Time travel fat businessman

Chapter 58

This time, Huangtian paid off and finally took the right path.

Looking at the stretches of land in front of him and the sparse population, Tao Bao knew that he had finally arrived in the countryside.

It was already evening at this time, after running with Sarah in his arms for a whole day, even with the internal strength beside him, Tao Bao was still very tired.

The path under his feet could only allow carriages to pass, and there were many stones paved on the road. In addition, it was a sunny day and the road was dry, so he put Sarah down and let her walk by herself.

Seeing Tao Bao kept shaking his arms, Sarah looked at her with concern, "Mom, are you tired? Sarah will give you candy."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of unfinished malt candy from his dirty clothes pocket and handed it to Tao Bao, looking at her expectantly.

The candy was already stained with the lint from the clothes, Tao Bao took the candy and felt a stickiness from his fingertips, he struggled a few times, but couldn't swallow it.

But the child meant well, and throwing it away would be too hurtful, so she pretended to put the candy in her mouth and chew it, but she actually put the candy into the space and planned to find an opportunity to throw it out again.

Seeing Tao Bao eat, Sarah was satisfied and happily jumped ahead.

Passing through a large piece of land, scattered houses appeared in front of him. He called to Sarah who was having fun in front of him. Tao Bao took out the rice noodles and the pot, tied them together with the half of the bed sheet, and put it on his shoulders, and then pulled Sarah. Pull to go to the village.

I don't know if it's because the farming is not busy now or because it's a time of war, and the village is very deserted. Tao Bao knocked on the doors of two houses in a row, but no one was home.

The houses were built according to the mountains. Tao Bao counted eleven houses here, and there were no people in the two houses at the bottom, so she had to keep going up.

Just as he was about to knock on the third door, the door of the opposite house opened.

A gray-haired old woman and a little boy came out. The little boy looked about two or three years old, younger than Sarah, a little shy of strangers, hiding behind the old woman, seeing the old woman walking towards Tao Bao, He didn't follow along, but hid behind the door and watched Tao Bao and the two quietly.

"Miss, are you here to find someone?" The old lady smiled so kindly that it made people feel uneasy.

Tao Bao stretched out his hand to hold Sarah in his hand, motioned her not to speak with his eyes, and then explained to the old woman in front of him:

"Yes, we are here to find someone. My husband died on the battlefield, and only my daughter and I are left. Now that the world is in chaos, I dare not stay by myself, so I thought of coming to join my sister. She said she was Married here, so I came here."

After Tao Bao finished speaking, he looked at the surrounding houses sadly and helplessly, as if he wanted to find out where his sister was.

The old woman looked suspiciously at Sarah, who had a dirty face, and then at Tao Bao, who was too clean. Finally, when she saw the thing on Tao Bao's shoulder, she believed it a little bit.

They both bring pots and rice. Although the adults and children don't seem to match each other, their similar looks prove that they are indeed mother and daughter.

After thinking about it, the old lady Mary asked with concern: "Everyone calls me Grandma Mary, what do you call Miss? What's your sister's name, maybe I can tell you where her home is?"

Tao Bao looked at Granny Mary gratefully, "Grandma Mary, my name is Tao Bao. If you are not used to it, you can call me Tao. This is my daughter Sarah. She has a bad voice and doesn't like to talk. My sister's name is Ruth. Mother-in-law, do you know where her home is?"

The name Ruth was just casually mentioned by Tao Bao. Unexpectedly, Granny Mary suddenly realized when she heard it, and looked at her with sympathy:
"You're Ruth's sister? From the country from Plasf?"

Although Tao Bao was not at all, she nodded very seriously and looked at Mother-in-law Mary excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes, she is from over there. Mother-in-law, have you seen my sister?"

Seeing Tao Bao so excited and happy, and thinking about Ruth, Granny Mary looked at her sympathetically:
"My poor girl, I'm very sorry, your sister passed away two years ago, her husband also died of illness, and her son Huos also left the village. I heard that he went to the army. It has been almost a year since Huos There is no news about Si, perhaps, he has died on the battlefield."

"What?" Tao Bao looked unable to bear the blow, and covered his chest in despair, "Oh, why, why did things happen like this!"

