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A brazier was burning in the room, but the cold wind squeezed in through the crack of the door, the woman shivered involuntarily, vaguely understanding what is meant by an extremely difficult night.

She subconsciously looked at Gu Tianya, but saw that the young man's face was not depressed at all, he was even comforting that little girl, A Yao, as if he was discussing the affairs of A Yao's mother.

An indescribable sadness suddenly appeared in the woman's heart.

Chopping wood, warming the fire, working hard, struggling.

Such is the life of the poor.

Boring, poor, difficult, I don't know where to find tomorrow's food and drink.

However, still trying to live.

The room of Gu Tianya's house was originally small, and now there are two extra people, so there is an illusion of being crowded for a while, but this kind of crowding faintly adds three points of warmth to the room...

……

The 'improvised' family finally sat around the brazier.

Four bowls!

Four people!

A small crackling brazier around which the 'whole family' happens to sit.

At this time, the old lady had already cooked dinner, and everyone's bowls were filled with thick white fish soup. In the center of each bowl was a large fish weighing half a catty, and around the fish were piled up more than a dozen large, bright red fish. shrimp.

"Have a meal……"

Gu Tianya was the first to pick up the bowl, as if giving an order, he took a sip of the fish soup and slowly let out a mouthful of white air.

After he finished his first sip of fish soup, the old lady slowly picked up the bowl, and the girl A Yao also picked up the bowl, carefully lowered her head to drink the fish soup first.

The woman obviously couldn't understand.

At this time, Gu Tianya's old lady smiled gently, as if explaining or muttering to herself, and said softly: "Although it is a poor family, there must be rules. Gu'er is the only man in the family, so he is the only man in our family. On weekdays, he listens to his elders in everything, but he has to speak first when eating. This is the rule of the family, and it is also the rule of the village, or it should be said, it has been passed down by our Han family for thousands of years A long-standing rule..."

The pillar of the family, take the first bite first!

The woman looked thoughtful, and said softly: "Although my heart is for the people, I have never been with the people personally. I grew up in a big family, and when I ate, I ate separately. The males were at the same table. Women at a table, I thought it was a rule, but I didn't expect the common people to have another set of etiquette."

The old lady was still smiling gently, as if she had something to say: "Eat separately, but it won't be lively. It's a family, so it's great to be together. You have to eat separately, it's not like brothers and sisters. People Now, sometimes I get myself far away..."

The woman's eyes flashed, she was obviously surprised, she looked at the old lady blankly, she always felt that there was something in these words, but the old lady just smiled and didn't chatter any more.

Instead, Gu Tianya suddenly opened his mouth, pointed at the woman's bowl and chopsticks and said, "Do you want to eat or not? What do you want to ask with flickering eyes? If you don't want to eat, then give it to A Yao, she is very hungry..."

The woman suddenly smiled brightly and said loudly: "Of course I want to eat it. This is the fish my sister cooked herself."

She deliberately put the word 'sister' very seriously.

Gu Tianya snorted angrily, as if he didn't want to talk to this shameless woman.

But the old lady regained her spirits, and suddenly raised her head and asked, "I heard Gu'er came back and gritted her teeth angrily, saying that you have become his aunt by messing around?"

The woman smiled sweetly, and Zhenge started to mess around, sweetly shouting: "Sister, isn't this what we agreed upon?"

The old lady was obviously taken aback, but for some reason suddenly laughed, and said: "It's good, it's good, it's indeed an appointment, you can call me old sister from now on."

Seeing the little girl A Yao suddenly raised her head, she said weakly, "I thought, I thought, it was Brother Gu's daughter..."

With a swipe, Youdao glanced at her, the little girl was startled, lowered her head in a panic, and said cowardly: "Brother Gu, I won't say anything, don't be angry, I'm just guessing."

Gu Tianya suddenly picked up a few mouthfuls of food, put down the bowl and chopsticks and stood up, said in a deep voice, "I don't want to eat, go to the village to ask for help."

He didn't say anything to help, just put down a word and went out.

The woman's eyes flickered a few times, and suddenly she put down her bowl and chopsticks and stood up, and hurriedly chased after her: "I'll go too, I want to have a look."

It's a pity that Gu Tianya seems to be avoiding her on purpose, and his steps are so fast, so amidst the whistling wind and snow, I can only hear a clear female voice constantly shouting, laughing and saying: "My nephew, walk slowly, my aunt is a woman, you have to Leave me alone."

In the hut, A Yao and the old lady looked at each other. After a long time, the little girl said weakly: "Ms. Gu, is she really Brother Gu's woman? I think she is about the same age as Brother Gu. There is no such thing in our village. Such a beautiful woman..."

The old lady reached out and stroked the little girl's head, and suddenly said meaningfully: "The difference in status is too big, it is not a good thing for your elder brother."

A Yao seemed to understand, and whispered: "So you took the opportunity to agree to let her be Brother Gu's elder?"

The old lady turned her head, looked out of the house with eyes like water, and said leisurely: "My son is qualified to marry anyone? My son can marry anyone. The key is to see the relationship..."

A Yao suddenly felt that Mrs. Gu's words were so powerful.

