Guan Maochun and Yu Tiegang reacted and were about to rush over to catch up, when they heard noises coming from the direction where the young man was escaping.
It turned out that when the young man was escaping, he happened to meet Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu who were returning. The two finally saw a living person, and they came back only after hearing Yu Tie's voice. Therefore, the young man naturally had nowhere to escape and was pulled away by the two of them.
return.
Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu dragged the boy back to the barracks and asked the three of them: "What's going on? Where did this kid come from?"
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun both shook their heads to express ignorance, but Yu Tie kept dancing and gesticulating.
Chai Yan asked Cheng Jiu to keep an eye on the boy, and then he took Yu Tie and started asking questions. Yu Tie didn't care whether he could explain clearly or not, so he took Chai Yan to the well, and then started gesticulating what happened from inside.
.........
Chai Yan didn't quite understand it at first, but after thinking and repeated questioning, Chai Yan finally figured it out.
Chai Yan asked Yu Tie to have a rest, then glanced at the skinny monkey-like young man, and said to the other three people: "Yu Tie said that when he went to fetch water to wash the pots just now, the child climbed onto the carriage because the horse suddenly barked.
, so I caught him.”
"Oh, he's actually a little thief?"
Guan Maochun immediately became angry and looked like he was about to go up to deal with him. The frightened young man quickly hid behind his head.
Cheng Jiu said to Guan Maochun: "Didn't you just say that the second brother frightened people to death? Why, it's your turn again?"
Yu Tie immediately nodded his head and made a sound of "ah" in agreement.
Chai Yan signaled the three of them to be silent, and walked over to the young man and asked, "What is your name and why are you here?"
The young man looked at the group of unfamiliar adults with fear, his face was nervous and timid. At this time, he did not dare to reply or shake his head, for fear of offending these people.
"Tell me, what's your name?" Guan Maochun asked politely.
"Are you from this village? Hey, you are talking!" Cheng Jiuye said.
Then, Chai Yan asked what he had just said twice more, but the young man became even more frightened and frightened, and did not dare to speak out.
When Hang Baiqiu saw this, he stepped forward and said, "You guys, please don't scare others, okay? Go and get the firewood over there quickly, and I'll have a good chat with him!"
After saying that, Hang Baiqiu winked at Chai Yan and the others, and then took the young man to the house to talk.
Chai Yan raised his eyebrows, shrugged and said, "Okay, leave this to her. Let's move the firewood and take a walk..."
Under the leadership of Chai Yan, the four people walked toward the east end of the road empty-handed.
By the time Chai Yan and the others brought back all the firewood they could burn, the boy and Hang Baiqiu had already started chatting, and it seemed they were having a good conversation. The boy would answer whatever Hang Baiqiu asked, and the atmosphere was already different from just now.
When Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun and Yu Tie started to deal with the hare, the conversation between Hang Baiqiu and the boy also ended, and then the two of them walked over.
Chai Yan was boiling water by the stove. When he saw them coming, he asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Hang Baiqiu asked the young man to sit by the fire, then sat next to him and said: "His name is Zhang Youfu, and he is a child of Zhangmeng Village. Some time ago, Lu Dan and his group of bandits looted this place, and most of the people in the village were
He was killed, and the remaining people, including poultry and livestock, were robbed by Lu Dan and his group. He hid in the woods with his two younger children, so he was spared. But since then,
No one lives in the village anymore.”
After hearing this, Chai Yan nodded, filled a clean bowl with water and handed it to Zhang Youfu, asking, "Why are you the only one and where are the other two children?"
Zhang Youfu didn't dare to take the water bowl handed by Chai Yan. Upon seeing this, Hang Baiqiu helped him take a handful and put it in his hand.
"Don't be afraid, we are not bad people!" Hang Baiqiu said softly.
Zhang Youfu glanced at the dark distance and said: "... over there..."
Chai Yan then asked: "How about you ask them to come over? We have a lot of rabbit meat to eat tonight, how about asking them to come together?"
Zhang Youfu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Youfu stood up, walked a few steps over, and shouted: "Second baby, third sister, come here quickly, they are not bad people!"
As soon as the shouts ended, Chai Yan and the others looked in the direction of Zhang Youfu's call...
Soon, the figures of two children appeared in the darkness. They were holding hands and moving slowly and hesitantly this way.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Youfu quickly ran forward and spoke to the two children. The two children then eliminated their doubts and followed Zhang Youfu to the crowd.
When everyone asked, they found out that the boy named Erwa had just turned nine, and the third sister was only seven. Like Zhang Youfu, both of them were slovenly and exuded a strange smell.
Hang Baiqiu felt sorry for the three children, so he asked them to sit down by the fire, and then took some dried meat from the carriage to satisfy their hunger. As soon as the three children smelled the aroma of dried meat, they started to eat like a wolf.
This scene immediately made Hang Baiqiu's eyes wet with sadness and pity.
When the three children had almost eaten, Chai Yan asked Zhang Youfu: "Youfu, you said that the village was robbed and many people died. What about the corpses? Why didn't you see any?"
Zhang Youfu quickly swallowed the dried meat in his mouth and replied: "The corpses were buried by the three of us. I tell you old people, after death, people must be buried in the ground, otherwise their souls will wander around outside. If
After a long time, you won’t be able to reincarnate and start a new life!”
The second baby and third sister beside him also nodded after hearing this.
"It's hard for you..." Chai Yan said with emotion.
Then, Chai Yan asked: "By the way, where are your parents and elders?"
Zhang Youfu suddenly felt sad and said: "Everyone in my family was killed by the bandits. The parents of the second baby and the third sister were taken away by the bandits. I don't know whether they are dead or alive now."
Having said this, Erwa suddenly stood up and said forcefully: "Brother Fu, my father and mother must still be alive!"
The third sister also stood up, nodding vigorously while chewing the dried meat. The strong look of the two brothers and sister immediately moved everyone.
Chai Yan's eyes were slightly moist, and he quickly affirmed: "Yes, you are right, they must still be alive, waiting to be reunited with you one day!"
The second baby and the third sister looked at each other and smiled, and nodded again.
Soon, Cheng Jiu and the others finished processing the rabbit meat, and then put it in the pot to cook...
Then, various seasonings were put into the rabbit meat soup pot. After a while, the aroma of the broth gradually spread out.
Look at the three children again. They are already drooling from the rich and delicious broth. They can’t move their eyes away from the pot...
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