Money is hard to buy, time is easy

The person next to him said, "Em, Huahua! Brother gave Huahua!"

Yinzhu woke up from her sad thoughts, looked at her well-behaved son, felt sad, reached out and hugged her son tightly in her arms, weeping uncontrollably.

After finishing the work that day, Lin Amu reminded Mrs. Duan before leaving that the new tenant who moved into her house seemed to have appeared in Hongfeng Lane on West Market Street last night and made some noise.

Where is Hongfeng Lane? The famous Sanfeng Pavilion is located in Hongfeng Lane, occupying an entire half of the street. The shops there are all men's businesses.

The more Mrs. Duan thought about it, the more uneasy she was. She wanted to do business here for a long time, and she couldn't just take some money out of the cabinet and settle the rent with the other party just because the tenant who had only lived in for a few days ruined her reputation.

Before reaching the door, there was a dispute in the house.

"Let me tell you the truth, Yinzhu, don't be delusional, don't you understand what's going on now!" A strange voice that had never been heard before said sharply.

"Yinping, I really can't do anything, I can only beg you, because of our past friendship, please help me with this." Another voice begged bitterly.

"Affection?" Yinping sneered, "What are we talking about about affection?"

There was a moment of silence in the room before Yinping said quietly, "I can come out to see you today because of our friendship in the past."

"I...I really can't help it...I'm not doing it for myself, I'm doing it for the child, he's still so young..." Yinzhu cried, mixed with her son's anxious voice, "Em, don't cry, don't cry... ..."

"When you left that door, you should have known that there was no turning back." After a long time, Yinping said softly, "If you stay, you will die, if you go out, you will die, anyway, you will die anyway, why delay another life..." The three of them He used to be the top card in the Sanfeng Pavilion that year, and he climbed to that position only after intriguing and framing each other. After Yinzhu was redeemed, there was no news of it. Yinhe died, and he was left struggling to live.The newcomer is getting more and more charming every year, but he is old and just waiting to die.

"Let me tell you the truth, Uncle Mu does come to Luocheng every year, and now he lives in the hotel, and he was the one who drove you away last night."

Yinzhu said in a daze: "Why... Even though I'm tired of me, but Jinhua is his child... How can he not care..." Tears stringed together, crystal clear like beads, and they were sent to the museum back then When he was in the movie, he cried into tears. His mother named him Yinzhu at the first sight. The guests who ordered him also liked his delicate pear blossoms with rain. Reduce the style of the year.

Seeing that he was still obsessed, Yinping sighed and said, "I'm in the museum. If you're fine, don't come to me. Now that you're out of that door, think of other ways to survive and don't come back. "

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☆、Someone jumped into the river

Lady Duan outside the door heard their conversation clearly, and suddenly felt that the money in her hand was also dirty.As soon as Yinping left, Mrs. Duan entered the door on her heels, asking Yinzhu and her son to move away immediately.

Yin Zhu kept begging, even knelt down and kowtowed, looking very pitiful, Madam Duan hardened her heart and said, "Needless to say, you have to move out today, and I won't charge you any rent for the next few days. Return the silver to you, you can find another place to live, I can't afford people like you here." Then he called Ah Hong, let him look at Yinzhu, and must move today.

Ah Hong didn't dare to disobey, let alone Mrs. Duan, who was in a rage, saw Yinzhu sitting on the ground, covering her face and crying, so she had to pack his luggage for him herself.

Jin Hua was still young, so he didn't know what happened, he only knew that those who bullied Ah Mu were bad people, while protecting Ah Mu tightly, he glared fiercely at Ah Hong.

"Well, I packed the clothes for you..." Ah Hong didn't know how to tell the other party to leave, and wanted to help him up, but Jinhua suddenly rushed over and grabbed Ah Hong's hand and bit it, the force almost Bite off a piece of meat.

Ah Hong was in pain, and hurriedly shook Jin Hua away, only to see a row of deep tooth marks on the tiger's mouth, blood oozing continuously.At this moment, Yin Zhu stood up suddenly, and without picking up her luggage, she took Jin Hua's hand and left.

