Qingshan Village is the northernmost village in the territory of Dingbei Hou, more than 300 miles away from Hongyuan City, located in a small mountain col, a total of 22 households, 98 people, most of them are old and weak women and children, young and middle-aged less than 30 people.

Most of the villages are mud-walled and thatched houses, and the only brick house courtyard is the original lord's mansion! Heavy snow for several days has turned this small village into the same color as the heavens and the earth, and it is difficult to see the appearance of the village from a distance.

At this time, in a dilapidated mud house in the east of the village, an old woman in shabby clothes was standing in front of the stove hunched over, sprinkling the black noodles in her hands into a pot full of boiling water, as if counting the number of black noodles, so carefully.

Next to the stove, a little girl of five or six years old, with a yellow face and thin muscles, kept her eyes glued to the pot and kept pursing her lips.

A handful of black noodles was only half put into the pot, and the old woman slowly put the rest into a bag next to her, but it didn't fall a bit.

"Nier, bear with me! Your brother is sick, give him food first!" the old woman glanced back at the little girl, and her heart was a little sour.

"I'm not hungry, let's give it to my brother first!" Nell nodded her little head, looked away from the pot with great reluctance, and then turned and walked out the door.

After a while, the water in the pot was a little thicker, and the old woman took a notched bowl, filled it with a spoonful of black gruel, and walked carefully to the bed inside.

There was a sleeping boy lying on the bed, his little face flushed......

"Grandma! Grandpa Fu is here!" the old woman was about to help the little boy up from bed, when Nier's voice came from the door.

"Brother Fu!" the old woman hurriedly put the bowl on the side of the bed, and when she turned around, an old man with a somewhat stiff face and a wrinkled face had already entered the room.

"Brother and sister, Tie Dan'er is so sick that I have to go to see it, if I drag it out any longer......" The old man glanced at the bed, his expression worried!

"Hey!" the old woman sighed, shook her head sadly, and said, "I know this, but how can the family have money......! Let's wait for Tie Dan'er and his father to come back!"

Speaking of Tie Dan'er and his father, the two old men's faces were even more worried, and Brother Fu said: "Shi Wazi, they have been in the mountain for several days, and they haven't come back yet......! Our village is just young and strong......"

"Brother Fu, don't say that, Shi Wazi and they grew up in the mountains, how could something go wrong...... the old woman said, but the worry in her eyes became heavier and heavier.

"It's all to blame on Young Master Jiangling! If he hadn't raised taxes, we wouldn't have ......" At this time, Nier's immature child's voice suddenly sounded.

"Shut up!" the old woman glared at and snorted.

Niel shrunk down, biting her lip tightly, her eyes filled with moisture.

"Brother and sister, how old is Nier, don't be sensible, don't talk about her!" Brother Fu persuaded, squatted beside Nier, and asked softly: "Nier, who did you listen to like that!"

"That's what Liu Yuan said when he moved away......," Niel whispered in a choked voice.

"Don't listen to him, he's not from our village in the first place, and he doesn't know a lot of things!" Brother Fu gently rubbed Nier's head.

"Nier, grandma told you that you have to be a man with a conscience...... In the past, the old lord cut taxes every year, especially the great drought ten years ago, if there was no old lord, grandma, your father, many people in the village would have to starve to death, how could there be you......" The old woman's face finally eased, but her tone was still stern.

"The old lord is not here for three years, and the young master of Jiangling has not raised taxes in the first two years, Zuihou There is no way to do it, and it has not exceeded the upper limit set by the empire...... If we change to a few nobles, who will care if we live or die......"

The old woman said a lot, only then did she find that the little girl had a confused and ignorant expression, and couldn't help sighing: "I'm confused, how old is Nier, how can I understand this!"

"Okay! Remember it in the future, don't speak ill of Lord Jiang's family!" said the old woman, Zuihou.

"Oh! I'll see if Daddy hasn't come back!" Nell nodded as if she didn't understand, turned and ran out the door.

Looking at Nier's figure running out, the old woman shook her head: "Young Master Jiangling definitely didn't succeed...... A few days ago, someone from Hongyuan City came to check the identity card in the village...... It's just that Mei'er girl, such a big snow, such a cold weather......"

Brother Fu couldn't help but be silent, and after a while, he took out a small cloth bag from his body and put it on the stove: "Brother and sister, there are two catties of white noodles here, let's make up for Tie Dan'er!"

"No!" the old woman flatly refused, took two steps, and stuffed the noodle bag back to Brother Fu: "Your family doesn't have any food, and your daughter-in-law is about to give birth......"

"It's all my brother's fault that the village is like this this time, if I hadn't listened to the liar's words and asked everyone to exchange white noodles for black noodles, I wouldn't have ......" Brother Fu was full of shame.

