Refugees cannot enter the city and can only find a place to stay on the outskirts of the city.
There is a group of refugees who have settled near the "Shuxiangyuan".
Sima Ao and Jiang Min saw how pitiful these refugees were, so they took the students from the college to give porridge to these refugees.
While dividing the porridge, the monkey boy recognized the aunt who was fleeing the famine with him.
"Auntie, why is it you!"
The monkey baby was able to survive because of the help of this aunt. On the way to escape from famine, the monkey boy and his aunt got separated.
"Monkey boy! You're not dead, are you still alive?"
When the two met, they hugged each other with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.
The monkey boy looked behind the aunt and asked: "Auntie, where are the dog boys, Ya Mei and uncle?"
"Uncle, Gouwa and some fleeing refugees were trampled to death by soldiers and horses from both sides when they were passing through the border of the battlefield." When talking about the tragic situation of uncle, Gouwa and some fleeing refugees being trampled to death, the aunt was heartbroken. Lung cried.
After the aunt calmed down, the monkey boy asked again: "What about Ya Mei?"
Yamei is a good friend that Monkey Boy met when he was on the run. She is also a poor child!
"Isn't Yamei with you?" the aunt asked the monkey boy.
"No?" the monkey boy replied.
"Then there's no hope!" The aunt sighed sadly.
Refugees fleeing famine either die of hunger or cold, or die of illness. A little girl who gets lost in a large group of people fleeing famine must be in danger.
Sima Ao gave advice to the refugees fleeing the famine: "Now that there is war and chaos everywhere, it is difficult to survive anywhere. Why not stay here to open up wasteland and cultivate land!"
In fact, the refugees who fled the famine got help from the Sima family and had the idea of staying.
Some of the refugees who stayed behind followed the Sima couple to open up wasteland and farm.
Refugees who did not want to stay continued to flee.
Under the leadership of Sima Ao, the refugees transformed the rolling hills with only one college into scattered mountain villages.
Sima Ao became the most respected and most relied upon person in the village.
Whenever there is a seal meeting or harvest festival in the village, Sima Ao and his wife are invited to host it; Sima Ao is also invited to judge some incidents or disputes in the village. (These are all things for later.)
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The rumble of carriages came from down the mountain.
Jiang Min and Sima Ao came to the entrance of the college and looked down the mountain. It was Jiang Bin driving the carriage up.
Because the carriage was carrying heavy goods, the horse was a little weak when going uphill, and the carriage almost skidded. Fortunately, the horse was strong enough, so with a little effort, the car drove up!
Suddenly, the carriage stopped at the door.
Sima Ao and Jiang Min walked up to them, looked at the bags of loan items in the car, and asked, "What is this?"
"This is the rice I gave you." Jiang Bin replied.
Sima Ao and Jiang Min looked at each other stupidly, asking each other, are you the one who asked me to buy rice?
When Jiang Bin saw it, he smiled and said, "I know you must be short of food, so I brought you rice."
In order to prevent refugees from flooding into the city, Governor Liu ordered that all cities were only allowed to leave and not enter. If people in the city want to go out of the city to do business or make purchases, they must have a token to leave the city.
Jiang Bin is in the business of buying and selling, so it is naturally easy to get the token to leave the city.
Jiang Bin thought that Sima Ao would need a lot of food to open the academy, and he couldn't go into the city now, so he sent rice to Sima Ao.
There are naturally many people who want to eat in the school, and there are refugees who need relief, but Sima Ao is really in need of food.
Sima Ao patted Jiang Bin's shoulder gratefully and invited Jiang Bin to sit in the academy.
Sima Ao asked Xiaopang to unload the rice from the carriage, and then entered the college with Jiang Bin.
uncle!
'Little Jinlian' saw her uncle coming and ran over excitedly.
"Long time no see, my 'little golden lotus' has grown taller and even more beautiful!"
Jiang Bin loved this articulate granddaughter and picked up 'Little Golden Lotus' with one hand.
is that true?
is that true?