Ah Hong chased after him, "Hey, your luggage..."

Yin Zhu ignored it, and he walked very fast, regardless of whether the child could keep up.

Ah Hong had no choice but to turn around and go back to tell Mrs. Duan.

After listening, Mrs. Duan frowned. If this matter were to spread, she would be misunderstood by the neighbors, so she had to ask Ah Hong to put away their luggage first.

After class in the academy, Duan Jian refused the invitation to play with her companions. When she went home and passed a stone bridge, she saw a mess on and off the bridge. Many people crowded at the end of the bridge, and some people shouted: "Jumped into the river! Someone jumped into the river!" !"

The yamen servant and the clerk rushed over quickly, separated the crowd, and there was a man lying on the bank, his face was covered with a white cloth, and a four or five-year-old child beside him was crying and calling for E'mu, but his E'mu would never Respond to myself.

Someone in the crowd sighed, what a crime, how can we live without such a small child.

The yamen servants began to ask passers-by about the identity and origin of the deceased, and the people who were asked shook their heads and said they didn't recognize them. They were discussing, and another group of people came noisily, and the leader was Yinping.

Yinping talked with the yamen servant in a few words, pulled Jinhua over, and said, "From now on, follow me."

Someone recognized Yin Ping, and those who were interested couldn't help but say: "Isn't this pushing the child into the fire pit?"

Yinping's ears were sharp, he glanced at the man, and said with a sneer: "Some people speak nicely, why don't you see him give out some money to help? Besides, if I have no relatives or no reason, I can give you a bite of food, that's enough." This child's good fortune! Why, is there any master who wants to show kindness? Then I thank him first. You see, this child looks good, take it home and raise it for seven or eight years, and it will be full of water I'm sure you like it, sir, but I'll say it first, his mother is from a lowly family background, and I'm afraid it won't work if the uncle wants to be married back to the media. But it's not necessary to worry so much about raising it for fun. I'm afraid It sounds nice, but you can’t afford that money!” The man’s face turned red after the words, and he wanted to argue but was dragged away by his companions.

Jinhua couldn't understand their conversation, but felt that the people around him were staring at him, shrinking back in fear, and even forgot to cry.

The crowd was surrounded by three floors and three floors outside. Duan Jian listened to a few words outside the crowd, felt bored and left.After studying for a whole day, he was already growling with hunger, and he just wanted to go home early and eat the food made by Ah Hong.

On the second day, Yinping brings people to Duan Jian's house to take away the clothes and jewelry left by Yinzhu.Mrs. Duan's expression was ugly, and as soon as Yinping left the door, she heard Mrs. Duan order Ah Hong to fetch wormwood and salt, and to clean the room carefully to get rid of bad luck.

Yinping snorted, looked up and walked away.

The house has been empty for a few months and cannot be rented out. Mrs. Duan is thinking, Duan Jian will be eight years old next year, and it is no longer suitable for Ah Hong to share a room with him. It happened to live for Ah Hong.

When Duan Jian came home from get out of class, she had no objection to Mrs. Duan's decision, and Ah Hong was even less likely to object, so she moved the mattress to another room that night.

When it was time to go to bed, Duan Jian couldn't fall asleep, and tossed and turned on the bed until the middle of the night before falling asleep in a daze.On the second day, he yawned continuously in class, and was ordered to stay in the hall by the teacher and punished to stand.

At noon, Ah Hong came to deliver the meal. He didn't see Duan Jian at the door. He thought something was wrong, but when he learned that he was punished by his master for dozing off in class, he asked worriedly, "Is it okay for my brother to sleep alone at night? I will tell my wife to move back tonight."

Holding the job bowl, Duan Jian looked listless, lacking energy, and said, "No need, it's just that I don't get used to it for a while." It's too troublesome to explain, let Ah Hong misunderstand that he dare not sleep alone.

The master of the school has always placed high hopes on Duan Jian, but he also saw that Duan Jian is extremely lazy. Fortunately, he is still cautious at his age, so he planned to correct him. If you don't stand up and say nothing, you will be punished to copy the disciple's rules five times after class.

