The place where the cargo carrier's grandfather lived was not wealthy. He walked around more than a dozen streets before arriving at the entrance of an alley. The grandfather's home was behind the big banyan tree at the end of the alley. There were some doors. It's old, the vermilion color looks very dull, and the paint on the door and the zipper have all peeled off, making the whole door look old and mottled.
This should be a century-old residence.
The old man who carried the cargo opened the door, and what he saw inside was a desolate yard overgrown with weeds. It was obvious that the old man didn't take care of his yard very much, either because he didn't care about it or not.
After entering it, we can see that the grandfather's home is not small, with a courtyard with three entrances and three entrances outside. Such a home looks like a big family, but no one comes or goes, and it is deserted.
Seeing Li Dai looking around the yard, the old salesman couldn't help but sigh:
"This is the yard of my old boss. Decades ago, my old boss suddenly fell ill and left, and his descendants also died inexplicably one after another. The old boss knew that he had offended someone and his descendants were gone, so he left this place I was asked to take over the house, and as for the other shops of my old employer, they were all robbed. Our owner at that time was also the richest man in this coastal sand city, and he was coveted, which led to the murder."
"The people who harmed my old boss also looked down upon this yard. After my old boss died alone, it was easier for me as the manager."
"Hey, why am I telling you this? It all happened a long time ago. Now the situation is chaotic. The person who harmed the old boss and his family has also received his retribution. After the Fu family was ransacked, he was the second one. Fat sheep, but after all, that person still valued money too much, thinking that he could move valuable things away, and ended up getting killed. This can be regarded as karma."
"That's right." Li Dai nodded, "There is indeed a cause and effect." Many times, if you do something, you do it. The bad things you do are not unrequited, it's just that the time has not come yet.
In this way, it also explains why an old salesman owned such a large, dilapidated and desolate yard.
After passing through three arches, we entered an inner courtyard with a hanging "Begonia Garden". Compared to the desolation of other courtyards, the inner courtyard of this Haitang Garden is obviously much better. It should look like someone has been living there and taking care of it for a long time.
Also, the old man sells goods alone, and there are no special servants to disturb the six-door courtyard, and there are no people living there, so there is no need to clean it up.
As soon as you step into the Begonia Garden, you will be greeted by the fragrance of Begonia flowers. The begonias filling the yard are really beautiful. Although they cannot be compared with those places that are full of spiritual energy in the world of cultivation, this place can be regarded as an elegant place.
As soon as he entered it, the old man's pace quickened and he shouted loudly:
"Honey, mate, I'm back."
Behind a field of crabapple flowers is a neat corridor, and behind the corridor are quaint and somewhat old houses.
The door of one of the rooms opened with a creak, and an old woman wearing a gray printed shorts came out. She was short and a little fat, but not ugly. At first glance, she looked like a kind old woman.
With a smile on her face, the old lady looked towards her footsteps and said, "Old man, you're back."
"Who is this girl?" After getting closer, the old woman saw Li Dai and couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"This is a kind-hearted girl. She saw the refugees at the gate of the city and wanted to step forward to help. Fortunately, I caught her in time. Otherwise, she would have been crushed out of the city, or she would have been like our poor granddaughter. "Speaking of this, the old man inevitably felt a little sad.
In fact, at the beginning, the old man didn't know whether Li Dai was a foreigner or not. He grabbed Li Dai and called her to his home, which was also a kind of empathy.
As a small businessman selling goods, it stands to reason that no one should dare to harm his family, especially those gangsters who make a living by robbing. They are afraid of being punished by the officers and soldiers and dare not attack the businessmen, so they Even if it's robbery, it's still to go out and rob those refugees.
Most of the refugees have no food and no clothing to cover their bodies and live a difficult life, but it is not ruled out that there are one or two who have something on their backs. Those who have something on their bodies are mostly young and middle-aged refugees, and they belong to the category of older people and younger people, so It's easy to steal their things. As long as a group of people threaten their family members, or just crush them and beat them, they can grab the only things they have.
This is also the reason why gangsters gather in groups.
The old man is a small businessman selling goods, and his family is also protected by the officers and soldiers who collect taxes. As long as there are gangsters who rob, he can report it to the official immediately. It is related to his own interests. Those officers and soldiers also run fast and act quickly, so the result is usually not good. Big loss.
However, just because the gangsters here dare not do anything to the elder's family does not mean that the officers and soldiers do not dare to do anything.
