"Yes, yes! I heard the same thing from my junior sister. You were rescued and sent home to recuperate." Zhao Chuan said, "But who knows... why did you die again at night?"
"How many days have I been dead?" Qinglian frowned and thought for a while. She probably didn't understand, so she had to continue asking.
"Well...two nights and one day." Zhao Chuan thought for a while and replied, "I don't know how your family buried you. Your sister said that after bringing you home, you died in the night, so she buried you overnight. you."
"Two nights and one day? That's about it. Only half of the three dog cakes left in the coffin. If you don't come, I will starve to death. I lie in it in a daze. Fortunately, you are crying and smashing. The stone woke me up."
"Sister, you are not dead, you are alive again. You scared me to death. I thought you turned into a ghost and came to trouble me." Zhao Chuan said.
"You're stupid, why would I cause trouble for you? It's too late for me to hurt you." Qinglian looked at the dough in her hand, then looked up and down at Zhao Chuan, "I'm thirsty, is there any water? Go find some. Give me water to drink."
Zhao Chuan replied that there was no water and could not be found. This was a mass grave. Where could the water come from?
Zhao Chuan remembered that he still had two wild fruits on him that he had picked to satisfy his hunger when he went out of the mountain. He took them out and gave them to Qinglian.
Qinglian took it and ate it. After eating, she said let's go home together. Her parents didn't know she was alive again, so she had to go home and ask why she was buried overnight. Even if the deceased can only stay at home for a day, but he is buried right after his death, is a girl so unpopular?
"Go home? What kind of home? You don't even have a home!" As soon as he heard about home, Zhao Chuan slumped down beside the coffin and couldn't stop crying.
"What's wrong?" Qinglian was puzzled, and suddenly remembered that Zhao Chuan just said that he had not avenged his revenge and could not go down to accompany her.
Qinglian asked Zhao Chuan what all this was about, and Zhao Chuan told everything that happened.
After Qinglian heard this, she was silent and burst into tears when she learned that her parents and eldest sister were dead.
After sitting for a while, Qinglian still couldn't help feeling sad, so she simply lay down on the coffin and started crying.
Zhao Chuan stood aside helplessly, unable to think of what to say to comfort Qinglian.
Qinglian cried quietly for a while, because she was already very weak, and now she was tired and thirsty, so she asked Zhao Chuan to find some water for her to drink.
Zhao Chuan once again said that this was a mass grave and it was difficult to find water, expressing his embarrassment.
Qinglian said she could find it, and recalled that she had been to this mass grave twice before. She remembered that there was a melon patch half a mile east of the hill, and she could pick a few melons to quench her thirst.
Zhao Chuan stood on the hill and looked eastward, half a mile away, and sure enough he saw a thatched shed in the field. He expected it to be the melon keeper's shed.
Zhao Chuan told Qinglian to sit down and walked down the hill to the melon field.
It's half a mile away, just down the hill.
It was indeed a melon field, but Zhao Chuan did not go directly into the melon field. This was not an ownerless melon. To find a few melons to quench his thirst, he had to say hello to the melon owner, otherwise wouldn't he become a melon thief? I have read books myself.
Zhao Chuan walked towards the melon shed, entered the melon shed and found no one inside.
Zhao Chuan turned around and looked at the melon field, but even if no one was watching the melons all over the field, picking them would still be considered stealing.
Zhao Chuan was struggling when he suddenly saw a big teapot in the shed. He walked over and found that there was half a pot of water in it, so he picked it up and left.
Qinglian drank water, took a breather, and looked much better.
Seeing Zhao Chuan staring at her red wedding dress, Qinglian explained that this was originally the wedding dress prepared by her parents. In fact, she had already agreed to get married last year, but she forcibly broke off the engagement before her wedding.
Zhao Chuan said that he knew about it, but he didn't know why she broke off the engagement.
"Why don't you really know? It's not because of you!" Qinglian rolled her eyes at Zhao Chuan.
"Am I... still so attractive?" Zhao Chuan smiled sheepishly.
"You are just a fool..." Qinglian scolded him with an angry and hateful look.
Qinglian's foot is injured and Zhao Chuan is worried. What should I do? It's inconvenient to run away together. If you don't take her with you, you can't throw her away. Even if she doesn't want to leave, who will take care of her?
Zhao Chuan was worried when a little old man climbed up from the foot of the hill. His clothes were very shabby and full of patches.
When the old man saw the teapot in Zhao Chuan's hand, his face immediately fell.
"What a ghost in broad daylight! As soon as I left, the teapot was stolen. It turned out to be you!" The little old man looked Zhao Chuan up and down, and then stared at Qinglian in the coffin. His angry expression turned into confusion and confusion. surprise.
Zhao Chuan hurriedly explained that it was not stealing, and told the old man about the current situation of looking for water.
Seeing the old man staring at Qinglian in the coffin, Zhao Chuan explained that he was sad that his sister died. He came to take a look and happened to find that the person was alive again, but he hid that he was from Zhaojia Village, let alone his escape.
But after hearing this, the old man immediately said that I know who you are. You are from Zhaojiacun, right?
Zhao Chuan was on the run now and immediately shook his head in denial.
The old man smiled bitterly and said, don't hide it from me. This area is surrounded by mountains for miles, and the poor people are also poor. Only Zhaojia Village in the east has a river but no mountains. There are many people in the village. Rich people, look at your clothes. Children from very poor families can only come from there.
Zhao Chuan and Qinglian looked at each other without saying a word.
The old man said again: Look at how well-dressed this girl was when she was buried. This is a mass grave, and all the lonely people are buried there. I have been farming under this mass grave for decades, and I have never seen anyone buried behind the grave. Come to visit and worship. The only people with this condition within a radius of more than ten miles are those in Zhaojia Village in the east.
