Chapter 22: Good Intentions
Approaching evening, Gu Tian finally saw the shadow of the town.
Although it is not so remote compared to the place where I used to live, it is on the edge of the extreme western mountain range, and there are still mountains everywhere, but it is a little far away. In this season, the flowers and trees are in full bloom, and the town is lush and green, and the town is full of smoke, especially in the evening, when the afterglow of the sunset shines on the neat town, a peaceful, and it looks like it has a special taste.
Gu Tian also saw some other villages along the road, this road should be a road that villagers in any direction often walk, and some other pedestrians can also be encountered on the way.
Gu Tian walked all the way, and just as he was approaching the town, he saw an old lady sitting on the side of the road. The old man was in rags, with gray hair, and the years had carved deep wrinkles on her face, and she sat helplessly. When people reach their twilight years, they are so depressed that Gu Tian can't help but feel a little sad.
"Old man, are you okay?" Gu Tian walked up to the old lady and asked softly.
The old lady opened her cloudy eyes, raised her head weakly, looked at Gu Tian's kind smile, and said weakly: "I am going to the town to find my son, I haven't eaten for two days, I really can't walk." ”
"Come on, old man, I'll carry you over", Gu Tian saw that the old man was pitiful and decided to help her. Squatted down and tried to lift the old man to himself. Gu Tian found that the old lady's hands, arms, and legs were all abrasions, Gu Tian could not imagine how the old lady came over, Gu Tian was a little annoyed with his son, not fulfilling his filial piety, and being a man in vain.
At sunset, on the way to the town, a teenager and an old man. Such a picture also made Gu Tian sigh many years later, cultivators, cultivation is also cultivating the mind,
Gu Tian was also afraid that the old man would not be able to hold on, so he tried to let himself go faster. As a cultivator, Gu Tian's foot strength was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, so under Gu Tiancan, it didn't take much effort to reach the town.
By the time we arrived in the town, the sun had set, the town had been basking in the scorching sun for a day, and the streets in the evening were still warm from the day. Gu Tian discerned the direction and arrived at a small inn first. Gu Tian ignored the surprised eyes of others, and went straight to find a seat to put the old lady down, and then began to look at this small inn.
The inn is not big, but the living room can also accommodate five or six tables, and now people are not full, but there are people coming one after another, and after a busy day, in the evening everyone will sit together and drink two glasses.
Gu Tian and the old lady simply ordered something together, the thing came up very much, the old lady was moved several times and wanted to cry, even when she ate, she was a little choked, although Gu Tian is now not hungry if she doesn't eat for a few days, but she still habitually eats something.
Just when Gu Tian was eating, a group of people came in from the door, and the old lady next to her looked up, her body trembled violently, and she didn't know that the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground, and she was trembling. Gu Tian found the same as the old lady, stretched out his hand to support the old lady, and followed her gaze to a middle-aged man on the far left of the group of people who had just entered the door, this person was thin, not tall, and ordinary in appearance, the only thing worth mentioning was his eyes, which made people know at a glance that this person was shrewd and not a good person.
"Son, my mother has finally found you", the old lady next to her finally spoke, her voice was a little trembling, she staggered to stand up, her body was unstable and she was about to fall, Gu Tian had been paying attention to the old lady's actions, and when she saw this, she immediately reached out to support her, and helped her to walk in front of the group of people.
The emaciated man was obviously stunned when he saw the old lady in front of him, he didn't expect her to find here, this is dozens of miles away, how could she walk here.
"Son, why haven't you been home for several years, my mother misses you. My mother almost didn't see you this time, but fortunately I met a kind man on the road who brought me with his livestock, and thanks to this young man's help, otherwise my mother wouldn't have seen you," the old lady said and cried.
"Li San'er, this person is your mother", a big man in front spoke. This person's name is Li De, and he is the third oldest of several people in their group, and everyone calls him Li San'er.
At this time, Li San'er's face changed for a while, and when he heard the person's inquiry, he could only answer truthfully.
"Mother, why are you here, my son is saying that I will go back to pick you up in the next few days, let's go, let's go home first." Li San'er looked guilty, stretched out his hand to help the old lady, looked up at Gu Tian, and said with a smile, "Thank you, little brother." The words were very kind, but the gloom in his eyes did not escape Gu Tian's observation.
Li San'er said a few words to a few of them and helped the old lady to go out, Gu Tian also felt that this Li San'er was weird, and after Fu Guo Zhang, he hurriedly followed. The money on Gu Tian's body was still given to him by those people in Pingyang Town when he was leaving.
After Gu Tian went out, it was already a little late, and it gradually got dark, Gu Tian could see at a glance that Li San'er was an ordinary man, without any traces of cultivation, and it was easy to follow him.
Gu Tian followed Li San'er all the way to a small courtyard, and after opening the door and entering, Li San'er still looked left and right outside the door, and then closed the door. The high wall of these two people naturally couldn't help Gu Tian, and climbed up along the wall, Gu Tian didn't rush in, he didn't want to alarm this Li San'er, he wanted to see what kind of reputation this Li San'er was.
After Li San'er led the old lady into the house, her face immediately turned blue, and she pushed the old lady to the ground. began to scold, "You old thing is not good to stay at home, come out and run around." ”
This is a middle-aged woman who came out of the room, although it was night, but Gu Tian's eyesight still saw her face clearly. This woman is slightly fat, her appearance is not outstanding, her eyes are not big, her lips are slightly thin, and she looks like a snarky person. When I went out, I saw that there was one more person in the yard, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be Li San'er and his mother, and her face was immediately full of anger
"Why are you not dead yet, and you can still find here, why didn't you let the wolves eat you on the way!" the woman looked angry, and reached out and slapped the old lady in the face. Li San'er looked at this old woman with gloomy eyes beside him. Isn't it because I don't go back because I think she's a burden, she's good, and she found it by herself, I really don't know what to do.