Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

At some point, there was a strong wind outside. The wind rolled up the yellow sand, and the air became filthy. I don't know when all the stars in the sky were covered by thick clouds.

Ling Ling squatted at the door, tears almost never stopping in her eyes. She was sensitive to what would happen next, but she didn't dare to think about it.

There were footsteps behind her, and she clutched her sleeves, tears falling faster.

"Your grandpa wants to talk to you. Go quickly." Fuyin's voice was gentle and slightly stiff.

Seeing the child walking into the room with his head hanging down, he leaned against the wall and looked thoughtful.

He doesn't have much sympathy for human death, or maybe it's just his nature. It would be great if Shen Huaixu was here. She would definitely not be as dull and at a loss as he was. He wanted to see Shen Huaixu.

On the night when the old man died, Anhe Village received the heaviest rain in three years. The rain washed away the entire Anhe Village, and the sound of rain seemed to be soothing the souls of the dead.

Ling Ling stayed by the old man's bed and cried for a long time, and finally curled up and fell asleep with tears on her face.

It rained for half the night, and the dust in the air was taken away. The whole village took on a new look. Fuyin breathed fresh air for the first time in this village.

He helped Ling Ling bury the old man next to a large grave built by the surviving Anhe villagers and bury the dead Anhe villagers.

Ling Ling's frail body knelt down in front of her grandfather's grave and kowtowed three times. She knelt down and kowtowed again in front of the tomb. Finally, she turned to face Fuyin and bent down to kowtow.

The corner of Fuyin's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand in the air to stop it, but then clenched it and lowered it.

Probably infected by Shen Huaixu's little superstition, I always felt that it felt awkward and strange for this child to kowtow to the deceased before kowtowing him again.

"What are you doing?" he asked strangely.

"Before he passed away, grandpa told me that I should obey your arrangements from now on and let me live." Xu Shi cried for a long time, and her voice was very hoarse. "Please also ask the general to let me follow you out of the village. It’s up to you to leave or stay.”

Fuyin lowered his eyes and looked at her, "I can take you to the capital. If you want to avenge your relatives, what happened in Anhe Village must be told from your mouth to the emperor... cough, Your Majesty, listen, this may be dangerous, are you willing?"

Ling Ling slowly raised her head, a small glow of fire ignited in her dead eyes, "Will you help me?"

Fu Yin looked down at her from a high position with an indifferent expression, like a god without sorrow or joy looking down at an ordinary ant. What he said was extremely pleasant to Ling Ling's ears - "I shouldn't be the only one."

The news that she could avenge her relatives and villagers diluted some of the sadness of her grandfather's death. Ling Ling cheered up and waited for Fuyin to take her out of Anhe Village and towards the outside world, but she had to wait for a whole day.

After finally waiting for Fuyin to come back from outside leisurely, she immediately greeted him and asked eagerly: "When are we leaving? You don't have to worry about me on the way, I can take care of myself..."

She took out all the belongings left to her by her grandfather, including a piece of broken silver, a dozen copper plates and a small piece of stone - a bright white stone.

Fuyin looked at the stone she was holding in her hand and asked, "It was kept by your grandfather before?"

"They all said it was a gemstone and would be valuable when sold outside, so grandpa always kept it close to his body..."

Fuyin picked up the small piece of stone and looked at Ling Ling wordlessly, without telling the child the dangers of the stone.

A cub has just lost a close relative, so it’s best not to add insult to injury. Otherwise, if Shen Huaixu finds out in the future, he will have to talk about him.

"This is the reward for taking you away," he shook the white stone, "it's mine."

Ling Ling opened her mouth but said nothing. She lowered her eyes and looked at the broken silver in her palm. This was the first time she had so much silver. Should it be enough for her to go to the capital?

She had heard her grandfather say before that the capital was very far away from their village. It would take days and nights by car. They didn’t have a car, so they could only walk. It would probably take even longer... At worst, she would drink more water and eat less. A little, and what she saves will be given to the general. No matter what, she must go to the capital.

Fuyin didn't know what she was doing. He looked up at the sky and said, "It's time to set off."

He just walked around the village. Most of the surviving adults in the village were severely contaminated by radiation and their bodies had collapsed. In addition to Ling Ling, there were two surviving children, one was only five or six years old, and the other was ten years old. .

They saw him walking around the village as a stranger with numb eyes. Fuyin stepped forward and asked them if they wanted to leave Anhe Village. They just shook their heads and said, "We can't survive. We can't survive."

It's like he has already predicted his fate.

Fuyin had no choice but to leave them some dry food. When he returned to Beijing with Ling Ling, someone would come to rescue them soon.

He took a step forward, and when Ling Ling raised her head to ask something, he raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and sprinkled white powder towards Ling Ling with his other hand.

After a while, the person in front of him fell to the ground softly, and the broken silver in his hand was scattered on the ground.

Fuyin looked down upon the little money on the ground, and was worried that Ling Ling would wake up and ask him to pay for it, so he had no choice but to half squat on his knees and slowly pick up the money.

He put Ling Ling into a sack, wrapped an invisibility cloak around the sack, and lifted the sack into the sky.

While Fuyin was working as a 'human trafficker', Shen Huaixu was eating melons - fresh melons brought back by his father.

"The Shangguan family also has iron coupons for alchemy books?" She frowned dissatisfied, "How many iron coupons for alchemy books has your Majesty issued? How come they are like cabbage?"

"Chinese cabbage?" Shen Su repeated.

Shen Huaixu hurriedly explained, "It's just water spinach. Isn't it white? It's called Shunzui."

Shen Su laughed. He knew that his daughter had the habit of giving things aliases. It was not surprising. "That's not bad. Your Majesty attaches great importance to friendship. Several veterans who had made great contributions to the dragon in the past were rewarded with iron coupons of alchemy books. Shangguan Zhu moved. After a few days, seeing that the situation was irreversible, I asked to resign and return to my hometown this morning. "

"I remember you said that Shangguan Zhu had always claimed that he had no knowledge of what Shangguan Yi had done, and today he asked to resign - does he want to save the other houses in Shangguan's family?" Shen Huaixu's face became worse and worse as he talked.

This old fox is really good at sneaking into the camp, so he can escape like this, which is simply outrageous.

"Yes, there are also shadows of the Du family and the Shu family in this. The daughters-in-law of the eldest brother and the second brother of the Shangguan family have each begged their natal families to keep their husbands' reputations. The second wife has not been involved in this matter from the beginning, but Dafang seems to be involved in a lot of unknown things, and he should not be able to escape unscathed. "

Shen Huaixu rolled her eyes, remembering the secrets of many heroes in Chinese history who died inexplicably shortly after resigning. She blinked her eyes and asked in a low voice: "Dad, do you think His Majesty will let Marquis Zhenyuan go so easily?"