The old man then said that you guys are not too busy to go home, and further explained that you may be from Zhaojiacun, because I heard that the Zhao family was wiped out the night before yesterday, and many people with other surnames were implicated. You two children may have become homeless. So I can't go home.
Zhao Chuan and Qinglian both opened their eyes wide when they heard this. They didn't expect that the old man's analysis was completely correct.
The old man said, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. Although I am too poor to rent the land in your Zhaojia Village, I can only pick up some thin land around the mass graves that others don't want and grow some melons and vegetables, but the melons I grow are Most of the vegetables are sold to the people of Zhaojia Village, especially the Zhao family who asks me to send melons and vegetables all year round.
The old man said, so I know that your Zhao family is still good. Now that your Zhao family is in trouble, I will help if I can. "My son, you can't leave the village because there are still people guarding outside the village. There are still soldiers guarding the outermost perimeter! I heard they are from the capital, so it seems you can only escape westward into the mountains."
But Qinglian’s toe was broken and she couldn’t walk. Besides, there was no medical clinic in the mountains, so how could she treat and recuperate from her injuries?
"How about, Zhao Chuan, you leave me here, and I will try to treat and recuperate on my own. You can go on your own. I'm not from the Zhao family, and they won't come after me." Qinglian said.
After learning about Qinglian's situation, the old man couldn't stop sighing and felt that this matter was embarrassing.
"Otherwise, you can leave your sister at my house to recuperate. Although my family is poor, with a pair of chopsticks, I can still eat enough porridge." The old man said.
"Well, I'm not young anymore, I'm very hard-working, and I can help you with the work after I recover from my injury. It won't be in vain to recuperate at your home!" Qinglian said, seeming to have made up her mind to stay at the old man's house.
Zhao Chuan shook his head like a rattle, "No, no, no! I finally found the person, how can I leave the person again? It doesn't matter if there is no medical center in the mountains, I just study medicine, and there are plenty of herbal medicines in the mountains, but a broken finger is not a big problem. .”
Seeing that Zhao Chuan insisted on taking Qinglian away, the old man gave another idea: It would be inconvenient for Qinglian to go out wearing a bright red wedding dress. It happened that he had a daughter at home who was similar to Qinglian and could find some clothes for her to change into. , and I’ll find something to eat by the way.
Seeing that Zhao Chuan had no objection, the old man asked the two of them to wait for a while, then immediately picked up the teapot, leaving Zhao Chuan and Qinglian behind, and hurriedly staggered down.
Zhao Chuan stood on the post and watched the old man leave. It turned out that the old man's family lived in a forest not far from the melon field, and of course not too far from the mass grave.
How dare people live near this mass grave! Zhao Chuan couldn't help but admire the courage of the old man and his family.
It seems that the dead and ghosts are not scary. It turns out that what people fear most is poverty...
It was not long before four people came out of the woods. Although they were a little far away, they could tell from their silhouettes that they were two adults and two children.
It can also be seen from the clothes that the children are a boy and a girl.
The four of them crossed the melon field, climbed up the hill and headed towards Zhao Chuan.
As he got closer, Zhao Chuan saw clearly that it was the old man, his wife, a girl and a boy who came.
This girl is naturally the old man's daughter, and the boy is younger, so naturally he is the old man's son. The clothes he wears are as shabby as the old man's, but with fewer patches.
The old man came over and said to Zhao Chuan that my daughter is about the same age as your sister and about the same height and build. If you don't worry, it's best to keep your sister at my house for a few days, and then pick her up after you escape and stabilize. If you are worried, just exchange clothes with this girl and run away together.
The old lady was also carrying a baggage in her hand, saying that it contained food and drink, and that it would not be a problem for three or two days.
Zhao Chuan and Qinglian looked at each other and nodded in agreement to exchange clothes.
The old lady said that the clothes on my girl are the best in the house, so this is the only one I can take out. I just put it on when I came here. Do you think it will work? If it works, please come to my house and change it.
Zhao Chuan said, "It's fine. It's okay. There's no need to go to your house. Just find a place to change into a bush or something nearby. Thank you very much for your help."
The old man said no need to thank you, we have to thank you two. If I hadn't met you, I don't know how long it would have taken me to save up to afford the wedding dress I would get married in the future.
Zhao Chuan felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
Qinglian and the girl went to find a place nearby to change clothes.
Zhao Chuan felt very pitiful when he looked at the boy, because the boy was barefoot and didn't even have shoes.
Zhao Chuan wanted to check for any broken silver on his body, and wanted to give the child some money to buy a pair of shoes, but as soon as he raised his hand, he found that his fingers began to blur again.
Oh, my God, why does this little old man with a white beard want to pull me back at this time? Zhao Chuan was shocked.
Zhao Chuan was not allowed to react further, and he instantly lost consciousness...
Zhao Chuan woke up, opened his eyes, and saw darkness everywhere. He felt that he was lying down, and when he reached out and touched it, he found that he was lying on the bed.
Zhao Chuan hurriedly got up from the bed and could immediately see objects at night. It turned out that this was an inn room. There were several cabinets on the ground in front of the bed. He seemed to understand something instantly.
He lit a candle and found that everything in the room was as before. He checked carefully and found that there were no traces of lightning strikes at all.
Zhao Chuan opened the window and tried it. He couldn't emit any thunder and lightning skills at all.
On the street outside the window, a watchman came over and knocked on his wooden wooden stick to announce the watch. It was already Yin time.
It turns out that everything just now was just a dream.
