Listening to the old woman's words, An Ruo and Xiao Zhan both stopped, and at this time, there was also a quiet cry from the back basket.

Xiao Zhan immediately took An Ning out of the back basket and slapped him carefully, for fear that the noise would be loud and attract the group back.

An Ruo rolled her eyes, rubbed the corners of her eyes vigorously with a handkerchief, and said to the stunned old woman: "Mother-in-law, I'm really sorry, we lied to you." I was the twelfth concubine of the young master of the Fang family, and I just gave birth to this hard-working child two months ago. Because she is a female doll, she is not favored by the old lady and the young master in the house, and the housewife is jealous that I have robbed her of her favor and wants to let the family kill our mother and daughter. Fortunately, my maid Xiao Zhan was alert and managed to run out with our mother and daughter, but even so, the master mother refused to let us go. ”

An Ruo continued to wipe his eyes with a handkerchief, and under the cover of the handkerchief, he scolded Xiao Zhannu.

Xiao Zhan immediately received the signal and continued: "Mother-in-law, have you seen a few people lingering at the gate of the city, and I and my young lady have no choice, so I blackened my face and borrowed my mother-in-law's cart fruit to escape. ”

The old woman clearly accepted the arguments of the two, and her face was full of sympathy.

"Therefore, no matter how poor the family is, you can't be a concubine, and your life is in the hands of the master, how can you have good fruit to eat."

An Ruo nodded desperately and cried: "It's all because I was ignorant when I was young, so I was blinded by wealth, and now I know what it means to be rich and rich." Mother-in-law, we master and servant have nowhere to go now, can you please take them in for a while? Rest assured, we will not eat and live in vain, we have silver with us. ”

The old woman hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Silly girl, you still have to take a child with you, life is not easy, it is just a room, where do you need any money." If you don't want to go, you can just pay for a meal with a partner. It's just that my family is very poor, and I'm afraid you won't be used to it. ”

An Ruo shook his head frantically, saying that the three of them don't even have a place to live now, where is there any face to pick on the quality of the house, and the old woman's willingness to take in the three of them is already a great kindness.

An Ruo and Xiao Zhan followed the old woman back to the village, although they were prepared that the old woman's family would not be too rich by selling berries, but the three or two thatched houses that caught the eye were still quite shocking, especially after seeing that there was a skinny little girl in the old woman's house, this feeling reached its peak.

"It's the first time I've realized that Wei Yan, the emperor, is really not good at it, it turns out that the white marble pillar is not not to mention, and there is actually a chance to live in a thatched hut that leaks wind and rain."

Xiao Zhan explained: "In the last years of the first emperor, the princes fought endlessly for the throne, and the first emperor was not a holy king, so he naturally didn't care about the people who were struggling to survive at the bottom. Later, the emperor succeeded to the throne, although there were also decrees that benefited the country and the people, but the main energy was still in the struggle for power and profit with the auxiliary ministers. This is also the reason why the Holy Maiden Church was once popular among the people, and the people were indeed living too hard. ”

An Ruo only felt that there were mixed feelings, and they were the players, who just thought it was a game, but the NPCs in it were really struggling to survive because of their every move, which was similar to the survival of the Federation.

The children of the top ten families are freshly clothed and angry, but these people who are crawling at the bottom have to fight for their lives in order to survive, no wonder Fang Ce will work hard to become the adopted son of the Fang family, to live, a better life, it is never so easy, otherwise how can the gods and demons have to go to the world to live for a while, it is enough to see how painful life is.

However, no matter how difficult life is, it can bloom a fresh and beautiful flower because of self-change.

"Grandma, aren't the berries sold?"

When the scrawny little girl saw the cart of berries, the light in her eyes immediately went out, and behind the little girl, there was a three-back basket of berries that had just been picked today.

"Don't worry, you can't sell it today, you will always sell it tomorrow. See two aunties? They also brought a little sister, and there are guests at home, so let's go cook with grandma! ”

Only then did the little girl notice An Ruo and the others, but what An Ruo didn't expect was that the little girl held her mouth and cried.

"There is only grain left at the bottom of the jar at home, and if it is all cooked today, we will have to rely on nuts tomorrow to feed our hunger, and we will starve to death."

A trace of embarrassment flashed on the old woman's face, and she was about to reprimand the little girl, An Ruo took out the white-faced dumplings from the package and handed them over.

"Don't worry, we're not bad people, and we won't steal food from you. Not only that, but your grandmother is willing to take us in, and we are very grateful in our hearts, and we will pay for your accommodation, so that you will not go hungry in the future and have money to buy food. ”

The little girl glanced at the dumpling in An Ruo's hand, her eyes were obviously full of desire, but she still turned her head to look at the old woman, wanting to ask if she could take it.

Seeing this, An Ruo smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, if you still have to worry about this with us, we are really afraid that we will be left out and have nowhere to go." Since we are going to live together for a period of time in the future, we naturally have to find a way to live a good life. ”

After listening to An Ruo's words, the old woman nodded in agreement, and the little girl immediately turned out to be white-faced, but she refused to eat first, and she had to give most of it to the old woman before she was willing to eat it in small bites.

An Ruo's eyes flashed with distress, but if it was too late today, there was no way to buy food, and just when he thought that he could only eat white noodles with hot water at night, Xiao Zhan, who went out for a stroll, came back with a hare.

"Miss, see what I've caught? We can add dinner in the evening. ”

An Ruo silently gave a thumbs up, sure enough, there is no skill in this game world that Xiao Zhan can't do, how bad is such an NPC, so that he will run around after her, and there will be no peace.

The dinner of the day was particularly rich for the little girl, and the old woman said several times that she would eat the rabbit separately for two days, but after being rejected by An Ruo, the little girl finally felt what it meant to eat.

The little girl burped and said, "Grandma, this is what it feels like to be overfed!" ”

With the addition of white flour dumplings and rabbit meat, the little girl was very enthusiastic about An Ruo and the others, not only giving up her best bedding, but also helping to clean the thatched house inside and out.

And through chatting, An Ruo also knew that this village was called Xujia Village, and the old woman's family name was Xu, and she was called Xu Mo when she was young, and she was called Mo Granny when she was old. Because of the early death of her son and daughter-in-law, she can only live alone with her granddaughter, this hard-working and thin little girl is called Chunhua.

Late at night, An Ruo and Xiao Zhan put An Ning in the middle, wrapped the quilt tightly to isolate the cold wind that came in from the thatched hut, and chatted softly.

"Miss, are we going to live here for a while? Or go to Mobei to find your uncle, or go back to the palace to find the emperor? ”

An Ruoyu sighed quietly and said: "What choice do we have there, don't mention the matter of returning to the palace, I'm afraid that even if we can reach the palace gate safely, we will be killed on the spot by the Imperial Forest Army on the charge of impersonation." As for Mobei, there is a war going on there, not to mention that it is not safe for the two of us to go on the road with tranquility, whether this road can be passed safely, that is, whether Fang Ce can still be his king of Mobei is two words. We have been in the teahouse for so long today, and we haven't seen Fang Ce and the group of Mobei troops accompanying us. ”

"That," Xiao Zhan tightened the quilt on his body, and said in a trembling voice: "It's not winter yet, this house will be cold like this, if we plan to survive here, I'm afraid we have to make plans early." ”

An Ruo thought for a while and said: "The money on us is for emergency use in the future, and we rashly build a tiled house or something, but I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of the neighbors." Don't worry, your young lady can't do anything else, but there are more ways to make a living, and you will never be allowed to sit on the mountain and freeze in winter. Come on, let's fold the two quilts on top of each other, and it won't be cold if we get closer. ”