The old lady also took Wang Yiyi's face into account and didn't tell anyone else, but she couldn't help but go back and secretly tell the old man about the quarrel she saw between the girl and the monkey. After all, this was mainly because Wang Yiyi was on the monkey's territory. It was caused by collecting food from other people's monkeys.
When the old man heard this, he just laughed for a while and said with emotion: "You are still a child. You can quarrel with a monkey. The little girl is also a bad-tempered girl. After all, the girl is also tired these days. Just let her toss it, too." It won’t have any impact. This is because this girl has a conscience, otherwise I might not be able to get out of the Dabie Mountains with just the little food the boss and second brother have.”
The old lady was also a little emotional. She didn't expect that she had so many grandchildren, but in the end, her granddaughter was the most filial and promising: "If the second son had been tougher and just took the girl away, at least his family would not have had the best life." Not good." When it came to this, the old lady felt a little regretful in it.
After all, the old lady now has almost a hundred taels of silver alone. She also has a silver bracelet that the girl bought for her by selling ginseng and silver melon seeds. The total is almost 18 taels. But the old lady is happy. Who doesn’t love money? !
The old man only had some private money after Wang Yiyi shared it with him. It was only about 2 taels of silver, which was much worse than the old lady's private money of more than 10 taels.
Since the old man taught Wang Yiyi about herbal medicine, he didn't bother to care about the girl. After all, life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth is determined by heaven.
The old man and the old lady didn't chat much, so they just lay down and went to sleep. When they got up the next morning, they had to walk on a mountain road. There were some things that we couldn't think too much about.
After walking busy for a few days today, on the fifth day, they finally saw a mountain road that was not overgrown with weeds. Although it was a mountain road, it could also be said to be a trail. There were traces of people walking on it, and there were also traces of people walking on it. There were sheep dung pimples on the road.
As soon as the old man saw these traces, he knew that someone lived there. So he immediately urged everyone: "Everyone, hurry up. There should be someone's house ahead. Let's go to the front to change some food or water. By the way, we want to inquire about the Dabie Mountains. Walk faster, we should be there soon." "
Everyone started walking immediately after hearing the old man's words. After all, they had been walking in the mountains for almost 10 days and had not met a single living person except themselves. The rest of the time they only saw wild animals such as monkeys.
Wang Cuihua actually didn't say that she never thought about making trouble, but she was already 13, and if some bad news spread about someone who was about to get engaged, it would affect her engagement.
The main reason is that since the separation, Wang Cuihua and her second aunt have always been at odds with each other. Whenever there is an opportunity, they will discredit each other behind the scenes. It can be said that water and oil are incompatible, have different densities, and have different outlooks.
Although the name Wang Cuihua sounds very earthy, the meaning is good: it is said that the official family has secretly announced the blessing, and the golden arms are surrounded by green flower branches. Generally speaking, it is a good wish. But because modern people have seen bears, many people think the name Cuihua is not a good one.
In the past, Wang Cuihua would make sarcastic remarks every time she saw Wang Yiyi, but as she grew up and became more sensible, she gradually stopped talking to Wang Yiyi. Although she still can't stand Wang Yiyi, Wang Yiyi can't stand her. Generally speaking, it's best to have a relationship where they hate each other and don't disturb each other.
After walking on that road for almost half an hour, they finally arrived at a small mountain village. The village doesn't look big, and only a few people come here, but in the village, the front and back of people's houses are basically planted with bamboo, and this bamboo seems to be sweet dragon bamboo. It’s the kind of bamboo whose shoots can be eaten raw.
And you can see that the bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest closest to them have signs of being broken, and it seems that bamboo rats have passed through it, because there are tooth marks left by bamboo rats on the bamboo. Wang Yiyi likes eating bamboo rats very much. After all, it tastes delicious and the meat is of very good quality.
Just when they were about to enter the village, a group of children came down from the mountain carrying firewood. One of the older ones, who looked like the king of the children among the group of children, stood up and stopped them in front of them and asked: "A foreigner." People, where are you from, what are you doing in our Xiaoyun Village, why are you so embarrassed?"
Wang Yiyi and his grandfather immediately stood up and said, "Are your adults at home? Can you take us to see the village chief of your village? We are fleeing from other places. We pass by your village and want to exchange some water sources with you."
The tall, dark-skinned young man said with some confusion: "You are here as refugees. Where are you from? You want to find the village chief, then come with me."
After walking for about 5 minutes with the little boy, I heard the little boy stop at the door of a house made of mud bricks and shout: "Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, someone is looking for you. It seems that a stranger has come to our village." Come out quickly!"
The old man in the house slowly walked out when he heard his grandson's cry. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Wang Yiyi's family. The clothes of this family didn't seem to be tattered, but everyone looked dirty, just like those The little black man who crawled out from among the beggars.
The old man didn't waste any time and asked directly: "Where did you get it from? This is Xiaoyun Village in the Dabie Mountains, which belongs to Yanzhou?"
The old man also returned directly: "We ran out from the towns below Linyoudu in the north of Beixiao Kingdom. There was a severe drought and the entire north was basically barren. Most of the people had fled south. We They walk fast, so we are the only ones seen. If it had been slower for two days, the main force might have arrived at your place. We want to come and exchange some water with you, and then leave early."
The old man was confused. Didn't you say you were fleeing south? Why did you run away to the southwest?
So he asked with some doubts: "Since my brother fled from the north to the south, why didn't he go to the south of the Yangtze River? That is a land of plenty, and it may be possible to arrange for the many victims in the north, but he went to the southwest. These are barren lands and mountainous roads. rugged?"
The old man was a little embarrassed to say: "Brother, I won't lie to you. I don't want to go to Jiangnan, mainly because my family is poor. Jiangnan is a land of plenty, and there are rich families everywhere, like ours, in those places, If you want to survive, you can only sell yourself as a slave. Although it is a luxury to survive at this time, old man, I don’t want future generations to be slaves.”
The old man didn't know what to say when he heard this, and said directly: "If you are here to change the water, there is no need. You can come directly to get water. Go back to the bamboo forest at the end of the village, and there will be a big pine tree in about a quarter of an hour. , a big pine tree, and there is a big well at the bottom about one meter away. It was the old well in the past. Now everyone has dug new wells, so the old well is vacant. You can draw water there. Where do you go? Well, there is an empty house next to there that belonged to an old hunter. His son was working in the county, so he took him there. Just remember to replenish the burned firewood and don't turn over other people's houses. Things from the master’s yard.”
The old man also saw that they were pitiful, they were all half-grown children, and one of them was only a three-year-old baby, so he simply let them live in the old Orion's house. After all, the old hunter is no longer coming back, and that house belongs to the village.
Moreover, the news brought by this old man is also useful. There is a severe drought in the north and all the victims are unable to escape. This means that it is possible that some victims will flee to them. This allows them to prepare in advance. .
If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely not be afraid, but the victims who were extremely hungry were really hungry wolves. These people would eat human flesh even if they screamed, let alone the water in a small mountain village like them. Rob. In short, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.
The victims all fled south. Fortunately, if a few blind people went southwest, small mountain villages like theirs would definitely become their targets. After all, the village was so big that it was easy to stand out, but people like them In a village like this in the mountains, even if all the people in the village died, no one would find out in a short time?
After all, there is only one example, just like this group of people, although they are a family, they still came in. If they really got into the mouth of the old man, they would definitely have no way to protect themselves.
The head of Xiaoyun Village looked up at the sky, feeling frightened and wondering what the people in the village were thinking.