Mrs. Duan was illiterate, but she respected her master's words very much, so she suffered from Duan Jian and was still fighting with the lamp in the middle of the night.

When copying for the third time, Duan Jian's writing speed became slower and slower, and the characters gradually became crooked, and her head seemed to be lowered little by little. There was a click, and the ink dripped onto the paper just copied. woke him up.

Duan Jian complained in annoyance, this copy was for nothing.

Ah Hong stopped what he was doing, took the brush from Duan Jian's hand, carefully pondered Duan Jian's handwriting, and made gestures on the paper for a while, trying to write a few words before writing.Duan Jian stared at him curiously at the beginning, but slowly her eyes widened, and finally she looked shocked, it was unbelievable that Ah Hong's handwriting was [-]% like her own!If you don't identify them carefully, you can't tell each other apart!

Duan Jian was dumbfounded, looked at the copied paper, then at A Hong, speechless.

With Ah Hong's help in cheating, the five copies of the Disciple Rules were finally finished. The moment he closed the pen, Ah Hong heaved a sigh of relief. He hadn't held the pen for a long time. Now his whole arm was numb and tired. He turned his head to look at Duan Jian who was still surprised. , Ah Hong suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Unexpectedly, Duan Jian put down the pen and paper, excitedly held his arm, and said, "Ah Hong, you are really amazing!" without any intention of blaming him.

Ah Hong was a little shy by the compliment, bowed his head and said, "It's late at night, brother, go to sleep, or you will be scolded by your master tomorrow. I'll clean up here."

The next day, Duan Jian handed in the copied student rules, which really surprised the master. He took the five homework and read it again and again, but he didn't see anything wrong for a long time. He coughed and said slowly: "Duan Jian, Do you know your mistake?"

Duan Jian immediately responded with kindness: "Students know their mistakes, students repent, sir, please give students a chance to correct their mistakes."

The master originally wanted to reprimand him a few words, but he choked back the rest of the words first, coughed for a long time and waved, "Go back."

"Mr. Xie." Duan Jian left the room with a smile.

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☆、Dragon turns over

This year, the harvest in the field was not very good, and Uncle Lin tried his best to get enough grain to pay, and Mrs. Duan had no choice but to do so.Mrs. Duan calculated and calculated, but she still couldn't make up Duan Jian's Shuxiu for the coming year, and several strands of her hair turned grey.

Duan Jian is ten years old this year, and she will take the scientific examination in a few years, and the CD will cost a lot of money, and the money is also not available.

Mrs. Duan took out the box from the dark cabinet next to the bed, which contained a few pieces of jewelry that she had brought with her when she got married. She picked up one of the gold hairpins, stroked the delicate patterns on it, hesitated and finally refused to pawn it.

Think of another way, there will always be a way.

This year, the New Year's goods that Uncle Lin sent were one-third less than usual. The simple and honest man looked guilty. He couldn't say a word of good things that he had planned, but Mrs. Duan comforted: "Everything will be better next year."

Ah Qing, who came with her, always circled around Ah Hong every time she came, even if she was ignored as nothing, she was not discouraged, and continued to brazenly find topics to get close to.

The kitchen is not big, two and a half children squeezed together, bumps and frictions are inevitable, only Ah Qing enjoys it, Ah Hong can't bear to be bothered, pursing his mouth without saying a word, only thinking about packing up and getting rid of it as soon as possible.

"Brother Qing, Uncle Lin is calling you!" Duan Jian suddenly appeared at the kitchen door.

Ah Qing was reluctant to let go, walked to the door of the kitchen and turned around and said, "Ah Hong, then I'll go back first." Before he finished speaking, Ah Qing let out a hey, stepped on something, and fell hard. .Fortunately, it only snowed last night, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground, so the man was not injured, but his ankle was sprained and it hurt badly.

"Brother Qing, are you okay?" Duan Jian pretended to be surprised, stretched out a foot, and quietly pushed the stones on the steps into the snowdrift.

