"Brother Tassel, what should we do now. Xiao Liu Yan helplessly took Li Tassel's hand.

Looking at the scorched earth, Li Liusu's heart fluctuated, as if his brain was about to crack, and the feeling that his soul was about to be knocked out of this body turned in an instant.

In the midst of nothingness, there was darkness all around, but Li Tassel saw himself sitting cross-legged, this figure, this hands and feet, seemed to have returned to the appearance of his own world, and he just wanted to get up but felt unable to move. A teenager of more than ten years appeared in front of him, and it was Li Tassel, the original owner of this body. Just wanted to ask, but the original owner shouted: "Help me avenge, help me avenge, I died so unjustly, they all died so unjustly." But he saw that the original owner's seven orifices were bleeding, which was extremely terrifying, and he rushed towards Li Tassel with a hideous face.

"Ah", Li Tassel woke up in a cold sweat, and the terrifying picture of Fang Cai was vivid. But seeing a strange place around, what did Fang just dream about, this should obviously be the original owner

"This, where is this? Li Tassel got up and asked. Looking at the simple and strange wooden house, there was only a broken cabinet in the room except for the bed where he was lying.

"Brother Tassel, you're finally awake. Seeing that Xiao Liu Yan was beside her, looking anxious, she should be worried about her coma, Li Liusu was a little relieved, and reached out and pinched her little face to show relief, Fang Cai's dream was too realistic, the original owner in the dream seemed to be shouting at himself, what was the situation? I saw a short and thin old man walking into the inner room, his face was wrinkled like a knife, and he had a small white beard. Dressed in a torn leather jacket, it is the old man who is a talented scavenger.

"Grandpa, where is this?" Li Liu asked, only then did he feel that he had just gotten up too fast, and he seemed to feel a little dizzy.

"Lie down first, little baby", the old man hurriedly motioned for Li Tassel to lie down, and then said: "This is my home, Chen Jiagou, I just saw you faint suddenly, so I let you and your sister come to me first, it must be too sad, I have also heard a little about your Li family village, it is really unfortunate." ”

"I see that you are still young, and suddenly you are homeless, and you must have nowhere to go, the little old man happens to have no relatives and no reason, why don't you two brothers and sisters live with me first, and be a companion with my little old man first. The old scavenger said with a smile.

Li Tassel thought that there was nowhere to go, and seeing that this old man was also kind-hearted and not a traitor, he and Xiao Liu Yan stayed temporarily.

The old man's name is Chen Zhong, and the villagers of Chenjiagou call him Chen Rag, because he is lame and has no children and no daughters, he can only look around for some rags, and search for some leftovers and wild fruits everywhere to make a living. Seeing Li Tassel and Liu Yan so pitiful, he also felt a sense of pity, it is much better to have someone as a companion than to be alone.

Chen Zhong limped, made an exception to the village to buy some fresh vegetables, and made a few taels of wine, "I am happy today, and I also made a few taels of wine." Chen Zhong was as happy as a child.

"Knock knock. Just as Chen Zhong was immersed in joy, the dilapidated wooden door was violently knocked. Chen Zhong's face changed slightly. motioned to Li Tassel and Xiao Yanagi Yan to stay silent in the inner room.

Chen Zhong went out tremblingly and opened the door, "Cripple Chen, I heard that I got two children somewhere, and I went to Lao Wang's house to drink a few taels, what's the matter, I have made a fortune recently." But I heard an arrogant voice coming from the outer hall. There seemed to be several people listening to the footsteps coming in

"Master Hong, Steward Hong, you have a few more days, a few more days. Chen Zhong pleaded.

"Grace, how many days has this grace been for? We don't have the patience anymore, I see that you have nothing in this shabby house, or you can pay off the debts with those two children," said the men, ignoring Chen Zhong's pleading, and broke into the house.

The leader is a tall and thin middle-aged man, with a roe head and rat eyes, and a treacherous appearance, which must be the Hong manager in Chen Zhong's mouth. He was followed by two thug-like retinues.

"Yo, these two children are good, they look very well-behaved, they happen to be raised in the house, and they will be maids and housekeepers for the little master in the future. The Hong steward looked at Li Tassel and Liu Yan with a wicked smile.

"Please, Steward Hong, don't, please. Then Chen Zhong hurriedly rushed in, knelt on the ground and grabbed Steward Hong's thigh and begged for mercy.

"Cripple Chen, you are abducting children, if you report to the county master, these two children can't tell the origin, but it is a capital crime. Steward Hong threatened, Steward Hong knew that the family of the lame man had already died because of some things, and now only the lame man was left alone, these two children must have an unknown origin, abducting children in Dahua is a serious crime, just take this opportunity to get rid of a hundred, can occupy the more than 20 acres of land of the lame man.

"Look at how I can still kidnap them like this, they are children from a foreign country, separated from their families, and I happened to bump into them, so they were placed in their homes first. Chen Zhong explained. Naturally, I didn't dare to say that it was the children of Lijia Village next door, otherwise I would have to arrest them and burn them.

"Did this old man arrest you, children, don't be afraid, we are good people. Steward Hong said with a grin.

"We came from a foreign country, separated from our family, and it was this kind grandfather who took us in. Li Liusu explained, I thought he was really a child, and he was a human being in two lives, and when he saw that this Hong Steward was the kind of person who bullied men and women.

