Although the old man was wearing silk and satin, it could not hide his hard-working face and temperament. His eyes were dull and he was excited, and he kowtowed to Dongming Ziyu.
Many people on the street gathered around, pointing and watching the fun.
The old man hugged Dongming Ziyu's legs and cried: "Bodhisattva, thank you Bodhisattva! Thank you Bodhisattva for rescuing the suffering. I have found you, little old man!"
"father!"
"Master!"
"Old man!"
A group of people ran out of the restaurant and surrounded the old man and Dongming Ziyu.
The leading young man, Yingwei, hurriedly helped the old man, "Dad, get up quickly, let's go home and talk."
Then he said apologetically to Dongming Ziyu: "Brother, I'm sorry, my father was stimulated, his mind was unclear, and I was offended."
Dongming Ziyu said: "It doesn't matter."
The old man suddenly stood up, raised his hand and gave the young man a slap in the face, "You unfilial son, quickly worship Bodhisattva, it was Bodhisattva who saved your father and your nephew!"
The young man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and coaxed him nicely: "Dad, you have recognized the wrong person again."
The old man jumped high and said, "That's right! I didn't admit my mistake!"
As he said that, he ran to a servant woman holding a child and snatched the two-year-old boy from her arms. "Shitdan, quickly kowtow to the Bodhisattva and thank the Bodhisattva for his life-saving grace! Without that food and water,
We can’t wait until your uncle comes to pick us up!”
Saying that, he held the child and knelt down to Dongming Ziyu again.
Dalang grabbed the old man and said in surprise: "You, are you the old man in the deserted village who fed his grandson with his own blood?"
Dongming Ziyu also remembered that it was the first village they encountered from the river bed. The whole village was running away to death. The old man survived by eating dead people and fed his grandson with his own blood.
At that time, he secretly took out some water and grain from the space and filled the jars in his kitchen.
Dong Youliang also showed a look of understanding and said thankfully: "It's good that I can survive."
At that time, each of them carried a small bag of grain and a bamboo tube of water. He thought that Dongming Ziyu left the grain and water with him to the old man, but he did not doubt the origin of the grain and water.
The young general was also surprised. No one except him and a few cronies knew that his father fed his nephew with his own blood, but this man knew that he had recognized the right person this time?
Moreover, judging from the accents of several people, they are indeed the accents from those near their hometown.
The old man grabbed Dongming Ziyu's sleeve and said, "Bodhisattva, let's go home. The old man will offer you an offering and burn incense!"
The young general looked around at the people watching the excitement on the three floors outside and on the three floors around him and said to Dongming Ziyu: "Brother, meeting is fate. Please come to my humble house as a guest. How about we talk slowly? Look at my father like this, I'm afraid
It’s endless.”
Dongming Ziyu didn't want to be watched here, so his eyes darkened and he said, "Okay."
The old man was as happy as a child, laughing with tears in his eyes, and called to the carriages, horses and sedans, "Hurry, welcome the Bodhisattva home quickly!"
Dongming Ziyu had no choice but to get on his family's carriage and follow them back home.
In the car, I learned that the old man’s name was Han Ping’an and his younger son’s name was Han Gu. Han Gu was a fifth-grade Xiaoqi Lieutenant. Because of his bravery in battle, he was valued by the Zhongyong Marquis and fell into his side as a personal guard. It can be said that his rank was higher than his actual rank.
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It is not easy to live in the capital. There are a lot of fifth-grade officials in the capital. Han Gu is from a poor peasant family. He has no background and no savings. He only bought a house with three incomes in the outer city. The young couple, father and nephew plus the following
It's enough for people to live in.
Han Gu was not so easy to accept the life-saving grace. When he returned home and served tea, he asked: "I wonder what was going on when you saw your father and nephew?"
Dong Youliang said: "We escaped from Dongzhou Village. There was no water at that time, so we walked from the river bed. When we saw wet places, we were able to dig some water. After walking for several days, we only saw big cracks.
The river bed was slit, so we went ashore. My fourth brother, Dalang, and I wanted to go to the nearby villages to inquire about the situation..."
In a calm recalling tone, he described the situation in the village and the skeletons in Old Man Han's yard.
"Those people all starved to death. In order to survive, the old man..." Dalang recalled the first time he saw so many corpses and skeletons, and was still a little moved. "When we entered the house, we saw the old man
He cut his wrist and dripped blood into the baby's mouth."
Dong Youliang also learned from Old Man Han about the cause of death of his eldest son and daughter-in-law, "The fourth brother asked us to dig a pit and bury the bones in the yard, and he went into the kitchen by himself."
Dongming Ziyu said lightly: "At that time, I couldn't bear it, so I left some food and water."
Han Gu was already crying, "I sent my brothers to take my father and nephew to the capital. My father was quite normal when he saw me. He didn't mention cannibalism. He had nightmares every day and vomited after eating meat. Gradually...
He's crazy. He talks incoherently, but every day he talks about the Bodhisattva who saved his life and Shidan'er's life."
Dongming Ziyu said: "When a person is in a desperate situation, he only thinks about how to survive, and his mind is extremely strong. When he is safe, when he recalls those things, it becomes a knot in his heart and he cannot get out."