Ah Hong ran out after hearing the sound, "What's wrong?"

At first, Ah Qing was holding back the pain, but now her eyes lit up, and she cried out in pain, "It hurts so much, my leg is broken!"

Ah Hong was very nervous when he heard that, he squatted down, stretched out his hand and pinched Ah Qing's ankle, Ah Qing cried out in pain even more loudly.

"It's all right." Ah Hong breathed a sigh of relief after the examination, and comforted him, "The bone is all right, it's just that it's sprained. Apply some medicinal oil for a few days, and the blood stasis and swelling will disappear. I'll help you up, the ground is cold, don't be too cold. "As he said, he passed Ah Qing's armpit with his hand, helped him up, and went to find Uncle Lin.

They were slapped together by a brat, and Duan Jian followed behind them bitterly.

"How can a good person fall down?"

On the way back, Ah Qing had to sit on a wheelbarrow because of her injured foot, and let Uncle Lin push her around.Uncle Lin asked, seeing that he was smirking and couldn't listen, even if he was thrown out of the car now, he probably wouldn't respond, "Young boy is fifteen this year, it's time to talk about his wife. "

According to the regulations of the current dynasty, males are sixteen, real sons are fifteen, and females are fourteen, that is, they are adults and can marry and have children.

When talking about the daughter-in-law, Ah Qing finally came to her senses, and blushed immediately, "Second Uncle, don't talk nonsense!"

Uncle Lin chuckled, because the melancholy caused by the bad harvest dissipated a lot.

Except for the first year when he first came, Ah Hong would keep watch for the whole night in every New Year's Eve, while Duan Jian lay in Ah Hong's arms and slept in the dark.When he was a child, he could curl up into a ball in Ah Hong's arms, but now he can only wrap his head around Ah Hong's thigh without letting go.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Mrs. Duan stayed at home and let her two and a half older children go out to visit the Lantern Market.Affected by last year's harvest, this year's Lantern Festival is also a bit deserted, and it is no longer the grand occasion of rubbing shoulders together.

Ah Hong held Duan Jian's hand, and walked slowly with the flow of people. Ah Hong had recently started to grow taller, and Duan Jian had to look up to meet him.

Passing by a place selling rabbit lamps, Duan Jian stopped, took out a penny to exchange for one, and handed it to Ah Hong.Ah Hong took it with a smile and said, "My brother is really a child." Even so, the smile on his face was very gentle.

After the new year, the days return to the trivial life of the long stream.

On this day, mutton was sold in the market. Because mutton had a strong smell and pepper was too expensive, few local people would buy it, so the price was cheaper than chicken, duck and pork.

Ah Hong weighed the money in his hand. The family hadn’t eaten meat for several days. Although he thought of ways to make some new dishes every day, vegetables were vegetables. It tastes like chicken and duck, but he is not as good as the master, and Duan Jian is very depressed after eating it.

In order to make ends meet for Duan Jian, Mrs. Duan reduced her household so much that she couldn't reduce it any more. Duan Jian didn't complain about it. He has passed the age where he can be willful after two lives.

Weigh a catty of mutton, wash and chop into pieces, boil soup with grass fruit, amomum and cardamom to remove the smell, wash the barley kernels with boiling water, and steam them in a pot until slightly cooked.Boil the mutton soup, filter out impurities, add barley kernels, continue to boil until cooked and season with salt.

Duan Jian smelled the fragrance from the food box from a long distance away, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and asked expectantly, "Do you eat meat today?"

Ah Hong arranged the meals, first scooped up a bowl of soup and brought it to Duan Jian: "Be careful, drink it slowly."

"It's so delicious!" Duan Jian gobbled up the food, quickly swept away the food, patted his stomach and said, "It's been a long time since I had such a delicious meal. Do you still eat meat at night?"

Seeing that he was eating happily, Ah Hong was also happy with himself, and nodded with a smile: "There are more."

Although this kind of unchanging life is ordinary, if it can continue, it is also a kind of happiness.

