After Aaliya left, Chen Xing returned to a peaceful life. I watch and study checkers every day. After lunch, I walk around the stronghold to see the lives of the refugees and enjoy the respectful looks and humble greetings.
Perhaps in the next few years, he will live like this, as the captain of Orchid Town, gradually developing his own territory. Maybe he can still convince Ye Yang Bailiu to marry him, have two children in a few years, and live happily ever after.
In the past two lives, he had been wandering around, either working hard from the countryside to the city, or working in an endless mercenary career, which never stopped. It is impossible not to feel tired.
Thinking like this, his fighting spirit began to sink again. Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day before the Harvest Festival. At noon, Chen Xing took Yeyang Bailiu, Aaron, Huke, Luobo, Xiaoyang and others to drag a small cart filled with red berries and deliver them to the sheds one by one.
The Harvest Festival is the most solemn traditional festival in the Red Earth Continent. It is equivalent to the "Holy Light Festival" in the Western Continent and the "February Festival" in the Eastern Continent. They are both festivals that herald the passing of the old year and the arrival of the new year.
Chen Xing uses a gentle policy, so he naturally wants to visit the people and express his greetings when the festival comes.
Each household can get a few red berries according to the number of people. This fruit has bright color, thin skin and watery texture, and tastes sweet and delicious. For a time, the refugee camp was bustling with excitement. Adults and children all ran out of the tents, with cheerful smiles on their faces, full of festive atmosphere.
"Don't worry, don't worry, everyone has it, everyone has it!" Carrot stood beside the cart and shouted loudly with his hands on his waist to prevent the refugees from overcrowding.
"His one is bigger than mine!" A dirty refugee boy ran over, holding up a bitten red berry and pointing at another child and shouting, with tears on his face.
"You are older than him, so naturally you want to be younger." Luo Bo said confidently, and the boy had no choice but to leave dejectedly. But after a while, when another child asked the same question, Carrot's answer was, "You are younger than him, so naturally you eat the younger one."
Half an hour later, a cart of red berries was distributed, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed. In the end, only a little girl of five or six years old was left standing in the corner, staring blankly at the empty car. She was wearing a dirty little cotton-padded jacket, with two braids tied up with cheap rubber bands, and her eyes were big and watery. If her face wasn't stained with mud, she must be a cute little girl. Seeing the radish preparing to push the cart away, her expression became a little panicked, she hesitated, and then ran over awkwardly.
"Uncle, uncle..." the little girl stretched out her cold and blue hands and said to Carrot, "I, I haven't..."
"Ah?" Carrot was stunned for a moment, and then he pretended to teach him a lesson, "Then why didn't you just come over and get it?" Then he waved his hand, "It's gone now, go back."
"Uncle, I, I can't come in..." the little girl said timidly.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Look, the fruits are all divided. Go back. Go back." With that said, Carrot grabbed the handle and pushed the cart away.
The little girl caught up with her, tears flashing in her eyes, and begged, "Uncle, I only want one, a small one..."
"This..." Carrot showed a troubled expression.
At this time, Ye Yang Bailiu, who was talking to Chen Xing at the side, saw it, walked over, and gave her red berries to the little girl, "Good boy, take it and eat it~" She touched the little girl's head, Said softly.
The little girl didn't eat it, but held it in her arms like a beloved treasure.
"Why don't you eat?" Ye Yang Bailiu asked with concern. She was worried that such a young child would be snatched away by other children if he walked out of sight.
But the little girl shook her head and said, "I want to take it back to grandpa to eat."
"So good~" Ye Yang Bailiu praised with a smile. Although this girl is young, she is very sensible. Unlike other children, she just stuffs food into her mouth whenever she gets it.
"Grandpa is sick. If you eat the fruit, you will get better." The little girl said. When she spoke, her face was filled with happiness, as if she really saw her grandfather eating the fruit and getting well.
Seeing the little girl's innocent appearance, Ye Yang Bailiu's heart tightened and he glanced at Chen Xing. Chen Xing was nearby and heard their conversation. He immediately waved his hand and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Ye Yang Bai Liu smiled knowingly at him, took the little girl's hand and asked, "Where do you live?"
"Over there." The little girl pointed in one direction and said.
Not long after, Chen Xing and others followed the little girl and came to a dilapidated small tent.
"Grandpa, grandpa!" The little girl held the fruit and got into the tent, and then a cheerful voice came out, "Grandpa, that beautiful big sister, and that majestic uncle are all here to see you. "
"Ah?" A hoarse, slightly surprised voice came from inside. Soon the tent cloth was lifted, and an old man with gray hair came out. His body was trembling, his movements were slow, and he said with a bit of panic, "Ah? , Yes, it’s Master, Miss, this, this is, this is..." He was a little incoherent and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. He never expected that the Lord would come in person.
"Grandpa, they are all good people, and they gave me fruit, such big and sweet fruit." The little girl raised the red berries with both hands and gave them to the old man, "Grandpa, you eat, you eat..."
"Good boy, grandpa doesn't like to eat cold food, so you can eat it." The old man touched the little girl's head and said kindly.
"No, you eat it. After eating it, the disease will be cured. Once the disease is cured, you can take Neng Lingling to dig potatoes." The little girl said anxiously, standing on tiptoes to stuff the fruit into the old man's mouth.
Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes turned red. Chen Xing turned to Carrot and said, "Go get a basket!"
"Okay." Carrot pushed the cart away without saying a word.
Then, Chen Xing said to Hook, "Go find a doctor and treat this old man. The fee will be recorded in the public account."
"Yes!" Hook stood at attention and saluted, then trotted to find the doctor at the water station.
"Thank you, thank you, sir, thank you, miss." The old man thanked him repeatedly, then pulled the little girl, pressed her little head and said, "Quickly, kowtow to the lord."
Before Chen Xing could stop him, the little girl threw herself on the snow with a "pop" and kowtowed to Chen Xing, "Thank you, Master." Then she kowtowed to Ye Yang Bailiu, "Thank you, big sister."
"Okay, okay, even if you wish me New Year's greetings." Chen Xing picked up the little girl and stuffed a gold coin into her cold and blue hands. "This is profit money. It is the custom of our hometown."
"Master, Miss, you are so kind. We, my grandson and grandson, will pray for you every day and ask the Green Lantern God to bless you. May you live a long life and be safe..." The old man said while wiping his eyes, his face I was already in tears. People outside didn't treat the refugees as human beings at all, but this lord treated them so well, which really moved him.
"Okay, okay, have a good year." Chen Xing patted the old man's shoulder, turned and left. Looking at the grandfather and grandson, he thought of the folks in his hometown, who were also so kind and honest, and he couldn't help but feel sad and full of emotions. He didn't want to stay here because he didn't want others to see the tears in his eyes.
"I didn't expect that you still have a sentimental side." Ye Yang Bailiu caught up with him, took his hand, and said with a smile.
"Let's go..." Chen Xing said angrily.
"Well, you are today..." Ye Yang Bailiu held back his smile and gave a thumbs up, "You are very cute."
Chen Xing suddenly blushed, shook off her hand, and walked forward. Yeyang Bailiu followed step by step, pursed his lips and smiled, but said nothing. Today she suddenly discovered that this bad guy also had a heart-warming side.
