Hearing the old man's words, Jiang Liu was grateful, Jiang Liu was warm, Jiang Liu sighed, Jiang Liu, who was going to ask the old man's name, gave up this plan, he was really moved. Seeing that this old man was sick in bed, and he had to rely on his grandson to bring him food every day to stay alive, but he wanted to give him half of the porridge he relied on to survive, Jiang Liu really didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he thought that he couldn't eat his uncle's food, he was still young, and it was nothing to be hungry for a few meals, so he hurriedly excused himself and said; "Uncle, when you eat in a while, don't let me, I've already eaten in the restaurant in front."

After listening to Jiang Liu's white lie, the old man immediately laughed, and then said; "You are very shy in this life, so you will really be hungry when you go out, to tell the truth, there is only one relatively large village within a radius of dozens of miles, thirty miles to the south is the big river, twenty miles to the east is Linyuan County, there is a small temple that collapsed not far in front, and the northwest is an endless barren mountain, even if you rush from Linyuan County, you have walked twenty miles, how can you not be hungry when it comes to dinner."

Jiang Liu saw that the old man had seen through his lie, so he said; "Uncle, to tell you the truth, I came all the way from Linyuan County, and when I arrived here, I had to come to spend the night when I saw that it was getting late."

The old man asked him; "Housheng, are you from Linyuan County?"

Jiang Liu replied; "No, my family lives in Zhushan, more than 200 miles away from here."

As soon as Jiang Liu finished saying this, he saw that the door of the house was pushed open, and a young student of eighteen or nineteen years old walked in, holding a crockpot in his hand, and entered the house, and saw that there was one more person inside, so he was stunned for a moment, and the old man immediately said to him when he saw the young descendant; "Ah, there is a guest in our house tonight, and we want to spend the night at home, I don't know how much rice you brought back."

When the young descendant named Ah Xi heard his grandfather's words, he immediately nodded towards Jiang Liu, and continued; "Grandpa, I brought you half an urn of water and rice, but I didn't know that there were guests at home, and I didn't buy any dishes."

The old man sitting on the bed said; "Hey, silly boy, half a jar of water and rice is enough for us to satisfy our hunger, and there are kimchi at home, you take it out, and we will eat water and rice with kimchi, but it's not bad."

At this time, Jiang Liu hurriedly stood up, gave the young descendant a bow, and then said embarrassedly; "Brother, it's really ridiculous, how can I take food from the old man's mouth, I have already eaten, thanks to the old man's refusal, leave me with the help of a night, I am already grateful, let the old man eat."

The young student only smiled when he heard Jiang Liu's excuse, and did not say anything, but picked up three clay bowls and two pairs of chopsticks from a three-legged broken wooden table in the corner of the room, and then fished out half a small bowl of kimchi from a clay pot placed on the table, and then he poured out two bowls of porridge from the clay pot he had brought back, and he first sent a bowl of porridge to the old man sitting on the bed, and said something; "Grandpa, eat."

Then, he handed another bowl of porridge to Jiang Liu, and the old man said; "Hou Shengzi, eat quickly, you're welcome, we'll rest after eating, you still have to hurry at dawn."

At this time, Jiang Liu was already hungry and exhausted, even when talking to the grandfather and grandson in front of him, he was strong, this point, the grandfather and grandson had already observed, so they let him eat a bowl of porridge, seeing that the old man had already picked up the rice bowl, and also looked at Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu couldn't help but pick up the bowl of porridge in front of him, the old man nodded with him, and began to eat, Jiang Liu put the rice bowl to his mouth, and drank the bowl of porridge in one breath, When the young descendant saw Jiang Liu's embarrassed appearance, he knew in his heart that the borrower in front of him must have been hungry for a few days, otherwise he would not have drunk a bowl of porridge in one go, so he looked at his grandfather who was still eating porridge, and the grandfather nodded and motioned for him to pour all the porridge in the clay pot to Jiang Liu.

At this time, Jiang Liu, after a bowl of porridge was in his stomach, he had some strength, and he said; "Let's leave this bowl of rice for the old man to eat."

The old man, who was still drinking porridge, immediately said; "In the future, where can I, a person who is about to die, eat so much food, you can eat him all."

Jiang Liu was grateful, and ate all the porridge in the bowl, and when the old man on the bed finished eating, the young descendant, holding the empty clay pot, hurried away without saying anything, and saw his figure go out of the house, and the old man said; "My grandson is really a hard-working baby, less than 14 years old to work for a large family, just turned 18 this year and became a good way to plant rice fields, if he didn't feed me, I would have starved to death."

After the old man said these words, he saw that Jiang Liu had already set up a bed under his bed, and had already laid down on it, so he did not speak again, and Jiang Liu's head had just touched the bed, and he fell asleep.

The next day, when the sun had risen very high, Jiang Liu woke up, and when he saw that the old man was still lying on the bed, his mind moved, and he changed his mind again, and said to the old man; "The younger generation thanks the old man for staying overnight and eating, and when the younger generation finishes the things in hand, he will definitely come back home to repay the old man's kindness."

