Money is hard to buy, time is easy

After the injection, there was still no reaction at all. If it wasn’t for his body temperature and pulse, the doctor would have wondered if he was dead!

There was no way, after discussion, the officers and soldiers decided to bring the big man back to the yamen, and Duan Jian also carried them back.

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☆, infected with a strange disease

Yuyantang was in chaos, but no one thought of reporting to Ah Hong at home. It was because he had never been to Yuyantang, so everyone including the shopkeeper did not remember that there was Ah Hong. However, Shimo was left at home by Duan Jian again, and it was the neighbor who hurriedly knocked on the door in the end, and Ah Hong knew that something had happened to Duan Jian.

Ah Hong immediately ordered some silver bills for Shimo to take with him, and hurried to the yamen to inquire about the news. No matter how much it cost, he would get Duan Jian out first, and then send Zhou Fang to prepare a sedan chair to go out. It's a long way, and it's too time-consuming to set up a carriage at this time, it's better to go outside and hire a sedan chair, Zhou Fang hurriedly agreed to go out and hire a sedan chair.

Because I don't know what Duan Jian's situation is at this time, and the waiting time is so difficult, Ah Hong is restless, looking out of the door from time to time, and Zhou Fang's wife on the side comforts him: "Housekeeper, you are heavy, you should sit down and wait." Come on, don't get exhausted, the young master is lucky, he will be fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, the child in his stomach kicked Ah Hong in a timely manner to protest.

Ah Hong had to go back to the house and sit down. As time passed and no one came back, the worry in his heart became heavier and heavier.

Finally, Zhou Fang waited and came back, followed by four Kong Wu powerful bearers, carrying a small green cloth sedan chair, and stopped at the gate of the inner courtyard. They dared not come in without the master's order.

Ah Hong couldn't wait any longer, Huo Di stood up and walked out, Zhou Fang's wife followed behind and kept muttering: "Slow down, go slowly, hey, butler, don't go too fast, be careful of the children!"

Duan Jian's life and death are uncertain now, and he can't wait for a moment.

When Ah Hong got on the sedan chair, the four porters stood up with a heck, and carried the sedan chair out. They were all veterans in the neighborhood, and they walked steadily.Because they are pregnant women, they dare not walk too fast, for fear that if the sedan chair shakes too much, it will be bad if they hurt the employer.But Ah Hong completely ignored his body, couldn't help but lifted the curtain and told them to go faster.

"No, if you walk faster, it will shake badly. You can't bear it."

"It doesn't matter, you just go!"

The bearer had no choice but to speed up a little. The group quickly left the house, crossed the alley, and just turned the corner, they bumped into Shimo and the others walking towards home.

Shimo's eyes were red, followed by Yuyantang's buddies, who were carrying a stretcher and Duan Jian, who was unconscious, were walking home. Zhou Fang had sharp eyes and recognized it from a distance, and quickly told the bearer to stop.

Ah Hong heard the sound and asked, "What happened?"

"Master, it's the young master who are back! Stop, stop!"

When Ah Hong heard that Duan Jian had come back, he couldn't sit still at all, and the sedan chair was about to get off the ground before it stopped. Zhou Fang was so frightened that he quickly stopped him, "Housekeeper, you just sit in the sedan chair, we will turn back now." , the young master should send him home immediately to find a doctor."

He was worried too much, and instead lost his composure. If he got off the sedan chair and walked over now or waited for them to come over, it would take a lot of time. It would be better to turn back now and make preparations in advance. Fortunately, Zhou Fang stopped him. Ah Hong was annoyed and at the same time ordered: "Let's go back immediately, Zhou Fang you go and invite the doctor to the house."

The doctor Zhou Fang invited was already the best in Luocheng, but the conclusion was still the same. Judging from the pulse, Duan Jian did not have any abnormalities, just fell asleep.

"Then why hasn't he woke up?" Ah Hong sat on the head of the bed, holding Duan Jian's hand tightly.

