I have a roll of fairy pictures

Chapter 18
The house is old but spotless.

The soil on the ground was moist, pressed flat and tight, with traces of renovation.

The wooden bed was dilapidated, but it was flat.The sheets and bedding on the bed are all new.

The window paper was re-framed, and the window frame was wiped clean without any dust.

In addition to this, there is also a wooden table, on which there is a pot of grass with blooming flowers.

Huo Taixian looked at the brand-new quilt, and then at the dirty toes of Xiaoya and Gousheng who had no shoes, and their eyes could not help but fluctuate slightly.

"This room is simple, please take care of it..." Song Wanquan looked at Huo Taixian, his gaze followed Huo Taixian's eyes, and he rubbed his fingers awkwardly.

Although the house is simple, it is full of care.

The little girl next to her was wearing clothes that were one size too big, full of patches, and looked enviously at the brand new sheets and bedding on the bed.

The sheets and bedding are all the simplest silk linen, not as good as the brocade quilt that Huo Taixian lived in before, but this is already the effort of the whole family.

"How could it be? Although the house is simple, it reveals the warmth of home everywhere. I like it very much, thank you dad!" Huo Taixian smiled:

"The big house has no smell of fireworks in the world, no smell of family affection, and it looks empty and cold."

"Don't worry, father will definitely live in a big house for you in the future, so that you can live a good life, and he will never treat you badly." Song Wanquan said a little embarrassed.

Several people sat down, and the little girl got into Huo Taixian's arms, her eyes were full of curiosity and intimacy.Gou Shengzi next to him looked at Huo Taixian, his eyes swept across the room, showing a faint jealousy, he lowered his head and did not speak.

"I will work in the yamen in the future, and I will have a part of my wages to supplement the family." Huo Taixian said with a smile:
"Father, do you know the background of the magistrate Wang?"

He had asked his own cheap old man before, but he didn't have time to say it at that time, so the question was delayed.

"It is said that he is a member of the royal family. Because he made a big mistake, he was relegated to this place and guarded Chang'an City." Song Wanquan said.

A few people chatted a few more gossips, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. It was Song Wanquan's wife, Mrs. Liu, who came back with two catties of venison in her hand.

Mrs. Liu is an honest man, wearing a two-patched shirt, with a slightly round figure, and his face is full of traces of weather and years.

Seeing Huo Taixian, he was a little embarrassed, standing there with the venison, unable to speak.

"I've met my mother." Huo Taixian quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"It's Xiao He'er, I've heard this old thing talking about you every day, my ears are getting callused. Get up!" Liu Shi was a little flustered, and hurriedly helped Huo Taixian up.

After another exchange of pleasantries, Mrs. Liu went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Huo Taixian and Song Wanquan chatted in the room.

Song Wanquan is a watchman who eats official rations and patrols the embankment. With a meager salary, he can support a family in this Chang'an City where every inch of land is expensive, and it depends on his fishing skills.

Song Wanquan had three daughters and one son, the youngest was Sanya, and the other two girls died of illness a few years ago.

Not long after dinner was ready, the family sat around the table,

Dinner is simple corn, fried venison, and two wild vegetables.

"Little He'er, our food is nothing compared to the mansion's, please take care of us." Song Wanquan put the venison in front of Huo Taixian.

"Father, don't be polite. Since I have entered this family, I am a member of this family. Naturally, I have the same room and board as everyone else. You are so polite, but you seem to be born, and you don't treat me as a family. Now we are A family should share weal and woe together." Huo Taixian looked at Song Wanquan, with bright eyes that seemed to be shining brightly.

Song Wanquan was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly: "I'm a rough person, Xiao He'er is right."

After finishing speaking, he stopped being polite, but picked up his rice bowl and took a big mouthful.

Huo Taixian picked up the corn, the corn was really rough and hard to swallow, but Huo Taixian was by no means a hypocritical person. In his previous life, when he traveled all over the world, when he was digging ancient paintings, he was trapped in the mechanism and ate bugs. Why didn't he suffer?

Picking up the rice bowl and taking a bite, Huo Taixian grabbed the venison and chewed it in his mouth.I have to say that the venison is really delicious, and it is the first time he has eaten venison.And Liu's cooking skills are also very good.

Huo Taixian ate two slices of venison, and just realized that the atmosphere was a bit subtle. Song Wanquan and Mrs. Liu ate rice with their heads down, and the dog leftovers next to them ate bitterly with vegetables, and the little girl over there stared at Huo Taixian The venison in front of him was drooling, and the chopsticks moved a little, trying to pass over the vegetables, but Liu stared at the little girl, and then the little girl retracted her chopsticks aggrievedly, and caught the wild vegetables on the table.

Seeing this scene, Huo Taixian was moved in his heart, stretched out his chopsticks to grab the venison, then smiled, and put it into Xiaoya's bowl:

"Girl, how can you grow tall if you don't eat meat?"

While talking, he sandwiched the venison into the dog's leftover bowl.Gou Shengzi paused while eating, raised his head and glanced at Huo Taixian, his gaze became a little subtle for a moment, then lowered his head and quickly stuffed the venison into his mouth.

"Little Crane, this venison is yours! How can they have the right to enjoy venison?" Liu said.

"Mother, you also know my previous life. I really ate enough meat, and I usually want to eat a bite of wild vegetables. You made me venison, but it was a bit of a waste. On the contrary, Xiaoya and Gousheng both grew up When you are young, you have to eat a little more meat." Huo Taixian said:
"If you really treat me as a family, treat me equally and don't try to persuade me, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in this family any longer."

