There is a home in the depths of silence

Chapter 1 First Encounter
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yuan Feifei sold herself.

Unfortunately, she didn't sell well.The whole city of Qishui was immersed in the atmosphere of Chinese New Year, the streets and alleys were full of red lights and festoons, and no one noticed the dirty child beside the street.

Yuan Feifei imitated those prostitutes in the past, and planted a straw mark on his head, crooked.

It was night, Qishui City was still brightly lit, and the streets were bustling with activity.

The weather was very cold, Yuan Feifei tightened his clothes.It is said that it is clothes, but it is just a pile of rags picked up and piled together.

After Ma Banxian's death, Yuan Feifei had the opportunity to wear new clothes, but after thinking about it for a long time, she finally left a wrapping cloth for the corpse.What she thought was that if she didn't sell her, the horse banxian didn't even have a coffin board, so she couldn't be buried naked.

At first Yuan Feifei squatted by the side of the street, but when she got tired of squatting, she simply sat down against the wall.Being idle and bored, she broke off half a straw stick from the top of her head and held it in her mouth.

With an earthy smell on his tongue, Yuan Feifei spat to the side.

This spit was crisp, but also vicious.

After a while, Yuan Feifei simply stood up, ready to pull out the straw and go back.

She raised her hands, and suddenly a voice came, "This is... prostitution?"

Yuan Feifei turned his head.

Across the street is a restaurant. Yuan Feifei specifically looked for such a location. First, he felt that there were many people coming and going here, and it was easy to meet buyers. Second, this Penghui Restaurant had a big business. In winter, the brazier was burning hot, and he could feel it even across the street. to warm air.

Yuan Feifei raised his head and looked at the people in front of him.

She shrugged her nose, smelling alcohol all over her body.

This is a drinker who just came out of Penghui Restaurant.

"Brother Hong, what's wrong?"

Yuan Feifei glanced at them, and saw that these people were of different heights, but they were all strong and solid, they looked like martial arts.

The one at the beginning seemed to be the "Brother Hong" as everyone called him. He looked middle-aged, with a strong body, and was wrapped in a dark coat.

Maybe it was because he was drunk, his eyes were erratic, and he had to half-bend to focus on Yuan Feifei.

"You," Big Brother Hong just said a word, hiccupped, and continued, "You sell yourself?"

Yuan Feifei was so smoked that he couldn't help but sneezed, then nodded.

Brother Hong asked again, "Are you selling yourself?"

Yuan Feifei looked at him closely, "Sell!"

Hong Ying was taken aback by her for a while, squinted her eyes at Yuan Feifei, and said, "How old are you?"

"Ten years old."

"Tch!" Hong Ying smiled disdainfully and straightened up. "Kids are dishonest and lie." He hiccupped again, and greeted the people behind, "Let's go."

Yuan Feifei suddenly became anxious, jumped in front of Hong Ying, and stopped him, "Why don't you buy it?"

She was young, and her voice was crisp, and Hong Ying felt a little sober when she heard her voice.He lowered his eyes, looked at Yuan Feifei and said, "Let me ask you again, how old are you?"

Yuan Feifei didn't dare to lie anymore, and said, "Eight years old."

"Well," Hong Ying nodded, and said again, "Why did you sell yourself during the Chinese New Year?"

"I want money!"

"Ha!" Hong Ying laughed and said, "I know you want money, what do you want money for?"

Yuan Feifei stopped talking.

Hong Ying shook her head, ready to leave again.

Yuan Feifei blocked the place from moving.

Hong Ying was tall and tall, standing in front of Yuan Feifei impressively, like a huge mountain.He lowered his head, his eyes met Yuan Feifei's.

At a glance, Hong Ying's wine was half sober again.

O, those sharp eyes.

Yuan Feifei's body and face were terribly dirty, but a pair of black and white eyes stared at Hong Ying without flinching.

"Buy me, I am strong and can work!"

Hong Ying was amused, "Strength?"

Yuan Feifei couldn't hold back his face when he smiled, and shouted: "If you don't believe me, I'll cut down a tree and show you!"

"no need."

What else did Yuan Feifei want to say, Hong Ying stretched out her hand and interrupted her: "Little girl, since I asked you, I plan to buy you."

Yuan Feifei saw the opportunity coming, and immediately said: "Two taels of silver, not even a penny!"

Hong Ying chuckled and said, "Money is not a problem. Let me ask you, do you still have family?"

Yuan Feifei: "No."

"Okay." Hong Ying nodded.

At this time, several people behind him spoke.

"Brother Hong, you are drunk, what kind of maid should you buy?"

Hong Ying shook her head, "I didn't buy it."

A big man said: "If you don't buy it, who will buy it?"

Hong Ying glanced back, and simply said two words, "Zhang Ping."

Yuan Feifei looked at them in confusion.

The big man was stunned for a moment, and said, "Buy a maid for Brother Zhang?"

Hong Ying let out a "huh".

"This……"

Hong Ying turned her head, looked at Yuan Feifei, and said, "Little girl, two taels of silver, I won't sign a contract of sale with you, you just stay for five years, how about it?"

Yuan Feifei stared, "If you don't sign the deed, aren't you afraid that I'll run away?"

"Haha." Hong Ying smiled heartily and said, "I'm not afraid."

Yuan Feifei nodded decisively, "Okay! I won't run away!"

Hong Ying said: "Come with me." He turned around and said to the person behind him, "You go first, I will send the person and come."

After those big men left, Hong Ying walked in front and led Yuan Feifei towards South Street.

On the way, Hong Ying said: "Little girl, what's your name?"

"Yuan Feifei."

"Yuan Feifei..." Hong Ying said after repeating in her mouth, "Do you know why I bought you?"

"I don't know." Anyway, it would be good if I bought it, Yuan Feifei thought, after getting the money, I will buy a good coffin for Ma Banxian and bury him.

Hong Ying said: "I bought you to give to a friend of mine."

Selling who is not selling, Yuan Feifei didn't care much about this, so he didn't make a sound.

"He's the only one in his family, and..." Hong Ying paused, and then said, "My friend can't speak, you have to know the rules."

Yuan Feifei glanced at him, "Mute?"

Hong Ying frowned, and said seriously: "I said, you have to understand the rules."

Yuan Feifei fell silent.

Afraid of scaring her, Hong Ying said in a slow tone: "But you don't need to worry too much, he is a good man."

Yuan Feifei nodded.

During the conversation, they had come to the end of South Street.Yuan Feifei looked around. It was far away from the city, and there were many fewer people. Walking on the street was a bit quiet.

Hong Ying led Yuan Feifei into an alley and walked deeper. Yuan Feifei smelled a strong smell of iron.

Then Hong Ying stopped without warning, and Yuan Feifei bumped into him without reacting.

Hong Ying turned her head and said to her: "After a while, you have to help me."

"How to help?"

Hong Ying said: "This friend of mine probably doesn't want to have contact with outsiders. He doesn't even have a small worker on weekdays. If I rashly buy him a maid, he will definitely not accept it."

Yuan Feifei opened his eyes wide, "If he doesn't want you, he won't buy it!?"

"No no." Hong Ying shook her head and said, "I have to buy it, so I want you to do me a favor."

"You said."

Hong Yingdao: "Although Zhang Pingping is cold, he has a good heart. You should pretend to be pitiful."

