While the two were talking, they turned over the reed mats, slowly wrapped the body of A Yao's mother, and placed it quietly in the middle of the thatched cottage.

At this time, the blind man said again: "According to the rules, we should observe mourning for three days. However, as a poor family keeps things simple, let's not let A Yao suffer. We will keep vigil tonight and bury him tomorrow."

Gu Tianya nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "That's what I mean too. Don't let A Yao suffer any more troubles. Blind Master, I'll let you work hard tonight and help take care of her here all night."

The old man laughed and said: "This is my errand, so it goes without saying that it must be like this."

He paused for a moment, turned his turbid eyes to Gu Tianya, and suddenly asked: "What should I do with the place? Both families have no land."

What he said was a bit meaningless, but Gu Tianya's face was instantly filled with embarrassment.

The woman looked on confusedly and couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Where? What is there no land?"

Gu Tianya sighed and said with a hint of sadness: "If you want to be buried, you have to have a place to dig a pit. A tomb requires an area of ​​land, but Ayao's family doesn't have any land..."

He paused for a moment and then slowly added: "My family doesn't have any land either."

Only then did the woman understand why the blind man said that both families had no land.

There is no field, but the tomb must be dug. Where to dig it? I can only dig it at someone else's house.

Although the world seems to be vast, in fact, there are very few truly ownerless places. The so-called three mountains, six rivers and one farmland, even the barren mountains and wild ridges, still belong to others.

The poor are really pitiful. They don’t even have a place to bury themselves when they die. (The author’s words are foreign: Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had no place to bury his father when he died. He couldn’t even afford a reed mat, so he had to carry it with a door panel.

His father's body was wandering around blindly. Finally, a landowner showed kindness and rewarded the Zhu family with a corner of land for a tombstone.)

Gu Tianya hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to have made a decision, and said in a deep voice: "I will go to Sun's house tomorrow."

Regardless of the fields, ditches, or barren mountains and ridges in this area, as long as it is a place where people can set foot, it belongs to the Sun family's property.

The blind man was silent for a long time. He suddenly sighed and said, "It's not easy to ask for the Sun family's land. You have tried to ask for it many times before, and you were scolded every time. What's the final result? You're not a good boy."

You have to pay for it. A small tomb only occupies so much land. They will ask you to owe at least two hundred cents. You can weave a reed mat for only five cents..."

Gu Tianya's face was full of determination, and he said in a deep voice: "Then buy it again, or you will owe an extra debt."

The woman's eyes flashed at the side, and she suddenly tugged on Gu Tianya's sleeve and asked softly: "Do you owe a lot of debt to others?"

Gu Tianya didn't answer, but the blind man suddenly spoke up and pointed out: "This kid has a kind heart. Every time someone dies in the village, he helps. Once he helps, he wants to help from beginning to end. The people in the village are poor, so buy

He couldn't afford the land to dig a grave, so he went to the Sun family and shouldered all the debts."

The woman looked at Gu Tianya blankly.

Gu Tianya breathed out slowly, as if to defend himself: "I am the only male in the village."

I am the only male in the village!

He has to bear everything for the lonely people in the village.

He seemed to be defending himself, but in fact his eyes were full of determination.

…

Suddenly, a warm little hand came over and held his hand, showing an inexplicable tenderness.

Gu Tianya was startled, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but the other party suddenly used force and tightly grasped his hand.

He was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but lower his head to look.

But he saw the woman looking up at her, with an unspeakable doting in her eyes. Gu Tianya was about to speak, but the woman had already interrupted him.

Just listen to her saying: "You know, in this world, there are countless fields and countless money. Fields can grow food, and money can make families rich. Therefore, if you have fields and money, you can become rich. But whether it is fields or money,

It is not as precious as another thing in the world, so what is it? That is called power."

She paused for a moment, and then continued: "You have a kind heart, and you have to struggle all day long to take care of the poor in the village. This is good, but it is also not good. People like you have eyes.

