It is the end of the year and the weather is getting colder.
In the afternoon that day, heavy clouds formed early, and it looked like it was snowing again.
There were not many pedestrians on the street. In this kind of weather, everyone would try their best not to go out.
A thin figure walked in front of the Dingbeigong Mansion, wearing a large and old cloak, covering his whole body.
The man walked to the door with a bundle in his hand and pushed up the hood on his head, revealing most of his face.
This was a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a face that was pale from the cold, and frost on her eyebrows and eyelashes.
She put her frozen hands to her mouth, took a breath of hot air, and mustered up the courage to step up the steps.
I stood in front of the corner door and knocked, but no one came out. After a while, I knocked harder.
The doorkeeper was warming himself around the stove in the porter's room when he heard someone knocking on the door, so he put on his clothes and came out.
He glanced through the crack in the door and stepped back.
After a while, he brought out a freshly roasted sweet potato, opened the door and handed it to the woman.
"Take it and leave quickly! You are not allowed to stand here for a long time." It was too cold outside, and I was blown through by the wind as soon as I came out.
The servant hurriedly went back to warm himself by the fire, and waved his hand to the woman, asking her to take the sweet potatoes and leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, the woman handed the sweet potatoes back and said, "Brother, I'm not begging for food."
"If you don't want food, what are you doing here?" the servant looked at her and asked.
"I...I'm looking for someone." The woman's lips were trembling with cold.
Seeing how pitiful she was, the gatekeeper handed the sweet potato to her again: "Take it, you can warm your hands! I guess one of your relatives is working in this house? But you can't come to the front door to look for him.
You have to go around to the back door. There are people coming in and out there, so stop one and ask."
"Brother, I'm here to see Mr. Huo." The woman held the sweet potatoes, and the warmth in her hands made her feel better.
"You? Who are you? What are you doing with our father-in-law?" The doorman immediately became alert.
"I am my father-in-law's old friend. My hometown is in Dengzhou and I came to the capital..." The woman seemed to be too anxious and couldn't explain clearly at the moment.
But the doorman interrupted her impatiently: "Why do you lie so much at such a young age? I think you are a liar!"
"Brother, I'm not a liar. I really came to seek refuge with Mr. Huo." The woman was anxious and about to cry.
"Let me tell you, we have seen a lot of people who come here to recognize relatives." The face of the disciple became more and more ugly, "It's really a big tree that attracts attention. Apart from these relatives we know, does our father-in-law have any relatives?
Even if you are still old, you shouldn't be your age! From the look of you, you are not twenty years old anyway, right?
Do you know that our father-in-law lived in Mobei since he was a child and did not come back until he was in his twenties. How could he recognize you?"
"No, brother, listen to me." The woman argued eagerly, "It is true that I have never met Mr. Huo, but my grandfather knows him."
"Your grandpa? Then let your grandpa identify him!" The disciple confirmed that she was a fake.
"I have never seen my grandfather since I was born. His name is Chen Fu..." the woman said.
"You haven't even met your grandfather, let alone our father-in-law. You've gone through a long way to get married!" The disciple was impatient and didn't want to talk to her anymore. "Seeing as you are a woman, I
I won’t hit you, but stay away from here as soon as possible! Let’s go, let’s go! If you don’t go, you’ll be rude!”
As he spoke, he pushed her out and slammed the door.
"In this day and age, there are all kinds of people." The doorman tightened his coat and walked back, muttering to himself, "Since our father-in-law came back, so many people have come to the door to show off and cheat. They are all shameless.
s things!"
Huo Tian is an orphan, and the Huo family is already sparsely populated.
Unlike ordinary people who have seven aunts and eight aunts, there are a lot of them.
But even this can't stop some greedy people from rushing to the door and taking risks.
Who would have thought that even though this woman was robbed, she still refused to leave.
But she didn't dare to stand at the door, so she walked a little further away, found a corner sheltered from the wind, and squatted there huddled.
The sweet potato in her hand was no longer very hot. She turned her back and started to eat hungrily.
She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had a full meal. In this freezing cold weather, a roasted sweet potato was already a rare treat for her.
At this time, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and soon there was more than two fingers of snow on the ground.
The woman's legs were a little numb from squatting, and she was afraid that she would freeze over time, so she got up and stamped her feet after a while.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the lanterns in front of the palace were lit up.
The janitor started to clear the snow, because the father-in-law would be back in a while.
He glanced at the woman standing in the corner not far away and shouted to her: "I'm telling you, don't be ignorant! Get away quickly. If you hit the father-in-law, I will twist you to the government office so that you can't eat anything."
Walk around!"
After hearing this, the woman staggered away as expected.
Huo Tian went out of the city to inspect the camp, so he had to come back extra late today.
But even so, he still didn't forget to take a detour to buy Jiang Nuan's favorite grass oven cakes, and also bought a small drum for Brother Zao.
Turning the corner and looking at the lanterns in front of her house, Huo Tian felt warm in her heart.
"Mr. Huo! Mr. Huo!" Suddenly a man rushed out from the alley next to him.
The people around Huo Tian were immediately alert, stood in front of him, and shouted, "Who is this person?! Still not retreating!"
"Mr. Huo, I am Chen Fu's granddaughter!" The woman shouted desperately, "My grandfather is Chen Fu!"
The guards wanted to drag the woman away, but Huo Tian stopped her: "Wait a minute, let her finish her sentence."
Several guards released the woman, but still surrounded her and prevented her from getting too close to Huo Tian.
"Mr. Huo, I'm not pretending, I'm telling the truth." The woman explained eagerly, "Our hometown was originally in Dengzhou, but later we moved to Yihe to join our uncle's family.
My father's name is Chen Dazhong, and he is the only son of my grandfather. My grandfather has followed my father-in-law on expeditions since he was young. Since my father was ten years old, he has never returned home."
"You said you are Uncle Fu's granddaughter. I can't be convinced based on this statement alone. Do you have any other evidence?" At this time, Huo Tian had already dismounted.
The Chen Fu this woman was talking about was Uncle Fu who accompanied Huo Tian through life and death and saved his life several times.
In Huo Tian's mind, Uncle Fu was not a servant or a follower, but his elder and his benefactor.
"I have evidence!" the woman said excitedly, taking something out of her arms.
It was half a jade pendant. The quality of the jade was mixed. It was not a beautiful jade, but Huo Tian was very moved.
He took out the half piece of jade pendant and looked at it carefully for a moment.
Then he said: "The half of the jade pendant that Uncle Fu is wearing is in my room, please come in!"