Yuan Feifei nodded without hesitation, "Okay!"

Hong Ying wanted to add something, Yuan Feifei said: "Let's go, he will definitely keep me."

Hong Ying was stunned for a moment, looked at Yuan Feifei and said, "Why are you so sure?"

Yuan Feifei squinted at him, "When I let you go later, you listen to me."

Hong Ying let out a "huh" and walked forward.

Finally, they came to the deepest part of the alley, half of the bluestone steps, gray and black walls, this is different from the yard of ordinary residents, it seems to be a workshop.

Hong Ying walked over and knocked on the door.

Yuan Feifei stood obediently behind.

After a while, Yuan Feifei heard footsteps coming from inside, getting closer.

With a creak, the door opened.

Yuan Feifei looked at the people coming out.

Like Hong Ying, he is also tall and tall, but perhaps because he is wearing unlined clothes, he does not look as burly as Hong Ying.

Seeing him, Hong Ying laughed immediately.

"Brother Zhang Ping, my brother is here to see you."

The person called Zhang Ping nodded to Hong Ying, turned sideways, and signaled Hong Ying to enter the room.

"It's not busy, it's not busy, my brother brought someone here, look at it." After speaking, Hong Ying moved away, and Yuan Fei, who was standing behind, took two steps forward.

Zhang Ping saw Yuan Feifei, and then looked back at Hong Ying.

Hong Ying said: "You do a lot of work in this workshop, but there are not many people. Seeing that you have worked hard these past few years, my brother bought you a small worker to help."

Zhang Ping waved his hand after listening.

"You have helped me a lot, so don't be polite to my brother."

Zhang Ping shook his head and compared his drawing with Hong Ying twice.

Hong Ying said again: "How about you accept the person first?"

Zhang Ping still shook his head.

Yuan Feifei kept looking at this man named Zhang Ping.

When Ma Banxian was still alive, she told her that people should be judged first.Zhang Ping has a deep forehead and brows, a high nose and hard lips, a hard neck, and a prominent Adam's apple.Looking at him, and smelling the vague iron smell around him, Yuan Feifei always felt chills in his bones.

Thinking of Ma Banxian, Yuan Feifei felt a little melancholy at such a young age.

Ma Banxian picked her up and dragged her back for five or six years.Although she has been calling him "donkey stick" since she could speak, she still has feelings for him.

Ugh……

Before Yuan Feifei could finish her melancholy, Hong Ying was already defeated.Yuan Feifei looked at Hong Ying who was persuading Zhang Ping, no matter what he said, Zhang Ping always refused with an expression on his face.

"Brother Zhang Ping, why are you so stubborn?"

Zhang Ping drew a few times, Hong Ying just wanted to say something, only to hear a crackling sound behind him, followed by a burst of earth-shattering crying.

"Grandpa, you are so pitiful, poor—"

Hong Ying stared dumbfounded at Yuan Feifei who was kneeling on the ground.

When did she cry like this.

Yuan Feifei was originally young and thin, and with the tears all over his face, sobbing silently, he looked extremely pitiful under the moonlight.

"My father is dead, and my mother is gone, sir, if you don't buy me, then I won't be able to live!" Yuan Feifei's crisp voice was mixed with crying, and it was extremely shrill in the night.

Hong Ying glanced at Zhang Ping secretly, and found that he was staring at Yuan Feifei who was kneeling on the ground.

Hong Ying tentatively said: "Brother Zhang Ping, you see how pitiful this girl is, so you should keep her!"

Zhang Ping looked at Yuan Feifei with deep eyes, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he finally shook his head.

Seeing that this was not going to work, Hong Ying lost her mind for a while.

Yuan Feifei also saw Zhang Ping shaking her head, she gritted her teeth, turned her face to Hong Ying and cried: "Benefactor, it seems that the villain is lowly and blessed, and he is doomed to die in the cold weather, you can go!"

"Can……"

"You go!" Yuan Feifei kowtowed to Hong Ying.

Hong Ying was shocked, remembering Yuan Feifei's words just now, nodded helplessly and said: "Forget it, that's all for it." He turned to Zhang Ping and said, "You don't want to stay, and my brother doesn't force it, I'm leaving now, take care of yourself .”

When he was about to leave, Zhang Ping suddenly grabbed his arm, pointed at Yuan Feifei with the other hand, and gestured twice.

Hong Ying sighed and said, "How can I take her in? I already have a maid at home, and I can't afford to buy another one to support her. Alas, poor life for this child, there is nothing I can do." After speaking, he waved his hand and left along the alley. up.

Zhang Ping tightened the door frame with his fingers, stood for a while, and finally closed the door ruthlessly.

This time it was Yuan Feifei's turn to be dumbfounded.

Didn't Brother Hong say that he is a good person?
Pooh!Yuan Feifei can't wait to yell, like that half-immortal horse, they are all charlatans!but……

Yuan Feifei sat on the ground, thinking back to Zhang Ping's last look at her just now.

She couldn't describe those eyes, but they were definitely different from Ma Banxian's wandering eyes.His eyes are like... like...

Before Yuan Feifei could figure out why, the door opened again.

She raised her head, Zhang Ping stood at the door, looked at Yuan Feifei, and then slowly turned sideways, making way for a way into the house.

Yuan Feifei opened his eyes wide.

Zhang Ping thought she didn't understand, so he stretched out his hand and gestured towards the door a few times.

Yuan Feifei stood up and said loudly, "You want me?"

Zhang Ping nodded slowly.

Yuan Feifei was overjoyed, couldn't help laughing, jumped up from the ground with a whoosh, and rushed into the room happily.

Zhang Ping silently closed the door behind him.

At the corner of the alley not far away, Hong Ying watched this scene and laughed, "Okay, okay, okay, haha."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yuan Feifei sold herself.

The one who bought her was Zhang Ping, the owner of the blacksmith shop in Qishui City.

After rushing into the yard, Yuan Feifei stood in the middle of the yard and looked around.

This is an iron shop workshop.

There are three houses in the yard, a well, and two old trees that cannot be named.Yuan Feifei saw many iron blocks in different shapes piled up in the corner of the yard.

Although the yard is not too big, it is not small either, quite satisfactory.Although it is an iron shop, it is cleaned very clean.

Yuan Feifei suddenly turned his head and stared at Zhang Ping, "You are the master!"

Zhang Ping stood behind her expressionlessly, and when he heard Yuan Feifei's words, he shook his head.

"I'll be your maid, and you can tell me if you have anything to do."

Zhang calmed down for a while, then walked into the house, and when passing by Yuan Feifei, he patted her on the shoulder by the way.

Yuan Feifei understood and walked over.

Pushing open the door, the room was much warmer than outside.

Yuan Feifei thought to himself, as expected, it is better to have a house to live in.

Zhang Ping closed the door, rubbed the fire, and lit the oil lamp on the table.

The structure of the room is extremely simple, a big wooden bed, a table, a bench, a large wooden box piled up in the corner, and nothing else.

Oh no.If there is anything special, it is that there is an iron sheet hanging on the wall of Zhang Ping's room.

The iron sheet was tens of inches in size, and it was as flat and smooth as if it had been attached to the wall, without any unevenness.

But Yuan Feifei didn't care about these.She entered the room and sat on the stool to herself.

Zhang Ping glanced at her and said nothing.He brought a few things from the bed and put them on the table.

