He went to the courtyard, poured another bowl of warm water from the crockpot, and quietly placed it on the kang.

Then, with a sigh in his heart, he carried the crockpot back to the outhouse. After doing this, I still felt that my face was hot and my back was itchy, so I simply walked to the gate of the courtyard to see the horses.

The white horse snorted when he saw him, and rubbed his head against his face. Li Bochen scratched his neck and said, "Alas, Brother Ma, I'm too stupid. ”

As he had said these words, he faintly heard a low sobbing sound coming from the room, and he was busy listening. But it seemed that Lin Qiao heard that there was no movement outside the hospital, and quickly suppressed his voice.

Li Bochen felt even more distressed. Looking back at this time, I realized that Lin Qiao had hardly caused trouble to herself along the way, and she had never asked herself how to place her. Any man who sees her like this should praise her for being "empathetic". But how did she come to be so understanding? I learned it after so many years in the place of joy, swallowing tears in my heart.

When I said that apology just now, I really meant it sincerely. But I also know that this sentence alone really can't make up for anything.

In normal times, I might be able to think of some way to make amends, but now that this deserted village and wild shops, grass and trees are bleak, can I still find a bouquet of dried flowers to apologize? Not to mention that kind of thing may not work-Although Lin Qiao has been in the dust for all these years, the pure and lofty spirit in his heart should not be damaged, otherwise he would not have immediately given up so much money and agreed to go with him before.

For such a woman, if you take out the posture of being low and small to pestering and grinding, and insist on making her happy, you should look down on her.

Li Bochen sighed again, untied the long knife from the side of the horse's body, and walked into the house with it.

He was embarrassed to look at her again, just stared at the water bowl on the kang and said, "...... Miss Lin, it's me who is not good. You're already sick, and you've made me angry. I think this - we're going to spend the night here today, waiting for you to recuperate. ”

He put the long knife on the kang again: "There shouldn't be anyone around here, but I'll put this knife here." I'll go out and get something and I'll be back soon—do you think that's going to work?"

Lin Qiao said in a low voice: "Okay, Brother Li." ”

She stopped crying at this point, but her voice was hoarse and nasal. This is even more uncomfortable than her scolding herself.

Li Bochen sighed and said, "There is still some food outside, and there is also fire, if you are cold, go to roast the fire...... I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

When he had said this, he turned and went out of the house, and led the white horse into the courtyard and tied it.

He was going to get some of the things that Lin Qiao needed. This time he also planned to continue to walk west along the stream, and there might be some villages, market towns, and so on in that direction, but that direction was mountainous, and riding a horse was a burden, so he simply didn't take it.

He took the iron gloves from his horse's baggage, put them on, and strode out the door.

In fact, he himself is no slower than a horse in the mountains, and his strength is better. Soon they arrived at the top of the mountain where the wolf had hunted before, lifted the wolf corpse on their backs, and ran down.

After about a quarter of an hour's work, I got out of the mountain forest and saw a meadow in the distance. The stream that followed me flowed through the meadow, and the barren grass was reflected in the sun, and it was golden, and the stream meandered in it, which was very beautiful. When Li Bochen saw this scene, he saw that the sky was as blue as a wash, and his heart was finally relieved.

He walked in the meadow for a while, and suddenly heyed, and said in his heart, forget it, I'm a man, why bother twisting and pinching like this. It's true that I was wrong when I said bastard things, but if I couldn't wipe my face in front of her, wouldn't her daughter's family be even more uncomfortable? As for the apology...... What does she want most?

What a woman in this world wants most is a stable and happy life. If you want to live a stable life, you have to follow the right person, and you have to have money.

I am a human being...... It seems that he is still married to her. But the two should not be suitable. It's not that she "dislikes" that she has fallen into the dust, but that she is also in danger and is entangled in a bunch of troubles, how can she live well? Even if she has this thought, she can't do it now.

That's money. But she only has more than 3,000 yuan at the moment, and looking at her usual food and clothing, she probably can't even last a month's work. She may not love money...... But since I said that I wanted to buy a "small Zhuangzi" before...... If she can really get a small village, she will have a place to live.

Before, it was a huge amount of millions of dollars for such a grange, but Li Bochen thought about it and felt that he couldn't get the money.