"This... excuse me for being old and incompetent..." It was the first time for the old doctor to encounter such a strange disease, and he didn't know where to start if he couldn't find the cause.

"Could it be that if he doesn't wake up for a day, he can only watch him weaken?" Then he weakens day by day, and finally can only... No, absolutely not like this, no matter what, he can't let Duan Jian have trouble!

Ah Hong asked Zhou Fang to send the doctor away, and then asked people to go out of the city to find Wei Yuanzi.He is about to give birth, Wei Yuanzi is not at ease, he said yesterday that he would go out of the city to find some herbs for emergencies, and he would return in three to five days, but just after a day of walking, something happened to Duan Jian, it was almost... It seemed like a good deal Same time.

Suddenly Ah Hong's face turned pale, his mood was too ups and downs, which directly affected the fetus in his womb, and now he was writhing in dissatisfaction in his stomach.

Ah Hong knew that he must not mess up now, once he fell down, Duan Jian and the family would be ruined, but the child is still restless at this time, and he must be taught a lesson when he is born.The child seemed to have sensed his thoughts, and the movement became louder, even fisting and kicking in the stomach, Ah Hong had to stretch out his hand to comfort the child in the womb, as expected, he was just as worried as his father!

He has already learned the whole story from Shimo's mouth. Duan Jian was able to be released from the yamen. On the one hand, it was because he was unconscious and couldn't ask anything, and on the other hand, Li Linliang acted after learning about it. Duan Jian was taken out after helping as a guarantee, but even though he came back, he couldn't leave Luocheng during this time.But this is superfluous, Duan Jian has been in a coma, where can they go?

The servant who went out to look for Wei Yuanzi didn't come back until dark to report that no one was found. This was expected by Ah Hong. There are so many mountains outside Luocheng that it is too difficult to find someone. Now they can only send people to guard at the gates of the four sides of the city. Bring it back as soon as you see someone appearing.

Duan Jian was still in deep sleep, relying on the ginseng soup to hang his life, but in just three days, his complexion quickly turned gray, and his cheeks were sunken. He looked like a dying person, and Ah Hong looked no worse than that. How much better is Duan Jian?

It was only three days, but it seemed as long as three years to Ah Hong. During these three days, he could only watch Duan Jian gradually weaken but could do nothing. If it wasn't for the child in his stomach, he would have Wanting to stay by Duan Jian's side all the time, now Duan Jian only has a weak breath to prove that he is still alive...

And the bad news that came from outside one after another undoubtedly made the already exhausted Ah Hong worse.

The rumors that the incense powder sold by Yuyantang killed people became more and more intense. Within two days, a few more people jumped out and swore that the products of Yuyantang were indeed poisonous. There were small red bumps, and she yelled that Yuyantang should pay for it.

As for the woman whose daughter died, she stood at the gate of Yuyan Hall all day long and cried when she caught someone, while there were several big men watching her.The shopkeeper of Yuyantang can only close the store door tightly, but this is not a long-term solution. Seeing that the reputation accumulated by Yuyantang in the past few years will be destroyed by them, the shopkeeper is also very anxious, but thinking of the life and death of Yuyantang. Duan Jian, the shopkeeper can't think of any other way besides closing the door.

After waiting for another day, Wei Yuanzi still didn't come back, but he waited for another guest.

With a guilty face on his face, Li Linliang presented a box full of money, "Ah Hong, I can no longer help with this matter... Sorry, this is the dividends from Yuyantang for several years, please accept it." Half of it was posted by Li Linliang, as to make up for Duan Jian. Li Linliang was severely warned by his father not to allow him to join in. In fact, he was able to come here today because he sneaked out without telling his father.

"Does Young Master Li know anything?" Ah Hong was too anxious to care about anything else, he just wanted to know how to save Duan Jian!

