Chapter Twenty-Four: The First Hearing of the Thunder Domain
Just when Tianfu was annoyed that he had not controlled his demon heart well, he wanted to comfort this weak and injured child, thinking about the past, this child was not exactly the same as himself? Even if this road is the wrong one, you can only rush forward and ignore it. Only by constantly moving forward can you feel that you are on the right path, and thus embark on a path of no return. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he should do something to prevent tragedy from happening.
"Big brother, you can help us!" Just as Tianfu was struggling with how to help the child, the child's sudden request made Tianfu even more determined. The child kept sobbing beside Tianfu's legs, grabbed Tianfu's legs, and used all his strength, as if he was afraid that Tianfu's legs would disappear like a dream.
"Don't worry, I'm not leaving. Tell your big brother what's going on?" His temperament has changed greatly, which makes Lotte and Wang Meng next to him also confused.
"Woo~~ My family lives in the Thunderfield, and everyone will come out to rob at this time of year, because at this time of year, the king of the Thunderfield will have to charge a large amount of taxes. At first, everyone could afford it, but the annual exploitation began to be unbearable. The rich become poor, and the poor can only take risks to come out and rob homes. The child cried.
"Then why don't you run away?" asked Lotte suspiciously.
"I, my grandfather and my grandmother are the only ones left at home, and my grandfather and grandmother can't leave when they're old, so I can't leave them alone. The child said resolutely.
"Well, what about the other adults in your family?" Wang Meng asked.
"They're all dead. The child said with a sad face.
"Don't worry, I'll help you. Tianfu looked at the child and said firmly: "I'm sorry, let's go first, I want to help him with this matter." ”
"What's the matter? You can do it alone? Anyway, my brother still has a little time to predict, so let's deal with this kid's matter first. Lotte said.
"I also agree with Lotte's point of view, we can't see death without help, this is against our Dao heart!" Wang Meng also agreed.
"Well, that's what Wang Meng said. You don't have to worry about the wrath of the sky, we'll help you with this. Lotte said.
"Okay. Tianfu said: "Let's solve it as soon as possible and hit the road, try not to delay everyone's time, let's go." ”
So Lotte and his entourage set off towards the thunder domain, in the face of the unknown and mystery ahead, Lotte and his entourage are all high-spirited and walk forward with firm steps, with a fearless heart, to face all the challenges ahead.
Along the way, Lotte and his entourage talked happily with the children, as if the farce just now had never happened. From the small talk, I learned that this child's name is Xiao Zhi, and his family lives on the edge of the Minefield, and there are two old people at home. Although Xiao Zhi is only 10 years old, most of the dirty work and tiring work are done by Xiao Zhi. Xiao Zhi has no parents since he was a child, and he has to be sensible very early, when other children are still coquettish in the arms of their parents, he is already the pillar of the family, and many big and small problems need to be solved by him. In the past few years, life was still very smooth, relying on Xiaozhi's efforts to maintain this stormy little family, and the annual tax can barely get through. But this year, the two old people fell ill one after another, and a large part of the expenses spent on medical treatment were no longer enough to pay this year's taxes. But who would have thought that the plan would be stillborn before it was implemented, and the robbery met the cultivator, Lotte and his party. However, Xiaozhi is also a blessing in disguise, the so-called planting good causes, and getting good results is also this result.
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On the other side, on the edge of the minefield, there is a small village, the people in the village live very hard, early in the morning the villagers began to be busy, early in the morning to go to the field to take care of the dealer, in the afternoon to go to the town to sell some local products, and in the evening back to the village at night. The whole village lives like this, and although it is hard, it cannot but be said that it is also very fulfilling. Until one day, a group of people suddenly came to this remote mountain village, it is said that this is a team from the imperial city, the imperial city sent a total of 100 teams of people, each in different directions to the minefield, they have only one purpose - to collect taxes. In the face of such unreasonable demands, the honest and simple villagers still chose to accept them, but they never thought that from that day on, the nightmare was about to begin, and in the face of heavier and heavier taxes every year, it was actually a very big burden on their lives. People have also changed from being honest and simple at the beginning to being treacherous and stingy. In order to survive, people slowly become mercenary, often fighting for small interests, and sometimes even fighting. Raids and robberies have become commonplace, and the farmland in the fields has been abandoned for an unknown amount of time, and the whole village has fallen into a dead silence.
Early in the morning, two figures appeared at the gate of the village, which were Xiaozhi's grandparents. Since the moment Xiao Zhi left home, his grandparents have stood at the village gate every day waiting for Xiao Zhi's return. They prayed every day that Xiao Zhi would arrive home safely, over and over again, and every night until the early hours of the morning, Xiao Zhi's grandparents did not return home.
"Old woman, I think I'd better go out. Xiaozhi has been here for a few days, I'll go out and have a look. Xiaozhi's grandfather said.
"Go ahead, I'm worried, too. At that time, Xiaozhi didn't listen to the advice and had to go out to find money. I just don't think something is right, so I might as well go and see. Xiaozhi's grandmother said.
Just when the old couple was having a headache for their baby grandson Xiaozhi, a familiar and faint voice came from afar: "Grandpa, I'm back." Although the voice sounded very low, it reached the ears of the old couple like an initiation, and the whole person was in good spirits, like a young man, he couldn't control his emotions, and he shed tears excitedly.
It was Xiao Zhi's voice. Xiao Zhi is back, isn't it, old woman. Xiao Zhi's grandfather said excitedly.
"It must be Xiao Zhi's voice, I can hear this. Xiao Zhi, the dead child, has finally returned. Xiaozhi's grandmother was also excited and couldn't control herself.
Xiao Zhi saw his grandparents standing at the gate of the village from a distance, waiting for him to come back, Xiao Zhi was also sad, and secretly made up his mind that he must not let the old couple be frightened because of him.
"Grandpa, I'm back!" Xiao Zhi hugged the old couple, and the family of three stood at the gate of the village with tears in their eyes and excitement.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" said Xiaozhi's grandfather.
"Do you know you're back?" It's been a few days, don't you mean you'll be back soon? Do you know how worried we are about you!" the grandmother asked.
"There was a little problem, but I fixed it. These are the big brothers I met on the road, Wang Meng, Lotte and Tianfu. Xiao Zhi said awkwardly.
"Mm-hmm, that's the friend you made. At first glance, he is not an ordinary person, thanks to your care for Xiaozhi along the way, I would like to thank you very much. Xiaozhi's grandfather said.
"You see, we're patronizing ourselves and catching up on our old days, and we've left out all the guests. Let's go and sit at home. Xiaozhi's grandmother actively led the Lotte group.