"Sister, are you awake?"

A milky voice came into Su Mulian's ears.

Su Mulian realized that there was a chubby little girl in front of her, with two balls on her head, tilting her head and smiling sweetly at her, but she was seven or eight years old, through recollection, this little girl was the woman she was asking, could it be, this is her home?

"Mother, my sister is awake." Seeing that Su Mulian didn't answer for a long time, the little girl pursed her mouth in confusion, then got out of bed, walked to the door and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the woman walked in, hurriedly stopped Su Mulian, who was about to sit up, and kindly reminded: "Girl, don't move, you still have a high fever and need bed rest." ”

Su Mulian, who wanted to sit up strongly, failed in the end, and she didn't do it again, she only felt that her chest was tight and uncomfortable, she tried to squeeze out a wry smile, and said weakly: "Thank you, madam, I don't know what to call it?" ”

"My name is Hu Qingyuan." The woman covered the quilt for Su Mulian and said.

"Hello Sister Hu, my name is Wen Wan, I was chased and killed by the enemy on the way, and I fell off the cliff with my brother, I don't know if Sister Hu has seen a man similar to me and in distress." Su Mulian suddenly became emotional, held Hu Qingyuan's hand tightly, and asked.

Hu Qingyuan patted her hand lightly, and comforted her distressedly: "I'm sorry, not yet, but there are only a few villages down from the river, and your brother will be fine." ”

Su Mulian was still frowning uneasily, her heart was beating faster, her acting skills were flashing with tears, she grabbed her hand again, and begged in a low voice: "Please Sister Hu must help me find my brother!" ”

"I'll do everything I can to help you find it." Hu Qingyuan gently soothed her excited emotions.

Su Mulian, who heard this, breathed a sigh of relief, at this moment, she was wearing a cloth dress that had been sewn and repaired several times, and the layout in the room was very simple, just a table and a few stools, just like the previous Su family.

"Sister Wen have a good rest, I'll go and boil medicine for you." Hu Qingyuan saw that her mood was a little more stable, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the girl next to him, and said, "Qiao'er, chat with my sister, do you know?" ”

"Mother, I know, don't worry." The little girl's immature voice is very good, and her smile is very sweet.

When Su Mulian saw her, she remembered the dead Su Mutian, and let out a long sigh, time flies so fast.

"Sister, why are you crying? Is it because you are not feeling well? The little girl asked worriedly, like a little adult.

Su Mulian realized that the tears in her eyes couldn't help but flow, she quickly wiped them away, raised her hand and gently pinched the little girl's face, and asked, "What's your full name?" ”

"Chen Qiao'er." The little girl said, "Sister, have you encountered something unhappy?" Can you tell me about it? ”

"You look a lot like my deceased sister." Su Mulian smiled weakly and said.

Chen Qiao'er pursed her mouth with some self-reproach and said: "I'm sorry sister, my mother said that the deceased family members will turn into stars in the sky, sister, don't cry, your sister is watching you in the sky!" ”

Su Mulian was amused, and suddenly summed up a truth, the children of the poor are in charge of the family early.

After a while, I saw Hu Qingyuan carefully carrying the bowl and walking to the bed, and Chen Qiaoer helped Su Mulian up.

"Sister Wen, my family is poor and I can't afford to hire a doctor, but don't worry, Qiao'er and I are sick and have a fever on weekdays, and we all boil this drink." Hu Qingyuan, who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, took a spoonful and blew away the steaming steam, and said.

Su Mulian coughed and thanked her.

After drinking more than half a bowl of medicine, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, only to see Hu Qingyuan's originally gentle face suddenly stiffened, his eyes constricted, full of fear, and Chen Qiao'er also subconsciously grabbed her arm.

"So you're here!" Suddenly, a man's lazy voice was heard, and his footsteps were heard getting closer and closer, "Ouch, there's another girl." ”

Hu Qingyuan hurriedly stood up, turned around, and warned in a low voice: "This girl was separated from her family, seriously injured, and borrowed at home!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a crisp slap sounded in the room, Hu Qingyuan pushed back and hurriedly grabbed the head of the bed.

Chen Qiao'er hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Hu Qingyuan tightly, and roared dissatisfiedly: "Why did you beat my mother." ”

"Losers!" The man was only in his early thirties, dressed sloppily, his face was vicious, full of the smell of alcohol, and he looked like an alcoholic, but I saw him roll up his sleeves and scolded angrily in a low voice, "It's really bad luck that the loser gave birth to a money-losing woman!" ”

Hu Qingyuan held Chen Qiaoer in his arms and said, "Chen Hanbiao, don't be fierce at the child!" ”

"Heh, sooner or later, I will have to get married." Chen Hanbiao glanced at Chen Qiao'er, who was trembling in Hu Qingyuan's arms, in disgust, stretched out his hand and said impatiently, "Give me money!" ”

"Money?" Hu Qingyuan chuckled, "Look at what you have lost to your family?" Where is the money! ”

When Chen Hanbiao heard this, his eyes widened angrily, and he said dissatisfiedly: "I don't care, where is the money?" With that, he hurried out the door.

Hu Qingyuan also went out.

Su Mulian sighed in her heart, no wonder she was so poor, it turned out that she was in trouble by gambling, she lived here, and she got out of bed and walked out of the house unexpectedly.

Found that this was a thatched house in the shape of a triple courtyard, with a big empty courtyard in the middle, Su Mulian listened to the voice, came to the house next to it, walked in and took a look, and saw that the two were arguing.

"This is the dowry left to me by my mother, please don't sell it!" Hu Qingyuan's eyes widened in anxiety, and he pleaded in a low voice.

How could Chen Hanbiao listen to it, threw Hu Qingyuan far away, let her sit on the ground, snorted coldly, and said: "It's useless to take it, it's better to give it to me as money, and then we can live a good life." ”

Hu Qingyuan hugged his thigh, cried in a low voice, and begged: "Everything that can be done in the family is taken by you, please don't treat them as them, these things are the thoughts left to me by my mother." ”

Su Mulian saw that Chen Hanbiao wanted to use violence against Hu Qingyuan, so she hurriedly stopped: "Wait a minute! Then he stepped forward, took off the ruby ring from his finger, and said, "This thing of mine is worth more than what you have in your hand, so please return it to its rightful owner." ”

Chen Hanbiao recognized money but not people, and when she saw the gem for the first time, her eyes widened in surprise, and she hurriedly threw the things in her hand on the ground, took the ring and left.

Su Mulian looked at Hu Qingyuan, who was holding the jewelry box and crying in a low voice, hid on the ground, and comforted: "It's okay!" ”

Hu Qingyuan raised his head to look at her and said gratefully.

"Thank you."