Originally, he rushed from Qingzhou City and arrived in the town before dark.

He once met Zhang Xiuniang in the town. Zhang Xiuniang would come to the town to sell his embroidery work every once in a while. By chance, the two met each other. Later, they gradually fell in love with each other. When they arrived here, all the past appeared before him, and he couldn't wait to find Zhang Xiuniang.

Therefore, regardless of the darkness, he followed his memory and found it all the way.

But he only remembered that Zhang Xiuniang once said that she was a farmer in Xiaoxi Village, but she had never been to this village and just moved forward with her memory. At night, the road was even more empty, not a single person, and she couldn't see the direction of the road clearly.

until--

Yuan Dingye frowned and looked at the big dog and the child not far away.

He turned over and dismounted and took a step over there. The big dog and the child shook together. Even if the night was hazy, they could vaguely see their fear. Originally, Ye paused and retracted his feet.

Apart from a distance, he asked, "Child, why are you here?"

This is a wilderness, with weeds growing, and adults are afraid of walking alone at night, let alone just a child.

Miaomiao hugged the tree trunk tightly and looked at the people in the distance nervously.

It was too dark, and there was no fire, and she could see nothing. She could only see that the man was tall and strong, and the shadows cast on the ground were long and far away. When it reached the roots of the big tree, it was like an evil ghost crawling out of the story her mother had told her, making her tremble.

All the terrible stories I had heard before came to my heart in an instant. Miaomiao said tremblingly with tears in her eyes: "You... don't come here..."

"Woom!"

Originally planned: "..."

He touched his nose, raised his hands and surrendered, and did not get close to him, and just stood there and asked, "Child, where is your parents? Are you only one person?"

Miaomiao held her tears, closed her mouth, and didn't dare to say a word.

It was originally planned to have a headache.

He could march and fight, understand military strategies, and was unpleasant to the emperor. He was famous in the army, but he was not good at dealing with children.

But as dark as it is today, and in the wilderness, he will never dare to leave such a young child.

Just when he was helpless, he suddenly heard a gurgling sound.

Miaomiao was stunned for a long time, and she was stunned with tears in her eyes before realizing that it was from her stomach.

She hadn't eaten enough, and was woken up by her aunt in the middle of the night. She walked for a long time when she was hungry. The little thing in her belly had already been digested.

The sound of gurgling continued, and then several times, which was particularly obvious in this quiet and empty night. Miaomiao quickly patted her stomach with comfort, but this time it didn't work.

Originally, Dingye untied his bag from his horse and threw a bag with dry food onto the quilt. The big yellow dog arched his back and put his nose in front of the bag and smelled it for a long time before he raised his head and barked at the Miaomiao on the tree.

Originally planned to be wild: "Eat."

Miaomiao swallowed twice, but couldn't resist the temptation of hunger and got up from the tree.

Her eyes stopped at Yuan Dingye's body, and her round eyes were still full of vigilance, but as soon as the bag was opened, the aroma of food inside reached her nose, and she no longer cared whether the evil ghost in front of her was a good ghost or a bad ghost, and all her attention was attracted by the food.

There were buns and jerky meat in the bag. Although it had already cooled down, the fragrance did not diminish. As soon as Miaomiao sniffed, the screams in her stomach became louder.

She stretched out her hand, thought of something, and shrank back. Miaomiao grabbed her hand and said hesitantly: "I don't have any money."

"No money."

"But……"

"I don't want anything." Yuan Tingye said: "Don't worry, eat."

Miaomiao then took a bun, and the others didn't dare to move. She broke the bun in half, gave half to rhubarb, and said vaguely: "I eat very little, half is enough."

Although the buns are cold, they still taste fragrant, and the meat inside is also solid pork, which is much better than the steamed buns made by my aunt. When I look at him again, Miaomiao doesn't look like the evil ghost crawling out of the story, and it seems to be more amiable than my aunt. At least my aunt refused to give her food for nothing.

Originally, when the child walked over, the child not only did not resist, but also gave him half of the quilt. After getting closer, he saw clearly that he was a miserable little girl, thin and looked very pitiful.

Miaomiao held her big dog and looked up at his big horse. This big horse is so majestic, so much bigger than her big yellow dog.

Miaomiao couldn't help asking: "Uncle, have you been driven out too?"

Originally, Tingye asked: "Are you driven out?"

Miaomiao thought about it and said, "No, I came out by myself."

She found the person she was talking to, and couldn't help but say: "My aunt wrongly accused me of stealing money, beating me, and not living in a house. So I left by myself."

"What about your parents?"

"My mother is dead." Miaomiao said in disappointment: "My father... I don't know where my father is."

She used to like to talk about her general father the most. When she first met her fairy brother, she poured beans into pieces and cleaned her life experience. She almost always mentioned her father who was unknown where she was. But after waiting for so long, she suddenly didn't want to mention it.

Originally, Dingye touched her head. The child's hair was messy, but his hair was soft. Miaomiao took the initiative to rub it into his palm, and she was completely ignored. Whenever someone expressed a little kindness, she came over like a puppy smelling flesh and bones.

