Chapter 90: Orphans
After taking care of Ding Hao's lifelong event, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Liuyun Dao was sleepy again, so he left first. Until the Liuyun Daoist left, the little fat man couldn't get a way to summon the fairy from his mouth with a few words, which annoyed him.
The little fat man and Ding Hao had no choice but to continue patrolling under the big sun, the sky was already setting, and the hot people just wanted to strip naked and jump into the river to take an open-air bath. However, when I thought about it as a law enforcement officer, it would be immoral to do so, so I had to give up. After walking a few steps, they saw a man driving a donkey cart with a cart of watermelons running towards them.
When the man pulling the watermelon got the money of the little fat man and Ding Hao, he put down the donkey whip, jumped off the donkey cart, and said breathlessly: "Two adults, it's not good! I just came from outside the city, and in the two miles west of the city, there is a man who is about to die." He was still holding the child in his arms, and I didn't dare to touch him, so I hurried back to report!"
When the little fat man heard this, this was going to kill someone! The two of them jumped into the donkey cart and asked him to drive it to that place. The donkey cart was driven by a watermelon seller, and he wanted to make a little money by selling some watermelons in Futian. Now that he encountered this incident, there was no way, so he carried the little fat man and Ding Hao to the scene of the incident.
When I arrived at the place where I flew two miles west of the city, I saw a man lying under a big tree. This man is in his thirties, ragged, and a pair of straw sandals have long been worn to expose the thumbs of both feet. His hair was messy, he hadn't washed it for I don't know how many days, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his chest was heaving and undulating very much. In his arms, holding a child, it seems that he doesn't know if it is a full moon. The child pressed his eyes, as if he was sleeping.
The little fat man jumped out of the carriage, ran to the man's side in a few steps, squatted in front of him, patted him on the shoulder with his hand, and said loudly, "Hey, big brother, what's wrong with you?"
The man seemed to hear the little fat man's call, and opened his eyes with great difficulty. When he saw the little fat man, his already cloudy eyes also glowed.
The man's chest rose and fell sharply, and the little fat man looked a little worried, for fear that he would die at any time. So, the little fat man comforted him and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I'll go find you a doctor right away!"
Before the little fat man could stand up, he was grabbed by the corner of his clothes. I saw that his face seemed to be a little ruddy, and his body seemed to have strength, his lips trembled, and he said to the little fat man with difficulty: "Brother, don't bother...... " Before the words fell, he coughed violently. He coughed twice, and then forced himself to endure it, as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping child in his arms.
The little fat man looked at him, and he didn't know how to comfort him. I had to crouch down again and look at him anxiously. Ding Hao and the watermelon seller stood by and watched, also with a helpless face.
The man calmed his breath for a moment, and then said, "Brother, you listen to me. I know my time is running out, it's just that this kid ......" he said, and the man glanced lovingly at the child in his arms, revealing a look of reluctance.
The little fat man had already seen that what he said was true, and he knew in his heart that he might choke his breath at any time. Although he was in a hurry, he couldn't bear to interrupt his words, so he had to frown and listen to him silently.
The man continued: "My surname is Zhao, and I came here from Huangcheng, a hundred miles away. My relatives all died on the way to escape the famine, and only my son and I were left......" Speaking of this, he was a little emotional and couldn't help choking up.
The little fat man's mouth moved, but he didn't speak, and listened to him continue.
The man surnamed Zhao said: "I know that I am dying, I hope you can help me take care of this child." Or give him away, and let him grow up......"
The little fat man glanced at the child who was sleeping sweetly, nodded, and reached out to take the child from his arms. When the man surnamed Zhao saw the little fat man take the child, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and he spit out two words with difficulty: "Thank you......"
The little fat man suddenly remembered something, turned to the man and asked, "What is the name of this child?"
Zhao ...... Dawn...... After Yun ......" finished speaking, the man's hand hung down weakly, his eyes slowly closed, and he left this world with his attachment and reluctance to this world and his son.
"Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao!" The little fat man stretched out a free hand and pushed the man, but he didn't react at all. The little fat man's face darkened, knowing that he had passed away.
The little fat man began to want the watermelon seller to borrow his carriage to transport the man's body back to the city. But the watermelon seller said that he would not do anything, thinking that it was too bad luck to pull the dead body in a donkey cart. What else did the little fat man want to say, the watermelon seller actually drove the donkey cart away, and the angry little fat man jumped to sell the watermelon seller too unjustly. In desperation, the little fat man had to find the nearby residents and borrowed two shovels from them. Taking advantage of Zhao Xiaoyunhai's failure to wake up, the little fat man put him on the soft grass, and then hurriedly dug a big pit with Ding Hao and put Zhao Xiaoyun's father's body in. After filling in the soil, the little fat man found a stone slab from nearby and erected it in front of the grave, engraved with "The Tomb of Zhao's Big Brother" on it, and the inscription below was "Zhu Xiaopang, Ding Haocheng". After writing this, while it was still early, the little fat man picked up Zhao Xiaolong, got up with Ding Hao and left here.