Lin Amu heard a strange thing from his relatives in the country. A few days ago, a large number of mice suddenly appeared in the fields, and they ran up the hill in groups. The chickens and ducks at home also kept screaming, causing panic .

"I heard from the old man that there might be a natural disaster!" Lin Amu said sadly, "April [-]th is the birthday of the Buddha God, and Fafo Temple will hold rituals for three consecutive days. Madam, why don't you go together to pray for safety."

There are indeed strange rumors circulating in the city recently. Mrs. Duan repeatedly told Duan Jian not to run around after class, but to go home immediately.

However, in the face of natural disasters, manpower always appears so fragile and helpless.

When the disaster happened, there was no warning at all, and the residents in the city still lived peacefully and peacefully as usual. Suddenly, the mountains shook, like a dragon turning over, the streets shattered, the houses collapsed, and half the town was destroyed in an instant. Ruins, ruins.

At that time, Duan Jian was walking on the road after class, and the ground shook violently. He was caught off guard and fell hard on the ground and rolled, but he just avoided the fallen tree stump.

After a short period of blankness, Duan Jian suddenly jumped up, regardless of the shaking of the ground, and rushed home desperately.

How could he forget!How could he have forgotten!

When he was ten years old, there was indeed an earthquake, but at that time it was Yancheng, which was three hundred miles away!

At that time, he was young and Luo Cheng was not affected too much, so this matter was quickly forgotten by him, so when the earthquake came, he was completely dumbfounded.

When Duan Jian arrived home, more than half of the house had been knocked down, and gravel still rolled from time to time.

In the yard, Ah Hong lay on Madam Duan's body to shield her from the splashed gravel, the ground was bright red, and it was impossible to tell whose blood it was.

"Mom! Ah Hong!"

Ah Hong raised his head when he heard the voice, with deep fear on his face. He waited for a long time before seeing Duan Jian appeared, and quickly shouted: "Brother! Brother! Come and see Madam!"

When the disaster happened, Ah Hong was washing clothes in the yard, and escaped by luck, while Mrs. Duan stayed in the room.

At the beginning, only the tables and chairs shook slightly. Before she could realize the danger, the house shook violently. Mrs. Duan had a chance to escape, but she turned back to get the box in the dark cabinet beside the bed and was dropped. The beam hit his back, and he immediately spit out a big pool of blood.

Only when the falling beam hit the wall at one end did Ah Hong rush into the house at the risk of dragging her half-supported and half-dragged out of the yard to lie down, not daring to move her again. With such a serious injury, Ah Hong never Having never experienced this, I was so terrified that I couldn't even cry.

When Madam Duan heard her son's anxious call, she struggled to open her eyes. Seeing that her son was intact, she reluctantly raised her hand, and Duan Jian quickly grabbed it.

The other hand let go of the blood-stained box in her bosom, and Madam Duan only had time to say intermittently: "I want...to live...well..." The breath gradually became weak to nothing.

Duan Jian knelt on the ground in a daze, unable to hear Ah Hong's shouts at all, clutching the box that Mrs. Duan had bought with her life, her knuckles turned white with such force that she seemed to be scratching a few imprints.

At this moment, the aftershocks continued, and seeing that the remaining half of the wall was crumbling, Ah Hong gritted his teeth, hugged Duan Jian across his chest, and dragged and dragged it out.

The people who were still alive outside ran wildly towards the outside of the city. Ah Hong mixed in the crowd and left the city. He didn't feel at ease until the open space. Only then did he feel the pain in his right calf, which was caused by the flying stone when he was running away just now. Yes, but he didn't care about that much. Duan Jian's situation is the most worrying thing right now.

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☆, ready to return home

Duan Jian hugged the box left by Mrs. Duan, and Ah Hong hugged him. The two sat together in the field for a whole night. It was not until dawn that the government sent someone to help.

Luckily, the government offices in Luocheng were not destroyed. This earthquake destroyed three out of ten houses in Luocheng, and nearly half of the residents in Luocheng were injured. The cracks and heavy losses shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

Those who survived did not dare to go back, and camped in twos and threes in open spaces on the streets.

