Chapter 321: Mortal Heart

readx; Zhou Xiaofei walked on foot for a long, long time according to Granny Flame's explanation, but he still didn't see the village in Granny Flame's mouth. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Maybe it's because Granny Blaze hasn't been here for a long time, the village has moved, maybe something big has happened.

Maybe the village doesn't exist anymore.

Zhou Xiaofei didn't use magic to move, just walked quietly. He would sometimes look behind him, but in fact, the cave had long been blocked by the heavy mountain, and the out-of-the-world place where the stone cave was located disappeared from view, as if there was no such place at all.

However, Zhou Xiaofei is not worried that he can't find anything, because he doesn't seem to think about anything along the way, but he has a deep memory of everything around him. Even if he met any wild beasts, wild fruits and strange flowers and plants, he remembered them.

After walking for three days, Zhou Xiaofei finally found a rugged mountain path in a distant mountain stream.

The world says: The more people walk, the more it becomes the road. Where there are roads, it means that there must be a lot of people. At this time, Zhou Xiaofei had some enlightenment, and he was here to find people.

When he was very young, he had the idea that the world would be enough if there were only two people, himself and his grandfather.

At that time, he hated everyone in the village, and now he is still rejected by many people.

But he seemed to feel that he had lost the idea of rejecting everything at the beginning, maybe it was because he had met more people, Zhao Yi and them, Liu Lu and them, Fanny and Granny Flame, and Wei Ye Golden Retriever Lion King......

There are many people in this world who are not so bad, and exclusion should be selective, not absolute.

Grandpa used to like to say: When you feel that you can see everything clearly, you have grown up.

Although Zhou Xiaofei didn't feel that he could see everything clearly, he suddenly had a feeling that he was slowly growing up. Although the feeling was faint and boundless, he definitely felt that he was in the process of changing.

Zhou Xiaofei walked along the path, and after a while, he finally heard a dog barking at the foot of the mountain, and there was a chat about the green smoke drifting away from a bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Xiaofei saw a small village, where children gathered to play together, women gathered under the eaves to do needlework and chat quietly, and sometimes there was laughter.

Zhou Xiaofei's approach was the first to alarm the dog, originally it was just a few roars, but as Zhou Xiaofei got closer and closer, the dog's barking became more urgent and more crazy.

For a while, all this beauty and tranquility were broken by the uninvited guest Zhou Xiaofei.

All the children stood up and looked at Zhou Xiaofei, and the woman also looked at Zhou Xiaofei inexplicably.

"What is this place called? ”

Zhou Xiaofei's voice seemed to sober up all the astonished people, and a lady who was sewing clothes looked at her, and then said to Zhou Xiaofei: "Which rich son are you, right? Why did you get lost and come to our village? It's far away from the big town." ”

"My dad said we called Stone Mountain here, and we have rocks everywhere. One child said innocently.

"Iron and stone come here!"

The lady who mended her clothes called out to the child who was called Iron and Stone.

"Okay, I won't bother!" Zhou Xiaofei was about to leave after speaking.

"You?...... Really lost?"

Zhou Xiaofei stopped and said lightly: "Yes, I just want to know what kind of place this is, and then I can determine how far away it is from home." ”

Everyone began to sympathize with Zhou Xiaofei, and some people began to discuss.

Shi's mother looked at Zhou Xiaofei for a while, and he didn't look like a bad person, so she believed Zhou Xiaofei's words, and said to Zhou Xiaofei: "We are called Shishan here, and it is a name taken by the people in our village themselves. If I come back, I can take you to town, you're from town, right? How long have you been lost? You must be hungry, right? Come to my house, I'll cook you some food, come on, don't be afraid, huh?"

The mother of the iron stone put down the work in her hand, came up and pulled the iron stone with one hand, and pulled Zhou Xiao to fly to a stone house with the other.

Zhou Xiaofei didn't say anything, and was pulled by her to follow behind.

The whole village has returned to its former peace and tranquility. The joy of the children's games, the laughter of the ladies in the intervals of their chats, the occasional snorting of the old yellow dog, the fowl scrambling for food surrounded by the fence.

The whole thing doesn't seem to have changed because of Zhou Xiaofei's appearance.