"Then where are you going in the future?"

"I...I don't know either." Miaomiao said in a tangled way: "I have no place to go."

She originally wanted to be a little beggar, but the little beggar would be beaten by wind and rain, and be beaten and scolded by passers-by, as if it was no different from being at her aunt's house. My mother also wanted her to go to school, but the little beggar could not go to school.

Miaomiao looked at him with her head raised: "Uncle, where are you going? You were also driven out. Do you have a place to go? Can we go together? I can work, I am very useful, just eat a little bit of it."

Yuan Dingye: "I'm here to find someone."

It turned out that it was not driven out. Miaomiao lowered her head in disappointment again.

Yuan Dingye asked a few more questions.

The little girl was not alert. He only spent half a meat bun to ask about her situation.

Her parents are gone, and she lives with her uncle's family alone, but her family is not good to her. She can't eat enough every day, but she still has to do the dirtiest and tiring work in the family. Until tonight, her uncles wrongly accused her of stealing things and drove her out of the house, regardless of her safety.

Yuan Dingye was furious when he heard this. The little girl was so well-behaved and sensible, and she was clearly educated with sincerity, but her mother died early and fell into the hands of a group of evil relatives. But he had no choice but to do anything about it.

No matter how powerful he is, he cannot interfere in other people's family affairs.

"Since you have no place to go, why don't you go with me." Yuan Dingye said it, and was also surprised, but he continued: "When I find someone, you go back to the capital with me, at least I can give you a bite of food."

Miaomiao's eyes lit up: "Really!"

"real."

Miaomiao let out a wow, jumping around him happily, which was quite similar to the big dog next to him.

Yuan Dingye was so amused and thought to himself: Fortunately, this little girl met her. If she met some ill-minded person, half a bun would be cheated away.

He took Miaomiao back to the town and found an inn to stay in.

Miaomiao rode a horse for the first time, and she felt extremely majestic and arrogant. She was excited all the way. Even the howling Ye Feng did not scare her anymore. When she was picked up, she was still a little reluctant to leave.

"Can I still ride a horse tomorrow?" Miaomiao sat in the bathtub and let him wash his hair. The adult's hands were clumsy and pulled off several of her hair. Miaomiao didn't mind, and her mind was full of that horse: "I have only ridden rhubarb before!"

The big yellow dog lay beside him and barked.

"You can ride it a few times tomorrow, but now you can sit down."

Miaomiao sat down obediently and asked this kind-hearted uncle to apply medicine to the wounds she had washed.

It was originally in the wild, and there was nothing to see. But now I saw clearly that the girl was thin and had many injuries on her body. Some of them were long and left faint traces. What was more conspicuous was the newly added today, with red and swollen scars, and the blood was not dry. There was a blue and black palm print on her back, but the girl was conscious of nothing, and was obviously used to the pain.

He was careful when applying medicine, for fear of accidentally hurting her, and he couldn't help but feel resentful to his uncle's family, whom the little girl had never met. Even the most severe punishment in the army was never used on children.

Miaomiao rolled in the soft quilt, holding the pillow and chuckled, her little face flushed, "Since my mother left, no one has been so kind to me!"

The corners of his lips were curled, and a little tenderness appeared on his cold and hard face.

For some reason, this was not the first child he had ever met. Perhaps because he met on the way to look for Xiuniang, or perhaps because the little girl had a pitiful life experience, so she was particularly in line with his eyes. He rarely acted impulsively on weekdays, but today he had the idea of ​​taking her home when he first met.

It’s like when he met Xiuniang, he relied on his emotional guidance and had nothing to do with anything else.

He once thought that he and Xiuniang would have children in the future. If they were a little girl, they would have to be so well-behaved and sensible.

...

The next day, Miaomiao woke up before dawn.

Last night, she wanted to tell her brother the good news about where she would go in the future, but after waiting for half a night, she never waited for someone in her dream. When she opened her eyes, she felt very regretful.

She woke up early, but she didn't have to work today. Miaomiao had a rare morning like this. She rolled off in the bed happily before she realized that the kind-hearted uncle was gone.

Miaomiao quickly got up. As soon as she found her little shoes, Yuan Dingye pushed the door and walked in.

He held the food in his hand, Miaomiao sniffed, and his stomach suddenly started to sniff.

“Come here to eat.”

Miaomiao's eyes lit up and she ran over immediately, sat upright, and originally planned to push the portion of food into two parts, and the lesser one was put in front of her.

The breakfast was a bowl of hot wontons, meat pancakes, and the eggs she had always dreamed of! Miaomiao was so careful that she couldn't bear to waste any bite. Even if she was over, she tried her best to swallow her last bite.

Since her mother left, she has never eaten that much. This is the day when her father came.

It would be even better if my cousin was right in front of me!

Miaomiao touched her round belly and asked, "Uncle, what are we going to do today?"

"Look for someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

Yuan Tingye said softly: "Go and find my future wife."
To be continued...