Wangniu Village.

Niu Dazhu, who was in charge of standing guard at the entrance of the village, saw two vague figures approaching from a distance, and his nerves, which were originally a little relaxed, immediately tensed up, and he hurriedly picked up the gong on the ground.

When he jumped on the branch and saw that there were only two big living people, one old and one young, he put the gong weighing dozens of pounds back into its place.

The snow continued continuously, and the mountains began to winter, but the wild beasts in the mountains did not have enough food for the winter, and they could only go down the mountain to plunder the village when they were hungry.

Just the day before yesterday, a two-person tall tiger attacked their village at night, for this reason, the dog egg family of more than a dozen people, except for the dog egg to get up at night to find out that something is wrong, jumped into the latrine to escape.

Therefore, the village chief organized the young men in the village to stand guard in shifts day and night.

Niu Dazhu saw that the person who came was covered with animal skins, and the pants on his face were still stained with blood that had not yet dried, and he had a faint guess in his heart, but he still spoke:

"Old man, on a snowy day, why did you run outside with your granddaughter?"

The old man seemed to be shivering from the cold, although he was supported by crutches, but most of his body was leaning on the little girl beside him, her lips trembled, but she couldn't make a sound, or the little girl on the side took over and said:

"Uncle, my grandmother and I lived in the deep mountains of the Orion family, the heavy snow fell, the beasts were rampant, our family of three only wanted to go down the mountain to avoid it, which thought that it was at the foot of the mountain, but suddenly rushed out of a big bear, my father in order to protect me and the nurse, was ........."

When the little girl said this, she couldn't stop crying.

The old woman on the side may have been cold and hungry, and the pain of losing her child made two whimperes and fainted. Even the little girl fell to the ground.

"Poor sight. ”

Niu Dazhu was raised by his grandmother since he was a child, and he was the most filial, how could he not save him when he saw death, so he helped the old woman up, leaned on the big pear tree on the side, and comforted the little girl:

"Little girl, don't worry, I will inform the people in the village to take you back to the village, it just so happens that the people from the county almshouse will come over in the afternoon, and then you will follow the dog and go with them, even if you don't have your father to rely on, with the help of the almshouse, your grandchildren can continue to live." ”

After Niu Dazhu finished speaking, he picked up the gong and struck it four times.

The little girl's eyes lit up when she lowered her head and wiped her tears, knowing that this should be a code to the village.

The little girl is naturally Fu Shiyi.

She said as if unintentionally, "Uncle, I'...... This is my first time going out of the mountains, is it true that you said that the almshouse can help me and my grandmother?"

I remember that when the third uncle handed over the task to her, he did not mention that there was such an institution as an almshouse in Tancheng County.

Mentioning the three words of the almshouse, a look of reverence appeared on Niu Dazhu's face: "Little doll, this almshouse was opened by Lord Tan County five years ago, specifically for the helpless, widowed, old and weak, I heard that not only do you eat and drink well, but also have someone to serve it, which is much better than what we eat in the soil every day." ”

If it weren't for the fact that it only took in those who had nothing to rely on, they would have rushed to move in.

When Fu Shiyi heard this, he frowned.

This almshouse sounded a bit like a welfare home in her first life.

It was the first time in this ancient period that she had heard of someone willing to pay for a large group of people who did not have any productive capacity.

If she remembers correctly, the current Tanxian Ling is a clansman from the side branch of the seventh house, and he also lives on the annual income of the clan.

Didn't you have some adventure and get rich overnight?

Fu Shiyi thought about it, and two young men rushed over from the village in a hurry, and when they saw an old man and a young man leaning on the big pear tree, he pulled Niu Dazhu to the side and whispered:

"What's going on?"

Five years ago, the Tan County Order issued a decree in each village not to accept outsiders of unknown origin. Niu Dazhu turned his head and looked at Fu Shiyi, who was hugging Sanniang tightly and hugging him in a ball, after all, he couldn't bear it, so he simply told a white lie:

"This is my aunt and little cousin who live in the mountains......."

Niu Dazhu told Fu Shiyi's remarks again, the two young men heard that there was such a family in the mountains, but they had not been in contact for many years. Seeing that the identity of the person who came was innocent, Qingzhuang agreed to temporarily replace Niu Dazhu to stand guard at the entrance of the village.

Niu Dazhu thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, two big brothers, it's empty another day, please drink." ”

Niu Dazhu said, then went over and picked up Sanniang, pulled Fu Shiyi to the village with one hand, and whispered at the same time, "

"Little sister, you remember, our grandmother is a sister, and I am your eldest cousin, if you want to live in the almshouse, someone must be able to prove your innocence, and when the almshouse comes, when they ask about you, you tell them ......."

Niu Dazhu's house is on a slope at the end of the village. It is a simple three-room mud and straw house, but the roof is covered with a lot of horizontal logs, presumably to prevent the heavy snow from crushing the house.

They hadn't reached the yard yet.

An old woman with a cane groped her way out of the main room:

"But Dazhu is back?"

"Grandmother, it's me, you stay there and don't move, be careful of slipping and falling on the snow, I'll go over. ”

Niu Dazhu didn't finish speaking, so he ran to the old woman with Sanniang on his back, and the old woman Cui Shi smiled and reached out to touch Niu Dazhu's face, and said distressedly:

"But my son is frozen, come in, the brazier in my house is just the right amount of charcoal. ”

Fu Shiyi, who was following behind, also noticed that Cui's eyes seemed to be invisible at this time.

A group of four people entered the back room. After Cui's learned about Fu Shiyi's life experience from his son's mouth, he immediately had a sympathetic resonance, and promised to help Fu Shiyi and the two people come together.

For this reason, when Sanniang "woke up", Cui Shi pulled her to tell her about the situation of her mother's family, and did not forget to explain the situation of her old sister's house living in the mountains.

With Cui's help, even if someone from the almshouse came to investigate, as long as they didn't use the second-order questioning rune, there would be no mistakes or omissions.

"Old sister, you help our ancestors and grandchildren so much, but I have nothing to repay you, there is also a pheasant we brought down from the mountains in this rich man, please don't dislike it. ”

Cui's didn't want it, but later Fu Shiyi added that after a while, they would go to the almshouse, and there would be no shortage of food and drink there. Cui couldn't refuse, so he accepted it.

Fu Shiyi quietly gave Sanniang a look, Sanniang understood, and said as if unintentionally: "Old sister, forgive me for saying more, how did our county magistrate think of running such a relief home, although I have little knowledge, sister, if you want to make the almshouse work, it will take a lot of silver, right?"

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