Meng Shuyan played with Xueqiu for a while, and Xueqiu reminded her, "Sister, it's time to go to bed."
"Okay, I'll come play with you tomorrow."
Meng Shuyan left the space and went to sleep.
She is in the period of growth now, so she must go to bed and get up on time strictly.
The next morning, just as she got up and had breakfast, her second and third brothers came back.
The two of them must have come out as soon as the city gate opened, otherwise they wouldn't have come out so quickly.
When the two brothers came, they stayed overnight to pay their respects to the princess, and when they left, they also bid farewell to the princess together.
Mr. Meng had been walking back and forth on the ridge of his own field for a long time, and everyone in the family knew what he was doing.
Meng Shuyan hadn't been back to the village for several days and hadn't seen her two brothers for a month. She had been leaning on the car window to talk to her two brothers all the way.
Meng Shuxia and Meng Shuqiu picked out some interesting stories they heard in the capital and told them to her, and Meng Shuyan listened with great interest.
Meng Liqian and Meng Lihou also listened with great interest. They also liked to listen to things happening outside and were particularly eager to go to the Imperial College.
When they were almost home, passing the valley in front of the land, Meng Shuyan found another old man sitting in the small temple halfway up the mountain.
In fact, Meng Shuyan didn't go to look specifically, but the thick black death aura lingering on the old man's head, and there was a hint of golden light in the death aura, which was particularly conspicuous, which attracted her attention.
When I looked carefully, I found that there was an old man sitting half-dead in the small temple.
I’ve heard from my family before that when an elderly person in a nearby village is about to die, they will sit in that small temple, and only after the person is dead will their children come to collect the body.
Most people say that it is because there is no food at home that the elderly come out to wait for death and will not die at home.
She had only heard about it before, and this was the first time she saw it in real life.
But now the old man is obviously not dead yet, and even the thick black death aura cannot block the ray of golden light, which means that the old man had done good deeds in his life and should not die like this.
"parking!"
While Meng Shuyan was shouting to stop the car, Meng Shuxia and Meng Shuqiu actually saw the old man sitting in the temple.
"That old man is not dead yet, go and check it out."
Meng Shuyan was about to go down and take a look, so the others couldn't just stay there and followed her up.
When she got there, Meng Shuyan took out the cowhide water bag she usually used to drink water from her waist, added a drop of spiritual spring water into it, and wanted to feed the old man.
Seeing her sister's expression, Meng Shuxia took the water bag from her and fed it to the old man.
Meng Shuyan was naturally happy to have some free time since someone was doing the job for her.
Although the old man was about to die, his instinct for survival was still there. As soon as the sweet water entered his mouth, he swallowed it subconsciously and drank several mouthfuls.
He opened his eyes shortly after drinking.
He saw some very pretty little dolls and two very handsome young men in front of him, and he thought he had died and seen fairies.
"Sir, are you feeling better?"
"Are you fairies?"
Meng Shuyan asked with concern, but she didn't expect the old man to answer like this, which almost made her laugh.
Seeing that the originally thick black death aura on the old man's head gradually faded and turned into light gray, and the original golden light was also much brighter than before, I felt relieved.
This old man doesn't have to die for the time being.
"We are human beings. This is the valley of Sanshan Village. Why are you sitting here, sir?"
She wanted to ask if the old man was waiting to die here because he had no food to eat, so she could ask her grandfather for help.
My grandfather has been trying to grow new hybrid watermelon seeds recently. The family’s land is now subject to taxes, so enough food must be planted in the land so that the required taxes can be paid. It cannot be given away casually. This is also a special order from the government.
Grandpa also thought about getting other villages to follow him in growing the hybrid watermelons, but when he told others about it, they all looked at him as if he was a fool.
Although there are fewer people and more land now, there is only a small amount of land suitable for growing crops in this mountainous area.
There are also many that had been abandoned for a long time and had not been well maintained, and they have only started to show signs of improvement in the past two years.
After paying taxes on the grain we grow, it’s just enough for our family to eat, so how could we have the spare time to grow melons?
Some people don’t want to spend time growing melons on scattered land, so they would rather grow more vegetables and pickle them to eat in winter.
Meng Shuyan thought that maybe she could let the old man come along and try it out, exchanging the food given to him by his family.
This way, no one will die, and my grandfather's watermelon planting scale can be further expanded.
This was also what she suddenly thought of.
In fact, she felt a little regretful after feeding the old man with the spiritual spring. What if his family blamed her for meddling in other people's business and bringing a dying man back to life?
It’s not that there aren’t such people.
But since she saved him, she has no regrets.
"Uncle, maybe he fell asleep here while out having fun? Hurry home, it's getting dark soon."
Meng Liqian and Meng Lihou had also heard from the adults in their family that this small temple was a place in the nearby village where the elderly waited to die.
Meng Lihou said this deliberately because it was obvious that the old man was still alive. Although he was pale and thin, he didn't look like he was about to die.
Now that you don’t have to die, just go home quickly.
If you don't go home soon, it will be dark and the road on the mountain will be difficult to walk on. Don't fall and get hurt, it will be a disgrace.
Although they cannot bear to see healthy people waiting to die, they will not take the initiative to send people back home without asking others to do so.
If the old man asked them to send him off, they would be willing to go.
Meng Lihou was even ready to make some moves.
After my family settled down here, they have always been willing to help others as long as their abilities and circumstances allow. They gain merit and feel happy when they do good deeds.
It took the old man a while to realize that he was not dead. He was fed some water by these fairy-like people in front of him, so he came back to life.
He was still terrified of the feeling of being on the verge of death, and now that he was alive again, he suddenly didn't want to die anymore.
"Okay, let's go home!"
The old man tried to get up tremblingly. He might have been sitting here for too long and it was a bit tiring.
Meng Shuxia and Meng Shuqiu hurried forward and carefully helped the old man to stand up, and they felt some strength return.
"Thank you all for saving my life. I will serve you like a dog or a horse, but I have to go back home first."
“It’s just a small favor, not worth mentioning.
Hurry back before it's light, old man. Go slowly on the way. This will serve as your walking stick."
Meng Shuqiu found a dead branch suitable as a walking stick for the old man to lean on.
The old man was very grateful to these children for their thoughtfulness and did not refuse.
"this……"
Just as the old man was about to raise the water bag to return it to Meng Shuyan and the others, Meng Shuyan stopped him.
"Give the water bag to my father-in-law. If you get tired on the road, just stop and drink some water."
The old man now felt that all his strength had returned to him, and he didn't even need to use his walking stick.
However, he still appreciated the kindness of these children. In case he couldn't walk for a while, he held the stick tightly in his hand, thanked Meng Shuyan and the others again, and turned to cross the mountain.
Meng Liqian took some snacks and chased after the old man, then turned around and went home.
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