Yuan Feifei stretched his neck and saw that it was a stack of rough paper and a few small pieces of charcoal.

Zhang Ping took the charcoal and wrote something on the paper, and showed it to Yuan Feifei.

Yuan Feifei looked at it seriously for a while, then raised his head.

Zhang Ping pointed to the paper, as if communicating with her.

Yuan Feifei tilted his neck, and simply said: "I don't know how to read!"

Zhang Ping paused, bent his fingers slightly, and held the charcoal block without moving.

Yuan Feifei also felt that it was not an option to go on like this, so he reached out and grabbed the stack of papers, held them in his hands and read them carefully several times.

The charcoal writing book is difficult to distinguish, and Yuan Feifei can count the characters with one hand. In Yuan Feifei's hand, the paper is like a ghostly drawn talisman. She doesn't even know if it is held correctly.

Yuan Feifei looked at it for a while, then put the paper back, raised his head and said to Zhang Ping, "I don't understand, what's your order?"

Zhang Ping was silent.

Yuan Feifei made a guess and said, "Let me boil some water for you? Cook? Sweep the floor?..."

Yuan Feifei guessed one by one, but Zhang Ping didn't respond.

In the end, Yuan Feifei was also discouraged, bent his back, and said together: "I don't know anymore."

Zhang Ping turned around and walked outside. Yuan Feifei was about to stand up and follow, but Zhang Ping pushed her back on the stool.

Yuan Feifei asked, "Where are you going?"

Zhang Ping shook his head and went out.

Yuan Feifei slandered alone in the room.In the past, Ma Banxian took her all over the place, relying on opening his mouth and giving him a pot of tea, he could talk all day long.Now it's good, I sold myself to a dumb person who can't say a word.

Yuan Feifei stretched out his hand while thinking, poking the flame with his finger to play.

How to be a maid?
Yuan Feifei lived with Ma Banxian as long as he could remember, and basically never met a famous family.As for a decent maid, she only met her once.

That time, Ma Banxian pretended to be a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits for a family member in Qu County. She pretended to be a little Taoist boy and followed her all the way.

There are many maids in Yuanwai's house, including Yingying and Yanyan, and they are not very old.

Yuan Feifei still remembered that they walked slowly and spoke softly...

Yuan Feifei was so engrossed in her thoughts that she forgot to move her hand for a moment. The flames had been burning for a long time, so she withdrew her hand with a low cry.

At this time, Zhang Ping came back.

He brought a large wooden basin and put it on the ground, then went out to fetch hot water, rolled up his sleeves and poured the hot water into the wooden basin.

Yuan Feifei was dumbfounded.

"I'll do it!" She stood up and reached for the kettle.

Zhang Ping grabbed her wrist and pushed her aside.

At the same time, Yuan Feifei heard a low sound, which was an unconscious voice.Yuan Feifei stared at Zhang Ping, who lowered his head and poured water, and thought: So he can still make some noise.

After mixing the water, Zhang Ping looked up at Yuan Feifei and pointed to the water basin.

Yuan Feifei said, "You want me to take a bath?"

Zhang Ping nodded.

Yuan Feifei was overjoyed.She seldom takes a bath on weekdays, and even rarely once a month in winter, and now her body stinks terribly.She took off three times, five times and two times, took off completely, and sat in the tub without hesitation.

The basin is not big, but she is smaller, and the water just overflows a little when she sits in the basin.

Zhang Ping squatted down and wiped Yuan Feifei's body with a cloth towel.

Yuan Feifei is too thin.It was hard to see in the clothes just now, but now that the layers of rags have been taken off, what is exposed is a handful of bones.

As soon as her hair was wet and drooped, she looked even weaker. An eight-year-old girl looked like a five- or six-year-old child.

Zhang Ping lifted her dirty little face and rubbed it against her face.

Yuan Feifei closed his eyes and asked him to wipe them.This man has big hands.Yuan Feifei thought to himself, he is not the same as Ma Banxian at all.Ma Banxian's hands were wrinkled, and he still had long nails, which were unavoidable when he bathed Yuan Feifei before.

Zhang Ping is different.

Zhang Ping's palm joints are protruding, broad and powerful, and I don't know if it's because of the iron, he has a very good grasp of strength.Yuan Feifei was wiped by him and fell asleep in the basin.

Zhang Ping also felt that something was wrong while washing. Yuan Feifei kept leaning forward, and at first touched her and she was able to retract by herself, and then she simply fell down.

He lifted her up and saw that she was asleep.

Because of the thinness, Yuan Feifei's head looks extra big, now drooping, it always gives people a feeling that the neck is about to break.

Zhang Ping moved his hands a little faster, wiped Yuan Feifei clean after washing, then carried her to the bed and covered her with the quilt.

After tidying up the tub, Zhang Ping left the house and came to the side room.

That's where Zhang Ping works, and the piles are full of tools.

Zhang Ping sat down, picked up an unfinished ironware, and polished it one by one.

Under the night, the sound of grinding iron is smooth and delicate, implying a silent rhythm.

It was three poles high in the sun before Yuan Feifei woke up.

She opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw were steamed buns and side dishes on the table.Yuan Feifei got up from the bed, stepped on his shoes casually, and came to the table.

She was alone in the room, and Yuan Feifei swallowed as she smelled the special noodle aroma of steamed buns.

No, I can't eat... Yuan Feifei pursed her lips and told herself not to move around.She turned around, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as the door opened, I just saw Zhang Ping walking towards this side.During the day, Yuan Feifei could also look at him more carefully.Zhang Ping dressed a little more than last night, and looked much stronger.His hair was not tied high, and he had an expressionless face with his lips tightly shut.

Yuan Feifei shouted: "Master!"

Zhang Ping paused, then shook his head, and led her back into the room.

Yuan Feifei stood on the ground and looked up at Zhang Ping. "Give me some work!"

Zhang Ping looked down at her, then pointed to the stool, and Yuan Feifei sat down obediently.

Zhang Ping sat beside her, took two pieces of steamed buns, handed one to Yuan Feifei, and bit the other himself.Yuan Feifei took the steamed bun, squeezed it in his hand, then looked at Zhang Ping and said, "Master, give me something to eat?"

Zhang Ping nodded.

"Ha." Yuan Feifei grinned to the ears when encountering good things one after another.Holding the steamed bun, she took a bite of it.Fragrant...

Zhang Ping brought the small dishes on the table closer, and Yuan Feifei was not polite, and started to eat with big mouthfuls.

When I was with Ma Banxian in the past, it was always a good time to eat when I was hungry and full when I woke up.As Yuan Feifei ate and ate, he felt emotional, and the movement of picking up vegetables in his hands gradually slowed down.

Zhang Ping noticed, ordered the plate, Yuan Feifei raised his head and looked straight at Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping put down his chopsticks.

"The benefactor is right." Yuan Feifei said suddenly.

Zhang Ping looked at her puzzled.

Yuan Feifei said loudly: "You are a good person!"

Zhang Ping seemed to be stunned by what Yuan Feifei said out of the blue. He looked at Yuan Feifei for a while, then suddenly smiled.He also laughed soundlessly, only his breath quivered slightly, and with this smile, a touch of humanity appeared on his originally dull face.

Yuan Feifei thought he didn't believe it, and said again: "What I said is true!"