Li Linliang looked tangled, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "You have to be careful, the other party has taken a fancy to Yuyantang, he is too powerful, even I am not an opponent, this time against Yuyantang is bound to win, in short, you It’s better to be careful.” The blame is to blame Yuyantang’s development is too good, but the foundation is too weak, and although he has a part in Yuyantang, but after all, it is not the property of the family, he is only the young master of the Li family, It is impossible and dare not take their own property to fight against the opponent.

"Who is going to deal with us?" Ah Hong clenched his fists. Both he and Duan Jian are low-key people. Why did this happen?

"It's the Chen family in Dingnan." Li Linliang regretted it in his heart. When he found out that the person behind the deal with Duan Jian was actually the Chen family in Dingnan, he immediately prepared a car and went out of the city to look for him. However, the guards of the manor didn't let him go. Entering the door, not to mention Chen Duo, even Fei'er couldn't see each other. Only then did I know that I had fallen into the trap of the other party. It turned out that the target of the other party had always been Duan Jian... Although it is not clear why Duan Jian was unconscious, but it must be the same as the other party. related!

Regrets are all regrets, but he dare not tell Ah Hong the truth, especially Ah Hong's belly looks like it is about to give birth. If Duan Jian really can't wake up, and something happens to Ah Hong's child, he will I will never forgive myself!

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☆, commitment

"Yuyantang is Duan Jian's painstaking effort, I will never give it up just like this!" Ah Hong was extremely angry, because someone could kill someone just because he took a fancy to a shop, he didn't think he was a saint , but they will not easily hurt others, let alone their closest relatives.He has never been offended by others, and I have never offended anyone. This time he was bullied to the head, and he will definitely pay back a hundred times in the future.

But the most important thing right now is how to wake up Duan Jian and restore the reputation of Yuyantang. The matter of finding the mastermind behind the scenes can only be put aside.

If the doctors in this county are not good enough, then go to Longjing to hire a famous doctor, and at the same time send more people to find Wei Yuanzi. Ah Hong is still very confident in Wei Yuanzi's medical skills. His uncle has always liked to study various difficult and miscellaneous diseases. , and has traveled outside the region, and his knowledge is wider than that of ordinary doctors. If Wei Yuanzi can't diagnose it, then... Ah Hong stops himself from thinking about it, there must be a way, there must be a way to save Duan Jian, he can't panic , let alone fall down.

After sending Li Linliang away, Ah Hong exchanged all the family's money into cash. The family property was managed by Ah Hong. Over the years, he had accumulated a lot of wealth, which was exchanged by Ah Hong for land and house deeds. On the contrary, there is not much cash at home, and the silver ingots sent by Li Linliang should be enough for him to use. One-third of the large ingots of silver were exchanged for one-two-one ingots of small silver ingots, and the other two-thirds were exchanged for one-third of the silver ingots. A box full of copper coins piled up.

It was the first time for the shopkeeper of Yuyantang to be invited to the Duan family's house. He heard that the young master had been in a coma for many days and his life was dying. I don't really believe this so-called butler. Who knows if he is a treacherous villain and will take the opportunity to seek family property. He has to guard the Yuyan Hall for the young master. Unfortunately, the young master's parents died and he has no children. I can't find any other relatives in the local area. If there is an emergency, I don't know whose hands this property will fall into, and there is not even a descendant to worship...

When he saw Ah Hong taking out a paper marriage contract with his stomach straight, the shopkeeper's eyes almost popped out. What, what's going on?He had never heard of the young master's engagement!I don't even know that the young lady is pregnant with Liujia. In this way, the young master will have successors, which is really great!

In fact, when Ah Hong took out the marriage contract from the cabinet, he had mixed feelings in his heart. At that time, Duan Jian found someone to match his horoscope and counted the days excitedly, but was told that there were no suitable good days this year. Duan Jian got down with a basin of cold water on her head and face. After talking about it all night unwillingly, Duan Jian got up early the next morning to write this marriage contract and forced him to sign it. It helped him a lot, allowing him to take over Yuyantang in a legitimate capacity.

