Only then did the Ye family have time to look at the person who had just been rescued.
All I saw was his face full of beard, and his hair and beard were tangled together in a dirty way.
Brother Ye just fed him hot soup, and it took him a long time to find where his mouth was.
His beard covered most of his face, making it difficult to see what he looked like. One could only infer from his gray hair and the deep wrinkles on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes that he was an elderly man.
After the old man woke up, he stared at the wontons in the pot without saying a word.
Mrs. Ye quickly served him a bowl and said, "Eat it, be careful of the heat."
The other party didn't hesitate and took it and started eating it.
After the old man finished a full bowl of wontons, his eyes were still fixed on the Ye family's big iron pot.
Guo quickly stood up, spread her hands in front of the pot and said, "What are you looking at? That's enough!"
Seeing this, the old man said nothing, raised the bowl in his hand, and poured the last two drops of soup into his mouth.
In the end, Mrs. Ye relented and took the bowl from him, saying, "We're really out of wontons. Let me get you another bowl of soup."
The old man is not picky. He will eat wontons if there is one, and drink the soup if there is none.
As a result, he drank three more bowls.
Mrs. Ye was watching from the side and was very nervous, fearing that this man would accidentally eat himself to death.
Fortunately, after the old man finished his third bowl of soup, he finally put down the bowl in his hand.
Qingtian was very enthusiastic and asked, "Grandpa, do you want some more soup?"
Hearing Qingtian's voice, the old man suddenly looked up and stared at her.
Mrs. Ye was frightened by his look and quickly pulled Qingtian to her side.
"Okay, now that you've recovered and are full, go do what you need to do!"
But after breakfast, when the convoy was ready to set off again, the old man followed the Ye family silently.
At noon, everyone stopped to cook.
The old man didn't come over to ask for food, but sat far away.
Qingtian walked up to him with a bowl of yam stewed with venison that Sister Ye had just served her, handed it to him and said, "Grandpa, have some."
Seeing this, Mrs. Ye was afraid that her family would be dissatisfied, so she hurriedly said, "Hey, child, that's what your mother served you..."
But it was strange that Guo, who usually would fuss over trivial matters, didn't say a word, perhaps because she was in a bad mood after the quarrel with Ye Lao Si.
Old Madam Ye said, "Qingtian is a kind-hearted child. It's a good thing. We don't need this little food right now. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."
She said this not because Old Lady Ye was kind-hearted, but because she had long noticed that Qingtian was a little different.
She even secretly thought that Qing might be a Bodhisattva sent from heaven to help her family.
So no matter what Qingtian wanted to do, as long as it was not dangerous, Old Lady Ye felt that she had her reasons and there would be consequences in the future, so she was unwilling to restrain her.
He's just a mute old man, and his family can help him with adding an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks.
But after hearing what Old Lady Ye said, Guo, who had been eating silently before, couldn't help but said sarcastically: "That's right, anyway, my eldest brother and his wife are rich now.
"Fifty taels of silver is enough to support not only one old man, but also several more."
"This deer was hunted by the boss. If you don't want to eat it, you don't have to." said Mrs. Ye.
In the face of food, Guo immediately gave in.
So the mute old man followed the Ye family with the tacit consent of Old Lady Ye.
Fortunately, except for the first meal when he was extremely hungry and ate too much, his lunch and dinner intake was similar to that of an average person, which finally made Mrs. Ye feel relieved, otherwise she would have been worried that she could not afford to support him.
When everyone was getting ready to go to bed at night, the dumb old man consciously found a place away from the Ye family, wrapped himself tightly in his thin cotton coat, and lay down on the spot to prepare for sleep.
Ye Lao Er came forward and called him to the fire and said, "Master, it's warm here, sleep here. I'll be on duty tonight, don't worry."
After everyone lay down, Mrs. Ye whispered to Mr. Ye: "Master, I think this old man is not only unable to speak, but I'm afraid his brain is not very good either."
"It's possible, otherwise why would he come to this remote place in such cold weather? If we hadn't found him, he would have frozen to death."
"So what do we do now?"
"We've already saved them, how can we just abandon them?" Ye Laodao said, "I've made an agreement with my brothers. The second oldest will be on duty tonight, and the third and fourth oldest will pull the cart tomorrow. I'm going to go wander around the surrounding woods and see if I can find something to eat."
"That's fine, but be careful when you go up the mountain." Mrs. Ye reminded.
The next morning, Boss Ye got up and started packing his hunting gear. After breakfast, he was fully armed and ready to go into the mountains.
Mrs. Ye quickly hugged Qingtian and asked, "Your father is going hunting. What would you like to eat, Qingtian?"
Upon hearing this, Qingtian said, "Eat mutton!"
Boss Ye laughed when he heard this and said, "You little girl, you even know about mutton? Have you ever eaten mutton?"
Huinan is too remote, with freezing cold weather and heavy snow blocking the way for half a year, so no one raises sheep there and they can't even afford fodder.
Occasionally, someone would pass by with a flock of sheep, slaughter a few in the village and sell them on the spot, so that the villagers could have a meal of mutton.
So Boss Ye didn't expect that Qingtian actually knew about mutton.
Old Madam Ye said, "Oh, she knows what mutton is. It must be because I kept saying last night that it was too cold and it would be nice to make a pot of mutton soup to warm myself up, and this clever little devil remembered it."
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