Zhang Ping shook his head helplessly, and ordered dishes with chopsticks, meaning to eat quickly.

Yuan Feifei made fun of himself, and started eating sullenly.

After dinner, Yuan Feifei stood up before Zhang Ping, held the dishes, and said, "I'll clean up!"

Zhang Ping didn't stop her, pushed open the door, and pointed to the water tank in the corner of the yard.

Yuan Feifei took the empty dish and went to the yard to wash it.

Because of the cold weather, a thin layer of ice formed in the water tank. Yuan Feifei picked up the water scoop placed next to it and beat the water tank to break the ice.Then scooped up half a basin of water and started washing the dishes.

While washing, she turned her head to look.

Zhang Ping also came out of the house, and he entered a side room on the west side. Not long after, there was a crisp sound of grinding iron in the room.

Yuan Feifei was so curious that he put the half-washed dishes on the floor, then ran to the west room and opened the door to look inside.

There were two big tables in the room, piled up with some strange things that Yuan Feifei saw. Zhang Ping sat on the stool, holding a piece of iron in his hand, and polished it one by one.

On the ground around him, there was a thin layer of iron powder scattered.

Yuan Feifei found it interesting and watched Zhang Ping work with great interest.

Zhang Ping's movements suddenly stopped.He turned his head, Yuan Feifei didn't even have time to dodge, he moved aside hastily, and knocked on the door panel with a bang.

"Oh..." Yuan Feifei covered his head, feeling dizzy.

Zhang Ping put down the iron implement and walked over.

He opened the door, Yuan Feifei looked up at Zhang Ping, and said hesitantly, "Master...Master."

Zhang Ping looked at her silently.

Yuan Feifei thought to himself: It's broken.

Yuan Feifei opened her eyes wide and looked at Zhang Ping, not because she was terrified, but because she felt guilty of being caught for doing bad things.

Zhang Ping came to Yuan Feifei who was sitting on the ground, bent down and pulled her up from the ground.

"master!"

Zhang Ping paused again and shook his head slightly.

Yuan Feifei patted his butt and said, "I'm going to do the dishes!"

She was afraid that Zhang Ping would reprimand her for not working hard, so she ran back to the yard first.It wasn't until she rolled up her sleeves that she suddenly remembered that it was impossible for him to reprimand her, and he couldn't speak.

Yuan Feifei was secretly happy with his head sullen.

It turns out that being dumb is good too.

After cleaning the dishes, Yuan Feifei had nothing to do again.She wandered around the yard with a plate in her hand, but she didn't dare to go to Zhang Ping's room to watch the excitement.When she wandered around seven or eight times, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

"Hey?" Yuan Feifei was a little surprised, ran to the gate of the courtyard, and shouted outside, "Who is it?"

A relaxed male voice came from outside, "Little girl, it's me."

"benefactor!"

Yuan Feifei heard Hong Ying's voice, and opened the door on tiptoe with great interest.

Hong Ying completely sobered up, changed into a cloak, and became more energetic.When he opened the door and saw Yuan Feifei for the first time, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "Girl, it's clean."

Yuan Feifei chuckled.

Hong Ying stretched out her hand, patted Yuan Feifei's head lightly, and said, "Next time I will ask the master if he wants to open the door again."

Yuan Feifei let out an "oh".

Zhang Ping heard the movement and came out of the room.Hong Ying waved at him and said, "Brother Zhang Ping, I'm here to see you!" He was tall and big, and he was full of confidence when he greeted him, so Zhang Ping nodded at him and greeted him into the room.

Hong Ying took two steps, then turned to Yuan Feifei and said, "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Hurry up and make tea."

"Okay." Yuan Feifei ran to the kitchen to boil water by himself.

Hong Ying stepped forward and patted Zhang Ping on the shoulder, "Come on, let's go into the room and chat."

Zhang Ping and Hong Ying entered the room.

Hong Ying sat on the bench, rubbed her hands together, and warmed herself up, "It's so cold."

Zhang Ping nodded and sat down.

Hong Yingdao: "Brother Zhang Ping, brother..." He paused, and then said, "Brother got drunk yesterday and added a little maid for you, didn't you dislike me?"

Zhang Ping shook his head, and after thinking about it, he gestured to him twice.

She was born in a poor life, and it was kind of you to save her.

Hong Ying was sweating all over, and laughed twice, and said: "Yes, the little girl has a pitiful background, and it's a good thing to keep her." He was afraid that Zhang Ping would ask more questions, so he quickly changed the way, "By the way, she can work very well." Still agile? She is young, and she may not understand many things, so you should pay more attention to it. I think she is clever, and she should learn quickly."

At this moment, the "smart" Yuan Feifei entered the room with a hot water bottle, which was still steaming.

Hong Ying wanted to reach out to help, but Zhang Ping moved faster and lifted the kettle in Yuan Feifei's hand. Yuan Feifei's face was flushed red by the heat, and his eyes were very bright.

"Master, I'll make tea!"

Zhang Ping paused again, he put the kettle on the table, and drew a few strokes with Hong Ying.

Yuan Feifei watched Zhang Ping's generous hands gesticulate in the air, and his face also changed a little with the movements of his hands.She was amused and kept staring.

Hong Ying nodded, turned to Yuan Feifei and said, "Little girl, don't call him like that in the future."

Yuan Feifei: "What do you call him?"

Hong Ying explained: "He told you not to call him master."

Yuan Feifei regretted, "What's that called?"

Hong Ying turned to look at Zhang Ping, but Zhang Ping didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yuan Feifei had an idea, "It's called Zhang Ping!"

Hong Ying glared at her, "There are no rules!"

Yuan Feifei lowered his head, Zhang Ping pulled Hong Ying back, shook his head, and signaled that it was okay.

As a result, in the end, they did not discuss a result.

Hong Ying drank tea for a while and prepared to leave.

"Brother Zhang Ping, I'm leaving now."

Zhang Ping got up and saw them off.Hong Ying said to him while walking: "You have to pay more attention to your body."

Zhang Ping nodded.

Hong Ying walked to the door, and when she arrived, she turned around and said to Yuan Feifei who was following behind, "You take good care of your master."

Yuan Feifei nodded sharply, "Okay!"

"Haha." Hong Ying was amused by her aggressive words, and left with her hands waved.

Zhang Ping and Yuan Feifei were left in the yard.

Yuan Feifei raised his head and called tentatively, "Zhang Ping?"

Zhang Ping lowered his head and looked at her.

Yuan Feifei immediately looked away.

After a while, Zhang Ping patted her on the shoulder.Yuan Feifei looked up and saw Zhang Ping nodding to her.

Yuan Feifei was overjoyed, "I call you Zhang Ping!"

Zhang Ping smiled softly.

Yuan Feifei once again felt that Zhang Ping was a very good person.

After that, Zhang Ping went back to the house to continue working, and Yuan Feifei was free again.When she was free, Ma Banxian naturally came to mind.

Hong Ying was also decisive just now, and handed over the two taels of silver that bought Yuan Feifei to her.Zhang Ping helped her put the silver in the wooden box.Yuan Feifei thought he had to go out, otherwise Ma Banxian's body would have to be melted.

She came to Zhang Ping's room, opened the door and said to the inside: "Zhang Ping."

Zhang Ping turned around.

Yuan Feifei said: "Can I go out?"

Zhang Ping looked at her, and Yuan Feifei said, "I'll go see my father."

