grain is grown there, and is it impossible to eat?"
"Thirty thousand miles, a long way. Feng Qingyan said, "If you grow food there, you can't eat it all, and it's enough for tens of thousands of people to eat......
"Tens of thousands?"
The little girl was shocked and said, "I've only seen a few people. β
"Uncle, if you are willing to go to Baili Linzi, I can send you there. Feng Qingyan thought for a while and said, "I'll clean it up now, and don't bring it if you can." β
"Little brother sends?"
The old man was stunned.
Feng Qingyan nodded and said, "Do you want to go to Baili Linzi?"
"Yes. β
The little girl said.
"Uncle, hurry up and clean up. β
Feng Qingyan said, looked around, and there seemed to be nothing to put away.
The old man looked around at the fields, but the crops were half-dead, and it was difficult to produce food. In fact, if they continue to stay in the valley, they will only die......
Although there is some reluctance, I have lived in the village for dozens or hundreds of years.
But had to leave.
If the forest that the young man in front of him said was really a hundred miles old, it was really a holy place-like existence. Even if he died, he wanted to take a look......
So he packed his things.
Although many things are very tattered, they are always reluctant to collect, and the more they collect, the more they will be. Moreover, he did not have such a large cloth package, so he could only scatter it on the ground......
Feng Qingyan looked at it, there was everything.
In his opinion, it is all useless things, and even garbage. However, he didn't say much, he could take it away......
A moment later.
He saw that the old man had even dug up the seedlings in the field and wrapped them carefully......
Feng Qingyan still didn't say anything.
So the old man simply dug up all the crops, and seemed to be preparing to transplant them in a hundred miles of forest.
In fact, the old man did it well.
"Brother, what's your name?"
The little girl asked curiously.
"My brother's name is Feng Qingyan, what about you?"
Feng Qingyan smiled.
"My name is Xiaolou. β
The little girl said, looking at the picture scroll behind Feng Qingyan from time to time.
At this moment, Feng Qingyan took out two more peaches from the picture scroll, which immediately made the little girl's eyes shine.
After about an hour, the old man finally finished cleaning up, and when he saw the things he had packed, he was very embarrassed, but he still said with anticipation: "Little brother, can you take it away?"
"Yes. β
Feng Qingyan smiled and nodded.
A moment later, he took the old man and the little girl, as well as a "hill" on his back, and flew back towards the hundred miles of forest.
His speed was very fast, and he swept hundreds of miles in an instant.
Less than a day's work.
In the hundred miles of forest, it has already appeared in sight.
As the hundred-mile forest got closer and closer, the old man and the little girl finally looked at the forest. At this moment, they were all staring at the forest in shock, and their faces were full of incredulity.
The forest was too lush for them to imagine.
"This, this ......"
The old man was so excited that he couldn't speak.
"Wow, there are so many trees, and there seem to be birds. β
The little girl said.
At this time, he took the old man and the little girl and landed in the forest for a hundred miles, and chose a place that was closer to the five young beggars. He couldn't be sure if the five young beggars would do anything to the old man and the little girl......
It's better to separate for the time being.
When the old man and the little girl landed in the forest, they still looked around in shock, and saw that the trees and weeds around them were growing very well and were very luxuriant.
In their opinion, it is simply incredible.
Feng Qingyan smiled, then took a branch, cut out a small wooden sword, and said, "Your name is Xiaolou, right?"
"Hmm. β
The little girl nodded.
"Xiaolou listened to the spring rain overnight, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alley. β
Feng Qingyan suddenly remembered a poem from his previous life, so he engraved it on the small wooden sword and said: "Xiaolou, this wooden sword will protect you, and when you are hurt, you can throw it away." β
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