Early the next morning, people nearby discovered that Yuyan Hall, which had been closed a few days ago, had opened its door. Under the command of the shopkeeper, a few staff brought out a large tank and placed it on the open space in front of the store. Pour tung oil into it, and the shopkeeper personally lit a fire pocket and threw it in. In an instant, the flame rose three feet high.

The onlookers were discussing, what is this Yuyantang trying to do with such a big fight?

At this time, the shopkeeper asked the clerk to bring out a pear wood armchair and put it in the center of the main entrance, with a thick cushion on the seat, and then sent someone to invite Ah Hong to come out.

Many people saw Ah Hong for the first time, and they didn't know who this real son who was pregnant and showed up in public was, let alone the relationship between him and Yuyantang.

Ah Hong turned a deaf ear to the voices outside, and watched the shopkeeper light the fire in the tank according to his instructions, and then set up a table at the side. There was an uproar among the people, and they saw that it was full of shiny silver coins, probably no less than several hundred taels.

An even more surprising thing happened. Under the command of the shopkeeper, the guys kept carrying out boxes of goods from the store. Boxes of good, unopened rouge and gouache powder were poured into large tanks, and were burned by the fire. Burning, a thick black smoke came out, and the movement here soon attracted more people to watch.

After everything was thrown into the big vat and burnt, the shopkeeper cleared his throat, and Hong Sheng said: "Everyone, please be quiet, be quiet." After everyone around was quiet, he introduced: "This is our Jade Yan Tang's young lady, I have something to tell everyone today."

Everyone is very interested in this young lady who appeared out of thin air. Even if someone whispered why they hadn't heard when the owner of Yuyantang got married, they were all eager to hear the shopkeeper's next answer, but no one refuted it. up.

With the help of Shimo, Ah Hong stood up, looked around at the people around him, and faced the faces full of curiosity or gloating, without showing a trace of panic, he said slowly: "Everyone, Yuyan Everyone must know what happened a few days ago. Yuyantang has been in operation so far, and everyone has seen how it behaves. Although I dare not say that everyone praises it, I can also bear the word of integrity. Price, defrauding customers, etc. Now we are being framed by people, and there have been rumors recently, which have damaged the reputation of Yuyantang. It happened that my husband suddenly contracted a strange disease and fell into a coma. It is normal for everyone to be confused. I As a businessman, there is nothing wrong with business, but trust is the most important thing, and righteousness is the foundation of being a person. Today I promise here that as long as the items sold by Yuyantang, no matter new or old, no matter the quantity, they will be sold at double price. Double the price! And before the government finds out the truth, please stay calm and don’t believe in rumors, I believe the government will give us justice and return our innocence in the end!"

As soon as the sonorous and powerful promise came out, everyone present was shocked. Although the items sold by Yuyantang were not as expensive as other old incense shops, it was not a small amount of money accumulated over the years, let alone double the price. What the young lady said is that no matter what the item is, as long as it is sold by Yuyantang, even if there is only a shell left, it can be exchanged. This young lady who suddenly appeared is really courageous .

Soon someone ran home to find the powder box bought at Yuyantang not long ago and brought them over. After the shopkeeper verified the authenticity, double the money was returned on the spot, and the box of powder was thrown into the fire in public. burnt in.

Then someone brought an empty bottle, which was quite old and covered with a thick layer of dirt. It was really hard for that person to find it out from a corner, but the shopkeeper still took it back at double the price, and threw it into the big vat as well. Now everyone believes that Yuyantang is telling the truth, more and more people go back to rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and a few people still regret it, why didn’t they let the family put away the used boxes, they are not so frugal on weekdays Really!

Yuyantang was really lively today, it was in a restaurant diagonally opposite, and it could be clearly seen from the window on the second floor.

Chen Duo listened to his subordinates' rewards, held his wine glass and said, "This is really interesting." There was a woman nestled in his arms, and it was none other than someone from the manor who had met Duan Jian for a while. Tweety, now that she has taken off her plain outfit, she looks even more charming than her sister, Feier, and her temperament is no longer shy and introverted as she pretended to be. Turning around lightly, he smiled and said, "Oh, the master has taken a fancy to that man?"