You look down on poor people, and once you see them, you want to help them, but there are too many poor people in the world. If you keep helping, you will be exhausted, because your abilities are too small, because you can use them.

The power is too small."

She didn't wait for Gu Tianya to speak, and said again: "A good man must not run rampant in the world without having land in his family or money in his pocket. But money and land don't matter. What really matters is to have power."

Her long speech was clearly trying to instill something into Gu Tianya subtly.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya was also very determined and said in a deep voice: "I said, I have to worry about the future. This world is too difficult, and the entire Hebei Province is in chaos. If I pursue what you said, I will definitely join in all kinds of battles.

Among them, once you fight with others, there will inevitably be enemies. When people do things, they worry about defeat before winning. What if I fail one day and the enemy comes to pursue my revenge? Let me ask you, who will come at that time?

Take care of my mother?"

What he said makes sense.

It's more of a worry than a reason.

However, the woman suddenly smiled, and her pretty face suddenly became heroic. She saw her hands behind her back, and her other small hand forcibly pulled Gu Tianya out of the house. Then, a man and a woman stood in the wind and snow, and the woman looked up at the sky.

, said in a leisurely tone: "As long as I live for one day, you don't have to worry about anything happening behind me."

Gu Tianya finally got rid of her little hand and warned in a cold voice: "You have an extremely unstable personality, and you are always looking for death and survival. What if you return to the family and quarrel with your relatives in the future, and you commit suicide by jumping into a river? Don't do it then.

If you say you're taking care of my mother, I'm afraid my mother will have to collect your body for you."

His words sounded a bit like pouring cold water on him, but the woman's face remained calm.

In the stormy sky, she was still looking up at the sky, and suddenly spoke again, as if murmuring: "In this life, I will never be stupid enough to seek death again."

He suddenly turned his head, looked at Gu Tianya with deep eyes, and asked quietly: "My good nephew, are you willing to help my aunt fight for the family property? Or, in other words, keep my share of the family property..."

Keep your share of the family property?

Gu Tianya frowned slightly.

…

…

He has a firm mind and will not be persuaded casually. The reason why he stays in the small village is because he is worried about his mother, so even if the woman has stopped talking, he will not give any reply for a while.

The so-called answer is a choice. Once a man makes a choice, he will charge forward without hesitation.

He remained silent, hoping to make his 'aunt' understand in this way, but the next words he said made Gu Tianya suddenly become thoughtful.

And, my heart is pounding.

Just listen to the woman slowly say: "Whether it is Hebei Province, Shanxi or Shandong, or even the entire Central Plains, plus the homeland of the Sui Dynasty, after all, the war will not continue to be chaotic..."

This sentence made Gu Tianya's mind feel like Huang Zhong Da Lu.

Although the world is difficult and the world is in chaos, there will still be a day when the origins can be clarified.

He spoke subconsciously, as if inspired by something, and murmured: "My mother once told me some stories..."

The woman couldn't help but look at him.

But he saw Gu Tianya suddenly showing his face and smiling, seeming to suddenly become energetic, and said loudly: "My mother once said that the general trend of the world will be reunited if it is separated for a long time. Haha, it will be reunited if it is separated for a long time. Thank you, aunt, for suddenly making me understand my mother's situation.

Teach!”

The general trend of the world will inevitably merge after being separated for a long time. Once they merge, the world will become peaceful.

If the world were peaceful, he would naturally have less to worry about.

Why not go out of the village and work hard? Earn some money and produce some grain and land!

Let me enjoy the happiness and never eat chaffy vegetables again, and let the poor, orphans and widows in this village no longer have to worry about where they are buried after they die...

This is the first time Gu Tianya has made a decision.

It can only be regarded as a very small ambition.

However, the woman smiled.

…

At that time, during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty, an 18-year-old boy was awakened by a woman's words and decided to make money and food.
Chapter completed!