Quickly wear a life of peace

The roads were bumpy at that time, and the mule carts were not very good in order to save money, so people who had been sitting in the carriage for a whole day suffered from backaches and complaints.

Finally, when it was getting dark, the convoy arrived at a small village. Everyone found a farmer's house to rent and rest for the night.

Fortunately, since the escort company often comes to this village, every household has built two extra rooms for rent. One can rent a clean room to rest for only ten cents, which is much cheaper than the inn in the city.

Of course, if you can’t bear to part with those few copper coins, that’s fine. The threshing ground in the village can be provided for passers-by, as long as they clean up when they leave.

It's just that using water is a bit troublesome. The public wells in the village are not allowed to be used by outsiders. Whenever outsiders come into the village, the wells have to be guarded. Even the wells in the villagers' homes are only for use by tenants. Only villagers are allowed to fetch water, not outsiders. Passersby who don't rent the homes can only fetch water from the river outside the village.

Before entering the village, the village chief specifically explained, "It's not that the village is deliberately making things difficult for us. It's just that it's not easy to dig a well these days. In order to prevent someone from doing bad things and destroying the village's wells, we have to resort to this last resort. Please don't blame us! It's not that we are mean-spirited. We have learned a lesson in the past, and we have no choice but to do this for the safety of the villagers and guests!"

Everyone expressed their understanding, and the village chief let everyone enter the village.

In order to make it easier for the women, my grandfather also rented two rooms from a villager's house. It was obvious that the village had been well prepared. The rooms and yards were cleaned very cleanly, and the children in the family did not come over to watch the fun. Overall, it was still very comfortable.

After dinner, the grandfather needed to rest as he was old, but his brother and Xuanyunduo were at an active age and wanted to go out for a walk. They had been stuck in the capital for several years and were longing for the outside world.

My father and mother were worried, so they followed along, and the family of four wandered around the village.

This village is called Liujia Village. The villagers are all from the same clan. Their living conditions should be good. Every family lives in a blue brick and tile house. The village is clean and tidy. The villagers are in good spirits. It can be seen that the village leader is very capable.

There were no tall mountains near the village, only a small hill and a few small woods in the distance. Xuanyunduo had never seen a map of this world, but he could tell that this was a plain.

The country name and place names in this world are all unheard of, and Xuandu speculates that it might be an imaginary different world.

"Someone fell into the water! Come and save him!"

Suddenly, a child's scream was heard in the distance, which scared the four people. After hearing the content, they quickly ran in the direction where the sound came from.

When I got closer, I found that there was a person floating in the river, holding a piece of driftwood in his arms, which saved him from sinking to the bottom of the water. Several young boys on the shore were holding out a long branch to try to pull the person up.

But the people in the river were a little far from the shore, and they couldn't reach it no matter how hard they tried. If they hadn't held on to the driftwood tightly, they would have fallen overboard, and everyone was frightened and screamed.

It was such a thrilling scene when the four of them arrived. Xuanyunduo's father in this life was in charge of the Shangshu Mansion's farm, so he naturally knew how to swim. He quickly took off his coat and shoes, ran two steps and jumped into the river to save people.

The mother screamed in fright, grabbed Xuanyunduo's hand tightly, repeatedly told him to be careful, and stared at her husband.

After the father jumped into the river, he looked in the direction of the boy and dived down again. When he reappeared, he was not far away from the man. He did not dare to go forward, but went around and pushed the driftwood towards the shore.

At this time, the man was exhausted and had no strength left. Everyone worked together to pull him ashore. The mother directed everyone to lift the man away from the shore to prevent him from slipping into the water again. The brother also pulled his father ashore.

The weather was still a little cold at this time, so the mother quickly put on her father's coat and shoes, and urged him to go to the villager's house where he rented a house.

As for the people who were rescued, the villagers will naturally take care of them, so they don't need to worry about it. They should go back quickly to change clothes and drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold. It would be bad if they caught a cold.

Unexpectedly, the rescued person also followed them silently, and was not discovered until he entered the yard and was discovered by Xuan Duoduo who was going to cook ginger soup.

Xuanyunduo was really surprised. Why did this man not go home or see a doctor? Why did he follow her? Even if he wanted to thank her, he shouldn't be in a hurry now, right?

Then he asked in a gentle voice, "Young man, is there something wrong? Your clothes are all wet, you should go home and change first. Be careful not to catch a cold. You can talk to me later if you have anything else!"

This person just lowered his head and stood there without saying a word. Xuanyunduo felt that this person was really incomprehensible.

I had no choice but to ask my brother to come and take him away. At least he could change into dry clothes to avoid getting sick from the cold. It was better not to cause trouble on someone else's territory. But it seemed like this saved me from trouble!

Seeing that person followed his brother obediently, Xuanyunduo went to the kitchen and boiled a big pot of ginger soup. The whole family drank a full bowl.

After returning to the room, Xuanyunduo couldn't wait to ask her mother, "Mom, what's wrong with that guy? Why is he still relying on us?"

Zhou's eyes were blank, and she shook her head with a frown. "I don't know. This child is so dull and doesn't say anything no matter how I ask him. Your grandfather said to ask the owner whose child this is and let someone take him away!"

Xuanyunduo felt it was difficult, and was afraid that there was something behind this. "It looks like this guy wants to stick with us, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get rid of him!"

Zhou sighed, "Let's see what the villagers say first. We are here to save people, we can't make a mistake, right? Besides, we are following the escort agency, they can't just ignore us, don't worry!"

Xuanyunduo also sighed, thinking that with her knowledgeable grandfather around, there should be no problem.

But when he woke up, he found that his family had packed up and set off with the escort company. This man even followed his grandfather into his own carriage. Xuanyundu opened his eyes wide in surprise and cast a puzzled look at his father who was driving the carriage.

Zheng Changqing smiled at his daughter and said, "We have found a great treasure."

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Xuanyunduo had a lot of question marks in his head, and he didn't want to waste his time guessing, so he quickly asked what was going on.

Seeing that she was extremely curious, Zheng Changqing stopped teasing his daughter and began to explain slowly.

It turned out that after the mother and daughter left yesterday, grandfather Zheng Xingrong asked the man's name and where his home was.

But the man still looked dazed and didn't say a word. Zheng Xingrong knew that something must have happened, but he didn't respond when he asked. He would be leaving with the escort company tomorrow, so he couldn't just drag it on like this, right?

So he told his son and grandson about it and planned to go find the village chief and the head of the escort agency.