The old man's home is different from other people's homes, his home is much simpler.

On top of the house, there are layers of wooden strips, which look a little damp.

This house is made of stones, and the yellow mud is used as a binder to fill the gaps, and the stones are listed one by one.

In the old man's small yard, there was only a stone grinding plate, a few firewoods for cooking and fire, a sickle, and an axe, but apart from these things, there was nothing left in the yard, only an empty piece of yellow earth.

The old man's house is not big, but it is very warm.

The bed in the room was large, and on top of an old table, there stood a tablet carved out of wooden planks that looked clean.

A small bowl was placed in front of the stele, and in the bowl was some rice and some burnt incense ash, and the incense ash was scattered on the rice, dyeing the white rice gray.

The walls are uneven, and so is the floor.

The old man asked them to sit on the big bed and wait, and the children jumped on the earthen bed one by one, sitting on the edge of the bed, although there were many of them, but they were all very thin, so they sat on them one by one, neatly arranged in a row, and there were still a lot of places left, just enough to leave for the grandfather.

The old man went to the kitchen, carried two baskets, staggered into the house, handed the two baskets to Qingtian and Yanhong respectively, and said, "Eat......"

Yan Hong and Qingtian looked at the few dried tofu and dried plums left in the basket, and the tears suddenly couldn't stop dripping and falling into the basket.

"Grandpa...... Thank you ......"

Yan Hong wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and then took a few dried plums and distributed them to the rest of the children around her.

The children opened their mouths wide and unceremoniously bit into the dry, water-free food.

Although the thing is as hard as a pouting stick, it still gives people a taste of the fruity aroma of plums, and the bean flavor of dried beans.

After being hungry for a long time, it seemed that whatever food they ate was delicious, and everyone smiled happily as they ate, as if all the food they had eaten before was not enough to compare.

Seeing them eating like wolves and tigers, the old man smiled kindly and couldn't close his mouth happily.

"Do you have a place to stay?" The old man suddenly asked.

"No ......" Jump Jump reacted quickly, and was the first to reply to the old man's words.

Bai Duo ate and shook his head.

"We just arrived here today, and our parents are gone," Xiaolong stopped chewing and said with a sad face.

"Well, there are only a few of us left to depend on each other, and after coming to this village, you are the first person to be so good to us......" Yueyue finished with tears in her eyes, staring at the old man in front of her.

"This will be your home from now on......"

The old man smiled happily, many teeth in his mouth fell out, and he looked a little funny when he smiled.

"Really?" The pockmarked little beggar said in disbelief.

"Really ......"

The old man was still smiling, touching Bai Duo with his hand, his eyes were full of doting.

"Hey...... The old woman left early, and I was left alone in this room, an old man...... Hey, it's so lonely, I don't even have anyone to talk to...... Today I saw that you were so good to me, and I was suddenly a little moved, take you in, and let you children accompany me, an old man, as a companion, and I don't even have a person to talk to, so I can only hope to die......"

After a pause, the old man continued: "Now I see you so young and energetic, old man, I suddenly don't think so, although I don't have much food here, but as long as we save money and eat, it is always enough, don't you also want to live in this troubled world?" ”

The old man's words were speaking to everyone's hearts, and the children didn't know how to express their thoughts, so they could only open their big eyes and nod desperately.

"Grandpa, thank you for your willingness to take us in, we will take good care of grandpa!" Bai Duo looked at the old man innocently and smiled.

"Grandpa, I see that the firewood outside the house is almost gone, and I will go to the mountains to come back in a while!" Qingtian suddenly came to his senses, raised his arms, smiled, and walked out of the house without stopping.

"I, I'll chop wood too!" Xiaolong and Mazi Little Beggar hurriedly raised their hands and raised their chins, looking quite proud.

"Grandpa, grandpa, I will cook porridge, and leave it to me to cook in the future!" Jumping can eat, plus he loves to eat, so sometimes he often secretly makes something for himself, although he is not old, but he will make a lot of delicious things.

"Grandpa, I'll beat my back and rub my shoulders!" The small-eyed beggar hurriedly ran to his grandfather's side and rubbed his shoulders and beat his back.

"Grandpa, I will too!" The little bucktooth beggar also came to his grandfather's side, rushing to work with the little eyed beggar.

"Grandpa's future clothes will be washed by me!" Yan Hong smiled and joined the team. make

"Grandpa can make clothes, and I can also help him sew and mend clothes!" Yueyue also smiled happily when she saw Yan Hong's appearance.

"Okay, good, you are all grandpa's good children, or the almighty child king who can do anything! Hahaha......"

