After Shi Dewa gambled with Feng Dewa in the Qiqing Palace, he fell into the abyss of conscience and self-blame after leading troops to slaughter more than 100,000 soldiers, and committed suicide.

Shi Dewa's wife, the daughter of the former Emperor Zhou Tian, was seven months pregnant and returned to the Nanling Palace with Feng Gan.

Under the careful care of her mother, Stonewa's wife, Zhou Tian's daughter, successfully survived the years of pregnancy in October. After that, the child of Shi Dewa and the daughter of the former emperor Zhou Tian was born, and two children were born, a boy and a girl.

Because the surname of the Miao clan of Shi Dewa was awkward, the mother of the former emperor Zhou Tian's mother "Miao'er" made the decision to let Shi Dewa's two sons and daughters be surnamed Zhou. The name was given by the mother "Miao'er", the boy is called Zhou Ping, and the girl is called Zhou Jing.

The daughter of the former emperor Zhou Tian, the sister of the emperor Zhou Huan, and the wife of Shi Dewa, the soldier master of the Nine Desolation Mountains, the life under these three identities made "Miao'er" see through the joys and sorrows of the flashy and rich life in the world, and all she had in her heart was calm. She hopes that her children will no longer live a royal life, no more days of fighting each other, and go through life as peacefully as their names.

When Zhou Ping and Zhou Jing were six years old, "Miao'er" left the Nanling Mansion and moved to a village more than 20 miles away from Wangcheng, despite the obstruction of his mother and Feng Rui, the king of Feng Nanling.

"Miao'er's" mother was worried that her daughter would live outside independently, so she sent a maid and an elderly loyal male servant to follow "Miao'er" to the countryside.

Feng Rui, the king of Nanling, also secretly sent people to the village where "Miao'er" lived to protect "Miao'er's" family.

"Miao'er" bought a courtyard with three main rooms and two side rooms, "Miao'er" and Zhou Ping and Zhou Jing lived in three main rooms, and the elderly maid lived in the wing room.

"Miao'er" bought two acres of thin fields in the village, and asked the male maid to take Zhou Ping to cultivate the fields every day.

"Miao'er" didn't expect Zhou Ping to do much work in the field, but just wanted him to experience the hard work of work since he was a child, and to be a self-reliant person in the future.

When Zhou Ping was working in the fields, Zhou Jing also cleaned up the courtyard of the house with the maid, and "Miao'er" also asked the maid to teach her to cook and wash.

"Miao'er" is bent on shaping Zhou Ping and Zhou Jing into ordinary villagers in the countryside.

When Zhou Ping came back from the field every day, "Miao'er" carefully observed his son's expression in distress, and he was worried that his son was exhausted.

"Miao'er" took her son's hand and saw a small piece of flesh worn on her son's palm, her heart trembled, her nose was sore, and tears moistened her eyes.

"Miao'er" held back and didn't let the tears fall, and a smile appeared on her face.

At this time, the maid came up with a farm tool and said, "Madam! Zhou Ping is amazing! He has done more work in the field than I do, and I can't imagine how he can have so much energy at such a young age!"

Zhou Ping didn't pay much attention to the maid's words, but shouted: "Mom! I'm starving, I want to eat!"

Zhou Ping ran into the main house, Zhou Jing brought a pot of steamed cakes and said, "Brother, my sister and I made two pots of steamed cakes, and I promise to let you eat enough!"

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The peaceful and beautiful life of the "Miao'er" family came to an abrupt end in the morning.

After breakfast that day, Zhou Ping followed the maid to his field. When Zhou Ping walked to the field outside the village, he picked up a stone and hit a bird on a tree.

The maid glanced back at Zhou Ping, then smiled and walked towards the field.

After the maid walked to his field, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Ping had not followed.

The maid didn't care, he thought that Zhou Pingzhun was playing on the road and would come over in a while.

The maid waited for a long time and didn't see Zhou Ping come to the field before he felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly put down his farm tools and went back to find Zhou Ping, until he found the house in the village, and the male maid did not see Zhou Ping.

"Miao'er" was frightened, she and her family searched the entire village together, but Zhou Ping was nowhere to be seen.

The sun had already set, the sky was getting darker, and the figure of "Miao'er" appeared on the road a few miles outside the village......

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Zhou Ping took a stone and hit a yellow bird on the big tree, and the yellow bird flew to another tree.

Zhou Ping chased the yellow bird to another tree, he found another stone on the ground, and when he was about to hit the yellow bird, he only felt a fishy smell penetrate his nostrils, and then he lost consciousness in front of him.

When Zhou Ping woke up, he found himself lying in a dilapidated house.

Zhou Ping wanted to sit up, but he was in pain all over his body and had no strength.

Zhou Ping lay like this, his stomach gurgling.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a dark face walked into the house with a bowl of gruel in his hand. He first put the bowl of gruel beside Zhou Ping, then helped Zhou Ping up, and brought the bowl of gruel to Zhou Ping.

