The old farmer said with a smile: "My daughter's life is better, she got married yesterday, and my aunt's family is good, and she gave me a big red envelope." ”

The old farmer got up and took a red cloth bag over: "Look at this big baked cake and copper coins!"

Gao Ming stretched out his head to see that the baked cakes were just coarse cakes, and the copper coins were just two strings of copper coins.

I heard that my uncle's family is well-off?

However, the old farmer seemed to be smiling happily and contentedly.

Gao Ming couldn't help but ask, "Didn't my uncle pick you up and go to live with you?"

The old farmer waved his hand and said with a smile: "What are you going to do, my uncle's family is big, and I must not be used to it." ”

The old farmer looked at the red cloth bag in his hand, and smiled so that the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were piled up layer by layer.

Suddenly, the old farmer said to Gao Ming: "Hou Shengzi, why don't I give you these things?"

Gao Ming hurriedly refused: "No, no, no, where do you dare to ask for this!"

The old farmer still wants to persuade, how can Gao Ming accept it?

The old peasant glanced at the cloth bag with regret and said, "Otherwise, Hou Shengzi, you are going to the county seat, can you please bring this to my daughter?

Gao Ming was surprised: "Old man, you keep it for yourself, your uncle's family is good, can your daughter still be hungry?"

The old farmer waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's old, it's useless!"

Gao Ming looked around the house, except for those few pieces of old furniture, it can also be called a home. Gao Ming felt that it was a problem for this old farmer to eat. Look at this face, the face is yellow and thin, but I have been hungry for more than a day or two.

Sure enough, after chatting for a while, when it was time for dinner, the old farmer brought the flatbread over and said, "Look, there is nothing to entertain at home, and these flatbreads will be filled with hunger." ”

Gao Ming hurriedly said: "Old man, eat me tonight, you can keep these." ”

Gao Ming's storage bag has a lot of food, and he had the foresight to eat when he was still on Earth, and he can sweep a lot of food in the supermarket.

Gao Ming took out all kinds of well-sealed snacks and opened them for the old farmer.

The old peasant waved his hand again and again.

The old farmer smiled and said, "You look like you're from a big place." ”

The delicacies that were opened exuded bursts of fragrance, but the old farmer only took a little bit and chewed it in his mouth, and then exclaimed: "Well, good!"

After that, no matter how Gao Ming persuaded him, the old farmer refused to take another bite.

The old farmer said: "Hou Shengzi, you are a sincere and good person, you keep all these, and the days to come will be long, don't waste it." ”

In the evening, the sun goes down, and the night rises, and the sky becomes dark.

There is nothing at home. There is an oil lamp, but there is no oil, so I can only go to bed early.

The old farmer led Gao Ming and arranged a room for him to stay. said: "This was originally my daughter's house. It's just this house, it's pretty clean. The girl let the sedan chair pick up early this morning, and you will stay here for a night tonight. ”

Gao Ming thanked him again and again.

The old farmer waved his hand.

Gao Ming looked around the house, the room was also very simple, but it was cleanly kept. It can be seen that the former owner is a diligent and clean person.

The old farmer walked to the door, suddenly turned around, and said, "Oh yes, Hou Shengzi, don't forget Ming'er, carry that bag for my daughter." ”

Gao Ming agreed: "Hey, old man, I remember it, don't worry." ”

The old peasant nodded, turned around, and whispered as he hobbled out, "Good, good." ”

When the old farmer left, the door was shut, and the house suddenly became dark.

Gao Ming walked to the side of the bed and sat down gently. There is a hay underneath, and it's quite soft.

From the middle of the night last night to the evening today, I was really tired and panicked.

Gao Ming didn't dare to lie down directly, he felt that he would definitely fall asleep as soon as he lay down.

I sat quietly for a while, gritted my teeth, crossed my legs, and sat quietly pranayama.

The true yuan runs for a week, and the internal qi is subsumed into the dantian. When he finished his work, he tilted his head and fell asleep on the bed.

In the middle of the night, Gao Ming suddenly woke up and sat up suddenly.

When I turned my head to look out the window, it was still pitch black, and I didn't know what time it was.

Just now, Gao Ming seemed to hear a dull sound?

Is it a delusion? Is it a dream?

Gao Ming held his breath, quietly listened to the movements around him, and sensed the breath around him.

It was quiet, there was no movement, it was quiet, there was nothing murderous.

Perhaps, it's a dream.

Gao Ming thought to himself.

I'm sleepy, let's sleep.

However, after thinking about it, Gao Ming still stood up, pushed the door and came out to take a look.

The firewood gate outside the courtyard is still closed, and the fence is intact.

Gao Ming retracted, closed the door, pondered for a while, took out a piece of string, and carefully tied it to the door.

