The herdsman girl Xiao Wendan was ten years old, wearing a straw hat and feeling very hot, and she could almost see Funing County from a distance, so she nervously and cautiously hid behind a rock, looking at the smoke billowing from Funing County in the distance, and was secretly surprised, while waiting to trade with the connector.

Sometime last year, I heard that the policy of Funing County was relaxing, not bullying herdsmen, and exchanging things with herdsmen, so some herdsmen tried to get close to Funing County to exchange things, but the situation changed, and I heard that many people were killed on the road. There are also rumors that Funing County is a land of demons, a cursed place, and if you get close, you will die.

After that, there were very few people who came, and the things in the hands of the herdsmen could only be handed over to Sanshan Qizhai for unified disposal. Since then, we have encountered a situation in which war is on the verge of breaking out.

Now it doesn't look like it's going to be a war, and I heard that some people who ventured to Funing County are doing well. Then, recently, many people have publicized the benefits of Funing County on the grassland, each with its own reasoning, so that everyone is unaware.

Others didn't dare to act casually, but Xiao Wendan dared, this was because a Han family she knew before had fled and returned to Funing County, and what she had heard of was okay.

A while ago, I heard that in the Linxia generation, a large group of fierce horse thieves were besieged and killed, and all of them became charred corpses, so now the leaders of Sanshan and Qizhai are very low-key and have a relatively lenient management of this area.

Because of this, Xiao Wendan saw this opportunity, she didn't dare to go directly to Funing County, for fear of being caught by the Song State Government, and for fear of being killed. However, she also ventured to Funing County several times.

The most glorious time, Xiao Wendan approached the new city wall of the outer ring of Funing County, only more than 300 steps away, and the big soldiers of the Song Kingdom seemed to have found out, but they had no heart and lungs, and they didn't take Xiao Wendan seriously.

Luckily, Xiao Wendan met the Han people he knew before who were building a city wall at the outer construction site.

also met the children of the family playing around, so Xiao Wendan "connected" with them and made an appointment to exchange things.

Thinking about it in hindsight, Xiao Wendan didn't know how their family was doing. To be honest, I have seen a lot of cases of herdsmen in the border areas being captured by the Song and Xia sides and used as slaves to build offensives, but the Han family I saw last time fled, and their family didn't look very bitter about building the city wall.

Xiao Wendan is fed up with experiencing cold winds and heavy snows in the wilderness, as well as the scorching sun, and he has to serve the leaders of the three mountains and seven villages in fear, and hand over his cattle and sheep to them in exchange for a chance to live.

While thinking about it, I heard a little boy's voice shouting nearby: "Wen Dan, Wen Dan come out quickly." ”

Xiao Wendan lay in ambush and observed carefully, and saw that there was only the familiar little boy, there was no other danger, and the legendary demon realm (haze) that could detain souls was also two miles away, and the sun was still shining here.

So, Xiao Wendan walked out with a little lamb in his arms.

The little boy likes to see Wen Dan the most, last time she sneakily ran away without saying a few words, this time she pulled and talked long and short.

Then the boy asked, "What about our former two playmates?" Why didn't they come with you? ”

Xiao Wendan hugged the lamb and said sadly: "They died, one froze to death in the cold winter a few months ago, and the other one he hid his horse and did not turn it in, and then was killed by the cottage people in front of his mother." ”

The little boy was very sad, and when he heard that his playmate had died, he also felt very heavy.

After being silent for a moment, Xiao Wendan reluctantly laughed and said: "Don't think about it, this happens often in this area, let's talk about changing things, my mother is still waiting for me to go back." ”

With that, she handed the little lamb in her arms to the boy.

The little boy led the sheep and then handed a small package to the little Wendan.

Xiao Wendan was shocked when he opened it, there were too many things, there were needles and threads, small knives of good quality, and good green salt, there were the kind of compressed dry food that could be said to cure diseases, etc., and even children's toy rattles and the like.

Xiao Wendan looked stupid with a snot and a rattle, and shook it a few times, wanting it very much, but not daring. So I put it down, picked up the lollipop and added it again, I thought it was so sweet, I didn't dare, and put it down again. Finally, he put the small knife in his arms, then took some dry food, a piece of salt, and turned to run.

The little boy stopped and said, "Wen Dan, why are you always clueless, can't you pick up your things and then leave, and no one is chasing you." ”

Xiao Wendan stopped and looked at the wrapped things, licked his mouth, but shook his head and said: "It's too much, I don't dare to ask for it, it will cost at least five cows to exchange these things from Yongle City." ”

The little boy said, "That's they are lying, those horse thieves really deserve to die." These things are not worth much in Funing County, and now my father and mother are working on the city wall, and the income in seven days is enough to buy these, but cattle, sheep and horses are still relatively expensive. Although this lamb has not grown up, but sent to the kitchen of Taigang Building, I can also make money, and now many rich people still love to eat mutton. ”

Xiao Wendan heard a burst of envy, and there was a warm current of excitement in his chest, and then he said curiously: "How to repair the city wall, do you have money?" ”

"Yes, I won't be whipped yet, I don't have to live a life of exile like before, and I don't have to risk my life at any time. The county seat is guarded by a powerful Funing army, and horse thieves dare not come to harm everyone. That's what my dad said. The little boy said, "I heard that the three hundred thieves of the Linxia generation were shot by half a battalion of the Funing Army. ”

"Really...... It's true? Little Wendan's eyes widened.