All the people in the village have never been able to say such grandiose words.

Chapter 9 [Emergency?Or save the poor? 】

Women chase, men run.

While the wind and snow were whistling, Gu Tianya was overtaken by his 'little aunt' again without any surprise.

But seeing the woman laughing and laughing, she still had the same tone of purposely annoyed him, she giggled and said: "My good nephew, it's not bad, every time I know that I feel sorry for my aunt, for fear that I will get lost in the middle of the night."

Gu Tianya had a cold face. He obviously had nothing to do with this shameless woman, but he couldn't refute it because his old lady had already agreed. He really couldn't understand why his old lady started to throw her elbows up.

But he was very filial since he was a child, especially after going through a big change, Gu Tianya always listened to what his old mother said, since his old mother recognized this woman, he could only hold his nose and follow suit.

Seeing that the other party was still laughing and laughing, he had no choice but to smile wryly, and said in a deep voice, "What are you doing with me? I have serious things to do when I come out."

"I guessed it!" The woman held her head proudly.

Gu Tianya was a little surprised this time, and couldn't help but said, "Did you guess it?"

"Of course!"

The woman suddenly leaned in front of him, and said in a low voice: "You need help, it's nothing more than to deal with A Yao's mother's affairs, otherwise you can't hold the reed mat and run out of the door pretending to be angry , you obviously want to avoid that little girl, so that she won't be sad again when she sees her mother's dead body. Isn't that right, good nephew?"

Gu Tianya stared at her in a daze.

It took a long time before he said softly: "People of aristocratic families can be useless, but they will never be incompetent. I used to think that this may not be true, but now I think it is very reasonable."

These words were originally made out of feelings, but the woman was extremely surprised, subconsciously said: "Who taught you this kind of truth?"

Her pretty face was full of suspicion, she stared at Gu Tianya without blinking, and said again: "You are from a poor family, and there are no scholars in the village, and the whole Hebei province has been suffering for many years, it is even more impossible for an official school to recruit the poor. But in your words and deeds, you often reveal a lot of profound knowledge, my aunt wants to know, who taught you knowledge?"

Gu Tianya turned around and left without saying a word. After a long time, his voice came from the wind and snow, and he said slightly concerned: "Who else taught it? Of course it was taught by my mother!"

The woman was obviously stunned, standing there and muttering to herself, her face full of disbelief: "Your mother?"

She was extremely curious, couldn't help but chased after Gu Tianya, and asked urgently: "Could it be that old sister is not from the Han clan?"

From ancient times to the present, nine out of ten people who are qualified to read and write must be from wealthy families. If they can understand the principles on the basis of literacy, then at least they must be from low-grade families to support them. characters.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya was anxious about other things, so he didn't have the mood to talk to this "auntie" for a while. With the reed mat under his arm, he only cared about walking in a certain direction of the village along the way.

Although the woman was unwilling, she didn't want to act too hastily, so she finally chose to keep her mouth shut and silently followed Gu Tianya forward.

On a cold, windy and snowy night, the figures of a man and a woman braved the wind and snow, and gradually came to the side of a thatched hut, Gu Tianya stopped in his tracks.

The woman glanced subconsciously, suddenly her heart moved, and she asked in a low voice: "You said at that time that there were fifteen families in the village, but two of them couldn't afford a fire to keep warm. A Yao's family is considered a family. Is it the second one?"

Speaking of this, I was faintly worried. There was no fire in Ayao's house, but Ayao's mother froze to death from starvation. The family in front of me also did not have a fire, but I don't know if the people inside would also freeze to death. up.

If the person is already frozen to death, wouldn't the "good nephew" come to ask for help and return in vain, disappointed?

She was so faintly worried that she didn't even know that some subtle change had taken place in her mentality. She had watched the death of tens of thousands of people indifferently, so she didn't pay much attention to human life, but now she is very Caring about the emotions of "little nephew", I am afraid that he will be disappointed because he returns without success.

Fortunately, Gu Tianya finally opened his mouth and explained in a low voice: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to this family."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his voice, and shouted respectfully towards the small cottage in front of him, and asked in a very low voice: "Master Blind, are you asleep?"

There were two coughs in the hut, and an old voice faintly said, "Xiao Gu? Who left again?"

There was a tacit understanding in this conversation that was hard to describe in words.Gu Tianya only asked inside, 'Have you slept yet? ', the people inside immediately guessed that someone in the village had died. It can be seen that such things happen frequently, so they become accustomed to it.

The only thing that confuses the woman is how can the people in the room tell that it is Gu Tianya?

She hesitated and couldn't help looking at Gu Tianya. After thinking for a while, Gu Tianya understood what "auntie" wanted to ask. He sighed bitterly and explained softly: "I am the only male in the village." gone."

The woman suddenly realized.

In the entire village of fifteen households, there is only Gu Tianya, a young man, and because there is only Gu Tianya, the people in the house will know it immediately.

This is not familiarity, but a reality without hesitation.

For some reason, the woman suddenly took a look at Gu Tianya, and said softly: "The whole Hebei Road is actually like this. After three or 40 years of soldiers, almost all the men are almost dead. Not only in your village, but also in other places, Gu...Gu Er , don’t be sad because of this kind of thing.”

