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We talked for a long time

It's already getting weaker.

Xu Fei could see from Du Niang's face that the other party already had the idea of letting him leave.

He had wanted to spend the night here.

But considering that there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door.

I've been at her house for so long, and if I don't leave tonight, I don't know what gossip will come out the next day.

It is not easy for a pair of orphans and widows to live.

Xu Fei didn't want to affect their future lives because of himself.

So I took the initiative to leave.

"It's getting late, I've been disturbed for so long, it's time for me to leave!"

I tried my hand on the clothes that were baking by the stove, and they were almost dry.

"Well, it's getting late!"

Du Niang hugged her daughter Duoduo back to the back room

Xu Fei changed his clothes back.

"Du Niang, Duoduo, thank you for your help, I'm leaving!"

He put his changed clothes on the table and shouted loudly into the back room.

"Got it!"

The back room responded, but no one came out to see him off.

Xu Fei closed the door when he left.

Stand in the middle of the village again.

It was empty, very deserted, and he didn't know where to go for a while.

Alas~

Since people are not welcome, leave as soon as possible!

Thinking of Du Niang's story just now, thirty miles north of Xiaowang Village is Nanshan City.

Slow down and you should be able to get there before dark.

Leave the village and trot all the way

Just when Xu Fei didn't leave Xiaowangzhuang far, he bumped into a gray-haired old woodcutter.

Although he carried two heavy bundles of firewood on his body, he walked like a fly, and his expression was relaxed.

Just when he was about to pass by Xu Fei.

"Oops~"

The other party actually slipped under his feet and staggered to the ground.

Touching porcelain?

The first thing that flashed through Xu Fei's mind was this word.

But then he stretched out his hands and held the old woodcutter steady and did not let him fall to the ground.

"Thank you, son!"

Put down the burden on his shoulders and thank Xu Fei with a smile.

"Old man, walk slowly, be careful of falling!"

After a word of persuasion, Xu Fei turned around and was about to leave.

Thump~

"Hey~"

Behind him, the old woodcutter's painful wails could be heard.

Is it really porcelain?

Xu Fei looked back and saw the old woodcutter sitting on the ground, rubbing his left ankle with both hands.

Judging by its shape, the opponent's left foot was either twisted or dislocated.

Xu Fei stepped forward and leaned down to check, trying it with his hands

Fortunately, it's not that the bone is broken, it's just that the ankle is out of alignment.

Click~

Taking advantage of the old woodcutter's inattention, he turned his hand hard to return it to its place.

Then he helped him rub a few acupuncture points to dredge the meridians.

"That's it!"

"Huh? That's great! ”

The other party moved a little and found that his twisted ankle was really good.

The painful expression on his face disappeared, and he smiled at Xu Fei again and said, "This son, thank you so much, you are really rejuvenated!" ”

Xu Fei opened his mouth again to persuade: "Old man, don't pick such a heavy thing again, your body will not be able to stand it!" ”

"Alas, I'm old, my body is useless, and I can't stand it if I bump it slightly!"

After complaining, the old woodcutter got up from the ground.

"Childe, are you going to Nanshan City?"

Hearing the inquiry, Xu Fei nodded.

"Oh, you can't go!"

"Why?"

"Recently, a group of horse bandits have come out of nowhere, specifically intercepting and killing people going to Nanshan City!"

"Childe is alone, it's going to be dark again, it's not safe to go to Nanshan City now!"

Xu Fei frowned slightly, thinking to himself how this should be good?

The old woodcutter continued to speak: "If Childe wants to go to Nanshan City, you can wait until noon tomorrow to go. ”

"During this time period, the government will send officers and soldiers out of the city to suppress bandits, and all the horse bandits will hide, and it is safest to go to Nanshan City at this time."

Hearing this, Xu Fei showed a bitter expression on his face.

Tomorrow? So what is he going to do tonight?

Sleeping in the wilderness, with the sky as the quilt and the earth as the bed?

The old woodcutter saw Xu Fei's difficulty, and warmly invited: "If the son has no place to live tonight, why don't you go to the old man and I?" ”

"Old man, I live in Xiaowangzhuang not far ahead!"

Xu Fei heard that the other party was from Xiaowangzhuang, thought for a while, and then nodded and agreed.

"Let's go!"

The old woodcutter bent down slightly and put the burden of heavy firewood on his shoulders.

"Old man, let me help you!"

The other party pushed away Xu Fei's outstretched hand and said with a smile: "No, I can do this alone!" ”

I saw that his body sank, his mouth snorted, his chest bulged slightly, and he picked up the burden of firewood at once.

Oh, it seems that he is still a practitioner!

Xu Fei walked a few quick steps before he could barely keep up with the old woodcutter's pace.

"Old man, my name is in case, the son can call me Lao Wan, or you can call me Uncle Wan, everyone in the village calls me that!"

"Childe, what's your name?"

Hearing such a strange name, Xu Fei's mind began to think.

Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case!

The old man can't be some kind of reclusive master, right?

"My name is Xu Fei!"

"Xu Fei Xu Gongzi, your name is so good!"

The old woodcutter nodded.

Xu Fei asked curiously, "Uncle Wan, why is your name called Wanyi?" ”

"Whew!"

The old woodcutter said with a smile: "The names are all given by my parents, and I have eight brothers in my family, and the names are arranged according to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." ”

"I'm the eldest in the family, so I'll call it just in case!"

Xu Fei listened to the explanation and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

This is how many farmers choose their names when they have many children.

Just like Zhu Laoba, isn't he like that?

"Childe, it looks like you should have just come out of Xiaowangzhuang, right?"

"Hmm!"

Xu Fei nodded and said, "I originally wanted to find a place to spend the night in Xiaowangzhuang, but unfortunately the villagers didn't treat me very well, so I had to leave." ”

When the old woodcutter heard this, he sighed and said, "Alas, in fact, everyone was fine at first, but it was only after that incident that the attitude towards outsiders changed. ”

Xu Fei replied: "I know, Dawangzhuang's matter!" ”

"Childe knows? Then I won't explain much! ”

It didn't take long

The two returned to Xiaowangzhuang.

followed behind the old woodcutter Uncle Wan, but he didn't expect his home to be next to Du Niang's house.

Seeing that Xu Fei had been staring at the next door, Uncle Wan smiled and said, "That's my daughter-in-law's home!" ”

"Your daughter-in-law? Du Niang? ”

"You know?"

Hearing Xu Fei say Du Niang's name, Uncle Wan was also surprised.

After a few words of explanation.

Uncle Wan sighed again and said, "Du Niang is a good girl, it's a pity to marry my family." ”

"Alas, I also blame my inverted son for not being blessed, thinking about joining the army to have a good future, but I didn't expect to die in less than half a year!"

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(End of chapter)