Tell the lord, the princess has climbed the wall

Chapter 482

After wiping the dagger clean, Zuo Mu habitually twirled it a few times between his fingers before slipping it back into the scabbard.

The old woman saw that Zuo Mu's movements were clean and agile, without any sloppiness, her eyes widened in an instant, and she was very curious, "How can you kill chickens so proficiently at such a young age? killing life?"

Zuo Mu chuckled, and stuffed the dagger back into his boots casually, "That's not true, I often take a knife, and when it comes to killing chickens, I'm really like you, today is the first time I've done it."

The old lady gave Zuo Mu a thumbs up, and praised sincerely, "It's really amazing, it looks much better than your grandma and me.

But to be honest, with your small appearance, you love to play with knives and you are not afraid of blood. This is quite similar to our Xiaoya,

It's alright, since this little thing is already dead, I'm not afraid anymore, leave the hair removal and internal organs to me, and you can rest. "

"Xiaoya..." Zuo Mu got up to make room for the old woman by the pool, and asked curiously, "Is Xiaoya the name of your precious granddaughter you just mentioned?"

"That's right, my granddaughter's name is Xiaoya,

Let me tell you, don't look at our Xiaoya as a girl, born to be bold. "

Speaking of her own granddaughter, the old lady had a look of pride, even her voice was full of pride,
"During festivals, pigs and sheep are slaughtered at home, and all of them are slaughtered by her herself. The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out. The battle is similar to what you just did, and it looks sharper than the old man.

Even the old man said, it's a pity that our Xiao Ya was born as a daughter. If this boy was a boy, he would be able to lead troops to fight and become a general. "

"Lead soldiers to fight? Women can also lead soldiers to fight!" Zuo Mu shook his head with a smile, and followed the old woman's words, "But having said that, Xiaoya's personality doesn't only sound like her name, it also doesn't match your personality. It doesn't look like it, but it looks more courageous than you?"

What Zuo Mu said was originally a joke, but just as she finished speaking, the old lady let out a long sigh.
"Miss really let you talk. To tell you the truth, although our family Xiaoya was brought up bit by bit by our old couple, but we have no blood relationship with us."

Zuo Mu was shocked, he didn't know why such earth-shattering news suddenly came out of the old woman's mouth when it was just a polite remark.

"How could this be? Could it be that Xiaoya was not born to your son?" Driven by curiosity, Zuo Mu couldn't help asking.

"This matter, we have to start with Xiaoya's father," the old lady turned her head to look at Zuo Mu, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, not only Xiaoya, but even his father is not our own, that is, he and I That son happened to be the same age, so he happened to come to our house."

"You still have a son, why didn't I hear you mention it just now. What about your son, where is he now?" Zuo Mu asked casually without thinking.

But as soon as the words were spoken, Zuo Mu regretted a little.

Listening to what the old couple said just now, tomorrow is the birthday, but only the unrelated granddaughter and grandson-in-law may come back,

Obviously, the old man's son either passed away a long time ago, or he was in a place far away from them, and it was impossible to come back. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason for the old man to only hope for a granddaughter without blood relatives, and not for his own son. .

If I ask myself this question, I guess it is tantamount to adding salt to the old man's wound.

Sure enough, just as Zuo Mu's thought flashed across his mind, the old lady over there let out another long sigh,
"Oh, it would be great if my biological son is still alive. If he is still alive, he will be 42 years old this year. Think about it, it has been more than 30 years since he passed away."

"What about Xiaoya's parents? Tomorrow is grandpa's birthday. Is it possible for them to come back?" Seeing the old woman talking more and more sadly, Zuo Mu casually changed the subject.

She thought that discussing the topic of the dead made grandma uncomfortable, and discussing the topic of the living should make grandma continue happily.

Unexpectedly, when she asked this question, she was greeted with silence.

"They're all gone too." After a long silence, the old woman finally said in a deep voice.

"Grandma, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention your sadness." When Zuo Mu saw it, Grandma's eyes were a little wet, and he quickly stroked Grandma's back and apologized.

"It's okay, kid, I can't blame you for this, after all, you don't know the inside story,

Besides, it's all in the past.I've thought about it too. "

The old woman plucked the chicken feathers in her hand, turned her head and smiled tolerantly at Zuo Mu, and said without hesitation,
"Actually, I haven't told anyone about my family for a long time. It's really boring to keep it in my heart. Now I'm talking about it to you, and I feel a lot more comfortable.

In fact, Xiaoya's father and my son are the same age.

My son Zhang Deng passed away when he was nine years old.

I remember very clearly that the winter was extremely cold that year, and it had been snowing for several years. After the beginning of spring, there were several consecutive heavy snowfalls. There was really nothing to cook at home. The whole family was so hungry that their chests were stuck to their backs. The old man had no choice but to enter the mountain hard to see if he could try his luck.

The sensible son was worried that the old man would go alone, so he silently accompanied him, and the father and son went into the mountain together.

After the two entered the mountain, their luck was pretty good, and soon they met two rabbits jumping out alive and looking for food. The old man was very happy when he saw it, and hurried to catch the big one.

Unexpectedly, when he finished catching the rabbit and turned back to look for his son, he found that his son had long disappeared in the white forest.

Following his son's footprints, he found that after he left, his son also chased another rabbit. Maybe he was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to the road. In the end, he stepped on the ground and fell down. cliff.

The old man was so anxious that he searched down the mountain for several days and nights, but he couldn't find his son. In the end, he brought back a strange child covered in injuries.

The child was badly wounded, covered in wounds, and had nowhere to go, and looked almost as if he had just escaped from a dungeon,
But even so, our old couple is already very happy, God finally treated us well, and when our son left, he sent us another one.

So in the following days, we took care of that child bit by bit, even more meticulously than we used to take care of our own son, until the child's injuries were fully healed after half a year.

But since the child came, he never opened his mouth or spoke, and he was silent all day long, without a smile on his face. Even in the end, our old couple agreed that maybe the one we picked up was a mute.

What's even more strange is that after he recovered from his injury, he refused to stay in the house. He started to go out every day before dawn and didn't come back until dark. Just running around all over the mountains.

(End of this chapter)