Or maybe only the Iron Stone family has changed, because the other ladies are chatting, but Iron Stone's mother is busy with this strange child who came from afar. She thought that this kid was lost, he must be hungry, but when she opened the cupboard, there was nothing to entertain, so she sifted through it for a while, and seemed to have already figured out how to entertain Zhou Xiaofei.

"We're poor here, and we don't have much to entertain, are you hungry? ”

After a busy while, the mother of iron and stone brought a steaming meal and said to Zhou Xiaofei cordially.

Zhou Xiaofei looked at the iron stone that had been sitting beside him staring at him, and handed him a pair of chopsticks: "Iron stone?!! let's eat together!"

"You're a guest, you eat, eat!" said Iron Stone.

"You're not hungry?" Zhou Xiaofei asked with a smile.

Iron Stone blinked, walked to the kitchen to bring a bowl, and grinned, "Okay! ”

Iron and Stone, who had already been busy in the kitchen, came out at this time and said, "Stone, don't grab the poached eggs, it's the guest's." ”

Just a poached egg in a bowl.

The iron and stone chopsticks had just caught the plump and steaming poached egg and had to stop.

Zhou Xiaofei smiled and sandwiched the poached egg into the iron stone bowl, and gave a look, and the iron stone ate it quickly.

Zhou Xiaofei knew that with his arrival, the poached eggs in Tieshi's house might be the best food. This is a very simple family, very good to themselves. From beginning to end, they never questioned their words, did not ask about their background, and did not test their family background. It's just a guess, "Which rich boy are you?" and "You're from town, aren't you?"

And after guessing, it seemed that he had already confirmed everything about himself, and immediately because he guessed that he was lost, he was "hungry" and entertained himself with his best things.

All this made Zhou Xiaofei feel extremely warm, it seems that when he returns to his grandfather and home, he also feels the same way, right?

Zhou Xiaofei still had a lot of gold coins in the magic guide that he had taken out of the money bank before, and this iron stone and his mother's kindness to him made him want to buy some gifts for them.

"Is there a shop around here?" asked Zhou Xiaofei.

"Do you want to buy something? We don't have anything in the village, I just know that there are a lot of shops in the town anywhere else, and I haven't been there. It's always been Ironstone's dad who went to town to buy something. Iron and stone said.

"Brother, my dad said there are a lot of good food and fun in town, right?" asked Iron Stone.

"Well, yes, what do you want? I'll buy it for you. Zhou Xiaofei said.

"You don't know the way back, how do you buy it?" said Iron Stone with a wink.

Zhou Xiaofei was indifferent, smiling and looking at the iron stone.

"It doesn't matter if you get lost, when Iron and Stone and his father come back, he will take you to the town, there are many people in the town who are familiar with the road. It doesn't matter where your home is, those people know.

You live in our house these days, you must have learned a lot of things from a rich family, and you will educate him and let him learn something useful if you live with you for a few days.

You should be a few years older than the stone, but I feel that the people who have seen the market are different, and you can see it at a glance when you talk and do things. We, the children of the poor ravine, compare them with you, and you are in heaven, and we are all on earth. ”

"Aunt is polite, then I will stay for a few days, thank you so much. ”

Tie Shi Niang said this, Zhou Xiaofei thought that he couldn't shirk, it seems that the children in the village are even more miserable than they were at the beginning.

I wanted to study when I was very young, but I was despised by children of the same age, and even the teachers who taught in the village looked down on me, so I didn't go to a private school, but fortunately I had a grandfather to teach and read. And this iron stone is not as good as his own, and it seems that the other children in the village have no books to read.

"Shi his father went to the quarry in the mountains, and I heard that the town was building something in Kuan, and he asked for more stones, and it happened that people in our village knew this craft, so he was recruited. In the past, Shi Shi's father could earn more than a dozen copper coins, but last month he actually earned more than a dozen silver coins! Hehe, this time the men in the village have all made a lot of money. ”

Iron Stone smiled happily, as if remembering a dozen glowing coins and forgetting his poor years. She suddenly remembered Zhou Xiaofei who came over, and said, "But don't worry, they don't always care about making money." There is a rule there, you have to rest for a few days every other month, I heard that the quarried stones are to be sent out, and the quarrying is not allowed in the stone quarry, and the excess manpower is rushed home, and I will go back next month.

