freenovelworld Chapter 206 Picking up a Master
Chapter 206 Picking up a Master
The little girl ate a roasted chicken leg and a meat-filled pancake.
He drank a few sips of water and touched his round belly.
He lowered his head embarrassedly, then raised his head and smiled at Li Lanzhen.
"Grandma, I'm full. I haven't had a full stomach for more than a year. Today I'm finally full."
He turned around and spoke to the silver fox who was eating the roast chicken slowly.
"Uncle, thank you. I haven't eaten meat for more than a year. The meat today smells so good!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the half roasted chicken in the bowl next to Silver Fox.
Silver Fox felt sad and funny when he saw her little appearance.
When I raised my eyes, I met her eyes as she was once again stealing glances at Half Chicken.
The little girl chuckled to hide her embarrassment.
Silver Fox teased her.
“You haven’t eaten yet?
You can't eat this half roast chicken.
Leave it for your grandfather and give it to him when he wakes up.
The rice porridge in this small pot is also for your grandfather to drink when he wakes up."
The little girl became even happier after hearing this. She looked at the bubbling rice porridge and smiled!
Seeing that she was full, Li Lanzhen took out a handkerchief and wiped her greasy mouth and hands.
"Where are you and your grandfather from? Where is your home? Why are there only two of you here? How long have you been under this big rock?"
When the little girl heard Li Lanzhen's question, tears started to flow, but she didn't cry out loud.
After a while she raised her hands and wiped away her tears.
Looking at Li Lanzhen and said.
"Grandma, my family lives in Xuzhou Prefecture. My father is a teacher at Xuzhou Academy, and my grandfather also opened a private school, which accepts young students to study.
One night a year ago, my father came home covered in blood and asked my grandfather to take me to Youzhou Prefecture. My father said that Prince Rong was kind to the people and that we should be able to survive if we fled there.
My grandfather carried me on his back and ran out of the back door of our house, and we saw that soldiers had surrounded our house. Soon, a fire broke out in our house.
My grandfather didn't dare to stay and ran out of the city gate with me on his back.
Later, we met many people fleeing famine on the road, and the food we brought with us was stolen. Seeing that there were too many people fleeing famine on the road, my grandfather took me into the mountains and walked along the foot of the mountain.
Half a year ago, my grandfather and I were caught in a heavy rain.
Grandpa has always been in poor health, and we have been here for more than a month."
Li Lanzhen pulled her into her arms and hugged her with heartache.
"So what do you eat every day?"
The little girl had tears in her eyes and smiled.
"Grandma, I went in and out of the dog hole at the city gate to ask for food from others and came back to eat with Grandpa.
I heard on the street that Prince Rong had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
When I came back and told grandpa, he sighed deeply.
Then his health deteriorated day by day, and then he developed a fever and couldn't eat."
She sobbed as her voice trailed off.
"It's all my fault. I can't ask for rice and cook some porridge for grandpa. If he drinks rice porridge, he will definitely get better."
Li Lanzhen hugged the little person in her arms.
"Where's your mother?"
After hearing this, the little girl began to cry.
"Dad said that my mother passed away when she gave birth to me. Dad said that my mother is watching over me in heaven."
Li Lianzhen raised his head and looked at Silver Fox.
He held the child in his arms with heartache, patted her on the back and said.
"How old are you? What's your name? Tell grandma."
"Grandma, I'm five years old. My last name is Xu, and my name is Zhihua."
"Xu Zhihua, what a nice name. Do you want to go with grandma? There are several grandchildren in grandma's family. You can go and grow up with them, okay?"
Zhihua frowned and looked at her grandfather lying under the big rock.
"Grandma, I have to ask Grandpa first. If Grandpa goes, I will go too. I will tell Grandpa that it was you who saved us. You are a good person."
Looking up at the silver fox looking at her, Zhihua added another sentence.
"Uncle is a good man too!"
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
At this time, the old man under the big rock coughed.
Zhihua quickly crawled out of Li Lanzhen's arms. When Silver Fox stood up and followed her, her small body had already crawled under the big rock.
Kneeling beside her grandfather, she shouted loudly.
"Grandpa, you're awake, you're fine! Zhihua was worried about you."
