Mu Jinhua and Hua Ruya saw that the woman was dressed in cloth patches, with a skinny small body, and a bulky basket on her back, which made people feel really distressed to see her.

They hurried over to the woman, who was struggling to walk with her head down, and helped her hold the basket.

"Auntie, I'll help you!" Hua Ru Aya's gentle and virtuous voice reached the woman's ears.

She raised her head and saw that it was three enthusiastic girls, who were helping her to lighten the weight on her body, but she was flattered and replied: "No, girl, the old woman thanks the girls for their kindness, it's just this basket... It's dirty, I'm afraid it'll stain your clothes."

"Don't worry, auntie!" Mu Jinhua insisted on taking the basket from her and carrying it on his shoulder, before he smiled: "You see that we are dressed in plain clothes, and we are not girls from rich and noble families, we don't have to worry about doing this kind of work."

Hua Ru Aya continued: "Jinhua is right, where do you live, auntie?" Let's send you back! ”

"That's it!" Yan Wumei, who was silent, also echoed.

The woman knew that she could not be more than three kind girls, so she nodded gratefully and agreed, for she was much lighter and walked more easily.

Yan Wumei walked to the front, curiously waiting for the woman to reply.

Mu Jinhua and Hua Ruyan accompanied her to listen to her: "The old woman lives in Lizhou Zhuangzi, which is five miles away from Xianyu City, and the three girls have something important to do when they enter the city, right?" ”

"Oh! It's nothing important, just hang around and have fun when you have nothing to do", Yan Wumei replied straightforwardly.

But what they said did weigh their intentions, as long as they could help the eldest mother today. It's worth it if you don't go into town.

Hua Ruya hugged the woman and asked thoughtfully: "It's not close to five miles away, why did the eldest lady come to the city from a long distance and commit herself to bring some leftovers back to her son to eat?" ”

It stands to reason. Although the Zhou border was located during the war, it was not even the food at home.

What's more, how can the eldest mother, who is already weak, eat these.

When the woman heard this, her expression was sad but willing, which inevitably confused the three of them.

After half of the ring, Hua Ruya thought that she had asked the doubts that should not be asked, which touched the deep sorrow of the eldest mother.

The woman took their hands and said, "As long as the battle is won, we will have food in the future." It's nothing to be bitter now."

The war has been relentless for many years, and it is always the people who suffer, and they naturally know it.

Since the woman didn't want to say it too clearly. They won't be able to ask any more questions.

The three of them accompanied the woman all the way, and learned the eldest lady's surname Li during the chat, and there were originally more than a dozen families in the Lizhou Zhuangzi she said.

But in the recent days, ten households have moved out one after another. Now! Only five of them are left. The old woman who has not gone far.

This is difficult to come out once, and it is necessary to cross the rope bridge over the mountain, and the road is not easy to walk.

Mu Jinhua helped Aunt Li to walk on the moss-covered rope bridge, constantly reminding her to be careful.

"The old woman is fine, you have to be careful"

"Aunt Li, you don't have to worry about us", Yan Wumei followed behind them, seeing that she was really aggrieved to ask for it cautiously and restrainedly.

She smiled. His feet jumped off the ground, and in a blink of an eye, he reached the opposite shore before them. She looked at all the scenery in the hidden mountains, and from time to time there was a mist of clouds rising from the mountains.

"It's a nice place," she said, complimenting the chirping of warblers in the mountains.

Aunt Li smiled and said: "The place is good, but it is inconvenient for the old woman to go back and forth, and today is really a burden to you."

"Where!" Mu Jinhua smiled: "It should be"

They walked across the rope bridge and walked some more way, and then they arrived at the Lizhou Zhuangzi that Aunt Li said.

There are more than a dozen houses in the village, and every family locks the door of the house.

Aunt Li took them back to the front of her house, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a man in his twenties lying on the ground, giggling and trying to catch a cricket.

"Mu'er!" Aunt Li shouted lovingly.

The man who was called Mu'er raised his head stupidly, looked around in a discerning direction, and when he saw his mother returning, he got up happily and ran over.

"Mother, I'm hungry!" Muzi shook Aunt Li's body, and pointed to the crickets on the ground that were escaping: "Hehe! You're back early, you should wait until I catch it and stew it in the pot before you can come back."

"Mu'er! Don't make a fuss... Yes! Aunt Li stroked his head with pity, took the basket from Mu Jinhua's hand, and as soon as the basket was opened, a sour smell of food immediately flowed.

Because Yan Wumei was standing close to her, this unusually unpleasant sour smell really choked her nose.

"Ahem", she fanned the smell of her nose with her hand, and asked disgustingly, "What is this?" It smells so bad."

Mu Jinhua glanced at her, she and Sister Ru Aya both knew that what Aunt Li brought back was leftovers from the restaurant, but they didn't expect it to have turned sour.

Thinking about it, why did the guard of the city pinch his nose.

Aunt Li paused, she took out the meal wrapped in yellowed oiled paper from the basket, and without replying to the innocent question, she was going to feed Muzi to eat.

Hua Ruya couldn't stand it anymore, and she ruthlessly knocked over a piece of meat with white mold that Aunt Li picked up.

informed: "You can't give him these, Jinhua and I are both doctors, Mu'er has a stupid disease, we can cure him"

"Really", Aunt Li didn't care about the meat that fell on the ground, and asked again in disbelief: "Can Miss Hua and Miss Mu really cure my Mu'er's stupidity?" ”

"Hmm!" Hua Ruyan and Mu Jinhua listened solemnly.

"But", Mu Jinhua glanced at the few acres of fertile land on the side of the house, and the rice and wheat were growing, and asked: "You want to tell us truthfully, why didn't you eat when there was a harvest at home?" Why do you have to go all the way into the city to beg for food?"

"They fight hard!" , Aunt Li slowed down and said: "A month ago, there were several military masters in Zhuangzi who were suffering from **, they claimed to be the generals of this dynasty, and they accidentally fell into the trap of the enemy, so they hid all the way here, and the old woman hoped that they could get better and go back to defeat the Northern Ling Dynasty, so they promised to give them some food at home, and gave them some of the food they took away."

Mu Jinhua and Hua Ruya heard it and felt that something was wrong.

The woman explained, "Not long after that, they came again, and not only took away all the food left in the old woman's house, but also carried away the food of more than a dozen families in the village, and they said that when they defeated the enemy, they would return it to us."

Hear here.

Hua Ruyan couldn't help but ask: "Aunt Li, did they say that they were generals under the old general Yuwen?" (To be continued......)