Sarah tilted her head and looked at Tao Bao in confusion. She didn't understand German, and didn't understand what happened to her mother. She only knew that her mother was very sad now, so she hurriedly hugged her mother's thigh and cried too.

Seeing that Sarah was just moaning and crying without speaking, Tao Bao continued to act with confidence, lifted the rice and pot from his shoulders, and embraced Sarah.

"My sister, why did you pass away suddenly? No wonder I haven't received any letters from you. It turned out to be like this. Now it's just me and Sarah alone. How can I survive in this world now? ! My sister!"

Grandma Mary watched Tao Bao mother and daughter crying like this, and her heart tightened. Finally seeing Tao Bao's voice became quieter, she hurriedly persuaded:

"My poor girl, I know you are very sad now, but Ruth has gone to heaven, and we are still in the world, but it is not easy for you to take Sarah with you. What are you going to do next? Are you going to?"

Tao Bao sniffed, wiped away the tears from the pain from pinching his thigh, choked up and said, "I'll take, take Sarah, and go back again. It's too dangerous. On the way, I've already been snatched away by robbers." Stuff, papers and jewellery, I, I don't know where else to go."

When Sarah saw her mother start crying again, the little man burst into tears. The poor little man made Grandma Mary very uncomfortable.

"Mother, let them stay at Ruth's house." A woman came out, and she picked up the little boy who was peeping by the door and walked towards Tao Bao.

She nodded to Mother-in-law Mary and turned to Tao Bao: "Miss, the key to Ruth's house is in our house. It's not safe outside. Why not stay at your sister's house first?"

Tao Bao wiped away his tears and coaxed Sarah to stop crying. Then he raised his eyes and looked at the woman, "Can we stay here?"

Granny Mary breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course, my poor girl."

So, just like that, by chance, Tao Bao got the key to the house of someone she didn't know at all.

We ate dinner at Grandma Mary's house. During the conversation, Tao Bao set out the information he wanted. There are a total of eleven families in this village, and three of them have moved to the city. That is, the Ruth family.

The remaining seven households are all old people, children, and women. During the war years, all young and mature men were forced to go to the battlefield. Now there are less than 20 people left in the whole village.

The woman was Elsa, the eldest daughter-in-law of Mother Mary, and the little boy was her grandson, named Ruhr, who had just turned three years old.

Mother-in-law Mary's husband passed away a long time ago. She has two sons, both of whom were recruited into the army. Now they live with their daughter-in-law Aisha and grandson.

People in the village were afraid of outsiders, so when Tao Bao's voice rang out in the village, everyone closed their doors and windows for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.

Sarah has always kept Tao Bao's instructions in mind. When she was with Granny Mary's family, she didn't say a word except to eat and make noise. Even if Ruhr came to play with her, she played with him obediently and didn't talk too much. .

This performance made Tao Bao very satisfied. After opening the door of Ruth's house with the key, he rewarded Sarah with a bottle of juice, the kind packed in a carton.

Plug in the straw, hand it to Sarah, and tell her to wait there, Tao Bao took out the flashlight and started looking for candles at Ruth's house.

This house is made of wood. The first floor is very spacious. There is a living room, a kitchen, and two rooms. One of them is a messy pile of things. It should be a utility room, and the other room is a bedroom. The bed was empty.

Inside was a large cabinet with a lock on it. Tao Bao tore the lock off the cabinet, opened the cabinet, and found several clothes and quilts inside.

There is an attic on the second floor of the house, and there are two rooms on it. Tao Bao looked at it quickly and came downstairs.

No candles were found, but two horse lanterns by the fireplace, went to the kitchen, and found lamp oil and matches in the cabinet.

After lighting two horse lanterns, Tao Bao carried them back to the living room, where Sarah was sitting on the rice bag with juice in her hands and waiting obediently.

Tao Bao felt that this girl was really courageous. Usually children would cry a long time ago when they were alone in the dark, but Sarah was not afraid at all. But thinking about how she could hide under the bed by herself without making a sound, Tao Bao would not cry anymore. feel strange.

Children who grow up in this environment are not comparable to those flowers in the greenhouse.

(End of this chapter)