After Zhou Ping drank a bowl of gruel, he felt that his body had some strength. He looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Uncle, who are you, and what kind of place is this?"

The middle-aged man said, "Child, what's your name, and who else is in the family?"

Zhou Ping said: "My name is Zhou Ping, and I have my mother, sister and uncle at home. ”

The middle-aged man said, "Your name is Zhou Ping, right? Let me tell you, I'm a human trafficker." If you are obedient, I will find you a good family; if you are disobedient, I will throw you into the mountains and old forests, and let wolves, insects, tigers and leopards bite you to death!"

Zhou Ping didn't know who the trafficker was, but he could see that the middle-aged man was a wicked man, and he was in danger now.

Zhou Ping pretended to be very obedient and said, "Uncle, I listen to you, what do human traffickers do?"

The middle-aged man said, "Just be obedient to a good child!" I'll take you away in a moment, and I've already found you a family. When you get to that house, you say it's my son. If you tell me who I am, I know your family, and I will go to your house first and kill your mother and sister. ”

When Zhou Ping heard this, he was scared. Zhou Ping originally wanted to find an opportunity to injure the middle-aged man and escape, but now he didn't dare to do so.

The middle-aged man took Zhou Ping to a family with only a man in his forties.

The middle-aged man pointed to Zhou Tian and said to the man in his forties, "This is my son, named Zhou Ping." I've given it to you, I really can't help it. ”

The man in his forties looked at Zhou Ping and said, "Is your name Zhou Ping?"

The man in his forties saw Zhou Ping nodding and said again, "Who is this person?"

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment and said, "It's my father!"

The man in his forties listened to Zhou Ping's words, smiled and took out a few pieces of silver from his body and handed them to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man took the silver and hurried away.

When the man in his forties saw the middle-aged man leaving, he smiled and said to Zhou Ping: "Your name is Zhou Ping, right? My name is Yang Gui, you will call me father in the future!"

Zhou Ping said: "The middle-aged man just now is not my father, he is a human trafficker, I don't know how he got me here." ”

The man named Yang Gui screamed when he heard Zhou Tian's words: "Why is this so——! I have been fooled! My fifty taels of silver are ——!."

Zhou Ping looked at Yang Gui, who was in great pain, and said: "I think you are pitiful enough, I haven't seen my father since I was a child, so I'll call you Dad!"

Yang Gui said in surprise: "Are you willing to call me Dad?"

Zhou Ping said: "I call you Dad, can you let me go home?"

Yang Gui said: "I can't marry a daughter-in-law because my family is poor, but I just want to have a son." The trafficker came to me and said he wanted to sell his son, so I borrowed fifty taels of silver from the village. I thought that after I took my son and returned the fifty taels of silver, I would earn a son......!

Zhou Ping said: "That's it! I'll always call you dad in the future! I'll pay back the fifty taels of silver you borrowed with you, and then you let me go home?"

Yang Gui thought for a while and said, "Okay! If you help me pay back the money, I'll let you go home!"

Zhou Ping said, "Dad, how can we pay back the silver?"

Yang Gui said: "I make money by working part-time jobs!"

Zhou Ping said, "How much silver can you earn in a day?"

Yang Gui said: "This is not certain, it ranges from a few cents to ten cents or more than a dozen cents." ”

Zhou Ping said, "How much is a tael of silver?"

Yang Gui said: "One tael of silver is a thousand dollars. ”

Zhou Ping lowered his head and counted for a while, and then said in disappointment: "Ah——! then you can't earn five taels of silver a year, when will you earn enough fifty taels of silver!"

Yang Gui lowered his head embarrassedly.

Zhou Ping looked at Yang Gui and said, "Dad, I'm hungry!"

Yang Gui hurriedly went and brought over a plate of steamed cakes and put it down in front of Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping finished a plate of steamed cakes and said to Yang Gui: "I didn't eat enough." ”

Yang Gui went to bring another plate of steamed cakes, and Zhou Ping quickly ate another plate of steamed cakes, and then said, "Two more plates!"

Yang Gui opened his mouth wide and said, "These two plates of steamed cakes are enough for me to eat for a day, but they are only enough for you to eat half a meal for one child?"

Zhou Ping said: "When I was at home, I ate as much at every meal as my mother, two sisters and four uncles. ”

Yang Gui sat down on the bed and said slowly: "If I knew that you were so edible, I wouldn't buy you, I wouldn't be able to support you at all!"

Zhou Ping looked at Yang Gui in a daze and whispered, "Dad, it's more difficult to pay back the fifty taels of silver?"

Yang Gui said: "Son, we can't live here anymore, the money I earn here is not only not enough to borrow the silver, but I can't even support you, we have to go to a place that makes more money." ”