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It has been five or six days since the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather in the morning and evening is getting cooler and cooler. However, the cooler weather has little impact on Zhao Zhenzhong. He still practices martial arts every morning and evening. In the morning, he still sweats profusely in the stone cave and digs the holes continuously. In the afternoon, he goes to the mountains to collect various wild fruits, checks the traps, and whether the mechanism has harvested them.

As the space in the cave became larger and larger, the construction plan for the inside of the cave in Zhao Zhen Center has also changed several times and is constantly improved. However, because the cave is much darker during the day and the space in the cave is spacious, it is difficult to solve the lighting problem for a while. Zhao Zhenzhong finally positioned the cave in the rest and material storage center. However, no matter what, he had to clean up the debris inside first, and then build it internally according to the size of the space. Not only should there be ventilation flue and heating settings, but some partitions should also be made to separate the internal space into several bedrooms, as well as water, grain, fuel and other daily necessities.

These days, the old Taoist has not gone to the mountain with Zhao Zhenzhong anymore, and waited alone every day at the nearby Juxian Palace. However, the look of expectation on his face when he went out in the morning turned into a little disappointed and worried when he came back in the evening.

Zhao Zhenzhong and the other three also knew that the old Taoist was waiting for his secular relatives to come.

Since the old Taoist and Zhou Hao got drunk on the Mid-Autumn Festival, they revealed that after the festival, relatives from the secular world were coming to visit the old Taoist. The old Taoist's appearance as a gentle and elegant man seemed to be gone, and he became an ordinary old man who expects family affection and longs for family happiness.

Under the curiosity of several people, especially Zhou Hao's questioning, the old Taoist briefly told the few people about his own situation.

The old Taoist was not originally from Shandong, but from Hubei. He was 63 years old this year. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army Rebellion, he fled to Jiao County and finally lived there. When he was about ten years old, he met a martial arts master who had practiced in Wudang Mountain and was taken as his apprentice. Later, he learned that the master had participated in the Taiping Army and the Nian Army. After the failure of the Nian Army, he stayed in the vicinity of Jiao County and later went to Baiyun Cave to become a Taoist priest.

Li Laodao got married at the age of 17 and had his first child at the age of 19. There were six in total. When Laodao was about 40, his wife died of illness again, and the children were still alive. Laodao felt that things were impermanent, so he went to Baiyun Cave to find a master and became a Taoist priest. However, Laodao still had some concerns about the descendants of his family, and sometimes he would go back to help his descendants. Laodao's six children died of illness and died two days ago.

One of them went there due to war, and two more were due to floods a few years ago. Now only the youngest son is still alive. Among the other relatives and the old Taoist generation, there is a sister in her 50s alive. In addition to the younger son and wife, the younger son and the younger son are the younger son and the younger daughter of the two families; there are more than a dozen grandchildren. This time, Kuang Zhenjue took the old Taoist sister, the younger son and several grandchildren who lost their parents.

It was originally agreed that we would come here after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it has been five or six days since the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there is still no news. How can the old Taoist not be in a hurry?

During dinner that day, Zhao Zhenzhong saw that the old Taoist looked a little worried, so he advised: "Master, don't worry too much. There are two senior brothers and three masters here. Besides, Senior Brother Kuang is very skilled, so there is no need to worry about safety on the road. They should be walking slowly with a few children. Maybe they will arrive in the next few days."

After hearing this, Old Dao Li thought about the ability of the three of them, and his appetite became much better.

Two days later, Kuang Zhenjue led an old woman in her fifties, a middle-aged man of thirty-six or seventy, and nineteen children in different clothes, ages ranging from about five to eleven or two. Among them, there were eleven boys and eight girls.

Seeing that there were twenty-two more people like this, the old Taoist and Zhao Zhenzhong couldn't help but be stunned.

"Master, these are your grandchildren and granddaughter?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked the old man with a little headache.