There is a small bell on the string every other section, as long as you push the door, the bell rings, with the sharpness of Gao Ming, you will definitely be awakened.

Under the window, the same is true.

After doing this, Gao Ming fell into a deep sleep.

On the second day, the sun fell on the windowsill, and Gao Ming habitually opened his eyes and got up.

Glancing at the doorway and under the window, the string bells are still there.

It seems that I am indeed overthinking. But when you're out and about, be careful.

Gao Ming quickly packed up and went out. It's sunny outside, the air is fresh, and it's refreshing.

The courtyard is quiet, could it be that the old man hasn't gotten up yet?

Gao Ming turned around left and right, and there was no one in the four corners, only to see the red cloth bag still in the conspicuous place on the table in the main room.

Gao Ming stepped forward to open it and took a look, but he didn't eat a bite of the big cake and didn't move at all.

Gao Ming was surprised in his heart, the old man didn't eat last night? He obviously looked hungry for a long time, why didn't he eat a bite?

I slept well all night, my spirit was better, and my mind was much fresher.

Gao Ming carefully recalled some details of last night, and always felt that something was wrong.

Gao Ming walked to the courtyard and looked at the old peasant's room.

The door was closed.

Gao Ming felt a little worried in his heart.

He knocked on the door and shouted, "Old man, are you up?"

There was not a trace of movement inside the door.

Gao Ming listened intently, but still couldn't hear the slightest sound.

Even, there was no sound of breathing.

Gao Ming gently pushed the door, and the door opened.

The door is unlocked.

Gao Ming pushed the door and entered, and there was an old bed in the room, a dilapidated cabinet next to it, and a lame bench.

Other than that, nothing.

The bed was empty, and there was no one in the room.

Gao Ming exhaled in his heart. Probably, you went out to work, right?

However, Gao Ming was still uneasy in his heart.

Gao Ming turned around and went out, and when he arrived in the yard, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the dry well in the yard out of the corner of his eye, and his heart suddenly jumped.

The dry well sat there quietly, unmoved, unremarkable. But Gao Ming felt that the dry well seemed to exude an inexplicable aura, which made people palpitate.

Gao Ming stood in a daze for a while, thought about it, and still didn't take the test to see it.

Turned around, went to the main house to get the red cloth bag, and rode away.

On the avenue, Gao Ming rode a horse and galloped forward, his mood was complicated, and he didn't know what to think in his heart.

It is a desolate and oppressive land. Here, what is full of blood, what is happy and courageous, all are devoured and decomposed. What remains in the heart is only the repression of assimilation.

Gao Ming galloped all the way forward, and only the cold wind whistling in his ears could temporarily blow away the haze in his heart.

Soon, in the distance, a small city could be seen in front of me. That should be the county seat of Zhaoning.

The walls of the small county town were dilapidated and low, and Gao Ming felt that he should be able to climb over them easily.

Outside the city, a large number of broken tents are densely packed, one after another, surrounding the broken walls of the county seat, forming a special ecology.

There was a long queue at the gate of the county seat, full of ragged victims. However, the victims did not line up to enter the city, but were given porridge here.

Gao Ming dismounted and led the horse, turning his head to look at the soup kitchen next to him.

The strange thing is that the soup soup is guarded by the soldiers of the government with swords and armor, but the person who presides over the soup soup is not the official lord of Heng Day, but a big fat man who looks like a rich businessman and a housekeeper.

And listening to his shouting, you can also hear his identity.

"Yesterday was a day of great joy for our old man Qian, and for the next three consecutive days, the porridge was given twice a day, and the porridge was given three times in the morning, noon and evening!"

The surrounding victims thanked each other and said, "Thank you so much, Master Qian, you are a good person!"

It seems that this old man Qian is a big family in the county. In times of great calamity, it is rare to do good deeds of porridge.

But the big day?

Gao Ming's heart moved, and he asked others: "Fellow countryman, how many families married daughters-in-law yesterday?"

The man glanced at Gao Ming like a fool and said, "In these years, apart from Master Qian, who can have the strength to go to a daughter-in-law?"

Gao Ming's mind turned for a moment, and he asked again: "Then, may I ask who this old man Qian is?"

The man looked at Gao Ming twice: "Master Qian is the big boss of our Wuqian Grain Store in Zhaoning County, rich and generous, you can go to the county seat and inquire about it." ”

Gao Ming thanked him and walked towards the city gate.

At this time, Gao Ming noticed that the soldiers at the gate of the city were pushing and shoving with one person. The man was only skinny, but he looked pretty good.

I heard the man shouting again and again: "Official, official, I am not a disaster victim, I am really not a disaster victim! I just accidentally fell outside, really! My house is inside!"

Gao Ming frowned, and quietly pulled someone over and asked, "Can't the victims enter the city?"

The man nodded, "Of course." Why don't we all do out here?"