Cao Fu.

Wang Ling originally thought that it was only him and the father and daughter of the Cao family, but he didn't expect Tang Xiaoyu to be there.

Looking at the table of radishes, cabbage and steamed buns, Wang Ling had no appetite, it was by no means that he disliked the daily meals of Cao Mansion, although they were bland, and those who wanted food were still hungry, which was to be despised in their ranks of displaced people.

The reason why I have a bad appetite is purely because of the departure of the old grandson, and I don't have that mood.

Speaking of his own amusement, he and the old grandson in order to grab half a steamed bun, hugged together and rolled on the ground, no one refused to let anyone, the old grandson was anxious, put the foot into his mouth, he did not refuse, bite down violently, the pain made the old man scream.

What honors the elderly? What is child-friendly? Nothing.

Now that there is a life of wine and food, he has no appetite.

During the meal, Tang Xiaoyu behaved very quietly, and Wang Ling didn't know what her relationship with the Cao family was, and felt that the two sides seemed to be very close, but the girl peeked at him a few times when she had something to do, which made him a little uncomfortable.

Wang Ling knew that this was by no means the beginning of a girl's love, and he fell in love with himself at first sight, although he had absolute confidence in his appearance, it did not mean that he was narcissistic, and realized that the other party was mostly out of curiosity, so he simply didn't see it.

During the banquet, Cao Yong said something about Wang Ling's process of reporting to the Street Division tomorrow, and asked Tang Xiaoyu to help him more, Tang Xiaoyu pecked his head to show that after he understood, no one else spoke, and the atmosphere was weirdly dull.

After eating, Tang Xiaoyu returned to the yamen on duty, Cao Shuangxu also returned to the boudoir, Cao Yong called a subordinate and instructed him to clean up the courtyard, prepare bedding and clean clothes, and arrange for Wang Ling to live in.

Wang Ling glanced at this subordinate person, and found that this person was the honest man who called him back at the east gate, he didn't look carefully before, but now he looked at the person in front of him seriously, about twenty-five or six, nearly two meters tall, dark skin, strong limbs, slightly rough, but with a pair of big eyes as clear as copper bells, Wang Ling felt like a simple and honest big black bear standing in front of him.

What did you grow up on? Wang Ling secretly exclaimed in his heart.

As if sensing Wang Ling's gaze, this subordinate also glanced back at Wang Ling, and he grinned, smiling unpretentiously.

Wang Ling smiled in response.

On the way to the other courtyard, Wang Ling chatted with this subordinate and learned that his name was Dawu, and his name was Wu Junsheng, and their whole village was surnamed Wu, so it was also called Wujia Village.

After Wang Ling knew his real name, he couldn't help but slander, you are not handsome in this life······ Then he continued to listen to him quietly.

Although the people in Wujia Village are not rich, every family is very friendly, and if anyone is busy with farming, everyone will help.

It's a pity that since the start of the war on the northern border, there have been many bandits composed of homeless people in the northwest region, and those bandits dare not rob the rich lord, because the lord has a nursing home at home, so he bullied them ordinary people.

At first, they just asked for some food, but then the war became more and more anxious, and there were more and more bandits, and there were waves of people who came to grab food, and after grabbing food, the young women in the village were taken captive.

The men of the village, unable to bear the humiliation, took up hoes and sickles and rose up to resist, but as you can imagine, they were all hacked to death by bandits.

The adult men and children who did not resist were also taken back by the bandits with ropes, and the old people in the village, who were not even taken captive, all died under the butcher's knife, and Dawu escaped desperately with his strength.

After he fled to Qingzhou, he saw the notice of Caofu recruiting nursing homes, he had great strength, and the 300-pound stone pier was easily picked up by him and walked dozens of steps, and then he entered Caofu and had a place to live.

Wang Ling's eyes became cold as frost when he heard the bandits slaughtering the village, he couldn't be more clear about the bandits in various places, he had encountered it a few times, and fortunately, he was able to escape with the old grandson several times.