The wrinkles of grandpa's laughter became more obvious, and his laughter became more and more vigorous.

Looking at such a grandfather, the children are very happy, as if there is nothing happier than now, they feel the warmth from strangers for the first time, this feeling is so beautiful that it is unforgettable.

There was laughter and laughter in the house, and passers-by were curious.

The neighbor's aunt asked another aunt, "Isn't this old man the only one in this family?" Why are there so many children talking and laughing all of a sudden? ”

The other aunt shook her head, "I don't know, I'm afraid that the old man brought the little beggars on the side of the road home, otherwise why are the little beggars outside gone?" ”

"Hey, this is really not accurate, then why do you say he didn't take him in sooner or later, but at this time?"

"How do I know? Ay! It's not our family's business to care about them. ”

"That's it, it's gone......"

After the two aunts finished speaking, they carried a basket and hurried home.

Soon it will be noon, and now they must hurry home to cook for Xianggong and the child.

The children chatted happily with the grandfather for a long time, and the children only ate some of the food in the basket, but did not eat it completely.

The old man asked curiously, "Eat more when you're hungry, you are still young, and you still have to grow your body!" ”

Yan Hong said: "It's okay, because we are still young, we have a small appetite, we will be full if we eat some, and the rest of the delicious food will ...... Save for the next meal! ”

"It's good, it's good, grandpa's food here, there's not much left......" grandpa sighed and shook his head.

Seeing grandpa like this, Qingtian suddenly remembered what Yanhong had asked the little beggars before, "Grandpa, how do you make money here?" ”

"Make money?"

Grandpa asked rhetorically, and then slowly spoke: "The money here is all in quantity, and it is taken over by the landlord Wang, everything here is what he says, if you want to make money, you have to endure hardship." Grandpa also wanted to go to the mansion of the landlord Wang to be his handyman, and he served him well, so he was willing to reward his grandfather with money......"

After listening to Grandpa's words, the children asked curiously, "How did Grandpa win the favor of the landlord and let the landlord give a reward to Grandpa?" ”

The old man smiled casually and said:

"Grandpa will press his feet. The people in the village often invited me to press their feet, but unfortunately they didn't have much money to do and they couldn't get anything to eat. Later, I didn't know who said a word to me on the landlord's side, so I went to the landlord's place and pressed his feet for him, and every time the landlord was pressed comfortably, he would reward me with some copper coins, and at most ten copper coins could reward me. ”

When the old man said this, he smiled very happily, but the smile was fleeting when he said the beginning of the next sentence, and the grandfather touched his leg and said, "Only then did ...... When the grandfather pressed his feet, he used some strength to press the landlord Wang, and as soon as the landlord was angry, he ordered someone to discount Grandpa's legs......"

"Why is this king landlord like this? Do you still want to hit someone when it hurts? Jumping suddenly felt indignant for his grandfather.

"No wonder grandpa's legs and feet are so bad......" Bai Duo looked at grandpa's legs, and suddenly felt a little distressed.

Grandpa sighed and said:

"So you must not annoy him, his family is powerful, he can have whatever he wants, since he came here, he has been loved by the people of the village, eating fragrant and drinking spicy food, where can he suffer? Can it hurt? Since that lesson, he has completely stopped using his grandfather, and after a long time, his grandfather has been forgotten by the king and landlord......"

Qingtian said: "I want to make money, I want to share some for my grandfather, after all, there are many of us, and it is too hard for grandpa to support us alone, otherwise grandpa, you will teach me to pinch my feet!" ”

Grandpa was relieved to hear Qingtian say this, but finally sighed and shook his head.

"Child, your kindness, grandpa understands it, grandpa can teach you to pinch your feet, but grandpa doesn't support you to go to the king landlord and pinch his feet, you are still young and ignorant, if you offend him, your life may be gone."

"So how are we going to make money?" Yan Hong looked at her grandfather, and finally walked back.

Grandpa asked, "Are you afraid of hardship?" ”

"Don't be afraid!" The children said in unison.

Grandpa: "Okay, good boy! Tomorrow Grandpa will take the three of you older ones to the fields and do some farm work, although they are more sunburned, more tired, and have less money. But this is at least the safest, and grandpa can rest assured. ”

"Grandpa, what about us?" Xiaolong, they suddenly asked.

"You accompany your grandfather at home, when you grow up, you will go out to earn money, and besides, if you are so young, they will not accept you, for fear that you will get into trouble!"

Grandpa grinned and stroked the heads of the other children, smiling happily.