The old grandmother raised her eyes and smiled: "Yes, now it is also considered a rich party, but there are many white bones, who can pay back my son, my two sons were under the command of General Xiao back then, and they can be regarded as dependent, but I can't imagine that they will disappear overnight." ”

"The old lady is also a person with deep knowledge, otherwise she would not have let her three sons go to the battlefield." Grandma Dongzi saw that the woman did not plan to reply to her words, so she said vaguely and perfunctorily, waiting for the rain to stop and then find someone else to ask, things always have to be settled.

"My sister is really good at laughing, I'm just an uninformed rural woman, rural people have no other way out, they don't all fight for a future, but unfortunately the future is not spelled out, but the life is given." The old grandmother smiled bitterly.

"Grandma, maybe they're still alive, don't be too sad." Duanmu said suddenly.

The old woman glanced at Duanmu Crispy and said: "I was the same as you at the beginning, holding the idea that they are still alive, they want to see people in life and corpses in death, so I stubbornly waited for fifteen years, but I can't afford to wait, and I don't want to wait, old woman." ”

Probably the silence is greater than the death of the heart.

Li Xin straightened the old grandmother and said, "Grandma, you are waiting for a year, if there is no news, I will come here to pick you up next year and this year, and give you a pension, okay?" ”

Duanmu walked to the old grandmother with a pout, and said: "Grandma must also be a deaf and clear-sighted person, as she said, you wait another year, and the Duanmu family will definitely give you an explanation when the time comes, okay?" ”

Duanmu Crispy spoke earnestly, so that the old grandmother raised her eyes and looked at Duanmu Crispy in confusion and said: "Actually, that fire was put by myself, this year I have died for the third time, and the people in the village are also commonplace, but when the fire reaches the bedside, I regret it again, in case they are still alive and can't find my mother when they come back." ”

"No one gave them Zhang Luo's family affairs, what if the corpses were found, if I left like this, there would be no one to pick up the bones for them, and I was unwilling to run out with a few pieces of clothing."

Duanmu shook the old grandmother's hand with emotion and said, "I believe that the Duanmu family will give you an explanation, shall we wait another year?" ”

The old woman looked at them hesitantly, but finally nodded.

A man in a lily robe suddenly ran in the temple, dripping with water all over his body, Li Xin and the others were already vigilant, the man took off his lily robe and said: "Grandma Qi, I'm thinking about you here, it's stormy outside, I'll wait for the rain to be lighter before I come to look for you." ”

The old woman stood up and whispered, "There's Laurie, it's right." ”

There was a glance at Li Xin and them, although there were doubts in their eyes, they still didn't approach, just walked up to Grandma Qi and said, "Go back when the rain is light, I'll let the villagers repair your house again, it's better to die than to live." ”

"Jean Satoma smiled." The grandmother may have listened to what Li Xin and Duanmu Sushu said just now, and her eyes also shone a little.

"How many of you are here to find a merchant family, right??"

Grandma Dongzi seemed to see hope, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My daughter is indeed married locally, and she returned to her parents' house with her granddaughter who is less than a month old more than a month ago. ”

Li Zheng waved his hand and said: "The heavy rain just now, the front collapsed, I think I can't get through today, I have to wait for a few days the road is repaired, and the ox cart can pass, I have met the child a few times in Chuqing, he is a kind and upright person, and the business is also a good boy, but it's a pity." ”

"It's a pity, is something wrong with my son-in-law's family?" Grandma Dongzi asked regardless of the image, grabbing Li Zheng's hand.

Li Zheng can also understand the worry of the mother: "The business camp is happy for his wife, but he is happier than anyone else, he went up the mountain every day to hit stones more than a month ago, and he crushed his legs, and he didn't dare to go down the mountain, so her mother sent Chu Qing away, and then went down the mountain."

Lang Zhong said that he couldn't keep it, he was afraid that Chu Qing would come after him, and he hastily moved, by the way, there were fifty taels of silver tickets for me, and the book was also there, and I was asked to send it to Fangjia Village in two months. ”

"And do you know where they moved?" Li Xin also asked anxiously.

Li Zheng shook his head: "They are all strong children, I will go to find things for you tomorrow, and if you want to come to the business camp, the child will figure it out in the future, and he will find it back." ”

Li Zheng also saw their embarrassment and said: "You can live in this temple first, and when the road is repaired, you can pass, although the village is barren, but it is still okay to eat sweet potatoes." ”

"Rest, I'll bring you some food later." Li Zheng originally wanted to pick up Grandma Qi, but the old grandmother insisted on being in the broken temple.

Li Zheng is also a man of words, and in the evening, he really sent a small plate of dried sweet potatoes.

The old grandmother didn't directly hand the dried sweet potatoes to Li Xin, but just took a few and ate them and said: "Li Zheng, this person has more mouths than usual, he is still a good person, the kind of person with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, although this thing is not as good as rice, it is also the best food." ”

Li Xin also picked up a dried sweet potato and ate it and asked, "Is your main food sweet potato?" ”

"Some fields at the entrance of the village can still grow some wheat, but everyone is reluctant to eat it, they all take it tightly to exchange for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and it is good to eat sweet potatoes, which is better than eating leaves, grass roots, and starving to death." Xu is sweet potato is dry and hard, and the grandmother bit it a few times without biting.

But he was still reluctant to throw it away, and he still held it in his hand.

"Grandma, do you still have fresh sweet potatoes?" Li Xin asked

Li Xin thought that there should be no more this season, but he didn't expect the old grandmother to nod and say: "In winter, every household digs it up, and it will be dried into sweet potatoes, made into sweet potato rice to eat, and will also be cellared, and those who have not opened the cellar still have fresh sweet potatoes." ”

The old woman stood up, carefully put the unbitten dried sweet potato in her pocket and said: "Our Youxi Village, although the name is good, but it lacks fertile land, and only cold-tolerant sweet potatoes can be grown.

"I eat too many sweet potatoes, and people are heartburned, so the young strong man has to find another way out, and my three sons also left their hometown in order to earn a way out, or who wants to wander in a foreign land."

Li Xin didn't speak, but just helped the old grandmother to rest on the edge of the straw, approached Grandma Dongzi and said, "Grandma, don't worry, tomorrow I will take the book and go back to Fangjia Village, as long as it is still on the ground of the Glory Country, Uncle Zhong will have a way to find people out for you." ”

Grandma Dongzi listened to Li Xin's words, and nodded helplessly, the matter has come to this point, and it can only be taken one step at a time.

The next day, it was dawn, and Li Zheng came over with some sweet potato porridge, "Grandma Qi, your house, I have already summoned the villagers to repair it, you can go home at night, don't do such stupid things in the future." ”

Grandma Qi nodded and said, "Don't do such stupid things, I'll wait, the two girls have said that my son can come back." ”

"Do you still have fresh sweet potatoes at home?" Li Xin suddenly asked without thinking.

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