Natural disasters were followed by man-made disasters, looters and thieves were everywhere outside, everyone was frightened, the government had to strengthen day and night patrols, and at the same time appealed to the court to ask for military support.

On the second day after the disaster, Duan Jian finally woke up under Ah Hong's persistent calling, seeing the fear in A Hong's red and swollen eyes, Duan Jian spurned herself in her heart.

Although Ahong is older than him on the outside, inwardly, he is an adult who has lived for 30 years, but Ahong is only 14 years old. He is not even as good as a teenager, and he has lived as long as a beast.

After being reborn, under the care of Mrs. Duan and Ahong, relying on his young appearance, he has been living a happy life without any worries. Now that he thinks about it, this period of time is as beautiful as a dream, and as easy as a dream. broken.

Duan Jian tried her best to wrap her small arms around Ah Hong, and said comfortingly, "Don't cry, don't be afraid, I will protect you!"

The fear Ah Hong had tried so hard to bury finally exploded at this moment, and he buried his face in Duan Jian's thin chest and began to cry loudly, "Brother, I'm so scared. If something happens to you, my wife is gone, only my brother, I'm so scared..."

Duan Jian blinked, but still couldn't stop the tears from pouring out, "I only have you, I won't leave, we have to live well together..."

He was reborn, but history also changed accordingly. His mother is no longer there. Will Ah Hong encounter the same misfortune in the future?

Duan Jian didn't dare to think deeply about it, but as long as he was still alive, he would definitely protect Ah Hong well.

Mother, please your spirit in heaven, bless me, and bless Ah Hong, I will follow your wish and live a good life.

Duan Jian and Ah Hong took advantage of the intermission of the earthquake and went back to collect the funeral for Mrs. Duan.In this dangerous period when everyone is busy fleeing for their lives, the coffin shop will naturally not open.Duan Jian took pictures for a long time without any response, so she simply picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground and began to smash the copper lock on the door.

Ah Hong was taken aback, and looked around quickly. Usually, there were few people passing by here, and now there was no third person besides them.

After smashing it for a long time, the copper lock still didn't move, but Duan Jian was a little out of breath.Ah Hong took the stone and helped smash it together.After finally breaking open the door, Duan Jian knew that the coffins placed in the store were not the best ones, and the best ones were usually hidden in the backyard.

After finding the black lacquered coffin, Duan Jian took a flatbed cart and drove Lady Duan out of the city.

It took a long time for the two boys to dig a deep enough hole.

Duan Jian refused to let Ah Hong help, and buried her mother with handfuls of soil.

"Ah Hong, from now on, we will depend on each other for life." Duan Jian said, "Will you leave me?"

Ah Hong bit her lip and nodded emphatically, "I will never leave my brother behind."

"Me neither." Duan Jian solemnly swore, "Never."

Most of the places where Lin Amu lived were simple wooden and masonry houses, so although they were knocked down in the earthquake, the casualties were not heavy. The Lin Amu family was even more lucky, no one was injured, and even their belongings were not big. loss.

When Ah Qing met them in the porridge shed of the government office, she was overjoyed, so excited that she didn't know what to do, and gestured incoherently, "Ah Hong! I thought something happened to you! Ah Mu is so worried about you! Only you and Master? Where's Mrs. Duan?"

Ah Hong lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Madam has already gone."

"Ah!" Ah Qing was shocked, and quickly said, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Duan Jian waved her hand to show Ah Qing not to feel guilty.

Lin Amu heard that Mrs. Duan had been buried, she sighed and was sad for a while, and asked them: "Now there are only two of you left, what should we do in the future?"

"There will always be a way." Duan Jian said.

Not seeing each other for just a few days, Lin Amu felt that the young master had changed into a different person, as if he had grown up suddenly, and it seemed that a great change would not only change a person's temperament, but also make him mature all of a sudden. A little sad, he said: "We are planning to go back to the countryside. Would you like to go back with us, young master? Duan's family still has a few old houses in the countryside. Madam has been entrusting elder brother to take care of them. If you go back with us, it will be good for each other." a caretaker."

