Along the way, Fang Minghuai was full of admiration for this heroic third cousin, and when he heard the old lady say this, he hurriedly explained for Ruan Chuxiao: "No, grandmother." The third cousin took good care of us all the way...... It's because ......"

Fang Minghuai's age was still too young after all, and when he thought of the tragic situation at that time, he couldn't help but turn pale and white.

Fang Zhiniang opened her mouth and said softly: "Grandmother, it's not about the third cousin...... Just now we remembered what we had seen along the way, and we really didn't know how to describe it......"

The old lady of Pingguo looked distressed: "It's okay, it's okay, Zhi'er, don't say it if you don't want to say it." ”

Ruan Chuxiao's speechless expression also became a little solemn, he saw that everyone looked over intentionally or unintentionally, as if they wanted to ask the answer from his mouth, he sighed, and said briefly: "After days of wind and snow, many thatched houses in the countryside have collapsed, and they have become disaster victims, begging everywhere. We met quite a few ...... who froze to death on the way."

Ruan Chuxiao didn't say much more. The ladies in the room all showed shocked looks.

In fact, the first time he encountered the corpse frozen to death on the side of the road, not only Fang Zhiniang and Fang Minghuai, the two children, but even a battle-hardened general like him was a little shocked.

The person who froze to death this time is really ...... Too much......

Probably because of the talk of this kind of disaster, the atmosphere of the original gathering in the Fuyuan Hall suddenly became low.

Grandma Qiu Er is a clever one. She looked left and right, and saw that the big guys were not very emotional, so she raised her voice and smiled: "...... Today is the day when Zhiniang and Brother Huai'er came to the house, and the family finally got together together, let's not talk about that. Today, there must be a solution to those things. We women in the back house have nothing to help, and it's useless to worry here. ”

The old lady of Pingguo is old, and it is not suitable for worrying about it, which is not conducive to health preservation.

Everyone looked at each other quietly, staggered the topic with a gag, and brought the topic to Fang Zhiniang and Fang Minghuai.

Although Fang Zhiniang said that she was young, she had always had a female gentleman teach in the countryside before, plus she followed Fang Hanniang's side, her eyes and ears were touched, and her vision and knowledge were by no means comparable to those of her peers.

As for Fang Minghuai, that's not to mention. Born to be a smart and clever reading seed, although he loves to read, but he is not confined to the rules and regulations in the book, and his conversation reveals a clever and free spirit, which is the kind of child that these mothers and grandmothers love.

Mrs. Pingguo now has a heart on her grandchildren, and she even thinks that among the children in the world, her three grandchildren are the top.

Mrs. Pingguo was full of emotion in her heart, and felt that it must be the deceased daughter who blessed the three children, so that the three children were born so outstanding when they lost their mothers at a young age.

Everyone talked lively for a while, and the old lady of Pingguo felt sorry for her grandchildren and granddaughters coming from afar, and the road had been bumpy for a long time, and she didn't want to let them suffer anymore, so she hurriedly urged the maids to lead the two children down to rest and rest, and when the dinner was in the evening, the family would get together again.

Fang Zhiniang and Fang Minghuai saluted everyone one by one, and then followed the maid and retreated.

Fang Hanniang also retired, everyone understood that she was taking care of her younger brothers and sisters in the past, and they didn't think she was rude.

Grandma Qiu Er sighed and said to Mrs. Pingguo, "...... Ancestor, don't blame me for being too talkative. Looking at the nobility revealed in the bones of these three children today, I feel that the three of them should be the young lady and young master of our Pingguo Mansion. It stands to reason that where can a poor country in the countryside develop such a demeanor? …… So, in the final analysis, this has to be on my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law is really amazing, and she has given birth to all three children so well. ”

The sister-in-law in Qiu Er's grandmother's words naturally refers to Ruan Qingqing.

The old lady of Pingguo felt that Grandma Qiu's words were very intimate, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

In the past, Fang Hanniang accompanied her to tease her every day, and the old lady felt that this was already a gift from God; After Zhi Niang and Fang Minghuai came now, the old lady thanked God for his love for her from the bottom of her heart, and when she was old enough, she could still enjoy such joy and health in such a happy and healthy way.

……

Fang Hanniang felt that Fang Minghuai was young, but after all, he was a brother, and his sister was too doting, which was not good for his growth, so she just hugged Fang Minghuai and asked him to go to her room to rest first.

Fang Minghuai is very manly and generous: "Okay, the second sister is a girl after all, and she needs the company of the eldest sister, I can understand." ”

Fang Hanniang and Fang Zhiniang were both amused by Fang Minghuai.

Fang Hanniang remembered something, called Qiu Zhu, and asked Qiu Zhu to take out two brocade boxes from her sleeves.

It was the two that Ji Jinxing specially sent over in the morning.

When it was handed over to her at that time, Ji Jinxing didn't explain what it was, Fang Hanniang felt that with Ji Jinxing's prudence in giving gifts, since there was no special explanation, she should not be afraid of her confusion, and the two boxes should be the same objects.