As soon as he took two steps, the little fat man patted his head and remembered something. So, he and Ding Hao hurried back to Lianyun City, and saw a white horse tied to the door of a silk shop, so the little fat man went over to borrow the horse. The boss saw that the little fat man was catching fast, and he didn't dare to say more, so he lent the horse to the little fat man. The little fat man instructed Ding Hao to patrol alone, and if the prefect inquired about it, let him be perfunctory first. After speaking, the little fat man hugged Zhao Xiaoyun and galloped out of the city.
The little fat man hurried all the way to Vulture Mountain, and arrived at the foot of the mountain, although it was similar to the situation when the little fat man met the three brothers Liu Tian that day. However, the three brothers were not seen blocking the road and robbing. The little fat man was worried that they would not be here today, so he would come for nothing.
"Brother Liu Tian, are you there?" the little fat man let go of his throat and shouted loudly. A few birds and finches resting in the nearby trees were startled by the big voice of the little fat man, spread their wings, and flew into the sky.
When the echo dissipated, the little fat man listened carefully, and before long, he heard a hurried sound of horses' hooves. Gradually, the little fat man saw three black horses running from the mountain. The little fat man saw it clearly, and it was Liu Tian, Guan Changsheng, and Zhang Heixiao who were sitting on horseback, and when he saw these three people, the little fat man was relieved and knew that this trip was not in vain. The little fat man jumped off the horse, looked at Zhao Xiaoyun in his arms and was still asleep, thinking of his recently deceased father, and the little fat man also had a trace of Qi on his face.
Liu Tian and the three of them rode up to the little fat man and were very surprised to see him holding a child in his arms. After the three brothers jumped off the horse, they walked up to the little fat man and said loudly, "Brother Zhu, what wind brought you out?" Although Liu Tian was talking to the little fat man, his eyes kept looking at the child in the little fat man's arms. Look at his eyes, like a greedy child seeing a delicious piece of snack. The little fat man saw all this in his eyes and was secretly amused in his heart.
The little fat man said: "Brother Liu, today I met a person who handed over the child to me before he died. This child has no relatives and no reason, and I remember that you want a child very much, so I brought him and prepared to give it to you to raise. ”
"Really!" Liu Tian was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at the child, and rubbed his palms. The two younger brothers next to him were also excited, but they didn't snatch the child from the little fat man's hands.
"Brother Zhu, can you hug the child for me?" Liu Tian blushed and pleaded with the little fat man pitifully.
The little fat man was amused in his heart, so he handed the child to Liu Tian and said, "Brother Liu, be careful, don't wake up the child." ”
"Brother, don't worry!" Liu Tian couldn't wait to take the child from the little fat man's hand, looking at the child's sweet sleeping posture, his face bloomed with joy.
"Big brother, give me a hug too!" Guan Chang next to him was greedy, and also begged the eldest brother.
"Okay, second brother, I'll give you a hug!" Liu Tian handed the child to Guan Changsheng with some reluctance.
Guan Changsheng just took the child, and before he had time to take a closer look, Zhang Heixiao next to him also spoke: "Second brother, it's my turn to hug!"
Guan Changsheng glared at the third brother and reprimanded loudly: "Third brother, you have always been careless, what if you frighten the child?
When Zhang Heixiao heard this, his face turned green, and he shouted loudly: "Big brother." Second brother, you have all hugged, how can you not give me a hug? This is so unfair! Give me a hug, I will be careful. ”
Guan Changsheng heard what the third brother said, and he was embarrassed to refuse him again, so he handed the child over, and kept admonishing: "Third brother, you have to be careful!"
"Wow......"
Zhang Heixiao just took the child, and before he could take a closer look, he was startled by the child's cry. Zhang Heixiao was at a loss, he didn't know why this little ancestor was crying, and looked at his eldest brother with a panicked expression.
"Say you can't, you still don't want to hold the child. Liu Tian complained while taking the child from the third brother. The child is still crying, Liu Tian is worthy of being a few years older, he is experienced in opening the child's belly pocket, and found that the quilt below is all wet, and said with a smile: "It turns out that this kid urinated." ”
"Brother Liu, I think you should hire a nurse to take care of the children?" the little fat man suggested beside him.
"Yes, yes, I'll hire it right away!" Liu Tian gave up everything for the sake of the child.
When the little fat man saw these three brothers, he really liked the child, so he put his mind at ease, and after telling them the child's name Zhao Xiaoyun, he told them to hire a nurse and bring the child up. Then the little fat man took their leave with them.
The three brothers thanked the little fat man and sent him away, and hurried to the neighborhood to find a suitable nurse. Later, this Zhao Xiaoyun became a world-famous immortal cultivator. This is a later story, so I won't mention it.