Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 4
Tangning sat by the corner and finished eating her share. She closed the two wooden scoops, held them in her hands, and walked quickly towards the temple. The weather was already cold. sick again...

He lowered his head and held the wooden scoop tightly.

"Bold." A shout came from the side of the ear, and then a strong force hit, the body flew out involuntarily, and slammed on the ground with a bang, the wooden scoop rolled out, and the porridge and rice fell on the ground.

Tangning hurriedly crawled over, gathered up the porridge and rice on the ground, picked it up with both hands, and put it into the wooden ladle little by little.

"Presumptuous." With another loud shout, Tangning's body sank, one foot on his back.

"Wangdutou, what's the matter." Another voice sounded

"My lord, there is a little beggar blocking the way."

Tangning secretly raised her head and saw a large red sedan chair in front of her. A person inside opened the curtain and looked at him. That person was in his [-]s or [-]s. He was very polite and elegant.

The man beckoned to him: "Come here!"

The man on his back let go of his feet, Tangning got up, held the wooden ladle and walked over with her head lowered.

He was very flustered, a little scared, and didn't know what to do.

"Where are you from?" the man asked.

"The villain is from Tangliu Village, Anning County," Tangning replied in a low voice.

"People from Anning County, why are you here? Are your parents safe?"

"My father and mother were killed, and they followed people here. They will have food when they say it."

"Hey!" The man sighed: "The people are displaced, and the children are swaying. It's a lack of kingship. To the capital, you can find a place to settle this child!"

"Sir, this..." A man beside him looked embarrassed
"Since this official has the responsibility of educating one side, he usually guides the people to be based on benevolence and righteousness. Today, there are people who are poor and unable to make a living. How can they ignore it?" The man seemed quite dissatisfied with the man's attitude.

"Yes, my lord."

"This matter must be done." After the man finished speaking, he pulled down the curtain, and the sedan chair rose slowly and walked away.

When the sedan chair was gone, the man walked up to Tangning, "Boy, you are lucky, come with me!"

"I also have a sister? Can you take her with me?"

The man frowned and shouted impatiently: "If you are told to go, just go, what are you talking about, do you think we are specializing in raising beggars?"

"Well, that's fine, I'm not going." Tangning was frightened when he drank it, and said in a soft voice.

Of course he couldn't leave Liu Ruhan there alone.

"Huh!" The man was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to be quite affectionate, forget it, just bring one!"

"Thank you, thank you." Tangning was overjoyed when she heard these words, and said repeatedly.

"You thank me for what you do. If you want to thank me, thank you Lord Shen. I'm just under orders. If I were, I wouldn't want to meddle in this kind of business."

When the two came to the temple, Tangning walked up to Liu Ruhan and pushed her lightly. Liu Ruhan slowly opened her eyes. At this moment, she looked very weak and weak.

"Ruru, let's go!" Tangning whispered

Liu Ruhan nodded.

Tangning put her hands on her shoulders, carried her and walked out the door.

As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he looked back at the people here.

They were all disheveled and ragged, some of them lay there as sickly as Liu Ruhan, and some were curled up and shivering in a corner, and some were moaning in a low voice.

He glanced at the woman again, who was holding her child tightly in both hands and muttering, not knowing what she was saying.

At this moment, Tangning felt a very complicated emotion in her heart.

There was happiness, pity, doubt, and even a little reluctance, and then he walked out of the door

Outside the door, is another gorgeous world. Since then, he has embarked on a completely different path.

And this scene has become an indelible memory in his future life, and he often thinks of it when he is confused and confused.

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The three walked a long way to a house.

"Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui." The man pushed the door in and shouted loudly

"Come on, sir." A little girl hurried over to answer.

That little girl looked slightly older than Tangning, about twelve or thirteen years old.

The man turned his head and glanced at Tangning, "Come in, what are you doing standing at the door, afraid that no one will see you?"

"You bastard, if you haven't come for so many days, you'll be screaming as soon as you come, you're going to die!" A pretty woman walked in front of her, twisting her waist, her voice was soft, and she glanced at Tangning. : "Who are these two?"

The man greeted him with a smile: "Isn't this coming?"

The woman did not buy it at all: "I ask you who are these two?"

"The little beggars on the side of the road, Master Shen met them, and insisted that I arrange a place for them. Don't you think it's nothing to do? There are so many people, can you manage them? Isn't there a way? Take it over and stay for a day, promise One day, send them away."