Sometimes those officers and soldiers can be said to be more thieves than gangsters. They collect taxes openly and take away all the income, which makes people angry but dare not speak out. Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied the merchants are, they dare not say anything.
Moreover, every businessman has a minimum tax every month for whatever he does. Don’t think about being lazy in doing business. The money you turn in every month must be two-thirds of what you paid when your business was at its best. If you don’t meet the minimum standard, you will have to pay a minimum tax. Subject to criminal law.
Many businessmen think that no matter how hard they work to make more money, they will never get it, so they become lazy and end up being tortured to death by the criminal law.
Speaking of which, the old man's hatred for the officers and soldiers and the rulers was far greater than those of the bandits and gangsters, because the old man's granddaughter was tortured to death by those officers and soldiers. Oh, no, it shouldn't be said that she was gone. , but the poor child was like a puppet and couldn't wake up at all. She had been injured for three months, and the old man and the old woman applied medicine to her every day, but it was still not healed.
And their granddaughter would encounter such a terrible thing because she was a kind-hearted child. When she saw the officers and soldiers killing the refugees for the first time, she couldn't hold back and stepped forward to persuade them. This was a big deal. Without knowing it, the little granddaughter was humiliated by a group of officers and soldiers, and twelve kinds of torture methods like needle pricks were used on her. When the granddaughter was released, she was already unconscious.
It was precisely because he knew the beasts of those officers and soldiers that the old man stopped Li Dai in time. He did not want the tragedy of his granddaughter to happen again, and he felt compassion for her, so he stopped her so simply at that time.
Nowadays, in the entire Dajing Dynasty, there are almost no good people in the court. The superiors and subordinates are ineffective. The rulers are lustful and ignorant, and the people below are rotten from the root.
Not to mention those things, the old lady here heard the old man talking about her granddaughter, and thinking about the granddaughter who was covered in injuries and was still unconscious, the old lady felt sad for a while, and looked at Li Dai with more affection.
"Okay, okay, come in and talk."
The old lady led Li Dai into the guest room, which was a very comfortable room. She asked Li Dai to sit down, and she was very considerate and busy making scented tea for Li Dai, with full enthusiasm and enthusiasm.
Li Dai waved her hand, "You two old people don't need to bother me. I'm really grateful for bothering you." She said very politely.
After listening to Li Dai's words, the old woman stopped fussing with anything else and knelt down on the long coffee table opposite Li Dai to greet her.
It can be seen that although the two of them are old, they still have a great demeanor and are so particular about hospitality.
Li Dai took a sip of scented tea, put a piece of snack in her mouth, and then said:
"What do you call the two seniors?"
"Haha, little girl, you can call me Grandpa Xu, and she can be called Grandma Hua." I originally brought Li Dai back, but I felt pity for a moment and couldn't bear to have her caught and raped by the officers and soldiers. Secondly, it was for the sake of my old wife. , my granddaughter will probably have to lie down for the rest of her life and never wake up again. If Li Dai can be made to recognize them as grandparents, it can also divert the old woman's attention and make her happy.
After observing along the way, he felt that Li Dai was a good child who was polite and respectful, and his determination to recognize Li Dai became stronger.
As for Li Dai, no matter where she comes from, as long as she becomes their god-granddaughter, her life safety will be largely guaranteed. The child should not refuse anything that is beneficial and harmless.
Li Dai had no idea what the old man was thinking. When she arrived at her destination, she finally asked what she wanted to know. She looked at the two old men and said:
"Can you tell me about the Dajing court? Who rules it now? What is its name? What are the conditions of the country? Please tell me."
If she hadn't asked such an intimate question about a country's politics, Li Dai might have collected information as before and gone to the inn and restaurant instead of following an old man home.
Obviously, the hearts of the two old people are not as good as Li Dai. Seeing Li Dai talking about state affairs carelessly and openly, they were really frightened. The old man even jumped up from his seat and came to Li Dai. , said nervously: "Oh, my good granddaughter, why do you dare to ask anything?" After saying that, he subconsciously looked out the window, patted his chest, and looked extremely happy, "It's okay, it's okay. It’s our own home.”
Li Dai: "..."
What the hell is a good granddaughter?
But in the ancient mortal world, ordinary people did not dare to talk about politics. How could this be ignored.
Li Dai was not worried, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, there are no outsiders here, that's all I want to know."