The old man lay on the bed and said; "Speaking of which, it's really embarrassing, until now my grandson hasn't come to deliver the meal, I think it must be his host hasn't cooked yet, I don't know when the guest officer will leave, if he leaves a moment later, my grandson will be able to deliver breakfast."

Jiang Liu hurriedly made another long bow for the old man, and then said; "The younger generation still has to go to the county government to report to the official, don't leave it here, and the future will be long."

At this time, Jiang Liu stretched out his hand to his inner arms and wanted to take out some money, but when he put his hand into his arms, he remembered that he didn't even have a single money on him, but he had that bag of gold, and he couldn't move it, so he lowered his head and said; "Uncle, I'm really sorry, I can't repay it today, and when I finish reporting to the official, I will come back to thank you."

After saying this, Jiang Liu hurriedly left the old man who was lying on the bed, he first came to a well in the village, washed his hands and face, drank enough well water, and inquired with the person who was drawing water at the well to understand the way to the county seat, and hurried to the county seat.

Jiang Liu carried a small bamboo tube, holding a cloth bag containing gold in his hand, and came to the county government office hungry It was already afternoon, at this time, Jiang Liu was already thirsty and hungry, he originally wanted to find a restaurant to eat simply, but he knew that he was penniless, so he had to dispel that idea, but went straight to the county office, heard the news of the official on duty, he wanted to go in to report to the official, can you give him a briefing.

The servant glanced at him and asked impatiently; "Report to the official, bring the report first, and then I can go in and report it."

Jiang Liu hurriedly said; "My lord, I am a scholar, I was robbed by robbers on the way home, and now I am penniless, and I cannot buy pen, ink and paper for writing."

When the official heard Jiang Liu say this, he immediately became angry and said; "You poor ghost, get out of here, if you don't get out, beware of Lao Tzu throwing you into prison."

From the morning, Jiang Liu just drank a stomach of cold water, and then walked more than 20 miles, then rushed to the county seat, now it is past ten noon, Jiang Liu is really afraid that he will not be able to stand up and faint on the street, so he looked at the official again, but the official has already turned around, whistling, eyes staring at the back of the girl's buttocks, refusing to leave, Jiang Liu understands, at this time it is best not to disturb the officer, if it really spoils his good deeds, maybe he will be arrested by that guy indiscriminately, helpless, Jiang Liu had no choice but to leave the gate of the county government in a huff.

Jiang Liu held a bag of gold, but he didn't dare to spend it and couldn't spend it, so he had to stand in the place where people came and went, and wrote a line of big characters on the ground with his finger; "The first scholar was unfortunately robbed, penniless, and could not sue the official."

Jiang Liu's writing on the ground was not read at all, there was not much effort, and the passers-by trampled on the words he wrote on the ground to the point that they could not be written, Jiang Liu had to squat down and write again on the ground, and while he was writing, a person with a lupine scarf stood beside him, and when he saw the sixteen big characters he wrote on the ground, he nodded again and again; "Your handwriting is neat and beautiful, with three points of literary brilliance, and you seem to be a reader."

Jiang Liu saw that there was finally a person next to him, looking at the outfit, he was definitely not an ordinary person, he was not an official but also like a rich and powerful outsider, and he was also sure that he was a scholar, which showed that the person who came was very unusual, so he immediately hugged his fists and said; "Thanks to the mercy of the adults, the little one is just a scholar who has just returned from the Jiangzhou Mansion after failing the exam, because of bad luck, he met a robber on the river in front of him, and looted all the small coils and clothes, and the small one had no choice but to come to report to the official, but the official didn't let the little one go in to see the county commander, so helpless, the little one had to stand here and ask for help!"

The man asked, after listening to Jiang Liu's words; "Who are you, why don't you go home after the exam, but you end up here."

Jiang Liu hurriedly replied; "The small is the Zhushan County people, after going to Jiangzhou Mansion to catch the exam, because of the concern for the old father who was alone at home, he hired a small boat and went home by water, because he could walk home by water from Jiangzhou to take a day less, which Cheng wanted to hire a thief boat, and the two people on the boat took advantage of the small coma at night, and sailed the boat into the river fork, and then, the two robbers tied up the villain, and blocked the small mouth with rags, and then they sailed the boat to the shore and picked up a robber, After the three robbers conspired to rob the little man of the money and belongings, he returned to the boat to drink, and the little one took advantage of their drunken and sleepy moments, and broke the rope that bound the little man, and fled from the boat to the shore, panicked, and ran to a dilapidated small temple, and the three robbers found that the little one had escaped, so they chased all the way up, and the little one hid in the wild grass behind the small temple, and the three robbers also chased into the wild grass, and the remaining one fled in fright. ”

Just as Jiang Liu was telling, there were already a lot of people around him, and the official-looking man saw that there were more people watching the excitement, so he said to Jiang Liu; "What you just said is very bizarre, I think there must be a lot of unknown plots hidden here, I don't think it's as good as this, you come with me, let's go to the restaurant in front, I will let you eat enough, provide you with pen and ink, you write all this, tomorrow morning when the county magistrate ascends to the court, you will submit the form."