Fortunately, Jiang Xueying's biological clock was relatively punctual and she woke up at dawn.
Seeing that the two children were still asleep, she didn't call them and went out of the room to exercise and then make breakfast. Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked into the yard, she saw a man fetching water in the yard. She walked up to him with a smile on her face and greeted him.
"Brother Wang, why are you up so early?"
The man turned around and looked at Jiang Xueying in surprise, frowning, "Who are you?"
Jiang Xueying was stunned and the words she wanted to say were instantly choked. She looked carefully at the person in front of her and it was indeed Brother Wang who took them in last night. Could it be that she had made a mistake because it was late yesterday?
Impossible!
Just as I was surprised, a familiar voice came from behind me.
"Second brother, they passed by yesterday and stayed overnight."
Jiang Xueying turned around and saw two identical faces. It turned out... they were twins!
Brother Wang nodded towards Jiang Xueying as a greeting, and Jiang Xueying also smiled at him in a friendly manner.
There was a misunderstanding when they woke up in the morning. Jiang Xueying hurried to make breakfast. While eating breakfast, they looked at the pair of almost identical twin brothers.
"Brother Wang, you two brothers look so alike!"
If they weren't so similar, Jiang Xueying wouldn't have made a mistake that morning.
Brother Wang turned around and looked at Wang Er, then laughed, "Not bad, we two brothers are not the most alike. The other twins in our village are more alike than us!"
"What do you mean, Brother Wang?"
Yu Feng was curious, are there many twins in the village?
"Haha, even though there are only a dozen or so families in our village, every one of them has twins!"
"What?"
Every family has twins?
Everyone at the scene was shocked. After all, the proportion of twins was not common. It was unbelievable that more than a dozen families in this village had twins!
"Brother Wang, are you kidding? Is it true that every family in your village has twins? How...how is this possible? Is there...some secret recipe for having twins?"
"Hey, guys, to be honest, we all came here to escape disaster!"
Yu Feng and Jiang Xueying looked at each other, seeing the confusion in each other's eyes, and listened to Brother Wang telling them about their experiences.
Everything is related to the previous dynasty. I heard that when the previous dynasty was overthrown, the queen of the previous dynasty gave birth to a pair of twins when the country was destroyed. They were the last remnants of the previous dynasty. Later, they were secretly sent out of the palace by people in the palace and fled to the people. Later, the emperor ordered the killing of all the twins, so that these people could only escape and live in seclusion.
Yu Feng unconsciously looked at Ye Xiaoyu and Ye Xiaojin beside him. The two siblings were holding each other's hands tightly, with a light flickering in their eyes.
On the other side, Jiang Xueying did not notice anything unusual about the few people. She was even shocked by the emperor's ridiculous order. Just because the remnants of the previous dynasty were a pair of twins, he ordered the killing of all the twins in the country. Is such a person who regards human life as worthless qualified to be the emperor?
It can be seen that Brother Wang was furious when he recalled his past painful experiences, but he also felt deeply helpless.
"During that time, my parents spent a lot of effort to bring us out, but there were also many families with twins who gave their children away in order to survive, and my parents..."
From Brother Wang’s words, you can tell how sad and difficult that period was, and how much bloodshed there was.
Jiang Xueying didn't expect that there was such a ridiculous history before. She wanted to ask Yu Feng if he knew about this. But when she turned around, she found that he was lowering his head with a frown on his face, and she didn't know what he was thinking about so intently.
There were two other children who looked a little nervous and scared. They sat huddled on the stools, as if they were thinking of something terrible.
They...what happened?
"Xiao Jin, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Xueying frowned and wiped Ye Xiaojin's hair, but found a fine layer of sweat on his head. What happened?
It's still early today and the temperature is a bit low. Why is this child sweating?
"mother!"
Ye Xiaoyu, who was beside her, came back to her senses in time, and heard the doubt in Jiang Xueying's heart. After hesitating for a while, she quickly explained, "It's okay, Mom!"
Ye Xiaojin also reacted and smiled.
Jiang Xueying obviously didn't believe that the two siblings were really okay with their abnormal attitude. They must be hiding something from her. She knew it from the beginning, but they were unwilling to say it. She was willing to pretend that she didn't know for the rest of her life until they were willing to say it.
When the two children heard Jiang Xueying's voice, they felt moved but also complicated. Many things were beyond their ability and understanding. Even if they wanted to say them, many things were difficult to explain.
Since the topic of twins was so suffocating, Jiang Xueying stopped talking about it and turned to ask.
"By the way, Brother Wang, the imperial court seems to have stopped issuing this order. Why are you still staying here? Have you never thought about leaving?"
"Hey, what can we do if we go out? My brother and I have lived here since we were old enough to understand. We are used to it. We just want to spend our lives here peacefully and don't want to go out!"
It was a bit too sad for a man in his thirties to say such things. Their relatives had already died to protect them. They were each other's closest relatives. Where could they go even if they left? It was better to stay here and be free.
Jiang Xueying also understood that when she was a killer, she also thought about retiring, but many things were not as easy as she thought. Isn't this kind of stable life what she dreamed of? All the prosperity outside is just a passing cloud, and a lifetime is sometimes just a flash.
After having breakfast and tidying up briefly, the few of them thanked the Wang brothers again and said goodbye. They had to set off early and try to find a place to stay before dark.
The Wang brothers have lived here for many years and have specially shown them the way, which is much easier than for them to figure it out on their own.
Of course, when Jiang Xueying packed up her things, she left some silver in Brother Wang's room. After all, if she gave it to them directly, he would definitely not accept it. Brother Wang provided them with food and shelter and carefully gave them directions. These kindnesses could not be repaid with just this little silver.
After bidding farewell to the two brothers, the group packed their bags and set off again.
On the way, Ye Xiaojin, who always loved to chatter, also became very quiet. Jiang Xueying thought he was not feeling well, so she asked with concern, "Xiaojin, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? If you have anything, tell your mother. Don't hold it in. OK?"
Ye Xiaojin knew that Jiang Xueying was concerned about him. He looked at Ye Xiaoyu who was shaking her head at him, and could only half lean on Jiang Xueying and shook his head.
"Mom, I'm fine, I just didn't sleep well!"
Hearing him say that he was sleepy, Jiang Xueying didn't ask any more questions and let him lie on the mat to sleep.
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