Zhao Jinhai told us about the situation here, and we walked towards the first stronghold. What makes me curious is that Lu Wenzhao has never been to the outlying islands, and I have always thought that a deacon of his level should travel all over the Eastern Holy Islands, but the truth is often not what I imagined.

Just as we were moving forward, a man in his forties was driving an old woman who looked to be in her eighties, and I vaguely heard the old woman trembling and pleading for something, because it was far away and I couldn't hear it clearly.

Originally, we thought that the old woman was begging from the middle-aged man, thus angering him. But when we got closer and closer, we found that the old woman was not begging, but saw that there were a lot of waste products at his door, so she asked if you still want this thing, and if you don't want it, she will take it all, that is, because the old woman's words angered the middle-aged man.

How could the four of us turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, and walk briskly towards the place where the incident happened. And Lu Wenzhao took out Wu Detang's waist card from his waist as he walked, and Zhao Jinhai hurriedly stopped: "We are here to keep it secret, if you reveal Wu Detang's identity now, the situation of the four of us will be very dangerous." No matter how high our kung fu is, it is impossible to defeat all the cultists on this island. If you want to take care of this matter, you have to take care of it as an ordinary person, otherwise you can only swallow your anger and turn a blind eye. ”

In desperation, Lu Wenzhao had no choice but to stuff the waist card back, speed up the pace of his feet, and come to the old woman's side. Lu Wenzhao angrily shouted at the middle-aged man: "Why do you want to speak disrespectfully to an old man, even if the old man is at fault, you shouldn't be like this, not to mention that I don't think the current situation is like this, right?"

"Where you come out of nowhere, give me all the rotten garlic, and the dog will take the mouse and meddle more. I'm a restaurant here, and such a dirty old woman is hanging around in front of the door, which affects my business. The middle-aged man said to Lu Wenzhao very arrogantly.

Lu Wenzhao could stand this anger, so he saw him smile faintly, and said in a very small voice: "The guard dog of this family is not bolted well, and he bites people indiscriminately in broad daylight, and he is not afraid that his dog meat will be put in the soup pot." ”

"What are you talking about, you're telling me again!" Although Lu Wenzhao's voice was small, it was enough for the middle-aged man to hear clearly.

Lu Wenzhao didn't speak, but took a step forward with a smile, raised his right fist and swung it at the middle-aged man's cheek, the speed of the fist was so fast that I couldn't stop it. Hearing a muffled sound, the middle-aged man fell to the ground in response, groaned for a moment before struggling to get up from the ground, covering his swollen face that had been beaten and said, "You wait for me, wait for me." Erase turned around and ran into the store.

Lu Wenzhao was about to chase him in to continue his theory, but this time he was stopped by Zhao Jinhai, who pulled him by the back collar and said to him: "Did you let go of what I said as a fart? Didn't I tell you not to make trouble for me, can't you remember?"

"But...... You can also see that this old boy is too arrogant to give him some color, and he doesn't know how to write the word Wang Fa. ”

"He's been beaten back by you, what do you want? Do you still want to smash his shop? Okay, go see the old woman first, and then hurry up and do something. After speaking, Lu Wenzhao and the two came to the old woman's side. Chen Dake and I glanced at each other, smiled at each other and followed.

Zhao Jinhai saluted the old woman and said, "The old man didn't scare you just now, did he?" My brother is indeed a little impatient, but he is definitely not a wicked person, you don't have to be afraid, don't you just want these waste products, we will give you it." These things are also quite heavy, so let's send them back to you, just as you are telling us about what just happened. ”

Zhao Jinhai squinted at Lu Wenzhao with his eyes, and the latter immediately understood, picked up the two large bags of waste at the door of the small restaurant and walked in the direction that the old woman said. The old woman's home is very close to the stronghold where we are going, and we know from the old woman that she is 84 years old this year, and she makes a living by picking up waste everywhere.

Zhao Jinhai asked, "Old woman, do you live alone, and what about your family?"

At this, the old woman's eyes welled up with tears, but her tone was still calm and said to us: "There are three people in our family, me and two grandchildren. The two grandchildren are both nineteen years old, and they will go to the main island today to find a way to live, and they will not be able to come back until the evening, and it will be a problem whether they can find jobs at such a young age, and if I don't come out to pick up some waste, we will have nothing to eat at night. Usually we also make a living by picking up waste, and three people are always better than me alone. ”

Looking at the old woman's expression, several of us felt very uncomfortable, and Zhao Jinhai continued to ask: "What about the child's parents, don't you live with you?"