"There are my grandsons and seven granddaughters in this place, including my sister's family. The rest will be asked what's going on." The old Taoist was also a little confused.

Originally, the old Taoist wanted to take the children of four grandchildren under the age of ten left by the deceased children to live together, and be able to take care of them and reduce the burden on the younger son's family. Later, when his sister learned about this, he asked him to take care of the three children who had lost their parents together, at least they could have a stuttering to survive. The old Taoist agreed after considering it. But now nineteen children appeared all at once, including his sister, son, and his master and apprentice. Not to mention anything else, the residence of the twenty-six people of all sizes and daily food application is a big problem. The old Taoist is even more worried that this would make Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhou Tian, ​​and Zhou Hao dissatisfied.

Since staying here, except for the little rice and grain sent by Taiqing Palace every month, the food of several people is almost all harvested by Zhao Zhenzhong and the other three. Because Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao are young and have little strength, these tasks can almost be said to be done by Zhao Zhenzhong alone. Although Zhao Zhenzhong is super qualified and talented, he is only over ten years old after all. So many people came at once, and almost all of them are children who lack labor and need people to take care of...

Seeing the situation in front of him, the old Taoist originally had a great pleasure when he saw his grandson. He asked his son and Kuang Zhenjue with a calm face, "What's going on with these children?"

"Master, these children are orphans from Yimeng. I heard that two months ago, in the southwest of Dawen River, Sishui, and Yishui, the river flooded due to heavy rains for several days. Several counties were affected by disasters. These children were orphans whose parents died on the way with their parents. When I saw them, some of them were looking for things in the garbage dump, some were hungry and dying on the side of the road, and some were still crying with their deceased parents. It was miserable..." Kuang Zhenjue said, thinking of the scene at that time, his eyes turned red.

"Dad, it really doesn't work. I'll take my nephews back. Although the family is not well-off, I can still live. But if I don't care about these children, they will be gone in a few days. These are more than a dozen lives. If I haven't met them, we won't say anything, but if we meet them, we can't ignore what's happening in front of us." said the old Taoist son standing next to him.

After hearing this, the old Taoist sighed and turned his head to ask, "Brother Zhao, Jatou Zhou, what do you three say?"

Zhao Zhenzhong also sighed and said, "Since everyone is here, you can't drive them out and drive them to death. Let's settle down first." Then, he said to the old Taoist: "Master, let's introduce this uncle and this grandma."

Mr. Li pointed to the man who was tanned and thin, about 1.7 meters tall, and was over 30 years old, and said, "This is my incompetent young son, named Li Tongsheng, you are called Senior Brother; this is my sister, named Li Shifen, you are called Senior Gu." Zhao Zhenzhong and the other two hurriedly greeted him. Then, Mr. Lao pointed at Zhao Zhenzhong and the other two and introduced to the two, "This is how many apprentices I have mentioned to you, Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao."

Then, the old Taoist added: "I have been here for more than a month, and I have been away for nearly half a month. Although the three of them are young, don't underestimate them. All the gains here are almost done by the three of them, and basically it is the credit of Zhao. Even the old Taoist, I am taking advantage of them." The old Taoist's explanation made Li Tongsheng and Li Shifen understand why the old Taoist asked for the opinions of the three children just now.

After Zhao Zhenzhong was humble, he began to make arrangements:

"Zhou Tian, ​​you and Senior Brother Kuang go and get some water for them to clean. If possible, let the master help you find some herbs to prevent and treat epidemics. All the newly arrived twenty-two people, including Senior Brother Kuang, Senior Brother Li, and Senior Aunt, need to be cleaned. All the clothes must be disinfected with boiling water, and throw away what cannot be worn."

"Master, please show these children whether there are any sick people."

"Zhou Hao, go and get some rice to cook porridge and add some salt."

"There are not so many bowls and chopsticks here, so I'll find some things to make." Zhao Zhenzhong gave a series of instructions and then said: "Master, let's discuss it after lunch."
Chapter completed!