Zhang Ping nodded and made a downward gesture to her.

Yuan Feifei glanced at it, and immediately said, "You asked me to come back earlier, didn't you?"

Zhang Ping nodded again.

Yuan Feifei guessed correctly what he meant, a little proud, said: "Come back soon!"

With Zhang Ping's permission, Yuan Feifei ran out and headed out of the city.

Ma Banxian's body was placed in an earthen temple half a mile outside the city. Yuan Feifei's small feet traveled slowly, and it took more than an hour to arrive.

When she entered the ruined temple, she immediately noticed that the haystacks piled up in the corner had been moved.Yuan Feifei rushed over and lifted the hay.

"Hey!?" The corpse was indeed gone.

Yuan Feifei felt cold in his heart, scolding himself was really useless, he couldn't even hide a dead body.

Just when she was frustrated, voices came from outside the temple, Yuan Feifei turned her head and saw two people walking in from outside the temple.

A middle-aged man is leading a boy.They were talking about something, but when they entered the temple, they saw a thin little girl standing in the center, staring at them viciously.

The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled at Yuan Feifei, and said, "When I left just now, it was still an empty temple, but now I've come back with a baby girl."

The child next to the man looked at Yuan Feifei curiously. He was wearing a white jacket, and his fat face was fair and smooth.He asked Yuan Feifei, "Who are you? Why are you here? Did you get lost?" The boy's voice was clear and crisp, very pleasant to hear.

Yuan Feifei couldn't control that much, he stared at the two people in front of him, and said viciously, "Where's the donkey stick?"

Both of them were stunned by her question. The middle-aged man came back to his senses first and said, "Donkey stick? What kind of donkey stick?"

Yuan Feifei's eyes turned red, she raised her hand suddenly, pointed at the haystack, and shouted, "Where's the donkey stick!? Where did you get him!?"

The middle-aged man looked in the direction she pointed, and when he saw the haystack, he showed a dazed expression.

"You mean, that..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Feifei had already rushed in front of him, pulling his clothes, "It really is you! Where are the people!? Give it back to me!"

She tore at it with all her strength, and the man was pulled back and forth by her, yelling "Ouch, ouch". Seeing this, the boy quickly stretched out his hand, trying to pull Yuan Feifei away.

"What are you doing? Let go, sir."

Even though he was a boy, his strength was weaker than Yuan Feifei's, and his voice was even muffled by Yuan Feifei.Yuan Feifei never looked at him from the beginning to the end.

"Give me back the donkey stick! Give me back!"

The middle-aged man is an adult after all, he stood still after a little stability, he grabbed Yuan Feifei's wrist to prevent her from moving.

Yuan Feifei's hand was pulled up, and he kicked when he went up, "You pay me back!"

"Ouch!" The man was kicked straight, and a dirty mark was instantly printed on his white clothes. He said slightly annoyed, "Little girl, if you don't stand still obediently, don't blame me for doing it."

In fact, he had already exerted some strength in his hands, trying to calm down Yuan Feifei, and Yuan Feifei also noticed the pain in his wrist, but she didn't care, and kept shouting and kicking.

"That man has already been buried by Mr.!"

Yuan Feifei finally heard the boy's voice, she stopped and turned to stare at him, "What did you say!?"

Her voice still carried the remnants of the hostility from her screaming just now, the corners of her eyes were sharp red, and her expression was like that of a falcon, staring so hard that people felt numb.

The boy was frightened by her and cried.

Yuan Feifei stared at him dumbfounded.

Seeing that Yuan Feifei had calmed down, the middle-aged man let go of his hands and turned to coax the boy, "Be good, Peier, don't cry."

"First... sir..."

"Hahahaha!" The middle-aged man was still coaxing the boy, and Yuan Feifei stood aside laughing as if he saw something ridiculous.

Yuan Feifei pointed at the boy and said, "No prospect! Still crying."

The boy's face was flushed, but he gradually held back his tears, leaving only the sobs in the empty ruined temple.

The middle-aged man had a headache from being tormented. He patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "It's fine if you don't cry, it's fine if you don't cry."

The boy raised his head, looked at the man helplessly, and said, "Sir, student... students are ashamed..."

Yuan Feifei interrupted him, "What did you say about the burial?"

The boy seemed to be angry, turned his head and ignored Yuan Feifei.

The middle-aged man turned around and said to Yuan Feifei: "Girl, is that person your relative?"

Yuan Feifei replied, "My elder brother."

The middle-aged man's eyes widened.

Yuan Feifei immediately changed his words: "My father."

"..."

The middle-aged man was overjoyed, and said to Yuan Feifei: "Pei Yun and I didn't know that we tampered with your relative's body. I hope you will forgive me."

"What did you do to him?"

The middle-aged man said: "We also found him by accident. We couldn't bear to expose his body to the wilderness, so we buried him."

Yuan Feifei was surprised: "You buried the donkey stick!?"

"Donkey stick?"

Yuan Feifei: "My father!"

Before I finished talking here, the boy seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and shouted at Yuan Feifei: "You still say he is your father, how can anyone call his father like that?! You are clearly lying."

Yuan Feifei didn't say anything, just grabbed a handful of sand on the ground and threw it over.

The boy was caught off guard, his clean clothes and hair were all covered with dust all of a sudden.After a short pause, "Wow", he cried again.

As soon as the boy cried, Yuan Feifei had another expression of watching the excitement.

The middle-aged man's head hurt when he heard the cry. He bent down and comforted him: "Pei'er, don't cry, don't cry!" He coaxed the boy for a long time, but the boy didn't stop, and the middle-aged man couldn't help complaining. Picking up Yuan Feifei, "Why are you so rough, girl? You moved your hands twice in just a few words."

Yuan Feifei's face was neither red nor white, and said: "It's strange that I don't blame others for my love of crying."

The boy seemed to be crying ecstatically, but immediately turned his head and stared at her when Yuan Feifei finished speaking.His eyes were bright red, his face was gray and white due to the dust, "Why are you so unreasonable, it's clear that you were violent, and you blame me!"

The boy's voice became a little hoarse from crying. He was obviously extremely angry, but his voice still couldn't raise much.

Yuan Feifei didn't want to talk to him, turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Where did you bury the donkey stick?"

The middle-aged man said: "It's in the mountains, follow me."

Yuan Feifei followed the middle-aged man out of the temple and walked towards the mountain.She frowned as she walked, staring at the sobbing boy next to her, and said with disgust, "What are you doing?"

The boy didn't look at her, and said stubbornly, "Of course I will follow Mr.

Yuan Feifei jokingly said, "It's better to stay in the temple and cry."

The boy was angry and wronged, but he couldn't say no to Yuan Feifei, so he could only get angry by himself.

The middle-aged man walked in front, listening to the conversation behind him with some amusement.When he felt that Pei Yun was about to cry again, he quickly changed the subject and said to Yuan Feifei, "Girl, are you from Qishui City?"

"No." She wandered around with Ma Banxian and never settled down.But...Yuan Feifei thought for a while, and said, "I'm living in Qishui City now."

The middle-aged man nodded.

During the conversation, they had arrived at the place.

Among the towering forests, it is rare to find such a flat open space, the surrounding is silent, the dead branches and fallen leaves are piled up on the ground, and the footsteps are soft.There was one spot in the clearing that was a little different from the others.Yuan Feifei walked over and squatted in front of the field.

