Through a conversation with his grandma, Xiao Jian learned a little more about the world. It was getting dark in a blink of an eye. The kid Wei Yan sitting next to him became impatient. He pulled his grandma and asked her to cook for him. Xiao Jian saw The situation comforted Wei Yan.
"Xiao Yan, grandma is not feeling well. Can my brother cook you something to eat today?" Xiao Jian looked at Xiao Wei Yan aside.
"Yeah, yeah." Xiao Yan nodded happily.
"Xiao Xiao, thank you for your hard work. The conditions in our village are difficult. The only rice we have at home may be enough for our meal tonight. There are some wild vegetables behind the yard. Chop the wild vegetables and cook them together with the rice."
"Well, okay, I'll do it right away." Xiao Jian stood up and walked to the yard, while Xiao Yan followed behind to help.
After leaving the hut and going to the backyard, I found that there were not many wild vegetables left around. Grandma and Xiaoyan might have filled their stomachs in this way every day. Thinking of this, Xiao Jian felt even more distressed. The games he played in the past were full of beauty and happiness, but "Yun" designed by Qiyun Company was indeed full of reality and cruelty.
"Alas..." After sighing, Xiao Jian squatted down and began to pull out the few wild vegetables left in the courtyard.
After some searching, Xiao Jian pulled out a handful of wild vegetables, brought it inside the house and opened the lid of the rice vat. This time, his heart dropped again.
"What? Why is there just so little rice? It's not enough to make rice soup, right?" Xiao Jian turned to look at Xiao Yan, who was watching the excitement, and felt sad in his heart.
Xiaoyan was not as tall as the rice vat. He stood on tiptoes and leaned on the edge of the rice vat to peek in, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing..." Xiao Jian turned his head and did not dare to look at Xiao Yan's big eyes. Instead, he said in a happy tone, "Xiao Yan, let's eat wild vegetable porridge tonight!"
"Okay, okay!" Xiao Yan jumped up happily.
In this way, Xiao Jian made a simple meal of wild vegetable rice soup for Xiaoyan and grandma. Grandma also gave her share to Xiaoyan.
"Xiaoyan, grandma is not feeling well and can't eat so much. You are still growing, so you should eat grandma's portion too, be good..."
"I don't, grandma, you eat, you are sick, you need to eat to be nutritious, so that you can get well soon, and then you can take me out to play!" Xiaoyan shied away but still failed to persuade grandma.
In the end, grandma and Xiaoyan reached an agreement, drank only a little wild vegetable soup, and gave all the rice in the bowl to Xiaoyan.
Xiao Jian on the side had tears welling up in his eyes when he saw this scene. It reminded him of when he was a child, his grandma always left the best to her, and her grandma always ate his leftovers. Xiao Jian raised his head, holding back tears and trying his best not to let them flow down.
After dinner, everyone was tired. Xiaoyan snuggled up next to his grandma and fell asleep soundly. Xiao Jian asked his grandma for a suit of Xiaoyan's father's clothes to put on him, and also took the only white robe he had on him to wash. After everything was done, Xiao Jian returned to the hut, leaned against the wall and fell asleep soundly.
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"Hey, Xiao Xiao..."
Xiao Jian felt someone pushing him in his sleep, and he opened his eyes drowsily. "Huh? Grandma, what's wrong?"
"Shh... Xiaoyan is still sleeping." Grandma made a gesture to silence her and continued, "Xiao Xiao, I went to the mountain to collect medicine two days ago and was injured by a poisonous snake. I don't have much time left. I want you to take care of Xiaoyan." Yan, take him away from here. I don’t want Xiao Yan to be forced to go to war by the country like his father when he grew up. This child’s life has been miserable since he was a child. Her mother had a dystocia when giving birth to him. In the end, in order to save Xiao Yan He even lost his life. Not long after he was born, his father was taken away by local recruiting officials. With the recent years of war, his body may have been buried in the wilderness."
Grandma continued, "I only have this grandson. He is all my hope. I don't want to become an ordinary person and be forced to fight on the battlefield to die for the country like his father. Xiaoyan also has a beautiful thing. The future is waiting for him. I can see that you are a good person, a good boy with potential and understanding. You can definitely take Xiaoyan with you to explore the unknown world like the strong men in the mainland."
"I have a ring here, called the Ring of Chaos. It was brought by Xiaoyan's mother. It is said that this ring is from another world and will bring bad omens. Xiaoyan's mother may have left forever for this reason. Us." As she spoke, grandma took out a shabby cloth bag from behind, opened the bag and handed a bronze ring inlaid with an opal-like stone to Xiao Jian.
"..." Xiao Jian was a little confused for a moment, all this happened too suddenly.
The grandma, who looked pale with beads of sweat, then said, "Xiao Xiao, it's getting late and I'm tired. Remember my words, I'll leave Xiao Yan to you!"
Without waiting for Xiao Jian to answer, grandma continued to sleep with Xiao Yan beside her. Grandma hugged Xiaoyan tighter.
Xiao Jian held the ring in his hand and couldn't sleep for a long time, so he simply took out the ring and looked around.
He looked at the ring in his hand. There was nothing strange about it. The only thing that made him feel different was the cat's eye stone inlaid with bronze. The black part in the center of the cat's eye stone was so deep that Xiao Jian was fascinated by it for a while.
Xiao Jian didn't think twice and put the ring on his hand, and the attributes of the equipment immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
Ring of Chaos - (unidentified owner) Attributes: Attack 0, Defense 0, Speed 0, Life 0, Magic 0, other attributes: unknown.
"This ring may be a decoration before you recognize its owner," Xiao Jian thought.
At this time, the game prompt sounds, "Your fatigue value has reached the upper limit, and the system will forcefully exit. After exiting, the game character will be in a dormant period!"
"Countdown to exit the game, 3...2...1...The game has been exited, please take a rest as soon as possible!"
Seeing that the game was about to be shut down, a few lines of words popped up at the end, "Resist bad games and reject pirated games. Pay attention to self-protection and be careful not to be deceived. Moderate games are good for the brain, but addiction to games is harmful to the body. Arrange your time reasonably and enjoy a healthy life."
Ye Qin's scalp felt numb for a while. How could there be such a public welfare reminder in this age? Besides, it was usually placed on the page after logging in to the game. Qiyun Company was really weird.
Ye Qin took off his helmet, yawned, picked up his watch and looked at it, "Oh! It's almost dawn, and time flies by so fast without realizing it. Take the time to rest!"
It didn't take long for the exhausted Ye Qin to fall asleep. In his dream, he dreamed of his grandma and his father and mother. Their family took him to the playground to play, and his father put him on his shoulders. Xiaoye Qin smiled so happily, maybe happiness is so simple and pure...
