Shadow had two knives hanging on his waist and was trying to figure out how to escape the master's punishment.
When he saw Lan'er leading the three of them towards the village, he immediately threw everything in his mind behind him.
"The master is a little angry about the refugees and asked them to stay in the village."
Shadow was stunned for a moment, and then an idea came to him.
"Lan'er, as for you, you'd better take good care of your wife and leave them to me."
Lan'er: "Are you sure?"
"It's just arranging people. How can we be sure? Don't worry, I promise to arrange everything properly."
Just like that, Shadow volunteered and took Aji and his family around the village.
"Brother, what's your name?"
Shadow looked like a stranger, but after asking the question, he looked at their exhausted and skinny faces and sighed slightly.
"How about this, let's put aside the visit to the village for now, you need to find a place to live now.
Have you seen that big courtyard? That is where our master and his wife live, and the young master and the others are also there.
There is also that small house where a woman who fled here lived temporarily after being injured.
You can choose the remaining houses, whichever one you choose."
Hearing this, Aji kept shaking his head: "We are just staying temporarily, just temporarily.
When the war is over, we will leave."
Shadow laughed: "Brother, when do you think this battle will be over?
Let me tell you this, when the two countries are at war, there is no third party to intervene, and the strength is not much different, you come and I go, and it is the people on the border who suffer.
Don't look at me like that, my young master said.
Therefore, you can live here with peace of mind and regard this place as your home.
I can’t say anything about other places, but here, absolutely no one dares to cause trouble.”
Aji looked at the other party's confident look, and although his heart was pounding, he still said: "We won't live in vain.
My wife can do everything, including washing, cooking, boiling water, and farming.
Anyone who comes from a poor family can help.
And I am a blacksmith with a lot of strength..."
Shadow shook his head: "Brother, you still don't understand what I mean.
We are just an ordinary village here, what do we want you to do?
As long as you live here well, it's best to be self-sufficient.
We are not here to raise idle people, we just take you in because we see you as pitiful.
I’ll give you security, but..."
"I understand!" Aji nodded repeatedly and said, "It's just that you saved our whole family, I have to thank you..."
Shadow laughed: "What do you think of our place?"
"very good!"
"Why don't those soldiers dare to come in?"
Aji doesn't know anymore.
"No one from the two dynasties dares to come to this place on the border. What does that mean?
Are we short of something?
No shortage!
So, don’t think about anything, just live a good life here.
By the way, you are a blacksmith, right?"
Aji nodded.
"Okay, I will come to you if I have something to do in the future. If you are a blacksmith, I can introduce you to a place to live.
There are ready-made tools there that can be used just right.”
This is a small single-family courtyard located at the end of the village.
If you are forging iron here, even if there is a lot of noise, it will not affect other residents very much.
Aji was very excited to see the yard and the brand new tools in the yard.
"How's it going? Is it okay here?"
Aji nodded repeatedly: "Okay, just these things..."
"If you leave it alone, leave it alone. It will become useless after a long time. I might as well give it to you for use."
Shadow chuckled: "If you have nothing to do, you can choose a place outside the village, cultivate it yourself, and plant it yourself.
To the west, there is a river near the mountain. If you usually have water, you can go there to dig a well. There is no well in the village for the time being."
Even though Shadow mentioned so many shortcomings, for Aji, it was already very good.
"You guys take a look at the house first and put the child to sleep. There is no bedding inside. Make do with it for now. If you are free another day, come with me and go to the town to buy some."
"Go...to town?"
Aji was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
In the small town ahead, no one is there, so there is nowhere to buy anything.
Obviously, he misunderstood the shadow's meaning.
"You'll know when the time comes. Don't worry, I promise you'll be fine. Stay peacefully. I'll prepare some ingredients for you.
It’s not okay to go hungry.”
Watching the shadow leave, Aji's expression was complicated.
Sometimes when people are in despair, no matter what they encounter, they will feel particularly unreal.
It's like he's dreaming now.
How could it be so good? When I was at the end of my rope and about to give up, a village appeared.
A special village, a village that those ferocious soldiers dare not approach.
It would be okay if there is someone powerful or a big shot.
But there is only one family living in the village.
The name of this family is very strange, like a big family in the city, but they all do the most ordinary things.
For example, the couple he saw first.
Although he was wearing brocade and silk clothes, he was hoeing the fields with a hoe in his hand.
The master and his wife went to work in the fields, while the servants sat and watched.
Is there something wrong with my brain?
He put the child in his arms into the room, walked out and held his wife's hand.
"It's safe!"
The wife also showed a bitter smile and just leaned on his generous shoulder.
Hungry, thirsty, and the long journey caused the two of them to fall into a deep sleep.
They just relied on each other, sat in the yard, and snored.
When the shadow rushed over, Huanxin carrying a basket was followed behind.
"Asleep!"
Shadow wanted to step forward and wake them up, but was stopped by Huanxin.
"Just put the food here first and let them sleep for a while!"
"But how can I sleep well if I sleep like this!"
"You have never experienced hardship, so of course you don't understand. Okay, don't disturb them, let's go back first.
I heard from Lan'er that the master is looking for you."
"Looking for me?" Shadow's heart suddenly jumped: "What are you looking for me for?"
"How could I know!"
Shadow began to murmur in his heart, remembering what the young master had said to him before, his heart pounded.
"Well, Huanxin, the young master has something to do with me, I'm still busy.
I won't go to the master's place, just tell me if you have anything.
Well, I’m too busy running around.”
As he spoke, the shadow had already quickened his pace and left.
But the direction he left was not the compound at all, and he was obviously not looking for the young master.
Huanxin shook her head and chuckled.
She didn't have the time to listen to Shadow's nonsense, so she deliberately used these words to send him away.
She has to go back to take care of the young master.
The recent situation between the young master and Feng Mingming is too puzzling.
If the young master were too sad, wouldn't he be derelict in his duty?
Alas, she doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, so she can only make up for this shortcoming with careful care.