In this world, how can you get the fastest money? Naturally, it is a robbery. He doesn't rob ordinary people, but he can rob bandits and bandits. There are a large number of bandits in Sanguan City, although they are several together, but there should be more than 100 people in a family. Look at the third place in the village, "Chuang Datian", he actually wore a heavy armor, and there were tall horses, and these bandit villages had some inventory.

Those people are doing evil in Sanguan City, but they can copy their hometown, and the millions of dollars will come easily!

When he thought of this, he felt more and more wonderful, and his heart became more relaxed, and he couldn't help laughing, and he raised his head and let out a long roar, so that a large flock of chickadees flew in the meadow.

When I passed through the meadow, I saw a forest path. So he ran all the way out of the woods, and at last he saw people. But it was not a village or a market town, but a few houses scattered under a hillside. At the foot of the mountain, there are several fields in a gravel beach, which does not seem to be enough for a family to chew for half a year.

There should be nothing to buy and exchange for such a person, Li Bochen felt a little disappointed, but still slowed down and walked over carrying the wolf corpse.

A wooden door close to the door was closed, and Li Bochen knocked on the door, but no one answered. He thought that the person was not at home, so he planned to go to another house, but when he walked by the window, he seemed to hear a soft sound inside, so he stopped and whispered, "Excuse me, is there anyone in the house?"

The people inside did not speak. Maybe it's the woman at home - it's common for people to dare not open their mouths when they see people in this kind of place. He said, "I came out of Sanguan City and settled on the road. I have a shortage of food and drink for daily use, and I want to buy some for some-"

He shook the cloth pocket around his waist again, and made the copper coin inside rattle: "It's not for nothing." ”

No one has spoken yet. After a few moments, when he sighed and was about to leave, the wooden door creaked and opened a crack. A little girl showed half of her face behind the door, and said timidly: "A-Niang asked you what you wanted." ”

When she said this, the little girl seemed to see the armor he was wearing, and her eyes widened, but she was not afraid, but she looked extremely curious.

Li Bochen squatted down and smiled, and said, "Ask your aunt, if there is rice, noodles, clothes and bedding at home." ”

The girl immediately dodged open from behind the door. She forgot to close the door, and the crack in the door was a little bigger, and Li Bochen saw that the house was really surrounded by four walls, and there was not even a stove, only a fire pit was built with stones, and a blackened clay pot was set up on it. The girl was also heard talking to another woman in the house, but the voice was so soft that she couldn't hear clearly.

After a while, the little girl returned to the door and said, "A-Niang said that there is a straw mattress and two cakes. ”

Li Bochen was about to speak, but she had already thrown out two dry cakes. There was a rustling sound, and a raging mattress was pushed out through the crack in the door.

The two dry cakes looked like they were edible, but the mattress was patched on top of each other, and it was no longer clear what they looked like.

There was another clang, and the little girl closed the door.

Li Bochen was stunned, and said in his heart, what does this mean?

Later, he found that the mattress was torn, but it was clean. He frowned slightly, reached in and touched it, and found that it was warm, it should have been the family's own pad. He then understood what was going on—perhaps the girl had gone and told her mother what she looked like.

A strong man in armor appeared outside the house and said in a kind manner that he would take money to buy some food and drink...... Devils believe it.

I think I'm thinking of myself as a bandit. Maybe there were indeed only two loaves of bread and a broken mattress at home, so they hurriedly "served" them. Li Bochen felt uncomfortable for a while, and remembered the appearance of the little girl - her thin body supported her big head, and what she was on her body was not clothes, but two rags sewn together. I don't know how cold it is in this weather. The family is having a hard time.

He sighed, put the wolf corpse in the doorway, and took another collar of silver and put it in front of the door. Just about to leave, after thinking about it, he touched a dozen copper coins and put them on the silver collar - I don't know if the family has seen silver, and I can't recognize what it does.

And again, "Thank you." I put a wolf at the door, and my sister-in-law wants nothing to eat at home, so let's eat this. There is still some money outside the door, remember to pick it up. ”

When he had said this, he picked up his mattress and turned around and took two steps. The door behind him creaked again, perhaps the little girl opened the door to see. Then I suddenly heard an empty cough, as if someone had been holding it for a long time. I heard another woman say in a loud voice: "Brother, brother, don't go, don't go!"