"You are also kind, double the white noodles for black noodles, our village will be able to survive this winter, who would have thought that they would be deceived...... No one blames you......"

When the two old men were here to excuse the two catties of white flour, outside the village, a team of carriages slowly drove up.

At the front of the horse team, a dignified young man stopped at the entrance of the village.

"This is Qingshan Village, the lord's territory, and it is really dilapidated enough, but it is actually a thatched house...... I'm going to live in this place from now on!" the young man sighed and walked into the village.

There was silence all around, and there was no one outside, so people didn't feel angry at all.

The young man frowned and went straight to the lord's mansion! He had come to take the lead, and he had to arrange the place where the grain was stored first.

Just as he walked to the door of the Lord's Mansion, a small figure suddenly appeared in sight.

"Huh?" the young man stopped, and found by the wall a little girl who was only five or six years old, and in such a cold winter, she was dressed very thinly, and her linen clothes were very shabby, and she shivered from the cold.

At this time, the little girl was grabbing a handful of snow with her little hands and stuffing it into her mouth.

"On such a cold day, how can this child eat snow, don't you want to die!" the young man stepped forward and knocked off the snow ball in the little girl's hand.

"Ah!" the little girl was startled, and when she looked up and saw a tall figure standing in front of her, she couldn't help but retreat in fright, and leaned against the wall at once.

"Little sister, don't be afraid!" the young man squatted down, showed a smile that he thought was kind, and asked softly, "On such a cold day, why did you run out alone, and the adults in the family?"

The little girl looked very frightened, clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest, and said tremblingly, "Grandma... Take care of my brother at home!"

"Then you eat snow, aren't you afraid of the cold?" asked the young man again.

"I ...... Hungry!"

"The harsh winter has just begun, and there is already no food?" The young man's expression was a little heavy, the little girl was already hungry to eat snow, and the situation in the village could be imagined.

Thinking in his heart, the young man took out a white flour cake from his body and handed it to the little girl: "Eat this, you can't eat snow on such a cold day, it will freeze!"

The little girl's gaze immediately stuck to the white flour cake, and she couldn't stop pursing her lips and slowly stretched out her little hand.

"Don't worry, it's my brother who gave it to you, take it!" the young man smiled and stuffed the white flour cake into the little girl's hand.

"Brother Xiexie!" the little girl suddenly smiled, turned around and ran to the east of the village, still shouting: "Grandma, grandma, I got food for my brother!"

The immature voice echoed in the village, and in the deathly silence, a breath of life was injected.

Seeing the little girl's happy appearance, the young man also showed a happy smile, turned around and pushed open the door of the lord's mansion......

In the house at the east end of the village, the two old men heard Nier's shouting, and at the same time, their faces were happy: "I got food, could it be Shi Wazi and they are back!"

The two hurriedly pushed open the door and walked out quickly!

However, all they saw was Nier's small figure running alone, and the surroundings were empty.

"What about people, Shi Wazi, they didn't come back?" The mood of the two old men instantly fell.

"Look, Grandma!" said Nielle, cheering happily, raised her little hand, but she slipped and fell because she was running so fast. Seeing that the two old men were worried, they hurriedly shouted and walked forward cautiously.

As if she didn't know the pain, the little girl got up again, and the little hand holding the white bread was always raised high, without touching the ground at all.

The old woman finally took Nier into her arms, rubbed her knees in distress, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt! Look, Grandma, white bread!" the little girl sent the white bread to the old woman as if she were invited to do so.

"This ...... Where did you come from?" asked the old woman in a low voice. She was afraid that someone would trick Niel into going to be sold as a slave in another country.

"A big brother gave it, at the Lord's Mansion!" replied Niel.

"Lord's Mansion!" the two old men glanced at each other, and secretly said in their hearts: "Could it be that the new lord is here...... No, it's such a bad weather......"

"Let's go!" Brother Fu said with some apprehension.

"Okay!" the old woman nodded, went back to the house to take a look at Tie Dan'er, led Nier, and walked with Brother Fu to the Lord's Mansion.

At this time, some doors opened one after another, and when they heard Nier's shout just now, many people, like the old woman, thought that the young men who had entered the mountain had returned.

"Fu Bo, Aunt Yun, I heard Nier shouting just now that I got something to eat, is it Shi Wazi and they are back?"

"It's been five days, it's time to come back, and the family is going to run out of food!"

"Where are they, why don't they see anyone......"

In the midst of one question, the two old men stopped and explained: "It's not Shi Wazi, it seems that the new lord is here, and he gave Nier a white flour cake at the gate of the lord's mansion just now!"

"New lord!" everyone was a little surprised, this snowy day......

At that moment, there was a sound of wheels, and a large carriage slowly drove into the village, drawing everyone's attention.

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