An old man was preparing a meal in the dark.

There were two children, one older and one small, huddled around an old fire, still shivering slightly.

Halfway through the silence, this year's silence seems to be colder than usual.

"Eldest grandson, grandpa can't walk now, and he can't see a lot of Taicang, can you tell me about the scene you saw when you went to get timber with the street pavilion officials that day?"

The old man turned his head, and the dim light of the fire in the furnace shone on his face, making him look older.

The older child, about eleven or twelve-year-old, sniffled and said in a childish voice, "Grandpa, you've heard it many times, why do you still listen to it?"

Before the old man could speak, the younger girl, who was only about five or six years old, raised her head, shivered, and said in a milky voice: "Brother, you can say it again, you want to hear it too." ”

When the boy heard Nannan's words, and saw Nannan's constant use of her hands, he couldn't help but put her hand in his arms in distress.

He glanced at the old man, and his eyes flashed a little soft, and then he said: "That day, I followed the street pavilion clerk to get the wood for the fire, and walked for a long time, and finally came to the emptiest place in the east of the city.

The corners of her mouth were crooked, her eyebrows were also crooked, and she said very cooperatively: "Brother, I can't guess." ”

The old man's cloudy eyes looked at the two children, his eyes were full of love, and he also shook his head and said, "Eldest grandson, I can't guess it." ”

The eldest grandson's face was suddenly full of amazement, and he said: "There are many people who go with us to get timber, so that we don't get lost in the street, and when we get to the place where we get timber, everyone has big mouths, and they don't know what to do." ”

"We've seen a lot of very, very huge giants!"

Grandpa just listened to his eldest grandson's story, and his face showed a look of surprise.

"They were so huge that when I looked up, I could only see their arms and their bellies, and I saw them carrying four bundles of wood ten times larger than the house, and they had stepped over the walls in one step!"

Nan Nan gestured with her hand, and said in a childish voice: "Is the giant taller than his father and mother?"

The eldest grandson and the old man glanced at each other, and a trace of pain flashed in their eyes.

The old man's son, the father of two children, died three years ago in the darkness of the day, and the cause of death was extremely ordinary.

That year, the mother of two children was seriously ill and could not survive.

Their father gave his share of food to his mother, begging her to support him a little longer, and he went out to the medicine man's mansion in the dark to ask the medicine masters to come and have a look.

As a result, he was very unlucky, and when he walked in the dark, a rock from the bottom of his foot that came out of nowhere caused him to slip, and the back of his head fell heavily on the solid ice on the ground.

Later, I heard from the adults on duty in Taicheng Mansion that their father did not fall to his death, he fell to the ground, lost his strength and was confused, but because of the lack of food, he did not have the strength to get up.

Their father froze to death.

Later, the mother did not survive, and took the younger brother or sister who was not yet born in the womb and went with their father.

This happened three years ago, when the girl was still babbling.

After a few years, when she grew up, she always asked about her parents.

The old man and the eldest grandson, who could barely remember the incident, lied to Nannan that because their parents were strong and strong, they were recruited by the royal court to serve Taicang, Wang Ting, and the people of Taicang, and would not come back in a short time.

So in Nannan's eyes, her parents have become the most majestic people.

So when the eldest grandson heard the innocent words, he whispered, "The bodies of these giants are as big as the bodies of my father and mother." ”

Nan Nan looked even happier, and her face was red from the cold, showing a hint of joy.

The eldest grandson continued: "Those giants are really too big, many villagers still think that the gods have descended, but I didn't expect the people who distributed wood to us to say that those giants are the subordinates of the lord of the country, and they will contribute to Taicang in the future!"

The excitement on the old man's face became even stronger, and his cloudy eyes revealed a trace of honor, and his withered face also showed a smile, and his voice suddenly became louder:

"I know that the lord of Ji Xia is a god descending to earth, how huge is the giant who can step over the city wall with one foot? How can he obey the orders of mortals? Only the lord of Ji Xia can command them! Because the lord of the country is the embodiment of the will of the great wind, and he is a living god!"

The old man seemed to have obtained conclusive evidence, and when the eldest grandson on the side said the word "lord", his face was also very obvious with admiration.

He also thinks that all the people of Taicang who saw the giant feel that the lord of Ji Xia is the god of the human race, maybe it is a certain ancestor of the human race in the court of the sky, and he can't bear the hardships of the Taicang human race, so he came in person!

The old man looked at the rice jar at home, and he could see the rice inside from such a distance.

The overflowing situation of the rice tank, he has lived for eighty-seven years, and he has never experienced it, such an ability as the lord of Ji Xia, what is it if he is not a god descending to earth?

"Grandpa, do you think it's cold this year?"

The eldest grandson felt that the weather was getting colder and colder, much colder than in previous years.

It was only the end of the first month, and the thriving stove was no longer sufficient.

The old man's excited and happy expression cooled slightly, nodded and sighed secretly.

He remembered a dead day forty years ago, and it seemed to be so cold.

That year, Taicang froze to death many people.

The bodies of many were frozen and came to life after the sunset.

So it became his nightmare, and he even felt that freezing to death was more terrible than starving.

"Grandpa, will we freeze to death?"

Nan Nan seemed to know the meaning of "death", she tilted her head and looked at the old man with two big eyes.

The old man suddenly didn't know what to say, if there was really something different from the past, the cold winter came, and more people died, naturally the weak body and children and the elderly, there is no doubt about it.

When he thought of this, his old heart was clouded with a haze.

But what can be done?

The sun, the snow in the sky, the bitter cold wind, and the biting cold could not be controlled.

The lord of Ji Xia in Taicang, the Ming monarch who had not been seen for two hundred years, had already found enough firewood for them and provided them with enough food to support them.

The rest of the obstacles, even if it is the lord of Ji Xia, can't be solved, right?

"Bang, bang, bang. ”

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and who would come to visit them in the silence of the day?

The old man motioned for the eldest grandson and the girl to sit by the fire, and he came out of the house, and the biting chill hit him, making his skin a little painful.

"Huh, there's light?"

The old man suddenly saw that outside the courtyard wall, a light shone out, very bright, and the huge grass oil lamp hanging in front of the gate of Taicheng Mansion was much weaker than this level of light.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

There was another knock at the door, and the old man came to his senses and cautiously went to open the door.

No matter how diligent you are in taking care of the snow in the courtyard, when the heavy snow comes, the temperature plummets, and it only takes a few hours for the courtyard to freeze.

If he falls on this kind of ice, I'm afraid he will go to the Heavenly Court to meet his son.

The old man opened the courtyard door tremblingly, and the dazzling light at the door invaded the courtyard from the door, making the eyes of the old man who had not seen the light for a long time white and very uncomfortable.

It was a long time before he regained his sight.

He saw two young girls in their early twenties and a sergeant of the Cang Guard Army in plate armor standing in front of the door, and one of the girls chuckled softly: "Grandpa, we have been ordered by the royal court to come and install warm stones and bright stones for you. ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, not quite sure what warm stone and akashi were.

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