Gu Tianya was a little surprised, he could feel that this so-called aunt was sincere, and seemed to be very worried that he would think wildly, that's why he spoke out sincerely.

He was a little moved in his heart, but felt that it was unnecessary. After hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't help but thank him, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for worrying."

Immediately afterwards, he added another sentence, slightly desolate: "I'm used to this kind of thing, so it's not sad."

I have seen too much, unable to change, I can only choose not to be sad, otherwise it will be difficult to live in this place.

Suddenly there was a creaking sound from the thatched hut in front of her, as if someone had gently pushed the door open, the woman looked around and vaguely saw an old man leaning on a crutch, coughing repeatedly, and seeing that old complexion, she didn't know how to return it. There are days to live.

Gu Tianya suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the woman back a few steps.

The woman was slightly taken aback, feeling a little puzzled in her heart.

But Gu Tianya's whispered instructions sounded in his ears, and he said very seriously: "The blind man is the night watchman in the village, his house is not allowed to enter, I just forgot about this for a moment, and led you almost into the yard, let's retreat In the next few steps, just wait at the gate of the courtyard."

The woman was slightly taken aback again, and asked in confusion, "Night watchman?"

Gu Tianya glanced at her, and explained again in a low voice: "Every wedding or wedding, he must be invited."

Only then did the woman understand why Gu Tianya came to seek help from an old man who was dying.

But seeing the old man coughing at the door of the house for a long time, he seemed to have finally recovered his breath, he walked out slowly with a cane, walked out across the yard, first glanced at Gu Tianya, and then looked at the woman, obviously he was a man The blind man, however, looked at people with his eyes, and said "Hehe" twice, vaguely as if with a smirk, and said: "Hey, there is a golden phoenix bird flying here. The merits on his body are not small. , It's a pity that the blood is not low, hey, there are no less murders."

Gu Tianya quickly pulled the woman, pointing his fingers at his head, and said in embarrassment: "The blind man is a little confused."

The so-called confused actually means a little dementia. The woman nodded, but stared at the old man without blinking her eyes.

But when the old man coughed again, he suddenly said again: "Let's go, go and tell me, which family died tonight, it's a pity to leave in the cold."

Gu Tianya sighed softly, and replied softly: "It's the third aunt from the east, who left when it was dark."

"Oh!" The old man nodded and coughed: "I guess it should be her. She has been cold and hungry for a long time. Oh, woman, it's not good to love the child too much. I keep it when I have a stutter. Finally Still exhausting myself."

Gu Tianya's eyes were sore, he turned his head suddenly, and said in a shy voice, "If I can give A Yao some more fish..."

The old man waved his hand and said as if to comfort: "If you don't save the emergency, you will be poor, and you will be tired of saving the poor for a lifetime. You are not to blame for this, and you are not qualified for this. Hey, you can save the emergency. It has to be an official, it has to be the emperor."

For some reason, she glanced at her seemingly blind eyes, and the woman always had the illusion that the old man was looking at her.

However, it seemed to be just an illusion, because the old man was already walking forward with a cane. Due to the heavy wind and snow, Gu Tianya hurriedly stepped forward to help him. direction.

The woman's eyes flickered a few times, and she quickly raised her heels to follow.

On a snowy night, people came out at night, a man, a woman and an old man, slowly moving forward in this small and ugly village.

The woman suddenly came to Gu Tianya's side, and asked vaguely: "The blind man just said that it is the responsibility of the government to save the emergency, not the poor, but to save the poor, so you are not qualified, but my aunt I want to ask you, if you have this qualification, are you willing to take on this responsibility that will drag you down for a lifetime?"

"Am I willing to take on this responsibility that drags on my life?"

Gu Tianya was slightly taken aback, subconsciously looked up at the night sky.

Countless heavy snow, drifting in the cold wind.

Just in front of her was the hut of A Yao's family, and in that room lay a woman who died of starvation in the cold wind...

Emergency?

Or help the poor?

Chapter 10 [I have worries, so it is difficult to endure]

Gu Tianya gently pinched the reed mat under his arms, but for some reason he chose to remain silent.

He seemed to have some difficulties in his heart, so he was unwilling to answer the question of 'Little Aunt'.

However, the woman stared at him without blinking. It was obvious that she would not give up until she got an answer. Gu Tianya sighed helplessly, and pointedly said: "Although the heart wants it, it is difficult to cherish it."

"Why is that?" the woman followed closely.

Gu Tianya glanced at her slowly, then looked up at the sky again. Countless snowflakes fell on his face and melted into flowing water in a blink of an eye. In a trance, he didn't know whether the water was tears or snow.

The woman didn't know why, but she just felt sore for no reason. At this moment, she even wanted to blurt out and say "I won't force you anymore" to Gu Tianya, but she is a decisive person after all. Said: "Why? Auntie wants to listen."

Gu Tianya finally opened his mouth, but he only spit out four words, each word paused: "I'm worried about you."

What kind of person the woman is, it suddenly becomes clear.

Looking back, worrying.