Women chase, men run.

Between the wind and snow, Gu Tianya was caught up by 'Auntie' again without accident.

But seeing the woman's face grinning, it was still the tone that deliberately angered him, and said with a smile: "Good nephew, yes, every time I know that I feel sorry for my aunt, for fear that I will be lost in the big night." ”

Gu Tianya had a cold face, he obviously had nothing to do with this faceless woman, but he couldn't refute it yet, because the old lady had already agreed, he really couldn't figure it out, why did his old lady start to throw her elbows out.

But he has been extremely filial since he was a child, especially after experiencing a big change, Gu Tianya has always listened to the words of the old lady, since the old lady recognized this woman, he could only pinch his nose and follow it.

Seeing that the other party was still giggling, he had no choice but to smile bitterly and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing with you?" I came out with serious things to do. ”

"I guessed it!" The woman raised her head in triumph.

Gu Tianya was a little surprised this time, and couldn't help but say, "You guessed?" ”

"Of course!"

The woman suddenly leaned in front of his face, and said in a very low voice: "You want to find someone to help, it's nothing more than to go and handle the aftermath of Ah Yao's mother, otherwise you can't take the reed mat, and pretend to be angry and run out of the door, you obviously want to avoid the little girl, lest she see her mother's body and grieve again." Isn't that right, good nephew? ”

Gu Tianya looked at her in a daze.

It took a long time before he said softly: "The people of the family can be useless, but they will definitely not be incompetent, I used to think that this may not be true, but now I feel that it is really very reasonable." ”

These words were originally struck by feeling, but the woman was extremely surprised, and subconsciously said: "Who taught you this kind of truth?" ”

Her pretty face was full of suspicion, her eyes stared at Gu Tianya without blinking, and said: "You are from a poor background, there are no scholars in the village, and the entire Hebei Provincial Army has been suffering for many years, and it is impossible for an official school to recruit the poor, but between your words and deeds, you often show a lot of profound knowledge, and my aunt wants to know, who taught you to learn?" ”

Gu Tianya turned around and left without saying a word, and it took a long time before his voice came from the wind and snow, and said with a slight meaning: "Who else can teach it?" Of course my mother taught me! ”

The woman was obviously stunned, standing in place and muttering to herself, her face full of disbelief: "Your mother? ”

She was extremely curious in her heart, and couldn't help but hurriedly catch up with Gu Tianya, and asked urgently: "Could it be that the old sister is not from the Han clan?" ”

From ancient times to the present, throughout the ages, but anyone who can be qualified to read and write, nine out of ten must be wealthy families, if you can understand the big truth on the basis of literacy, then at least you must be a character who can only be raised by a low-grade family.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya was anxious about other things, so he was not in the mood to take care of this 'little aunt' for a while, he held the reed mat in the crook of his arm, and only cared about walking in a certain direction in the village along the way.

Although the woman was unwilling, she didn't want to be in a hurry, so she finally chose to keep silent and silently follow Gu Tianya forward.

On a cold night with wind and snow, the figures of a man and a woman braved the wind and snow, and gradually came to the side of a thatched hut, and Gu Tianya stopped.

The woman subconsciously glanced at it, and suddenly her heart moved faintly, and she asked in a low voice: "You said at that time that there are fifteen families in the village, but there are already two families who can't afford to make a heating fire. ”

Speaking of this, there was a faint worry in my heart, Ah Yao's house couldn't make a fire, but Ah Yao's mother froze to death in hunger, and the family in front of me also didn't make a fire, but I don't know if the people inside would also freeze to death.

If the person has frozen to death, will the 'good nephew' come to find someone to help him return in vain and be disappointed?

She was so faintly worried, she didn't know that her mentality had undergone some subtle change, she had watched the death of tens of thousands of people with an indifferent face, so she didn't see how important human life was, but now she was very concerned about the emotions of the 'little nephew', for fear that he would feel disappointed because he returned in vain.

Fortunately, Gu Tianya finally spoke and explained in a low voice: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to this family." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his voice, shouted respectfully at the small grass house in front of him, and asked in a deep voice, "Blind man, have you slept?" ”

Two coughs soon sounded in the hut, and a faint old voice came out: "Xiao Gu?" And who is gone? ”

This conversation reveals a tacit understanding that is difficult to describe in words. Gu Tianya only asked, 'Have you slept?' The people inside immediately guessed that someone in the village had died, which shows that this kind of thing often happens, so it will lead to habituation.

The only thing that made the woman a little puzzled, how could the people in the house tell that it was Gu Tianya when they heard it?

She hesitated in her heart, and couldn't help but look at Gu Tianya, Gu Tianya thought about it a little, and then understood what the 'aunt' wanted to ask, sighed bitterly at the moment, and explained softly: "In the village, I am the only man. ”

The woman suddenly realized.