Duan Jian felt that this suggestion was feasible. Now that the city is in constant chaos, even if patrolling day and night, and thefts happen from time to time, neither he nor Ah Hong has the ability to protect themselves, and it is difficult to survive safely, so he said: "Thank you Lin I have to discuss it with Ah Hong before I can make a decision.”

Lin Amu nodded and said, "We're going to leave the day after tomorrow. If the young master decides, he can pack his luggage and leave with us."

Duan Jian went back and told Ah Hong about her plan to move back to the countryside. After Mrs. Duan passed away, Ah Hong followed Duan Jian's arrangement in everything, and this time was no exception. "I will go wherever my brother says." It is said in the book that after the catastrophe, there must be a plague. Although the imperial court has sent troops to clean it up, uncollected bones can still be seen in the city, and they continue to stay in the city. Not a good thing.

"Then let's pack our things and see what we can use."

Fearing that the aftershocks will not pass, they have been sleeping in the yard for the past few days. Most of the main house collapsed. The two picked up some clean bedding and a change of clothes from the ruins, and pulled out unbroken pots, spatulas and pans in the kitchen. , The remaining rice noodles were piled up in a cart.

Ahong squatted in the kitchen searching for a long time before he found the salt jar. Although there was a big hole and a lot of sand and stones mixed in, he happily found a cloth bag and carefully poured the salt into the bag. He also digs out the leftover star anise and other seasonings and packs them up bit by bit. These necessities that can be bought at any time in normal times are now worth doubled, and they can't be bought even if they have money.

On the other end, Duan Jian found the pen, ink and paper in her room, but as for the box of books, there was nothing she could do. She had to keep them and take them away when she had a chance.

The starry sky was extremely clear at night, and the two slept on the simple floor in the middle of the yard.Duan Jian rested on Ah Hong's leg, and Ah Hong fanned him to repel mosquitoes, just like when Ah Hong was coaxing him to sleep in the room before the disaster happened.

"Brother, what do you think the countryside looks like?"

"The countryside..." Duan Jian actually didn't go back a few times. The last time he took someone to mortgage the remaining land to pay off the debt, but he still said, "The countryside is very big, with many fields, and the fields are all planted. There are no more grains, and the field is also very large, with many mountains and many trees..."

"Really? That must be beautiful."

"Yes, it's very beautiful. Our house is at the foot of the mountain, behind it is a bamboo forest, and there is a river. In summer, we can fish and swim in the river..."

As Duan Jian talked, her voice became lower and lower, and finally the two hugged each other and fell asleep.

On the day of the move, Uncle Lin and his two sons all came. Three people and three cars were able to pack all the luggage. The Lin Amu family still carried large and small packages in their hands.

Duan Jian took a last look at the house, locked the gate, and followed the team with great strides. The group left the city and set off for the countryside.

Because they were packed with luggage, everyone walked unhappily, and it took two hours to reach the village. Ah Hong was fine, but Duan Jian was exhausted, and spent most of the rest of the journey in the car.

Fortunately, Linjia Village was not affected by the earthquake. Uncle Lin had greeted the village chief beforehand, so the village chief came when they returned to Uncle Lin's house.

Duan's family is from a foreign surname, and Mrs. Duan's natal family is not in the local area. When Duan Jian's grandfather bought the property, he chose a relatively secluded location, some distance from the village, and dug a pond in the backyard to divert the river. The running water from the village came in, and I was quite content with it. Now, after decades, the title deed has turned yellow and become brittle.

The box under the protection of Mrs. Duan contained all the real estate title deeds of the Duan family, as well as the jewelry and silver taels they had saved. Now all of Duan Jian's belongings are in this blood-stained box.

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☆, new life

The village chief had inspected the title deed, and he had already heard about the misfortune of the two children from Uncle Lin. He said, "Since you have come to our Lin family village, let's live a good life. If there is any difficulty, just tell us and everyone will help. The three The house belongs to your family, and the key is returned to you. The bamboo forest behind the house also belongs to your family. Master Duan didn’t say it at the time. Usually, everyone used to dig some bamboo shoots in the forest when going up and down the mountain. If you don’t like it , I will tell everyone, and no one will come near."