"Hehe, if I say yes, won't you be jealous?" Chen Duo nodded the other party's nose, both his movements and his voice were full of pampering.

"Master, Tweety just doesn't understand, what do you mean when you say that Shizi is a bit mean?"

"I said he was a bit interesting, and I mean that his move can not only restore the reputation of Yuyantang, but also quickly and effectively recover the goods sold by Yuyantang. Even if someone wants to take the fragrance powder of Yuyantang again To make a fuss about the poisonous matter, and he can’t use objects as evidence, his dredging from the bottom of the pot is better than anything else.”

"Listen to you, he is more scheming than that Duan Jian, but unfortunately he is still not as good as you, Master, and that Duan Jian will die in the end." Cui Er lay on Chen Duo's chest, talking about the strangeness in Duan Jian Half of the poison was put into the other party's mouth by her. It is colorless and tasteless, and there is no abnormality after eating it.

"I thought so too, but I didn't expect Duan Jian to have a posthumous child. It seems that this time I was too rash."

Tweet quickly propped herself up, and cautiously flattered her: "With the master's ingenuity, the plan is never perfect. Even if the master doesn't do it himself, this small Yuyantang can still be easily grasped."

"You, this little mouth can talk a lot more than your sister Fei'er."

The author has something to say: raise your head to look at the bright moon, lower your head to work overtime;

If relatives and friends in Luoyang asked each other, they said that I was still working overtime;

Don't worry about ignorance, at least I'm still working overtime;

If one day the update is interrupted, I am sure I will still be working overtime.

☆, production

Tweety hesitated for a while before asking: "However, master, Tweety has one more matter, and I would like to ask the master to clarify."

"Go ahead."

"Why does the master look at this shop differently? If you want to settle in Luocheng, why don't you choose another shop that is better than it, and say that Li's is more suitable for us? And that Li's business has a deeper connection with the Mu family. If we can snatch it, even if we can't severely damage the Mu family, it would be good if we can cut off the Mu family's branch line in Luocheng."

"Women, it's short-sighted." Chen Duo said with a smile, "In the Mu family of Longjing, only Mu Wei's idiot is not to be feared at all. The real thing to be wary of is my cousin. Although his surname is Mu, that guy They are more like members of my Chen family."

"The master is saying that the reason for dealing with Yuyantang is actually because of Young Master Biao?"

"Hehe, that guy is a cunning little fox. How can we force him out if we don't cut off his back all the way?"

The fire in front of Yuyantang burned for three full days, many of them used counterfeit Yuyantang boxes to make up the money, but they couldn't hide it from the shopkeeper's sharp eyes, and exposed many guys who tried to fish in troubled waters in public.

It's not that the old woman whose daughter died and the big man who led the trouble have never come to make trouble. They cried and quarreled as soon as they came up, and they were choked by Ah Hong's few words, and after a few days, everyone returned. Come to think of it, if, as they said, the incense powder sold by Yuyantang was poisoned and her daughter was disfigured, then why was it only their daughter who had the accident?In addition, the doctor they were invited to diagnose yesterday came forward to clarify that he did not say that the disfigurement of the patient must be related to the fragrance powder of Yuyantang, and it is said that it is only disfigurement and not life-threatening...

In just a few days, Yuyantang's reputation has been reversed. Only Ah Hong knows how much painstaking effort and effort he has put into it.

On the seventh day, Duan Jian's breathing was already quite weak, and her cheeks were sunken, but her expression was still peaceful as if she was asleep, as if she was immersed in a dream and did not want to wake up.