Speaking of this, the old woman finally couldn't control her emotions and choked up, and cried to us: "My old man and his son had an accident when they went out to sea to fish, and they couldn't escape the clutches of death, and it should have been six years ago when I said this. After the two of them died, I lived with my daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. But last summer, my daughter-in-law was hit and killed by a car again, and the driver ran away and hasn't been caught until now, so only three of us are left. Seeing that the days are not as good as day by day, the two children can only drop out of school, both of them are college seedlings, and their studies are very good, but they can't let them go to college because they don't have money. Now it's a problem to eat every day, basically I just ate the last meal and didn't have the next meal, I have the heart to die, but looking back, I can't rest assured that these two children can only be hard to deal with and live. When these two little guys settle down, I will be able to close my eyes with peace of mind. ”

The old woman's words pierced the hearts of the four of us like needles, and all of them were holding back their tears, and all of them listened quietly to the old woman's words with red eyes.

"Auntie, look at what you said, your body is so tough, I think you can live at least twenty or thirty years, let's put our mentality well, your two grandchildren will definitely find a job, and when they have a job, you don't have to suffer from this, enjoy the blessings, let the two of them respect your old age. Zhao Jinhai comforted the old woman with a smile on his face.

When passing by the vegetable market, Zhao Jinhai also bought several vegetables for the old woman out of his own pocket, as well as some eggs, poultry and meat. At first, the old woman forcibly shirked and did not accept, but in the end, she saw that we were very persistent and did not stop us, and the excited old woman was very grateful to us. In the end, Zhao Jinhai bought a few more fruits before he stopped, and continued to walk towards the old woman's house with a large bag.

Entering the courtyard, the old woman hurriedly let the four of us into the dilapidated house. It is not accurate to describe this house with four walls, and holes can be faintly seen on the roof. Our group of people are usually very arrogant, and we don't care too much about anything neat and untidy, so there is nothing uncomfortable about staying in such a house, but our natural state gives the old woman a great comfort.

Because we still have a few tasks to do, we can't afford to delay here too much. Before leaving, Zhao Jinhai stuffed another 2,000 yuan for the old woman, and the old woman excitedly shirked: "I can't ask for this money, you just bought me so many things, and now you want to give me money, how can I be embarrassed." My old woman, how can I meet you nobles today, and it is also a blessing that I cultivated in my previous life. ”

"Old man, seeing that the weather is getting cold, you take this money to find a few people to repair the house, and then buy something to keep out the cold, the sea breeze on the island is not a joke, like your age, if you resist hard in this season, the body will definitely not be able to bear it. Don't be polite to us, just take it. From now on, a few of us will come to see you every once in a while, and if you need anything, just tell us, as long as it is within our ability, we will definitely not shirk it. Zhao Jinhai spoke, and once again stuffed the money into the old woman's hand.

The old woman's tears fell, and she wiped us away with her hands and sent us to the door, and when we said goodbye to her, she said to us, "As long as you don't dislike my place, you will come often, and you are really closer than relatives." ”

After tearfully parting with the old woman, we continued to walk in the direction of the stronghold. On the way, I said to a few of them: "I really didn't expect that the old woman's life would be so bitter, she is so old, and she has to bear so much pressure. ”

"You have never seen anything worse than this old man, things in this world are like this, there have been good things, there have been miserable ones, and no one can balance it. So when I'm on the Isle of Exile, I'm able to help one of them, not because I'm not vain, it's just that I don't want to see them miserable. Zhao Jinhai hasn't come out of the old woman's affairs yet, so his words are a little sad.

The four of us walked for about fifteen minutes or so, and finally reached the first stronghold. Zhao Jinhai skillfully found a very secret place, and when we hid it, Zhao Jinhai frowned and said to us: "Do you feel that there seems to be something wrong here, is this atmosphere a little weird?"

Lu Wenzhao immediately replied: "It's indeed a bit strange, if this is the stronghold that Kong Sanshi said, then this place is too quiet. This silence is as eerie and terrifying as a dead place. ”

"Let's go in and see everything and we'll know everything. Zhao Jinhai walked in the front and led us to the gate of the stronghold little by little. When we got to the gate, all four of us were stunned by what we saw.