The refurbished soil and the clean ground showed that the people who buried the corpse had put their heart into it.

"By the mountains and rivers, it is safe and quiet. This is a good place." The middle-aged man said slowly.

Yuan Feifei let out a "hmm".

She kept squatting there and couldn't get up.

Paying tribute to his loved ones, it was inconvenient for outsiders to disturb him. The middle-aged man patted Pei Yun on the shoulder and walked outside.

Pei Yun took the man's hand, walked a few steps, and couldn't help but look back.

The sky had gradually turned dark, and Yuan Feifei's back squatting in the forest seemed to blend in with the forest, no matter how you looked at it, there was an unspeakable bleakness.

Pei Yun let go of the middle-aged man's hand and ran back a few steps.

The middle-aged man froze for a moment, stopped and looked at him.

Pei Yun stood behind Yuan Feifei and said softly: "Death cannot be brought back to life. Only the relatives left behind for a hundred years can be the best consolation for the dead. You...don't be sad anymore."

Yuan Feifei was pondering whether to dig this grave.After all, I worked so hard to sell myself just to get a coffin board for Ma Banxian. Now that he was buried for nothing, wouldn't I sell myself for nothing?

She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't pay attention to the people behind her. Pei Yun's sudden words really startled her.

Yuan Feifei turned her head and saw Pei Yun standing behind her with a sad face.

He was worried about Yuan Feifei from the bottom of his heart, but because he cried miserably before, his face was streaked with streaks, and Pei Yun was a little fat, with a soft face, looking like a tabby cat that couldn't eat fish , very funny.

Yuan Feifei laughed very shamelessly.

The moment Yuan Feifei turned her head, Pei Yun knew something was wrong, there was no sad expression on her face, and after seeing her own face, she even sneered openly, Pei Yun's face was so red that it was hot.

"You! You!" Pei Yun repented, her eyes turned red again with anger.

Yuan Feifei smiled and said, "What am I!"

Pei Yun endured it for a long time, and finally shouted tremblingly: "You are shameless!"

He had never scolded anyone in his life, and the number of times he spoke loudly like this was pitifully seldom. Now, being forced by Yuan Feifei like this, he cried angrily after scolding.

He didn't want Yuan Feifei to see the joke, so he turned his head and ran, passing the middle-aged man without stopping.

The man looked at his back with some amusement, "Pei Er, slow down, Pei Er." He followed closely with a few steps.

Yuan Feifei looked at the two people who disappeared into the woods, then turned his head and stared at the grave.

"Forget it." Yuan Feifei whispered, "I won't bother you."

She raised her hand and patted the ground, and the soil bag made a muffled sound, as if responding to her.

After a while, Yuan Feifei said: "I'm leaving, I'll see you later."

When Yuan Feifei went back, it was completely dark.

She yawned and walked towards South Street.After walking a few steps, she suddenly caught sight of a figure from the corner of her eye, which made her startled.

This cannot be blamed on her, because it was dark and there were few people in South Street. Standing in the street, such a figure looked like a ghost, very creepy.

Yuan Feifei carefully planned to take a detour, but after taking a few steps, he was horrified to find that figure walking towards him.

"You, you, you..." Yuan Feifei pointed at him tremblingly, "It's still in the first month, and all the gods haven't left yet! Don't let go..."

Suddenly, Yuan Feifei was speechless.

Because she found that the figure was her master - Zhang Ping.

"Zhang Zhang Zhang—" Yuan Feifei looked up at the person in front of him. Although Zhang Ping couldn't speak, Yuan Feifei still sensed his anger from his tightly furrowed brows.

Yuan Feifei felt guilty.

Zhang Ping stood in front of her, Yuan Feifei was about to reach his waist, she lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

Zhang Ping lifted her shoulders, looked straight into her eyes, and gestured back and forth in the air with his other hand.

Yuan Feifei had seen Zhang Ping gesturing before. It was when he was with Hong Ying. At that time, Zhang Ping was not in a hurry, and she could clearly see his long, well-articulated hands.In comparison, Zhang Ping's actions now seem a little urgent.

Yuan Feifei guessed that he lost his temper because he felt that he had been outside for too long and delayed his work. She said, "I came back late, so I won't do it next time."

After hearing this, Zhang Ping slowed down his gestures, but he still didn't stop.It seemed that he felt that he had to say these "words".

Yuan Feifei became a little impatient, "Isn't it just a little late? How much work was delayed, I can't do it all when I go back."

Zhang Ping paused, looked at Yuan Feifei in surprise, then waved his hands, and made gestures again.

Yuan Feifei frowned, "Don't make gestures at me, I don't understand!"

Zhang Ping's hand just froze in mid-air.

In this cold winter night, the silence is so abrupt, yet so natural.

Yuan Feifei regretted it the moment he spoke.She secretly glanced at Zhang Ping, wanting to apologize.Before he could speak, Zhang Ping shook his head.

He took Yuan Feifei's hand, turned around and walked back.

The moment he turned around, Yuan Feifei clearly heard Zhang Ping's sigh.

That sigh was very light, very light, and very helpless.

Yuan Feifei went back to the workshop in a daze, entered the room in a daze, and then sat down in front of the table in a daze.

She kept looking for an opportunity to say something to Zhang Ping, but his last sigh pressed Yuan Feifei's throat, making her unable to say anything.

She didn't speak, and it was even more impossible for Zhang Ping to speak. The two of them ate in silence.

The food was a bit cold, Yuan Feifei chewed the food, feeling a little tasteless.

Zhang Ping didn't seem to have changed much, he had been eating peacefully, and helped Yuan Feifei pick up some dishes from time to time.

After dinner, Zhang Ping looked at Yuan Feifei and pointed to the bed.

Yuan Feifei realized: "You let me sleep?"

Zhang Ping nodded.

Yuan Feifei said, "I haven't worked yet."

Zhang Ping got up and spread the quilt on the bed, and patted the bed again.

Yuan Feifei said loudly: "What kind of work did you leave behind? I'll go to sleep after finishing it!"

Zhang Ping turned around and looked at her helplessly.

Yuan Feifei's stubborn temper came up and he insisted on working.

Zhang Ping couldn't explain clearly to her, and under the entanglement between the two, Yuan Feifei...

Yuan Feifei still fell asleep after all.

After walking such a long way, she is too tired today.In the end, she argued with Zhang Ping, her eyelids drooping.Later, she didn't remember what she said at all, but only vaguely remembered that there was a big hand hugging her, and then she fell asleep.

Zhang Pingan settled Yuan Feifei, and it happened that the oil lamp was burned out, and the room suddenly became dark.

The moonlight came in through the crack of the window, and Zhang Ping sat by the bed in a daze for a while.

Just now, I was entangled for nearly a stick of incense.

Zhang Pingkou couldn't speak, and he had few relatives and friends. He was the only person who lived in this iron shop and workshop on weekdays. Except for the sound of iron hammering, he had never heard the same sound for such a long time.He felt that Yuan Feifei's chirping voice was still lingering in his ears.

He sat on the edge of the bed, relaxed for a while, then got up and went to the side room.

After a while, there was a steady and delicate sound of grinding iron in the yard.

Yuan Feifei slept until the sun rose again.

She got out of the quilt full, and there was no one in the room.