Ah Hong stood by the bed, and no one could persuade him to leave. His complexion was not much better than that of Duan Jian. Ordinary people couldn't bear it, not to mention he was still pregnant with a child, and he quickly became emaciated. Fortunately, Wei Yuanzi assisted him before he left. He took medicine a few times to prepare for any eventuality, but these few days he relied on the medicine left by Wei Yuanzi to survive, and counting the days, the child should have been born long ago, and he was still making noise in his stomach a few days ago, but now he is very quiet abnormal……

Lin Li'er heard that the Duan family was in such a catastrophe that she couldn't even take care of her own children, so she rushed to take care of Ah Hong. At this time, she came in with a wooden basin of warm water, and saw that Ah Hong was still leaning on him like he left. At the head of the bed, even the posture didn't change, he couldn't help but sighed inwardly, twisted the veil and walked over and said: "Ah Hong, you can't do anything by guarding like this, you should go and have a rest, if this continues, don't talk about the child, you will also It will be unbearable."

"I'm fine." Ah Hong shook his head, took the handkerchief from Lin Lier's hand, carefully wiped Duan Jian's face, and slowly touched Duan Jian's face from the brow bone to the bridge of the nose, from the cheeks to the chin , the movement was very gentle, as if the treasure under his hand was a fragile treasure, which would shatter if he didn't pay attention, but if he looked closely, he could find that his hands were trembling slightly all the time.

Lin Li'er couldn't bear it, but she still had to grit her teeth and continue: "Master Duan is unconscious now, to put it bluntly, if something happens, the child in your belly is left behind by him. Blood, don't you have the heart to cut off the last blood of the Duan family like this?"

Ah Hong paused for a while, but said unmoved after a while: "The body, hair and skin are the parents, not to mention a life. If you can't get through, it will be the life of the child, so there is nothing you can do about it." He didn't care, as long as Duan Jian survived.

Lin Li'er wanted to persuade Ah Hong, but at this time Shimo rushed into the room, his voice could not conceal the joy: "Housekeeper! Doctor Wei is back! The young master will be saved! The young master is finally saved." Already!"

Sure enough, not long after, Wei Yuanzi strode in, with an anxious and exhausted look on his face. He was stopped by the servants of the Duan family at the gate of the city. As soon as he heard that something happened to Duan Jian, he immediately rushed back, entered the gate and went straight Duan Jian's bedroom.

"Uncle!" Ah Hong stood up excitedly, but his eyes blurred, his body wobbled and he almost fell, but it was Lin Li'er who had quick eyesight and quick hands to support him.

Wei Yuanzi had already heard about what had happened when he was on the road, and when he entered the door and looked up at Ah Hong, he knew that he was in a very bad condition. Go lie down on it for me, and don't get up without my permission!"

Ah Hong now has only one thought in his mind. Wei Yuanzi's return means that Duan Jian is saved. Although he honestly followed Wei Yuanzi's instructions and lay down on the soft couch, his head kept turning to the side of the bed, and his eyes were fixed on him. Hold on.

Wei Yuanzi sat down on the edge of the bed unceremoniously, checked his pulse, his face suddenly became serious, he opened the medicine box and took out a set of silver needles, and stuck a few needles on Duan Jian, frowning tightly.

Ah Hong has been staring at the situation here, and the change in Wei Yuanzi's expression can't be hidden from him, and he is about to sit up, but Lin Lier stops him, "Hey, Ah Hong, lie down quickly, Doctor Wei said You are not allowed to get up."

"Lie down! You are about to give birth, do you know? Do you want to kill two people? Or do you even care about the life of the one lying on the bed?" Wei Yuanzi came over to check Ah Hong with rare sternness It took a long time before I breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Ah Hong's body is good, and Duan Jian took good care of her during her pregnancy. Although the wear and tear has been a bit heavy in the past few days, she didn't hurt her body and the baby in her womb. ...Thinking of this, Wei Yuanzi's heart is heavy, how will he speak to Ah Hong?

With Wei Yuanzi's careful adjustment, Duan Jian's condition finally stabilized. She was no longer as angry as before, but she was still asleep, but it also made Ah Hong feel more at ease. He wanted to ask Duan Jian several times if she was sleepy or not. The reasons for waking up were all perfunctoryly explained by Wei Yuanzi, and in the end he even threatened to let him take care of himself and give birth to the child as soon as possible.

