Looking at the old man who was no longer silent on the bed, Zhu Yan was too helpless, and he reluctantly put it away.

No matter who her biological father is, at least the person in front of her saved her from continuing to suffer in the cold winter and raised her.

In the past eight years, it has not been easy for grandma.

Moreover, he is a person with a first life, and the parents who rely on him in his heart are still those two people who are not in this world, and he doesn't care much about who Zhu Yan's parents are in this body. In the previous life, without them, Zhu Yan himself would not have survived well?

She looked at Grandma Zhu's body and sighed, Grandma, why don't you keep it hidden?

Although Grandma Zhu's words before she died shocked Zhu Yan, at least Grandma Zhu's care for her in the past eight years was not fake, so no matter what, Zhu Yan still wanted to let Grandma Zhu go to the ground.

Thinking of the person who could still look at her kindly just now, she suddenly lay motionless on the bed like this, and Zhu Yan's tears flowed a lot when she was inadvertent.

Tears wet the quilt covered by Grandma Zhu, Zhu Yan woke up and hurriedly ran out to call the grandparents next door.

"Grandma Deng, grandma she...... She was lying still, so help Yan'er take a look. ”

Grandma Deng was holding the soles of her shoes at home, and she was also startled when she saw Zhu Yan, whose face was already crying like a cat, and hurriedly called her daughter-in-law to call the person in charge of the alley.

Although Zhu Yan had presided over more than one funeral in her previous life, this is not something that an eight-year-old girl should understand. It was enough for Zhu Yan to just shed tears on the side.

The mourning hall was set up quickly, and the people in the alley could help with whatever they could, but it was still a little shabby after all. Someone also went to Lu's house to deliver the news to Zhu Dalang, and he stopped for seven days, and he didn't know if he could catch up. But now it's the turn of spring and summer, and the weather is not too hot, but when it comes to the corpse, if you can't catch up, you can only bury it early, so as not to stink.

Master Lu will still be a man after all, and he is also a relative, not only sent a capable old servant to handle the funeral, but also came to Zhu's house the next day to take a look, and said soothingly to Zhu Yan, who was looking at the burning paper money: "Xiao Yan, your father is already on his way back, and he will probably be back in a few days." Don't worry too much. ”

Zhu Yan had been keeping watch in the mourning hall all night, this should have been what her son was supposed to do, and the people around her also advised her to have a good rest, hearing what Master Lu said, she was relieved to learn that Lu Dalang would be able to arrive soon. After learning that Zhu Dalang knew that his mother was sick and began to rush home, everyone felt much better about Zhu Dalang in an instant.

Only Zhu Yan was disdainful in his heart, the letter had been sent out for so long, and it hadn't arrived for a month, so you can imagine how watery these words were. However, it is true that Master Lu said that he will be able to come back soon, a few days after this time in his previous life, Zhu Dalang is back.

Zhu Yan's love for Grandma Zhu is indeed true, if she hadn't experienced the things of her previous life, she would have loved Grandma Zhu a little more. I have to say that her heart is extremely complicated at the moment.

But after keeping watch all night, and couldn't help crying many times, Zhu Yan was very haggard is true, she was comforted by everyone to go to the room to rest. The mourning hall is watched. Back in his big house, Zhu Yan quickly fell asleep, after all, it was the child's body, and it couldn't last long at all.

When Zhu Yan woke up in a daze, it was already dark, but she didn't expect to sleep for so long, but she didn't notice it at all.

The mourning hall was arranged in Grandma Zhu's house, and at this time, there were several grandparents nearby. Zhu Yan thanked them one by one, there was no one in charge at home, and let her an eight-year-old girl come forward, which made everyone sigh.

After staying with Zhu Yan for a few hours, everyone dispersed. The Zhu family has no relatives in Qingbai Lane or even Jiangyang Town, and moved to the town from the previous small village several years ago, and at that time everyone thought that Zhu Dalang had made a lot of money in the town.

Even Grandma Deng next door has left, after all, they are also old, their bodies can't stand it, and their relationship with the Zhu family is not particularly deep, so there is no need to stay here. Didn't you see that the Zhu family's in-laws, Master Lu, have all gone back? I just told her that it would be nice if there was anything she needed to help, and I didn't think that a little girl would be afraid of being alone in the mourning hall all night. After all, that's how it came over last night.

Soon, the Zhu family was quiet. Only the constantly burning white candles illuminate the space.

He had already slept during the day, so Zhu Yan was not sleepy now. But since yesterday afternoon I've eaten a little bit of the food from my neighbors, and now it's cold.

Although there is nothing to eat cold now, Zhu Yan remembered that the meat he bought yesterday was still there. This time to arrange the mourning hall, many things were pieced together by the neighbors, but some of the food later was provided by the Lu family. Zhu Yan didn't want to waste it, at least it was bought by the money he paid for his labor.

When he walked to the kitchen, Zhu Yan's somewhat numb brain thought of the abnormality of the kitchen before, remembering that the Zhu family had been so lively in the past two days, maybe that person had already left.

When Zhu Yan pushed open the kitchen door, he found that the kitchen looked like no one had touched it. Indeed, no one who sees the current situation of the Zhu family will think that there is anything else in her house, so they simply bring things over by themselves, which can be regarded as help.

Especially the Lu family also contributed money, and everything that was missing was made up.

Zhu Yan smiled bitterly, and he was not in the mood to think about it, so he washed the vegetables first, threw away the rotten leaves, and cooked them directly into soup with the meat.

Originally, I got more meat just to give Grandma Zhu to drink, but now the person who was very good to her has turned into a cold corpse. Thinking of this, while adding firewood to the stove, he shed tears again.