Li Bochen turned around and saw a dark and thin woman looking at him by the door, wearing a white single coat. But when I looked closely, I knew that the garment was not white, but only white.

The woman stared at the wolf and the money on the ground, and said, "It's not worth it...... Oops, I thought you were ......"

With that, he coughed vigorously again, coughing and beckoning into the house. The little girl walked to the door with a gourd scoop in her hand and said, "Uncle, A-Niang told you to drink water." ”

The woman breathed a sigh of relief and added, "There is really no hospitality at home...... Brother, if you don't dislike it, drink saliva. I thought you were a bandit in the mountains......"

Li Bochen sighed in his heart, put down the mattress, and walked over to take the water scoop. He wasn't thirsty, but he didn't want to wash his mind, so he drank it all in one go. Seeing that the woman's eyes were rolling on the copper coin and silver collar, as if to say "not worth it," she said, "I am in a hurry, and I think it is worth it." ”

Handing the scoop to the girl, she turned around and took another step, and couldn't help asking, "Eldest sister, are you two at home?"

The woman hurriedly said, "My man went to do the work." ”

After thinking about it, he added: "You can come back when it gets dark." A new family moved to the west, and a Zhuangzi was to be set up...... My man went to help with the work. ”

Li Bochen nodded, picked up the mattress and walked away. Hearing the woman say behind her again, "Brother, don't you need to ask those families...... They're starving to death. ”

Li Bochen hummed in a low voice, strode to the road, and walked until he reached the forest, before sighing heavily. I was in a good mood when I was in the meadow before, but now I feel heavy.

"Starving" - he had heard of it, but had never seen it with his own eyes. Now that I look at these families, I feel that these three words have become real.

He walked slowly, not knowing what to say—he was not well fed when he was in the Immeasurable Army, although he was not clothed and fed. When I was in Zhangcheng, I lived in Tao's house, and looking at the prosperity on the street, I also felt that although this world was not good, it was not too bad. There are all kinds of shops and food stalls on the street, and ordinary people can get drunk with a dozen or so dollars.

In the village where he grew up, although some families had to find wild vegetables to eat with noodles and steamed cakes when they were not harvested, they didn't starve to death.

Just now, I was still thinking about where to get a million dollars to set up a small village for Lin Qiao, but only a dozen miles away from Sanguan City, he was "starving to death" - and the family was about to starve to death, and the man went to help a manor owner. The newly moved owner of the manor must also be well fed and dressed.

He did not hate those who were wealthy. If you know what kind of world you have, there will be people who have no worries about food and clothing. I just think that these people are like this, or because of the swords more than ten years ago. Once the war was over, a new order could not be established, bandits were rampant outside the city, and the convenience of the people was poor.

In fact, it's not just because of this - if it is an ordinary bandit, many places can organize some militia groups to protect themselves. But there are magical spells in this world, and bandits are not ordinary bandits. In a sense, a cultivator like himself is no longer the same "person" as the mother and daughter just now.

Walking through the mountains and wilderness by myself, I am not very afraid of cold, heat and sickness, and it is even easier to get some food. Seeing that family poor like that just now, he had a thought in his heart - guarding such a mountain and such a wilderness, where can he not get food?

But after thinking about it again, not to mention whether those large areas of mountains and fields belong to other people's families, and whether they are allowed to hunt, even if they can, it is too difficult for a family like that just now to make a living from this.

Where did they get money to buy bows and crossbows? Do they make their own bows and crossbows? If they make them, can they shoot accurately? If they set traps, who will they learn from? If they spend a year and a half on these things, what will the family eat? There are still some thin fields to be tended to.

Moreover, such ordinary people, because of their extremely poor nutritional conditions, are already prone to illness and fatigue, and once they are slightly injured while hunting in the mountains, they will be gone. Orion...... It sounds ordinary, but it's not something that ordinary people can do.

They are just too vulnerable. In troubled times, people's lives are like mustard, and they are also living too hard.

There are still many such people in Li Guo, and he gave them more than 1,000 yuan today because he couldn't bear it. But in the future, if you encounter the same, you can't continue to sprinkle money. If you really want to help, maybe you can wipe out all the bandits watching along the road, but is this really useful?

In the final analysis, it's because Li Guo is now in chaos.