In fact, Ah Hong is already on the verge of giving birth. I wonder if it was because she was too worried some time ago, and now she has no intention of giving birth to the baby. The longer the delay, the more dangerous it will be.

Wei Yuanzi finally threatened: "If you don't take a good rest and give birth to the child as soon as possible, I can let that guy die now, and let me tell you the truth, if you want to save that guy, the child in your stomach is the key .”

"Uncle, why exactly? If you don't tell me clearly, I won't feel at ease!" Ah Hong grabbed Wei Yuanzi's sleeve and begged, just like Wei Yuanzi refused to let go when he went out without buying him candy.

Wei Yuanzi sighed and pulled out his sleeves, "In short, take good care of your body and give birth to your child as soon as possible, so you can be more sure of saving others."

Ahong was ordered to stay in bed and take three bowls of tonics every day. His already heavy body showed faint signs of labor.

Finally, in the evening of this day, the child couldn't bear it and wanted to come out.

Under Wei Yuanzi's command, the people in the house were busy but not chaotic, and everything was being prepared in an orderly manner. Although Ahong gave birth for the first time, she didn't panic at all. After many hours, he and Duan Jian's child was born.

The current appearance of the child is not a normal baby. It is different from the natural birth of a woman. The child born by Shizi will have to spend another period of time in the meat membrane. It looks like a blood-red egg on the outside, and now it is trembling slightly with the pulse.

Ah Hong only had time to take a look, and when Wei Yuanzi said the child was fine, he was so tired that he fell asleep directly.

The cleaned child was wrapped in swaddling clothes and held in Wei Yuanzi's arms, with a complicated expression on his face. The future fate of this child depends on Ah Hong's own choice.

The author has something to say: Yes, that’s right, I’m the one who won’t abuse until the end [.

☆, dream

Ah Hong had never been so tired before, and fell into a coma almost as soon as he closed his eyes. After an unknown period of time, he woke up slowly, only to find that he was not lying on the bed, but came to a strange river, The river water turned out to be black, and the middle of the river looked bottomless, flowing slowly towards an unknown distance.

Looking around, there was no one else in sight except him.

Where exactly is this place?

Ah Hong was anxious and wanted to find the way back. He always felt that he had forgotten something very important, and it would be too late if he didn't go back. Finally, he decided to walk upstream along the river bank to see if he could find a way to leave.

After walking for a long time, finally there is no longer only the quietly flowing river in front of me. A pier appeared in the distance. A rickety old man was wearing a straw hat and holding a penny, as if he was ferrying. There were two or three people on the bank. Waiting in line to board the boat.

Ah Hong couldn't help speeding up his pace, but the pier seemed not very far away. When he started walking, he realized that the road under his feet seemed to have no end, and he was always some distance away from the pier.

Seeing that the last person was about to board the boat, Ah Hong felt anxious, and the name that had been under his tongue for a long time blurted out: "Duan Jian!"

Hearing the voice behind him, the man turned his face slightly to listen, revealing a face that Ah Hong was very familiar with, it was indeed Duan Jian!

It's a pity that they were too far away, and a whirlwind blew away from nowhere. The sound reached Duan Jian's ears and became a little ethereal. It didn't sound very real. Duan Jian only paused slightly. Step onto the wooden boat.

The boatman tapped the pole lightly, and the wooden boat wobbled and moved slowly along the direction of the river.Waiting for the wooden boat to move, the boatman jumped off the wooden boat and landed on the pier again, but an identical wooden boat appeared beside the pier at some point.

Ah Hong was in a hurry, a burst of energy burst out of his exhausted body, he strode forward desperately, and shouted Duan Jian's name loudly while running.

But Duan Jian on the boat could no longer hear any sound, he just stood at the bow of the boat dumbly, looking ahead, but he didn't seem to see anything, and naturally there was no sign of Ah Hong in his eyes.