"Okay, you Wang Dehu!" The woman immediately became unhappy when she heard it, and threw up and poured: "Beggar, you put it in my side, why don't you send it to your house, I have seen through you, are you? You have a good conscience, you said that I and you have had a good day, and now you have all the beggars stuffed into me, and I can't go on."

Crying while talking.

"No, I'm not going here, I'm staying for a day, and I'll leave early tomorrow." The man panicked and hurriedly explained.

"Then I'll ask you, did you tell your family about our affairs? How did you promise me? You said it was at most three months, and now it's been half a year. You are an eight-foot tall man. I can't be the master of anything, I'm really with the wrong person." The woman said while crying.

"Immediately, tell her right away, don't worry, it's guaranteed to be done within a month at most."

"What, it's another month, I'll tell you, Wang Dehu, I'll give you another seven days in the end, seven days, if you don't tell me, I'll find her myself."

"Promise, promise, okay, don't cry, let me tell you something happy, didn't you say Putian's silk last time? I specially dragged my friend to bring you four this time, and then It should be there in two days." The man coaxed the woman and helped her to the side of the room

Tangning stood there with her head lowered and dared not speak until the two left.

"Come with me!" The little girl named Xiaocui said, and took the two to a room in the east: "You guys live here."

After Xiao Cui finished speaking, she turned and left. Tangning hurriedly avoided her side. After she left, she pushed open the door and walked in. The room was very simple, with a wooden bed, a cabinet, and a table.

Tangning put Liu Ruhan down and supported her against the bed.

Liu Ruhan looked at him and gestured with her fingers for a while.

"I don't know where I'm going!" Tangning sat next to her and said, "I'm going this morning..."

Liu Ruhan lowered her head after listening to him talk about what happened in the morning, with a gloomy expression on her face.
Footsteps sounded outside the door, and Xiaocui walked in with a plate in her hand: "This is what grandma gave you to eat. After eating, I will take you to take a shower and change into clothes."

"Thank you." Tangning choked, she had the urge to cry, as if she had really returned home. Since that day, the two of them have been bullied a lot in the past few months, and almost everyone regarded them as mice crossing the street. , either beating or scolding.

"Don't look at grandma's usual scolding, in fact, grandma is very good, and she is also good to our servants." Xiaocui said: "You eat first! I will come back later."

Tangning took the plate to the bedside. There were some cakes and fruits on the plate. He picked up a red cake and handed it to Liu Ruhan, then picked up another and tasted it for himself.

Mian Mian's crunchy texture melts in your mouth, let alone since the two wandered, they have never eaten such delicious food even when they were at home.

One, two, three, and a plate of cakes were quickly eaten by the two of them. Tangning hiccupped. It had been a long time since she was so full.

"Ruru, are you full?"

Liu Ruhan nodded and touched her stomach to indicate she was full

"Have you eaten well! Come with me, and I'll take you to a place to get hot water." Xiaocui came in with two sets of clothes and put them on the table: "These are my old clothes, we don't have men here. Children's clothes, you can wear whatever you want!"

Tangning followed her to the firewood room.

Xiaocui pointed to the big wooden barrel next to her: "This is a wooden barrel for bathing, there is a boiler for boiling water, there is a fire box next to it, and there is water in the well, understand?"

Tangning nodded, "I know."

"Don't run around, I'll bring you food at noon."

After Xiaocui left, Tangning started to get busy, fetching water, boiling water, and taking a comfortable hot bath.

Liu Ruhan also changed into clean clothes, and after eating and drinking, her complexion was much better than before.

At noon, Xiao Cui came with the food, and as soon as she entered the door, she kept staring at Liu Ruhan.

After the two finished their meal, Tangning let Liu Ruhan rest on the wooden bed, while he walked around the yard and bumped into Xiao Cui again.

"Is that little girl your sister?"

"That's it!"

"It looks like a fox, exactly like the fox in the book."

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In the evening, Tangning returned to her room with the old quilt, spread it on the bed, and the two lay on it.

This was the first time anyone had been on such a comfortable bed since they left the village. Liu Ruhan slid into Tangning's arms and wrapped her arms around him tightly. These days, the two of them slept together every day.

Tangning had a conversation with her and soon fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)