Yuan Feifei yawned, rubbed his eyes again, put on his clothes in a daze, stepped on his shoes and went out.

She came to Westinghouse with ease, "Zhang Ping!"

Zhang Ping was indeed in the room, Yuan Feifei rubbed his hands together and said, "What orders do you have?"

Zhang Ping shook his head.

Yuan Feifei was idle again.

Sometimes Yuan Feifei felt that Zhang Ping was not like the master at all. She wanted to help him work with great enthusiasm, but he never gave her anything to do.

That day, Yuan Feifei ran out to play again, but this time she learned her lesson and didn't run too far, but just found a few beggars in the city to play.She had seen them before when she and Ma Banxian came to Qishui City to work hard, and now that she showed her face again, those little beggars almost didn't recognize her.

"Aren't you Ma Banxian's apprentice? Why are you here alone, where is Ma Banxian?"

Yuan Feifei squatted in the corner with them, and said casually, "Dead."

The little beggars said "oh".

Yuan Feifei said again: "I was bought to be a maid." She said proudly, "I sold it for two taels of silver!"

Compared with Ma Banxian's death, it is obvious that Yuan Feifei was sold for two taels of silver.

"What, what, two liang!?"

"Hey, how are you worth so much money!"

"Whoever buys you as a maid is really unlucky."

Yuan Feifei picked up the broken bowl on the ground and threw it on the head of a little beggar beside him, "Damn! If you keep chewing your tongue, I'll tear your mouth off!"

The little beggars all knew that she was fierce and dared not fight with her.

Yuan Feifei snorted and said, "Two taels is too little for me!"

The little beggar looked at her, and said, "Which household is your master? I know everyone in Qishui City, please tell me."

Yuan Feifei said: "My master's name is Zhang Ping, and he lives in the innermost part of South Street."

The little beggar quickly remembered who it was, and yelled, "It turned out to be dumb Zhang, and I wonder who bought you." He glanced at Yuan Feifei playfully, and said, "Dumb Zhang suffers from being dumb. Ha ha."

Yuan Feifei was so angry that she calmed down and looked at the little beggar coldly. She stared at the little beggar until his hairs stood on end.

"I... I was joking."

Yuan Feifei still stared at him.

The little beggars were crowded together, trying to stay as far away from Yuan Feifei as possible.

Yuan Feifei said: "Do you know my master?"

The little beggar squatted in the corner, nodded and said: "It is said that we all know those who have settled in Qishui City."

Yuan Feifei said again: "Then do you know why he can't speak?" She squatted and took two steps forward, the little beggar subconsciously hid back, and was pulled over by Yuan Feifei, "If you can tell me the reason, I will I will forgive you this time."

The little beggar shrank his neck and looked at her, and said cautiously: "I heard it all..."

Yuan Feifei: "Say what you've heard!"

The little beggar was still a little interested in talking about these trivial matters, so he moved to Yuan Feifei's side and said, "I heard people say that the dumb Zhang—"

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Feifei slapped him on the head, and the little beggar covered his head with an "ouch".

Yuan Feifei stared at him, "Don't call him dumb Zhang!"

The little beggar said: "Okay, your master, I'm talking about your master."

Yuan Feifei: "Go ahead."

The little beggar whispered to her: "I heard that your master's tongue was cut off..."

"What!?" Yuan Feifei was shocked, "You don't even have a tongue!?"

The little beggar smacked his lips and said, "I heard that too."

Yuan Feifei: "Who did you listen to?"

Little beggar: "Sick leprosy."

Yuan Feifei knew about this sick man.Ma Banxian met him on the first day he came to Qishui City with her. Ma Banxian told her that this is called worshiping a squirrel.

"Fei girl, you have to know that every city has dark corners. There are countless dirty things hidden in these corners, and countless secrets are hidden. People like us, if we want to get along, we have to Drill into these corners."

At that time, Yuan Feifei was concentrating on eating the wild fruit, and only nodded indiscriminately.

The places where they saw the sick and leprosy were in the outskirts of the city, so needless to say the smell.Yuan Feifei looked at the sick lame man—he really deserved his name, his whole body was full of pus-oozing bumps, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

The sick man noticed Yuan Feifei's gaze, turned his head, stared at Yuan Feifei with a pair of swollen eyes, and grinned.His teeth are very big, but none of them are regular. The teeth are black and yellow, and he always licks them involuntarily.

Yuan Feifei twitched the corner of his mouth.

The sick lame man's voice was very low and hoarse. He looked at Yuan Feifei and said, "Mother, are you afraid of me?"

Yuan Feifei: "What mother is your name!"

The sick man smiled, and reached out to touch her, Ma Banxian stopped him, and said to Yuan Feifei: "Fei girl, go to the side first."

Yuan Feifei obediently went aside to play.

Later, she didn't know what Ma Banxian said to the sick man.

Yuan Feifei thought for a while, and said to the little beggar, "What else do you know? Tell me more."

The little beggar squatted on the ground, fiddling with the broken bowl in front of him with his dirty hands, and said: "I don't know much, the sick old man has a very tight mouth, and he told us little ones about the city after drinking too much that day. here."

Yuan Feifei asked: "What did he say at the time?"

The little beggar squinted at her and said, "I can't remember."

Yuan Feifei said anxiously: "Why can't I remember!"

The little beggar squatted on the ground resignedly, "If you can't remember, you just can't remember."

Yuan Feifei stared at him for a while, then suddenly said: "You blame me for beating you just now, don't you?"

The little beggar let out a "hum".

Yuan Feifei pulled his wrist and stood up abruptly, "Come with me."

"What are you doing!" The little beggar was suddenly pulled by her, his feet were unsteady and he almost knelt down.

Yuan Feifei raised it vigorously and pulled him over, "Follow me! Hurry up!"

Under the watchful eyes of the remaining beggars, Yuan Feifei dragged the little beggar to a side corner.Yuan Feifei took a look with his head and found that the beggars could no longer see him, so he let go of his hand.

The little beggar said angrily, "What are you doing!"

Yuan Feifei sullenly took out something from his arms and held it in his hand.She raised her head and said to the little beggar, "What's your name?"

The little beggar frowned and said, "What is it called?"

Yuan Feifei: "Stupid! What's your name!"

Little beggar: "How can we have a name?"

Yuan Feifei pouted outside and said, "Then why do they call you?"

Little beggar: "Oh, dog eight."

"Dog Ba?" Yuan Feifei's eyes widened, "What a strange name."

Gou Bayi curled his lips, "It was barking in the first place."

Yuan Feifei nodded, and took the things in his hand to Gou Ba.

Gou Ba took a closer look and found that it was a grasshopper-shaped candy. "Huh?" Gou Ba's eyes brightened.

Yuan Feifei proudly said: "Do you want it? Where is the candy from Tiansufang? It smells good." She specially gave the candy to Gou Ba.Gou Ba leaned forward, and Yuan Feifei took the candy back again, "How about it, tell me about Zhang Ping, and I'll give you the candy."

Gou Ba swallowed.

Tian Sufang is a well-known restaurant in Qishui City. It has a unique way of making sugar cakes. Of course, these beggars only heard about it. Now that he smells the smell of sugar, he is willing to say anything.

But Gou Ba didn't want to be led by the nose by Yuan Feifei, he turned his head pretendingly, and said, "You...where did you steal the candy?"

