Fan Ying responded, and the two rode down the avenue and waded through a small ditch overgrown with reeds. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info the ditch is very shallow, clear to the bottom, across this small, fenced courtyard and avenue, the stream is cushioned with a few stone slabs, covered with moss.

After going up, I had to walk a hundred and ten steps up the hillside to reach the old woman's courtyard. Fan Ying greeted her loudly, and she responded, looking carefree. Liu Yuru and Fan Ying got off the horse and tied the horse outside the yard. The old woman saw two flower-like women walking in from outside, and she didn't know what they meant.

Liu Yuru didn't get into the topic first, but chatted with her and learned that she was alone. Fan Ying asked, mother-in-law, what about your family? My mother-in-law said, there are a lot of people in my family! has a father, a mother, and a sister...... It's all gone. As he spoke, he fished out the white fish from the basin and hung it on the wooden shelf with a slight trembling tremble.

Fan Ying asked, what about your son or daughter?

My mother-in-law said that if I got married that year, I would have everything, and my daughter would be more beautiful than the two of you. Now I'm still a big girl with yellow flowers! Where did the daughter come from!

Liu Yuru and Fan Ying looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, it seemed that they couldn't ask anything from her. They left if they wanted to, but it was really hard to see her. Liu Yuru said, "Sister, why don't we help her." ”

The two squatted down in the courtyard and fished in the basin next to the old woman. The mother-in-law even said no, and saw the finger ring on Liu Yuru's hand, and Liu Yuru asked, "Mother-in-law, have you ever seen this thing?" ”

The mother-in-law said that this is not the only time I have seen it. Asked Liu Yuru to stop, "This finger ring is nothing, but don't marinate your delicate hands, when your husband knows, I can't afford to compensate him." ”

Liu Yuru said, so you must have seen this finger ring. The mother-in-law was noncommittal, and her subordinates did not stop, Liu Yuru said, "Sister, let's go, don't disturb her, let's go back and report to Mrs. Cui, saying that we haven't found that person." ”

Fan Ying was standing on the edge of the fence, where the willow stump was pumping slender branches, she saw that the sun was scorching, so she cut it down with a sword, and wanted to weave a wicker hat for each of them to shade the sun, Liu Yuru was not in a hurry, and waited for her on the side.

The mother-in-law tried to say, "Two girls, what are you talking about...... Who is Mrs. Cui looking for? ”

Fan Ying said while knitting her hat, "I can't find anyone looking for it, so I ask what this is for." ”

The old woman was embarrassed to say, I am so old, I have never seen anything in the world, and it is not for nothing that I lost my life because of a word. Fan Ying said, "Oh! It doesn't matter if you dare to love you! ”

The mother-in-law was not convinced, "Why is it none of my business?" From this finger ring, I concluded that she was Mrs. Cui's daughter! She pointed at Liu Yuru and said. As soon as Liu Yuru heard it, she knew that this old woman must have seen Cui's wearing this ring, so there was a door to the matter! She and Fan Ying immediately turned back, sandwiching the old woman in the middle, "Then you don't say it quickly!" ”

The mother-in-law said, "If you want to say it, you can't say that, so many things, where do you let me start?" ”

Liu Yuru said, let's just say it from this finger ring. So the three of them moved a stool and sat down in the courtyard. Fan Ying braided a wicker hat and put it on for the old woman first. She stroked her white hair from her sideburns with her hand, and a shy expression appeared on her face.

Liu Yuru said, "Mother-in-law, you must have been a beautiful beauty when you were young. The mother-in-law was even more happy, pointing to the finger ring on Liu Yuru's hand and said, "I know this finger ring, and I can't see it in the mainland...... It is a model of Cochin-gun. ”

As she spoke, she took up Liu Yuru's hand with a finger ring, and first involuntarily admired the proportionality and delicacy of this hand. If she hadn't been reminded of it, she would have almost forgotten the commandment.

She squinted her eyes, pointed to the pattern on the ring and said, "See, this is called Phalaenopsis, only the Phalaenopsis in Cochin County looks like this." As soon as it passed Langzhou, the petals were as thin as bellflowers. ”

Liu Yuru said, "So mother-in-law, you really know this finger ring!" ”

The old woman said, "My brain is clear and confused for a while, so I will talk about it now when I think of something." ”

So, in the old woman's intermittent words, Liu Yuru and Fan Ying's eyes gradually showed the past Danfeng Town, the deep house compound in Danfeng Town, and a lonely woman in the compound.

The old woman said, "If you want to talk about this commandment, you have to talk about the girl surnamed Cui, and if you want to talk about this girl surnamed Cui, you have to start from the first year of Wude!" When I was in the first year of Wude, I was only thirty-eight or nine years old, so I won't talk about myself, anyway, I have lived in this place for generations, and there is nothing to say. ”

"That year, a large number of people fled from the north side of the Yellow River, because that year Li Daozong, the prince of Luoyang County, was crusading against Liu Wuzhou. I heard that he was defeated, and a large number of men and horses did not stop Liu Wuzhou, so that the family fought all the way to Hedong...... That mess at the time! It's not something that can be said clearly in one or two sentences. ”

"It's okay, mother-in-law, we're not in a hurry, today we'll listen to mother-in-law all night, and we'll stay at your house." Fan Ying said.

The old woman was embarrassed and said, "Then what can I do, I am so dirty here, where should I place you two precious people!" Besides, I don't have anything decent to entertain you except these white fish that someone else just gave me. ”

Liu Yuru comforted, "Mother-in-law, you don't have to worry, as long as you talk to us, you don't have to worry about what to eat today, just let me and my sister wait for you for one night." ”

When the old woman heard this, she was relieved and began to speak from the beginning:

In this way, the people who had taken refuge in Jindi would no longer be able to settle down there. In order to escape the fighting, people fled to the south of the Yellow River. I heard that Tongguan was not open at that time, so people took their families and ran directly to our place from outside Tongguan. ”

"At that time, almost every day, people fled one after another. We are all enthusiastic here, and whenever we come, every family will do their best to help them, let those who have lost their belongings on the road live in our homes, and then help them build simple houses on the spot for them to live in. ”

But not all of the people who fled were poor, and there were also large carts and small carts that hauled a lot of gold, silver, and household goods. On this day, my sister and I saw a lot of cars coming down the mountain."

Fan Ying said, mother-in-law, I know it must be the girl surnamed Cui and their family.

The old woman said, "You are so clever, they are them." But at that time, I thought she was only twelve or thirteen years old. When Liu Yuru heard this, she couldn't help but think to herself, then the Cui family is twelve years older than me, because I was born in the first year of Wude.

"It is said that it is because of the rich and unkind, but this Cui Yuanwai is very kind. As soon as he arrived in Danfeng, he decided to settle here, and he took out a lot of money and distributed it to the poor people here. Whoever needs money at home just talk to him, and he will be happy to help. ”

Later, they built a tall and spacious mansion in Danfeng Town, and the two young men couldn't hug the door pillow stone on the door. Since then, their Cui family has been the largest household in Danfeng Town. Many people in the town do work for his family. At that time, my sister and I were both working in Miss Cui's house—sewing and mending, washing and washing. As for me, I will take care of this young lady of the Cui family. ”

"This Miss Cui is knowledgeable and polite, treats people kindly, and never loses her temper with me. The voice was so soft that she wanted to make people turn into her. Don't look at the fact that he is only twelve or thirteen years old, but he was born so good-looking! The entire Danfeng Town could not find a second one. (To be continued.) )