Mr. Transcendence

The next day, Yuan Anping woke up quite late.He was still in a daze at first, but suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door. The sound made him tremble violently, and he immediately woke up.

A heavy voice came from outside the gate, "Anping, it's me, I'm your uncle, come out and open the door. Anping..."

Yuan Anping listened carefully, and it was indeed not far away, so he should be calling him.He sat up suddenly, his mind was in a mess, and he agreed first, "Ah... ah, wait a minute, I will open the door right away." After thinking for a while, he hurriedly put on the old cotton-padded coat as fast as he could, seeing that he was sure. After being able to cover up her thermal underwear tightly, she put away all the quilts on the bed, and then went out wearing the original owner's ripped cotton shoes.He was apprehensive. After all, he knew nothing about the original owner, and he was afraid of being discovered. It would be unlucky for him to be burned to death as a monster.

As soon as Yuan Anping opened the door of the outer room, he felt a biting chill hit his face, which made him shrink his neck uncontrollably.Looking at the gate of the yard and the snow in the yard, Queen stepped on the snow and creaked to the gate.

As if hearing his movement, the other party knocked on the door and said, "Anping, I'm uncle, I'm here to bring you something to eat."

Yuan Anping paused, thinking of the identity of the person who came, he replied, "Uncle." He put down the wooden bolt with his hands shrunk, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard standing outside the door.Wearing a patched padded jacket and trousers, he is quite tall, but thin, with protruding cheekbones, a retracted neck, and a slightly curved back.Yuan Anping stared blankly for a moment, the person in front of him was just like the poor people who had their backs bent under the hardships that he could only see in movies and TV dramas.

Yuan Gensheng didn't see anything strange about his nephew, he looked at Yuan Anping's face, although he was a little pale, he was in good spirits, so he felt relieved. "It's snowing these days, so I can't come out. I don't know how you are doing. I thought you should be short of food, so I brought you some. Sigh——" He sighed heavily, "You Knowing the situation of Uncle's family, Uncle is sorry for you."

Yuan Anping didn't know the specific situation, and he didn't dare to answer casually, so he said: "Uncle, come into the room quickly, it's warmer in the room."

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "Okay, your bones are not good, don't freeze." The two entered the room, Yuan Gensheng put the things he brought on the table, looked at the room, "Anping, what are you doing?" It would be warmer without lighting a fire in the house."

Yuan Anping smiled, "I got up late, thinking about lighting the fire later."

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "That's fine, I don't worry if you are fine. Uncle doesn't bring much, you eat first, and then go to my house to ask for it. It is not easy for you to live alone now, I am your uncle after all , it is right to take care of you. Your aunt..." He paused for a moment, maybe remembering what his mother-in-law said before, "She just said something bad. She has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, so don't take it to heart." Thinking about the shortage of food at home, I brought some to Anping. Although the mother-in-law was unhappy, she didn't stop her, so the mother-in-law had a good heart.In the past, I was so careless, but in the final analysis, I was still too poor.

From what this uncle said, Yuan Anping could conclude that the original owner lived alone. As for where his parents went, the most likely reason is that they both passed away.As for his uncle, his family is also very poor. Although the aunt who had never met him helped him, even though he was unhappy in his heart, he still didn't stop him. Otherwise, this uncle would not be able to bring food.So generally speaking, his uncle and aunt are pretty good.This made him feel relieved. To be honest, he was quite afraid of his relatives.

Yuan Anping glanced at the gray cloth bag on the table, and said to Yuan Gensheng: "Uncle, take these things away. It's not easy for your family. I still have some food at home, so I can make do with it."

Yuan Gensheng sighed when he heard his nephew say that.His nephew is good at everything, but he is high-spirited, because of what his mother-in-law said, he just doesn't want to go to his house to ask for food.He really loves this nephew, after all, he is the only son of his elder brother.Thinking of the older brother and younger siblings who died young, I felt a pain in my heart again, so I persuaded: "I don't know how much food your family has, so keep it. Anping, remember, I am your uncle, I It's right to take care of you. Also, don't be as knowledgeable as your aunt, she's a bitch, don't take it to heart, go to my house to play with the pillars when you have time."

Yuan Anping couldn't say anything more, so he nodded and put away the things, "Understood, uncle."

Hearing that he agreed, Yuan Gensheng was also happy, and looked at the snow outside, "I hope there will be a good harvest in the coming year. Hey, no matter how much the harvest is, we won't be able to leave much with so much tax, but at least we can eat enough ’” In fact, he was also worried about not having enough food for his family, especially when there were too many children in his family, he was worried.But everyone lives like this, trying every means to feed themselves and their families.The villagers really have nothing to ask for, they just want to fill their stomachs.