"Really, this is an opportunity, the policy is good, as long as my family works for three years and does not break the law, I can be naturalized again, and even I can enter the children's school to learn the craft, and I can work in the future to get money. No more bullying. The little boy said.

"Me, can I come to my house too?" Little Wendan tried to ask.

"You should be able to, but you are not Han Chinese, and you need to work for six years before you can become a naturalized citizen. I've heard from others that it's a temporary worker, and the salary is not much, but as long as you are willing to work, you can afford these things in your hand. The little boy said: "Funing County doesn't care about its background, and it's a bit tight in all aspects, but it's still okay to live." ”

These sounded like a beautiful vision to Xiao Wendan, and he didn't dare to think about it in the past, but now he looked forward to it, and his eyes were full of circles.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Wendan said worriedly: "But if we do this, our family will become a thorn in the side of the cottage, and they will try to kill runaways like us in order to maintain the reign of darkness." Do you know what that means? ”

The little boy said: "I don't know much about this, but I heard my father say that he probably had this idea at the beginning, and he didn't dare to act, in addition to being afraid of being killed, he was also afraid that the legendary 'dark canopy' in Funing County would take away his soul." But my mother is fierce, she said that wealth and wealth are in danger, and only by groping can you know where the road is, otherwise you will be trapped in the pond forever. ”

"What you told me, ...... Is it all true? Little Wendan's eyes widened.

The little boy looked at Xiao Wendan's not beautiful face with some ambiguity, and said with a smile: "I lied, but I won't lie to you if I die." Wen Dan, you have to believe me, as long as you successfully come out and enter the jurisdiction of Funing County alive, you will be able to see the life you yearn for. ”

Tempted by a better life, Xiao Wendan became more and more moved, but asked curiously: "If Funing County is so good, why haven't you heard that the Funing Army sent troops to protect the herdsmen, why didn't you send troops to interfere with those copycat horse thieves?" ”

The little boy scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I don't understand this either." However, I occasionally heard some senior team leaders on the construction site say that this is because of the envoy of Lord Xiao Wang and the agreement with Xixia. The Funing army could not send troops to make trouble in sensitive areas, could not destroy the buffer zone, and could not stimulate the nerves of the Western Xia border army, and secondly, the strength of the horse thieves in the three mountains and seven villages was too strong, but it was the accumulation of decades. But Xiao Wang Xianggong did not send troops to cause trouble, but it does not mean that he will not defend, once there are horse thieves in the territory to make trouble, he will not be soft. ”

Next, Xiao Wendan didn't run in a hurry, the two little ones sat under the slanting sun without guessing, leaning against the stone, and the little boy told her stories and experiences, telling them what happened after their family entered Funing County.

The trembling family, who was not imprisoned by the government, gave porridge, trained, arranged tents stationed on the periphery, and then became temporary workers for their parents to participate in the construction of the city wall. It's a bit bitter, but there's a sense of security, and you can see some strange monsters such as steam engines, booming and booming to exert their divine powers.

These chattering trivial things made Xiao Wendan listen attentively, she was isolated from the world, it was hard to imagine such a happy land, a place where she could not be hungry or cold, and not be killed by horse thieves at will.

The Buddhists say that the holy land of bliss is 108,000 miles away, and it is necessary to reach it in an afterlife. But the holy place in the boy's mouth seems to be around everyone, and he can walk to it in the morning and night?

"When our family listened to the scriptures in Yongle City, the Buddhists said that the current suffering is the spiritual and physical test of the gods and Buddhas of the heavens and Buddhas on our mortal spirits and bodies, and only those who are determined and persistent in the Buddha can be transformed in the next life, otherwise they will go to hell and become more miserable, and they will become cattle and sheep to be slaughtered." Xiao Wendan said: "I'm worried that I will run into Funing County now, violating the purpose of the gods and Buddhas, and now I will be better, but I will go to hell in the next life." ”

The little boy scratched his head and smiled, "I've almost forgotten what you said...... However, what I heard in Funing County is that the afterlife is too long to fight for the day, and even if Funing County is a hell, it has been built very well. Among the controllers of the Western Heavens, there will also be corrupt bureaucrats in the gods and Buddhas who poison sentient beings, and the demon kings in hell will also appear to care about the suffering and strive to heal. These are what I heard people say in Funing County, I think it seems to make some sense, in short, it's not bad now, counting the time, in two and a half years, my father and mother will be able to become naturalized, and I can also wait in line to enter the school, and I can get a relatively high salary in the future. ”

Xiao Wendan tilted his head and thought for a while, and asked curiously, "What's going on with school?" Is it to go up the stairs? ”

The little boy scratched his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't been to the school to see it, but I guess it should be up the stairs, and it will slowly become powerful." ”

In a blink of an eye, the sky was about to darken, and when Xiao Wendan left, he said, "I have to go back, tell my people the news you provided, and persuade them to live a good life together." ”

"Wen Dan, you have to be careful, try not to act alone, try not to be bitten to death by wild wolves, I was almost bitten to death by wild wolves before." The little boy said worriedly.

"Mm-hmm, I'll be careful, I know a route, there are very few wild wolves." Xiao Wendan ran farther and farther as she spoke, and slowly the darkness came, and her figure was invisible.

The little boy felt a little frightened and worried about her, but the boy was still young and timid, and he couldn't help her too much......