In order to survive, they swung their butcher knives at the same miserable people as them, even if you have no money or food, you can't escape, the disaster is a nightmare for ordinary people, but in some people it is an opportunity to get rich.

Traffickers!

Wang Ling hated these people deeply, and those homeless people with unsound hands and feet, bandits would not let go, in the year of calamity, what to eat is not to eat? Are there still fewer people they eat?

Don't talk about bandits, there are people among the homeless people who change their children and eat, Wang Ling saved a little girl who was almost cooked by a few homeless people.

He once complained in front of Lao Sun Tou that the government was incompetent, and so many bandits couldn't clean up any of them, but after hearing this, Lao Sun Tou shook his head and smiled bitterly: "So many, how to clean up?" ”

Wang Ling was stunned, yes, there are too many, if you want to eradicate the bandits, you must first settle the homeless, as long as these homeless people are still there, it is inevitable that some of them will join the ranks of bandits, if only a few thieves' nests The government can still send people to exterminate them, but which mountain does not have bandits and bandits now?

It's just too much...... Millions of displaced people throughout the Northwest...... It's just too much.

After listening to Dawu talk about what happened to him, Wang Ling felt a little more sympathetic to this honest man, and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but seeing that there was a trace of bitterness hidden in his simple smile, he dispelled this idea again.

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Caofu Annex.

It was a small courtyard, and the door was sealed with a lock, and the mottled rust and moss on the door proved that it had been uninhabited for a long time.

Dawu took out the key and prepared to open the lock, but fortunately, the lock was opened as soon as it was poked, and there was no embarrassing scene where the lock cylinder was rusty and could not open the door as Wang Ling was worried about.

When the two walked into the yard, they could see that no one had cleaned it for a long time, the weeds in the corner of the wall were knee-high, and the eaves were covered with dense cobwebs.

The courtyard was small but large enough for one person to live in, and the ground was sprinkled with dead leaves and wind-blown branches, but fortunately, the well in the courtyard was covered with wooden planks, so that the decay did not fall into the well, and the surrounding walls had fallen off in several places, and the fence around the flower garden had fallen into a large area, and the flowers that had grown there had long been buried by weeds and fallen into the dust.

But even if it is dilapidated into this appearance, it is still not difficult to see that the layout here was carefully designed by the original owner, and it looks extremely elegant.

It feels pretty good······ Wang Ling gave an evaluation in his heart.

Dawu led Wang Ling to the door, he pushed it with both hands, as if pushing open a cold palace that had been sealed for a long time, a piece of dust fell on the door, and the two hurriedly covered their mouths and noses, and waved the dust floating in front of them with their hands.

Wang Ling was stunned, and said in his heart, how long has it been since no one lived here? Even if no one lives there, no one comes to clean it?

Dawu smiled a little embarrassedly, he scratched his head: "There are still people who come to clean here at the beginning of every month, but after a long time, the people in charge of sprinkling and sweeping find that the master and the young lady never come to the other courtyard to check, so they are too lazy to clean up, and they will only come over to clean up the weeds once in a while." ”

Wang Ling sighed with emotion, sure enough, there is no shortage of cheating and cheating people everywhere.

"Whose residence was this? Where did the people go? Wang Ling asked.

Dawu: "I came late, and I heard from the maid in the house that this was the residence of the lady before, and after the death of the lady, it was deserted. ”

Wang Ling raised his eyebrows: "Why did the housewife of the Cao family set up such a courtyard?" ”

When Dawu heard this, he subconsciously looked left and right, and then he instantly reacted again, there were only two of them here, so there was no need to be so cautious.

"That's... It was also told to me by the maid in the house, saying that after the old man's family arrived in Qingzhou, Mrs. often missed her hometown, and later the old man bought this yard in order to understand the pain of Mrs. homesickness, and repaired it according to the layout of the small courtyard of Mrs. Mother's house. Dawu said unhurriedly.