Duan Jian quickly waved her hand, "It's okay."

The village head nodded and continued: "There is still a piece of land on the river beach, which also belongs to your family, but it can't grow anything, and it is usually abandoned there. Even if you want to plant something, it is too late to sow it now. Wait until August When I harvested the rice, I asked Lin Da to give you two acres of land. I didn’t know how to plant it before, but now I have to learn, work hard, and it will not be difficult to support the two of us. These days, we still have to farm to live. Anwen." As he said that, he looked at the two of them again, "Brother Jian is still young, and his body is also weak, Brother Hong, you have to take care of it, you are fourteen this year, right? You will be an adult in two years, A man should bear the burden of the family."

The last sentence made Duan Jian a little embarrassed, but Ah Hong nodded seriously.

After hearing this, Uncle Lin smiled and said, "Uncle, you are mistaken. Ah Hong is a real man, not a man."

The village chief looked at A Hong again in surprise, "Really?"

Lin Amu chimed in, "The country doesn't pay so much attention, so what about the real sons, the real ones do the same job, and they may not do less and worse than the men!" If you have your own opinions, otherwise you would not marry from the village to the city. I really envied many people back then.

So the village head didn't say any more, and left after giving a few more instructions.

The others were also planning to go back. They had just moved back and there were still many things to sort out, but Duan Jian had only two people here, so it was a bit difficult, so Ah Qing volunteered to stay and help.

The Duan family's house has been unoccupied for a long time, the window sills, the floor, and the furniture are covered with a thick layer of dust. The three of them divide the work. Duan Jian and Ah Qing go to clean up the bedroom first, and Ah Hong cleans up the kitchen alone.

The cleaning lasted until noon, and the three of them set off early in the morning, before they had time to eat. When their stomachs were croaking with hunger, A Dong came over and called the three boys back to eat.

On the first day, it was settled at Uncle Lin’s house. Uncle Lin’s Shizi specially cut a piece of Chinese New Year’s bacon, chopped garlic leaves, and fried a large pot of dried chili. Everyone was very hungry, and the food was quickly served All in one go.

After taking a short break after eating, the three children went back to continue, and finally cleared the sleeping place before dark.

Tired all day, after seeing Ah Qing off, the two fell asleep and slept until dawn.

The next day, Uncle Lin sent over a basket of brown rice and a bag of polished rice. Although they were not much, they did their best.There are also other villagers who have heard that they have sent rough noodles and eggs one after another, saying that they are thanking for the bamboo shoots that have been plucked in the bamboo forest of Duan's family over the years.

Duan Jian and Ah Hong knew that this was an excuse specially made by the kind-hearted villagers in case they would feel bad, so they were very grateful, and secretly wrote down all these people, and they will find a chance to thank them in the future.What Duan Jian didn't know was that when his grandfather bought land here, he had considered it as the last resort when the mountains and rivers ran out, and they didn't live in the village all year round. In order to build a good relationship with the village, they specially spent money for the village. He built a stone bridge and repaired the road leading to Luocheng. His kindness has been remembered by the simple villagers until now.

Ah Hong had already cleaned up the kitchen, but when it was time to cook, he realized that there was no firewood in the kitchen.When I was in the city before, there were always woodcutters selling bundles of firewood, but in the countryside, everyone used to go up the mountain to collect firewood by themselves.They found a rusty hatchet in the corner, but they couldn't find a whetstone, and it was useless. Ah Hong simply took the kitchen knife, thinking if he could chop some bamboo branches from the bamboo forest behind the house to make a living. It's a pity that after working hard for a long time, I was so tired that I was out of breath, and only a few shallow knife marks were left on the bamboo joints.

Lin Amu was worried about the two of them, so she came over to have a look at lunch, and was a little bit dumbfounded when she saw the two of them working in vain, so he asked him to