It's only May, but it's already very hot.

In the simmering weather, there is not a trace of cool breeze.

Song Yunzhu was sitting in a mule cart, and her daughter, Tian Tian, who had just turned five, was sleeping in her arms. A lot of things have happened these days, and it's hard to look back.

No matter what the joys and sorrows of the past are still humiliating, they are all in the past. She had escaped from that home with her daughter. From now on, she would never shed another tear for that man. It's always on the go these days. There wasn't much money left. What's next?

Yun Zhu looked at the white sun, a little dizzy.

"Where are you going?"

The coachman said, "It's already in Qingtang." ”

"Oh."

In the past two months, she has taken her daughter to many places, but she has not found a place to stay. She was afraid that the He family would find her, and that the He family would snatch Tian Tian, so she would live in every place for a short time.

When she arrived at the market, she asked the coachman to buy her two dried buns and fill the kettle. Thinking that his daughter hadn't eaten for a long time, he shook Tian Tian awake.

"Tian Tian, are you hungry?"

Tian Tian snorted lightly twice, and said without much strength: "Mother, I have pain in my body." ”

Yun Zhu's heart tightened, and he touched Tian Tian's forehead, which was as hot as fire. My daughter is sick again, what should I do? She had to find a place to stay right away, get a doctor for her daughter, and get some rest.

Yunzhu hugged Tian Tian to find a medical center, and it happened that the doctor was quite idle, so he asked him to help treat his daughter.

The doctor saw that there was no man beside Yunzhu, and his eyes were blank. Yun Zhu was uncomfortable, and asked anxiously, "Doctor, how is my daughter?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just the heat. Just take a dose of medicine. The doctor prescribed the prescription in a few clicks, and then chatted with Yunzhu.

"Where is the little lady from? Why is it that a person runs away with a daughter? ”

Yunzhu didn't answer him a word.

The medicine money and the consultation fee cost her a full two dollars of silver. Heartache is useless, after all, it is the daughter's body that is more important. It's just that there really isn't any money left, what should I do next?

"Lady has nowhere to go?" The driver of the mule cart seems to have discovered the predicament of Yunzhu's mother and daughter.

Yunzhu said: "I don't know where to stay tonight." ”

The coachman hesitated, then said, "I have a friend who has an empty room. It just so happens that no one lives. Why don't I lend it to you for a few days? ”

Yunzhu was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Really? Where is it? ”

The coachman said, "In the village." I'll show you there. ”

Yunzhu has reached the point of desperation, so he has to gamble.

When the car passed by the big locust tree, she deliberately looked out twice. The trees are full of green leaves, like a canopy.

When he arrived at the place, Yunzhu got out of the car with Tian Tian in his arms. Then he followed the coachman down the ridge road, and saw the dilapidated house. But there are two thatched huts, and a shed has been built outside. I wonder if such a shabby place can live in people?

"Wow. Here it is. I happen to have the key, would you like to stay for a while? ”

Although Yunzhu dislikes it for being dilapidated, it can temporarily shelter from the wind and rain, and Tian Tian's current situation is not good, so he has to find a place to boil medicine. She nodded and agreed: "Stay, of course." Thank you very much. ”

The coachman said, "It's nothing, it's a gesture." I turned around and told my friend. He's a very generous man, and he certainly doesn't care. The driver also helped Yunzhu move the things in the car to the house. I didn't even bother to take a sip of water, and I was about to leave.

Yunzhu was busy paying for the car, and the driver asked for two more dollars than agreed. Yunzhu didn't complain. I thought I had paid for the hotel.

The outside is dilapidated, and there is no decent furniture inside. The earthen bed was full of dust. Yunzhu cleaned it slightly, laid out the straw mat, and hugged her daughter to let her sleep well. Then I went to boil the medicine.

She flipped through the things she had brought with her, and the sand jar was with her, but fortunately she didn't lose it. She hurriedly mixed it in, but it was broken, and there was no water. She searched the front and back of the house, but found no well. From the way they came. She saw a river. However, if you boil the medicine with river water, it will not be very clean.

There seems to be a family next door, if you don't ask the next door for a bowl of water, she will give money. A bowl of water should cost about the same amount of money.

With such a feeling. Yunzhu knocked on the courtyard door next door.

The door soon opened, and within the threshold stood a man, very tall and burly. Yun Zhu didn't dare to look up at him, handed out the bowl, and said tremblingly, "Big brother." Do you have water at home, I'll borrow a bowl. ”

"Water? Yes. Ping'an was still wondering, who was this woman, why he didn't know him, not like a person from the village. Are you passing through here?