Song Wanquan and Liu Shi were taken aback for a moment, but they stopped talking.

Even though the dinner was simple, Huo Taixian ate it deliciously, and kept feeding the venison to the little girl and the leftover dog. The little girl ate deliciously and smiled happily.

After dinner, Huo Taixian and Song Wanquan's family sat down to talk. Ever since Huo Taixian fed the little girl meat, the little girl has been obsessed with Huo Taixian and refused to come down in her arms.

In the dim light, Sanya fell asleep in Huo Taixian's arms, and Huo Taixian saw a piece of crystal falling out of Sanya's neck full of dirt in a trance.

Huo Taixian grabbed the Jingying casually, and then froze.

This is a piece of jade.

A strange piece of jade carved with a nine-tailed fox.

On the front of the jade is a lifelike nine-tailed fox, and on the back are engraved with two noble characters.With the help of the light, Huo Taixian read softly: Baosi.

Concubine?

Huo Taixian was taken aback for a moment, the name seemed too familiar.

And looking at the material of this jade pendant, Song Wanquan's family can't afford it.

"The jade pendant was brought by Sanya. I picked up this girl when I was traveling with Miss." Song Wanquan lowered his voice and looked at the sleeping Baosi with his eyes, as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping girl.

Huo Taixian was silent for a long time after hearing the words, holding the dusty girl in his arms, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

Is it a coincidence?

When Huo Taixian was in a trance, Mrs. Liu was already pinching Gou Sheng's ear: "From now on, don't chew your tongue in your sister's ear, or I won't let you go."

The dog over there begged for mercy repeatedly, and finally fled the house in a hurry, disappearing into the night.

"The names of the little brother and the third sister are too rustic. It will be inappropriate to grow up in the future. Have you ever thought about naming them?" Huo Taixian came back to his senses, put down the jade pendant, and stuffed it into the little girl's neck Inside.

Song Wanquan was taken aback for a moment: "We are poor and lowly, so we need a humble name to support ourselves. Let's choose a name when we grow up."

Huo Taixian nodded when he heard the words, and countless thoughts circulated in his mind: the Da Zhou of this era is somewhat similar to the Da Zhou he remembered in his previous life.Is it a coincidence?
After another conversation, Huo Taixian put the little girl down, and then went back to sleep in the house.

He just slept until midnight, but was awakened by a slight sneezing sound. Huo Taixian opened his eyes in the dark night, sensed the empty air machine, and then couldn't help being stunned, opened the door and walked out of the yard.

"The dog leftover? Why is he crying in the middle of the night?" Huo Taixian was curious, and came to the dog leftover's door, and then pushed the door open.

"Who?" The crying stopped, and Gou Shengzi asked alertly.

"Me." Huo Taixian lit the oil lamp, pushed the door and walked in, but couldn't help being stunned.

At the entrance is a scattered firewood, a field of hay is scattered in the corner of the firewood, and the leftover dog is huddling on the hay and crying.

The leftover dog actually slept in the woodshed!

At this moment, Sanya was huddled in the licorice, and she fell into a drowsy sleep.

"why are you crying?"

"I'm afraid of the dark!"

"You... why are you sleeping here?" Huo Taixian subconsciously blurted out.

The woodshed is by no means a place for people to live.

"Father cut up my sister's bed to make a table for you, and mended mine with scraps to make a new bed for you. Dad vacated my sister's and me's room for you. The house is only this big. Where can I sleep if I don’t sleep in the woodshed?” Gou Shengzi’s voice was full of resentment.

He is just a child after all!A child who is three years younger than Huo Taixian.

Huo Taixian stood there, holding the oil lamp for a long time in silence.

At this moment, his heart was full of mixed feelings, as if he was overwhelmed, but he was speechless.

I can't stop talking!

"Hold the oil lamp." Huo Taixian handed the oil lamp to Gou Shengzi, and then picked up Sanya in the weeds:
"Come with me."

Turning around and hugging Sanya, she walked towards her house.

He only took two steps, and when he crossed the threshold, he found that the lights hadn't moved. When he turned around, he saw Gou Shengzi sitting there without moving.

"Why don't you go?"

Gou Shengzi sat there sullenly: "That's your house, I can't go, dad will beat me."

Looking at that stubborn face, Huo Taixian remained silent.

"Aren't you going?"

"Don't go!"

Huo Taixian waited for a while, then carried Xiaoya into the house and said, "I'll give you the oil lamp, after lighting the oil lamp, you won't be afraid of the dark anymore."

Huo Taixian returned to the house, ignoring the dirt on the other party's body, and put the little girl under the quilt.

Just as he was about to go to sleep, Gou Shengzi's low-pitched cry came from his ears again.

Huo Taixian had no choice but to walk out of the house, looking at the dark woodshed, Gou Shengzi extinguished the oil lamp at this time.

Huo Taixian went back and forth, came to the firewood room again, and looked at the silhouette in the darkness:
"Aren't you afraid of the dark? Why did you turn off the oil lamp?"

"The venison you ate today took up half a year of my father's savings. I'm afraid we won't be able to afford oil lamps this year." Gou Shengzi cried and said:

"Mother still has to work at night to subsidize the family, and she has been refusing to turn on the oil lamp. I...I can't bear to..."

Huo Taixian was taken aback when he heard the words, as if struck by thunder, he froze on the spot.

(End of this chapter)