Under the temptation of sugar, the two dolls let down their guard against Xun Shifei.

Xun Shifei could also put it on the shelf, so he sat on the ground and chatted with the two dolls, chatting about delicious food and fun.

Li Zhen smiled and asked, "Boss Peng, take us to your house to have a look." ”

The seven-year-old doll nodded, "Come with me." ”

Tiger head, tiger brain, is cute. It's just that the snot and saliva on the face are flowing and dirty.

Everyone stayed outside, and Li Zhen and Xun Shifei entered the house.

As soon as I entered the house, I smelled a musty smell and was stuffy.

There was a wooden board in the corner of the wall, and an old man had an open mouth, a complicated look on his face that didn't know whether it was pain or what kind of expression, wrapped in the quilt and motionless just breathing.

Hearing a movement in the house, the old man turned his head hard, and saw two strangers led by the village guard, and said in a dumb voice, "Something......"

Mura Bao hurriedly said, "Second uncle, the Prime Minister of the country and Dean Li have come to see you." ”

"Huh? What is the prime minister of the country? What Dean Li? ”

"The prime minister of our country, and President Li of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences. I've come to see you. Dean Li, don't you often say that if your Boss Peng has Dean Li's appearance in the future, you will be able to wake up with a smile under the Yellow Spring? That's Dean Li. ”

The eyes of the old man lying in the quilt suddenly bloomed with a touch of surprise, and he tried hard to stick his head and take a serious look: "You don't frame me, Li, Dean Li can still come here?" ”

"I didn't lie to you. The state should vigorously support the development of Xizhou, and President Li and Prime Minister Xun visited Xizhou all the way. walked to our village, saying that he was going to be at the foot of our village tonight. ”

"Huh? Which one is Dean Li? Forgive the old man's clumsiness. ”

Li Zhen stepped forward: "Don't move, old man, I'm Li Zhen." ”

"You are really Dean Li. Let me tell you, my boss Peng is very smart, he has been smart since he was a child, if he can worship under Dean Li and be a scholar, it would be ......"

Li Zhen smiled helplessly.

After chatting for a while, Xun Shifei asked, "Old man, what is the source of life in the usual house?" ”

Speaking of this, there was a trace of pain in the old man's eyes: "I used to count on the sheep, but now that the sheep are gone, I can't move, where is the source of livelihood." The eldest and second are still young, and I don't dare to leave now, and I don't know what the eldest and second will do if I let go again. ”

"Have any of the children in the family come back over the years?"

"Nope. After giving birth to the second baby, the two left, and the second baby is now five years old and has never returned. I heard that it was dead. ”

After saying this, the atmosphere was a little silent.

At this time, the old man said with some excitement: "Dean Li, I can still move for a while, and I have heard a lot of your stories. You...... Can you take the eldest and the second? The boss is very smart, really, really smart. If he can follow you, even if he is a boy who does chores, as long as he can save his life, I can laugh at Jiuquan. also gave an explanation to the ancestors of the Peng family. ”

"Lingpeng Village is completely empty now. As soon as our old gang dies, this village will be gone. Dean Li, can you do it? ”

The more the old man spoke, the more excited he became, and he yelled angrily: "Come here, kneel down and kowtow to Dean Li." ”

"This ......"

Li Zhen was a little at a loss, he had never encountered such a situation before.

And the two dolls knelt on the ground without saying anything, just kowtow to Li Zhen. Their grandfather didn't speak, they kept knocking, knocking.

When Li Zhen was stunned, the two dolls had already knocked more than a dozen, and the ground was banging.

"That's enough."

Li Zhen hurriedly picked up the two dolls and was silent for a while: "I will find a way out for them." ”

"Really!"

The old man sat up from the bed abruptly.

As the quilt slid down, everyone in the room could see that there was a hole in his chest. It was not wrapped in gauze at all, and the wound was plastered with lime. At the time of the wound, the entire chest was blue-purple and shiny.

Hiss –

Li Zhen and Xun Shifei gasped. This injury is too serious.

I heard that Mura Bao said that he was shot with an arrow last year, could it be that he dragged this injured old man to survive for a year?

At first glance, it was a quack doctor, and he actually sprinkled lime on the wound. Not to mention whether the wound can be treated. Just talking about this severe pain, it is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Li Zhen took two breaths and nodded seriously: "Really." I will arrange for them to go to school, and someone will do it for them later. ”

"Hahaha. Then I'm relieved. Then I'm relieved. 、”

The old man laughed maniacally.

Li Zhen hurriedly said, "Don't get excited, don't pull the wound." ”

"Then I'll be relieved."

"Hahahaha, then I'll be relieved."

Smiling and smiling, the old man slowly lay down, two lines of tears flowed from the old eyes, and muttered, "Then I'll rest assured." ”

The voice gradually weakened: "Rest assured......"

He didn't speak for a long time.

The village guard shouted twice and didn't answer, and when he reached out and touched it, he was already out of breath.

Li Zhen and Xun Shifei were shocked, and their eyes widened and they looked at the old man who said he would leave.

The shock in my heart was incomparable. If you go down in one breath, will you die?

The two brothers threw themselves on the side of the bed, crying loudly, and crying very badly. Those who hear it weep, and those who hear it are sad.

Li Zhen took a deep breath, turned his head and wiped away his tears. And even Xun Shifei was a little red in his eyes at this time.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things in the world, and the two of them should not be so moved after the wind and waves.

But what shocked people was that this old man was shot through the chest with an arrow, and the wound was salted with lime, and he survived for a year. I waited until Li Zhen arrived today and saw that his two grandsons had been settled, so I swallowed it in one gulp.

How strong is this perseverance to hold up this breath?

The people who came in from outside helped dispose of the corpse and take care of the aftermath. And Li Zhen turned around in this house and walked into the kitchen, with an ice pot and a cold stove.

Also, the old man who was able to move was lying on the bed and could not move. How can two dolls use the stove so often?

But what do they eat?

When I opened the cupboard, there was a handful of bark and half a bowl of rice that was tightly sealed.

Shockingly, there was also a roasted rat threaded with a bamboo skewer, which had already been half gnawed......

He didn't want to know how the family had come to be. I feel sad in my heart, and I probably already know why Xizhou is getting poorer and poorer.

Because they are poor, young people are running outside. Those who remained were the elderly and children who had no labor.

So a vicious circle is formed, getting poorer and poorer. It's not clear in the county, at least in most of the rural areas of the western state.

Next door to Mr. Peng's family, there is still an old couple. The old man is a cripple, and the old woman is a madman, and she is even more evil than Peng Lao.

With Xun Shifei's order, all the officials who stayed outside, regardless of rank. Queue up to enter the village and visit from house to house.

A must visit!

Xun Shifei wanted all officials to know that there was a village under their rule, and no one was miserable.

And after the trembling officials visited one by one, there was only silence.

Poverty.

From this day on, these two words just kept coming to everyone's minds......