Fang Hanniang didn't open it all the time.

She took a brocade box from it, handed it to Fang Minghuai, and commanded, "...... Let's go back and look again, it's cold outside. It's," she mumbled, "...... A gift for you. ”

She handed over the remaining brocade box to Fang Zhiniang, "This one is Zhiniang's." ”

Zhi Niang hugged the brocade box and smiled sweetly: "Thank you, eldest sister." ”

Fang Hanniang coughed a few times, and said vaguely: "Don't thank me, others entrusted me to you." ”

Fang Zhiniang was docile, nodded, and didn't ask any more.

Fang Minghuai blinked, so mysterious?

However, Fang Minghuai is a smart person, he knows that his eldest sister has always done things in a disciplined manner, since she didn't say it explicitly, it means that there are some theories about the origin of this thing. He nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, eldest sister, I know......" He paused, and finally couldn't help but ask again, "Will the eldest sister still go to my room to sit in a while?" ”

Fang Hanniang laughed a little, took Fang Zhiniang's hand, and deliberately teased Fang Minghuai, and said with a smile: "After all, our brother Huai'er is already a big child, and he doesn't need the company of his eldest sister." ”

Fang Minghuai, the tall child, had to straighten his little chest to prove that this was true, and followed the maid to his own room with his head held high.

Fang Hanniang smiled with Fang Zhiniang, and went to Fang Zhiniang's room hand in hand.

The maid had already burned a charcoal basin in the room, and it was naturally the best silver frost charcoal, and there was no smoke at all, which made the room warm. Fang Hanniang and Fang Zhiniang gave away the cloak and the small jacket outside, and the two sisters sat together on the extremely soft bed in Luo socks, leaning on the soft pillow, covered with a brocade quilt, and whispered.

Fang Zhiniang is a delicate child, and now in front of her sister, she still can't help but talk about the tragic scene she encountered on the road: "...... At noon that day, the snow was still falling outside, and the third cousin asked the convoy to move slowly forward while clearing the snow, and I couldn't help but lift the curtain to look at it for a while, and I saw that there were a few people on the road outside, with a lot of snow on their bodies, and it seemed that they were dead...... One of them was a mother who had been clutching the child in her arms until she died...... Tight ...... of the hug"

As soon as Fang Zhiniang remembered the tragic situation at that time, she couldn't help but shrink into the quilt.

Fang Hanniang hugged Fang Zhiniang and comforted her softly: "It's all over...... Don't be afraid, Zhiniang, it's all over......"

Fang Zhiniang's somewhat muffled voice came out of the quilt: "...... Sister, if I had met them earlier, maybe they wouldn't have died...... I always remember that when we were kicked out of the house by my grandmother and aunt, and the three of us were hiding from the wind and snow in the broken temple, if it wasn't for the eldest sister who had been closely protecting me and Brother Huai, if it wasn't for the sixth uncle's family who saved us, we would not have ...... in the end."

Fang Hanniang hugged her tighter, she intercepted Fang Zhiniang's words, and said categorically: "There are not so many ifs, ifs...... Zhi Niang, when we encounter something, what we should think about is that something has happened, what should we do? …… You see, you have seen the tragic situation on the road with such a big snowstorm right now, do you think you can do something? ”

Fang Zhiniang's head slowly emerged from the quilt, a pair of moist little eyes looked at Fang Hanniang like a deer, and her voice was soft: "Eldest sister, you are right." I, I'm ......," she plucked up her courage, "eldest sister, I want to take out all the money you gave me and buy some cotton clothes to give to those poor people." When we had no clothes to wear in the ruined temple, I used to think about how happy it was to have a cotton coat to keep out the cold in winter. I think I want people who don't have this kind of happiness to feel it...... In this way, maybe they won't freeze to death, and it should be good to survive this winter......" In the end, Fang Zhiniang looked at Fang Hanniang with hope.

The young sister is young, and she has such a soft and kind heart, Fang Hanniang is relieved and moved in her heart. She touched Fang Zhiniang's head and encouraged: "Zhiniang, your idea is very good, really, the eldest sister is proud of you...... But you have to know that this is not a small matter, and since we have to do it, we have to do it well...... And what you have to do now is to have a good rest, and when you have a good rest, we will use all our energy to do this good deed. ”

Being praised like this by the eldest sister who has always admired her, Fang Zhiniang's little face was about to shine, she smiled a little shyly, nodded vigorously, lay down obediently, covered the quilt herself, and said, "Eldest sister, you go to Brother Huai'er to have a look." Don't look at what he said, he didn't know how many times he thought about his eldest sister along the way. ”

Fang Hanniang smiled, leaned down and kissed Fang Zhiniang on the forehead.

Fang Zhiniang's face turned red, biting her lip and smiling shyly at Fang Hanniang.

Fang Hanniang's heart is about to melt.