Yuan Anping frowned, "Taxes?"

Yuan Gensheng thought that he was also worried about taxes, so he said a few more words, with resentment in his words, "The emperor is greedy for pleasure, the officials impose excessive taxes, and collect taxes in various names, so we poor people will suffer." What he said was a bit outrageous, so he told Yuan Anping, "Just listen to what you said, and don't go out and say it. Although many people scold the emperor like this, we are common people after all, so don't cause trouble."

Yuan Anping understood that human rights cannot be discussed in the imperial society, so he nodded, "I will listen to uncle."

Yuan Gensheng felt relieved, "Well, I still have some things to do at home, so I'll be leaving first."

Yuan Anping got up and sent the person outside the door, "Slow down on the road."

Yuan Gensheng nodded, "Okay, you go back to the house, it's cold outside, I'm leaving."

Yuan Anping closed the door, thinking about Yuan Gensheng's words, he was a little worried.Unexpectedly, he met a fatuous emperor, the common people were living in dire straits, and he was also a member of the common people, so he had to worry about his own life.Thinking of waiting for a few days to inquire about the situation.

Walking into the room, Yuan Anping came to the table and looked at the things Yuan Gensheng brought.There are more than 20 catties of sweet potatoes, and some noodles that I don’t know what kind of noodles. They don’t look like wheat flour, but they also look like more than 20 catties.Food is the most important thing in Yuan Anping's space, so he naturally has no shortage of food.But he couldn't send these things back to Yuan Gensheng, so he thought about putting them away first, and using them as evidence that he still had food when Yuan Gensheng asked next time.

Looking at the food, he also felt hungry, but he had to wash up first.He didn't know much about this house yet, so he was going to check first, wondering if there was a well in this house.

He walked around the whole house and summed it up as a small yard.Although it is small, a single front yard has an area of ​​[-] to [-] square meters, and a backyard of [-] to [-] square meters.A shed was set up in the backyard to store firewood, but there is not much firewood in it now.There are two habitable houses, one is the main house, which is where he lives, and it should also be where the original owner's parents lived before.There is a main room, and there is a small door next to the main room to enter the bedroom.It looks like the main room is also used as a kitchen.

As for the other room, because the windows are a little small, it looks very dim, and there are a lot of sundries in it.He is not in the mood to clean up at the moment, and we will talk about it later.But I turned around and didn't see the existence of the well, thinking that this village should have a shared well, but I don't know if it's far or not.

He went back to the main room, where a desk and some kitchen utensils were placed against the west wall.He looked carefully, and there were four sea bowls, some chopsticks, and two or three small jars.He looked through them, but they were all empty, and he didn't know what was in them before.A knife was a little rusty and looked blunt.There was also an iron pot hanging from a tripod, and there was a shallow pit on the ground, some blackened, where firewood should have been put for burning.There are also two tanks, one large and one small, one for water and one for grain.The grain tank was extremely clean, and as for the water tank, there wasn't much water and it was all frozen.

Yuan Anping put the grain brought by Yuan Gensheng into the tank, covered it and pressed it well.After thinking for a while, he went to the backyard to get some firewood, and then he went to get some snow into the pot, started to boil water, and washed his face first.

He doesn't know how to use flint, but he has a lighter.After the fire was lit, the room felt warmer immediately.It took a long time to boil the water, but fortunately there is no need to boil it, but I enjoyed the fun of my childhood, and roasted two sweet potatoes while boiling the water.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Yuan Anping had another meal of plain porridge, but he couldn't hold back and ate a la carte. Fortunately, there were some vegetarian dishes in the packed dishes.After eating, he felt, man, he still has strength after eating some salt.

After breakfast, thinking that the water was indeed a problem, I decided to go to the village, so I took the cooked sweet potatoes and wrapped them in cloth to warm my hands.

Walking out of the gate, he looked left and right, and he suddenly realized that he was wearing a pair of ripped cotton shoes on his feet, which was quite warm, and his feet were freezing!However, warm clothes can be wrapped inside, and his modern shoes are not easy to cover up, so he can only bear with it for a while, looking at the direction of the village and walking towards the village step by step.But after not walking very far, Yuan Anping felt that he was making excuses. The snowy road was particularly difficult, especially when he was wearing a pair of ripped cotton shoes.It didn't take long to feel that the cotton shoes were wet.He considered whether to go back or continue on.After thinking about it, he turned and went home.I washed my feet with the hot water that was stored in the space before boiling the water, and then changed into the socks and winter shoes I had prepared in the space. I found a torn piece of clothing in the utility room, tore two pieces and wrapped the shoes up.After checking it carefully, he made sure that the shoes would not be exposed, and went out again.