Wang Ling bowed his head, and then asked, "Then it stands to reason that Lord Cao should not come to this courtyard from time to time to remember his deceased wife?" Why did you seal off the gate of the courtyard and not set foot here for many years? Are you worried about touching the scene? ”

Dawu: "That's because before the lady died, she told the lord that if she planned to continue the string, she could change this yard to the new lady's liking, and the lord didn't want to marry someone else, so he locked up the yard after the lady passed away." ”

Wang Ling said angrily: "Then, those subordinates who are in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, seeing that Master Cao does not set foot here, simply does not even do the cleaning work?" ”

Dawu scratched his head and hummed a little ashamedly.

Wang Ling rolled his eyes, and was very worried about the family style of the people under Cao Mansion's discipline.

First the concierge who fought with people, then came out with an indiscriminate and bullying housekeeper, and now from Dawu's mouth, he knew the cheating and slippery domestic servant, and the maid who seemed to like to talk to others about the family affairs of the master's family.

Are these people really the subordinates of Cao Mansion? It felt like they were a little conscious of who they were servants······ Wang Ling couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Then he glanced at the man next to him, and thought to himself, there is also a pleasing one.

Wang Ling and the two spent an afternoon cleaning up the yard from the inside out, and when they were done, a bright moon was already hanging on the branches.

The subordinates in the house brought dinner for the two, three stacks of side dishes and eight steamed buns, Wang Ling ate two for himself, and the remaining six all went into Dawu's stomach.

After eating, Dawu helped him bring hot water for bathing, prepared clean clothes, and then repaired the fence.

After taking a bath, he picked out a relatively fitting, red-striped outfit on a black background, and the gray-faced beggar before, plus he was already handsome, and at this moment he is more like a young chivalrous man who travels the rivers and lakes with a graceful demeanor.

His hair was still wet and wet, adding a bit of bohemian and chic to him.

He couldn't wait to open the door and face the cool evening breeze, feeling an unprecedented refreshment, like electricity running through his body.

Dawu, who was repairing the fence, heard the movement behind him, pouted his ass and turned his head to look behind him, and saw that it was Wang Ling who washed it out and let it out, and praised him: "The son is really handsome, unlike me, he is 10,000 times better looking than me, and he will definitely be able to marry a good daughter-in-law in the future." ”

Now his title for Wang Ling has changed, from the beginning of Wang Ling's little brother to his son.

When Wang Ling heard him say this, he couldn't help but want to tease him a few words: "Hasn't Dawu married yet?" The girls must be afraid that you will crush their bodies, don't worry, if there are no girls willing to marry you in the coming year, I will go to Lord Cao to help you talk to you as a matchmaker, how about allowing you to be a maid as a wife? I see that the cherries around the eldest lady are good, the little girl is lively and smart, and she knows how to serve people, so she wants to be your daughter-in-law, isn't it just right? ”

When Dawu heard this, his expression became flustered, and he quickly turned his head, and the two big hands that repaired the fence also looked extremely flustered: "Son, don't make fun of me, cherries grow so beautiful, how can I, a rough man, worry about me, I, I don't have to work hard for my son, when I save enough money, I can marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Oh? It seems that he bumped into his heart by mistake, this guy is actually shy, it seems that the person he likes is Cherry······ Wang Ling smiled dumbly, like a personal maid beside Miss Cherry, when she reaches a certain age, Cao Yong will definitely help her find a good family to marry, and if nothing else, people like Dawu will definitely not appear in Cao Yong's eyes.

Maybe it's just as he said, saving enough money, buying a good field, buying a cow, and finding someone to help talk about a family matter, and then giving birth to a litter of babies is already his best result.

It was rare for him to be clean, sitting on the threshold, admiring the starry night sky, silent for a long time.

After Dawu finished repairing the fence, he happily approached him.