He hurriedly went to help Yunzhu scoop up water and handed it to Yunzhu.

Yunzhu bent down and thanked her, and she handed over a copper coin and said, "I'll pay for it." ”

Ping An was stunned for a moment, pushed Yunzhu's hand away, and said, "No need to give money." ”

"But......" Yun Zhu looked up at Ping'an in a panic, trembled slightly, and the water in the bowl almost shook out, and said in his heart, this man looks really terrible, and quickly lowered his head and said, "Then I'll go back and pay you back." ”

Ping An didn't take it to heart, and took it to the courtyard door casually. Yunzhu walked back with the water, and asked loudly in the inner wall: "Brother, who is it?" ”

The man's voice didn't sound, maybe for that person, it was really a trivial thing that was not worth mentioning.

With this bowl of water, Yunzhu can finally boil the medicine. She found the fire fold, took some straw from under the back eaves, and made a fire. It was not easy to boil the medicine and try hard to let Tian Tian drink it.

Tian Tian was still not angry at all, seeing that Yunzhu was anxious, he had a place to stay for the time being, but what to do next.

However, it is not easy to live in one place. There was also a cloth bag in her luggage, which contained about three or four catties of rice. She had to cook, and she had to make two dishes that could be eaten to fill her stomach.

There is rice, but there is still a shortage of water, oil and salt, firewood, it should be enough to find it. You can handle dishes and chopsticks. She found a larger bowl and planned to ask the next door to borrow some water, and by the way, borrow some oil and salt.

When she knocked on the door of the Feng family's courtyard for the second time, it was Feng Lao Niang who opened the door, different from Ping'an's Mu Ne, she was very enthusiastic to help Yunzhu fetch water, and asked with a smile: "Are you passing by here?" ”

Yunzhu shook his head and said, "We live next door for the time being. ”

"Next door? The guy next door has long since moved out. The house is empty, and you are a relative of his family? ”

Yunzhu shook his head and told him about his experience. Mrs. Feng said in her heart, but she is pitiful. "I remember that they had a stone jar filled with water at home, and they didn't take it with them when they left. If I had asked Ping An to fill the water for you, you wouldn't have to run back and forth like this. ”

Yun Zhu blushed and thanked him.

Mrs. Feng smiled: "It's okay, since you live next door and are neighbors, everyone should take care of it." Mrs. Feng shouted loudly, "Peace." Come over here, I've got something to tell you. ”

Soon, the man who opened the door for Yunzhu just now came again.

Feng Lao Niang explained two sentences of Ping'an, and Ping'an helped Yunzhu to carry water without saying a word.

Ping An is tall, with long legs, and he walks with the wind, and after a few trips, he helped Yunzhu fill the water tank.

Yunzhu was very grateful and wanted to thank him. I touched my purse, and there was not much money in it, so I had to save some money. She hesitated. So he took a piece of the dried bun he bought in the morning, handed it to Ping'an, and said with a smile: "Thank you big brother for your help, otherwise I really don't know what to do." ”

Ping An smiled shyly: "It's nothing, you can keep it for yourself." ”

"No, you've helped me so much, how can I not thank you. You just take it. Yunzhu forced the bun into Ping'an's hand. Ping'an's face was flushed in an instant, and it was dyed all the way to the root of his ears.

With the assistance of the Feng family, the day passed smoothly.

The hard earthen bed is very awkward, and I woke up. Sore. Yunzhu still has to plan for the future, and when Tian Tian is better, she should set off again, and then find a place to stay. The place where the He family can't find it right away.

"Tian Tian, how are you, are you better?"

Tian Tian whispered, "It hurts." ”

"Where does it hurt?"

Tian Tian pointed to his head and then to his stomach.

It doesn't seem to be because of the bad bed. The doctor said it was a summer heat, why did he take a dose of medicine, and it didn't work at all? Yunzhu was flustered. What's next? She carried Tian Tian on her back, planning to go out and inquire about where there was a reliable doctor.

She knocked on the door of the house next door again with Tian Tian behind her back, but no one came to open the door for her after knocking for a long time. Only then did she notice that the door had a lock on it, and it looked like it wasn't home.

Yunzhu raised his eyes and looked at the mountains opposite, which looked very green, and a river below was blue and blue**. What kind of place is this, and where can I go to find the doctor? She had no direction.

Tian Tian still shouted uncomfortable on her back, Yun Zhu had to put her down, holding her with both hands, she was going to find someone to inquire if anyone could save her daughter.