Ah Hong finally ran to the pier, and before he had time to catch his breath, he was about to jump on the wooden boat, but was stopped by the boatman, who said in a dry and hoarse voice, "You shouldn't have come."

"Let me go up!" Ah Hong said arrogantly, he only saw Duan Jian's back that was getting further and further away.

"This is not where you came from." The boatman was unmoved, his skinny arm was unexpectedly strong, he stopped Ah Hong from getting on the boat, and kept repeating the same words, "Go back, go back quickly, isn't this Where you should come."

Seeing that he would not be able to catch up with Duan Jian, and could not push the boatman to get on the boat, Ah Hong gritted his teeth and jumped directly from the pier into the river, wanting to swim up.However, the river water seemed to be calm, thick as black oil, Ah Hong encountered huge resistance after jumping down, and it was quite difficult to move his arms, let alone catch up with Duan Jian in front of him.

Seeing Duan Jian getting farther and farther away from him, Ah Hong was almost desperate. He had no strength to continue paddling, so he could only stare at the direction Duan Jian was going away, and let himself sink into the cold water bit by bit. In the bone-piercing river, there seemed to be countless hands scrambling to pull him down, but he was powerless to resist.

The river water gradually covered his shoulders, neck, and chin... Ah Hong closed his eyes, waiting for the darkness to finally sink in, but at this moment, his body lightened, as if being pulled by something, which was quite powerful , abruptly dragged him up.

Ah Hong suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that he was lying on his stomach on a small boat, and sitting behind him was a fat child, about three or four years old. Seeing him open his eyes, he grinned and handed over the wooden oar in his hand. He pointed to the front again.

When the incident happened suddenly, Ah Hong was a little stunned. Seeing that he was not moving, the child was a little anxious. He put the wooden oar into Ah Hong's hand and danced with gestures. Ah Hong looked back and was pleasantly surprised to find that the wooden boat that had disappeared had appeared again. And there was only a distance of ten feet away from him, and he immediately paddled the wooden oar in his hand desperately, trying to catch up with Duan Jian in front, and at the same time kept calling Duan Jian's name loudly.

The child was lying on the stern of the boat, stretching out his small hands like lotus roots to stir the deep black river water. As the water surface rippled and scattered, many black arms avoided one after another, and the speed of the boat suddenly increased a lot.

There was still an arm's length away, and the two boats were about to catch up. Ah Hong was so excited that he didn't even notice when the child climbed onto the side of the boat. A sound caused a large splash of water.

A huge eddy appeared in the peaceful river, and the two boats collided, and both of them were about to fall into the water. At the very moment, Ah Hong reached out and grabbed Duan Jian. Now they were together again, even if they died, also die in one place.

Duan Jian's eyes turned from chaotic to clear at the moment when he saw Ah Hong, but the current situation couldn't help him to think about it at all. He stretched out his arms to hug Ah Hong, and used his body to protect him tightly.

Weird huge waves slapped the river, and it took a long time before it calmed down, and the two figures had long since disappeared on the river.

Ah Hong suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the bed at home. When did he come back, or was the weird experience before him actually a dream?

What about Duan Jian?Where is Duan Jian?

Ah Hong struggled to remember, but his body didn't listen, his limbs seemed to lose consciousness, he gritted his teeth enduring the tearing pain and slowly moved his heavy body, the thin quilt covering his body fell to the ground in the struggle.

At this time, Wei Yuanzi came in with a medicine bowl, seeing that Ah Hong didn't care about his body, he was furious, "Are you dying?" He pushed him back to the bed without any explanation, picked up the quilt and covered him up.

"Uncle, where is Duan Jian? How is Duan Jian?"

"He's not dead yet!" Wei Yuanzi said in a bad tone, and brought the medicine bowl to Ah Hong's mouth, "Drink the medicine, and I'll tell you when I'm done."

Ah Hong could only drink the bitter concoction in one gulp, almost choked because he drank it in a hurry, Wei Yuanzi patted him on the back as he did when he was a child to comfort him.

Finish drinking