Jinghong Tower

They are all old people, and these children are their grandchildren and great-grandsons. The grandson's father and uncle were arrested twice before, and now those people want to arrest even children as young as twelve or thirteen years old.

They tried to untie the child's rope with trembling hands. If they couldn't untie it, they bit it with their teeth. When the rope was untied, they hugged each other and cried bitterly. Just now, they thought it was the eternal farewell.

Two children looked at all this blankly. They had no relatives.

He Ran recognized that this was the child of the mother and child who had asked her for help. Their mother had died under the arrow of the flag officer.

He Ran walked over. The two children were about the same height and similar in appearance.

"Are you twins?" He Ran asked.

One of the children pointed at the other and said, "I am the older brother and he is the younger brother."

The other one said: "No, I am the brother!"

He Ran curled up his lips, of course they knew who was the elder brother, they just wanted to protect the other one.

More and more people gathered around. He Ran took a look and found that, as Xiaoli had inquired, almost all of them were old, weak, women and children.

He Ran asked: "Is Li Zheng doing it?"

Everyone lowered their heads. Suddenly, the younger brother of the twins said loudly: "It is my father who is here. My father is dead. He was stabbed to death by the official with a spear!"

He Ran suddenly remembered what Xiaoli had asked about, and she asked, "Does your family run a wine shop?"

The young man nodded: "My family's wine shop has been passed down for several generations, and now it can no longer be passed down."

The young man choked up and couldn't speak anymore.

An old man said for him: "His father only has one daughter, his mother, who stayed at home to raise a new wife. His father died of illness long ago.

The first two times he came to arrest people, his father paid out ten taels of silver. This time, his family could still use the money, but his father helped us people by saying a few words of justice, and he was killed by the official. Give.

The official even had the wine shop smashed up and the family's money confiscated. Not only that, but he also had to drag his siblings away with him! "

"Sister and brother?" He Ran subconsciously looked at the boy who just called himself brother.

The young man quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at He Ran.

He Ran complained in her heart that her problem of not distinguishing between men and women was only in this life. She didn't remember that she had this problem in the previous two lives.

The woman's body was still on the path. The old man didn't know it yet, but the mother of the two children tried to protect them from escaping from the path, but ended up taking her own life.

She just asked, this village originally had more than 100 households and more than 600 people. After the first two arrests of young men, many people escaped. Now, there are almost no young men in the village. Those who can leave have left, and some have gone. They went to live with relatives, and some went to the city. After all, life in the city was much easier.

Today, there are only about 70 people left in the village.

He Ran said to everyone: "Those people just retreated for a while, and they will come back later. We can't stay here. Do you have a place to go?"

An old man sighed: "Come on, come on, I don't want money, I want my life. My eldest son is dead, and my two younger sons were taken away by them. If they want my life, give it to them!" ” ˆ ˜ An eighty-nine-year-old girl hugged his arm: “Master, you can’t die. If you die, what will happen to Nizi?”

At this time, a woman in her forties dragged a young man to He Ran. The young man was one of the people who had just been rescued.

The woman dragged the young man and knelt in front of He Ran: "Benefactor, this is my youngest son. The two older ones in the family were taken away. You saved his life today. His life is yours, my benefactor." , please take him away, let him be a servant for you, no wages, you just need to give him a mouthful of food, let him live, just live, benefactor, please! Leave a root for my family!"

He Ran was about to say something, but several people pulled their children and knelt down. These children were actually boys, the oldest was thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest was only five or six years old.

In times of crisis, the children for whom their families seek a way out are all male members of the family.

He Ran sighed and said to these people: "I don't need a servant, and I won't help you preserve your bloodline. You can raise your children by yourself, I don't want them."

In this life, she will never help others raise their son. This kind of thankless task is enough once.

Everyone was startled. This benefactor was tall and tall, his clothes were gorgeous, and he had martial arts skills. He thought he could protect the child, so why not?

He Ran looked at their expressions and was speechless. Suddenly, she saw a dozen girls behind the crowd. Some were older, fifteen or sixteen years old. Some of them had disheveled hair and their clothes were obviously... There were signs of being torn. One of the girls' sleeves had been torn off, and she could only hide her bare arms behind her back.

He Ran had seen too many women who withered in the war. They were once the daughters and granddaughters of someone else.

At first, just like these girls, they were shy and young.

He Ran pointed at the girls: "Are they engaged? If there are any who are not engaged, you can come with me, I am a woman!"

Everyone was startled. Just now they had only knelt down and kowtowed, and they didn't even notice that this benefactor was a woman. Now that they looked carefully, they seemed to be a bit neither male nor female.

No wonder she doesn't want a boy. That's right. The benefactor doesn't look very old, and it doesn't look like a young woman raising several boys.

There was silence. After a while, someone whispered: "My girl is not engaged, but who knows where these two people are from? What if they are kidnappers?"

"Are there such kidnappers? They killed people, and they killed officers and soldiers."

"If you ask me to say, let them take them away, haven't you understood this time? How can ordinary people like us keep our children? His second uncle, your granddaughter was almost taken away today, and why? A girl from my uncle’s family was arrested even though she was disguised as a boy, and even my fourth aunt’s daughter-in-law, who was in confinement, was almost arrested.”

"Yes, if those people take the baby away, the male baby might survive on the battlefield, but the female baby will never come back. Even if it comes back, it will be destroyed. Alas."

"That's right, she is just a girl anyway. In this day and age, we don't expect her to marry a good man and help her mother's family. Staying at home is troublesome. It's really bad for her body and the whole family will be embarrassed."

"That's right. How can we care about them? If someone wants them, it might be a way to survive."

Suddenly, someone asked: "Benefactor, if you want baby girls, you won't sell them, right?"

He Ran didn't hesitate at all and said loudly: "Don't worry, I'm not short of money and I won't sell them. I took them out of here to give them a way out. Besides, they have hands and feet and can support themselves."

"I'll go with you, but you have to take my brother with you." (End of Chapter)