system of princes and generals

Chapter 218 All For You

The woman said embarrassingly, "Before Gouwa was born, his father died in military service, so our mother and I have been dependent on each other. I don't even know my own name, and I don't have the ability to teach Gouwa to read and write. My surname is Ye, his father's surname is Liu, in order to make a living, I gave him a humble name, Gouwa, and that's how he's been called for so many years."

Only then did Huo Guang understand the origin of the little boy's name. Anyway, the name is just a code name, it doesn't matter, as long as it is easy to remember and highly recognizable, the name Gouwa is obviously easy to remember, and the recognizability is quite high.

"I just picked the leaves of the neem tree. What I have to do now is to mash the leaves, soak them in an appropriate amount of water, and then filter to remove the dregs and give them to Gouwa. I guess the first batch of worms will be excreted from the body tonight." Huo Guang believed that this method would definitely be useful, but he didn't dare to make a 100% guarantee whether Gouwa's stomach could be restored to its previous appearance within three days.

Mrs. Ye carefully poured the neem tree into the only pot at home. She knew better than anyone else that Gouwa's life or death in three days would depend on the son in front of her. So now Huo Guang asked her to go up the knife mountain and down the oil pan. She would have no hesitation, not to mention smashing the neem tree in the pot in the shortest time, she didn't hesitate for a moment, and quickly turned the leaves down.

From the moment they entered the house, Wang Yi did this one by one, checking everywhere, for fear that the house would suddenly collapse and injure their horses. After careful inspection, he discovered that the house was originally built well, but the foundation It is stable, and the materials used are all high-quality wood. There is no cutting corners at all. The shabby appearance now is completely superficial.

It may be because Gouwa's father died too early, and the orphans and widows were left alone, and the house was in disrepair for a long time. It was originally just a small problem, but it was not maintained in time, and it eventually became like this.

So Wang Yi, the inspector just now, is off work, and Wang Yi, the maintenance worker, is now at work.

Wang Yi is not good at curing diseases and rescuing people, but in these repair and repair work, he said that he is second, and no one dares to say that he is first. Wang Yi decided to completely renovate the house for the couple in these three days. As for Three days later, Wang Yi snorted in his heart. Since they took care of this matter, it was impossible for Gou Wa to be taken away and drowned by the so-called patriarch.

Huo Guang looked at Wang Yi who was jumping up and down to help repair the house, and curled his mouth. It would take some time for those neem trees to be completely crushed. Huo Guang moved a chair that could barely sit on a person, and sat next to the puppy.

Because he has been in contact with so many naughty children for a while, Huo Guang has some skills on how to chat with them.

"Why do you want to steal the sacrifice?" Actually, Huo Guang didn't understand. Goudan looked different from ordinary mischievous children. He would not steal the sacrifice just for the sake of greed, so Huo Guang Will ask him why he would steal the sacrifice.

Gou Wa glanced in the direction of his mother, then whispered in Huo Guang's ear, "I didn't steal the sacrifice."

Huo Guang was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened slightly. Could it be that the patriarch not only wanted to disregard human lives but also wronged Gou Wa, but why didn't Gou Wa defend himself when he was by the water. "You didn't steal it, why didn't you justify yourself just now."

Gouwa lowered his head and kept rubbing his rough little hands, "I didn't eat it, but I stole it."

Didn't eat but stole?This sentence is so strange, Huo Guang raised his eyebrows, as if thinking of something, he continued to ask, "Then who ate it?"

Gouwa didn’t look up all the time, rubbing his hands for a while, and pulling at the hem of his worn clothes for a while, “Mother was sick these days, and there was no food at home. I was afraid that mother would starve to death, but the whole village is going to change, and no one wants to borrow money. Give me food, on the way home, I happened to see the sacrifice of Ceres, so...so."

"So you stole it back and gave it to your mother?" Huo Guang added what was left unsaid for this timid but brave child.

"I didn't tell my mother that it was a sacrifice, but I said it was given to me by someone else. At that time, my mother had a fever and felt dizzy, so she ate it without asking any further questions."

Although he knew the truth, Huo Guang was not at all relieved. He gasped, "You could have told them that you didn't eat just now, why didn't you?"

Gou Wa suddenly raised her dirty little face, "Of course I can't say it, if I say it, they will treat mother in the same way, I can't let mother have trouble."

Huo Guang looked at the child in front of him carefully again. No matter how you look at it, he is just a child of about six years old. Just now, Huo Guang thought that this child was silent when a group of people tried to drown him. I was so frightened by this scene that I didn't cry or beg for mercy. It turned out that my thinking was too simple.

This child was not afraid, but calm, because he knew that if the person drowned was not him, it might be his mother.And those people don't care whether their mother's belly is getting bigger at all.

Obviously telling the truth, he didn't eat the sacrifices, so naturally his belly got bigger and it couldn't be because of being cursed, but this child actually carried all of this forcefully, he is still so young.This courage alone was enough to move Huo Guang.

Huo Guang patted Gouwa's head and said, "Good boy, do you want to learn to read and write?"

Gou Wa shouted excitedly, "I want to, of course I want to, I dream of knowing how to read, but no one taught me."

Huo Guang was shocked by Gouwa's piercing voice and subconsciously rubbed his ears. He didn't expect that he just asked tentatively, but got such a warm response.

"No one taught me before, but now I have. I can teach you." Huo Guang really likes this child, and he plans to stay for a few more days. I left a few books behind, hoping that when he grows up, he can leave the village and find a better teacher.

There was a flash of joy in Gouwa's eyes, but it dimmed in an instant, "But... I don't even have pen and ink."

"I have it. I use everything here." After finishing speaking, he motioned to Wang Yi, who had just finished repairing the roof and was going to take a break before repairing the four walls, to bring his own things.

Soon Huo Guang's wooden box was brought over, which contained not only pen and ink, but also paper, silk, bamboo slips, and several books printed by himself.

"If you study hard to read and write, I will give you all the things here."

Gouwa lay beside the wooden box, watching everything in the box with the eyes of a treasure.

(End of this chapter)