"Ahem! Ahem, Zhihua, Grandpa is fine. Grandpa will take us Zhihua to Youzhou City after a rest. Grandpa will write letters for others and earn money to buy meat buns for us Zhihua."
Suddenly, he saw Silver Fox and Li Lanzhen standing outside the cave.
He immediately picked up Zhihua with vigilance, placed her behind him, and half sat up.
He looked at them warily.
"Who are you? I have nothing on me. Please don't hurt my granddaughter."
Zhihua quickly pulled his sleeve and said.
"Grandpa, they are all good people. Grandma brought the medicine, and uncle fed you the medicine and water. You no longer have a fever."
Silver Fox stepped forward and said.
"Old man, let me help you come out and sit down. We cooked some rice porridge. You can drink some to feel energetic."
Zhihua said quickly.
"Grandpa, go drink it, it smells delicious!
I just ate a big chicken drumstick and two meat-filled biscuits, they were so delicious!"
Zhihua's grandfather then let down his guard, turned over, knelt up, rested for a while, and then hunched over and slowly walked out from under the big rock.
I was out of breath when I stood up straight outside.
Silver Fox helped him turn around the big rock and came to the place where they had just eaten.
Next to the stone, a fire was still burning, and in a small clay pot next to the fire, rice porridge was emitting a rice aroma.
Li Lanzhen picked up the clay pot and poured him half a bowl of rice porridge.
"Master Xu, sit here and eat."
Grandpa Zhihua glanced at his little granddaughter.
This is like giving away all your family assets to others.
"Thank you, thank you very much. If it weren't for you and your mother, my granddaughter and I would have disappeared in this mountain."
Look at the old man holding the bowl, trembling.
Silver Fox quickly brought a large stone over and placed it in front of the old man.
"Master, put your bowl here and eat."
Li Lanzhen took out a wooden spoon from the space with the help of the backpack.
"Zhihua, give this spoon to your grandfather to eat porridge."
"Oh, okay, grandma, thank you."
Mr. Xu ate very slowly and was sweating all over.
Silver Fox took out a handkerchief and handed it to Zhihua.
"Go, wipe the sweat off your grandfather's face."
The old man finished his porridge in the time it took him to finish a cup of tea.
By this time, the fever had subsided, and after eating the hot porridge, he felt much better.
Zhihua stood nearby and watched Master Xu finish his porridge, wipe his mouth, come over, squat down, and talk to him.
"Grandpa and grandma asked us if we were willing to go with them.
Grandma said she has many grandchildren and wants me to grow up with them. Are you willing to go?"
Old Master Xu looked at Li Lanzhen and then at Silver Fox.
I thought to myself, it’s hard to tell what kind of family this old lady lived in the past.
She doesn't look like a peasant woman, nor like the wife of a wealthy family.
But this young man was actually a young master raised by a wealthy family.
It's quite interesting to see these two people together.
However, the two men had clear eyes and were obviously kind people.
He looked down at his granddaughter's longing eyes, looking at him.
"Zhihua, are you willing to go with grandma and uncle?"
"I am willing!"
Zhihua blurted out and stuck out her tongue.
"Zhihua listens to Grandpa. If Grandpa says to go, then go."
Old Master Xu threw his head back and laughed out loud.
His eyes were slightly red.
Ever since that night when I fled here with my little granddaughter on my back.
I met a lot of people and encountered a lot of things.
The sadness in my heart was unbearable, but I laughed out loud and felt relieved.
He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, we'll go with you!"
When Li Lanzhen heard this, she was secretly delighted.
When she knew Master Xu's identity, she planned to take him back to Peach Blossom Spring.
There are so many children in Taohuayuan, it is a good time for them to receive education.
So the old man readily agreed, and she said with a smile.
"Master Xu, my last name is Li Lanzhen. We live deep in the mountains, in a valley called Peach Blossom Spring."
"Peach Blossom Spring, there really is a place called Peach Blossom Spring, hahahaha, okay, I'll go see this Peach Blossom Spring too!"
Then he looked at the silver fox again.
Silver Fox stood up and gave him a junior salute.
"Master Xu, I am the Silver Fox."
Just a few simple words, but Mr. Xu felt that he was not simple.
Looking at the silver mask on his face, Master Xu thought, this is also a young man with a story!