Li Bochen knew that he might be the descendant of Beichen and the descendant of the royal family surnamed Li, and he felt that he had taken on morality and responsibility. But if you want to live a lifetime, it's better to be happy yourself. In the event of injustice, if you can help out as much as you can, it is not worth it.

But for now, this situation is ...... If you are really a "Beichen Emperor" - live in seclusion and be alone, can you really be "worthy of your heart"?

He felt extremely confused, so he sighed heavily. After walking a dozen more steps, I thought, is it just because of the chaos here?

It's because of a practitioner like myself.

The rule of the six royal families lasted for thousands of years, and the vast majority of the royal families were cultivators. When they lived a long life, they spread out, and the king's descendants did not know how many. Even if many people have become similar to grassroots officials like Sui Yilian and Sui Ziang, after all, they still have to receive the unique worship of the surname Wang.

Such a huge clan would not last for five hundred years at most in his original place. But the reason why it can last so long here is because of the magic magic and the blessing of the spirit gods.

The people of the grass mustard like that family were crushed to death, and the large and small towns where the king lived prospered. For those people, it is a kind of darkness that never sees the light of day – they have no power to radically improve their situation.

I don't think either. He thought, even if one day my cultivation can fight the whole world alone, I won't know what to do. To change and improve the way of the world is never something that can be done by force alone, and it is difficult to understand all the aspects involved, even if a person lives for a hundred years and a thousand years.

Otherwise, why don't the spirits make this world better and their incense followers greater?

He thought all the way to the deserted village.

After entering the hospital, he was relieved to find that the white horse was still there. But as soon as I entered the house, I was stunned again.

He had been in a hurry to get food, so he had set the fire on the floor of the outhouse, but now he found that the fire had been moved to the stove. Half of the stove had collapsed, but it was also cleared out and turned into a natural firepit.

There was also a wooden plate on the stove, Li Bochen glanced at it, and felt that it should be cut with a broken door board or a broken window board, and it was washed again, and the remaining three barbecued meat were placed on the wooden plate to be warmed.

The ground was also swept clean, revealing the original black mud. Half of the house collapsed, but at this time, it didn't feel like it was in a state of decay.

...... Lin Qiao did it. He was in a heavy mood, but when he saw this scene, he suddenly became relieved, and walked into the inner room with his mattress—the floor and the kang in the inner room were also cleaned, and there was a rotten straw mat on the kang. Lin Qiao was wrapped in a big hat and was fiddling with a small table with a lame leg.

Seeing Li Bochen walk in, he turned his face and smiled: "Brother Li-ah, where did you get the mattress?"

Isn't she angry anymore? Li Bochen's heart suddenly swelled with a warm current, and he didn't know why, even choked in his throat, and only said, "I...... Got it from a family on the west side. ”

Lin Qiao walked over and took the mattress, opened it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's clean, you ran so far - there is still hot water in the jar." I just went to a few nearby shops to look for them, and that's all I found. There are a few dishes on the outside wall, so go wash them out later. ”

Then he walked to the side of the kang, shook the mattress vigorously, and spread it out. Li Bochen stood in place, watching the sunlight through the cracks in the window panel reflect her skin almost transparent, and reflect the fine dust flying in mid-air, gasped, and said, "Okay...... Miss Lin, okay. ”

With this, he hurried out of the house and stood in the courtyard. When the wind blew, I felt a little cold on my face, and when I raised my hand to touch it, I found that two tears had fallen. He was stunned for a moment, not knowing if the tears fell on his own or from the original remnant of consciousness.

It's remembering Chang Tingwei. Remembering how she used to be when she used to do housework. Lin Qiao is naturally not Chang Tingwei, and the relationship is different. But after being alone for so long, suddenly there was another person doing these things and taking care of himself, and he felt that his heart was sour for a while, and he was still empty.

Li Bochen sighed lowly, walked to the base of the wall and sat down slowly, looked at the two bowls and two plates on the ground on the side, and was silent for a while.

Otherwise, take her with you. He suddenly said to himself in his heart, what is the righteousness of the family and the country...... In fact, you don't need to rush. After taking care of the affairs of the Chang family, is it okay to live a stable life for a while? I am a cultivator, and I can live for a long time. Even if it is delayed for a few decades, will the world be destroyed?

But after a while, he took off his gloves, wiped his face fiercely, picked up the dishes, and walked out of the yard.

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