"Damn, what is this monkey doing?" a roar broke the silence of the sky.

Fahai looked at the tin staff that had been broken in two, and the monkey and the horse that had disappeared, and immediately thought of the reason.

"I said, why did you sleep so deeply this night? It must be the ghost of the plagued monkey, what a deceived fellow, and he even treated me before leaving!"

No way, the monkey slipped away after he finished it, thinking that he was going back to his hometown Huaguo Mountain, Fahai had heard the name of Huaguo Mountain for a long time, but he didn't know its detailed location, and he couldn't even settle accounts at the door.

"Damn!

Now that the horses are gone, and they can only rely on two legs to hurry, Fahai scolded and set off on the road, but after walking for most of the day, he only traveled a hundred and ten miles of mountain roads, which made Fahai fully realize the importance of horse travel, and at the same time greeted the ancestors of the monkey in his heart.

At noon, Fahai found a thatched family at the foot of the hill ahead, and his mouth was a little dry because of the long journey, so he planned to go up and ask for a cup of tea.

When I came to the door of the hut, I knocked twice on the thin wooden door.

"Someone! ”

The wooden door opened, and it was opened by an old man who was over the age of six, with tattered clothes and a wrinkled face.

"This master, what's the matter with coming to the door?"

Fahai clasped his hands together, put up the monk's style, and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk passed by the treasure land and wanted to ask for a glass of water to drink, I wonder if the donor can make it convenient?"

"Oh, that being the case, Master, please come in. ”

The interior of the house is shabby, with a stove and two doors facing north and south. The old man led Fahai to the room on the left, lifted the straw curtain, and saw only a wooden table, an oil lamp, and four stools.

"Master, please sit down for a while, and wait for the old man to prepare tea and dinner. ”

"There is a giver. Fahai nodded in acknowledgement.

After the old man went out, Fahai looked around, and only by the lackluster furnishings in the house, he could see the embarrassment of the owner's life.

"The standard life of a poor family in the old society!" Fahai sighed in his heart.

After a while, the straw curtain in the house was lifted, and Fahai thought that the old man was going and returning, but he didn't want to come in with a six or seven-year-old doll. His shabby clothes were patched, his toes were exposed, his little face was dirty, and his nose was still snot.

He carefully carried a bowl of tea soup, slowly walked to the table and handed it to Fahai.

"Guest, drink water. Fahai took the tea bowl and asked with a gentle smile on his face:

"What's your boy's name?"

"My name is Han Wa'er, my grandfather asked me to bring you the tea first, and he asked me to tell you that it would be good to be in the nest for a while. ”

Fahai laughed, reached out and gently pinched his little face, only to think that although this child was dirty, it was also quite pleasing.

The child then leaned against the corner of the room, looked directly at Fahai, and did not say much.

Fahai picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, the taste of the tea soup made him frown, only to feel that the entrance was not only fishy and astringent, but also vaguely earthy.

But because he was very thirsty, he didn't pick too much, and when a bowl of tea was about to be eaten, the old man walked in with a pottery bowl.

"Let the master wait for a long time, there is only such vulgar food in the cold house, and please don't laugh at the master. ”

Holding the pottery bowl in both hands and placing it on the table, Fahai swept his eyes and saw three egg-sized nests in the bowl. The surface of the wotou is mixed in color, black and green, and at first glance you can tell that it is kneaded with multigrain noodles mixed with vegetable leaves, and it is constantly steaming at this time.

"Amitabha, thank you. ”

Although the appearance of this food is not good-looking, it is not easy to find a family in this wilderness, how can you care about disgust? Fahai is not polite, he picks up a nest head and stuffs it into his mouth.

Xiao Wotou naturally swallowed it after chewing twice in his big mouth, and was about to reach out and pick up the second one from the bowl, but Fahai suddenly remembered something, raised his head and asked the old man:

"Have the donor and Lingsun eaten it?"

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said with a forced smile: "I and other people in the mountains and wilderness are very vulgar, the master doesn't care about us, just eat." ”

Fahai turned his gaze to his grandson, but saw that the child's big eyes were staring directly at the nest on the table at the moment, with his fingers in his mouth, and his face was greedy.

Fahai's face did not move, but a wry smile appeared in his heart. Such a poor family may only be able to eat one meal on weekdays. I understated the two bites, I am afraid that I have already eaten the rations of the grandfather and grandson for half a day.

Taking out all the nests in the bowl, Fahai beckoned the child to the front and stuffed the nests into his hands.

"Take it and eat it. The child held the nest head in his hand, looked at the sea, and then turned his head to look at his grandfather, but did not dare to speak.

The old man hurriedly said: "Master must not be like this, how can this be done?"

"It's not a secret, the poor monk has the ability to open the valley, and it is enough to eat one. It's time for children to grow their bodies, so they can't be hungry, so let's eat!"

Under Fahai's advice and the old man's acquiescence, the child dared to eat, he picked up the nest head and gobbled it into his mouth, and the two cheeks were stretched round.

"Looking at the food, this is always starving. Seeing this, Fahai couldn't help but sigh slightly, thinking that he suddenly became interested in this family of two, so he asked about their situation.

"Dare to ask the donor, what about the child's parents?"

The old man's face darkened when he heard this, and then he let out a long sigh. Seeing his reaction like this, Fahai had already guessed in his heart, and his heart said that this eighty percent was a sad story.

The old man looked at his grandson who was feasting on it, and slowly told the family story.

It turned out that the old man's son was originally a hunter in the mountains, and two years ago he crossed the Two Realms Mountains and went hunting in the Twin Forks Ridge, and he never came back. The daughter-in-law couldn't stand the blow of losing her husband, so she fell ill and died not long after.

After that, the family was left with only grandchildren and grandchildren. Because of the loss of young labor, the quality of life of the family has plummeted, and they can only barely make ends meet.

After hearing this, Fahai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but that's all, the number of poor people in this world is countless, this is just a small microcosm of the current big era.

In this era, once you are labeled as poor and weak, you are destined to live like ants, and your current mood is just superfluous sentimentality.

Listening to what the old man said, eighty percent of his son was eaten by the three monsters in the transformation stage in the Twin Forks. Fortunately, the three goblins have been made by Fahai, so they can be regarded as avenging their family.

"Amitabha, thank you for your hospitality, it's time for the poor monk to leave. The old man gave him over and sent Fahai out of the door, but just as Fahai was about to leave, the old man suddenly stopped him from behind.

"Master and slow. The old man returned to the house, and after a while he came out again, holding in his hand a gray cloth garment, which was patched but cleanly washed.

"The old man saw that the master's clothes were thin, and this was the clothes that my son wore before his death, so I gave them to the master to keep out the cold. ”

Jinlan's robe was worn away by Sun Monkey before, so Fahai is now only wearing a lined monk's robe, which is indeed thinner.

Fahai took the garment, his lips moved but he didn't speak, just bowed to him and turned to go on his way.