I want to grow up!
Little Jinlian was eager to grow up quickly, so she excitedly got out of her uncle's arms, ran under a tree, and measured her height.
No!
Realizing that her uncle was just teasing her when he said he was panicking, Xiao Jinlian pouted in disappointment and rolled her eyes at her uncle.
Sima Ao originally wanted to keep Jiang Bin for a meal, but Jiang Bin teased 'Little Golden Lotus' for a while and was about to return to the city in a hurry.
As soon as Jiang Bin's carriage left, Jingjing drove the carriage over!
Jingjing's carriage was also filled with goods, which looked like quilts.
"Sister Jingjing, why are you here free?" Jiang Min asked.
"Oh, winter is about to begin, so I purchased some quilts and sent them to you." Jingjing smiled.
One gave them food and the other gave them warmth. Jiang Min and Sima Ao looked at each other stupidly, not knowing what kind of words of thanks they should say to express their inner gratitude.
Emotional expression does not necessarily have to be through profound language or gorgeous writing. In fact, for two people who are connected in spirit, eyes are their best way to communicate.
As the saying goes, one affectionate look is worth a thousand words.
Sima Ao looked at Jingjing affectionately, his gratitude reflected in this affectionate look.
Jingjing (Dongfang Yuer) also looked back at Sima Ao affectionately.
"Godmother, you're here too! Uncle just left."
Jingjing planned to never marry in her life, so she adopted 'Xiao Jinlian' as her goddaughter.
"Oh, really? Actually, my godmother saw your uncle on the way here." Jingjing came back to her senses and picked up 'Little Golden Lotus'.
Sima Ao asked Xiaopang to take off the quilt, and then entered the academy with his wife Jiang Min and Jingjing.
Jingjing chatted with Jiang Min and Sima Ao for a while, and then returned to the city in a hurry!
Jiang Bin and Jingjing were both in a hurry to return to the city. There was a set time for leaving the city. If the time was exceeded, they would not be able to enter the city.
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ten years later
Children such as Xiao Jinlian (Sima Lian), Fat Boy, Li Changshou, and Monkey Boy have all grown up.
Little Golden Lotus looks slim and graceful, but her personality is active and martial. To put it harshly, she has the personality of a boy.
This gave Sima Ao a headache and even "disliked" this daughter.
The fat girl who has grown up is still the same fat girl, hard-working, good at taking care of her, giving people a sense of honesty and kindness, maybe as the boss of the family!
When he grew up, Li Changshou did not inherit his father's (Li Fulai) painting talent, and he also had bad ideas.
The monkey boy is the oldest among the three. He was born in poverty and lost his father and mother when he was young. As a result, he became sensible at a very young age.
When he grew up, the monkey boy no longer looked like he did when he was a child. He seemed to have transformed. Under his handsome appearance, he also had a wise and steady heart. He was the most admired student of Sima Ao.
Not knowing what happened, the village chief hurried over with a worried look and asked Sima Ao and Jiang Min to come to the village.
Sima Ao is the most credible person in the village. As long as Sima Ao speaks, the villagers must listen.
Maybe something really happened, Sima Ao and Jiang Min followed the village chief out.
When Sima Ao went out, he told his daughter Sima Lian and students Li Changshou, Pang Ya and Hou Wa to be optimistic about the college and take good care of their junior students.
Although Monkey Boy came to the academy a little late, he is the oldest and everyone in the academy calls him "Senior Brother". This time the task was assigned to him.
Houwa was in charge of taking the place of teaching (taking Sima Ao's place in class), Li Changshou went to the mountain to fetch water, and Sima Lian and Pang Ya were in charge of the kitchen, cooking lunch for the younger students.
"Why, you come to take over the class every time, and I carry the water every time?" Li Changshou disagreed with the monkey boy's assignment.
"That's right, why do we always have to cook?" Sima Lian and Fat Ya also disagreed.
(End of chapter)