Yuan Feifei said angrily: "I stole your thief girl! I bought this myself!"

Gou Ba disdainfully said, "Where did you get the money?"

"Hey." Speaking of this, Yuan Feifei was proud again, "You don't care where I got the money, I'm rich anyway."

Gou Ba asked suspiciously: "Didn't you take the money from your master, did you?" He squinted his eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't be foolish, no matter how good the ordinary Zhang is, you are still a slave after all. If you let the officials know that you stole the master's money, then you will be finished!"

Yuan Feifei reprimanded: "I didn't take his money, it's mine!"

Yuan Feifei didn't lie, it was indeed her own money.Because Ma Banxian had already been buried, Yuan Feifei had nowhere to spend the two taels of silver he earned from prostitution. When she came out today, she secretly took a few copper coins and bought snacks.

"Do you want it or not? I'll ask others!"

"I want it!" Seeing Yuan Feifei was about to leave, Gou Ba quickly grabbed her and snatched the candy from her hand, "Give it to me, I'll just tell you."

Yuan Feifei squatted in the corner, "Don't lie to me, I won't forgive you if I find out!"

Gou Ba also squatted down, "I won't lie to you." He put the candy in his mouth and narrowed his eyes contentedly.

Seeing him eat so deliciously, Yuan Feifei also felt a little greedy, and she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

"Do you know the Qu family?" Luckily, Gou Ba spoke in time, interrupting Yuan Feifei's thoughts of wanting to snatch Tang back.

"The Qu family? Who is it?"

Gou Badao: "That is the largest household in Qishui City, and the house is in the city."

"I've been to the city, and I haven't seen any big families." Yuan Feifei said.

"You've only been in Qishui City for a few days, what do you know?" Gou Ba said, "You haven't seen anything normal! Qu's mansion is sealed off, and you can't see anything from the street. If you want to see Qu's mansion, You have to go to a high place." Gou Ba counted several places in detail, "Like the Golden Tower, the main city, and Tian Sufang, but you have to go to the highest level."

Yuan Feifei said: "What does the Qu family have to do with Zhang Ping?"

Gou Badao: "Your master seems to have been involved in the Qu family's misfortune."

"What happened?"

Gou Badao: "I don't know exactly what happened, anyway, that's what the sick man said. He was drunk at the time and talked nonsense about the scandals of the rich and noble people in the city, but he just casually mentioned your master."

Yuan Feifei said: "What else?"

Gou Ba shook his head, "I don't know."

Yuan Feifei said angrily: "With just a few words, you are going to lie to me!?"

When Gou Ba saw her standing up, fearing that she would snatch the candy, he felt nervous, and wanted to chew up the candy and swallow it quickly, but he swallowed so fast that the broken candy scratched his throat, causing tears to flow out of his eyes.He crouched down and curled up into a ball. Yuan Feifei's hand hit his back and touched a protruding bone.

She paused and let go of her hand.

"Tch! I'll give it to you if I give it to you. What else can I ask for?" She patted Gou Ba on the shoulder and said generously, "Eat slowly, I don't care if I choke to death."

Gou Ba turned his head and saw that she no longer wanted to grab candy, so he relaxed.

Yuan Feifei said: "In the future, if you want any news in the city, tell me everything."

Gou Ba raised his head, looked at Yuan Feifei who was standing upright, and suddenly said, "You...what's your name?"

Yuan Feifei raised his eyebrows proudly, "Yuan Feifei!"

She looked at Gou Ba squatting at her feet, she was already thin enough, but Gou Ba was a circle smaller than her, with deep sunken eye sockets, and the two eyeballs were extremely protruding.Turning up like this, it's really like a dog.

Yuan Feifei was amused, "Gou Ba, did you hear what I said?"

Gou Ba averted his eyes and whispered, "Why should I tell you?"

Yuan Feifei was about to hit him again, Gouba shrank his neck, Yuan Feifei held back, and said in a good voice: "Tell me, I will not forget you if it will be beneficial in the future."

Gou Ba lowered his head, not knowing what to think.

Yuan Feifei said impatiently: "How is it?"

Yuan Feifei urged back and forth, Gou Ba finally gave a slow "hmm".

Yuan Feifei patted him on the shoulder happily, "That's it, I'm leaving!"

Yuan Feifei walked away without hesitation, Gou Ba returned to the original place, and the little beggars immediately came over, and you started talking one by one.

"What did she pull you for?"

"What did you talk to her about?"

"Hey……"

Gou Ba was annoyed, threw him off, and said, "Nothing!"

The little beggars squatted aside embarrassingly, and continued to beg for food.

Yuan Feifei hurried back before dinner, and she had a fruitful day. Although she didn't understand the matter, at least she knew something about Zhang Ping.

However, he really has no tongue?
Yuan Feifei was driven by curiosity, and when he was eating at night, he stared at Zhang Ping's mouth intentionally or unintentionally.

However, although Zhang Ping eats with a big mouthful, every time he moves very quickly, he opens his mouth, before he has time to look at anything, he just takes a mouthful of rice and starts chewing.

Later, Zhang Ping noticed Yuan Feifei's strange behavior, stopped his chopsticks, and looked at her.

Yuan Feifei felt guilty, and immediately turned his eyes to pick up the rice.

Zhang Ping looked at her silently, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just took a bite of food for her.

After the meal, Yuan Feifei, who was full, stretched his waist.Zhang Ping went to the bed and fetched a cloth bag.

Yuan Feifei looked at it and said, "What is this?"

Zhang Ping opened the package, and there were several new clothes inside.

Yuan Feifei jumped up instantly.That dress is so small, it must not be worn by Zhang Ping, it is for her, "For me!?"

Zhang Ping nodded.

Yuan Feifei laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, he jumped up and down and called out, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Zhang Ping smiled lightly after hearing her thank you in a mess.He spread out the clothes, handed them to Yuan Feifei, and motioned for her to change.

Yuan Feifei took off the old clothes in two or three strokes, threw them aside without looking at them, put on Zhang Ping's new clothes, and spun around happily a few times.

To be honest, the clothes are very ordinary, just thick coarse cloth clothes, and they are made a little too big.But to Yuan Feifei, this is simply a dragon robe.

That night, Zhang Ping took a lot of effort to get Yuan Feifei to take off his clothes and go to sleep.

Ever since Yuan Feifei came here, she has always slept in the same bed with Zhang Ping.Although there are three rooms in Zhang Ping's courtyard, one room is used for blacksmithing and the other is a kitchen, and this is the only room that can accommodate people.

Fortunately, Zhang Ping's bed is very big, and Yuan Feifei is pitifully small, so the two of them are not crowded in the same bed.

That night, Zhang Ping returned to his room to go to bed after grinding the iron.

As soon as he lay down on the bed, he realized that Yuan Feifei was not asleep.He turned his head and saw Yuan Feifei looking at him with his eyes open.

Zhang Ping pulled the quilt for her.

Yuan Feifei stared at Zhang Ping who was lying down, and suddenly said: "Zhang Ping."

Zhang Ping turned his face slightly in the dark.

Yuan Feifei whispered, "I'm really lucky."

I was really lucky to be bought by you.

The room was dark and silent at night.After hearing what Yuan Feifei said, Zhang Ping stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Feifei lightly.

Being slapped by his big hand, Yuan Feifei quickly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)