"If you still don't believe it, if I hadn't looked at you for the old, weak, sick, disabled, orphans, and widows, I wouldn't have taken you in."

The more the old man said, the more angry he became:

"Do you think that there has been a drought for so many years in this radius of thousands of miles, just because I heard that our generation of Nanming had a rain last year, do you think there will be no drought?

Hmph, last year's rain didn't have half a pillar of incense, it didn't have any effect at all, those homeless people came to ask for food, there was no food, and some even beat people. ”

Speaking of this, Ah Jiu was also ashamed, no wonder this grandfather was so resistant to Xiao Yanyan and Zhao Kun.

"Grandpa, that's really ...... I'm sorry, but Jiu'er swears that she will never have the intention of stealing anything. ”

Ah Jiu was afraid that he would change his mind and was reluctant to take him in, so he swore to the sky with three fingers.

"Alas...... I see that your baby is also well-behaved, grandpa wants to remind you, don't go out as soon as it's dark, recently said that there are demons and monsters, and kill people, sometimes the official patrol catches unknown homeless people, maybe he will be brought to interrogate. ”

The old man is also a kind reminder.

Ah Jiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Xiao Yanyan was really in big trouble this time.

No wonder Tiangang ended along the way, and there was no shadow in the village.

There were a few homeless people who were swaying pitifully.

"Here we are." The old man will open the door and lead the cow in first.

Ah Jiu followed closely, and the yard was very large, although it was a little dilapidated but very clean.

The northeast corner is surrounded by bamboo, and there is a cowshed next door.

The old man tied the ox to the hole in the stone trough, grabbed a handful of broken hay and threw it into the cow grass.

He dragged the bamboo tube from his waist and poured it on the dry grass, mixed it, and said to himself:

"Old cow, I can't give you a drink, and you can enjoy a wet meal today."

"If you are afraid that the horses will be stolen in the middle of the night, bring them in and tie them up in the cowshed."

The old man greeted, and Ah Jiu asked Xiao Yanyan to unload the carriage and bring the horse in.

Ah Jiu hurriedly grabbed a handful of hay stored by the old man and put it at the other end of the cow trough to feed the horses:

"Grandpa, don't worry, I'll go mowing the grass tomorrow when I have time, and I will never let my horses eat and drink your hay for nothing."

As he spoke, he also followed the example of his grandfather and opened the water bladder and poured it all on the hay.

The old man was just about to light the oil lamp, and suddenly took a closer look:

"Girl, did you encounter a water source on the road?"

"yes, grandpa, so I poured more." Ah Jiu replied casually: "This horse is also a member of my family." ”

"That can't be so wasteful, nowadays, even water has to go into the city to get it, and sometimes there are too many people to get it."

After the old man finished speaking, he went into the stove room and lit the oil lamp, which seemed to be filled with water, and the twist crackled.

"And distribute water?" Ah Jiu's eyes widened, this policy is too humane.

Why are they so miserable?

"I heard that as soon as the drought occurred, the king of Nanming ordered to send people to travel thousands of miles to the post station to transport water back from Lingnan, and a whole army escorted it."

Zhao Kun answered.

He has been a bandit, and he has also thought about intercepting water sources, but they are soldiers and they are bandits, so they can only watch with their eyes open.

The old man glanced at Zhao Kun more, and Zhao Kun quickly nodded grovelly, like an obedient and honest quail.

"Except for this room, I live, you can distribute the rest by yourself, anyway, I'm a bad old man in the family."

Saying that, the old man stepped into the hall and closed the door with his backhand, and opened it with a squeak:

"As for food, let's solve it by ourselves, the old man only has half a piece of dry food left, which is reserved for tomorrow when he goes to fetch water."

The old man was very honest, which made Ah Jiu grateful: "Grandpa is busy on his own, let's arrange it ourselves." ”

Ah Jiu also thought that the food would be good in a place with such a good policy.

She looked around, and there were two tattered beds without mattresses in the two rooms to the east, and the room was full of cobwebs.

Although the stove in the room is very clean, there is no oil and salt.

"Sister Jiu'er, I'm hungry." Iron Hammer secretly broke away from his mother's care, followed Ah Jiu to the room, and dragged her arm and shook it.

For fear that the voice would be loud and attract a reprimand from his mother.

"Don't be afraid, Sister Jiu'er will go out at night to find something to eat, maybe she can find watermelon for you to eat."