Although we try our best to spread warmth to the earth, it is still a little inferior to the winter in the north.
Even so, the residents of Qinghedian still gathered in twos and threes under a few wheat straw stacks, absorbing the slightest warmth in the severe cold.
Two government seals have sealed the door of Qinghe Inn.
A few old men not far away who were sunbathing began to point at the inn.
"Last night, many people from the government came and took away three corpses from the inn."
"It can't be the shopkeeper and the two waiters, right?"
"It's so dark that I can't see very clearly. However, they should be the shopkeeper and the waiter. Didn't you see that the door was sealed? If it wasn't for them, even if the inn was sealed, they should have gone home.
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"She must be dead. When I came here just now, the old lady at the entrance of the village was still saying that if she saw her grandson, she would go home for dinner. She said that she cooked sweet potatoes in polenta today."
"Well, this old woman has a hard life. She lost her husband in her early years and her son in middle age. A blind man, who finally raised his grandson and was able to earn money by running errands as a waiter in a shop, is once again a white-haired man giving a black-haired man a gift.
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"Oh, I don't know what happened to our Qinghe Inn. There have been a series of deaths recently. First, the three father-in-laws in the palace were killed, and then Zhang Shanren and his family were killed. It's good. After a sleep, the Qinghe Inn is gone."
"Those three father-in-laws were accidents. This good man's house and Qinghe Inn are both murder cases. Do you think there is any connection between them?"
"Stop talking, there are five or six people coming over there, all with knives in their hands. Don't let us hear our discussion."
"Hey, isn't that kid in the middle San'er? He changed into clean clothes. I almost didn't recognize him."
"It's really San'er. The man in front is the young man sweeping snow at the base of the wall that crushed people to death."
While talking, Xiao Chen and others had already walked over.
"Good morning, everyone is sunbathing." Xiao Chen smiled slightly and greeted everyone.
"Well, well." No one dared to answer, so they just hummed and prevaricated.
Arriving at the gate of the Wang family, standing at the door were the two servants from the first time Xiao Chen came.
Today, they did not stop us anymore, but smiled in a flattering manner, hurriedly opened the door, and shouted inside: "Butler Wang, the guests are here."
Butler Wang seemed to have been waiting aside for a long time. As soon as the servant finished speaking, he walked out from behind the door with a smile on his face.
He was still wearing his pair of heavy, stone-like cotton shoes, but the cattail leaf fan in his hand had disappeared.
"Brother Xiao, thank you for your hard work. Everyone, please come in." Shopkeeper Wang said politely, cupping his hands.
Seeing the cotton shoes on his feet, San'er couldn't help but smile.
Hearing the sound, Butler Wang seemed a little dissatisfied. He raised his nose twice at San'er.
Entering the courtyard, the royal family chief was already waiting at the door of the living room.
Across the rockery pavilion, he waved to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard all the way. Today, I lit the stove in the living room. Come in, come in."
Xiao Chen was a little surprised, why did the royal patriarch seem to be a different person today.
There was warmth in the living room.
Everyone sat down behind Xiao Chen.
"Chief Wang, why did you suddenly light the stove in the living room today?" Xiao Chen still couldn't hold it back and asked with a smile.
"Sir, it's so cold that it doesn't matter. Isn't there a child here?" He said and glanced at San'er.
"It seems that we have benefited from San'er today."
The face of the royal family leader straightened: "Before this, San'er has been wandering in the town, suffering hardships and crimes that ordinary people have never suffered. If you want to study with peace of mind, you can't feel at ease without a good environment.
.Since Brother Xiao handed him over to me, I will be responsible for Saner."
Xiao Chen nodded gently: "The royal family still has a good intention."
Turning around, he looked at Xiansan'er: "Come here and kneel down to sir."
After listening to Xiao Chen's words, San'er hurriedly stood up, came to the royal family leader, lifted up the front of his clothes, and knelt down.
"Sir, please accept your respects from San'er."
He raised his arms high and sincerely lowered his whole body to the ground.
"First of all, thank you sir for teaching me how to be a good person."
He straightened up and lay down again.
"Second prayer, thank you sir for teaching me how to read."
Then he straightened up and lay down again.
"Third prayer, sir, please teach me to distinguish right from wrong."
After praying, he straightened up, but his knees were still on the ground and he did not get up.
Patriarch Wang was a little surprised and looked at Xiao Chen: "Did you teach him these words?"
"No." Xiao Chen shook his head, "I was busy dealing with things last night, and he had already fallen asleep when I got home. I started on my way at dawn this morning, and I didn't have time to teach him these things."
Patriarch Wang nodded and looked at San'er again: "Can you tell me why you need to be a human being first, then study, and then distinguish right from wrong?"
San'er puffed up her little chest: "When a person first comes to the world, he is like a piece of jade without any polishing. Later, there are good people, bad people, evil people, and good people. It is guided by the environment around him and the examples in front of him.
the result of."
"Reading can enrich a person's mind and broaden his horizons. However, if you can't behave correctly, no matter how much you read, it will be useless."
"To truly distinguish right from wrong, you can't do it without being upright, and you can't do it without a lot of knowledge."
The royal family leader suddenly stood up: "Who taught you these words?"
"No one taught me." San'er shook his head gently, "When the private school in town started classes, I secretly listened outside."
Looking at San'er's tender and white face, the royal family leader kept shaking his head from side to side, with uncontrollable excitement in his eyes.
"What a piece of rough jade, you are a piece of rough jade." The royal family leader raised his head as he spoke, "I, Wang Changlian, will only study on my own in my whole life, and never thought I would accept a disciple. Today, I want this disciple."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen felt excited.
A disciple is equivalent to an apprentice.
This royal patriarch is knowledgeable and has a profound understanding of righteousness. If San'er becomes his only disciple, even if he does not reach the height of the royal patriarch, he will definitely become a wise man with a broad mind.
"San'er, what's your name?" Chief Wang asked again.
San'er shook his head: "I don't know, in my memory, everyone calls me San'er."
The royal family leader put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth a few times: "San'er, raw jade. San'er, raw jade."
Turning around suddenly: "Since you recognize brother Xiao as your eldest brother, how about I give you a name, Xiao Yu."
Upon hearing this, San'er's face showed uncontrollable joy, and he fell to the ground again: "Xiao Yu thanked you, sir."