Wang Ling glanced at him suspiciously, not knowing why he was smirking at himself, but seeing that he had been staring at the position next to him, he asked tentatively, "Sit together?" ”

The words fell, and Dawu nodded vigorously with joy.

He really wanted to sit with Wang Ling and chat, but he was afraid that his body would squeeze into Wang Ling, so he moved a Mazha out of nowhere and put it next to Wang Ling.

Wang Ling looked at this Mazha that was extremely incompatible with his body, and couldn't help but be a little worried, can this really sit? No, it should be said, is this really what he can sit?

Click······

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, there was a sound of wood breaking below, and Wang Ling looked at the strong man sitting on the ground in a daze, and felt speechless for a while.

He first looked at Dawu's slightly stiff face, and then looked below him, where was there any Maza? Underneath the rough man's buttocks, there were only a few cracked wooden sticks.

Da Wu's face turned red, although under the cover of the night, his black face could not reveal the slightest ruddy, but from his expression, it was not difficult to see that this person was definitely embarrassed now.

Wang Ling couldn't laugh or cry, he moved to the side, leaving a large area, patted the position next to him with his hand, and motioned for him to sit with him.

Dawu grinned a little embarrassedly, then got up and sat down, he went down, almost didn't squeeze Wang Ling to the ground, it's really not strange that the door frame is narrow, it's really that this person's body is too big, so big that Wang Ling feels like a child next to him.

Trying to adjust their sitting posture, the two looked at the night sky, Wang Ling was full of thoughts at this time, and he began to think back to the past three months, and he had a lot of thoughts for a while.

Dawu wanted to ask Wang Ling, just now he said that he wanted to help him say whether the matchmaker's matter was true or false, mainly whether he could really marry Cherry, but he was stupid, and he denied it just now, and now when he asked, he was afraid that he would be laughed at by Wang Ling for this little thought, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, so he did the same and looked at the starry sky with Wang Ling.

Looking at it, Dawu felt that the atmosphere was too dull, so he took the lead in breaking the calm: "Childe, why do we keep looking at the stars in the sky?" ”

Wang Ling said softly: "In the past three months, I only had the word food and clothing in my mind, and I didn't notice until today that the stars in this world were so dazzling. ”

Dawu didn't know why: "Stars...... Hasn't it always been that way? ”

Wang Ling shook his head and said: "In my hometown, it is difficult to see so many stars, and I feel that the last time I saw such a beautiful night was when I was a child. ”

Dawu: "That's been a long time. ”

Wang Ling: "At that time, I often went to the river with my friends of the same age to play, and it was dark when I played, and then everyone sat together by the river, soaking their feet in the cool river water, and several people sat in a row, counting the stars in the sky, but they couldn't count them all, and the adults never rushed out to find us, but only when I went home, symbolically scolded two sentences, and reminded that next time it can't be so late, but we will still do it next time." ”

Dawu: "My aunt has never reprimanded me. ”

Wang Ling: "Every time I am scolded, I will run to the kitchen as soon as possible, lift the lid on the stove, and there will always be warm hot dishes in the pot."

Dawu: "My aunt often brings food to the field when I am busy with the farm and can't take care of eating, for fear that I will be hungry." ”

Wang Ling: "Later, as I grew bigger and bigger, the stars were gone, the river was gone, and even the people who were waiting for me to go home were gone. ”

Dawu: "Childe, are you homesick......

Wang Ling was silent for a long time before a muffled word sounded from his mouth.

Dawu: "I miss my aunt too." ”

After speaking, the burly strong man's eyes suddenly moistened, and he bit his lower lip tightly, trying his best to restrain the emotions rolling in his heart.

Dawu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and asked, "Childe, you... You just said that I can marry a daughter-in-law, is it true? When my mother was alive, her greatest wish was to see me marry, and now that her old man was killed by bandits, I will never have a chance for her to see me marry and have a baby. ”

Wang Ling looked at the starry night sky and muttered, "I'll see it." ”