Yunzhu went around and around for a while, and then he was really tired, so he had to sit on the edge of the bridge and cry with Tian Tian in his arms.

"What's going on?"

"My daughter, my daughter is very sick, where is there a doctor who can save her?" Yunzhu was anxious.

"You put her flat, I'll take a look."

Yuan Muhua came down from the mountain to collect medicine, and happened to pass by here.

Although Yunzhu was a little hesitant, he still put Tian Tian down.

Yuan Muhua stepped forward and carefully treated Tian Tian, and said, "I didn't have a syringe on me, so I had to bring her over and I will prick the needle." ”

Yunzhu hurriedly asked, "Are you a doctor?" ”

"yes, I'm a doctor."

Yunzhu was overjoyed, and thought that it seemed that God was helping her. She hugged Tian Tian and followed Yuan Muhua.

Yuan Muhua saw that Yunzhu was a little struggling, and spread his hands and said to Yunzhu: "Shen, I'll help you hug it." ”

Yunzhu hurriedly said: "No, no." I'll do it myself. ”

arrived at the place where Yuan Muhua lived. He asked Yunzhu to put Tian Tian on the long table, where he had already taken the syringe, took out the silver needle, lit the oil lamp, and burned the needle on the fire. Let Yunzhu help roll up Tian Tian's sleeves, and he pricked the needle.

There was a needle here, Yuan Muhua hurriedly took out the herbs in his back basket and dried them, and helped Yunzhu prepare the medicine, and explained to her: "Take it back and fry it three times for her to drink." After drinking, bring it over and I'll take a look at it. ”

Yunzhu thanked him for his kindness, and when he touched his body, because he was in a hurry, he didn't even bring his purse, so he was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Doctor, I don't have any money on me, I'll make it up to you later." ”

Yuan Muhua smiled: "It's okay." ”

Under Yuan Muhua's treatment, Tian Tian was obviously much better by the afternoon. Yunzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

The little girl from the next door came over, and she ran to talk to Yunzhu: "Sister, where are you from?" ”

Yunzhu said: "Chengxian." ”

Xiangmei didn't know where Chengxian was, she was so big, and the farthest place she went to was her grandmother's house, she shook her head and said with a smile: "I don't know where it is." ”

"Is that little sister better?"

Yun Zhu nodded and said, "She's much better, thanks to that doctor with great medical skills." Yunzhu pointed at Tian Tian again and said, "She is my daughter." ”

Now Xiangmei didn't know what to call the mother and daughter, so she hurriedly said: "You're talking about Dr. Yuan, he is also a foreigner, and he has only been in our village for a short time, but everyone in our village knows him." He's a skilled doctor, and he's a good person. ”

Yunzhu immediately said: "Your family is also a good person. ”

Xiangmei smiled. Later, she learned about some of the situation of Yunzhu's mother and daughter, and she sympathized with Yunzhu very much, and hurriedly said to her: "Sister, don't be afraid, my mother said that if you have difficulties in the future, just open your mouth." Don't feel embarrassed or anything. ”

The care of being born in a foreign land makes Yunzhu feel warm.

Tian Tian's body is also gradually improving. It stands to reason that she should leave here with her daughter and find a place to stay again, but Tian Tian said, "Mother, let's live here." ”

"How can I live in this dilapidated and old place?"

Tian Tian said: "It's done without rain." I love it here. Sister Xiangmei next door is so nice. ”

What Yunzhu didn't expect was that the two of them got acquainted so quickly. She wanted to think about it.

The majestic Dacang Mountain is continuous, stretching into the distance, and the endless Qinghe River flows day and night. A stone bridge leads to the opposite bank. It looks like a quiet little village.

Whether it was the Feng family or Dr. Yuan, she met were kind people. Tian Tian is not in good health, maybe he really can't stand the rush. They all need to be settled.

Or, as Tian Tian said, stay here. She would find a way to find out the original owner of the house and ask him to sell it to her. Then their mother and daughter will have a place to live. Doesn't she still have hands, as long as she works hard, she will definitely not starve to death.

Yunzhu has already made up her mind.

Feng Ping'an carried a hoe and walked from a distance with the sunset on his back, Yunzhu stood there, and when Ping'an approached, Yunzhu smiled at him: "Brother Feng, we have decided to live here permanently." Thank you for your continued care. ”

Ping An was shy with some tenderness, nodded and smiled, "Okay." ”

At this moment, the sunset dyed the weeping willows red, and the surface of the river was more like a layer of gem powder, shining with dazzling light. The shadows of the two were also stretched by the setting sun. (To be continued.) )