There are fifteen families in the entire village, and there is only one teenager Gu Tianya, and it is precisely because there is only one teenager Gu Tianya that the people in the house will know it as soon as they hear it.

This is not familiar, but a reality that does not need to be hesitated.

For some reason, the woman suddenly glanced at Gu Tianya and said softly: "The entire Hebei Province, in fact, is like this, the soldiers have been suffering for thirty or forty years, and the men are basically dying." Not only in your village, but also elsewhere, Gu... Gu'er, don't be sad because of this kind of thing. ”

Gu Tianya was a little surprised, he could feel that this so-called aunt was sincere, and he seemed to be very worried that he would be cranky, so he would be sincere and affectionate.

He was a little moved in his heart, but he felt that it was too much, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't help but open his mouth to thank him, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for worrying." ”

followed by another sentence, and said with a slight sorrow: "I'm used to this kind of thing, so I can't talk about sadness." ”

I have seen too much and have no power to change, so I can only choose not to grieve or it will be difficult to live in this place.

At this time, she suddenly heard the creak of the grass house in front of her, as if someone gently pushed open the door of the house, the woman turned her eyes and vaguely saw that it was an old man, the old man coughed again and again with a cane, and looked at the old complexion and did not know how many days to live.

Gu Tianya suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the woman back a few steps gently.

The woman was slightly stunned, and there was a faint puzzle in her heart.

But listening to Gu Tianya's whispered instructions in his ears, he said very seriously: "The blind master is the night watchman in the village, and his door can't enter, just now I forgot about this stubble for a while, and led you almost into the courtyard, let's take a few steps back and wait at the gate of the courtyard." ”

The woman was slightly stunned again, and said in some confusion: "Night watchman? ”

Gu Tianya glanced at her and explained again in a low voice: "For red and white ceremonies, you have to invite him." ”

Only then did the woman understand why Gu Tianya would come to ask an old man for help.

But seeing the old man coughing at the door of the house for a long time, it seemed that he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he slowly went out on crutches, walked out across the yard, first glanced at Gu Tianya, and then looked at the woman, obviously he was blind, but he looked at people, and there were two "lotus" in his mouth, and he said vaguely as if he was smiling: "Hey, there is a phoenix bird with dazzling golden light flying here." The merit on the body is not small, but unfortunately the blood is not low, wow, hey, there are no fewer killings. ”

Gu Tianya hurriedly pulled the woman, pointed his finger at his head, and said quite embarrassedly: "The blind master's brain is a little confused. ”

The so-called confusion actually means a little dementia, the woman nodded, but stared at the old man without blinking.

But I heard the old man cough a few more times, and suddenly spoke again: "Let's go, go and talk to Nian, which family died tonight, it's pitiful to leave on a cold day." ”

Gu Tianya sighed in a low voice and replied softly: "It's the third aunt in the east, who left when it was dark." ”

"Oh!" The old man nodded and coughed, "I guess it should be her, I've been starving for a long time." Alas, the woman wow, it's not good to hurt the child too much, she keeps her stutter and drinks, and finally she is tired of herself. ”

Gu Tianya's eyes were sour, he turned his head suddenly, and said astringently: "If only I could give Ah Yao more fish ......"

The old man waved his hand, as if to comfort him: "If you don't save the emergency, you will be poor if you save the poor, you will be tired of saving the poor for a lifetime, you are not to blame for this, you are not qualified for this matter, hey, you can help the emergency, where is it so easy to save the poor, it has to be the official, it has to be the emperor." ”

For some reason, after glancing at what seemed to be a blind eye, the woman always had the illusion that the old man was looking at her.

However, it seems that it is really just an illusion, because the old man has already walked forward on crutches, due to the heavy wind and snow, Gu Tianya hurriedly stepped forward to help, one old and one young braved the wind and snow, and walked in the direction of Ah Yao's house with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The woman's eyes flickered a few times, and she hurriedly raised her heels.

On a snowy night, a man and a woman plus an old man slowly walked forward in this small and unseemly village.

The woman suddenly came to Gu Tianya's side and asked vaguely: "The blind master just said, save the emergency, don't help the poor, save the poor, and be tired for a lifetime, this is the responsibility of the official family, so you are not qualified, but the aunt wants to ask you, if you have this qualification, are you willing to bear this responsibility that drags on your life?" ”

"Am I willing to take on this responsibility that will drag on for the rest of my life?"

Gu Tianya was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked up at the night sky.

Countless heavy snowfalls, drifting in the cold wind.

It happened that I had arrived at Ah Yao's hut, and there was a woman who had died of cold and hunger in the cold wind......

Emergency?

Or help the poor?