Alas, if you want to make more money, no one else will let you go, and there are officers and soldiers guarding you. ”

"Oh, that's fine, you can come back and have a good time together as a family. Zhou Xiaofei said.

"yes! I'm still worried about his health rather than making money. Don't work hard to earn money and hurt your bones, there are three long and two short, and the poor don't have money to treat the disease. ”

"Is there no village near this village, have you always lived here?" Zhou Xiaofei asked.

"There are more than a dozen families in this village, and our ancestors were carvers of a wealthy family a long time ago. The rich man was in the business of stone carving, and later the owner offended some powerful people. Our ancestors were also innocently implicated, so they fled for their lives, and they fled for their lives all the way here. After many years, the enemy family has not been found, and it can be regarded as avoiding the disaster. ”

Zhou Xiaofei couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this, just like himself, he was a hard-working person who fled to avoid disasters.

"Iron Stone wants to read, although I don't know much, but I will teach him to read and write. Zhou Xiaofei looked at the iron stone and said.

"Thank you so much, when his father comes back, I'll ask him to pay you for teaching. ”

"You don't need money, if you really give money, then I will eat and live in your house, and I will also count the money for you. Zhou Xiaofei said with a smile.

"Hehe! Our food is not worth much, hehe! I don't know your name, Childe. Iron and stone follow the teacher, but you can know the teacher's name. ”

Zhou Xiaofei thought about it and said, "My surname is Zhan, and my name is Fei." My aunt just called me Xiaofei. ”

"Iron stone, kowtow to Teacher Zhan and recognize the teacher. ”

The iron and stone elf immediately knelt in front of Zhou Xiaofei and kowtowed, "Meet you, Teacher Zhan!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, just meet the teacher and meet the teacher, what a disciple, weird. ”

Tie Shi's mother admonished Tie Shi, and then said to Zhou Xiaofei: "This kid, you are used to mingling with the children in the village, and you don't know the rules when you speak. They often play some fake dramas of fighting and killing between masters and apprentices, and I don't understand the rules of this apprenticeship, so it's better not to worry about Teacher Zhan."

Zhou Xiaofei hurriedly replied: "It's nothing, I haven't been a teacher either, so I don't need to talk about any rules." Iron and stone hurry up, as a teacher, I should have given you books, but I was also in a hurry, I didn't prepare anything, I will make up for it when I go to the town in the future, I will use a few coins here as a meeting gift. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Xiaofei touched his waist, and a few gold coins were sent to Tie Shi's hand and helped him up.

When the Iron and Stone Mother saw the glittering gold coin, she was stunned for a moment, and she had no words or movements.

She thought that her husband would only have a dozen silver coins a month in the quarry, which was the most money the family had earned in all these years. But in front of her, the iron stone knelt down and kowtowed to get the gift of several gold coins? She was already shocked to a certain extent, and she was at a loss. Where did she have this mental preparation, called the iron and stone apprenticeship, but attracted a lot of money.

The husband couldn't save more than two gold coins in a year of work, and even if he saved a considerable amount of coins, they were all trivial coins and copper coins. For the convenience of buying things, it is rarely exchanged for gold coins, so not to mention that someone will give it, even if it is difficult to see it, she is at a loss for this, as if she has fallen into a dream.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Iron Stone held the heavy gold coin in his hand, and only thought that it was a coin, which was better than a silver coin. What Teacher Zhan gave himself seems to be good.

"Stone, this gift is too precious to accept! Hurry up and exchange the gold coins for Teacher Zhan, we worship him as a teacher, and we should give him a gift." Tie Shi Niang said solemnly, wanting to snatch the gold coins from Tie Shi and return them to Zhou Xiaofei.

Zhou Xiaofei saw the shocked scene of the iron stone in his eyes, and said with a smile: "I am a rich family, these gold coins are nothing." You don't take it? Won't I have to kowtow to him again?"

"Teacher Zhan is not, we don't mean that, I mean"

"That's good, Stone, go out with the teacher and walk around the village. Zhou Xiaofei said to the iron stone.