Zhu Yan has more experience in two lives, and he didn't want to be so sentimental, but when he returned to his childhood, he seemed to have become a little more naïve and fragile in his mind, especially after listening to Grandma Zhu's secrets.

She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and walked to the pyre with some sobs, ready to get it.

Zhu Yan is only eight years old, and Grandma Zhu is also old, so she doesn't have much strength to chop wood, so the firewood of the Zhu family is bought, not much, but there is still the thatch saved in the past few years, and Zhu Yan will occasionally pick up some fallen leaves, otherwise, it will be difficult for the two of them to eat something hot!

In the past, the firewood pile was relatively close, and it was less to take firewood or something, but this time it was the same, as soon as Zhu Yan reached out to touch the flammable thatch, he saw a man jump out from behind the thatched pile and pounced on Zhu Yan.

The man's movements were very sharp, and Zhu Yan didn't have much strength, so he was easily choked by the man's neck.

"Don't shout or scream, got it!" The man stood behind Zhu Yan and said in her ear.

Zhu Yan nodded hurriedly, but after a while, he found that the man did not speak, but the strength on his neck was obviously weak.

Zhu Yan tried to tilt her head back, but found that the man had closed his eyes, his face was pale, and he looked weak and fainted.

The man fell to the ground.

I didn't expect that a person who looked so fierce was lying on the ground so fragile now, and Zhu Yan could kill him with a kitchen knife.

"Is that him?"

Zhu Yanyu hesitated to step forward and straighten the man, looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that he looked like the person in his memory. But at that time, he was dressed in green clothes and holding a fan, and at first glance he was a suave son.

And at this moment, he was wearing a black dress, and the color was obviously very dark in some places, and Zhu Yan knew that this person had suffered a lot of injuries and shed a lot of blood after a little thought.

Is that him? Zhu Yan asked himself again.

That was many years ago.

At that time, she hadn't had a good meal for a long time, but she didn't want to show her appearance and make money with her appearance. In such a moment of exhaustion, the memories of past lives are of little use, but there are some issues of principle that are remembered in the minds of children who have undergone a suzhì education and have a relatively prosperous family life.

At that time, Zhu Yan felt that there was nothing wrong with being a beggar for a lifetime, anyway, it was an extra life, but it was undoubtedly very painful to make this kind of decision.

In the evening when she met the man, the sky was blue and cloudy, and she was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, no matter how much water she drank, she couldn't resist the hunger message from her stomach. I had no choice but to beg for food with a group of children and beggars.

The Zhou family had a big banquet that day, and I heard that there was a distinguished guest, and the children and beggars didn't know how expensive this distinguished guest could be, but the Zhou family could be regarded as the richest man in Jincheng, and since there were distinguished guests, there must be a lot of delicious food. For them beggars, having chicken, duck and fish is simply heaven, not to mention that they don't have high requirements, just a few steamed buns are enough.

The Zhou family has always looked like a rich and unkind person, and they often build bridges and pave roads, and their reputation in Jincheng is not bad. At such a time, it is not likely to embarrass them.

When I arrived at the back door of Zhou's house, sure enough, the little maids came out with some food, and the beggars devoured it. Zhu Yan also drooled when she saw it, but she knew that if she really wanted to rob them, she couldn't rob those people, so she just took a few steamed buns and left.

The beggars, who were still gulping down after she came, saw that she only took a few steamed buns with each other, and then they looked away from the tiger's eyes.

Zhu Yan smiled bitterly, walked to the alley out of the back door, looked at his dirty hands, or took out the steamed buns and ate them slowly, walking forward while eating. At this time, what's the point of paying attention to hygiene or something, I don't even know how long my clothes haven't been washed, and my face has been smeared like black charcoal.

Unexpectedly, a carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley where she had not yet entered, and a young man in green clothes sat on the carriage, looking at her with great interest.

Zhu Yan didn't know what the person was looking at, but he knew that compared to the person in front of him, there was no room for him to speak.

When he walked to the side of the carriage and was about to leave the alley, the man spoke: "Stop. ”

Zhu Yan didn't know if she was calling herself, so she looked up at him, and she could see from what she was talking to herself, so she stopped and just looked at him to see what was going on with him.

I heard the man chuckle, "Interesting." After saying that, he beckoned, and a person came out of the shadows, and the man in Tsing Yi gave a few instructions to the man, and the person who was obviously a subordinate came to Zhu Yan.

"You go with him." The man spoke again.

Zhu Yan originally wanted to ask a few words, but what was the use of asking, it didn't sound bad to see what the man meant. So she went with the man, who arranged for her a house, some gold and silver, and even found a lady to take care of her.

Zhu Yan even thought that the man was trying to do something to her, but she didn't see him until she got married in the next few years. When she became a relative, she went out less, and later followed her father-in-law to Pingzhou, and never returned to Jincheng.

Later, occasionally Zhu Yan would think of this person, and the idea that this person was a rather eccentric person would arise. But looking at his bearing, he is obviously not an ordinary person, the two are different from each other, and it is useless to recall. It's just that sometimes, I regret that I don't even know the man's name, but it can be said that her life was changed by him.

That year, she was ten years old, and for the next sixty years, Zhu Yan never saw that person again, and his subordinates who helped her soon left. She did live too ordinarily in her last life. When she was on the verge of death, she suddenly remembered the man.

Really, I don't even have the opportunity to be grateful.

However, I didn't expect this person to be so similar to him today!

Originally, the memory of a ten-year-old child was not good, but it was a person who changed his life, and Zhu Yan remembered the person's appearance as much as possible. It's a pity that he only glanced at him from a distance, and it took a lot of effort to only know his surname Xue from his subordinates.