"That's right. Seeing that this plan could not be achieved, Steward Hong was suddenly annoyed in his heart, "Cripple Chen, you say, what should you do if you owe us labor fees, if you don't pay it today, sign and draw a pledge, and sell the 20 acres of broken land to us, discounting it by 100 taels, except for the 50 taels of labor fees you owe this year, there are exactly 50 taels left." ”

"One hundred taels, this field is the ancestral field handed down from generation to generation in my family, even if I, Chen Zhong, starve to death, I can't sell this ancestral field, and now this kind of fertile land on the market has to be priced at least five or six taels and one mu." Chen Zhong cried.

"Five or six taels of one acre? Is this broken field worth five or six taels? This one hundred taels of harvested these fields can be regarded as for your own sake, besides, you have all lost your children and grandchildren, what do you want this ancestral field to do? Steward Hong said with a playful smile.

Li Tassel's original owner's memory is not very clear about money, this teenager has probably seen a few pennies, but thinking about the silver taels that Liu Ji gave him today, it seems that there should be a few taels, so he groped out of his body and said, "Look, are these enough?"

Steward Hong was originally determined to bully this cripple Chen today, and he had already tried every means to occupy more than 20 acres of fertile land of Chen lame, and he didn't think that Chen lame could take out two taels of silver, but seeing that this kid had seven or eight taels of broken silver in his hand, although it was not enough to pay for this labor, he was also strange, how could this kid still carry these silvers.

Li Liusu shook in front of the Hong Steward and said, "This Hong Steward took a step to speak. "That Hong Guan was also stunned, this child is young, but his tone is so old, but this Chen lame man's house is so big in one room, where to borrow a step.

Seeing that there were silver taels, Steward Hong's eyes were still green, Li Tassel walked to the corner, and the Steward Hong also came over, Li Tasue said in a low voice: "Steward Hong, you are also collecting money for people to collect land, although I don't know which house you are high at, but this is running around, that is, for a few taels of broken silver, you see that this old man can't take out these silver taels, it is better for me to hand over the silver taels in my hand to you, and then a year and a half of grace, this should be filial piety to you, how much should be given in the future." "Li Tassel is a human being, so he naturally knows how to observe words and feelings, and the biggest weakness of villains like Steward Hong is that he is cheap.

Steward Hong didn't expect this little child to be able to say this, but thinking about it, if this matter is done, then the old man will not be able to reward a few rewards, and this is not all to help the Lin Mansion add more than 20 acres of fertile land. It's thankless to yourself, and now there are seven or eight taels of silver in front of you, and such trivial things drag on for a year and a half to collect them, and naturally no one tracks them down.

"I'm thinking of your good intentions, and this Chen lame man is also lucky. As he spoke, Steward Hong put all the silver taels in Li Liusu's hand into his cuffs, coughed dryly, and pointed at Chen Zhong and said, "If you are lucky, then I will come back to you in half a year to ask you to collect it." With that, he swaggered away with his two attendants and satisfied.

Chen Zhong was a little speechless for a while, thinking that today's Hong Guan Shi was so aggressive, he must be prepared to come, but he didn't expect to be dissolved by Li Tasu like this, and he could also think that Li Tasu must have given the silver taels in his hand to Hong Guan Shi, and suddenly had some mixed feelings.

"Grandpa, why are you crying. Xiao Yanagi pouted and said a little overwhelmed.

"Well, grandpa just got sand in his eyes. Li Liusu touched Liu Yan's head.

"Grandpa, listen to this Hong steward, you have more than 20 acres of fertile land in your hands, so how can you be in such a predicament. "More than 20 acres of land, if one person owns it in any dynasty, it is naturally quite rich. Presumably, the food produced in this world is about the same. Li Tassel said secretly in his heart

Chen Zhong originally treated Li Tassel as an ordinary child, but he just talked with Steward Hong and behaved in the world, but now looking at Li Tasu's conversation and eyes, he is not like a teenager.

Chen Zhong sighed, looked at an unwound broken bow on the wall, and said: "This matter starts from a few years ago, our Chenjiagou is not richer than your Lijia Village, there are many people and more fields, and our Chenjiagou cultivates less land, and our family of more than 30 people has obtained these 20 acres of land, and it is impossible to feed this big mouth, so since the child grows up to the age of fourteen, he will go out to hunt and subsidize the family, the male will hunt, and the female dependents will farm at home, which will also solve the situation of not having enough to eat." ”

The place of hunting is the nearby mountain, called Mang Mountain, it is rumored that this mountain is a snake god, so everyone only dares to hunt in the peripheral generation, but that year, the year of the great drought, the crops in the field are not harvested, when the winter comes, and the sky is full of snow, plus the government needs to pay the field tax, dare not pay, there is no living creature in the forest, a whole year of starvation and freezing, our family is really unable to live, as a result of the discussion, then and the other family next door, that is, another family surnamed Chen, together decided that everyone regardless of men, women and children to go hunting together in the inner enclosure, to survive that winter。 ”

I have always heard the old man here say that the inner enclosure of Mangshan is a forbidden place, and there is no return to hunting inside, and when it comes to the inner enclosure, the people in the village are silent about it, but they just say that they can't go in, especially the elderly people, who are even more frightened.